Luluk Hadiyanto

Luluk Hadiyanto (born 8 June 1980) is a badminton player from Indonesia, specialized in men's doubles and former world number one with doubles partner Alvent Yulianto.

Career His first big international success came in 2001 winning the Thailand Open with Sigit Budiarto. In partnership with fellow countryman Alvent Yulianto, Hadiyanto won four top tier international men's doubles titles in 2004; the Thailand, Korea, Singapore, and Indonesia Opens. They achieved a number one world ranking that year despite a disappointing 2004 Olympics which saw them eliminated in the round of 16. Since 2004 Hadiyanto and Yulianto have struggled to achieve top form. Second place finishes in the quadrennial Asian Games (2006); and the Japan (2007) and Korea (2008) Opens (now called Super Series events) have been their highest finishes in major international tournaments, though they won the Indonesian national title in 2007. In 2006 they also won a bronze medal at the Asian Badminton Championships in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

After a disappointing 21–19, 14–21, 14–21, first round loss against the Japanese Keita Masuda & Tadashi Ohtsuka at the 2008 Olympics with Alvent Yulianto, the couple split partnership and Luluk left the National team of Indonesia. From 2009 Luluk Hadiyanto as an independent then first partnered Candra Wijaya and then more frequently Joko Riyadi. Still in men's doubles Luluk Hadiyanto won his last big event, the 2009 Vietnam Open with new partner Joko Riyadi, seeded 7th beating 1st seeded Malaysian doubles pair Choong Tan Fook & Lee Wan Wah 21–17, 22–20 in the semi-finals and then another Malaysian couple Hoon Thien How & Ong Soon Hock in the final of this BWF Grand Prix event in straight games 21–19, 22–20. In 2010 Luluk Hadiyanto again formed a doubles combination with Candra Wijaya. In the middle of 2011 Luluk changed partnership one last time prior to retirement, he coupled up with fellow Indonesian Imam Sodikin Irawan.

Achievements

World Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2005 Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, United States Alvent Yulianto Tony Gunawan Howard Bach 9–15, 13–15 Bronze Bronze

Asian Games Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2006 Aspire Hall 3, Doha, Qatar Alvent Yulianto Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong 13–21, 14–21 Silver Silver

Asian Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2000 Tennis Indoor Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia Imam Sodikin Tony Gunawan Rexy Mainaky 13–15, 1–15 Bronze Bronze 2003 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia Alvent Yulianto Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung 7–15, 4–15 Bronze Bronze 2006 Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia Alvent Yulianto Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah 14–21, 21–18, 15–21 Bronze Bronze

SEA Games Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2003 Tan Binh Sport Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Alvent Yulianto Chew Choon Eng Chang Kim Wai 15–11, 13–15, 9–15 Bronze Bronze 2005 PhilSports Arena, Pasig, Philippines Alvent Yulianto Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan 8–15, 15–7, 6–15 Silver Silver

BWF Superseries (2 runners-up) The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011. Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2007 Japan Open Alvent Yulianto Tony Gunawan Candra Wijaya 18–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2008 Korea Open Alvent Yulianto Cai Yun Fu Haifeng 7–21, 22–20, 17–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (6 titles, 2 runners-up) The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

IBF International (1 runner-up) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2001 Singapore International Endra Mulyajaya Ade Lukas Andreas Setiawan 15–9, 6–15, 12–15 Runner-up

Post-playing career After his active career Luluk Hadiyanto earned his Bachelor of Science degree in the Department of public administration at the University of Indonesia, and is now working for the Indonesian Ministry of Youth and Sport (Kemenpora) in the field of badminton specifically teaching in diklat SKO Ragunan (Ragunan Sports School). The players of Ragunan Sports School who joined National Team include Yeremia Rambitan, Ikhsan Leonardo I. Rumbay, Amri Syahnawi. He earned a master's degree in Sport Management at his post graduate study at the Jakarta State University.

Personal life Luluk Hadiyanto is married to Wardahnia and the couple have 2 son and 1 daughter, namely, Rajendra Bhima Hadiyanto, Alesha Wardhani Hadiyanto and Ranedra Mirza Hadiyanto.