Leonardus Jonatan Christie (born 15 September 1997) is an Indonesian

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player specializing in the singles discipline affiliated with the Tangkas Specs club. He won the men's singles title at the

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and at the

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. Christie was part of Indonesia's winning team at the 2020 Thomas Cup.

Career

Christie has called to joining the Indonesia national team centre in 2012, when he reached the semi-finals of the 2012

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, Central Java.. In July 2013, Christie won his first international senior title at the age of 15 in the

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Challenge, after beating the experienced

Alamsyah Yunus Alamsyah Yunus (born 7 July 1986) is an Indonesian badminton player from JR Enkei Bekasi club. Career In 2003, Yunus has won the national junior tournament, and in 2005 he was the runner-up at the National Championships. In 2007, he competed ...

who is 11 years older than him in the final by 21–17, 21–10. Christie started the 2014 season ranked as a number 1 in the boys' singles of the BWF junior ranking. Although still competing in the junior tournament, Christie again has reached the finals of the senior event in the 2014 Indonesia International Challenge, but he has not managed to defend his title after being defeated by the Korean veteran

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by 5 sets, 10–11, 11–9, 11–5, 8–11, 3–11. In October, he won the Swiss International. In 2017, Christie reaching the finals of the Thailand Open a Grand Prix event, and later at the Korea Open a Superseries event. He was defeated by B. Sai Praneeth in Thailand and

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (; born October 20, 1996) is an Indonesian badminton player. He first rose to prominence when he won the bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games. At the 2020 Olympics, he won bronze in the men's singles event. He became t ...

in Korea. In August, he won the gold medals at the

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in the men's singles and team event. In 2018, Christie and the Indonesian men's team managed to defend the Asia Team Championships title after beating China 3–1 in the final. In May, he advanced to the finals of the

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, but was beaten by the two time Olympic champion

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in straight games. At the

in Jakarta, he won 21–18, 20–22, 21–15 over

Chou Tien-chen Chou Tien-chen (Chinese: 周天成; born 8 January 1990) is a Taiwanese badminton player. He became the first local shuttler in 17 years to win the men's singles title of the Chinese Taipei Open in 2016 since Indonesian-born Fung Permadi won i ...

and took the badminton men's singles gold medal for Indonesia. In the team event, he helped Indonesia team earn silver medal. Christie opened the 2019 season as number 11 in the BWF World ranking. He played at the

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, but had to defeat in the second round to reigning Olympic champion

Chen Long Chen Long (; ; born 18 January 1989), is a Chinese former professional badminton player. He is the 2016 Badminton at the Summer Olympics, Olympic champion, two-time BWF World Championships, World champion, and an Badminton Asia Championships, ...

, the head-to-head record between the players stood at 0–6. He then lost in the semi-finals of the

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in straight games. In March Europe tour, he fell in the early stages of the All England and

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s. In April, he advance to the semi-finals os the Malaysia Open beating World number 1

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in the second round, and

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in the quarter-finals, both in straight games. His pace then was stopped by Chen Long in rubber games. This result allowed him to beat four out of the world's top five men's singles players (Kento Momota,

Shi Yuqi Shi Yuqi (; Mandarin pronunciation: ; born 28 February 1996) is a Chinese badminton player. Shi Yuqi won his first Superseries title in the 2016 French Open. At the 2017 All England Open, he defeated 6-time champion Lin Dan to reach the final, ...

and Viktor Axelsen) in the BWF World rankings. A week later in the quarter-finals of the Singapore Open, Axelsen avenged his previous defeat in a close rubber games, with a score of 24–22, 18–21, and 22–24. In May 2019, Christie claimed two titles in the Oceania tour, by winning the

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and

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s. Christie then reached the finals of the Super 750 event, the

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and

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s. The other results of Christie in 2019 was the semi-finalists in the Hong Kong Open; the quarter-finalists in the

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, Fuzhou China Opens and the

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. His unsatisfactory results came from the China Open and the

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, where he was defeated in the first round. He then qualified to

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, but failed in the group stage. He reached a career high of number four in the BWF World ranking on 6 August 2019. Christie competed at the

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in Tokyo, Japan. He topped the group G standings after beating Aram Mahmoud and

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. His pace was stopped in the round of 16 as he lost to

of China in straight games. In September–October 2021, Christie alongside Indonesia team competed at the 2021 Sudirman Cup in Vantaa, Finland. He played a match in the group stage against Brian Yang of Canada, but was defeated in the rubber games. Indonesia team advanced to the knocked-out stage, but stopped in the quarter-finals to Malaysia. In the next tournament, he helped Indonesia team won the World Men's Team Championships, the 2020 Thomas Cup. In the first half of the 2022 season, Christie has won a title in the

