Muhammad Rian Ardianto (born 13 February 1996) is an Indonesian

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player. Born in

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, Yogyakarta SR, Ardianto plays for the Jaya Raya Jakarta club at national events. He won the men's doubles silver medal at the

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, the bronze medals at the

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, and at the

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and 2022 World Championships. Ardianto was part of Indonesia winning team at the 2020 Thomas Cup. He reached a career high of world number 1 in the men's doubles with Fajar Alfian on 27 December 2022.

Career

In the junior events, Ardianto has collected two silvers and a bronze at the World Junior Championships, and also a bronze medal at the Asian Junior Championships. Partnering Fajar Alfian in the men's doubles event, they have won some international tournaments including the Indonesia International in 2014, 2015, and 2016; the Austrian International in 2015; and at the BWF Grand Prix level, the 2016 Chinese Taipei Masters. Ardianto was a member of the Indonesia men's team that won gold medals at the

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and 2019 SEA Games. He also played with Alfian, and clinched the men's doubles bronze at that event in 2017. In 2018, Ardianto and Alfian competed on the

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, and won titles at the Malaysia Masters and the Syed Modi International, and at the 2019 Swiss and Korea Opens. The duo were a silver medalists at the

, and bronze medalists at the

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. In February 2020, Ardianto alongside Indonesia men's team won the Asia Team Championships held in Manila. In September–October 2021, Ardianto alongside Indonesia team competed at the 2021 Sudirman Cup in Vantaa, Finland. He and Alfian contribute a point in a tie against Canada. Indonesia team advanced to the knocked-out stage, but stopped in the quarter-finals to Malaysia. In the next tournament, he helped Indonesia team won the World Men's Team Championships, the 2020 Thomas Cup.

2022: World number 1

In the first half of 2022, the Ardianto and Alfian partnership have won three titles of seven finals that they reached. The duo won the Swiss Open,

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and Malaysia Masters, and finished runners-up at the

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and Singapore Opens. They also won bronze medals at the Asian and

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. In October, they won their fourth title of the year at the Denmark Open. He and his partner qualified for their first ever World Tour Finals. Competed as the first seed, they lost to

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and Ou Xuanyi in the semi-finals. In the final week of 2022, they topped the men's doubles world ranking.

2023

In January, the Ardianto and Alfian partnership won their first Super 1000 tournament at the Malaysia Open by defeating Chinese pair Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang. In the following week, as the last man stand, they were defeated in the semi-finals of

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by 3rd seed Malaysian pair Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik, and made Indonesia going home empty handed. They competed in the home tournament, Indonesia Masters, but unfortunately lost in the quarter-finals from 5th seed Chinese pair

and Ou Xuanyi. In February, Ardianto join the

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to compete at the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships, but unfortunately the teams lost in the quarter-finals from team Korea. With the Indonesian federation skipping the German Open, Ardianto and Alfian resumed competition at the All England in March. They won their first ever All England title in an all-Indonesian final against

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and Hendra Setiawan. At the Spain Masters they lost in the quarter-finals from unseeded Chinese Taipei player Lee Fang-chih and Lee Fang-jen. In late April, Ardianto competed at the Asian Championships in

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, United Arab Emirates, but had to lose in the quarter-finals from 8th seed Malaysian pair

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and

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. In May, Ardianto alongside the Indonesian team competed at the 2023 Sudirman Cup in

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, China. He won a match in the group stage, against Supak Jomkoh and

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of Thailand. Indonesia advanced to the knockout stage but lost at the quarterfinals against China. In the following week, Ardianto competed in the second Asian Tour at the Malaysia Masters. Unfortunately, he lost in the first round from eventual winner Korean pair Kang Min-hyuk and

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. In June, Ardianto competed at the Singapore Open, but lost in the first round from English pair

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and Sean Vendy. In the next tour, they competed at the home tournament, Indonesia Open, but lost in the quarter finals from 7th seed and eventual champions Indian pair

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and

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in straight matches. In July, Ardianto competed at the Korea Open, but lost in the final against 3rd seed Indian pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty for second times in a row. In the next tour, he competed at the Japan Open, but lost in the semi-finals against Chinese Taipei pair Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin. In early August, Ardianto competed at the

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, but had to lose in the quarter-finals from 8th seed Korean pair Kang Min-hyuk and Seo Seung-jae in rubber games. In late August, he competed at the

, but lost in the second round from Taiwanese pair Lee Jhe-huei and Yang Po-hsuan in straight games. Making his second appearance at the

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in Hangzhou, Ardianto failed to bring home any medals after losing in the quarter-finals in both the men's doubles and team events.

2024

Ardianto and Alfian started out the season at the Malaysia Open, where they were defending champions. The pair lost to first seeds Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang in the quarter-finals. At the India Open, they again lost in the quarter-finals, this time to Kang Min-hyuk and Seo Seung-jae. Their results improved slightly at the Indonesia Masters, where they bowed out in the semi-finals to teammates and eventual champions Leo Rolly Carnando and Daniel Marthin. At the French Open, Ardianto and Alfian were stopped in the quarter-finals by Taiwanese pair Lee Jhe-huei and Yang Po-hsuan. They obtained their first title of the year at the All England Open, after defending their title against Malaysia's Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik. The duo reached the finals in the Singapore Open in June, losing to He Jiting and Ren Xiangyu. It took months to win their second title, where in November they emerged victorous in the Japan Masters beating host pairing Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi. Ardianto and Alfian have participated in 13 BWF World Tours this year, and have only suffered two defeats in the early rounds, in the first round of the Indonesia Open and the second round of the China Masters. Together with the Indonesia national team, Ardianto won the silver medal in the

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, after the team was defeated by the host country China 1–3. He also made his debut at the

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in Paris, stopped in the quarter-finals to number 1 seed Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang.

2025

Ardianto and Alfian had a bad start in 2025, losing out in early rounds in Malaysia Open and

. They manage to recover well in their home ground Indonesia Masters by advancing to the final before losing to Man Wei Chong and Tee Kai Wun with the score 19–21, 11–21.

Personal life

Ardianto has been in a relationship with teammate

Ribka Sugiarto Ribka Sugiarto (born 22 January 2000) is a former Indonesian badminton player specializing in doubles. Born in Karanganyar Regency, Karanganyar, she was selected to join the PB Djarum, Djarum club in 2013. Sugiarto was the gold medalist at the 20 ...

since 2020. The two became officially engaged in December 2023. On 28 September 2024, Ardianto and Sugiarto were married. Their wedding ceremony was held in

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, Sugiarto's hometown.

Awards and nominations

Achievements

BWF World Championships

''Men's doubles''

Asian Games

''Men's doubles''

Asian Championships

''Men's doubles''

SEA Games

''Men's doubles''

BWF World Junior Championships

''Boys' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Mixed doubles''

BWF World Tour (12 titles, 8 runners-up)

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(BWF). The BWF World Tour is 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 Grand Prix (1 title, 2 runners-up)

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(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Men's doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles)

''Men's doubles'' :

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tournament :

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tournament

BWF Junior International (1 runner-up)

''Boys' doubles'' : BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament : BWF Junior International Challenge tournament : BWF Junior International Series tournament : BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Performance timeline

National team

* ''Junior level'' * ''Senior level''

Individual competitions

Junior level

=Boys' doubles

=Mixed doubles

Senior level

=Men's doubles

=Mixed doubles

Record against selected opponents

Men's doubles results with Fajar Alfian against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists, accurate as of 24 November 2024.

Notes

References

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