Bobby Ertanto


Bobby Ertanto is a retired badminton player from Indonesia who specialized in doubles.

Career

Paired with a variety of fellow countrymen, he shared the Malaysia Open title in 1983, the Thailand Open title in 1985, the Badminton World Cup title in 1986, and the Asian Championships in 1987. He won mixed doubles at the 1986 Malaysia Open with Verawaty Wiharjo. Ertanto earned a bronze medal with Christian Hadinata at the 1983 IBF World Championships in Copenhagen. As a member of Indonesia's 1986 Thomas Cup team, Ertanto and partner Liem Swie King dropped the decisive final match in a narrow loss to Malaysia.
In 2013, he finished as a runner-up at the World Senior Championships in the men's doubles 50 in Turkey, and in 2017, he won double titles in the men's doubles 50 and mixed doubles 55 in Kochi, India.

Achievements

World Championships

Men's Doubles
Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1983Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Christian Hadinata Park Joo-bong
Kim Moon-soo
6–15, 11–15 Silver
1985Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Hadibowo Susanto Li Yongbo
Tian Bingyi
7–15, 12–15 Bronze
1986Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Liem Swie King Hadibowo Susanto
Rudy Heryanto
15–6, 15–5 Gold

Asian Games

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1986Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul, South Korea Liem Swie King Li Yongbo
Tian Bingyi
6–15, 9–15 Bronze

Southeast Asian Games

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1983Singapore Badminton Hall, Singapore Christian Hadinata Hadibowo Susanto
Liem Swie King
Gold

International Tournaments

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1980Chinese Taipei Open Hadibowo Susanto Flemming Delfs
Steen Skovgaard
Champion
1982Chinese Taipei Open Hadibowo Susanto Martin Dew
Mike Tredgett
6–15, 15–11, 11–15 Runner-up
1983Chinese Taipei Open Hadibowo Susanto Thomas Kihlström
Stefan Karlsson
15–9, 15–11 Champion
1983Malaysia Open Christian Hadinata Park Joo-bong
Sung Han-kuk
18–16, 12–15, 15–3 Champion
1983Indonesia Open Christian Hadinata Rudy Heryanto
Hariamanto Kartono
9–15, 14–18 Runner-up
1985Thailand Open Rudy Heryanto Michael Kjeldsen
Mark Christiansen
15–9, 15–8 Champion
1986Japan Open Rudy Heryanto Jalani Sidek
Razif Sidek
11–15, 2–15 Runner-up
1986Hong Kong Open Rudy Heryanto Jalani Sidek
Ong Beng Teong
15–7, 15–6 Champion
1986Malaysia Open Rudy Heryanto Jalani Sidek
Razif Sidek
10–15, 15–11, 10–15 Runner-up
1987Singapore Open Liem Swie King Hadibowo Susanto
Rudy Heryanto
15–2, 15–4 Champion
1987All England Rudy Heryanto Li Yongbo
Tian Bingyi
9–15, 8–15 Runner-up
1987Indonesia Open Rudy Heryanto Liem Swie King
Eddy Hartono
6–15, 8–15 Runner-up

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1986Malaysia Open Verawaty Fadjrin Steen Fladberg
Gillian Gilks
15–4, 18–15 Champion
1986Indonesia Open Verawaty Fadjrin Eddy Hartono
Erma Sulistianingsih
9–15, 11–15 Runner-up