Dejan Ferdinansyah

Dejan Ferdinansyah (born 21 January 2000) is an Indonesian badminton player who is affiliated with the Djarum club.

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 Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Ferdinansyah has been affiliated with the PB Djarum club since 2019.

In that same year, he partnered with Serena Kani and reached the final of the South Australia International.

In 2020, they lost in the second round of the Thailand Masters.

In 2021, they reached the quarter-finals of the 2021 Spain Masters.

In December, they competed in the 2021 BWF World Championships.

They were the only Indonesians to compete in that edition of the championships after the Indonesian team announced their withdrawal from the championships.

In 2022, Ferdinansyah formed a new partnership with Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja, who had previously left the national team.

In March, they played in All England Open and lost in second round to four seeds and eventual winners Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino of Japan.

In the next tour, Swiss Open, they lost in first round.

In May, they lost in the second round of Thailand Open from four seeds Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping of China.

They won their first title as a pair in the Denmark Masters, and then clinched the home soil title in the Yogyakarta Indonesia International Series.

They later won their third consecutive title as a pair at the Vietnam Open where they defeat their compatriots Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto and Lisa Ayu Kusumawati in two games.

In mid October, they clinched their fourth consecutive title by winning the Malang Indonesia International Challenge tournament.

Their winning streak was then stopped by the Chinese pair Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin in the semi-finals of the Indonesia Masters Super 100, and their ranking shot to the top 50 in the world.

In mid November, they reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open.

They reached the career-highest ranking of 20 in the final weeks of 2022.

In January, Ferdinansyah with Widjaja lost in the semi-finals of Malaysia Open from first seed Chinese pair Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong.

In the next tournament, they lost in the second round of the India Open from Japanese pair Kyohei Yamashita and Naru Shinoya.

They competed in the home tournament, Indonesia Masters, but unfortunately lost in the quarter-finals from Japanese pair Yuki Kaneko and Misaki Matsutomo.

They reached the career-highest ranking of 15 in the final weeks of January 2023.

In the next tournament, they lost in the quarter-finals of the Thailand Masters from 6th seed Chinese pair Feng Yanzhe and Olympic champion Huang Dongping.

In March, Ferdinansyah and Widjaja competed in the European tour, but unfortunately lost in the second round of German Open from Hong Kong pair Lee Chun Hei and Ng Tsz Yau.

In the next tour, they lost in the first round of All England Open from fellow Indonesian and club mates Praveen Jordan and Melati Daeva Oktavianti in three games.

In the next tour, they had to accept first round defeats in two consecutive tournaments at the Swiss Open from fellow Indonesian pair Rinov Rivaldy and Pitha Haningtyas Mentari.

In late April, Ferdinansyah and Widjaja competed at the Asian Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, but had to lose in the semi-finals from Chinese pair Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin thus earn their first medal at the Asian Championships.

In May, Ferdinansyah alongside the Indonesian team competed at the 2023 Sudirman Cup in Suzhou, China.

He lost a match in the group stage, against Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai of Thailand.

Indonesia advanced to the knockout stage but lost at the quarterfinals against China.

In the following week, Ferdinansyah and Widjaja competed in the second Asian Tour at the Malaysia Masters.

Unfortunately, they were lost in the second round from 4th seed and eventual finalist Chinese pair Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping.

In June, Ferdinansyah and Widjaja competed at the Singapore Open, but had to lose in the first round from Danish pair Mathias Thyrri and Amalie Magelund.

In the next tour, they competed at the home tournament, Indonesia Open, but lost in the first round from 4th seed Korean pair Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jung.

In July, Ferdinansyah and Widjaja competed at the Korea Open, but had to lose in the second round from 6th seed Korean pair Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jung for second time in a row.

In the next tour, they competed at the Japan Open, but lost in the second round against 2nd seed Thai pair Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai in three games.

In early August, Ferdinansyah competed at the Australian Open, but had to lose in the first round from fellow Indonesian pair Rinov Rivaldy and Pitha Haningtyas Mentari in rubber games.

In late August, he competed at the World Championships, but lost in the third round from 1st seed and reigning world champion Chinese pair Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong in straight games.

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