Tontowi Ahmad

Tontowi Ahmad (born 18 July 1987) is a retired Indonesian badminton player. He plays for PB. Djarum, a badminton club in Kudus, Central Java and joined the club in 2005. Tontowi Ahmad rose to prominence in the world badminton in 2010 when he paired with the established mixed doubles star Liliyana Natsir. With Natsir he won the 2016 Olympic gold medal in the mixed doubles category.^[3]

Tontowi Ahmad
Tontowi Ahmad at the 2013 French Open Superseries
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Owi
Country	Indonesia
Born	(1987-07-18) 18 July 1987 (age 38) Banyumas, Central Java, Indonesia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Spouse	Michelle Harminc ​ (m. 2014)​ [1]
Retired	18 May 2020[2]
Handedness	Right
Coach	Richard Mainaky
Mixed doubles
Highest ranking	1 (XD with Liliyana Natsir 3 May 2018) 15 (XD with Winny Oktavina Kandow 24 September 2019) 261 (XD with Apriyani Rahayu 17 March 2020)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Indonesia Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Mixed doubles World Championships 2013 Guangzhou Mixed doubles 2017 Glasgow Mixed doubles 2011 London Mixed doubles 2015 Jakarta Mixed doubles Sudirman Cup 2011 Qingdao Mixed team 2015 Dongguan Mixed team Asian Games 2014 Incheon Mixed doubles 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Men's team 2010 Guangzhou Men's team 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Mixed doubles Asian Championships 2015 Wuhan Mixed doubles 2016 Wuhan Mixed doubles 2018 Wuhan Mixed doubles Asia Mixed Team Championships 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team SEA Games 2011 Jakarta–Palembang Mixed doubles 2011 Jakarta–Palembang Men's team Summer Universiade 2007 Bangkok Mixed team Asian Junior Championships 2005 Jakarta Boys' team
BWF profile

Career

Olympic Games

Ahmad made his debut at the Olympic Games in 2012 London. He competed in the mixed doubles event with partner Liliyana Natsir and finished fourth.

Ahmad and Natsir at the 2012 Summer Olympics

2012 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles
Round	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
Group stage	Liliyana Natsir	Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta	21–16, 21–12	Win
Group stage		Lee Yong-dae Ha Jung-eun	21–19, 21–12	Win
Group stage		Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	24–22, 21–16	Win
Quarterfinal		Michael Fuchs Birgit Michels	21–15, 21–9	Win
Semifinal		Xu Chen [2] Ma Jin	21–16, 18–21, 13–21	Lost
Bronze-final		Joachim Fischer Nielsen [3] Christinna Pedersen	12–21, 12–21	Lost (4th)

Ahmad made his second appearances at the Olympic Games in 2016 Rio. Paired with Liliyana Natsir, the duo won the gold medal at the end after beating Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying of Malaysia. Ahmad and Natsir won all of their matches in straight sets, including against the current no. 1-ranked Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei.

2016 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles
Round	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
Group stage	Liliyana Natsir	Robin Middleton Leanne Choo	21–7, 21–8	Win
Group stage		Bodin Issara Savitree Amitrapai	21–11, 21–13	Win
Group stage		Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	21–15, 21–11	Win
Quarterfinal		Praveen Jordan Debby Susanto	21–16, 21–11	Win
Semifinal		Zhang Nan [1] Zhao Yunlei	21–16, 21–15	Win
Final		Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	21–14, 21–12	Gold

Awards

Award	Year	Category	Result	Ref.
BWF Awards	2016	Golden Shuttle Award with Liliyana Natsir	Won	[4]
Golden Award SIWO PWI	2017	Best of the Best with Liliyana Natsir	Won	[5]
	2019	Favorite Team with 2018 Asian Games men's badminton team	Nominated	[6]
Indonesian Sport Awards	2018	Favorite Mixed Pair with Liliyana Natsir	Won	[7]
iNews Maker Award	2017	Best Athlete with Liliyana Natsir	Won	[8]
KONI Award	2013	Best Athlete with Liliyana Natsir	Won	[9]
Nickelodeon Indonesia Kids' Choice Awards	2014	Favorite Athlete with Liliyana Natsir	Won	[10]
	2016	Favorite Athlete with Liliyana Natsir	Nominated	[11]
Seputar Indonesia Awards	2012	Arena Star with Liliyana Natsir	Nominated	[12]
	2013	Arena Star with Liliyana Natsir	Nominated	[13]
	2014	Arena Star with Liliyana Natsir	Won	[14]
	2016	Arena Star with Liliyana Natsir	Nominated	[15]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Riocentro - Pavilion 4, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Liliyana Natsir	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	21–14, 21–12	Gold

