Candra Wijaya

In this Chinese Indonesian name, the family name is Candra Wijaya (陳).
Candra Wijaya
Personal information
Birth nameTan Chia Liang
CountryIndonesia
Born (1975-09-16) 16 September 1975
Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
HandednessRight
CoachChristian Hadinata
Herry Iman Pierngadi
Men's doubles
Highest ranking1
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Indonesia
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney Men's doubles
World Championships
1997 Glasgow Men's doubles
2003 Birmingham Men's doubles
2005 Anaheim Men's doubles
World Cup
2005 Yiyang Men's doubles
1997 Yogyakarta Men's doubles
Sudirman Cup
2001 Seville Mixed team
2005 Beijing Mixed team
2007 Glasgow Mixed team
1997 Glasgow Mixed team
1999 Copenhagen Mixed team
2003 Eindhoven Mixed team
Thomas Cup
1998 Hong Kong Men's team
2000 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
2002 Guangzhou Men's team
2004 Jakarta Men's team
2006 Sendai & Tokyo Men's team
2008 Jakarta Men's team
Asian Games
1998 Bangkok Men's team
2002 Busan Men's team
Asian Championships
1996 Surabaya Men's doubles
2001 Manila Men's doubles
2002 Bangkok Men's doubles
2004 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles
2008 Johor Bahru Men's doubles
1995 Beijing Men's doubles
2000 Jakarta Men's doubles
Asian Cup
1995 Qingdao Men's doubles
1996 Seoul Men's doubles
Asia Cup
1997 Jakarta Men's team
1999 Ho Chi Minh Men's team
2001 Singapore Men's team
SEA Games
1997 Jakarta Men's doubles
1997 Jakarta Mixed doubles
1997 Jakarta Men's team
2001 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles
2001 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
World Junior Championships
1992 Jakarta Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Rafael Candra Wijaya (Chinese: 陳甲亮; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tan Ke Liông; born Tan Chia Liang, 16 September 1975) is an Indonesian badminton player.[1]

Career

Wijaya started his career in badminton at the age of five, motivated by his brother Indra Wijaya and later joined a club in Cirebon. His father, Hendra Wijaya, then took him to a club Pelita Jakarta when he was fourteen. In 1991, he was selected to join the national team. In 1998, he moved to Jaya Raya Jakarta.[2]

Wijaya is a doubles specialist. He has been rated among the best men's doubles players in the world for over a decade. Noted for his ability in all phases of the doubles game, he has reached the final of the BWF World Championships three times with countryman Sigit Budiarto. They won the 1997 edition in Glasgow, Scotland and finished second in 2003 and 2005. With Tony Gunawan he captured the men's doubles gold medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Though Budiarto has been his most frequent partner, Wijaya has won top tier men's doubles events (and a mixed doubles event or two) with a variety of players, recently renewing an earlier partnership with Gunawan. Wijaya was a member of the world champion Indonesia Thomas Cup (men's international) teams of 1998, 2000, and 2002. He was named IBF Player of the Year and received the Eddy Choong awards in 2000.[3]

In 2007 he joined the Japanese club owned by Tonami.[4]

Personal life

Wijaya was born in a badminton family. His father Hendra Wijaya introduced him to badminton at the young age. His siblings, Indra Wijaya, Rendra Wijaya and Sandrawati Wijaya also a former national badminton players.[5] He married Maria Caroline Indriani on 20 January 2001 at St. Thomas Rasul Church in Cengkareng.[1] They have two children Gabriel Christopher Wintan Wijaya and Christina Joshephine Wintania Wijaya.[6]

He was a founder of Candra Wijaya International Badminton Centre,[7] and Candra Wijaya badminton club.[8]

Participation at Indonesian Team

  • 6 times at Sudirman Cup (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
  • 6 times at Thomas Cup (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)

Awards and nominations

Award Year Category Result Ref.
International Badminton Federation Awards 2000 Eddy Choong Player of the Year Won [9]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2000 The Dome, Sydney, Australia Tony Gunawan Lee Dong-soo
Yoo Yong-sung 		15–10, 9–15, 15–7 Gold [10]

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
1997 Scotstoun Centre, Glasgow, Scotland Sigit Budiarto Cheah Soon Kit
Yap Kim Hock 		8–15, 18–17, 15–7 Gold [11]
2003 National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom Sigit Budiarto Lars Paaske
Jonas Rasmussen 		7–15, 15–13, 13–15 Silver [12]
2005 Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, United States Sigit Budiarto Howard Bach
Tony Gunawan 		11–15, 15–10, 11–15 Silver [13]

