Ihsan Maulana Mustofa

Ihsan Maulana Mustofa (born November 18, 1995 in Tasikmalaya) is an Indonesian badminton player. He is a singles specialist. He is from PB. Djarum, a badminton club in Kudus, Central Java and has joined the club since 2010. He was a boys' singles bronze medallist of the 2013 World Junior Championships that was held in Bangkok, Thailand.

• 2012

Ihsan has been the national junior champion in 2012.

• 2013

Ihsan was qualified to participate at the 2013 Badminton Asia Championships but his participation just got to the first round after being defeated by Park Sung-min with a rubber games 21–17, 20–22, 10–21. He also played in some international challenge tournaments and BWF Grand Prix such as Vietnam Open Grand Prix (GP) and Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold (GPG). He reached the second round in both BWF Grand Prix tournaments. In the second round, he was stopped by fellow Indonesian shuttlers. He was upset by Jonatan Christie at the 2013 Vietnam Open GP with a rubber games and by his senior Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka at the 2013 Indonesian Masters GPG with a straight games. In November 2013, he brought home a bronze medal during the 2013 BWF World Junior Championships in Bangkok, Thailand after being defeated by South Korean shuttler Heo Kwang-hee with a rubber games 18–21, 21–13, 16–21 in the semifinals.

• 2014

Ihsan was selected to join the national team as the youngest player in the Thomas Cup squad after the Indonesian Badminton Association, PBSI, quarantined 33 Thomas and Uber Cups candidates at the Djarum Badminton Club in Kudus, Central Java, for a simulation last March 2014. Ihsan defeated Sony Dwi Kuncoro, the 2004 Athens Olympics bronze medalist and the former world number four, with a stunning 21–19, 21–18 performance, catching the coaching staffs’ attention. He, in 18-year-old, was dubbed ‘the next big thing’ by a top badminton official, is part of the Indonesian team that left for New Delhi for the Thomas Cup 2014. He also participated in some international challenge and BWF Grand Prix tournaments. He played at the 2014 German Open GPG and the 2014 Chinese Taipei Open GPG. His best performance in the international individual competitions was when he became the runner-up of the 2014 Dutch Open GP, beaten by Ajay Jayaram of India with 11–10, 6–11, 7–11, 11–1, 9–11 in the final.

• 2015

Ihsan was part of the Indonesian team that left for Dongguan, China for the Sudirman Cup 2015, which the Indonesia team won the bronze medal at that world mixed team tournament. At the 28th Southeast Asian Games 2015 in Singapore, Ihsan helped the Indonesian men's team beating Thailand 3–2 to bring home a gold medal in the final game after he defeated Suppanyu Avihingsanon from Thailand with 20–22, 21–16, 21–9.

BWF World Junior Championships

The BWF World Junior Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to crown the best junior badminton players (under-19) in the world.

• 2013 BWF World Junior Championships at the Hua Mark Indoor Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand

2013 BWF World Junior Championships – Boys' Singles
Round	Opponent	Score	Result
1st	–	–	Bye
2nd	Phomolo Leoke	21–3, 21–4	Win
3rd	Benny Lin	21–14, 21–12	Win
4th	Kanta Tsuneyama	21–19, 21–18	Win
QF	Pannawit Thongnuam	21–10, 21–8	Win
SF	Heo Kwang-hee	18–21, 21–13, 16–21	Bronze

BWF Grand Prix (0 titles, 2 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.

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Thailand Open	Lee Hyun-il	17–21, 24–22, 8–21	02 ! Runner-up
2014	Dutch Open	Ajay Jayaram	11–10, 6–11, 7–11, 11–1, 9–11	02 ! Runner-up

     BWF Grand Prix tournament

     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

• 2 times at Thomas Cup (2014, 2016)
• 1 times at Sudirman Cup (2015)
• 1 times at Badminton Asia Team Championships (2016)
• 1 times at SEA Games (2015)

Indonesian team

• Senior level

Team Events	2014	2015	2016
Southeast Asian Games	NH	Gold	NH
Asian Games	QF	NH
Asia Championships	NH		Gold
Thomas Cup	Bronze	NH	Silver
Sudirman Cup	NH	Bronze	NH

• Junior level

Team Events	2013
World Junior Championships	Silver
Asia Junior Championships	Bronze

Individual competitions

Event	2013
World Junior Championships	Bronze

Tournaments	2013	2014	2015	2016	Best
BWF Superseries
All England Open	A			Q2	Q2 (2016)
India Open	A
Malaysia Open	A			R1	R1 (2016)
Singapore Open	A			R1	R1 (2016)
Australian Open	GPG	A		R1	R1 (2016)
Indonesia Open	A		Q2	SF	SF (2016)
Japan Open	A		QF		QF (2015)
Korea Open	A		R2		R2 (2015)
Denmark Open	A
French Open	A
China Open	A
Hong Kong Open	A		R1		R1 (2015)
BWF Superseries Finals	NQ	NQ	NQ
BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold
Malaysia Masters	A		R3	R1	R3 (2015)
Syed Modi International	N/A	A
Thailand Masters	N/A	N/A	N/A	A
German Open	A	R1	A		R1 (2014)
Swiss Open	A		R1	A	R1 (2015)
China Masters	SS	A
New Zealand Open	A			R3	R3 (2016)
U.S. Open	A
Canada Open	A
Chinese Taipei Open	A	R2	R3	A	R3 (2015)
Russian Open	A
Vietnam Open	R2	A	R1		R2 (2013)
Thailand Open	A	N/A	F		F (2015)
Dutch Open	A	F	A		F (2014)
Chinese Taipei Masters	N/A	N/A	SF		SF (2015)
Bitburger Open	A
Korea Masters	A		R1		R1 (2015)
Scottish Open	A
Brasil Open	N/A	A
Macau Open	A		SF		SF (2015)
Indonesian Masters	R2	A	R3		R3 (2015)
K & D Graphics	N/A	A
Mexico City Grand Prix	N/A	N/A	A

Head to head (H2H) against World Superseries finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.