Lilyana Natsir

Liliyana Natsir (born 9 September 1985) is a retired Indonesian badminton player who specialized in doubles. With one gold and silver from the Olympic Games, and four gold medals at the BWF World Championships, she is regarded as one of the greatest mixed doubles players of all-time. Natsir was the second Indonesian woman Olympic gold medalist, after Susi Susanti won gold in 1992. She gained huge success by partnering with two different players. Her last partner was Tontowi Ahmad after being separated from her previous partner, Nova Widianto. She also won three titles in a row from 2012–2014 at All England Badminton Championships, one of the most prestigious and oldest tournament in the sport. Her tactical awareness, game vision, and dominance at the front court are considered as one of the best in the tour. In 2016, she and Tontowi Ahmad became the first Indonesian mixed doubles pair to win gold medal at the Olympic Games after beating Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying of Malaysia. As of 2019, she holds the highest number of BWF World Championship titles for mixed doubles.

Natsir had dreamed of being a badminton athlete since childhood. She started playing badminton at the age of nine at her local badminton club in Manado. Three years later, she decided to move to Jakarta and entered her youth club, Tangkas Alfamart. She joined the national badminton team of Indonesia in 2002 together with Natalia Poluakan, her longtime friend from Manado. When she and Poluakan won the women's doubles title in Pekan Olahraga Nasional (National Games), Richard Mainaky noticed her game and invited her to play in mixed doubles with Nova Widianto.

In 2006, Natsir and Widianto won the Asian Championships in mixed doubles and four World Grand Prix titles. They won the BWF World Championships in both 2005 and 2007. While Natsir had previously focused on mixed doubles with partner Nova Widianto, in 2007 she began playing women's doubles with Vita Marissa. In the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Thailand, Natsir and Marissa won the gold medal in women's doubles, defeating their Indonesian teammates Jo Novita and Greysia Polii in straight sets. They also helped the Indonesian women's team win the team gold medal at the games. In the beginning of 2009 Marissa resigned from national team. When this decision came out, Marissa and Natsir had to split up and each focus on their own career. One year later, in September 2010, the badminton world was surprised by the sudden split of world number #1 mixed-doubles pair Widianto and Natsir. In total, Nova and Liliyana had clinched two World Championship gold medals and 14 titles all together, and were still at world #1 when the decision was announced. Since then Lilyana has paired with the younger player Tontowi Ahmad in mixed doubles.

• Indonesia Sports Awards 2018 for Favorite Mixed Pair
• iNews Maker Awards 2017
• Golden Award SIWO PWI 2017
• Golden Shuttle Awards 2016
• Indonesia Kids Choice Awards 2014
• Anugerah Seputar Indonesia 2014
• People of the Year 2013 by Sindo newspaper

Olympic Games

She has made three Olympics appearances, in which she won a gold medal in 2016 Rio Olympic Games, was stopped in the semifinals of the 2012 London Olympics and reached the final of the 2008 Beijing Olympics for Mixed Doubles. She also played for 2008 Beijing Olympics for Women Doubles, but lost in the first round.

• 2016 Summer Olympics at the Riocentro - Pavilion 4, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Natsir competed in badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles with partner Tontowi Ahmad and won the gold medal in the end.

• 2012 Summer Olympics at the Wembley Arena, London, United Kingdom

Natsir competed in badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles with partner Tontowi Ahmad and finished fourth at the end.

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

Natsir competed in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Nova Widianto and earned a silver medal. They were defeated in the final by the gold medalists Lee Yong-dae and Lee Hyo-jung of South Korea in straight sets 21–11 and 21–17.
She also competed in the women's doubles event with Vita Marissa but lost to Zhang Jiewen and Yang Wei of China in the first round.

