Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Quick Facts
Biography
Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (born 9 March 1991) is an Indonesian professional badminton player currently ranked world No. 1 in the men's doubles by the Badminton World Federation. He is from PB Jaya Raya, a badminton club in South Tangerang, Banten and has joined the club since June 2018. He won the 2017 All England Open Super Series Premier with his current partner Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo. He and Sukamuljo were recognized as the most outstanding players, and awarded as the BWF Best Male Players of the Year for two years in a row after collected seven Super Series titles in 2017 and eight World Tour titles in 2018.
Gideon and Sukamuljo often referred as "The Minions" because of their height below average badminton players and they are also known for their playing style that is fast and very agile as if bouncing here and there just like Minions in the film Despicable Me, which is often jumping up and down.
Career overview
Gideon started his career in badminton at the Tangkas Jakarta club when he was 9 years old. At the age of 13, he began practicing professionally, and at the same time, he received a scholarship in Singapore. Four months later in Singapore, he returned to Indonesia because of illness, and decided not to continue his education abroad. He was again trained by his father, as a singles and doubles player. Gideon won his first international title in the men's singles discipline at the Victorian International a Future Series event.
Gideon was selected to join the national training centre in Cipayung, in the men's doubles team in 2010. Partnered with Agripina Prima Rahmanto, he won the 2011 Singapore and 2012 Iran International tournaments, and also finished as the runners-up in 2012 Vietnam and Osaka International. Feeling disappointed with the PBSI decision in the sending players to the international tournaments, Gideon decided to leave the national training centre in 2013.
Gideon then returned to the court as an independent player paired with the Beijing 2008 gold medalists, Markis Kido. The duo reaching to the semifinals at the 2013 Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold losing to the national player Ronald Alexander and Selvanus Geh in straight games. He captured his first Superseries title at the 2013 French Open with Kido, played from the qualification stage, and beat the seeded pairs in their journey to topped the men's doubles podium. Gideon and Kido, reached in to the semifinals at the 2014 All England Open, and then won their second title at the 2014 Indonesia Masters defeat another Indonesian players Selvanus Geh and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo in the final with the rubber games.
Seeing his achievements with Markis Kido, Gideon invited by PBSI to rejoin the national team. In early 2015, he is paired with Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo, ended the years by occupying the top 20 BWF World Ranking, grabbed one title at the Chinese Taipei Masters. He also participated at the Southeast Asian Games, clinched the gold medal in the men's team event and a silver medal in the men's doubles event. Gideon and Sukamuljo started their 2016 tour by winning the Malaysia Masters, their performance continues to increase and won the Superseries title in India and Australia, after that the Superseries Premier title in China. At the end of 2016, he and Sukamujo reach to the top 10 world ranking, and qualified to compete at the BWF Superseries Finals held in Dubai. The duo failed to advance to the knocked out stage after stand in the third position in group stage won a match against their compatriot Angga Pratama / Ricky Karanda Suwardi, and lost two matches to Danish and Japanese pairs.
In 2019, Gideon and Sukamuljo were nominated for the Best Male Player award, but failed to retain the award after being defeated by Kento Momota.
Personal life
Gideon is the son of former national badminton player, Kurniahu. He married a general practitioner, Agnes Amelinda Mulyadi on 14 April 2018. His first son Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Jr. was born in January 2019.
Awards
- BWF Best Male Players of the Year (with Sukamuljo): 2017, 2018
- Indonesian Sport Awards (with Sukamuljo):
- Favorite Male Duo: 2018
- Athlete of the Year: 2018
- Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list for Entertainment and Sports (with Sukamuljo): 2020
Achievements
Asian Games
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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Asian Championships
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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Southeast Asian Games
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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BWF World Tour (17 titles, 2 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.
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2020 | All England Open | Super 1000 | Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe | 18–21, 21–12, 19–21 | Runner-up |
2020 | Indonesia Masters | Super 500 | Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan | 21–15, 21–16 | Champion |
2019 | Fuzhou China Open | Super 750 | Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda | 21–17, 21–9 | Champion |
2019 | French Open | Super 750 | Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty | 21–18, 21–16 | Champion |
2019 | Denmark Open | Super 750 | Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan | 21–14, 21–13 | Champion |
2019 | China Open | Super 1000 | Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan | 21–18, 17–21, 21–15 | Champion |
2019 | Japan Open | Super 750 | Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan | 21–18, 23–21 | Champion |
2019 | Indonesia Open | Super 1000 | Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan | 21–19, 21–16 | Champion |
2019 | Indonesia Masters | Super 500 | Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan | 21–17, 21–11 | Champion |
2019 | Malaysia Masters | Super 500 | Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi | 21–15, 21–16 | Champion |
2018 | Hong Kong Open | Super 500 | Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda | 21–13, 21–12 | Champion |
2018 | Fuzhou China Open | Super 750 | Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | He Jiting Tan Qiang | 25–27, 21–17, 21–15 | Champion |
2018 | French Open | Super 750 | Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Han Chengkai Zhou Haodong | 21–23, 21–8, 17–21 | Runner-up |
2018 | Denmark Open | Super 750 | Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda | 21–15, 21–16 | Champion |
2018 | Japan Open | Super 750 | Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Li Junhui Liu Yuchen | 21–11, 21–13 | Champion |
2018 | Indonesia Open | Super 1000 | Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Takuto Inoue Yuki Kaneko | 21–13, 21–16 | Champion |
2018 | All England Open | Super 1000 | Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen | 21–18, 21–17 | Champion |
2018 | India Open | Super 500 | Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | 21–14, 21–16 | Champion |
2018 | Indonesia Masters | Super 500 | Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Li Junhui Liu Yuchen | 11–21, 21–10, 21–16 | Champion |
BWF Superseries (11 titles, 2 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 BWF Superseries Finals held at the year end.