BWF World Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Wembley Arena, London, England	Liliyana Natsir	Chris Adcock Imogen Bankier	16–21, 19–21	Bronze
2013	Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou, China	Liliyana Natsir	Xu Chen Ma Jin	21–13, 16–21, 22–20	Gold
2015	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Liliyana Natsir	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	22–20, 21–23, 12–21	Bronze
2017	Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Liliyana Natsir	Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen	15–21, 21–16, 21–15	Gold

Asian Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Gyeyang Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea	Liliyana Natsir	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	16–21, 14–21	Silver
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Liliyana Natsir	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	13–21, 18–21	Bronze

Asian Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Liliyana Natsir	Lee Chun Hei Chau Hoi Wah	21–16, 21–15	Gold
2016	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Liliyana Natsir	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	21–16, 9–21, 17–21	Silver
2018	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Liliyana Natsir	Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping	17–21, 17–21	Silver

SEA Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Liliyana Natsir	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam	21–7, 21–14	Gold

BWF World Tour (1 title, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[16] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[17]

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Liliyana Natsir	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	14–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2018	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Liliyana Natsir	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	21–17, 21–8	Winner
2018	Singapore Open	Super 500	Liliyana Natsir	Goh Soon Huat Shevon Jemie Lai	19–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2019	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Liliyana Natsir	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	21–19, 19–21, 16–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries (16 titles, 8 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[18] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.^[19] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	India Open	Liliyana Natsir	Fran Kurniawan Pia Zebadiah Bernadet	21–18, 23–21	Winner
2011	Singapore Open	Liliyana Natsir	Chen Hung-ling Cheng Wen-hsing	21–14, 27–25	Winner
2011	Indonesia Open	Liliyana Natsir	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	22–20, 14–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2012	All England Open	Liliyana Natsir	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	21–17, 21–19	Winner
2012	India Open	Liliyana Natsir	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam	21–16, 12–21, 21–14	Winner
2012	Indonesia Open	Liliyana Natsir	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam	17–21, 21–17, 13–21	Runner-up
2012	Denmark Open	Liliyana Natsir	Xu Chen Ma Jin	21–23, 26–24, 11–21	Runner-up
2013	All England Open	Liliyana Natsir	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	21–13, 21–17	Winner
2013	India Open	Liliyana Natsir	Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na	21–16, 21–13	Winner
2013	Singapore Open	Liliyana Natsir	Yoo Yeon-seong Eom Hye-won	21–12, 21–12	Winner
2013	Denmark Open	Liliyana Natsir	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	11–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2013	China Open	Liliyana Natsir	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen	21–10, 5–21, 21–17	Winner
2014	All England Open	Liliyana Natsir	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	21–13, 21–17	Winner
2014	Singapore Open	Liliyana Natsir	Riky Widianto Richi Puspita Dili	21–15, 22–20	Winner
2014	Denmark Open	Liliyana Natsir	Xu Chen Ma Jin	20–22, 15–21	Runner-up
2014	French Open	Liliyana Natsir	Chris Adcock Gabby Adcock	21–9, 21–16	Winner
2015	All England Open	Liliyana Natsir	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	10–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2015	Korea Open	Liliyana Natsir	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	16–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2015	Denmark Open	Liliyana Natsir	Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na	22–20, 18–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2016	Malaysia Open	Liliyana Natsir	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	23–21, 13–21, 21–16	Winner
2016	China Open	Liliyana Natsir	Zhang Nan Li Yinhui	21–13, 22–24, 21–16	Winner
2016	Hong Kong Open	Liliyana Natsir	Praveen Jordan Debby Susanto	21–19, 21–17	Winner
2017	Indonesia Open	Liliyana Natsir	Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen	22–20, 21–15	Winner
2017	French Open	Liliyana Natsir	Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen	22–20, 21–15	Winner

