Imelda Wiguno


Imelda Wiguna is a former badminton player from Indonesia who played at the world class level from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s.

Career

A doubles specialist, Wiguna's two most impressive years in badminton were 1979 and 1980. In 1979 she won both doubles events, women's doubles with Verawaty Wiharjo and mixed doubles with Christian Hadinata, at the prestigious All-England Championships. The following year she reached the final of both events at the then triennial IBF World Championships in Jakarta, losing the women's doubles with Verawaty but winning the mixed doubles with Christian. Thereafter, though Wiguna continued to play at a high level, the demands of motherhood and strong competition from Chinese Mainland players made winning the biggest tournaments more difficult. Her other titles included women's doubles at the Asian Games, the Danish Open, the Canadian Open, and the Southeast Asian Games ; and mixed doubles at the Canadian Open, and the Southeast Asian Games.
Wiguna played in five consecutive Uber Cup competitions for Indonesia between 1974 and 1986. She helped her nation to capture its first world title in 1975, and to reach the final round in 1978, 1981, and 1986.

Achievements

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1975All England Theresia Widiastuti Machiko Aizawa
Etsuko Takenaka
15–12, 12–15, 9–15 Runner-up
1975Denmark Open Theresia Widiastuti Lene Køppen
Inge Borgstrøm
3–15, 15–3, 15–10 Champion
1978Denmark Open Verawaty Fadjrin Emiko Ueno
Yoshiko Yonekura
15–8, 8–15, 15–4 Champion
1979All England Verawaty Fadjrin Atsuko Tokuda
Mikiko Takada
15–3, 10–15, 15–5 Champion
1979Badminton World Cup Verawaty Fadjrin Emiko Ueno
Yoshiko Yonekura
3–15, 7–15 Runner-up
1979Canadian Open Verawaty Fadjrin Mikiko Takada
Atsuko Tokuda
7–15, 15–12, 15–7 Champion
1980BWF World Championships Verawaty Fadjrin Nora Perry
Jane Webster
15–12, 15–3 Runner-up
1985Thailand Open Rosiana Tendean Guan Weizhen
Wu Jianqiu
2–15, 0–15 Runner-up
1986Indonesia Open Rosiana Tendean Ivana Lie
Verawaty Fadjrin
15–17, 2–15 Runner-up
1986Badminton World Cup Rosiana Tendean Li Lingwei
Han Aiping
7–15, 7–15 Runner-up

Mix's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1979All England Christian Hadinata Mike Tredgett
Nora Perry
15–1, 18–17 Champion
1979Canadian Open Christian Hadinata Ade Chandra
Verawaty Wiharjo
15–6, 15–1 Champion
1980All England Christian Hadinata Mike Tredgett
Nora Perry
13–18, 10–15 Runner-up
1980BWF World Championships Christian Hadinata Mike Tredgett
Nora Perry
15–12, 15–4 Champion
1981All England Christian Hadinata Mike Tredgett
Nora Perry
15–10, 14–18, 10–15 Runner-up
1981Denmark Open Christian Hadinata Mike Tredgett
Nora Perry
2–15, 2–15 Runner-up
1984Denmark Open Billy Gilliland Mike Tredgett
Nora Perry
ret Runner-up