World Cup

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
1997 Among Rogo Sports Hall, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Sigit Budiarto Lee Dong-soo
Yoo Yong-sung 		15–8, 8–15, 12–15 Bronze [14]
2005 Olympic Park, Yiyang, China Sigit Budiarto Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng 		11–21, 18–21 Silver [15]

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1995 Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Beijing, China Ade Sutrisna Cheah Soon Kit
Yap Kim Hock 		6–15, 8–15 Bronze
1996 Pancasila Hall, Surabaya, Indonesia Ade Sutrisna Ha Tae-kwon
Kang Kyung-jin 		15–8, 15–17, 15–11 Gold
2000 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Antonius Ariantho Choong Tan Fook
Lee Wan Wah 		12–15, 5–15 Bronze
2001 PhilSports Arena, Manila, Philippines Tony Gunawan Tri Kusharjanto
Bambang Suprianto 		15–8, 13–15, 13–15 Silver
2002 Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Sigit Budiarto Ha Tae-kwon
Kim Dong-moon 		6–15, 8–15 Silver
2004 Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 		Halim Haryanto Tri Kusharjanto
Sigit Budiarto 		13–15, 5–15 Silver
2008 Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia Nova Widianto Jung Jae-sung
Lee Yong-dae 		16–21, 16–21 Silver

Asian Cup

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1995 Xinxing Gymnasium, Qingdao, China Ade Sutrisna Huang Zhanzhong
Jiang Xin 		Bronze
1996 Olympic Gymnasium No. 2,
Seoul, South Korea 		Ade Sutrisna Kim Dong-moon
Yoo Yong-sung 		11–15, 6–15 Bronze

SEA Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1997 Asia-Africa hall, Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex,
Jakarta, Indonesia 		Sigit Budiarto Rexy Mainaky
Ricky Subagja 		15–4, 14–17, 15–11 Gold
2001 Malawati Stadium,
Selangor, Malaysia 		Sigit Budiarto Tony Gunawan
Bambang Suprianto 		15–4, 15–6 Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1997 Asia-Africa hall, Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex,
Jakarta, Indonesia 		Eliza Nathanael Tri Kusharjanto
Minarti Timur 		12–15, 15–7, 15–2 Gold

World Junior Championships

The Bimantara World Junior Championships was an international invitation badminton tournament for junior players. It was held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 1987 to 1991. In 1992, International Badminton Federation (former name of Badminton World Federation) started the first IBF World Junior Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1991 Jakarta, Indonesia Bambang Suyono Dadan Hidayat
Kurnia 		7–15, 7–15 Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1992 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Susi Chusnul Jim Laugesen
Rikke Olsen 		13–15, 15–17 Bronze

BWF Superseries (1 title, 3 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[16] 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.[17] 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
2007 Malaysia Open Tony Gunawan Koo Kien Keat
Tan Boon Heong 		15–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2007 Japan Open Tony Gunawan Luluk Hadiyanto
Alvent Yulianto 		21–18, 21–17 Winner
2007 Hong Kong Open Tony Gunawan Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan 		12–21, 21–18, 13–21 Runner-up
2008 Indonesia Open Tony Gunawan Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif
Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari 		21–19, 18–21, 14–21 Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

IBF/BWF Grand Prix (33 titles, 14 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

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1994 Canadian Open Ade Sutrisna Yap Yee Guan
Yap Yee Hup 		15–10, 15–12 Winner
1994 U.S. Open Ade Sutrisna Yap Yee Guan
Yap Yee Hup 		15–8, 15–14 Winner
1995 German Open Ade Sutrisna Jon Holst-Christensen
Thomas Lund 		8–15, 13–15 Runner-up
1996 Swedish Open Ade Sutrisna Sigit Budiarto
Dicky Purwotjugiono 		15–12, 15–6 Winner
1996 U.S. Open Sigit Budiarto Cheah Soon Kit
Yap Kim Hock 		18–16, 15–10 Winner
1996 China Open Sigit Budiarto Rexy Mainaky
Ricky Subagja 		15–12, 15–5 Winner
1996 Thailand Open Sigit Budiarto Ha Tae-kwon
Kang Kyung-jin 		15–11, 10–15, 15–12 Winner
1997 Chinese Taipei Open Sigit Budiarto Antonius Ariantho
Denny Kantono 		15–11, 15–2 Winner
1997 Swiss Open Sigit Budiarto Lee Dong-soo
Yoo Yong-sung 		15–5, 11–15, 4–15 Runner-up
1997 Indonesia Open Sigit Budiarto Lee Dong-soo
Yoo Yong-sung 		15–9, 15–10 Winner
1997 Singapore Open Sigit Budiarto Lee Dong-soo
Yoo Yong-sung 		15–8, 15–10 Winner
1997 Thailand Open Sigit Budiarto Lee Dong-soo
Yoo Yong-sung 		9–15, 14–17 Runner-up
1997 World Grand Prix Finals Sigit Budiarto Cheah Soon Kit
Yap Kim Hock 		17–15, 11–15, 15–5 Winner
1998 Swedish Open Tony Gunawan Yang Ming
Zhang Jun 		15–3, 15–6 Winner
1998 All England Open Tony Gunawan Lee Dong-soo
Yoo Yong-sung 		10–15, 10–15 Runner-up
1998 Singapore Open Sigit Budiarto Rexy Mainaky
Ricky Subagja 		15–5, 15–5 Winner
1998 Hong Kong Open Tony Gunawan Jens Eriksen
Jesper Larsen 		15–10, 15–9 Winner
1999 All England Open Tony Gunawan Lee Dong-soo
Yoo Yong-sung 		15–7, 15–5 Winner
1999 Malaysia Open Tony Gunawan Eng Hian
Flandy Limpele 		15–6, 15–11 Winner
1999 Singapore Open Tony Gunawan Choong Tan Fook
Lee Wan Wah 		7–15, 15–14, 12–15 Runner-up
1999 Indonesia Open Tony Gunawan Rexy Mainaky
Ricky Subagja 		12–15, 8–15 Runner-up
1999 World Grand Prix Finals Tony Gunawan Ha Tae-kwon
Kim Dong-moon 		15–7, 8–15, 15–11 Winner
2000 Chinese Taipei Open Tony Gunawan Cheah Soon Kit
Yap Kim Hock 		15–7, 15–7 Winner
2000 Japan Open Tony Gunawan Lee Dong-soo
Yoo Yong-sung 		15–6, 15–7 Winner
2000 Indonesia Open Tony Gunawan Eng Hian
Flandy Limpele 		14–17, 15–8, 15–8 Winner
2000 World Grand Prix Finals Tony Gunawan Sigit Budiarto
Halim Haryanto 		7–5, 8–6, 7–2 Winner
2001 All England Open Sigit Budiarto Tony Gunawan
Halim Haryanto 		13–15, 15–7, 7–15 Runner-up
2001 Japan Open Sigit Budiarto Martin Lundgaard Hansen
Lars Paaske 		15–7, 15–11 Winner
2001 Malaysia Open Sigit Budiarto Tony Gunawan
Halim Haryanto 		7–4, 4–7, 7–2, 2–7, 7–5 Winner
2001 Indonesia Open Sigit Budiarto Tony Gunawan
Halim Haryanto 		7–2, 7–3, 7–5 Winner
2001 Singapore Open Sigit Budiarto Tony Gunawan
Halim Haryanto 		7–5, 3–7, 2–7, 0–7 Runner-up
2002 Chinese Taipei Open Bambang Suprianto Ha Tae-kwon
Kim Dong-moon 		15–9, 13–15, 3–15 Runner-up
2003 All England Open Sigit Budiarto Lee Dong-soo
Yoo Yong-sung 		15–5, 15–7 Winner
2003 Denmark Open Halim Haryanto Ha Tae-kwon
Kim Dong-moon 		17–16, 6–15, 8–15 Runner-up
2004 China Open Sigit Budiarto Chew Choon Eng
Choong Tan Fook 		Walkover Winner
2005 Korea Open Sigit Budiarto Jens Eriksen
Martin Lundgaard Hansen 		15–7, 13–15, 13–15 Runner-up
2005 Swiss Open Sigit Budiarto Eng Hian
Flandy Limpele 		8–15, 15–11, 15–11 Winner
2005 Japan Open Sigit Budiarto Jens Eriksen
Martin Lundgaard Hansen 		10–15, 3–15 Runner-up
2005 Singapore Open Sigit Budiarto Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen 		8–15, 15–8, 15–7 Winner
2005 Malaysia Open Sigit Budiarto Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng 		15–11, 17–14 Winner
2005 Indonesia Open Sigit Budiarto Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan 		10–15, 15–12, 3–15 Runner-up
2005 China Open Sigit Budiarto Jens Eriksen
Martin Lundgaard Hansen 		17–16, 11–15, 15–13 Winner
2006 Korea Open Tony Gunawan Hwang Ji-man
Lee Jae-jin 		21–18, 21–18 Winner
2006 Indonesia Open Tony Gunawan Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan 		21–11, 21–16 Winner
2006 Japan Open Tony Gunawan Koo Kien Keat
Tan Boon Heong 		21–15, 21–14 Winner
2008 Chinese Taipei Open Tony Gunawan Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen 		14–21, 20–22 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2001 Thailand Open Jo Novita Ronne Maykel Runtolalu
Eny Widiowati 		8–6, 7–1, 8–7 Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