Men's doubles
- BWF World Superseries Finals tournament
- BWF Superseries Premier tournament
- BWF Superseries tournament
BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2016 | Malaysia Masters | Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong | 18–21, 21–13, 21–18 | Champion |
2015 | Chinese Taipei Masters | Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Hoon Thien How Lim Khim Wah | 21–12, 21–8 | Champion |
2015 | Chinese Taipei Open | Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Fu Haifeng Zhang Nan | 13–21, 8–21 | Runner-up |
2014 | Indonesia Masters | Markis Kido | Selvanus Geh Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | 21–17, 20–22, 21–14 | Champion |
- BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
- BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 3 runners-up)
Men's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2009 | Victorian International | Joe Wu | 17–21, 21–8, 21–15 | Champion |
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2012 | Osaka International | Agripina Prima Rahmanto | Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda | 17–21, 23–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
2012 | Vietnam International | Agripina Prima Rahmanto | Ricky Karanda Suwardi Muhammad Ulinnuha | 12–21, 19–21 | Runner-up |
2012 | Iran Fajr International | Agripina Prima Rahmanto | Tarun Kona Arun Vishnu | 21–18, 21–18 | Champion |
2011 | Singapore International | Agripina Prima Rahmanto | Lukhi Apri Nugroho Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | 21–17, 21–9 | Champion |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2014 | Turkey International | Gabriela Stoeva | Jones Ralfy Jansen Cisita Joity Jansen | 21–17, 17–21, 12–21 | Runner-up |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
Performance timeline
National team
- Senior level
Team events | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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Individual competitions
- Senior level
Events | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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World Championships | R3 R1 | A | N/A | QF | QF | R2 |
Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Best | |||||||||||||||
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BWF World Tour | |||||||||||||||||||
Malaysia Masters | A | W | QF | W (2016, 2019) | |||||||||||||||
Indonesia Masters | W | W | W | W (2014, 2018, 2019, 2020) | |||||||||||||||
All England Open | W | R1 | F | W (2017, 2018) | |||||||||||||||
India Open | W | A | W (2016, 2017, 2018) | ||||||||||||||||
Malaysia Open | QF | QF | Q | W (2017) | |||||||||||||||
Singapore Open | A | SF | Q | SF (2017, 2019) | |||||||||||||||
Indonesia Open | W | W | W (2018, 2019) | ||||||||||||||||
Japan Open | W | W | W (2017, 2018, 2019) | ||||||||||||||||
Thailand Open | A | QF | SF (2015) | ||||||||||||||||
China Open | SF | W | W (2016, 2017, 2019) | ||||||||||||||||
Korea Open | A | QF | F (2017) | ||||||||||||||||
Denmark Open | W | W | W (2018, 2019) | ||||||||||||||||
French Open | F | W | W (2013, 2019) | ||||||||||||||||
Fuzhou China Open | W | W | W (2018, 2019) | ||||||||||||||||
Hong Kong Open | W | QF | W (2017, 2018) | ||||||||||||||||
BWF World Tour Finals | ret | SF | W (2017) | ||||||||||||||||
Year-end Ranking | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Best |
Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Best | ||||||||||||
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BWF Superseries | |||||||||||||||||||
All England Open | A | SF | QF | R1 | W | W (2017) | |||||||||||||
India Open | A | R1 R1 | A | W | W | W (2016, 2017) | |||||||||||||
Malaysia Open | A | QF R1 | R1 | R2 | W | W (2017) | |||||||||||||
Singapore Open | A | R1 R1 | R1 R2 | R2 | QF | SF | SF (2017) | ||||||||||||
Australian Open | GPG | R2 R1 | A | W | w/d | W (2016) | |||||||||||||
