Alvent Yulianto Chandra (born 11 July 1980) is an Indonesian

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player. Born in Glenmore,

Banyuwangi Banyuwangi, previously known as Banjoewangi, is a large town and an administrative district (''kecamat5an'') which serves as the capital of Banyuwangi Regency at the far eastern end of the island of Java, Indonesia. It had a population of 106,000 ...

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, he has been playing badminton since he was 10 years old in a club named Suryanaga Gudang Garam Surabaya.

Personal life

On 16 October 2021, Yulianto married Freeisy Ester Sompie, also an Indonesian badminton player. Their holy matrimony was held at GMIM Sion Tumaluntung, North Minahasa.

Career

Yulianto is a men's doubles specialist. In 2004, he and partner

Luluk Hadiyanto Luluk Hadiyanto (born 8 June 1980) is a badminton player from Indonesia, specialized in men's doubles and former world number one with doubles partner Alvent Yulianto. Early years "Lulu" as he is fondly called, was a member of badminton club P ...

won four top tier tournaments on the international circuit, the

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, and Thailand Opens. They gained a number one world ranking that year despite an early loss in the

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. Since 2004, Hadiyanto and Yulianto have struggled to achieve top form. In 2006, they captured a bronze medal at the

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in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Second place finishes in the quadrennial

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; the 2007 Japan and 2008 Korea Opens have been their highest finishes in major international tournaments, though they won the Indonesian national title in 2007. After a disappointing 21–19, 14–21, 14–21, first round loss against the Japanese

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and

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at the

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with

, the couple split partnership. Yulianto then partnered

Hendra Aprida Gunawan Hendra Aprida Gunawan (born 6 April 1982) is a badminton player from Indonesia who affiliated with the SGS PLN Bandung. Career Gunawan competes in men's doubles with Joko Riyadi. They were bronze medalists at the 2005 Asian Badminton Champion ...

till 2012. They reached the finals at the 2009 Philippines Open and were also runners-up at the 2011 Malaysia and Thailand Opens. At the 2012

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, Yulianto then played with

Mohammad Ahsan Mohammad Ahsan (born 7 September 1987) is an Indonesian retired badminton player affiliated with Djarum club who specializes in the men's doubles. He is a three-time World Champion, three-time season ending finals champion, and Asian Games go ...

defending the Indonesian colors. After this event, he played with Tri Kusumawardana at the 2012 Victor Indonesian International Challenge. Thereafter Yulianto progressed as an independent player for Indonesia with experienced partner

Markis Kido Markis Kido (11 August 1984 – 14 June 2021) was an Indonesian badminton player specializing in men's doubles. As a former world number 1, he won the discipline's gold medal at the 2006 Badminton World Cup, 2006 World Cup, 2007 BWF World Cham ...

winning the Dutch Open and reaching semi-finals at the

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and 2013 Swiss Open. After a disappointing third round loss at the

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, Yulianto and Kido split up the partnership. Yulianto then started a partnership with Japanese player Shintaro Ikeda, this partnership lasted till the Indonesian Open in June 2014. Thereafter Yulianto partnered his compatriot Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki.

Participation at Indonesian Team

* 4 times at

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(2003, 2005, 2007, 2011) * 4 times at

(2004, 2006, 2010, 2012)

Achievements

World Championships

''Men's doubles''

World Senior Championships

''Men's doubles''

Asian Games

''Men's doubles''

Asian Championships

''Men's doubles''

SEA Games

''Men's doubles''

BWF Superseries (4 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the

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(BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011. Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year. ''Men's doubles'' :

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tournament : BWF Superseries Premier tournament :

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tournament

BWF Grand Prix (5 titles, 7 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the

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. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

(BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006. ''Men's doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF/IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 1 runner-up)

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :

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tournament : BWF/IBF International Series tournament

Performance timeline

National team

* ''Senior level''

Individual competitions

* ''Senior level''

References

External links

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