Susi Susanti

Lucia Francisca "Susi" Susanti Haditono (Template:Zh; born 11 February 1971) is an Indonesian retired badminton player.<ref>olympic.org</ref> Relatively small of stature, she combined quick and graceful movement with elegant shotmaking technique, and is regarded by many as one of the greatest women's singles players of all time.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She was the inaugural Olympic women's badminton champion and the first Indonesian Olympic gold medalist.

Career

Susanti won the women's singles gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain and the bronze medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, United States. She retired from the world badminton circuit not long after her marriage, in February 1997, to Alan Budikusuma, who had also won a badminton singles gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Susanti was the most dominant women's singles player in the first half of the 1990s, winning the All England Open in 1990, 1991, 1993 and 1994, the World Badminton Grand Prix Finals five consecutive times from 1990 to 1994 as well as in 1996, and the IBF World Championships in 1993. She is the only female player to hold the Olympic, World Championship, and All-England singles titles simultaneously. She won the Japan Open three times and the Indonesian Open six times. She also won numerous Badminton Grand Prix series events and five Badminton World Cups. She led the Indonesian team to victory over perennial champion China in the 1994 and 1996 Uber Cup (women's world team) competitions. All of this came during a relatively strong period in women's international badminton. Her chief competitors early in her prime years were the Chinese players Tang Jiuhong and Huang Hua, and, later, China's Ye Zhaoying and the Korean Bang Soo-hyun.

Susanti was inducted into the International Badminton Federation (IBF, currently BWF) Hall of Fame in May 2004, and received the Herbert Scheele Trophy in 2002. She lit the flame at the 2018 Asian Games opening ceremony.

Playing style

Susanti was an extremely durable defensive player who liked to instigate long rallies to wear down her opponent's stamina and invite errors. That style was in contrast to most of the top female players of her time such as Bang Soo-hyun, Tang Jiuhong, Huang Hua, and Ye Zhaoying, who employed a more aggressive style.

Susanti's matches against top-tier opponents were characteristically slow-paced and long, especially in the era of 15 points system when a player could only earn a point when she or he held the serve. Susanti relied on deep clears to the back line, limiting the chance of a fast-paced exchange, mixed with tight drop shots, forcing her opponent to cover the entire court. Susanti frequently covered her backhand side with overhead forehands, by relying on her quickness and back-arching suppleness. Relatively short, she often stretched her legs very wide to take low shots at the corners or away from her position. Developed from training, this leg-stretching, almost balletic maneuver became a signature pose which sometimes ended with a full leg split. In the later years of her career, Susanti incorporated more smashing into her repertoire, enough to throw off opponents expecting only a game of attrition.

Personal life

She is married to Alan Budikusuma (Template:Zh), a men's badminton Olympic gold medalist (also in 1992) and one of the top men's players in the history of the sport, a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player who excelled at the world level from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Together they have three children, Laurencia Averina, born 1999, Albertus Edward, born 2000, Sebastianus Fredrick, born 2003. When the eldest daughter was born, Indonesia was rocked by a series of civil outbreaks and violence. Susanti decided to name her daughter Laurencia Averina Wiratama, which means “peace”, hoping that she would bring about peace in the nation.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In popular culture

A biopic in Indonesian based on Susanti's life story, entitled Susi Susanti: Love All directed by Sim F with Laura Basuki playing the titular role and Dion Wiyoko as Alan Budikusuma was released on 24 October 2019.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Result	Template:Abbr
Government of Indonesia Awards	1992	Tanda Kehormatan Bintang Jasa Utama	Template:Won	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
International Badminton Federation Awards	2002	Herbert Scheele Trophy	Template:Won	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	2004	Badminton Hall of Fame	Template:Won	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
RCTI Indonesian Sports Entertainment Awards	2024	Most Popular Legendary Athlete	Template:Nom	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
CNN Indonesia Awards, West Java		Most Influential Figures in the Development of Indonesian Badminton	Template:Won	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1992	Pavelló de la Mar Bella, Barcelona, Spain	Template:Flagicon Bang Soo-hyun	5–11, 11–5, 11–3	File:Gold medal.svg Gold
1996	GSU Sports Arena, Atlanta, United States	Template:Flagicon Kim Ji-hyun	11–4, 11–1	File:Bronze medal.svg Bronze

World Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	Brøndby Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Template:Flagicon Tang Jiuhong	4–11, 1–11	Bronze Bronze
1993	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England	Template:Flagicon Bang Soo-hyun	7–11, 11–9, 11–3	Gold Gold
1995	Malley Sports Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland	Template:Flagicon Ye Zhaoying	11–5, 8–11, 2–11	Bronze Bronze

World Cup

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Template:Flagicon Han Aiping	11–5, 11–4	Gold Gold
1990	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Template:Flagicon Sarwendah Kusumawardhani	5–11, 11–1, 11–12	Silver Silver
1991	Macau Forum, Macau	Template:Flagicon Huang Hua	3–11, 2–11	Bronze Bronze
1993	Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi, India	Template:Flagicon Lim Xiaoqing	11–7, 11–5	Gold Gold
1994	Phan Đình Phùng Indoor Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Template:Flagicon Bang Soo-hyun	12–9, 11–6	Gold Gold
1995	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Template:Flagicon Ye Zhaoying	9–12, 11–2, 9–12	Silver Silver
1996	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Template:Flagicon Wang Chen	11–7, 11–4	Gold Gold
1997	Among Rogo Sports Hall, Yogyakarta, Indonesia	Template:Flagicon Ye Zhaoying	11–8, 11–5	Gold Gold

Asian Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	Beijing Gymnasium, Beijing, China	Template:Flagicon Tang Jiuhong	11–7, 1–11, 7–11	Bronze Bronze
1994	Tsuru Memorial Gymnasium, Hiroshima, Japan	Template:Flagicon Hisako Mizui	4–11, 5–11	Bronze Bronze

SEA Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1987	Kuningan Hall, Jakarta, Indonesia	Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Latief	5–11, 9–11	Silver Silver
1989	Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Template:Flagicon Sarwendah Kusumawardhani	11–7, 11–6	Gold Gold
1991	Camp Crame Gymnasium, Manila, Philippines	Template:Flagicon Sarwendah Kusumawardhani	5–11, 11–8, 11–2	Gold Gold
1995	Gymnasium 3, 700th Anniversary Sport Complex, Chiang Mai, Thailand	Template:Flagicon Somharuthai Jaroensiri	11–4, 11–0	Gold Gold

World Junior Championships

The Bimantara World Junior Championships was an international invitation badminton tournament for junior players. It was held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 1987 to 1991.

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1987	Jakarta, Indonesia	Template:Flagicon Lee Jung-mi	11–6, 8–11, 11–6	Gold Gold
1988	Jakarta, Indonesia	Template:Flagicon Huang Ying	11–5, 11–2	Gold Gold

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1987	Jakarta, Indonesia	Template:Flagicon Lilik Sudarwati	Template:Flagicon Gil Young-ah Template:Flagicon Lee Jung-mi	9–15, 15–6, 15–5	Gold Gold
1988	Jakarta, Indonesia	Template:Flagicon Lilik Sudarwati	Template:Flagicon Bang Soo-hyun Template:Flagicon Shon Hye-joo	14–18, 18–14, 15–4	Gold Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1987	Jakarta, Indonesia	Template:Flagicon Ardy Wiranata	Template:Flagicon Ricky Subagja Template:Flagicon Lilik Sudarwati	7–15, 15–7, 15–9	Gold Gold

IBF World Grand Prix (39 titles, 13 runners-up)

