Muhammad Shohibul Fikri (born 16 November 1999) 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 affiliated with SGS PLN Bandung club.

Career

In 2018, Fikri teamed-up with Bagas Maulana, finished as runner-up at the

Indonesia International The Indonesia International is an international badminton tournament, which is held annually in Indonesia since 1997. It is organized by the Badminton Association of Indonesia. Since 2007, it is graded as the International Challenge, which are lev ...

. He and his partner won their first International title at the 2019 Finnish Open. He then claimed his first World Tour title at the Hyderabad Open. In 2021, Fikri and Maulana finished as runner-up at the

Belgian International The Belgian International is an international badminton open tournament, held since 1958 but in irregular periods. Since 2005, Yonex has become title sponsor of the event, which also become an International Challenge tournament within the Badminto ...

defeated by their compatriots Pramudya Kusumawardana and

Yeremia Rambitan Yeremia Erich Yotje Yacob Rambitan (born 15 October 1999) is an Indonesian badminton player, who also plays for Exist Jakarta in the national event. He won the gold medals at the 2022 Asian Championships and 2023 SEA Games. In his young age, Ra ...

in the final.

2022

In February, Fikri and his partner Bagas Maulana participated in

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with

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and lost the title to

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

. In March, Fikri and his partner Bagas Maulana participated in 2022 All England Open for the first time. They defeated number 8 seeds

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and

Teo Ee Yi Teo Ee Yi (; born 4 April 1993) is a Malaysian badminton player. He won a silver medal with Ong Yew Sin at the 2023 Badminton Asia Championships and a bronze medal with Ong at the 2021 BWF World Championships. In the junior event, he captured ...

in the second round, the reigning world champion

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and

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in quarterfinals, World number 1

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and

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in the semifinals and World number 2

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and

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in the final, thus clinching their first Super 1000 title.

2023

Fikri and Maulana opened the 2023 season at the Malaysia Open, but were defeated in the second round by Indian pair

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (born 13 August 2000) is an Indian badminton player. Together with his men's doubles partner Chirag Shetty, he won the gold medal at the Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, and Asian Championships. They are the only Indian ...

and

Chirag Shetty Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty (born 4 July 1997) is an Indian badminton player. Partnering Satwiksairaj Rankireddy in the men's doubles, he emerge victorius in the Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, and Asian Championships. They are the only Ind ...

. In the next tournament,

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, they suffered a second-round defeat to fellow Indonesian pair of

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and

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. They competed in the home tournament,

Indonesia Masters The Indonesia Masters is an international badminton tournament in BWF World Tour Super 500. Formerly known as the Indonesia Open Grand Prix Gold, it was first held in 2010 in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, and change its venue in different cities ev ...

, but unfortunately lost in the quarter-finals to 2nd seed Japanese pair

and

. In the next tournament,

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, they suffered a semi-final defeat to Chinese Taipei pair of

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and

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. In March, Fikri competed on the European tour, beginning with the All England Open, but lost in the quarterfinals to 1st seed fellow Indonesian pair

and

. In the next tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals of Swiss Open to 3rd-seeded Malaysian pair

and

in three games. In the next tournament, they competed in the

Spain Masters The Spain Masters () is an annual badminton tournament held in Spain. This tournament is part of the BWF World Tour tournaments and is leveled in BWF World Tour Super 300. Venue & host city * 2018–2020: Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron, Barcelon ...

, but had to lose in the second round to Chinese Taipei pair

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and

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. In the last tournament on the European tour, they lost in the final of Orléans Masters to Chinese youngster pair Chen Boyang and Liu Yi. In late April, Fikri competed at the

Asian Championships An Asian Championship is a top level international sports competition between Asian athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. List of championships (Summer Olympic Sports) ;Aquatics and wate ...

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, United Arab Emirates, but had to lose in the quarter-finals from 4th seed Japanese pair

and

. In May, Fikri made his debut at the

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, and won the gold medal in the team event, and also won a bronze medal in the men's doubles with Maulana. In late May, Fikri competed in the second Asian tour at the Thailand Open, but had to lose in the final from 3rd seed Chinese pair Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang in straight games. In June, Fikri and Maulana competed at the Singapore Open, but had to lose in the second round from 3rd seed Malaysian pair

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and

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. In the next tour, they competed at the home tournament, Indonesia Open, but lost in the first round from 2nd seed Malaysian pair Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in two consecutive tour. In July, Fikri and Maulana competed at the Korea Open, but had to lose in the first round from Korean pair

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and Na Sung-seung in only 27 minutes. In the next tour, they competed at the Japan Open, but lost in the second round against 4th seed Malaysian pair Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik for the third time this season. In late August, Fikri competed at the

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, but lost in the quarter-finals round from 3rd seed Chinese pair Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang in three games.

2025

He was selected to be part of Indonesian's team at

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. Partnered with Daniel Marthin, Fikri defeated Hariharan Amsakarunan and Ruban Rethinasabapathi of

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, also Danish top pair

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and

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at the group stage, leading the Indonesian team on top. Following Marthin's left knee injury, he was then played with his ex-partner Bagas Maulana, defeated

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and

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at the semifinals, in which the team was eventually defeated by

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2-3.

Achievements

Southeast Asian Games

''Men's doubles''

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 7 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

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(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 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

''Men's doubles'' :

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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

Performance timeline

National team

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

Individual competitions

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

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fikri, Muhammad Shohibul 1999 births Living people Badminton players from Bandung Indonesian male badminton players SEA Games gold medalists for Indonesia SEA Games bronze medalists for Indonesia SEA Games medalists in badminton 21st-century Indonesian sportsmen Medalists at the 2023 SEA Games