Bambang Suprianto


Bambang Suprianto is a retired badminton player from Indonesia.

Career overview

A durable all around player who won singles at the Singapore Open in 1991, Suprianto's greatest success came in doubles events. In the mid-1990s he and fellow countryman Rudy Gunawan formed one of the world's leading men's doubles teams. They won several top tier international titles, including the 1994 All-England Championship, but could not quite keep pace with countrymen Rexy Mainaky and Ricky Subagja who became the decade's most successful pair. Suprianto was a member of Indonesia's world champion Thomas Cup teams of 1994 and 1996, winning his doubles match against Malaysia and Denmark respectively in the championship round of each event.
After Rudy Gunawan's retirement, Suprianto focused on mixed doubles and continued his high level of play by winning international titles with a variety of partners. He and Resiana Zelin narrowly missed a medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Late in his international career, Suprianto teamed with another male mixed doubles specialist, Tri Kusharjanto to gain a very unexpected men's doubles victory at the 2001 Asian Badminton Championships over the reigning Olympic champions Tony Gunawan and Candra Wijaya in the final.

Achievements

World Cup

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1994Phan Dinh Phung Indoor Stadium,
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Rudy Gunawan Cheah Soon Kit
Soo Beng Kiang
13–18, 15–2, 16–17 Silver

International tournaments

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1992German Open Rudy Gunawan Jon Holst-Christensen
Thomas Lund
6–15, 15–2, 9–15 Runner-up
1993Thailand Open Rudy Gunawan Imay Hendra
Dicky Purwotjugiono
15–5, 15–7 Champion
1993China Open Rudy Gunawan Chen Kang
Chen Hongyong
15–12, 15–12 Champion
1993World Grand Prix Finals Rudy Gunawan Rexy Mainaky
Ricky Subagja
11–15, 15–10, 15–9 Champion
1994Chinese Taipei Open Rudy Gunawan Christian Jakobsen
Jens Eriksen
15–1, 15–8 Champion
1994All England Open Rudy Gunawan Rexy Mainaky
Ricky Subagja
15–12, 15–12 Champion
1994Indonesia Open Rudy Gunawan Rexy Mainaky
Ricky Subagja
15–10, 4–15, 15–18 Runner-up
1994Hong Kong Open Rudy Gunawan Rexy Mainaky
Ricky Subagja
12–15, 17–14, 7–15 Runner-up
1994World Grand Prix Finals Rudy Gunawan Rexy Mainaky
Ricky Subagja
10–15, 7–15 Runner-up
1995Japan Open Rudy Gunawan Rexy Mainaky
Ricky Subagja
8–15, 9–15 Runner-up
1995Indonesia Open Rudy Gunawan Denny Kantono
Antonius Ariantho
15–12, 15–9 Champion
1995US Open Rudy Gunawan Huang Zhanzhong
Jiang Xin
15–3, 15–10 Champion
1995Hong Kong Open Rudy Gunawan Ha Tae-kwon
Kang Kyung-jin
15–17, 15–12, 3–15 Runner-up
1995World Grand Prix Finals Rudy Gunawan Cheah Soon Kit
Yap Kim Hock
18–13, 2–15, 12–15 Runner-up
1996Japan Open Rudy Gunawan Rexy Mainaky
Ricky Subagja
8–15, 15–12, 12–15 Runner-up
2002Chinese Taipei Open Candra Wijaya Ha Tae-kwon
Kim Dong-moon
9–15, 15–13, 3–15 Runner-up

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1990Canada Open Fung Permadi4–15, 2–15 Runner-up
1990U.S. Open Fung Permadi6–15, 17–18 Runner-up
1991Singapore Open Fung Permadi15–9, 15–8 Winner