Simon Santoso

Simon Santoso (born 29 July 1985) is an Indonesian former badminton player. He was two-time SEA Games men's singles champion winning in 2009 and 2011, also featured in Indonesia team that won the men's team title in 2003, 2007, 2009, and 2011. Santoso won the Indonesia Open a Superseries Premier tournament in 2012. He reached a career high as world number 3 in August 2010.

Career When he was young, Santoso joined the Tangkas Jakarta badminton club before joining the Indonesian National team. In 2005, he won the Vietnam Satellite and the silver medal at the 2005 SEA Games. His best results on the world circuit until recently were runner-up finishes at the 2008 Singapore, 2007 Swiss, and 2008 Indonesia Open. He was eliminated at the semi-finals in the Japan Open Super Series and the Chinese Taipei Open. In September 2008, Santoso won the Chinese Taipei Open after defeating Roslin Hashim from Malaysia in the final round by scores of 21–18, 13–21, 21–10.

In October 2009, he won his first Superseries ever in Denmark Open, after beating Marc Zwiebler of Germany in the final round, 21–14, 21–6. He won gold in the 2009 SEA Games by defeating Sony Dwi Kuncoro.

In 2011, he retained his gold medal in SEA Games by beating Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk in 3 sets.

In 2012, he helped Indonesia Garuda to win the inaugural Axiata Cup. In June 2012, he won Indonesia Open Superseries Premier title 21–18, 13–21, 21–11 after defeating Du Pengyu of China in the final.

Personal life Born in Tegal, Central Java, Santoso is the youngest of four children of Hosea Liem (father) and Rahel Yanti (mother). His hobbies are swimming and reading comics. He married Evelyn Carmelita on 6 December 2014, and now have two children.

Achievements

SEA Games Men's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref 2005 PhilSports Arena, Pasig, Philippines Sony Dwi Kuncoro 16–17, 3–15 Silver Silver 2009 Gym Hall 1, National Sports Complex, Vientiane, Laos Sony Dwi Kuncoro 21–16, 21–12 Gold Gold 2011 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk 21–10, 11–21, 21–19 Gold Gold

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref 2002 Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Park Sung-hwan 7–15, 8–15 Bronze Bronze

BWF Superseries (3 titles, 4 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 singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref 2007 Swiss Open Chen Jin 16–21, 10–21 Runner-up 2008 Singapore Open Lee Chong Wei 13–21, 5–21 Runner-up 2008 Indonesia Open Sony Dwi Kuncoro 21–19, 14–21, 9–21 Runner-up 2009 Denmark Open (1) Marc Zwiebler 21–14, 21–6 Winner 2012 Indonesia Open (1) Du Pengyu 21–18, 13–21, 21–11 Winner 2014 Singapore Open (1) Lee Chong Wei 21–15, 21–10 Winner 2014 Australian Open Lin Dan 24–22, 16–21, 7–21 Runner-up BWF Superseries Finals tournament BWF Superseries Premier tournament BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 1 runner-up) The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref 2008 Chinese Taipei Open (1) Roslin Hashim 21–18, 13–21, 21–10 Winner 2010 Chinese Taipei Open (2) Son Wan-ho 21–14, 21–11 Winner 2012 German Open Lin Dan 11–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2013 Indonesia Grand Prix Gold (1) Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka 21–17, 21–11 Winner 2014 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold (1) Sourabh Varma 15–21, 21–16, 21–19 Winner BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

IBF International (1 title, 1 runner-up) Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref 2003 Singapore Satellite Ronald Susilo 5–15, 3–15 Runner-up 2005 Vietnam Satellite Jung Hoon-min 15–2, 15–3 Winner

Performance timeline

National team Junior level Team events 2002 Asian Junior Championships File:Med 1.png Gold World Junior Championships File:Med 3.png Bronze

Senior level

Individual competitions Junior level Event 2002 Asian Junior Championships File:Med 3.png Bronze World Junior Championships

Senior level

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Best BWF Superseries All England Open R2 A R1 R2 R1 R1 A Q2 A R2 (2004, 2007, 2010) Swiss Open F A R1 AGPG F (2007) India Open GPG R1 R1 R1 A R1 (2011, 2012, 2013) Malaysia Open A QF QF SF QF A Q1 A SF (2011) Singapore Open R2 F R2 QF QF A W SF A W (2014) Australian OpenIC/IS GPG F Q1 F (2014) Indonesia Open R2 F R2 QF R1 W A R2 A W (2012) Japan Open SF R2 SF A QF SF A SF (2007, 2009, 2012) Korea Open A R2 SF A SF QF A R1 A SF (2009, 2011) China Masters R2 AGPG R2 (2007) Denmark Open QF W A R2 R2 A W (2009) French Open R2 R2 A A R2 (2007, 2009) China Open R1 A QF A SF A SF (2011) Hong Kong Open R1 A QF A R1 A QF (2003, 2009) BWF Superseries Finals GS GS (2011) Year-end ranking 6 27 7 7 67 24 113 188 3 Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Best

Tournament 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Best IBF World Grand Prix All England Open A R2 A R2 (2004) German Open A QF QF (2006) Swiss Open A R1 A R2 R2 (2006) Indonesia Open Q2 Q4 R3 QF QF QF (2005, 2006) Malaysia Open A R2 A R2 A R2 (2003, 2005) Thailand Open R3 QF A QF (2004) Singapore Open A R2 R2 R3 R3 (2006) Chinese Taipei Open A R1 A R1 (2003) Korea Open A R3 R3 R3 (2005, 2006) Hong Kong Open QF R1 R2 QF (2003) Japan Open A R1 A R3 R3 (2006) China Open A R2 A R2 (2005) Denmark Open A R3 A R3 (2004)

Participation at Indonesian Team 4 times at Sudirman Cup (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011) 6 times at Thomas Cup (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)

Record against selected opponents Includes results against athletes who competed in Super Series finals, World Championships semi-finals, and Olympic quarterfinals.

Bao Chunlai 0–4 Chen Hong 0–1 Chen Jin 1–7 Chen Long 0–3 Chen Yu 1–2 Du Pengyu 3–2 Lin Dan 1–11 Tian Houwei 1–1 Viktor Axelsen 1–0 Peter Gade 4–11 Jan Ø. Jørgensen 3–0 Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 0–2 Parupalli Kashyap 4–0 Sony Dwi Kuncoro 1–1 Taufik Hidayat 5–5 Tommy Sugiarto 3–0 Kento Momota 1–1 Sho Sasaki 6–2 Lee Hyun-il 1–5 Park Sung-hwan 1–2 Shon Seung-mo 1–0 Son Wan-ho 3–1 Lee Chong Wei 2–9 Liew Daren 0–2 Wong Choong Hann 3–1 Ronald Susilo 1–1 Boonsak Ponsana 3–5