Melati Daeva Oktavianti

Melati Daeva Oktavianti (born 26 October 1994) is an Indonesian doubles specialist badminton player affiliated with Djarum club since 2008. She was the 2019 SEA Games gold medalist in the mixed doubles with Praveen Jordan, and 2012 World Junior mixed doubles champion partnered with Edi Subaktiar. Oktavianti and Subaktiar partnership were also a former world junior number 1.

Oktavianti and her partner, Jordan, won the historical All England Open in 2020. The duo reached a career high of world number 4 in March 2020. Oktavianti competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Career Junior career Oktavianti won four titles at the junior tournament, two girls doubles titles at the German Junior and Indonesia Junior International with Rosyita Eka Putri Sari, and two mixed doubles titles at the Dutch Junior and Indonesia Junior International with Edi Subaktiar.

Senior career In 2012, Oktavianti and Edi Subaktiar won their first senior title at the Banuinvest International.

In 2013, Oktavianti and Rosyita Eka Putri Sari lost at the finals of Maldives International.

In March 2014, Oktavianti and her new partner in women's doubles Melvira Oklamona lost at the finals of Vietnam International. In April, Oktavianti and Subaktiar reached their first Grand Prix event at the New Zealand Open Grand Prix, but lost to fellow Indonesian pair Alfian Eko Prasetya and Annisa Saufika. In August, Oktavianti and her new mixed doubles partner Ronald Alexander won the Indonesia International.

In February 2015, Oktavianti and Ronald lost at the finals of Austrian Open. In October, they won the Chinese Taipei Masters Grand Prix defeating Taiwanese pair Chang Ko-chi and Chang Hsin-tien.

In September 2016, Oktavianti and Ronald won the Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold beating Malaysian pair Tan Kian Meng and Lai Pei Jing.

In September 2017, Oktavianti made new mixed doubles partnership with Alfian Eko Prasetya and won Vietnam Open Grand Prix defeating fellow Indonesian pair Riky Widianto and Masita Mahmudin.

2018–2019 After the retirement of Debby Susanto, Praveen Jordan was paired with Oktavianti. They lost to Chinese pair Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong in the second round of the Malaysia Masters. They then became runners-up at the 2018 India Open. They finished the season ranked as world number 15.

In 2019, Oktavianti and Jordan lost again twice in a row at the India Open from Chinese pair Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping. In May, they lost at the New Zealand Open from Malaysian pair Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying. In June, they reached third finals of the year at the Australian Open but lost to Wang and Huang again. In July, they reached the fourth finals at the Japan Open but had to lose from Wang and Huang again.

In October 2019, they won their first BWF World Tour title at the Denmark Open. The duo upset the current World Champions Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong in the quarter-finals, and defeated world number 2 Wang and Huang in the finals. This victory was their first win over them, bringing their head-to-head record to 1–6. A week later, the duo again overcame the world number 1 Zheng and Huang to claimed the French Open title. Jordan and Oktavianti have continued on the upward track this season, breaking into the top 5 of the BWF world ranking. In July, they competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, but they were eliminated in the quarter-finals. In November, they lost at the Hylo Open in Germany from Thai pair Puavaranukroh and Taerattanachai in the final.

In 2022, Oktavianti and Jordan played at the Asian Championships in Manila. They reached the semi-finals and won a bronze medal, after the pair had to retire in the middle of the match due to a hip injury suffered by Jordan. Following the injury of Jordan, Djarum decided to give Oktavianti with new partner Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani and reached the finals of Yogyakarta Indonesia International Series but had to lose to fellow Indonesian and Djarum club pair Dejan Ferdinansyah and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja.

2023 In January, Oktavianti and her partner Jordan comeback to court at the Indonesia Masters, but had to lose in the first round from Chinese pair Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping.

In March, Oktavianti and Jordan competed in the European tour, but unfortunately lost in the second round of German Open from 5th seed Chinese pair Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping in two consecutive meeting. In the next tour, they competed in the All England Open but lost in the second round from 3rd seed Thai pair Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai. In the next tour, they competed in the Swiss Open but lost in the first round from 6th seed Malaysian pair Goh Soon Huat and Shevon Jemie Lai. In the next tour, they competed in the Spain Masters, but had to lose in the finals from 8th Danish pair Mathias Christiansen and Alexandra Bøje.

In late April, Oktavianti and Jordan competed at the Asian Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, but had to lose in the quarter-finals from 1st seed and eventual finalist Chinese pair Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong.

In late May, Oktavianti and Jordan competed in the second Asian Tour at the Malaysia Masters. Unfortunately, they lost in the second round from Chinese pair Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin in rubber games.

In June, Oktavianti and Jordan competed at the Singapore Open, but lost in the first round from fellow Indonesian pair Rinov Rivaldy and Pitha Haningtyas Mentari. In the next tour, they competed at the home tournament, Indonesia Open, but lost in the second round from Hong Konger pair Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet in straight matches.

In July, Oktavianti and Jordan competed at the Korea Open, but had to lose in the second round from 1st seed Chinese pair Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong for second times this year. In the next tour, they competed at Japan Open, but lost in the first round from 3rd seed Japanese pair Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino in straight games.

In early August, Oktavianti and Jordan competed at the Australian Open, but had to lose in the second round from Hong Kong pair Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet in straight games.

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Achievements

Asian Championships Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref

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Mixed doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2018 India Open Super 500 Praveen Jordan Mathias Christiansen Christinna Pedersen 14–21, 15–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 1 runner-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.

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2014 New Zealand Open Edi Subaktiar Alfian Eko Prasetya Annisa Saufika 18–21, 21–17, 12–21 Runner-up 2025 Sri Lanka International Bobby Setiabudi Yuta Watanabe Maya Taguchi 16–21, 21–14, 21–18 Winner 2025 (I) Indonesia International Bobby Setiabudi Renaldi Samosir Masita Mahmudin 17–21, 21–11, 21–16 Winner 2025 (II) Indonesia International Bobby Setiabudi Renaldi Samosir Masita Mahmudin 21–8, 12–21, 21–12 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament

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Lu Kai & Huang Yaqiong 2–0 Xu Chen & Ma Jin 0–2 Joachim Fischer Nielsen & Christinna Pedersen 0–1 Reginald Lee Chun Hei & Chau Hoi Wah 1–1 Muhammad Rijal & Vita Marissa 1–1 Tontowi Ahmad & Liliyana Natsir 0–1 Ko Sung-hyun & Kim Ha-na 0–2