IBF International (1 title)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1994 Polish Open Ade Sutrisna Kenneth Jonassen
Jan Jørgensen 		11–15, 15–8, 15–8 Winner

Invitational tournaments

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
1997 Copenhagen Masters Tony Gunawan Simon Archer
Chris Hunt 		15–13, 15–8 Winner [18]
1999 Ipoh Masters Tony Gunawan Flandy Limpele
Eng Hian 		15–11, 15–9 Winner [19]
2003 Copenhagen Masters Halim Haryanto Lars Paaske
Jonas Rasmussen 		15–11, 15–4 Winner [20]

Performance timeline

National team

  • Senior level
Team events 1997 2001
SEA Games Gold Silver
Team events 1998 2002
Asian Games Gold Silver
Team events 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008
Thomas Cup Gold Gold Gold Bronze Bronze Bronze

Individual competitions

  • Senior level
Event 1997 2001
SEA Games Gold (MD)
Gold (XD) 		Gold
Event 1997 1999 2000
World Grand Prix Finals Gold Gold Gold
Event 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2006 2007
World Championships Gold QF R2 Silver Silver A QF
Event 2000
Olympic Games Gold
Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Best
BWF Superseries
All England Open SF R2 R1 A W (1999, 2003)
Swiss Open SF QF R2 A GPG W (2005)
Malaysia Open F SF QF A R1 A W (1999, 2001, 2005)
Singapore Open SF A A R2 A R1 W (1997, 1998, 2005)
Indonesia Open SF F A R1 A W (1997, 2000, 2001, 2006)
Korea Open SF A R1 A W (2006)
Japan Open W QF R1 QF A W (2000, 2001, 2006, 2007)
China Open R1 SF R1 A W (1996, 2004, 2005)
Hong Kong Open F R1 R1 R2 A W (1998)
BWF Superseries Finals — GS DNQ GS (2008)
Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Best
BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold
Chinese Taipei Open A F R1 QF A W (1997, 2000)
India Open — SF SF A SF (2008, 2009)
Indonesian Masters — R1 A R1 (2010)
Macau Open A R2 A R2 (2009)
Malaysia Masters — R2 QF A QF (2010)
Philippines Open R2 — R1 — R2 (2007)
Syed Modi International — A R1 R1 (2011)
Tournament 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Best
IBF World Grand Prix
All England Open SF F W SF F SF W R1 R3 R2 W (1999, 2003)
Canadian Open W — — W (1994)
China Open A QF W — — SF A QF W W W (1996, 2004, 2005)
Chinese Taipei Open QF W — SF W — F QF W (1997, 2000)
Denmark Open SF SF F F (2003)
German Open F F (1995)
Hong Kong Open R2 QF W — — R1 — R2 QF W (1998)
Indonesia Open w/d SF QF W SF F W W SF SF R3 F W W (1997, 2000, 2001, 2006)
Japan Open QF SF SF W W R2 QF QF F W W (2000, 2001, 2006)
Korea Open R2 — QF R3 SF R1 F W W (2006)
Malaysia Open R2 W SF W R2 R1 W W (1999, 2001, 2005)
Singapore Open — W W F — F R2 QF W W (1997, 1998, 2005)
Swedish Open SF W W — W (1996, 1998)
Swiss Open QF SF F R2 W A W (2005)
Thailand Open R2 W (MD) F — W (XD)
SF (MD) 		— W (1996, 2001)
U.S. Open W W W (1994, 1996)
Tournament 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Best

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