Tony Gunawan

Tony Gunawan (; born April 9, 1975) is an Indonesian-born American former badminton player. He gained several international achievements for Indonesia and later for the United States, including an Olympic gold medal and world champion title.

Career Gunawan is a former Olympic gold medalist and world champion for Indonesia, and later a world champion for the United States. He is regarded by many, including his peers, as one of the greatest doubles players in badminton history. A superb all-court player with a particular facility in the forecourt, he won the 2000 Olympic gold medal, the 2001 IBF World Championships, and 2005 IBF World Championships with 3 different men's doubles partners.

He won the men's doubles gold medal in the 2005 World Championships from the 13th seeded position with his American partner Howard Bach. Gunawan partnered with Halim Haryanto to win the 2001 World Championships as well as the 2001 All-England Open, and with Candra Wijaya to win the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. He was a member of the world champion 2000 Indonesia Thomas Cup team, winning his match in the final against China with yet another partner, Rexy Mainaky.

Gunawan and Bach won the 2005 IBF World Championships Men's Doubles gold over Gunawan's ex-partner Wijaya and Sigit Budiarto who were also finalists in the 2003 IBF World Championships in the same event. Tony played for Indonesia from 1992 to 2001 and won numerous international titles. He has coached and played for USA since 2001. Tony is currently studying in Orange County, California and coaches at Global Badminton Academy.

Awards

Achievements

Olympic Games Men's doubles

World Championships Men's doubles

World Cup Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2005 Olympic Park, Yiyang, China Howard Bach Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya 18–21, 9–21 Bronze Bronze

World Masters Games

Men's doubles Year Age Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2017 35+ Auckland Badminton Centre,Auckland, New Zealand Tri Kusharjanto Jan Fröhlich Carsten Loesch 21–11, 21–17 Gold Gold 2017 40+ Auckland Badminton Centre,Auckland, New Zealand Effendy Widjaja Tri Kusharjanto Hariyanto Arbi 20–22, 14–21 Silver Silver

World Senior Championships Men's doubles Year Age Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2015 35+ Helsingborg Arena,Helsingborg, Sweden Flandy Limpele Naruenart Chuaymak Apichai Thiraratsakul 21–13, 21–9 Gold Gold 2023 45+ Hwasan Indoor Stadium,Jeonju, South Korea Tri Kusharjanto Naruenart Chuaymak Thaweesak Koetsriphan 21–14, 21–13 Gold Gold 2025 40+ Eastern National Sports Training Centre,Pattaya, Thailand Hendra Setiawan Boonsak Ponsana Jakrapan Thanathiratham 21–18, 21–16 Gold Gold

Mixed doubles Year Age Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2025 45+ Eastern National Sports Training Centre,Pattaya, Thailand Rebecca Pantaney Hosemari Fujimoto Fumika Hashimoto 15–21, 18–21 Bronze Bronze

Pan American Games Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2011 Multipurpose Gymnasium,Guadalajara, Mexico Howard Bach Halim Haryanto Sattawat Pongnairat 21–10, 21–14 Gold Gold

Asian Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2000 Istora Senayan,Jakarta, Indonesia Rexy Mainaky Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah 15–8, 15–9 Gold Gold 2001 PhilSports Arena, Manila, Philippines Candra Wijaya Tri Kusharjanto Bambang Suprianto 15–8, 13–15, 13–15 Silver Silver

Asian Cup Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 1996 Olympic Gymnasium No. 2,Seoul, South Korea Rudy Wijaya Kim Dong-moon Yoo Yong-sung 10–15, 8–15 Silver Silver

SEA Games Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2001 Malawati Stadium,Selangor, Malaysia Bambang Suprianto Candra Wijaya Sigit Budiarto 4–15, 6–15 Silver Silver

BWF Superseries (1 title, 4 runners-up) The BWF Superseries, which was launched on December 14, 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 Ref 2007 Malaysia Open Candra Wijaya Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong 15–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2007 Japan Open Candra Wijaya Luluk Hadiyanto Alvent Yulianto 21–18, 21–17 Winner 2007 Hong Kong Open Candra Wijaya Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan 12–21, 21–18, 13–21 Runner-up 2008 Indonesia Open Candra Wijaya Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari 21–19, 18–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2010 Singapore Open Howard Bach Fang Chieh-min Lee Sheng-mu 14–21, 15–21 Runner-up BWF Superseries Finals tournament BWF Superseries Premier tournament BWF Superseries tournament

IBF/BWF Grand Prix (29 titles, 8 runners-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. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

Mixed doubles YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult 2002 U.S. Open Etty Tantri Simon Archer Marina Andrievskaya 7–11, 11–4, 11–6 Winner2002Puerto Rico Open Mesinee Mangkalakiri Tjitte Weistra Doriana Rivera11–2, 11–3 Winner 2003 U.S. Open Etty Tantri Hwang Ji-man Lee Eun-woo 15–5, 15–9 Winner 2005 Chinese Taipei Open Cheng Wen-hsing Devin Lahardi Fitriawan Vita Marissa 17–15, 15–6 Winner 2012 U.S. Open Vita Marissa Kenichi Hayakawa Misaki Matsutomo 21–13, 21–10 Winner

IBF/BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 2 runners-up)

Men's singles

Men's doubles

Mixed doubles

IBF International (1 runner-up) Boys' singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref 1994 German Junior Jeffer Rosobin Runner-up

Invitational tournaments

Men's doubles

Performance timeline Indonesian team Senior level Team Events 1998 Asian GamesGold Gold Team Events 2000 Thomas CupGold Gold

Individual competitions Senior level Event 2000 2004 2008 2012 OlympicsGold GoldAAGS