BWF World Championships

• 2017 BWF World Championships at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland

• 2015 BWF World Championships at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta, Indonesia

• 2013 BWF World Championships at the Tianhe Sports Center in Guangzhou, China

• 2011 BWF World Championships at the Wembley Arena in London, England

• 2009 BWF World Championships at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad, India

• 2007 BWF World Championships at the Putra Indoor Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• 2005 BWF World Championships at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California, United States

World Cup

Mixed doubles

Asian Games

Mixed doubles

Asian Championships

Mixed doubles

Women's doubles

Southeast Asian Games

Mixed doubles

Women's doubles

World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Mixed doubles

Asian Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

BWF World Tour (1 title, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Tontowi Ahmad	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	21–19, 19–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2018	Singapore Open	Super 500	Tontowi Ahmad	Goh Soon Huat Shevon Jemie Lai	19–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2018	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Tontowi Ahmad	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	21–17, 21–8	Champion
2018	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Tontowi Ahmad	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	14–21, 11–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries (23 titles, 19 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end. Liliyana has got many superseries titles with some partners such as Nova Widianto, Vita Marissa, and Tontowi Ahmad.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	French Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen	22–20, 21–15	Champion
2017	Indonesia Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen	22–20, 21–15	Champion
2016	Hong Kong Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Praveen Jordan Debby Susanto	21–19, 21–17	Champion
2016	China Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Zhang Nan Li Yinhui	21–13, 22–24, 21–16	Champion
2016	Malaysia Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	23–21, 13–21, 21–16	Champion
2015	Denmark Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na	22–20, 18–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2015	Korea Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	16–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2015	All England Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	10–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2014	French Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Chris Adcock Gabrielle Adcock	21–9, 21–16	Champion
2014	Denmark Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Xu Chen Ma Jin	20–22, 15–21	Runner-up
2014	Singapore Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Riky Widianto Puspita Richi Dili	21–15, 22–20	Champion
2014	All England Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	21–13, 21–17	Champion
2013	China Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen	21–10, 5–21, 21–17	Champion
2013	Denmark Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	11–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2013	Singapore Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Yoo Yeon-seong Eom Hye-won	21–12, 21–12	Champion
2013	India Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na	21–16, 21–13	Champion
2013	All England Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	21–13, 21–17	Champion
2012	Denmark Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Xu Chen Ma Jin	21–23, 26–24, 11–21	Runner-up
2012	Japan Open	Muhammad Rijal	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	12–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2012	Indonesia Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thoungthongkam	17–21, 21–17, 13–21	Runner-up
2012	India Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thoungthongkam	21–16, 12–21, 21–14	Champion
2012	All England Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	21–17, 21–19	Champion
2011	Indonesia Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	22–20, 14–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2011	Singapore Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Chen Hung-ling Cheng Wen-hsing	21–14, 27–25	Champion
2011	India Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Fran Kurniawan Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth	21–18, 23–21	Champion
2010	Singapore Open	Nova Widianto	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	12–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2010	All England Open	Nova Widianto	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	18–16, 25–23, 18–21	Runner-Up
2009	Hong Kong Open	Nova Widianto	Robert Mateusiak Nadiezda Kostiuczyk	20–22, 16–21	Runner-up
2009	French Open	Nova Widianto	Hendra Aprida Gunawan Vita Marissa	21–7, 21–7	Champion
2009	Malaysia Open	Nova Widianto	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung	21–14, 21–19	Champion
2008	BWF Superseries Finals	Nova Widianto	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	19–21, 21–18, 20–22	Runner-up
2008	China Masters	Nova Widianto	Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen	17–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2008	Japan Open	Nova Widianto	Muhammad Rizal Vita Marissa	21–14, 15–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2008	Singapore Open	Nova Widianto	Anthony Clark Donna Kellogg	17–21, 21–14, 21–9	Champion
2008	All England Open	Nova Widianto	Zheng Bo Gao Ling	21–18, 14–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2007	Hong Kong Open	Nova Widianto	Zheng Bo Gao Ling	21–23, 21–18, 21–19	Champion
2007	China Open	Nova Widianto	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam	15–21, 21–18, 21–11	Champion
2007	Japan Open	Nova Widianto	Zheng Bo Gao Ling	19–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2007	Indonesia Open	Nova Widianto	Zheng Bo Gao Ling	16–21, 11–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	BWF Superseries Finals	Vita Marissa	Wong Pei Tty Chin Eei Hui	15–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2008	Indonesia Open	Vita Marissa	Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna	21–15, 21–14	Champion
2007	China Masters	Vita Marissa	Zhao Tingting Yang Wei	12–21, 21–15, 21–16	Champion

