Alyssa Tirtosentono

Alyssa Tirtosentono (born 29 May 2000) is a Dutch badminton player. She won a silver medal at the 2018 European Junior Championships.

Career Tirtosentono came from a badminton family, who have a Surinamese Javanese background. She started to playing badminton with her late grandfather, Press, who was a badminton coach and veteran champion, while her late father, Steven, was also a player and a huge badminton fan. At the age of 17, she started training in the NSF Sportcentrum Papendal, where she also used to live. In the Dutch Eredivisie league Alyssa is playing since a long time for her club DKC in the Hague, after a short spell at another Dutch club BC Dropshot. While in Denmark for some seasons she plays competition for Team Skælskør - Slagelse (TSS). She is also head trainer for the badminton club Appoldro in Apeldoorn, trainer at Badminton Club Phido in Doetinchem and once a week trainer of the juniors at Wageningen in the Netherlands.

Her specialty is in the doubles events, where together with her previous doubles partner Imke van der Aar she won the Spanish International 2021 and reached the semi-finals of the Dutch Open 2021. thumb Together with her former partner Kirsten de Wit she won two events: the Malta International 2022 and the Luxembourg Open 2023. In the Mixed Doubles event she won her first international title at the Hungarian International Challenge 2022 with Brian Wassink.

Achievements

European Junior Championships Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Kalev Sports Hall,Tallinn, Estonia Wessel van der Aar Fabien Delrue Juliette Moinard 16–21, 16–21 Silver Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 4 runners-up) Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2019 Dutch International Debora Jille Amalie Magelund Freja Ravn 24–22, 19–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2019 Croatian International Debora Jille Hrystyna Dzhangobekova Katarina Vargová 21–13, 21–9 Winner 2019 Lithuanian International Debora Jille Christine Busch Amalie Schulz 21–18, 21–10 Winner 2021 Spanish International Imke van der Aar Paula López Lorena Uslé 21–11, 21–19 Winner 2022 Malta International Kirsten de Wit Julia Meyer Leona Michalski 21–16, 21–16 Winner 2023 Luxembourg Open Kirsten de Wit Amalie Cecilie Kudsk Signe Schulz 21–14, 8–21, 21–19 Winner 2023 Welsh International Natasja Anthonisen Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva 22–24, 11–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2019 Polish International Ruben Jille Mikkel Mikkelsen Amalie Magelund 19–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2022 Hungarian International Brian Wassink Steven Stallwood Hope Warner 24–22, 16–21, 21–13 Winner 2022 Malta International Brian Wassink Malik Bourakkadi Leona Michalski 14–21, 21–13, 16–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (3 titles) Girls' doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2017 Czech Junior International Milou Lugters Anastasiya Prozorova Valeriya Rudakova 18–21, 11–13 retired Winner 2017 Estonian Junior International Milou Lugters Anastasiya Prozorova Valeriya Rudakova 11–5, 11–7, 11–9 Winner 2018 Irish Junior Open Milou Lugters Lauren Middleton Sarah Sidebottom 20–22, 21–14, 21–15 Winner BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament BWF Junior International Challenge tournament BWF Junior International Series tournament BWF Junior Future Series tournament