Vita Marissa

Vita Marissa (born 4 January 1981) is an Indonesian retired badminton player.

Career Marissa competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Nova Widianto. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Robert Blair and Natalie Munt of Great Britain in the second. In the quarterfinals, Marissa and Widianto lost to Jens Eriksen and Mette Schjoldager of Denmark 15–12, 15–8. In September 2008 Marissa and her new partner Muhammad Rijal won in mixed doubles at the Japan Super Series after beating Nova Widianto/Liliyana Natsir 14–21, 21–15, 21–19 in the all Indonesian final.

In early 2009, she resigned from the Indonesia National Team and is no longer a PBSI player.

She continues her career as independent professional with her partner Flandy Limpele and her friend Nadya Melati, also a former national team player in women's doubles.

Olympic Games 2008 Summer Olympics at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing, China

2008 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles Round Partner Opponent Score Result First Round Flandy Limpele Kristof Hopp Birgit Overzier 21–12, 21–12 Win Quarterfinal Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl 21–17, 15-21, 21–17 Win Semifinal Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung 9-21, 21–12, 17-21 Lost Bronze-final He Hanbin Yu Yang 21-19, 17–21, 21–23 Lost (4th)

2008 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles Round Partner Opponent Score Result First round Liliyana Natsir Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen 19–21, 15–21 Lost

2004 Summer Olympics at the Goudi Olympic Hall, Athens, Greece

2004 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles Round Partner Opponent Score Result First round Nova Widianto - Bye Win Second Round Robert Blair Natalie Munt 15–8, 15–12 Win Quarterfinal Jens Eriksen Mette Schjoldager 12–15, 8–15 Lost

Participation with Indonesian team 4 times at Sudirman Cup (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007)

Achievements

BWF World Championships Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2007 Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Flandy Limpele Zheng Bo Gao Ling 21–17, 19–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Games Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2002 Gangseo Gymnasium,Busan, South Korea Nova Widianto Khunakorn Sudhisodhi Saralee Thungthongkam 11–5, 5–11, 5–11 Bronze Bronze

Asian Championships Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2001 PhilSports Arena,Manila, Philippines Deyana Lomban Gao Ling Huang Sui 15–12, 4–15, 6–15 Silver Silver 2008 Bandaraya Stadium,Johor Bahru, Malaysia Liliyana Natsir Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen 10–21, 10–21 Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2000 Istora Senayan,Jakarta, Indonesia Tri Kusharjanto Wahyu Agung Emma Ermawati 14–17, 3–15 Bronze Bronze 2001 PhilSports Arena,Manila, Philippines Tony Gunawan Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min 15–12, 13–15, 9–15 Bronze Bronze 2003 Tennis Indoor Gelora Bung Karno,Jakarta, Indonesia Nova Widianto Anggun Nugroho Eny Widiowati 15–2, 15–11 Gold Gold 2004 Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Nova Widianto Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min 15–13, 7–15, 3–15 Bronze Bronze 2008 Bandaraya Stadium,Johor Bahru, Malaysia Flandy Limpele Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir 21–17, 21–17 Gold Gold

SEA Games Women's doubles

Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2001 Malawati Stadium,Selangor, Malaysia Nova Widianto Bambang Suprianto Emma Ermawati 3–15, 15–7, 17–15 Gold Gold 2007 Wongchawalitkul University,Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand Flandy Limpele Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam 21–14, 21–15 Gold Gold

World Junior Championships Girls' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1998 Sports and Aquatic Centre,Melbourne, Australia Eny Widiowati Gong Ruina Huang Sui 15–17, 13–15 Bronze Bronze

Asian Junior Championships Girls' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1997 Ninoy Aquino Stadium,Manila, Philippines Eny Widiowati Gao Ling Yang Wei 10–15, 12–15 Bronze Bronze 1998 Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Eny Widiowati Gong Ruina Huang Sui 16–17, 15–17 Bronze Bronze

BWF Superseries (5 titles, 5 runners-up) The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Marissa played with many partners such as Nova Widianto, Liliyana Natsir, Muhammad Rijal and Flandy Limpele.

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2007 Malaysia Open Greysia Polii Gao Ling Huang Sui 21–19, 12–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2007 China Masters Liliyana Natsir Yang Wei Zhao Tingting 12–21, 21–15, 21–16 Winner 2008 Indonesia Open Liliyana Natsir Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna 21–15, 21–14 Winner 2008 World Superseries Masters Finals Liliyana Natsir Chin Eei Hui Wong Pei Tty 15–21, 20–22 Runner-up 2011 Indonesia Open Nadya Melati Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang 12–21, 10–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2007 Singapore Open Flandy Limpele Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam 21–14, 21–13 Winner 2007 French Open Flandy Limpele Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen 21–11, 21–15 Winner 2008 Korea Open Flandy Limpele Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung 21–15, 14–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2008 Japan Open Muhammad Rijal Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir 14–21, 21–15, 21–19 Winner 2009 French Open Hendra Aprida Gunawan Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir 7–21, 7–21 Runner-up BWF Superseries Finals tournament BWF Superseries Premier tournament BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (15 titles, 20 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 was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1999 Thailand Open Emma Ermawati Gao Ling Qin Yiyuan 8–15, 2–15 Runner-up 2001 Indonesia Open Deyana Lomban Jane F. Bramsen Ann-Lou Jørgensen 7–5, 7–5, 7–3 Winner 2007 Chinese Taipei Open Liliyana Natsir Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin 15–21, 21–17, 18–21 Runner-up 2009 India Open Nadya Melati Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli 14–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2009 Chinese Taipei Open Mona Santoso Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen 14–21, 9–21 Runner-up 2013 Australia Open Aprilsasi Putri Lejarsar Variella Savitree Amitrapai Sapsiree Taerattanachai 21–19, 21–15 Winner 2013 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold Aprilsasi Putri Lejarsar Variella Pia Zebadiah Bernadet Rizki Amelia Pradipta 17–21, 21–16, 17–21 Runner-up 2014 U.S. Open Shendy Puspa Irawati Puttita Supajirakul Sapsiree Taerattanachai 21–15, 21–10 Winner 2014 Indonesian Masters Shendy Puspa Irawati Keshya Nurvita Hanadia Devi Tika Permatasari 23–21, 21–13 Winner 2014 Dutch Open Shendy Puspa Irawati Eefje Muskens Selena Piek 8–11, 11–4, 9–11, 10–11 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2001 Indonesia Open Nova Widianto Tri Kusharjanto Emma Ermawati 5–7, 1–7, 2–7 Runner-up 2002 Indonesia Open Nova Widianto Bambang Suprianto Minarti Timur 7–11, 3–11 Runner-up 2002 Chinese Taipei Open Nova Widianto Tri Kusharjanto Emma Ermawati 11–8, 11–13, 7–11 Runner-up 2002 Japan Open Nova Widianto Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min 3–7, 2–7, 2–7 Runner-up 2002 Denmark Open Nova Widianto Kim Dong-moon Hwang Yu-mi 6–11, 11–4, 7–11 Runner-up 2003 Chinese Taipei Open Nova Widianto Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min 7–15, 5–15 Runner-up 2004 Japan Open Nova Widianto Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam 15–10, 15–13 Winner 2005 Chinese Taipei Open Devin Lahardi Fitriawan Tony Gunawan Cheng Wen-hsing 15–17, 6–15 Runner-up 2006 Japan Open Flandy Limpele Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir 11–21, 21–18, 21–17 Winner 2006 Dutch Open Flandy Limpele Robert Blair Jenny Wallwork 18–21 18–21 Runner-up 2007 Chinese Taipei Open Flandy Limpele Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl 21–18, 25–23 Winner 2009 Chinese Taipei Open Hendra Aprida Gunawan Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta 21–23, 18–21 Runner-up 2009 Macau Open Hendra Aprida Gunawan He Hanbin Yu Yang 14–21, 9–21 Runner-up 2009 India Open Flandy Limpele Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta 21–14, 21–17 Winner 2010 Macau Open Hendra Aprida Gunawan Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir 14–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2010 Chinese Taipei Open Hendra Aprida Gunawan Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir 22–20, 14–21, 22–20 Winner 2011 Thailand Open Nova Widianto Lee Sheng-mu Chien Yu-chin 10–21, 21–23 Runner-up 2012 U.S. Open Tony Gunawan Kenichi Hayakawa Misaki Matsutomo 21–13, 21–10 Winner 2013 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold Praveen Jordan Tan Aik Quan Lai Pei Jing 20–22, 21–13, 21–17 Winner 2013 New Zealand Open Praveen Jordan Riky Widianto Richi Puspita Dili 21–18, 21–8 Winner 2013 Indonesia Grand Prix Gold Praveen Jordan Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir 22–20, 9–21, 21–14 Winner 2014 U.S. Open Muhammad Rijal Maneepong Jongjit Sapsiree Taerattanachai 21–16, 21–19 Winner 2014 Vietnam Open Muhammad Rijal Irfan Fadhilah Weni Anggraini 21–18, 21–10 Winner 2014 Indonesian Masters Muhammad Rijal Riky Widianto Richi Puspita Dili 18–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2015 Canada Open Andrei Adistia Lee Chun Hei Chau Hoi Wah 16–21, 18–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 1 runner-up) Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1997 Indonesia International Angeline de Pauw Anita Eny Widiowati 15–12, 15–6 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2014 Osaka International Muhammad Rijal Choi Sol-gyu Chae Yoo-jung 21–18, 17–21, 21–18 Winner 2014 Indonesia International Muhammad Rijal Ronald Alexander Melati Daeva Oktavianti 11–7, 4–11, 6–11, 7–11 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline

National team Junior level Team event 1997 1998 Asian Junior Championships Silver Silver Bronze Bronze

Senior level Team event 2001 2007 2011 SEA Games Gold Gold Gold Gold Silver Silver

Team event 2008 Uber Cup Silver Silver

Team event 2007 Sudirman Cup Silver Silver

Individual competitions Junior level Event 1997 1998 Asian Junior Championships Bronze Bronze (GD) Bronze Bronze (GD)

Event 1998 World Junior Championships File:Med 3.png Bronze (GD)

Senior level Event 2001 2007 2011 SEA Games Gold Gold (WD) Gold Gold (XD) Gold Gold (WD)Gold Gold (XD) Silver Silver (XD)

Event 2000 2001 2003 2004 2008 Asian Championships Bronze Bronze (XD) Silver Silver (WD) Bronze Bronze (XD) Gold Gold (XD) Bronze Bronze (XD) Bronze Bronze (WD)Gold Gold (XD)

Event 2002 2006 Asian Games QF (WD) Bronze Bronze (XD) QF (WD) R16 (XD)

Event 2001 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2011 2013 2014 2015 World Championships R3 (WD) QF (XD) R2 (XD) A R3 (WD) Bronze Bronze (XD) A R3 (XD) QF (WD) A R2 (WD)

Event 2004 2008 Olympic Games QF (XD) R1 (WD) 4th (XD)

Tournament BWF Superseries Best 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Korea Open R2 (XD) QF (WD) F (XD) A R2 (WD) R2 (XD) R2 (WD) R1 (XD) R2 (WD) R1 (XD) R2 (WD) R1 (XD) R1 (XD) F (2008) Malaysia Open F (WD) QF (XD) R2 (WD) R1 (XD) QF (WD) R2 (XD) R1 (WD) QF (XD) R1 (WD) R1 (XD) R1 (WD) R1 (XD) SF (WD) SF (XD) R2 (WD) R1 (XD) R1 (XD) F (2007) All England Open QF (WD) R2 (XD) R2 (WD) R1 (XD) A QF (XD) R1 (XD) R1 (WD) R2 (XD) R2 (XD) A SF (2003, 2004) Swiss Open SF (WD) QF (XD) A GPG SF (2007) India Open GPG QF (XD) R2 (WD) A W (2009) Indonesia Open R1 (XD) W (WD) SF (XD) R2 (XD) SF (WD) F (WD) R1 (XD) R1 (WD) R2 (XD) R2 (WD) R1 (XD) R2 (WD) R1 (XD) R2 (XD) W (2001, 2008) Singapore Open QF (WD) W (XD) SF (WD) R1 (XD) A R2 (WD) SF (XD) QF (WD) R1 (XD) R2 (WD) QF (XD) R1 (WD) SF (XD) R2 (WD) R1 (XD) R1 (XD) W (2007) China Masters W (WD) R2 (XD) SF (XD) A R2 (WD) R2 (XD) A QF (XD) GPG W (2007) Japan Open R2 (WD) QF (XD) SF (WD) W (XD) SF (XD) R2 (WD) QF (XD) R1 (WD) R2 (XD) A R1 (WD) QF (XD) R1 (WD) QF (XD) R1 (XD) W (2004, 2006, 2008) Australian Open IS GP GPG A W (2013) Denmark Open QF (XD) A R2 (XD) R2 (WD) SF (XD) R2 (WD) R1 (XD) R1 (XD) R1 (XD) R1 (WD) R1 (XD) A F (2002) French Open W (XD) QF (WD) R1 (XD) R2 (WD) F (XD) R1 (WD) QF (XD) QF (WD) QF (XD) R2 (XD) R1 (WD) QF (XD) R2 (WD) R1 (XD) A W (2007) China Open QF (WD) QF (XD) A A R1 (WD) R1 (XD) A R1 (WD) R1 (XD) A QF (2007) Hong Kong Open SF (XD) QF (WD) R1 (XD) R1 (WD) SF (XD) R2 (WD) R1 (XD) A QF (WD) QF (XD) R1 (WD) A SF (2007, 2009)BWF Superseries Finals F (WD) GS (XD) GS (XD) GS (XD) F (2008) Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Best

Tournament BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold Best 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Malaysia Masters QF (WD)SF (XD) SF (WD)QF (XD) R1 (WD)R2 (XD) A F (WD)W (XD) R2 (WD)QF (XD) R2 (WD)QF (XD) W (2013) India Open A F (WD)W (XD) A SS W (2009) Swiss Open SS A R2 (WD) R1 (XD) A R2 (XD) ASF (2007) Australian Open QF (XD) QF (WD)R1 (XD) W (WD)R1 (XD) SS W (2013) New Zealand Open IC SF (WD)W (XD) A SF (WD)QF (XD) W (2013) U.S. Open A SF (WD)W (XD) A W (WD)W (XD) A W (2012, 2014 WD, 2014 XD) Canada Open A R2 (WD) F (XD) F (2015) Chinese Taipei Open F (WD)W (XD) F (WD)F (XD) R2 (WD)W (XD) QF (WD) R2 (XD) A R2 (XD) W (2007, 2010) Vietnam Open A R2 (WD)W (XD) QF (WD)QF (XD) W (2014) Thailand Open R2 (WD)F (XD) QF (WD)R2 (XD) A R2 (WD)R1 (XD) F (1999, 2011) Dutch Open A R2 (WD) A F (WD)R2 (XD) A F (2006, 2014) Macau Open R2 (WD)F (XD) R2 (WD)F (XD) R1 (WD)R2 (XD) A F (2009, 2010) Indonesian Masters SF (WD) QF (XD) QF (WD) SF (XD) R2 (WD) R1 (XD) SF (WD) W (XD) W (WD) F (XD) SF (WD) QF (XD) W (2013, 2014) Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Best

Tournament IBF World Grand Prix Best 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 All England Open SF (XD) SF (XD) A SF (2003, 2004) Chinese Taipei Open F (XD) F (XD) F (XD) F (2002, 2003, 2005) Denmark Open SF (XD) SF (WD) SF (XD) F (XD) A R1 (WD) QF (XD) F (2002) Dutch Open R2 (WD) SF (XD) A F (XD) F (2006) Indonesia Open SF (WD) QF (XD) QF (WD) W (WD) F (XD) R1 (WD) F (XD) A R2 (XD) W (2001) Japan Open F (XD) W (XD) W (XD) W (2004, 2006) Thailand Open F F (1999)

Personal life

When Marissa was young, she joined the Tangkas Jakarta badminton club. Her parents were Aris Harsono (father) and Yulianawati (mother). Her hobbies are billiards, swimming, and watching movies. Generally people call her Vita. After she has finished all competitions, no matter what the result were, she always makes a symbol of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. In 2008, as the oldest player in Uber Cup team, she was appointed as the team captain.