Akbar Bintang Cahyono

Akbar Bintang Cahyono (born 12 April 1996) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with Djarum badminton club. He started his career in badminton when he was in the elementary school in 2005, and later joined the Ganesha badminton club in Serang. He entered Djarum club after success to compete in scholarship audition in 2015, and was selected to join the national team in January 2017. Cahyono competed the 2017 National Championships held in Pangkal Pinang as an unseeded player in the mixed doubles senior event with Winny Oktavina Kandow, and the duo seize the national mixed doubles title.

Cahyono won his first international title at the 2018 Finnish Open in the men's doubles event partnered with Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani. In the mixed doubles event he clinched his first title with Winny Oktavina Kandow after won the Super 100 event 2018 Hyderabad Open.

Career 2023 In January, Cahyono and his partner Marsheilla Gischa Islami competed at the home tournament, Indonesia Masters, but had to lose in the qualifying round from junior Chinese pair Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin. In the next tournament, they lost in the quarter-finals of the Thailand Masters from Japanese pair Hiroki Midorikawa and Natsu Saito.

In March, Cahyono and Islami competed in the Swiss Open, but had to lose in the first round again from junior Chinese pair Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin. In the next tour, they competed in the Spain Masters, but had to lose in the first round from junior Danish pair Jesper Toft and Clara Graversen.

In April, Cahyono and Islami competed for Orléans Masters in France, but had to lose 1–2 in the first round after secured the first game 21–10 from Taiwanese pair Lee Jhe-huei and Hsu Ya-ching with 18–21, 14–21, in second and third game respectively.

Achievements

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 1 runner-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 (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2018 Akita Masters Super 100 Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani Hirokatsu Hashimoto Hiroyuki Saeki 21–16, 21–6 Winner 2018 Hyderabad Open Super 100 Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty 16–21, 14–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Hyderabad Open Super 100 Winny Oktavina Kandow Pranav Chopra N. Sikki Reddy 15–21, 21–19, 25–23 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 3 runners-up) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2017 Singapore International Giovani Dicky Oktavan Kenas Adi Haryanto Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani 18–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2018 Finnish Open Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto Pramudya Kusumawardana 21–14, 21–17 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Finnish Open Winny Oktavina Kandow Alfian Eko Prasetya Marsheilla Gischa Islami 18–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2021 Bahrain International Winny Oktavina Kandow Law Cheuk Him Yeung Nga Ting 21–11, 13–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2022 (I) Indonesia International Marsheilla Gischa Islami Adnan Maulana Indah Cahya Sari Jamil 21–17, 14–21, 21–16 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline

Individual competitions Senior level Men's doubles

Mixed doubles