Muhammad Haikal Nazri (born 26 December 2002) is a Malaysian

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. He won three titles in 2021: Austrian Open,

Hellas International The Hellas International or Greece International in badminton is an international open held in Athens, Greece since 2000 and are thereby one of the most recent international championships in Europe. In 2005, the tournament then upgraded to two star ...

and

Ukraine International Ukraine International Airlines PJSC, often shortened to UIA ( uk, Авіакомпанія Міжнародні Авіалінії України, Aviakompaniya Mizhnarodni Avialiniyi Ukrayiny, ), is the flag carrier and the largest airline of ...

tournaments in the men's doubles event partnered with

Junaidi Arif Wan Muhammad Arif Shaharuddin bin Wan Junaidi (born 6 June 2002) is a Malaysian badminton player. He won the 2021 Austrian Open and Ukraine International tournaments in the men's doubles event partnered with Muhammad Haikal. Career Partne ...

Career

2021

Partnered with

, they won the 2021 Austrian Open,

, and

. The duo also finished runners-up at the

Latvia International The Latvia International or ''Latvia Riga International'' is an international badminton tournament held in Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, lin ...

and Scottish Open.

2022

In January, Haikal and Arif competed at the Syed Modi International tournament. In April, they competed at the

Orléans Masters The Orléans Masters championships is an open badminton tournament held in France. This tournament is organized by the Cercle Laïque des Tourelles Orléans (CLTO) Badminton and held in the Palais des Sports in Orléans. This tournament began a ...

but were forced to concede a walkover to Dutch pair

Ruben Jille Ruben Jille (born 11 July 1996) is a Dutch badminton player, specializing in doubles play. The righthanded Jille, started playing badminton at a small local club in Houten, the place where he grew up. He chose to join the national team in 2014. ...

and

Ties van der Lecq Ties van der Lecq (10 March 2000) is a Dutch 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 co ...

in the final after Haikal was tested positive for COVID-19. In May, he competed at the SEA Games, and won the silver medal in the men's team event. A few months later, Haikal and Arif reached the quarter-finals of the

Malaysia Masters The Malaysia Masters, began in 2009, is a badminton tournament at the Super 500 grade, formerly a Grand Prix Gold. The total prize money is now US$350,000, having previously been US$120,000. Badminton World Federation, BWF categorised Malaysia M ...

. In December, he captured the

Malaysia International The Malaysia International is an open international badminton tournament in Malaysia established since 1997. This tournament also known as ''Malaysia Satellite'', ''Malaysia Asian Satellite'', and ''Malaysia International Challenge''. This tournamen ...

title partnered with

Nur Izzuddin Nur Izzuddin bin Mohd Rumsani (born 11 November 1997) is a Malaysian badminton player. He won the 2022 German Open in the men's doubles event partnered with Goh Sze Fei. Career In January 2017, Izzuddin and his partner Goh Sze Fei entered ...

2023

Following a reshuffle in the national men's doubles department in February, Haikal began partnering Izzuddin, thus ending his three-year partnership with Arif. In March, the new pair reached the final of Ruichang China Masters, but went down to the home pair of

Chen Boyang Chen Boyang (; born 6 May 2000) is a Chinese badminton player. He won his first senior title at the Vietnam International Series in 2022 with his partner Liu Yi. Career Chen competed in his first tournament with Guo Ruohan at the 2017 Chi ...

and Liu Yi in rubber game. In June, Haikal and Izzuddin's partnership were dissolved after Izzuddin reunited with his former partner. In August, Haikal began partnering

Choong Hon Jian Choong Hon Jian (; born 2 July 2000) is a Malaysian badminton player. He won a bronze medal at the 2018 Badminton Asia Junior Championships in the mixed team event. Career 2021 Choong won his first international title with his partner To ...

. In October, he and Choong entered the final of Indonesia Masters II and finished as the runners-up.

Achievement

BWF World Tour (3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member ...

(BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Men's doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

''Men's doubles'' :

BWF International Challenge The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation The Badminton ...

tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

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* {{BWF, 254A5C6F-4C4B-4879-A1CD-09496BE1384F 2002 births Living people Sportspeople from Kelantan Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian male badminton players Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in badminton 21st-century Malaysian people