Tony Gunawan

Tony Gunawan (Chinese: 吳俊明; pinyin: Wu Junming; born April 9, 1975) is an Indonesian-born American former badminton player. He gained several international achievements for Indonesia and later for the United States, including Olympic gold medal and world champion title.

Tony Gunawan
Personal information
Country	Indonesia (until 2001) United States (2001–present)
Born	(1975-04-09) April 9, 1975 Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Coach	Christian Hadinata Herry Iman Pierngadi
Highest ranking	1
Medal record Men's badminton Representing Indonesia Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Men's doubles World Championships 2001 Seville Men's doubles Sudirman Cup 2001 Seville Mixed team 1999 Copenhagen Mixed team Thomas Cup 1998 Hong Kong Men's team 2000 Kuala Lumpur Men's team Asian Games 1998 Bangkok Men's team Asian Championships 2000 Jakarta Men's doubles Asian Cup 1996 Seoul Men's doubles Asia Cup 1999 Ho Chi Minh Men's team Southeast Asian Games 2001 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles 2001 Kuala Lumpur Men's team Representing United States World Championships 2005 Anaheim Men's doubles World Cup 2005 Yiyang Men's doubles Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Men's doubles
BWF profile

Career

Gunawan is a former Olympic gold medalist and world champion for Indonesia, and later a world champion for the United States. He is regarded by many, including his peers, as one of the greatest doubles players in badminton's history. A superb all-court player with a particular facility in the forecourt, he won the 2000 Olympic gold medal, the 2001 IBF World Championships, and 2005 IBF World Championships with 3 different men's doubles partners.

He won the Men's Doubles gold medal in the 2005 World Championships from the 13th seeded position with his American partner Howard Bach. Gunawan partnered with Halim Haryanto to win the 2001 World Championships as well as the 2001 All-England Open, and with Candra Wijaya to win the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. He was a member of the world champion 2000 Indonesia Thomas Cup team, winning his match in the final against China with yet another partner, Rexy Mainaky.

Gunawan and Bach won the 2005 IBF World Championships Men's Doubles gold over Gunawan's ex-partner Wijaya and Sigit Budiarto who were also finalists in the 2003 IBF World Championships in the same event. Tony played for Indonesia from 1992 to 2001 and is the winner of numerous international titles. He has coached and played for USA since 2001. Tony is currently studying in Orange County, California and coaches at San Gabriel Badminton Club 2 (Pomona).

Personal life

He married Indonesian women's doubles player, Etty Tantri on July 29, 2002 at the Monte Carlo Chapel in Las Vegas. They have two sons, Christopher and Leon.

Achievements

Olympic Games

• 2000 Summer Olympics at the Sydney Showground Hall 3, Sydney, Australia

2000 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles
Round	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
Final	Candra Wijaya	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	15–10, 9–15, 15–7	Gold

IBF World Championships

• 2005 IBF World Championships at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, United States.

2005 IBF World Championships – Men's doubles
Round	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
Final	Howard Bach	Candra Wijaya Sigit Budiarto	15–11, 10–15, 15–11	Gold

• 2001 IBF World Championships at the Palacio de Deportes de San Pablo in Seville, Spain.

2001 IBF World Championships – Men's doubles
Round	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
Final	Halim Heryanto	Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon	15–0, 15–13	Gold

World Cup

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Olympic Park, Yiyang, China	Howard Bach	Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya	18–21, 9–21	Bronze

World Badminton Grand Prix Finals

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Brunei	Candra Wijaya	Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon	15–7, 8–15, 15–11	Gold
2000	Brunei	Candra Wijaya	Halim Haryanto Sigit Budiarto	7–5, 8–6, 7–2	Gold

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Rexy Mainaky	Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah	15–8, 15–9	Gold

Asian Cup

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	Olympic Gymnasium No. 2, Seoul, South Korea	Rudy Wijaya	Kim Dong-moon Yoo Yong-sung	10–15, 8–15	Silver

