Vita Marissa

Vita Marissa
Vita Marissa
	Vita Marissa at the 2013 French Open Superseries
Personal information
Birth name	Vita Marissa
Country	Indonesia
Born	4 January 1981 (age 43); Jakarta, Indonesia
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st)
Handedness	Right
Event	Women's & mixed doubles
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Indonesia
World Championships
Sudirman Cup
Uber Cup
Asian Games
Asian Championships
SEA Games
World Junior Championships
Asian Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Vita Marissa (born 4 January 1981) is an Indonesian retired badminton player.

Career edit

Marissa competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Nova Widianto. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Robert Blair and Natalie Munt of Great Britain in the second. In the quarterfinals, Marissa and Widianto lost to Jens Eriksen and Mette Schjoldager of Denmark 15–12, 15–8. In September 2008 Marissa and her new partner Muhammad Rijal won in mixed doubles at the Japan Super Series after beating Nova Widianto/Liliyana Natsir 14–21, 21–15, 21–19 in the all Indonesian final.

In early 2009, she resigned from the Indonesia National Team and is no longer a PBSI player.

She continues her career as independent professional with her partner Flandy Limpele and her friend Nadya Melati, also a former national team player in women's doubles.

Olympic Games edit

2008 Summer Olympics at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing, China

2008 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles
Round	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
First Round	Flandy Limpele [3]	Kristof Hopp Birgit Overzier	21–12, 21–12	Win
Quarterfinal		Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	21–17, 15-21, 21–17	Win
Semifinal		Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung	9-21, 21–12, 17-21	Lost
Bronze-final		He Hanbin [4] Yu Yang	21-19, 17–21, 21–23	Lost (4th)

2008 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles
Round	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
First round	Liliyana Natsir	Yang Wei [1] Zhang Jiewen	19–21, 15–21	Lost

2004 Summer Olympics at the Goudi Olympic Hall, Athens, Greece

2004 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles
Round	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
First round	Nova Widianto [8]	-	Bye	Win
Second Round		Robert Blair Natalie Munt	15–8, 15–12	Win
Quarterfinal		Jens Eriksen Mette Schjoldager	12–15, 8–15	Lost

Participation with Indonesian team edit

4 times at Sudirman Cup (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007)

Achievements edit

BWF World Championships edit

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Flandy Limpele	Zheng Bo Gao Ling	21–17, 19–21, 19–21	Bronze

Asian Games edit

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Gangseo Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea	Nova Widianto	Khunakorn Sudhisodhi Saralee Thungthongkam	11–5, 5–11, 5–11	Bronze

Asian Championships edit

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	PhilSports Arena, Manila, Philippines	Deyana Lomban	Gao Ling Huang Sui	15–12, 4–15, 6–15	Silver
2008	Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia	Liliyana Natsir	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	10–21, 10–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Tri Kusharjanto	Wahyu Agung Emma Ermawati	14–17, 3–15	Bronze
2001	PhilSports Arena, Manila, Philippines	Tony Gunawan	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min	15–12, 13–15, 9–15	Bronze
2003	Tennis Indoor Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Nova Widianto	Anggun Nugroho Eny Widiowati	15–2, 15–11	Gold
2004	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Nova Widianto	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min	15–13, 7–15, 3–15	Bronze
2008	Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia	Flandy Limpele	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	21–17, 21–17	Gold

SEA Games edit

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Malawati Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia	Deyana Lomban	Ang Li Peng Lim Pek Siah	15–5, 4–15, 15–9	Gold
2007	Wongchawalitkul University, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand	Liliyana Natsir	Jo Novita Greysia Polii	21–15, 21–14	Gold
2011	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Nadya Melati	Anneke Feinya Agustin Nitya Krishinda Maheswari	19–21, 17–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Malawati Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia	Nova Widianto	Bambang Suprianto Emma Ermawati	3–15, 15–7, 17–15	Gold
2007	Wongchawalitkul University, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand	Flandy Limpele	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam	21–14, 21–15	Gold

World Junior Championships edit

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia	Eny Widiowati	Gong Ruina Huang Sui	15–17, 13–15	Bronze

Asian Junior Championships edit

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Manila, Philippines	Eny Widiowati	Gao Ling Yang Wei	10–15, 12–15	Bronze
1998	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Eny Widiowati	Gong Ruina Huang Sui	16–17, 15–17	Bronze