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (10 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Vietnam Open	Yulianti	Hui Wai Ho Chau Hoi Wah	21–11, 21–13	Winner
2008	Vietnam Open	Shendy Puspa Irawati	Riky Widianto Vanessa Neo	21–17, 21–9	Winner
2010	Macau Open	Liliyana Natsir	Hendra Aprida Gunawan Vita Marissa	21–14, 21–18	Winner
2010	Chinese Taipei Open	Liliyana Natsir	Hendra Aprida Gunawan Vita Marissa	20–22, 21–14, 20–22	Runner-up
2010	Indonesia Grand Prix Gold	Liliyana Natsir	Markis Kido Lita Nurlita	21–11, 21–13	Winner
2011	Malaysia Grand Prix Gold	Liliyana Natsir	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	18–21, 21–15, 21–19	Winner
2011	Chinese Taipei Open	Liliyana Natsir	Ko Sung-hyun Eom Hye-won	22–24, 21–16, 17–21	Runner-up
2011	Macau Open	Liliyana Natsir	Chen Hung-ling Cheng Wen-hsing	Walkover	Winner
2012	Swiss Open	Liliyana Natsir	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam	21–16, 21–14	Winner
2012	Indonesia Grand Prix Gold	Liliyana Natsir	Muhammad Rijal Debby Susanto	21–19, 21–14	Winner
2012	Macau Open	Liliyana Natsir	Muhammad Rijal Debby Susanto	21–16, 14–21, 21–16	Winner
2013	Indonesia Grand Prix Gold	Liliyana Natsir	Praveen Jordan Vita Marissa	20–22, 21–9, 14–21	Runner-up
2015	Indonesian Masters	Liliyana Natsir	Praveen Jordan Debby Susanto	21–18, 21–13	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series/Satellite (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Malaysia Satellite	Yulianti	Shin Baek-cheol Kim Min-jung	16–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2006	Cheers Asian Satellite	Yulianti	Lingga Lie Devi Tika Permatasari	17–21, 22–24	Runner-up
2007	Smiling Fish International	Yulianti	Thitipong Lapho Savitree Amitrapai	21–17, 17–21, 21–17	Winner
2007	Vietnam International	Yulianti	Tri Kusharyanto Yunita Tetty	15–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2007	Indonesia International	Yulianti	Yoo Yeon-seong Kim Min-jung	21–16, 15–21, 21–9	Winner
2009	Vietnam International	Richi Puspita Dili	Fran Kurniawan Pia Zebadiah Bernadet	21–14, 21–8	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

Invitational tournament

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2014	Glory to the King	Liliyana Natsir	Songphon Anugritayawon Kunchala Voravichitchaikul	21–13, 17–21, 21–17	Winner	[20][21]

Performance timeline

National team

• Junior level

Team event	2005
Asian Junior Championships	B

• Senior level

Team events	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Summer Universiade	B	NH			A	NH	A	NH	A	NH	A	NH
Southeast Asian Games	A	NH	A	NH	G	NH			A	NH	A	NH	A
Asia Mixed Team Championships	NH										A	NH	B
Asian Games	NH			B	NH			QF	NH			S	NH
Sudirman Cup	A	NH	A	NH	B	NH	B	NH	B	NH	RR	NH	DNP

Individual competitions

• Senior level

Events	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Southeast Asian Games	NH	A	NH	G	NH	A	NH	A	NH	A	NH
Asian Championships	1R	A	QF	A				G	S	w/d	S
Asian Games	NH		2R	NH			S	NH			B
World Championships	A			B	NH	G	A	B	NH	G	A
Olympic Games	DNQ	NH			4th	NH			G	NH