Pan American Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Multipurpose Gymnasium, Guadalajara, Mexico	Howard Bach	Halim Haryanto Sattawat Pongnairat	21–10, 21–14	Gold

Southeast Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Malawati Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia	Bambang Suprianto	Candra Wijaya Sigit Budiarto	4–15, 6–15	Silver

BWF Super Series (1 title, 4 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Malaysia Open	Candra Wijaya	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	15–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2007	Japan Open (3)	Candra Wijaya	Luluk Hadiyanto Alvent Yulianto Chandra	21–18, 21–17	Winner
2007	Hong Kong Open	Candra Wijaya	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	12–21, 21–18, 13–21	Runner-up
2008	Indonesia Open	Candra Wijaya	Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari	21–19, 18–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2010	Singapore Open	Howard Bach	Fang Chieh-min Lee Sheng-mu	14–21, 15–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

IBF World Grand Prix (36 titles)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	French Open (1)	Victo Wibowo	Efraim Davis Halim Haryanto	15–10, 15–8	Winner
1997	Polish Open (1)	Victo Wibowo	Rudy Wijaya Seng Kok Keong	15–11, 15–6	Winner
1997	Copenhagen Masters (1)	Candra Wijaya	Simon Archer Chris Hunt	15–13, 15–8	Winner
1998	Swedish Open (1)	Candra Wijaya	Yang Ming Zhang Jun	15–3, 15–6	Winner
1998	Malaysia Open (1)	Halim Haryanto	Liu Yong Yu Jinhao	6–15, 15–5, 15–11	Winner
1998	Brunei Open (1)	Halim Haryanto	Michael Sogaard Denny Kantono	15–2, 15–8	Winner
1998	Hong Kong Open (1)	Candra Wijaya	Jens Eriksen Jesper Larsen	15–10, 15–9	Winner
1999	All England Open (1)	Candra Wijaya	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	15–7, 15–8	Winner
1999	Malaysia Open (2)	Candra Wijaya	Flandy Limpele Eng Hian	15–6, 15–11	Winner
1999	Ipoh Masters (1)	Candra Wijaya	Flandy Limpele Eng Hian	15–11, 15–9	Winner
2000	Japan Open (1)	Candra Wijaya	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	15–6, 15–7	Winner
2000	Indonesia Open (1)	Candra Wijaya	Flandy Limpele Eng Hian	14–17, 15–6, 15–8	Winner
2000	Chinese Taipei Open (1)	Candra Wijaya	Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock	15–7, 15–7	Winner
2001	All England Open (2)	Halim Haryanto	Candra Wijaya Sigit Budiarto	15–13, 7–15, 15–7	Winner
2002	U.S. Open (1)	Bob Malaythong	Kevin Han Howard Bach	11–15, 15–7, 15–7	Winner
2002	Puerto Rico Open (1)	Bob Malaythong	Sergio Llopis José Antonio Crespo	15–6, 15–3	Winner
2002	SCBA Classic (1)	Bob Malaythong	Kevin Han Howard Bach	15–10, 15–9	Winner
2003	U.S. Open (2)	Bob Malaythong	Lee Sung-yuan Lin Wei-hsiang	6–15, 15–4, 15–5	Winner
2004	U.S. Open (3)	Howard Bach	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	15–5, 15–7	Winner
2004	Dutch Open (1)	Howard Bach	Peter Steffensen Thomas Laybourn	15–8, 15–7	Winner
2005	USA SCBA International (1)	Howard Bach	Bob Malaythong Raju Rai	1–0 retired	Winner
2005	Bitburger German Open (1)	Halim Haryanto	Mike Beres William Milroy	15–3, 15–6	Winner
2005	U.S. Open (4)	Howard Bach	Mike Beres William Milroy	15–1, 15–2	Winner
2005	Chinese Taipei Open (2)	Halim Haryanto	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	15–13, 15–13	Winner
2005	Copenhagen Masters (2)	Howard Bach	Fu Haifeng Cai Yun	15–12, 11–15, 15–4	Winner
2006	Indonesia Open (1)	Candra Wijaya	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	21–17, 21–16	Winner
2006	U.S. Open (5)	Halim Haryanto	Alexander Nikolaenko Vitaly Durkin	21–10, 21–19	Winner
2006	Korea Open (1)	Candra Wijaya	Lee Jae-jin Hwang Ji-man	21–18, 21–18	Winner
2006	Japan Open (2)	Candra Wijaya	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	21–15, 21–14	Winner
2009	U.S. Open (6)	Howard Bach	Jürgen Koch Peter Zauner	21–12, 21–9	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	U.S. Open (1)	Etty Tantri	Simon Archer Marina Andrievskaya	7–11, 11–4, 11–6	Winner
2002	Puerto Rico Open (1)	Mesinee Mangkalakiri	Tjitte Weistra Dorianna Rivera	15–6, 15–3	Winner
2002	SCBA Classic (1)	Mesinee Mangkalakiri	Philippe Bourret Denyse Julien	11–3, 13–5	Winner
2003	U.S. Open (2)	Etty Tantri	Hwang Ji-man Lee Eun-woo	15–5, 15–9	Winner
2005	Chinese Taipei Open (1)	Cheng Wen-hsing	Devin Lahardi Vita Marissa	17–15, 15–6	Winner
2012	U.S. Open (3)	Vita Marissa	Kenichi Hayakawa Misaki Matsutomo	21–13, 21–10	Winner