The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Li Lingwei	8–11, 4–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1989	Chinese Taipei Open	Template:Flagicon Christine Gandrup	11–8, 3–11, 7–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1989	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Huang Hua	11–7, 11–0	Template:Gold1 Winner
1990	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Huang Hua	12–11, 11–1	Template:Gold1 Winner
1990	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Lee Young-suk	11–1, 8–11, 4–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1990	Australian Open	Template:Flagicon Anna Lao	11–1, 11–4	Template:Gold1 Winner
1990	World Grand Prix Finals	Template:Flagicon Tang Jiuhong	8–11, 11–5, 12–10	Template:Gold1 Winner
1991	Chinese Taipei Open	Template:Flagicon Somharuthai Jaroensiri	11–1, 11–2	Template:Gold1 Winner
1991	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Huang Hua	3–11, 6–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1991	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Sarwendah Kusumawardhani	0–11, 11–2, 11–6	Template:Gold1 Winner
1991	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Lee Heung-soon	11–8, 11–3	Template:Gold1 Winner
1991	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Huang Hua	11–5, 6–11, 11–8	Template:Gold1 Winner
1991	Thailand Open	Template:Flagicon Lee Heung-soon	11–7, 11–4	Template:Gold1 Winner
1991	Swedish Open	Template:Flagicon Pernille Nedergaard	11–2, 11–3	Template:Gold1 Winner
1991	World Grand Prix Finals	Template:Flagicon Lee Heung-soon	9–11, 11–8, 11–1	Template:Gold1 Winner
1992	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Lim Xiaoqing	11–3, 11–3	Template:Gold1 Winner
1992	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Ye Zhaoying	11–2, 11–0	Template:Gold1 Winner
1992	German Open	Template:Flagicon Sarwendah Kusumawardhani	11–7, 10–12, 11–8	Template:Gold1 Winner
1992	Hong Kong Open	Template:Flagicon Bang Soo-hyun	11–5, 6–11, 7–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1992	Thailand Open	Template:Flagicon Bang Soo-hyun	11–7, 11–4	Template:Gold1 Winner
1992	World Grand Prix Finals	Template:Flagicon Sarwendah Kusumawardhani	9–11, 11–3, 11–4	Template:Gold1 Winner
1993	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Bang Soo-hyun	4–11, 11–4, 11–1	Template:Gold1 Winner
1993	Malaysia Open	Template:Flagicon Lim Xiaoqing	11–6, 11–2	Template:Gold1 Winner
1993	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Ye Zhaoying	9–11, 11–12	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1993	Thailand Open	Template:Flagicon Somharuthai Jaroensiri	12–10, 11–2	Template:Gold1 Winner
1993	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Bang Soo-hyun	9–12, 5–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1993	German Open	Template:Flagicon Ye Zhaoying	11–6, 11–8	Template:Gold1 Winner
1993	Dutch Open	Template:Flagicon Camilla Martin	11–7, 11–1	Template:Gold1 Winner
1993	World Grand Prix Finals	Template:Flagicon Ye Zhaoying	11–3, 12–9	Template:Gold1 Winner
1994	Chinese Taipei Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Ji-hyun	11–2, 11–5	Template:Gold1 Winner
1994	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Ye Zhaoying	11–5, 11–9	Template:Gold1 Winner
1994	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Ye Zhaoying	11–6, 10–12, 11–8	Template:Gold1 Winner
1994	Malaysia Open	Template:Flagicon Ye Zhaoying	11–3, 11–8	Template:Gold1 Winner
1994	Thailand Open	Template:Flagicon Lim Xiaoqing	11–5, 12–10	Template:Gold1 Winner
1994	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Bang Soo-hyun	2–11, 11–0, 11–7	Template:Gold1 Winner
1994	World Grand Prix Finals	Template:Flagicon Ye Zhaoying	4–11, 12–10, 11–4	Template:Gold1 Winner
1995	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Bang Soo-hyun	11–7, 12–11	Template:Gold1 Winner
1995	Malaysia Open	Template:Flagicon Bang Soo-hyun	11–1, 11–6	Template:Gold1 Winner
1995	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Bang Soo-hyun	11–1, 12–11	Template:Gold1 Winner
1995	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Bang Soo-hyun	3–11, 11–7, 11–9	Template:Gold1 Winner
1996	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Ye Zhaoying	7–11, 8–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1996	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Wang Chen	11–8, 11–8	Template:Gold1 Winner
1996	Chinese Taipei Open	Template:Flagicon Ye Zhaoying	11–5, 11–2	Template:Gold1 Winner
1996	World Grand Prix Finals	Template:Flagicon Ye Zhaoying	11–4, 11–1	Template:Gold1 Winner
1997	Malaysia Open	Template:Flagicon Ye Zhaoying	11–5, 11–7	Template:Gold1 Winner
1997	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Meiluawati	11–4, 11–5	Template:Gold1 Winner
1997	Vietnam Open	Template:Flagicon Xu Huaiwen	11–4, 11–1	Template:Gold1 Winner
1997	World Grand Prix Finals	Template:Flagicon Ye Zhaoying	4–11, 4–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1998	Singapore Open	Template:Flagicon Ye Zhaoying	5–11, 6–11, 2–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1987	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Verawaty Fadjrin	Template:Flagicon Rosiana Tendean Template:Flagicon Ivana Lie	4–15, 16–17	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1990	Australian Open	Template:Flagicon Lisa Campbell	Template:Flagicon Rhonda Cator Template:Flagicon Anna Lao	8–15, 2–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	Australian Open	Template:Flagicon Ardy Wiranata	Template:Flagicon He Tim Template:Flagicon Anna Lao	11–15, 12–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