Tournament	IBF Grand Prix			BWF Superseries / Grand Prix											BWF World Tour			Best
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Malaysia Masters	NH					1R	A	W	A				1R	SF	A	2R	A	W ('11)
Indonesia Masters	NH						W	2R	W	F	A	W	A	NH	F	F	2R	W ('10, '12, '15)
Spain Masters	NH														A	QF	A	QF ('19)
German Open	A				1R (MD) 2R (XD)	A									A	2R	NH	2R ('08, '19)
All England Open	A							2R	W	W	W	F	QF	QF	2R	QF	A	W ('12, '13, '14)
Swiss Open	A							SF	W	SF	A	SF	A	2R	A		NH	W ('12)
Singapore Open	A						2R	W	2R	W	W	SF	SF	1R	F	A	NH	W ('11, '13, '14)
New Zealand Open	N/A	A		N/A		SF	NH	N/A	NH	A							Ret.	SF ('09)
Australian Open	N/A					A					w/d	SF	1R	1R	A	1R		SF ('15)
Chinese Taipei Open	A				1R	SF	F	F	A						w/d	QF		F ('10, '11)
Vietnam Open	NH		A	1R (MD) W (XD)	W	SF	A											W ('07, '08)
Korea Open	A							QF	QF	QF	A	F	A			1R		F ('15)
China Open	A							2R	SF	W	QF	1R	W	QF	2R	QF		W ('13, '16)
Japan Open	A							2R	A			QF	A		w/d	1R		QF ('15)
Dutch Open	A			2R (XD)	A													2R ('07)
Denmark Open	A							1R	F	F	F	F	2R	SF	SF	1R		F ('12, '13, '14, '15)
French Open				A				SF	QF	QF	W	1R	A	W	QF	1R		W ('14, '17)
China Masters	NH	A													QF	A		QF ('18)
Macau Open	NH		A		2R	A	W	W	W	A								W ('10, '11, '12)
Hong Kong Open	NH	A					2R	A			QF	A	W	A	1R	1R		W ('16)
Indonesia Open	1R (MD)	1R (MD)		A		Q2	2R	F	F	SF	SF	SF	2R	W	W	QF		W ('17, '18)
Malaysia Open	A							1R	SF	A	SF	SF	W	SF	QF	QF		W ('16)
Thailand Open	A			2R	1R	A	NH	A			NH	A				1R		2R ('07)
Russian Open	N/A	A		QF (MD) 1R (XD)	A													QF ('07)
India Open	NH				1R (MD) 2R (XD)	SF	A	W	W	W	SF	A	w/d	A	w/d	QF		W ('11, '12, '13)
Philippines Open	NH			A	NH	2R	NH											2R ('09)
Superseries / World Tour Finals	NH				DNQ			RR	RR	RR	RR	RR	w/d	SF	DNQ		Ret.	SF ('17)
Year-end ranking						36	41	4	2	2	3	2	3	3	4	16	—	1
Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Best

Record against selected opponents

Mixed doubles results with Liliyana Natsir against Super Series finalists, Worlds Semi-finalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.^[22]

• Chai Biao & Tang Jinhua 1–0
• He Hanbin & Bao Yixin 3–0
• Liu Cheng & Bao Yixin 5–2
• Qiu Zihan & Bao Yixin 1–0
• Xu Chen & Ma Jin 9–10
• Xu Chen & Yu Yang 0–1
• Zhang Nan & Zhao Yunlei 6–13
• Zhang Nan & Tang Jinhua 0–1
• Zheng Siwei & Chen Qingchen 3–2
• Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong 1–4
• Chen Hung-ling & Cheng Wen-hsing 5–1
• Lee Sheng-mu & Chien Yu-chin 1–0
• Joachim Fischer Nielsen & Christinna Pedersen 4–6
• Mads Pieler Kolding & Kamilla Rytter Juhl 4–0
• Thomas Laybourn & Kamilla Rytter Juhl 3–1
• / Chris Adcock & Imogen Bankier 1–2
• Chris Adcock & Gabby Adcock 9–4
• / Robert Blair & Gabby Adcock 2–0
• Michael Fuchs & Birgit Michels 5–2
• Lee Chun Hei & Chau Hoi Wah 4–1
• Valiyaveetil Diju & Jwala Gutta 2–0
• Fran Kurniawan & Pia Zebadiah Bernadet 4–0
• Hendra Aprida Gunawan & Vita Marissa 1–1
• Nova Widianto & Vita Marissa 1–1
• Praveen Jordan & Debby Susanto 4-1
• Praveen Jordan & Vita Marissa 1–1
• Riky Widianto & Richi Puspita Dili 2–0
• Kenichi Hayakawa & Misaki Matsutomo 5–0
• Keigo Sonoda & Naoko Fukuman 3–1
• Ko Sung-hyun & Kim Ha-na 3–4
• Lee Yong-dae & Lee Hyo-jung 1–0
• Lee Yong-dae & Ha Jung-eun 5–4
• Lee Yong-dae & Shin Seung-chan 1–0
• Shin Baek-cheol & Jang Ye-na 4–0
• Yoo Yeon-seong & Eom Hye-won 1–0
• Yoo Yeon-seong & Jang Ye-na 1–0
• Chan Peng Soon & Goh Liu Ying 11–1
• Robert Mateusiak & Nadieżda Zięba 2–0
• Songphon Anugritayawon & Kunchala Voravichitchaikul 2–0
• Sudket Prapakamol & Saralee Thungthongkam 4–3