, runners-up in the Korea Open and

. After being defeated in the second round of the German Open, Christie has tested positive COVID-19. Luckily, he tested negative after performing two tests, and was able to compete in the next tournament in Birmingham. At the All England Open, he stopped in the quarter-finals to

. He then claimed his first World Tour title in two-and-a-half years going back to the 2019 Australian Open, winning the Swiss Open. In April, he finished runner-up at the Korea Open to

Weng Hongyang Weng Hongyang (; born 18 June 1999) is a Chinese badminton player. He won his first BWF World Tour title at the 2019 Lingshui China Masters. Career Early career Weng entered the Fuzhou Sports School in 2006, and later the Fujian Sports Scho ...

of China. He then won a silver medal at the Manila Asian Championships, after in the final he was beaten by

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in straight games.

Filmography

In 2009, he made a supporting cast appearance in badminton-themed film ''King''. The film, directed by Ari Sihasale and dedicated to the legendary

Liem Swie King Liem Swie King (; born 28 February 1956) is an Indonesian former badminton player who excelled from the late 1970s through the mid-1980s. He won the All England in 1978, 1979 and 1981. He was one of the world's leading singles players of his e ...

, also featured cameos by many notable badminton players such as King himself,

Hariyanto Arbi Michael Ludwig Hariyanto Arbi (born 21 January 1972) is a former badminton player from Indonesia who rated among the world's top few singles players in the 1990s. He is the younger brother of Eddy Hartono and Hastomo, who were also world class ...

Hastomo Arbi Hastomo Arbi (born Ang Tjong Hauw, 5 August 1958, in Kudus, Central Java) is a retired male Chinese Indonesian badminton player who represented Indonesia. Career He was active as an international level player from the late 1970s to the mid-1 ...

, Ellen Angelina,

Ivana Lie Ivana Lie Ing Hoa (; born March 7, 1960) is an Indonesian former badminton player who played at the world level from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. Early life She was born in Bandung, Indonesia on 7 March 1960. She came from a poor family; ...

Rosiana Tendean Rosiana Tendean (born 25 August 1964) is an Indonesian retired badminton player. Career A doubles specialist, Tendean competed in women’s doubles with Erma Sulistianingsih at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Together, they won consecutive World Gr ...

Maria Kristin Yulianti Maria Kristin Yulianti (born 25 June 1985) is an Indonesian badminton player. She is a bronze medalist in Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, women's singles at the 2008 Olympics. Career 2004 Yulianti played in some s ...

Fransisca Ratnasari Fransisca Ratnasari Hari Saputra (born 2 October 1986) is an Indonesian retired badminton player. Personal life Fransisca Ratnasari Hari Saputra was born as the youngest daughter of four children of Petrus Haryanto and M. Kasiyem family. She we ...

, and in their youth,

Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (born 2 August 1995) is an Indonesian badminton player who was formerly ranked world number 1 in the men's doubles by the Badminton World Federation. He plays for PB Djarum, and has been a member of the club since 2007 ...

, Rafiddias Akhdan Nugroho, Cisita Joity Jansen, Uswatun Khasanah, and Intan Dwi Jayanti.

Awards and nominations

Achievements

Asian Games

''Men's singles''

Asian Championships

''Men's singles''

Southeast Asian Games

''Men's singles''

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

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(BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Men's singles''

BWF Superseries (1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the

(BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year. ''Men's singles'' :

BWF Super Series The BWF Super Series was a series of Grade 2 badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It was launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007. Since 2011, the Super Series includes two levels of tournament, ...

tournament : BWF Superseries Premier tournament :

BWF Superseries Finals The BWF Super Series Finals (named as BWF Super Series Masters Finals until 2009) was an annual badminton tournament held at the end of the year where the players with the most points from that calendar year's twelve events of the BWF Super Series c ...

tournament

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Men's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

''Men's singles'' :

BWF International Challenge The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

Performance timeline

National team

* ''Junior level'' * ''Senior level''

Individual competitions

* ''Junior level'' * ''Senior level''

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi finalists, and Olympic quarter finalists. Accurate as of 20 December 2022.

References

Bibliography

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Christie, Jonatan 1997 births Living people Sportspeople from Jakarta Indonesian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of Indonesia Badminton players at the 2014 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Competitors at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Indonesia Southeast Asian Games medalists in badminton