     BWF Superseries Finals tournament

     BWF Superseries Premier tournament

     BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (10 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Indonesian Masters	Tontowi Ahmad	Praveen Jordan Debby Susanto	21–18, 21–13	Champion
2013	Indonesian Masters	Tontowi Ahmad	Praveen Jordan Vita Marissa	20–22, 21–9, 14–21	Runner-up
2012	Macau Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Muhammad Rijal Debby Susanto	21–16, 14–21, 21–16	Champion
2012	Indonesian Masters	Tontowi Ahmad	Muhammad Rijal Debby Susanto	21–19, 21–14	Champion
2012	Swiss Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thoungthongkam	21–16, 21–14	Champion
2011	Macau Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Chen Hung-ling Cheng Wen-hsing	Walkover	Champion
2011	Chinese Taipei Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Ko Sung-hyun Eom Hye-won	22–24, 21–16, 17–21	Runner-up
2011	Malaysia Masters	Tontowi Ahmad	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	18–21, 21–15, 21–19	Champion
2010	Indonesian Masters	Tontowi Ahmad	Markis Kido Lita Nurlita	21–11, 21–13	Champion
2010	Chinese Taipei Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Hendra Aprida Gunawan Vita Marissa	20–22, 21–14, 20–22	Runner-up
2010	Macau Open	Tontowi Ahmad	Hendra Aprida Gunawan Vita Marissa	21–14, 21–18	Champion
2010	Malaysia Masters	Devin Lahardi Fitriawan	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam	13–21, 21–16, 21–17	Champion
2007	Philippines Open	Nova Widianto	Han Sang-hoon Hwang Yu-mi	21–17, 21–13	Champion

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Chinese Taipei Open	Vita Marissa	Chien Yu-chin Cheng Wen-hsing	15–21, 21–17, 18–21	Runner-up

     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

     BWF Grand Prix tournament

IBF World Grand Prix (5 Titles and 4 Runners-up)

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Japan Open	Nova Widianto	Flandy Limpele Vita Marissa	21–11, 18–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2006	Hong Kong Open	Nova Widianto	Zheng Bo Zhao Tingting	20–22, 19–21	Runner-up
2006	Korea Open	Nova Widianto	Jens Eriksen Mette Schjoldager	23–21, 21–18	Champion
2006	Chinese Taipei Open	Nova Widianto	Lee Jae-jin Lee Hyo-jung	17–21, 23–21, 21–13	Champion
2006	Singapore Open	Nova Widianto	Nathan Robertson Gail Emms	21–16, 20–22, 23–21	Champion
2006	Indonesia Open	Nova Widianto	Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen	19–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2005	Indonesia Open	Nova Widianto	Anggun Nugroho Yunita Tetty	15–13, 15–1	Champion
2005	Swiss Open	Nova Widianto	Nathan Robertson Gail Emms	14–17, 6–15	Runner-up
2004	Singapore Open	Nova Widianto	Koo Kien Keat Wong Pei Tty	15–1, 15–4	Champion

Participation on Indonesian Team

• 5 times at Sudirman Cup (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
• 3 times at Uber Cup (2004, 2008, 2010)

Indonesian team

• Junior level

• Senior level

Individual competitions

• Junior level

• Senior level

Women's and mixed doubles titles

Natsir is a daughter of Beno Natsir (father) and Olly Maramis (mother).