Anthony Sinisuka Ginting


Anthony Sinisuka Ginting is an Indonesian badminton player. He first rose when he won the bronze medal at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Career overview

The Cimahi-born shuttler of Karo descent was introduced to badminton by his father when he was in kindergarten. He is the fourth of five siblings. When he was young, he joined the PB SGS PLN, a badminton club in Bandung, West Java. He only started to take part in tournaments at around 9 years old, or two years after he was scouted. Ginting idolizes Taufik Hidayat, the 2004 Athens Olympic men's singles gold medallist who coincidentally came from the same badminton club.
;2013
Ginting participated at the Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold, Vietnam International Challenge, Maldives International Challenge, Malaysia International Challenge and Asia Junior Championships in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
;2014
Joining the national training camp early year, Ginting began to show his worth with stepping up to cruise into 2014 Asia Junior Championships quarterfinals in Taipei, Chinese Taipei on February. In the quarterfinals, he was halted with a 13–21, 15–21 loss to Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan.
Ginting then participated at the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships in Alor Setar, Malaysia where he won a boys' singles bronze medal after bowed out in the semifinal to Shi Yuqi of China for 19–21, 15–21. He also competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China and brought home a bronze medal after beating Aditya Joshi of India in the bronze-final match with a straight games 21–17, 21–16. In addition to competing in some international challenge tournaments, he also played in the BWF Grand Prix tournaments such as Chinese Taipei Open, Vietnam Open and Indonesian Masters.
;2015
Starting his journey as a rookie in the BWF Superseries event from the qualifying stage, Ginting moved into the quarterfinals after creating an upset with a rubber games 14–21, 22–20, 21–13 win over India's top shuttler and fourth seed Srikanth Kidambi in the second round of the 2015 BCA Indonesia Open Superseries Premier. His Indonesia Open campaign was eventually halted after losing to the eighth seed and 2012 BWF World Junior champion Kento Momota of Japan in quarterfinals with a rubber games 21–13, 16–21, 15–21. Ginting was part of the Indonesian men's team that won a gold medal at the 28th Southeast Asian Games 2015 in Singapore after beating Thailand men's team 3–2 in the final.
Participating in the 2015 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold as an unheralded shuttler, Ginting reached the quarterfinals after defeating twelfth-seeded fellow Indonesian Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka with a straight sets 21–16, 21–14 in the third round of the tournament. In the first round, he surprisingly upset the eighth seed and 2009 BWF World Junior champion Tian Houwei of China with a stunning 21–13, 21–14 victory. He then lost to the defending champion, former world No. 1 and two-time Olympic gold medalist Lin Dan of China with a straight games 7–21, 20–22 in the quarterfinals.

Achievements

Asian Games

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2018Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia Chou Tien-chen21–16, 21–23, 17–21 Bronze

Youth Olympic Games

Boys' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2014Nanjing Sport Institute, Nanjing, China Aditya Joshi21–17, 21–16 Bronze

BWF World Junior Championships

Boys' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2014Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim, Alor Setar, Malaysia Shi Yuqi19–21, 15–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 5 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.
YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResult
2020Indonesia Masters Super 500 Anders Antonsen17–21, 21–15, 21–9 Champion
2019BWF World Tour FinalsWorld Tour Finals Kento Momota21–17, 17–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2019Hong Kong OpenSuper 500 Lee Cheuk Yiu21–16, 10–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2019China OpenSuper 1000 Kento Momota21–19, 17–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2019Australian OpenSuper 300 Jonatan Christie17–21, 21–13, 14–21 Runner-up
2019Singapore OpenSuper 500 Kento Momota21–10, 19–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2018China Open Super 1000 Kento Momota23–21, 21–19 Champion
2018Indonesia Masters Super 500 Kazumasa Sakai21–13, 21–12 Champion

BWF Superseries (1 title)

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation. BWF Superseries had two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, introduced in 2007, with successful players invited to the BWF Superseries Finals held at the year's end.
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2017Korea Open Jonatan Christie21–13, 19–21, 22–20 Champion

Participation with Indonesian team

National team

Team events2014
Asian Junior ChampionshipsQF
World Junior Championships Silver

Events20132014
Asian Junior ChampionshipsR2QF
World Junior ChampionshipsA Bronze
Youth Olympic Games Bronze

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi finalists, and Olympic quarter finalists. Accurate as of 17 March 2020.
PlayerMatchesWinLost
Chen Long1284+4
Lin Dan523–1
Shi Yuqi606–6
Tian Houwei2110
Chou Tien-chen1165+1
Anders Antonsen330+3
Viktor Axelsen642+2
Jan Ø. Jørgensen624–2
Hans-Kristian Vittinghus101–1
Parupalli Kashyap660+6
Srikanth Kidambi4220

PlayerMatchesWinLost
B. Sai Praneeth743+1
Sony Dwi Kuncoro312–1
Tommy Sugiarto523–1
Kento Momota15411–7
Sho Sasaki110+1
Lee Chong Wei202–2
Liew Daren110+1
Son Wan-ho413–2
Kantaphon Wangcharoen642+2
Nguyễn Tiến Minh101–1