Putri Kusuma Wardani

Putri Kusuma Wardani
Personal information
CountryIndonesia
Born20 July 2002
Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's singles
Highest ranking28 (31 October 2023)
Current ranking32 (2 January 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Indonesia
Asia Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Selangor Women's team
SEA Games
Silver medal – second place 2021 Vietnam Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Vietnam Women's singles
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Kazan Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Markham Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Suzhou Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta Mixed team
BWF profile

Putri Kusuma Wardani (born 20 July 2002) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with Exist Jakarta club.

Career

Trained in Exist Jakarta club, Wardani joined the Indonesia national training center in 2018. In the national tournament, she was part of the Exist team that won the 2018 Superliga Junior. She was selected to join national team squad to compete at the 2018 Asian and World Junior Championships, and secured bronze medals in both tournaments. At the age of 16, she reached the final of a senior tournament Bangladesh International Challenge but proved second best to Vietnamese player Nguyễn Thùy Linh.

In 2019, Wardani finished as finalist at the Junior Grand Prix tournament Jaya Raya Junior International. Later she won the Jakarta Junior International Series beating her compatriot Maharani Sekar Batari. In the team event, she helped the National team finish as runner-up in the Asian Junior and won the first Suhandinata Cup for Indonesia by defeating China in the mixed team final of the World Junior Championships.

In 2021, Wardani claimed her first Super 300 event title at the Spain Masters by defeating Line Christophersen of Denmark in the final at the age of 18. She then won the Czech Open and Bangladesh International.

In 2022, Wardani was featured on the Indonesian women's winning team at the Asia Team Championships. Wardani claimed her second World Tour title at the Orléans Masters by defeating Iris Wang in the final in a close rubber game. In May, she competed at the SEA Games, and won a silver medal in the women's team event and a bronze in the individual event.

2023

Entering the 2023 season, Wardani began to regularly participate in the BWF grade 2 events. In the nine BWF World Tours she participated in during the first semester of 2023, her best performance was reaching the quarter-finals in the Swiss Open, Orléans Masters and Taipei Open. The rest, she had to suffer defeat in the early rounds of the Indonesia Masters, Thailand Masters, Spain Masters, Malaysia Masters, Thailand Open and Indonesia Open. She also took part in her second Asian Championships, but had to lose in the first round. Apart from that, she was also a member of the Indonesian team that competed in the Asia Mixed Team Championships and Sudirman Cup, but the team had to fall in the quarter-finals in both events.

In July, Wardani competed at the Korea Open, but had to lose in the second round from 2nd seed Korean player An Se-young for second time this year. In early August, Wardani competed at the Australian Open, but had to lose in the first round from Korean player Sim Yu-jin in straight games. In late August, Wardani competed at the World Championships, but lost in the second round from 5th seed Chinese player He Bingjiao in three games.

Achievements

SEA Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2021 Bac Giang Gymnasium, Bắc Giang, Vietnam Pornpawee Chochuwong 16–21, 9–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF World Tour (2 titles)

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 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.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result Ref
2021 Spain Masters Super 300 Line Christophersen 21–15, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Orléans Masters Super 100 Iris Wang 7–21, 21–19, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

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

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Bangladesh International Nguyễn Thùy Linh 18–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 Czech Open Siti Nurshuhaini 21–16, 21–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Bangladesh International Tasya Farahnailah 21–12, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Girls' singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref
2019 Jakarta Junior International Maharani Sekar Batari 21–19, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Jaya Raya Junior International Dai Wang 21–13, 11–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Performance timeline

Key
W F SF QF #R RR Q# A G S B NH N/A DNQ
(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

National team

  • Junior level
Team events 2018 2019 Ref
Asian Junior Championships B S
World Junior Championships B G
  • Senior level
Team events 2020 2021 2022 2023 Ref
SEA Games NH S NH A
Asia Team Championships QF NH G NH
Asia Mixed Team Championships NH QF
Asian Games NH QF NH
Uber Cup QF NH A NH
Sudirman Cup NH QF NH QF

Individual competitions

  • Junior level
Events 2018 2019
Asian Junior Championships 2R QF
World Junior Championships 4R QF
  • Senior level
Events 2021 2022 2023 Ref
SEA Games B NH A
Asian Championships NH 2R 1R
Asian Games NH 3R NH
World Championships DNQ 1R 2R
Tournament BWF World Tour Best Ref
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Malaysia Open A NH 1R A 1R 1R ('22, '24)
Indonesia Masters A 1R 2R 2R 2R ('23, '24)
Thailand Masters A NH NA 1R Q 1R ('23)
French Open A NH A 2R 2R ('23)
Orléans Masters A NH QF W QF W ('22)
Swiss Open A NH A QF QF ('23)
Spain Masters A W NH 2R W ('21)
Thailand Open A NH A 1R 1R ('23)
Malaysia Masters A NH 1R 1R 1R ('22, '23)
Singapore Open A NH 1R A 1R ('22)
Indonesia Open A NH A 2R 2R ('23)
Australian Open A NH 2R 1R 2R ('22)
Korea Open A NH A 2R 2R ('23)
Indonesia Masters Super 100 2R A NH 2R A 2R ('18, '22)
Taipei Open A NH w/d QF QF ('23)
Vietnam Open A NH w/d A —
Hong Kong Open A NH 2R 2R ('23)
China Open A NH 1R 1R ('23)
Denmark Open A 1R 1R ('23)
Korea Masters A NH A 1R 1R ('23)
Japan Masters NH 1R 1R ('23)
Year-end ranking 177 276 261 72 46 32 28
Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Best Ref

Record against selected opponents

Head to head against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semifinalist and Olympic quarterfinalists.