Muhammad Haikal

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Nazri is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Muhammad Haikal.

Muhammad Haikal bin Nazri (born 26 December 2002) is a Malaysian badminton player.^[1][2] He won three titles in 2021: Austrian Open, Hellas International and Ukraine International tournaments in the men's doubles event partnered with Junaidi Arif.^[3]

Muhammad Haikal
Personal information
Birth name	Muhammad Haikal bin Nazri
Country	Malaysia
Born	(2002-12-26) 26 December 2002 (age 22) Kelantan, Malaysia
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Handedness	Left
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	18 (with Choong Hon Jian, 17 September 2024) 38 (with Junaidi Arif, 6 December 2022)
Current ranking	31 (with Choong Hon Jian, 15 April 2025)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Malaysia Thomas Cup 2024 Chengdu Men's team Asia Team Championships 2024 Selangor Men's team SEA Games 2021 Vietnam Men's team
BWF profile

Career

2021

Partnered with Junaidi Arif, they won the 2021 Austrian Open,^[4] Hellas International,^[5] and Ukraine International.^[6] The duo also finished runners-up at the Latvia International^[7] and Scottish Open.^[8]

2022

In January, Haikal and Arif competed at the Syed Modi International tournament. In April, they competed at the Orléans Masters but were forced to concede a walkover to Dutch pair Ruben Jille and Ties van der Lecq in the final after Haikal was tested positive for COVID-19.^[9] In May, he competed at the SEA Games, and won the silver medal in the men's team event.^[10][11]

A few months later, Haikal and Arif reached the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Masters.^[12] In December, he captured the Malaysia International title partnered with Nur Izzuddin.^[13]

2023

Following a reshuffle in the national men's doubles department in February, Haikal began partnering Izzuddin, thus ending his three-year partnership with Arif.^[14] In March, the new pair reached the final of Ruichang China Masters, but went down to the home pair of Chen Boyang and Liu Yi in rubber game.^[15]

In June, Haikal and Izzuddin's partnership were dissolved after Izzuddin reunited with his former partner Goh Sze Fei.^[16] In August, Haikal began partnering Choong Hon Jian.^[17]

In October, he and Choong entered the final of Indonesia Masters II and finished as the runners-up.^[18] In December, the duo competed at the Syed Modi International. En route to their first BWF World Tour title, they defeated the second and top seeds in the semi-finals^[19] and final, respectively.^[20] The following week, they won another title at the Guwahati Masters.^[21]

2024

In late January, he was chosen to represent Malaysia's men's team at the 2024 Asia Team Championships.^[22] In March, he and Choong clinched their third title at the Orléans Masters.^[23]

Achievement

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[24] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[25]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2022	Orléans Masters	Super 100	Junaidi Arif	Ruben Jille Ties van der Lecq	Walkover	Runner-up	[9]
2023	Ruichang China Masters	Super 100	Nur Izzuddin	Chen Boyang Liu Yi	16–21, 21–19, 21–23	Runner-up	[15]
2023 (II)	Indonesia Masters	Super 100	Choong Hon Jian	Kenya Mitsuhashi Hiroki Okamura	16–21, 18–21	Runner-up	[18]
2023	Syed Modi International	Super 300	Choong Hon Jian	Akira Koga Taichi Saito	18–21, 21–18, 21–16	Winner	[20]
2023	Guwahati Masters	Super 100	Choong Hon Jian	Lin Bing-wei Su Ching-heng	21–17, 23–21	Winner	[21]
2024	Orléans Masters	Super 300	Choong Hon Jian	Sabar Karyaman Gutama Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani	21–15, 18–21, 21–14	Winner	[23]

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2021	Austrian Open	Junaidi Arif	Lucas Corvée Ronan Labar	21–17, 21–15	Winner	[4]
2021	Latvia International	Junaidi Arif	Muhammad Nurfirdaus Azman Yap Roy King	23–21, 15–21, 19–21	Runner-up	[7]
2021	Hellas International	Junaidi Arif	Ondřej Král Adam Mendrek	21–16, 21–15	Winner	[5]
2021	Ukraine International	Junaidi Arif	Ishaan Bhatnagar K. Sai Pratheek	21–15, 19–21, 21–15	Winner	[6]
2021	Scottish Open	Junaidi Arif	Christopher Grimley Matthew Grimley	20–22, 16–21	Runner-up	[6]
2022	Malaysia International	Nur Izzuddin	Goh Boon Zhe Goh Sze Fei	21–17, 21–16	Winner	[13]

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  BWF Future Series tournament