Rendra Wijaya


Rendra Wijaya is an Indonesian male badminton player who specializes in doubles. He joined PB Djarum badminton club in 2007.

Personal life

Wijaya grew in badminton family. His father, Hendra Wijaya is a former badminton player and owner of Rajawali badminton club in Cirebon. His brothers, Indra and Candra are former Indonesian badminton player and part of the Indonesia national badminton team at the 1996 and 1998 Thomas Cup. Her sister, Sandrawati Wijaya also a badminton player. He married Fransisca Carollim in 2011.

Career

Wijaya won his first international tournament at the 2008 Spanish Open in the men's and mixed doubles event. Together with his partner in the men's doubles Fran Kurniawan he also won 2008 Finnish and Austrian International Series tournament. At the 2008 Indonesia International Challenge, he and Kurniawan won the men's doubles title after beat their compatriot Windarto and Wirawan in the straight games with the score 21-18, 21-13. In the Grand Prix level, he and Kurniawan won their first title at the Dutch Open tournament. In the final round they won in straight games to Indian paired. Teamed-up with Rian Sukmawan he won the 2011 White Nights and Indonesia International Challenge tournament.

Achievements

BWF Grand Prix

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 since 2007.
Men's Doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008Vietnam Open Fran Kurniawan Choong Tan Fook
Lee Wan Wah
14-21, 10-21 Runner-up
2008Dutch Open Fran Kurniawan Rupesh Kumar K. T.
Sanave Thomas
21-18, 21-18 Winner
2008Bulgaria Open Fran Kurniawan Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen
23-25, 16-21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011Indonesia International Rian Sukmawan Ow Yao Han
Tan Wee Kiong
21-13, 19-21, 21-16 Winner
2011White Nights Rian Sukmawan Fernando Kurniawan
Wifqi Windarto
14-21, 21-13, 21-12 Winner
2008Indonesia International Fran Kurniawan Wifqi Windarto
Afiat Yuris Wirawan
21-18, 21-13 Winner
2008Austrian International Fran Kurniawan Wouter Claes
Frédéric Mawet
21-14, 21-11 Winner
2008Finnish International Fran Kurniawan Jacob Chemnitz
Mikkel Delbo Larsen
21-19, 11-21, 21-14 Winner
2008Spanish Open Fran Kurniawan Adam Cwalina
Wojciech Szkudlarczyk
21-11, 21-13 Winner
2006Cheers Asian Satellite Fran Kurniawan Yoga Ukikasah
Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki
19-21, 21-18, 20-22 Runner-up

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011Indonesia International Maria Elfira Christina Andhika Anhar
Keshya Nurvita Hanadia
15-21, 19-21 Runner-up
2008Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Meiliana Jauhari Fran Kurniawan
Shendy Puspa Irawati
18-21, 21-18, 14-21 Runner-up
2008Spanish Open Meiliana Jauhari Wouter Claes
Nathalie Descamps
21-14, 21-18 Winner