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 2021 Partnered with Muhammad Haikal, they won the Austrian Open, Hellas International, and Ukraine International. The duo also finished as runners-up at the Latvia International and Scottish Open.

2022 In April, Arif and Haikal reached the final of the Orléans Masters. However, they were forced to concede a walkover to Dutch pair Ruben Jille and Ties van der Lecq after Haikal was tested positive for COVID-19.

He was part of the Malaysia's men's team that won silver medal at the 2021 SEA Games in May.

A few months later, he and Haikal reached the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Masters.

2023 Following a reshuffle in the national men's doubles department in February, Arif began partnering Yap Roy King, thus ending his long-time partnership with Haikal.

In June, Arif and Yap captured their first title as a pair at the Nantes International defeating Putra Erwiansyah and Patra Harapan Rindorindo in the final.

In July, they were crowned as men's doubles national champions after winning the 2023 National Championships.

2024 In late March, playing in only their second tournament of the year after an injury layoff, Arif and Yap advanced to the Spain Masters final. They fell to Sabar Karyaman Gutama and Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani in three games, finishing as runners-up.

2025 In July right before the upcoming 2025 BWF World Championships, Arif and Yap won their maiden title in men's doubles at Macau Open against Sabar and Reza, on a slippery court and having tremendous delay in between during matches.

Achievement

BWF World Tour (1 title, 2 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 (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 Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2022 Orléans Masters Super 100 Muhammad Haikal Ruben Jille Ties van der Lecq Walkover Runner-up 2024 Spain Masters Super 300 Yap Roy King Sabar Karyaman Gutama Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani 18–21, 21–17, 19–21 Runner-up 2025 Macau Open Super 300 Yap Roy King Sabar Karyaman Gutama Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani 22–20, 21–18 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 2 runners-up) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2021 Austrian Open Muhammad Haikal Lucas Corvée Ronan Labar 21–17, 21–15 Winner 2021 Latvia International Muhammad Haikal Muhammad Nurfirdaus Azman Yap Roy King 23–21, 15–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2021 Hellas International Muhammad Haikal Ondřej Král Adam Mendrek 21–16, 21–15 Winner 2021 Ukraine International Muhammad Haikal Ishaan Bhatnagar Sai Pratheek K. 21–15, 19–21, 21–15 Winner 2021 Scottish Open Muhammad Haikal Christopher Grimley Matthew Grimley 20–22, 16–21 Runner-up 2023 Nantes International Yap Roy King Putra Erwiansyah Patra Harapan Rindorindo 21–16, 14–21, 21–12 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament