Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
Personal information
Birth name	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
Country	Indonesia
Born	(1996-10-20) October 20, 1996 Cimahi, West Java, Indonesia
Height
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's single
Highest ranking	24 (21 April 2016)
Current ranking	24 (21 April 2016)
Medal record Representing Indonesia Asia Championships 2016 Hyderabad Men's Team Southeast Asian Games 2015 Singapore Men's Team Thomas Cup 2016 Kunshan Men's Team Youth Olympic Games 2014 Nanjing Boys' Singles World Junior Championships 2014 Alor Setar Boys' Singles 2014 Alor Setar Mixed Team
BWF profile

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (born October 20, 1996 in Cimahi) is an Indonesian badminton player. He was the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic and World Junior Championships boys' singles bronze medallist.

Personal life

The Cimahi-born shuttler of Karo descent was introduced to badminton by his father when he was in kindergarten. He is the fourth of five siblings. When he was young, he joined the PB. SGS PLN, a badminton club in Bandung, West Java. He only started to take part in tournaments at around 9 years old, or two years after he was scouted. Ginting idolizes Taufik Hidayat, the 2004 Athens Olympic men's singles gold medallist.

Career

• 2013

Ginting participated at the Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold, Vietnam International Challenge, Maldives International Challenge, Malaysia International Challenge and Asia Junior Championships in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.

• 2014

Joining the national training camp early year, Ginting began to show his worth with stepping up to cruise into 2014 Asia Junior Championships quarterfinals in Taipei, Chinese Taipei on February. In the quarterfinals, he was halted with a 13–21, 15–21 loss to Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan. Ginting then participated at the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships in Alor Setar, Malaysia where he won a boys' singles bronze medal after bowed out in the semifinal to Shi Yuqi of China for 19–21, 15–21. He also competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China and brought home a bronze medal after beating Aditya Joshi of India in the bronze-final match with a straight games 21–17, 21–16. In addition to competing in some international challenge tournaments, he also played in the BWF Grand Prix tournaments such as Chinese Taipei Open, Vietnam Open and Indonesian Masters.

• 2015

Starting his journey as a rookie in the BWF Superseries event from the qualifying stage, Ginting moved into the quarterfinals after creating an upset with a rubber games 14–21, 22–20, 21–13 win over India's top shuttler and fourth seed Srikanth Kidambi in the second round of the 2015 BCA Indonesia Open Superseries Premier. His Indonesia Open campaign was eventually halted after losing to the eighth seed and 2012 BWF World Junior champion Kento Momota of Japan in quarterfinals with a rubber games 21–13, 16–21, 15–21. Ginting was part of the Indonesian men's team that won a gold medal at the 28th Southeast Asian Games 2015 in Singapore after beating Thailand men's team 3–2 in the final.
Participating in the 2015 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold as an unheralded shuttler, Ginting reached the quarterfinals after defeating twelfth-seeded fellow Indonesian Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka with a straight sets 21–16, 21–14 in the third round of the tournament. In the first round, he surprisingly upset the eighth seed and 2009 BWF World Junior champion Tian Houwei of China with a stunning 21–13, 21–14 victory. He then lost to the defending champion, former world No. 1 and two-time Olympic gold medalist Lin Dan of China with a straight games 7–21, 20–22 in the quarterfinals.

Achievements

Olympic Games

• 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China

Ginting competed in badminton at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in boys' singles and won a bronze medal in the finals.

2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' Singles
Round	Opponent	Score	Result
Group stage	D. N. Mananga Nzoussi	21–6,21–4	Win
Group stage	Abdelrahman Hussein	21–9,21–11	Win
Group stage	Sachin Angoda Vidanalage	21–14, 21–15	Win
Quarterfinal	Kanta Tsuneyama [5]	21–8, 14–21, 21–12	Win
Semifinal	Lin Guipu [2]	21–19, 19–21, 17–21	Lost
Bronze-final	Aditya Joshi	21–17, 21–16	Bronze

BWF World Junior Championships

The BWF World Junior Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to crown the best junior badminton players (under-19) in the world.

• 2014 BWF World Junior Championships in Alor Setar, Malaysia

2014 BWF World Junior Championships – Boys' Singles
Round	Opponent	Score	Result
First round	–	–	Bye
Second round	Daniel Guda	21–12, 21–13	Win
Third round	Kantawat Leelavechabutr	21–10, 21–16	Win
Fourth round	SEO Seung-jae	22–20, 12–21, 21–18	Win
Quarterfinal	Kanta Tsuneyama	21–13, 21–5	Win
Semifinal	Shi Yuqi	19–21, 15–21	Bronze

Participation at Indonesian team

• 1 times at Thomas Cup (2016)
• 1 times at Badminton Asia Team Championships (2016)
• 1 times at SEA Games (2015)

Performance timeline

Indonesian team

• Senior level

Team Events	2015	2016
Southeast Asian Games	Gold	NH
Asian Games	NH
Asia Championships	NH	Gold
Thomas Cup	NH	Silver
Sudirman Cup	–	NH

• Junior level

Team Events	2014
World Junior Championships	Silver
Asia Junior Championships	QF

Individual competitions

• Senior level

Event	2016
Asia Championships	R1

• Junior level

Event	2014
Youth Olympic Games	Bronze

Event	2014
World Junior Championships	Bronze

Event	2013	2014
Asia Junior Championships	R2	QF

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	Best
BWF Superseries
All England Open	A		Q1		Q1 (2016)
India Open	A
Malaysia Open	A		R1		R1 (2016)
Singapore Open	A		R1		R1 (2016)
Australian Open	A
Indonesia Open	A	QF			QF (2015)
Japan Open	A	Q1			Q1 (2015)
Korea Open	A	Q2			Q2 (2015)
Denmark Open	A
French Open	A
China Open	A
Hong Kong Open	A	SF			SF (2015)
BWF Superseries Finals	NQ	NQ
BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold
Malaysia Masters	A	R2	R2		R2 (2015, 2016)
Syed Modi International	A		R1		R1 (2016)
Thailand Masters	N/A	N/A	A
German Open	A
Swiss Open	A
China Masters	A
New Zealand Open	A		R3		R3 (2016)
U.S. Open	A
Canada Open	A
Chinese Taipei Open	R3	QF			QF (2015)
Russian Open	A
Vietnam Open	R1	SF			SF (2015)
Thailand Open	N/A	R2			R2 (2015)
Dutch Open	A
Chinese Taipei Masters	N/A	QF			QF (2015)
Bitburger Open	A
Korea Masters	A	R2			R2 (2015)
Scottish Open	A
Brasil Open	A
Macau Open	A	R2			R2 (2015)
Indonesian Masters	R1	SF			SF (2015)
K & D Graphics	A
Mexico City Grand Prix	N/A	A

Record against selected opponents

Head to head (H2H) against World Superseries finalists, World Superseries Finals semifinalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.

• Lin Dan 0–1
• Tian Houwei 1–1
• Chou Tien-chen 1–0
• Sony Dwi Kuncoro 1–2
• Tommy Sugiarto 0–1
• Ajay Jayaram 1–0
• Srikanth Kidambi 1–1
• Kento Momota 1–1
• Sho Sasaki 1–0
• Nguyễn Tiến Minh 0–1