Other results

2008	China Cup 2008	S.Series		Semi-Finalist
2008-04-06	India Grand Prix Gold 2008	GP Gold	4900.00	Semi-Finalist
2008-03-16	Wilson Swiss Open Super Series 2008	S.Series	5040.00	Quarter-Finalist
2008-03-09	YONEX All England Super Series 2008	S.Series	3600.00	1\16
2008-01-20	Proton Malaysia Open Super Series 2008	S.Series	6420.00	Semi-Finalist
2007-11-25	CHINA OPEN SUPER SERIES	S.Series	2220.00	1\32
2007-08-19	16th WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007	BWF Events	6600.00	Quarter-Finalist
2007-07-22	BINGO BONANZA PHILIPPINE OPEN 2007	GP Gold	2720.00	1\16
2007-05-13	DJARUM INDONESIA SUPER SERIES	S.Series	6420.00	Semi-Finalist
2007-05-06	AVIVA OPEN SINGAPORE SUPER SERIES 2007	S.Series	6420.00	Semi-Finalist
2007-03-18	WILSON SWISS OPEN SUPER SERIES	S.Series	6420.00	Semi-Finalist
2007-03-11	YONEX ALL ENGLAND SUPER SERIES	S.Series	6420.00	Semi-Finalist
2007-01-28	YONEX KOREA OPEN SUPER SERIES	S.Series	6420.00	Semi-Finalist
2006-09-02	YONEX SUNRISE HONG KONG OPEN 2006	6*	4950.10	Quarter-Finalist

Performance timeline

Indonesian team

• Senior level

Team Events	1998
Asian Games	Gold

Team Events	2000
Thomas Cup	Gold

Individual competitions

• Senior level

Event	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2006	2007	2009	2010	2011
BWF World Championships	R3	QF	Gold	A	Gold	A	QF	QF	R1	R1

Event	2000	2004	2008	2012
Olympics	Gold	A	A	GS

References

General

• "Birdie Boys". AsianWeek. September 2, 2005. Archived from the original on October 21, 2006. Retrieved May 10, 2006.
• "Gunawan, Bach talk about their world title". U.S. Olympic Team. August 22, 2005. Retrieved May 11, 2006.
• Tony Gunawan at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 7 February 2007)
• Tony Gunawan at cnnsi.com
• Tony Gunawan at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

External links

• Official website
• Tony Gunawan at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• Tony Gunawan at InternationalBadminton.org at the Wayback Machine (archived 29 October 2007)
• Tony Gunawan at Olympics.com