Simon Santoso


Simon Santoso is an Indonesian former badminton player. He was two time Southeast Asian Games men's singles champion winning in 2009 and 2011, also featured in Indonesia team that won the men's team title in 2003, 2007, 2009, and 2011. Santoso won the Indonesia Open a Superseries Premier tournament in 2012. He reached a career high as world number 3 in August 2010.

Career

When he was young, Santoso joined the Tangkas Jakarta badminton club before joining the Indonesian National team. In 2005, he won the Vietnam Satellite and the silver medal at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games. His best results on the world circuit until recently were runner-up finishes at the 2008 Singapore, 2007 Swiss, and 2008 Indonesia Open. He was eliminated at the semi-finals in the Japan Open Super Series and the Chinese Taipei Open. In September 2008, Santoso won the Chinese Taipei Open after defeating Roslin Hashim from Malaysia in the final round by scores of 21–18, 13–21, 21–10.
In October 2009, he won his first Superseries ever in Denmark Open, after beating Marc Zwiebler of Germany in the final round, 21–14, 21–6. He won gold in the 2009 Southeast Asian Games by defeating Sony Dwi Kuncoro.
In 2011, he retained his gold medal in Southeast Asian Games by beating Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk in 3 sets.
In 2012, he helped Indonesia Garuda to win the inaugural Axiata Cup. In June 2012, he won Indonesia Open Superseries Premier title 21–18, 13–21, 21–11 after defeating Du Pengyu of China in the final.

Personal life

Born in Tegal, Central Java, Santoso is the youngest of four children of Hosea Liem and Rahel Yanti. His hobbies are swimming and reading comics. He married Evelyn Carmelita on 6 December 2014, and now have two children.

Achievements

Southeast Asian Games

Asian Junior Championships

BWF Superseries (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the BWF Superseries Finals held at the year end.
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2014Australian Open Lin Dan24–22, 16–21, 7–21 Runner-up
2014Singapore Open Lee Chong Wei21–15, 21–10 Champion
2012Indonesia Open Du Pengyu21–18, 13–21, 21–11 Champion
2009Denmark Open Marc Zwiebler21–14, 21–6 Champion
2008Indonesia Open Sony Dwi Kuncoro21–19, 14–21, 9–21 Runner-up
2008Singapore Open Lee Chong Wei13–21, 5–21 Runner-up
2007Swiss Open Chen Jin16–21, 19–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 1 runner-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.
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2014Malaysia Masters Sourabh Varma15–21, 21–16, 21–19 Champion
2013Indonesian Masters Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka21–17, 21–11 Champion
2012German Open Lin Dan11–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2010Chinese Taipei Open Son Wan-ho21–14, 21–11 Champion
2008Chinese Taipei Open Roslin Hashim21–18, 13–21, 21–10 Champion

IBF International

Performance timeline

National team

Team events2002
Asian Junior Championships Gold
World Junior Championships Bronze

Event2002
Asian Junior Championships Bronze
World Junior Championships

Includes results against athletes who competed in Super Series finals, World Championships semi-finals, and Olympic quarterfinals.