BWF Superseries (5 titles, 5 runners-up) edit

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[1] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.^[2] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Marissa played with many partners such as Nova Widianto, Liliyana Natsir, Muhammad Rijal and Flandy Limpele.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Malaysia Open	Greysia Polii	Gao Ling Huang Sui	21–19, 12–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2007	China Masters	Liliyana Natsir	Yang Wei Zhao Tingting	12–21, 21–15, 21–16	Winner
2008	Indonesia Open	Liliyana Natsir	Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna	21–15, 21–14	Winner
2008	World Superseries Masters Finals	Liliyana Natsir	Chin Eei Hui Wong Pei Tty	15–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2011	Indonesia Open	Nadya Melati	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	12–21, 10–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Singapore Open	Flandy Limpele	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam	21–14, 21–13	Winner
2007	French Open	Flandy Limpele	Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen	21–11, 21–15	Winner
2008	Korea Open	Flandy Limpele	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung	21–15, 14–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2008	Japan Open	Muhammad Rijal	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	14–21, 21–15, 21–19	Winner
2009	French Open	Hendra Aprida Gunawan	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	7–21, 7–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries Finals tournament

BWF Superseries Premier tournament

BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (15 titles, 20 runners-up) edit

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Thailand Open	Emma Ermawati	Gao Ling Qin Yiyuan	8–15, 2–15	Runner-up
2001	Indonesia Open	Deyana Lomban	Jane F. Bramsen Ann-Lou Jørgensen	7–5, 7–5, 7–3	Winner
2007	Chinese Taipei Open	Liliyana Natsir	Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin	15–21, 21–17, 18–21	Runner-up
2009	India Open	Nadya Melati	Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli	14–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2009	Chinese Taipei Open	Mona Santoso	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	14–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2013	Australia Open	Aprilsasi Putri Lejarsar Variella	Savitree Amitrapai Sapsiree Taerattanachai	21–19, 21–15	Winner
2013	Malaysia Grand Prix Gold	Aprilsasi Putri Lejarsar Variella	Pia Zebadiah Bernadet Rizki Amelia Pradipta	17–21, 21–16, 17–21	Runner-up
2014	U.S. Open	Shendy Puspa Irawati	Puttita Supajirakul Sapsiree Taerattanachai	21–15, 21–10	Winner
2014	Indonesian Masters	Shendy Puspa Irawati	Keshya Nurvita Hanadia Devi Tika Permatasari	23–21, 21–13	Winner
2014	Dutch Open	Shendy Puspa Irawati	Eefje Muskens Selena Piek	8–11, 11–4, 9–11, 10–11	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Indonesia Open	Nova Widianto	Tri Kusharjanto Emma Ermawati	5–7, 1–7, 2–7	Runner-up
2002	Indonesia Open	Nova Widianto	Bambang Suprianto Minarti Timur	7–11, 3–11	Runner-up
2002	Chinese Taipei Open	Nova Widianto	Tri Kusharjanto Emma Ermawati	11–8, 11–13, 7–11	Runner-up
2002	Japan Open	Nova Widianto	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min	3–7, 2–7, 2–7	Runner-up
2002	Denmark Open	Nova Widianto	Kim Dong-moon Hwang Yu-mi	6–11, 11–4, 7–11	Runner-up
2003	Chinese Taipei Open	Nova Widianto	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min	7–15, 5–15	Runner-up
2004	Japan Open	Nova Widianto	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam	15–10, 15–13	Winner
2005	Chinese Taipei Open	Devin Lahardi Fitriawan	Tony Gunawan Cheng Wen-hsing	15–17, 6–15	Runner-up
2006	Japan Open	Flandy Limpele	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	11–21, 21–18, 21–17	Winner
2006	Dutch Open	Flandy Limpele	Robert Blair Jenny Wallwork	18–21 18–21	Runner-up
2007	Chinese Taipei Open	Flandy Limpele	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	21–18, 25–23	Winner
2009	Chinese Taipei Open	Hendra Aprida Gunawan	Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta	21–23, 18–21	Runner-up
2009	Macau Open	Hendra Aprida Gunawan	He Hanbin Yu Yang	14–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2009	India Open	Flandy Limpele	Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta	21–14, 21–17	Winner
2010	Macau Open	Hendra Aprida Gunawan	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir	14–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2010	Chinese Taipei Open	Hendra Aprida Gunawan	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir	22–20, 14–21, 22–20	Winner
2011	Thailand Open	Nova Widianto	Lee Sheng-mu Chien Yu-chin	10–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2012	U.S. Open	Tony Gunawan	Kenichi Hayakawa Misaki Matsutomo	21–13, 21–10	Winner
2013	Malaysia Grand Prix Gold	Praveen Jordan	Tan Aik Quan Lai Pei Jing	20–22, 21–13, 21–17	Winner
2013	New Zealand Open	Praveen Jordan	Riky Widianto Richi Puspita Dili	21–18, 21–8	Winner
2013	Indonesia Grand Prix Gold	Praveen Jordan	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir	22–20, 9–21, 21–14	Winner
2014	U.S. Open	Muhammad Rijal	Maneepong Jongjit Sapsiree Taerattanachai	21–16, 21–19	Winner
2014	Vietnam Open	Muhammad Rijal	Irfan Fadhilah Weni Anggraini	21–18, 21–10	Winner
2014	Indonesian Masters	Muhammad Rijal	Riky Widianto Richi Puspita Dili	18–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2015	Canada Open	Andrei Adistia	Lee Chun Hei Chau Hoi Wah	16–21, 18–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 1 runner-up) edit

