Praveen Jordan


Praveen Jordan is an Indonesian badminton player who specialize in doubles. He has played for the badminton club PB. Djarum since 2008. In 2013, he caught the attention of world badminton when he paired with Vita Marissa, winning several international tournaments together. After the end of his successful 2013 season, Badminton Association of Indonesia called him up to join the national team, partnering him with Debby Susanto.

Career summary

Junior career

Jordan participated in 2011 Badminton Asia Junior Championships in Lucknow, India. In the mixed team event, he played in the men's doubles along with Rangga Yave Rianto. In the first round, they managed to contribute a point and bring Indonesia 5–0 leading over Nepal. He and Rianto played back against Hong Kong in the third round, and managed to contribute a point and bring Indonesia winning 4–1 and entered the quarter- finals. In the quarter-finals they faced tough team, Japan. But they managed to contribute a point and beat Japan 3–2. Unfortunately in the semi-finals they had lost to Malaysian team 1–3, and the team settled for the bronze medal. In the individual event, he played in two categories, in the men's doubles with Rianto, and in the mixed doubles with Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah. As the top seed in the men's doubles he was only able to reach the quarter-finals after being defeated by the Chinese Taipei pair, but he got a bronze medal in the mixed doubles after losing to the Chinese pair in the semi-finals.

Senior career

2010–2012

He started his senior career as a PB. Djarum player in 2010, playing at several international tournaments in two specialties: men's and mixed doubles.

2013

2013 was the beginning of a brilliant career for him. Pairing with Vita Marissa, an experienced player, he got amazing results. Starting the beginning of the year by following the first-class tournament, 2013 Korea Open Superseries Premier they managed to win in the first qualifying round but lost in the final qualification of other Indonesian pair, Muhammad Rijal/Debby Susanto. But they responded in 2013 Malaysia Open Superseries tournament by defeating Muhammad Rijal/Debby Susanto in the second round. They also defeated fifth seeded from China, Zhang Nan/Tang Jinhua. However they lost to the Danish pair, Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen in the semi-finals. They also got good results at 2013 Singapore Open Superseries by reaching the semi-finals before losing to Tontowi Ahmad/Lilyana Natsir. At the level of the BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix tournaments, they won three titles such as 2013 Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold, 2013 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold, and 2013 New Zealand Open Grand Prix.

2014

He was called to join the national team. He was paired with Debby Susanto and succeed as runner-up at 2014 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold tournament. At multi events such as Asian Games. He managed to earn a bronze medal with Debby Susanto.

2015

He started this year with Debby Susanto as runner up in 2015 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold tournament. They lost to Danish pair Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen with 18–21, 18–21.

2016

Jordan competed in 2016 Summer Olympics at the Riocentro - Pavilion 4, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with partner Debby Susanto. They became the runner-up of Group A, proceeding to the knocked-out stage. They lost at the quarter finals to their country mate and eventual gold medalist, Tontowi Ahmad and Lilyana Natsir.

2018

He started this year with Melati Daeva Oktavianti at R2 2018 Malaysia Masters tournament. They lost to Chinese pair Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong with 16–21, 12–21. He was paired with Melati and succeed as runner-up at the 2018 India Open tournament.

Achievements

Asian Games

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014Gyeyang Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea Debby Susanto Zhang Nan
Zhao Yunlei		19–21, 17–21 Bronze

Southeast Asian Games

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Muntinlupa Sports Complex,
Metro Manila, Philippines		 Melati Daeva Oktavianti Goh Soon Huat
Shevon Jemie Lai		21–19, 19–21, 23–21 Gold
2015Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore Debby Susanto Chan Peng Soon
Goh Liu Ying		18–21, 21–13, 25–23 Gold

Asian Junior Championships

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium,
Lucknow, India		 Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah Pei Tianyi
Ou Dongni		14–21, 21–23 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.
Mixed doubles
YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2020All England Open Super 1000 Melati Daeva Oktavianti Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Sapsiree Taerattanachai		21–15, 17–21, 21–8 Champion
2019French Open Super 750 Melati Daeva Oktavianti Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong		22–24, 21–16, 21–12 Champion
2019Denmark Open Super 750 Melati Daeva Oktavianti Wang Yilü
Huang Dongping		21–18, 18–21, 21–19 Champion
2019Japan OpenSuper 750 Melati Daeva Oktavianti Wang Yilü
Huang Dongping		17–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2019Australian OpenSuper 300 Melati Daeva Oktavianti Wang Yilü
Huang Dongping		15–21, 8–21 Runner-up
2019New Zealand OpenSuper 300 Melati Daeva Oktavianti Chan Peng Soon
Goh Liu Ying		14–21, 21–16, 27–29 Runner-up
2019India OpenSuper 500 Melati Daeva Oktavianti Wang Yilü
Huang Dongping		13–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2018India OpenSuper 500 Melati Daeva Oktavianti Mathias Christiansen
Christinna Pedersen		14–21, 15–21 Runner-up

BWF Superseries (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. BWF Superseries had two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries featured twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Korea Open Debby Susanto Wang Yilyu
Huang Dongping		21–17, 21–18 Champion
2017Australia Open Debby Susanto Zheng Siwei
Chen Qingchen		21–18, 14–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2016Hong Kong Open Debby Susanto Tontowi Ahmad
Liliyana Natsir		19–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2016All England Open Debby Susanto Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Christinna Pedersen		21–12, 21–17 Champion
2015French Open Debby Susanto Ko Sung-hyun
Kim Ha-na		10–21, 21–15, 19–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation since 2007.
Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Swiss Open Debby Susanto Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Sapsiree Taerattanachai		18–21,15–21 Runner-up
2016Syed Modi International Debby Susanto Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Sapsiree Taerattanachai		23–25,21–9, 21–16 Champion
2015Indonesia Masters Debby Susanto Tontowi Ahmad
Liliyana Natsir		18–21,13–21 Runner-up
2015Thailand Open Debby Susanto Choi Sol-gyu
Eom Hye-won		19–21, 21–17, 16–21 Runner-up
2015Malaysia Masters Debby Susanto Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Christinna Pedersen		18–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2014Malaysia Masters Debby Susanto Lu Kai
Huang Yaqiong		14–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2013Indonesia Masters Vita Marissa Tontowi Ahmad
Lilyana Natsir		22–20, 9–21, 21–14 Champion
2013Malaysia Masters Vita Marissa Tan Aik Quan
Lai Pei Jing		20–22, 21–13, 21–17 Champion
2013New Zealand Open Vita Marissa Riky Widianto
Richi Puspita Dili		21–18, 21–8 Champion

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title)

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013Indonesia International Didit Juang Indrianto Agripinna Prima Rahmanto Putra
Hardianto		17–21, 21–16, 23–21 Champion

Performance timeline

National team

Team event2011
Asian Junior Championships Bronze

Team events20152016201720182019
Southeast Asian Games GoldA Gold
Sudirman Cup BronzeGS Bronze

Individual competitions

Event2011
Asian Junior Championships Bronze

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

Debby Susanto