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IBF Junior International (2 titles)

Girls' singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
1987	Duinwijck Junior	Template:Flagicon Lilik Sudarwati	11–2, 11–3	Template:Gold1 Winner	<ref name="Duinwijck">Template:Cite news</ref>

Girls' doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
1987	Duinwijck Junior	Template:Flagicon Lilik Sudarwati	Template:Flagicon Tina Antonsen Template:Flagicon Siw Hemmingsen	5–11, 15–11, 15–6	Template:Gold1 Winner	<ref name="Duinwijck"></ref>

Invitational Tournament

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1988	Asian Invitational Championships	Template:Flagicon Tang Jiuhong	1–11, 4–11	Bronze Bronze

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.

Players	Matches	Results		Difference
		Won	Lost
Template:Flagicon Anna Lao	1	1	0	+1
Template:Flagicon Dai Yun	3	3	0	+3
Template:Flagicon Gong Ruina	2	1	1	0
Template:Flagicon Gong Zhichao	7	3	4	-1
Template:Flagicon Han Aiping	3	2	1	+1
Template:Flagicon Han Jingna	5	5	0	+5
Template:Flagicon Huang Hua	13	9	4	+5
Template:Flagicon Li Lingwei	2	0	2	–2
Template:Flagicon Tang Jiuhong	13	7	6	+1
Template:Flagicon Wang Chen	4	3	1	+2
Template:Flagicon Xu Huaiwen	1	1	0	+1
Template:Flagicon Yao Yan	5	5	0	+5
Template:Flagicon Ye Zhaoying	34	23	11	+12
Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	6	5	1	+4

Players	Matches	Results		Difference
		Won	Lost
Template:Flagicon Huang Chia-chi	1	1	0	+1
Template:Flagicon Camilla Martin	15	15	0	+15
Template:Flagicon Mette Sørensen	2	2	0	+2
Template:Flagicon Helen Troke	2	2	0	+2
Template:Flagicon Yasuko Mizui	1	1	0	+1
Template:Flagicon Mia Audina	1	1	0	+1
Template:Flagicon Sarwendah Kusumawardhani	6	5	1	+4
Template:Flagicon Bang Soo-hyun	25	19	6	+13
Template:Flagicon Kim Ji-hyun	8	7	1	+6
Template:Flagicon Lee Heung-soon	4	4	0	+4
Template:Flagicon Lee Young-suk	6	3	3	0
Template:Flagicon Lim Xiaoqing	9	8	1	+7
Template:Flagicon Somharuthai Jaroensiri	12	12	0	+12

External links

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