Indonesia Open | R2 | R2 R1 | QF R1 | R2 | R2 | R1 | QF (2014) | ||||||||||||
China Masters | A | QF R1 | GPG | QF (2013) | |||||||||||||||
Japan Open | A | R1 R2 | A | R1 | A | W | W (2017) | ||||||||||||
Korea Open | A | R1 | A | F | F (2017) | ||||||||||||||
Denmark Open | A | R2 R1 | QF | A | QF | F | F (2017) | ||||||||||||
French Open | A | W | QF R1 | A | R2 | w/d | W (2013) | ||||||||||||
China Open | A | R2 R2 | A | W | W | W (2016, 2017) | |||||||||||||
Hong Kong Open | A | QF R1 | R2 | QF | R1 | W | W (2017) | ||||||||||||
BWF Superseries Finals | NQ | GS | W | W (2017) | |||||||||||||||
Year-end Ranking | 26 | 24 53 | 10 59 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Best |
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Best | ||||||||||
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BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold | |||||||||||||||||||
Malaysia Masters | A | R2 | QF SF | SF | A | W | A | W (2016) | |||||||||||
Syed Modi International | A | R2 | SF | N/A | A | R2 | A | SF (2012) | |||||||||||
Thailand Masters | N/A | R2 | A | R2 (2016) | |||||||||||||||
Swiss Open | SS | A | QF R1 | SF | A | A | SF (2015) | ||||||||||||
China Masters | SS | A | R1 | A | QF (2013) | ||||||||||||||
Thailand Open | N/A | R2 | R1 | A | N/A | SF | A | SF (2015) | |||||||||||
Chinese Taipei Open | A | R2 | R1 | A | R1 | F | A | F (2015) | |||||||||||
Australian Open | A | R1 R2 | SS | R2 (2013) | |||||||||||||||
New Zealand Open | N/A | A | N/A | R2 R2 | A | SF | A | SF (2016) | |||||||||||
Vietnam Open | A | QF | A | SF | A | SF (2015) | |||||||||||||
Chinese Taipei Masters | N/A | W | A | N/A | W (2015) | ||||||||||||||
Korea Masters | A | R1 | A | R2 | A | R2 (2015) | |||||||||||||
Macau Open | A | R1 | QF | A | R2 | A | QF (2012) | ||||||||||||
Indonesian Masters | R2 | QF | QF | SF QF | W | QF | A | N/A | W (2014) | ||||||||||
Year-end Ranking | 120 | 55 | 26 | 24 53 | 10 59 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Best |
Record against selected opponents
Men's doubles results against World Tour Level 2–4 finalist, World Tour Finals semifinalists, World Superseries finalists, World Superseries Finals semifinalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists paired with:
- Chai Biao & Hong Wei 3–2
- Fu Haifeng & Zhang Nan 1–3
- Han Chengkai & Zhou Haodong 4–2
- He Jiting & Tan Qiang 6–1
- Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen 11–2
- Liu Cheng & Zhang Nan 5–2
- Qiu Zihan & Liu Xiaolong 1–0
- Chen Hung-ling & Wang Chi-lin 5–0
- Lee Sheng-mu & Tsai Chia-hsin 3–2
- Kim Astrup & Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 7–1
- Mads Pieler Kolding & Mads Conrad-Petersen 6–2
- Mathias Boe & Carsten Mogensen 5–4
- Angga Pratama & Ricky Karanda Suwardi 6–0
- Mohammad Ahsan & Hendra Setiawan 11–2
- Fajar Alfian & Muhammad Rian Ardianto 5–2
- Hiroyuki Endo & Yuta Watanabe 2–6
- Kenichi Hayakawa & Hiroyuki Endo 0–1
- Takuto Inoue & Yuki Kaneko 8–0
- Takeshi Kamura & Keigo Sonoda 11–5
- Kim Gi-jung & Kim Sa-rang 1–0
- Kim Gi-jung & Lee Yong-dae 2–0
- Ko Sung-hyun & Shin Baek-cheol 2–1
- Lee Yong-dae & Yoo Yeon-seong 0–3
- Goh V Shem & Tan Wee Kiong 7–1
- Koo Kien Keat & Tan Boon Heong 3–0
- Ong Yew Sin & Teo Ee Yi 4–0
- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty 8–0
- Vladimir Ivanov & Ivan Sozonov 6–0
- Marcus Ellis & Chris Langridge 4–0
- Bodin Issara & Nipitphon Puangpuapech 1–1
- Chai Biao & Hong Wei 0–2
- Qiu Zihan & Liu Xiaolong 1–2
- Zhang Nan & Fu Haifeng 1–0
- Mads Pieler Kolding & Mads Conrad-Petersen 0–2
- Mathias Boe & Carsten Mogensen 1–1
- Muhammad Ahsan & Hendra Setiawan 0–3
- Hiroyuki Endo & Kenichi Hayakawa 1–0
- Takeshi Kamura & Keigo Sonoda 2–0
- Ko Sung-hyun & Shin Baek-cheol 2–1
- Lee Yong-dae & Yoo Yeon-seong 0–1
- Goh V Shem & Lim Khim Wah 0–1
- Tan Boon Heong & Koo Kien Keat 1–0
- Tan Wee Kiong & Hoon Thien How 1–0