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Indonesia International	Angeline de Pauw	Anita Eny Widiowati	15–12, 15–6	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Osaka International	Muhammad Rijal	Choi Sol-gyu Chae Yoo-jung	21–18, 17–21, 21–18	Winner
2014	Indonesia International	Muhammad Rijal	Ronald Alexander Melati Daeva Oktavianti	11–7, 4–11, 6–11, 7–11	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline edit

National team edit

Junior level

Team event	1997	1998
Asian Junior Championships	Silver	Bronze

Senior level

Team event	2001	2007	2011
SEA Games	Gold	Gold	Silver

Team event	2008
Uber Cup	Silver

Team event	2007
Sudirman Cup	Silver

Individual competitions edit

Junior level

Event	1997	1998
Asian Junior Championships	Bronze (GD)	Bronze (GD)

Event	1998
World Junior Championships	Bronze (GD)

Senior level

Event	2001	2007	2011
SEA Games	Gold (WD) Gold (XD)	Gold (WD) Gold (XD)	Silver (XD)

Event	2000	2001	2003	2004	2008
Asian Championships	Bronze (XD)	Silver (WD) Bronze (XD)	Gold (XD)	Bronze (XD)	Bronze (WD) Gold (XD)

Event	2002	2006
Asian Games	QF (WD) Bronze (XD)	QF (WD) R16 (XD)

Event	2001	2003	2005	2006	2007	2009	2010	2011	2013	2014	2015
World Championships	R3 (WD) QF (XD)	R2 (XD)	A		R3 (WD) Bronze (XD)	A	R3 (XD)	QF (WD)	A		R2 (WD)

Event	2004	2008
Olympic Games	QF (XD)	R1 (WD) 4th (XD)

Tournament	BWF Superseries									Best
Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Best
Korea Open	R2 (XD)	QF (WD) F (XD)	A		R2 (WD) R2 (XD)	R2 (WD) R1 (XD)	R2 (WD) R1 (XD)	R2 (WD) R1 (XD)	R1 (XD)	F (2008)
Malaysia Open	F (WD) QF (XD)	R2 (WD) R1 (XD)	QF (WD) R2 (XD)	R1 (WD) QF (XD)	R1 (WD) R1 (XD)	R1 (WD) R1 (XD)	SF (WD) SF (XD)	R2 (WD) R1 (XD)	R1 (XD)	F (2007)
All England Open	QF (WD) R2 (XD)	R2 (WD) R1 (XD)	A	QF (XD)	R1 (XD)	R1 (WD) R2 (XD)	R2 (XD)	A		SF (2003, 2004)
Swiss Open	SF (WD)	QF (XD)	A		GPG					SF (2007)
India Open	—	GPG			QF (XD)	R2 (WD)	A			W (2009)
Indonesia Open	R1 (XD)	W (WD) SF (XD)	R2 (XD)	SF (WD)	F (WD) R1 (XD)	R1 (WD) R2 (XD)	R2 (WD) R1 (XD)	R2 (WD) R1 (XD)	R2 (XD)	W (2001, 2008)
Singapore Open	QF (WD) W (XD)	SF (WD) R1 (XD)	A	R2 (WD) SF (XD)	QF (WD) R1 (XD)	R2 (WD) QF (XD)	R1 (WD) SF (XD)	R2 (WD) R1 (XD)	R1 (XD)	W (2007)
China Masters	W (WD) R2 (XD)	SF (XD)	A		R2 (WD) R2 (XD)	A	QF (XD)	GPG		W (2007)
Japan Open	R2 (WD) QF (XD)	SF (WD) W (XD)	SF (XD)	R2 (WD) QF (XD)	R1 (WD) R2 (XD)	A	R1 (WD) QF (XD)	R1 (WD) QF (XD)	R1 (XD)	W (2004, 2006, 2008)
Australian Open	IS		GP		GPG			A		W (2013)
Denmark Open	QF (XD)	A	R2 (XD)	R2 (WD) SF (XD)	R2 (WD) R1 (XD)	R1 (XD)	R1 (XD)	R1 (WD) R1 (XD)	A	F (2002)
French Open	W (XD)	QF (WD) R1 (XD)	R2 (WD) F (XD)	R1 (WD) QF (XD)	QF (WD) QF (XD)	R2 (XD)	R1 (WD) QF (XD)	R2 (WD) R1 (XD)	A	W (2007)
China Open	QF (WD) QF (XD)	A	w/d	A	R1 (WD) R1 (XD)	A	R1 (WD) R1 (XD)	A		QF (2007)
Hong Kong Open	SF (XD)	QF (WD) R1 (XD)	R1 (WD) SF (XD)	R2 (WD) R1 (XD)	A		QF (WD) QF (XD)	R1 (WD)	A	SF (2007, 2009)
BWF Superseries Finals	—	F (WD) GS (XD)	GS (XD)	GS (XD)	DNQ					F (2008)
Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Best

Tournament	BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold									Best
Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Best
Malaysia Masters	—		QF (WD) SF (XD)	SF (WD) QF (XD)	R1 (WD) R2 (XD)	A	F (WD) W (XD)	R2 (WD) QF (XD)	R2 (WD) QF (XD)	W (2013)
India Open	—	A	F (WD) W (XD)	A	SS					W (2009)
Swiss Open	SS				A	R2 (WD) R1 (XD)	A	R2 (XD)	A	SF (2007)
Australian Open					QF (XD)	QF (WD) R1 (XD)	W (WD) R1 (XD)	SS		W (2013)
New Zealand Open				—	IC	—	SF (WD) W (XD)	A	SF (WD) QF (XD)	W (2013)
U.S. Open			A			SF (WD) W (XD)	A	W (WD) W (XD)	A	W (2012, 2014 WD, 2014 XD)
Canada Open		—				A			R2 (WD) F (XD)	F (2015)
Chinese Taipei Open	F (WD) W (XD)		F (WD) F (XD)	R2 (WD) W (XD)	QF (WD) R2 (XD)	A			R2 (XD)	W (2007, 2010)
Vietnam Open	A							R2 (WD) W (XD)	QF (WD) QF (XD)	W (2014)
Thailand Open				—	R2 (WD) F (XD)	QF (WD) R2 (XD)	A	—	R2 (WD) R1 (XD)	F (1999, 2011)
Dutch Open			A	R2 (WD)	A			F (WD) R2 (XD)	A	F (2006, 2014)
Macau Open			R2 (WD) F (XD)	R2 (WD) F (XD)	R1 (WD) R2 (XD)	A				F (2009, 2010)
Indonesian Masters	—			SF (WD) QF (XD)	QF (WD) SF (XD)	R2 (WD) R1 (XD)	SF (WD) W (XD)	W (WD) F (XD)	SF (WD) QF (XD)	W (2013, 2014)
Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Best

Tournament	IBF World Grand Prix								Best
Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	Best
All England Open					SF (XD)	SF (XD)	A		SF (2003, 2004)
Chinese Taipei Open			—	F (XD)	F (XD)		F (XD)		F (2002, 2003, 2005)
Denmark Open		SF (XD)	SF (WD) SF (XD)	F (XD)			A	R1 (WD) QF (XD)	F (2002)
Dutch Open		R2 (WD) SF (XD)	A					F (XD)	F (2006)
Indonesia Open	SF (WD) QF (XD)	QF (WD)	W (WD) F (XD)	R1 (WD) F (XD)		A		R2 (XD)	W (2001)
Japan Open				F (XD)		W (XD)		W (XD)	W (2004, 2006)
Thailand Open	F			—					F (1999)

Personal life edit

When Marissa was young, she joined the Tangkas Jakarta badminton club. Her parents were Aris Harsono (father) and Yulianawati (mother). Her hobbies are billiards, swimming, and watching movies. Generally people call her Vita. After she has finished all competitions, no matter what the result were, she always makes a symbol of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. In 2008, as the oldest player in Uber Cup team, she was appointed as the team captain.

References edit

^ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
^ "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

External links edit

Vita Marissa at InternationalBadminton.org at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 December 2007)
Vita Marissa at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
Vita Marissa at BWFbadminton.com

[1] "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.

[2] "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

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