Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja


Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja is an Indonesian badminton player from PB Djarum, a badminton club in Kudus, Central Java; she joined the club in 2007. She was the 2011 Indonesia National and World Junior Champions in the mixed doubles event. For her achievements, Widjaja was awarded as the best Djarum player of the year. She won her first senior international title in 2014 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold.

Career

Widjaja made a debut in the international tournament at the 2010 Indonesia International Challenge, reaching in to the quarterfinals in the women's and mixed doubles event. She was selected to join national junior team compete at the 2011 Asian and World Junior Championships. Teamed-up with Alfian Eko Prasetya, they emerged as the mixed doubles world junior champion, beating their compatriot Ronald Alexander / Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah in the rubber game 12–21, 21–17, 25–23 in the final. In 2012, she and Prasetya finished as the runner-up at the 2012 India International Challenge after defeated by the first seeded Irfan Fadhilah / Weni Anggraini in the final.
In early 2013, Widjaja started her partnership with the 2012 World junior champion, Edi Subaktiar. The duo competed at the 2013 Asia Championships, but lost to South Korean pair Ko Sung-hyun / Kim Ha-na in the first round. At the 2013 Indonesia Open Grand Prix Gold, they failed to advance to the final stage, had upset by the six seeded Praveen Jordan / Vita Marissa in the semifinal.
In 2014, Widjaja became the semifinalists at the Malaysia Masters, Indonesia Masters, Bulgarian International, Dutch Open with Edi Subaktiar, New Zealand Open with Irfan Fadhilah, and at the Indonesia International with Alfian Eko Prasetya. In November 2014, she and Subaktiar clinched their first title at the Grand Prix Gold tournament in Macau Open.
Widjaja started the 2015 season by competing at the Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold with Edi Subaktiar. They reached in to the semifinals round, but lost to their teammates Praveen Jordan / Debby Susanto. The duo then took the title at the Austrian Open. Widjaja and Subaktiar made their first appearance at the semifinals BWF Super Series event in India Open, and at the China Masters Grand Prix Gold, they grabbed the runner-up podium. In August 2015, she qualified to compete at the World Championships in Jakarta as the 12th seeded with Subaktiar. They finished in the third round, after defeated by the 8th seeded from South Korea Ko Sung-hyun and Kim Ha-na.
In mid 2016, Widjaja paired with Riky Widianto compete at the Chinese Taipei Open, and the new pair finished in the semifinals round. In 2017, Widjaja teamed-up with the 2016 Olympic gold medalist Tontowi Ahmad, but their partnership did not last long. Their best achievement was the semifinalist at the Malaysia Masters. Widjaja then paired up again with Edi Subaktiar, but due to injury suffered by Subaktiar at the Southeast Asian Games, she's getting a new partner again with Hafiz Faizal. They ended the 2017 BWF Season by achieve the semifinals in Bitburger Open and Korea Masters.
In 2018, Widjaja comes up with Hafiz Faizal, they showed their good performance by beat the seeded players to reach the semifinals round at the Malaysia Masters, but their pace intercepted by the 5th seeded Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong. At the BWF Super 1000 Indonesia Open, they also finished in the semifinals. The partnership finally won their first title at the BWF Super 500 Thailand Open, beat the top seeded Chris and Gabby Adcock of England in the final with the score 21–12, 21–12.
In 2019, Widjaja reached the finals of German Open with Hafiz Faizal, but they were defeated by South Korean pair Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jung in straight games. In April, she and Faizal beat the Olympic Games silver medalists Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying to reach the semi-finals of Singapore Open, but they were stopped to another Malaysian pair Tan Kian Meng and Lai Pei Jing in a close rubber games. At the Oceania tour, she and her partner finished as the semi-finalists in New Zealand and quarter-finalists in Australian Open. Widjaja featured in Indonesian squad that won the bronze medal in Sudirman Cup. In July, she and Faizal beat the world number 1 Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong in the quarter-finals of Japan Open, but the duo lost to their compatriot Praveen Jordan and Melati Daeva Oktavianti in the semi-finals. In August, she and her partner played at the World Championships held in Basel, Switzerland, but this time they lost to Zheng and Huang in the third round. In the remaining of the 2019 tour, their best results were the semi-finalists in Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong Open. Widjaja and Faizal qualified to compete at the World Tour Finals in Guangzhou, but only finished third in the group B standings. Widjaja and Faizal reached a career high as mixed doubles world number 6 in May 2019.
In 2020, Widjaja started the season as the semi-finalists in Malaysia Masters with her partner Hafiz Faizal. Two weeks later, the duo finished as the finalist in Thailand Masters lost to English pair Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith in rubber games.

Achievements

BWF World Junior Championships

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011Taoyuan Arena,
Taipei, Chinese Taipei		 Alfian Eko Prasetya Ronald Alexander
Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah		12–21, 21–17, 25–23 Gold

BWF World Tour (1 title, 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. The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Mixed doubles
YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2020Thailand MastersSuper 300 Hafiz Faizal Marcus Ellis
Lauren Smith		16–21, 21–13, 16–21 Runner-up
2019German OpenSuper 300 Hafiz Faizal Seo Seung-jae
Chae Yoo-jung		17–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2018Thailand Open Super 500 Hafiz Faizal Chris Adcock
Gabby Adcock		21–12, 21–12 Champion

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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 and played between 2007 and 2017.
Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015China Masters Edi Subaktiar Liu Cheng
Bao Yixin		21–18, 15–21, 24–26 Runner-up
2014Macau Open Edi Subaktiar Danny Bawa Chrisnanta
Vanessa Neo Yu Yan		21–15, 29–30, 22–20 Champion

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015Austrian Open Edi Subaktiar Ronald Alexander
Melati Daeva Oktaviani		15–21, 22–20, 21–18 Champion
2012India International Alfian Eko Prasetya Irfan Fadhilah
Weni Anggraini		16–21, 19–21 Runner-up

Performance timeline

National team

Team Events2011
Asian Junior Championships Bronze
World Junior Championships7th

Team Events201720182019
Southeast Asian Games BronzeA
Asia Mixed Team ChampionshipsQFA
Sudirman CupGS Bronze

Individual competitions

Events2011
Asian Junior ChampionshipsR3
R2
World Junior Championships Gold

Mixed doubles results with Edi Subaktiar against World Superseries finalists, World Superseries Finals semifinalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists: