Muhammad Haikal

Muhammad Haikal bin Nazri (born 26 December 2002) is a Malaysian badminton player. He won three titles in 2021: Austrian Open, Hellas International and Ukraine International tournaments in the men's doubles event partnered with Junaidi Arif.

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

2022 In January, Haikal and Arif competed at the Syed Modi International tournament. In April, they competed at the Orléans Masters but were forced to concede a walkover to Dutch pair Ruben Jille and Ties van der Lecq in the final after Haikal was tested positive for COVID-19. In May, he competed at the SEA Games, and won the silver medal in the men's team event.

A few months later, Haikal and Arif reached the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Masters. In December, he captured the Malaysia International title partnered with Nur Izzuddin.

2023 Following a reshuffle in the national men's doubles department in February, Haikal began partnering Izzuddin, thus ending his three-year partnership with Arif. In March, the new pair reached the final of Ruichang China Masters, but went down to the home pair of Chen Boyang and Liu Yi in rubber game.

In June, Haikal and Izzuddin's partnership were dissolved after Izzuddin reunited with his former partner Goh Sze Fei. In August, Haikal began partnering Choong Hon Jian.

In October, he and Choong entered the final of Indonesia Masters II and finished as the runners-up. In December, the duo competed at the Syed Modi International. En route to their first BWF World Tour title, they defeated the second and top seeds in the semi-finals and final, respectively. The following week, they won another title at the Guwahati Masters.

2024 In late January, he was chosen to represent Malaysia's men's team at the 2024 Asia Team Championships. In March, he and Choong clinched their third title at the Orléans Masters.

Achievement

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 3 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 Junaidi Arif Ruben Jille Ties van der Lecq Walkover Runner-up 2023 Ruichang China Masters Super 100 Nur Izzuddin Chen Boyang Liu Yi 16–21, 21–19, 21–23 Runner-up 2023 (II) Indonesia Masters Super 100 Choong Hon Jian Kenya Mitsuhashi Hiroki Okamura 16–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2023 Syed Modi International Super 300 Choong Hon Jian Akira Koga Taichi Saito 18–21, 21–18, 21–16 Winner 2023 Guwahati Masters Super 100 Choong Hon Jian Lin Bing-wei Su Ching-heng 21–17, 23–21 Winner 2024 Orléans Masters Super 300 Choong Hon Jian Sabar Karyaman Gutama Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani 21–15, 18–21, 21–14 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 2 runners-up) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2021 Austrian Open Junaidi Arif Lucas Corvée Ronan Labar 21–17, 21–15 Winner 2021 Latvia International Junaidi Arif Muhammad Nurfirdaus Azman Yap Roy King 23–21, 15–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2021 Hellas International Junaidi Arif Ondřej Král Adam Mendrek 21–16, 21–15 Winner 2021 Ukraine International Junaidi Arif Ishaan Bhatnagar Sai Pratheek K. 21–15, 19–21, 21–15 Winner 2021 Scottish Open Junaidi Arif Christopher Grimley Matthew Grimley 20–22, 16–21 Runner-up 2022 Malaysia International Nur Izzuddin Goh Boon Zhe Goh Sze Fei 21–17, 21–16 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament