Winny Oktavina Kandow

Winny Oktavina Kandow (born 14 October 1998) is an Indonesian badminton player specializes in doubles from Tewasen village in South Minahasa (then of Minahasa), North Sulawesi.

Career Trained at the Tangkas Intiland Jakarta, she managed to claim the 2016 junior national mixed doubles title partnered with Yeremia Rambitan, and led her to join national team in 2017. Kandow entered the 2017 National Championships held in Pangkal Pinang with Akbar Bintang Cahyono, and the duo seized the national mixed doubles title after competing as an unseeded player. She succeed in clinching her first international title by winning the 2018 Hyderabad Open.

2023 In January, Kandow and her partner Amri Syahnawi competed at the Thailand Masters, but had to lose in the quarter-finals from 5th seed Korean pair Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jung.

In March, Kandow and Syahnawi competed in the European tour at the Spain Masters, but had to lose in the quarter-finals from Danish pair Mathias Thyrri and Amalie Magelund. In the next tour, Syahnawi and Kandow lost again in the quarter-finals at the Orléans Masters in France, this time from Chinese Taipei pair Ye Hong-wei and Lee Chia-hsin.

In May, Kandow and Syahnawi competed in the second Asian tour at the Malaysia Masters, but had to lose in qualifying rounds from Chinese Taipei pair Lee Jhe-huei and Hsu Ya-ching.

In September, Kandow and Syahnawi as the 4th seed lost at the first round of Indonesia Masters Super 100 I from Thai pair Tanupat Viriyangkura and Alisa Sapniti in rubber games.

Achievements

BWF World Tour (1 title) 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Hyderabad Open Super 100 Akbar Bintang Cahyono Pranav Chopra N. Sikki Reddy 15–21, 21–19, 25–23 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 2 runners-up) Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Finnish Open Akbar Bintang Cahyono Alfian Eko Prasetya Marsheilla Gischa Islami 18–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2021 Bahrain International Challenge Akbar Bintang Cahyono Law Cheuk Him Yeung Nga Ting 21–11, 13–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2022 Lithuanian International Amri Syahnawi Lui Chun Wai Fu Chi Yan 21–6, 21–11 Winner 2022 Bonn International Amri Syahnawi Samy Corvée Flavie Vallet 21–7, 21–7 Winner 2022 Nantes International Amri Syahnawi Ratchapol Makkasasithorn Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat 21–15, 21–18 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament

Performance timeline

Indonesian team Senior level Team events 2019 Asia Mixed Team Championships B Sudirman Cup

Individual competitions Senior level Women's doubles

Mixed doubles