Praveen Jordan

Praveen Jordan (born 26 April 1993) is an Indonesian badminton player who specialises in doubles.

He has played for the badminton club PB Djarum since 2008.

Jordan started his senior career as a PB Djarum player in 2010, playing at several international tournaments in two specialties: men's and mixed doubles.

Jordan participated in 2011 Badminton Asia Junior Championships in Lucknow, India.

In the mixed team event, he played in the men's doubles along with Rangga Yave Rianto.

In the first round they won their match, with Indonesia defeating Nepal 5–0.

He and Rianto played back against Hong Kong in the third round, winning their match and helping Indonesia win 4–1.

In the quarter-finals Jordan and Rianto won their match and helped Indonesia beat Japan 3–2.

In the semi-finals they lost to the Malaysian team 1–3, and the team won the bronze medal.

In the individual event, he played in two categories, in the men's doubles with Rianto, and in the mixed doubles with Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah.

As the top seed in the men's doubles he was only able to reach the quarter-finals after being defeated by a Chinese Taipei pair; and then he won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles after losing to a Chinese pair in the semi-finals.

In 2013 Jordan was paired with Vita Marissa, winning several international tournaments together.

In the Korea Open they lost in the first round to Muhammad Rijal and Debby Susanto after coming through the qualifying rounds.

They then defeated third seeds Rijal and Susanto in the second round of the Malaysia Open and Chinese fifth seeds Zhang Nan and Tang Jinhua.

Jordan and Marissa then lost to Danish pair Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen in the semi-finals.

They also reached the semifinals of the Singapore Open before losing to Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir.

At the BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix tournament level, they won three titles in New Zealand, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

After the end of his successful in the 2013 season, the Badminton Association of Indonesia called him up to join the national team, partnering him with Debby Susanto.

This was his first time joined the Indonesia national training centre.

Jordan and Susanto then reached their first finals as a pair in the Malaysia Grand Prix Gold.

In September, he and his partner stepped on the Asian Games podium, after clinched the bronze medal in the mixed doubles.

Jordan started the 2015 season with partner Debby Susanto.

They reached the finals in the Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold tournament, but lost to Danish pair Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen.

They also reached the finals of Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold, but lost to Korean pair Choi Sol-gyu and Eom Hye-won.

They then reached their first ever BWF Superseries finals in the French Open, and finished as runner-up lost to Ko Sung-hyun and Kim Ha-na of South Korea.

In December, they also the finals of Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold, but lost to their teammate Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir.

In January, Jordan with partner Debby Susanto won the Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold held in India.

In March, they won their first All England title defeating Danish pair Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen.

He is a two-time All England Open champion in mixed doubles, winning in 2016 with Debby Susanto and in 2020 with Melati Daeva Oktavianti.

Jordan competed in 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro with partner Debby Susanto.

They became the runner-up of Group A, proceeding to the knocked-out stage.

They lost at the quarter-finals to their country mate and eventual gold medalists, Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir.

In November, they lost in the finals of Hong Kong Open Super Series by their teammate Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir.

In March, Jordan with partner Debby Susanto lost the finals of Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold from Thai pair Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai.

In June, they lost the finals of Australian Open Super Series from Chinese pair Zheng Siwei and Chen Qingchen.

In September, they won the finals of Korea Open Super Series from Chinese pair Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping.

After the retirement of Debby Susanto, Jordan was paired with Melati Daeva Oktavianti.

They lost to Chinese pair Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong in the second round of the Malaysia Masters.

They then became runners-up at the 2018 India Open.

They finished the season ranked as world number 15.