1. Sun Jun (9 titles)
Born June 16, 1975 is a former world number 1 singles badminton player from China
in the late 1990s whose resume includes the World Championship, World
Cup, Asian Championship and All England Men's Singles titles. He was
known for his all-round defensive ability as well as his never-say-die
attitude on court as exemplified by his famous match with Peter
Rasmussen whereby he suffered a severe leg cramp during mid-match but
basically carried on to finish an entire set limping on one leg, at one
point leading by 10-3 due to intelligent play before succumbing to his
opponent.
Major Achievements
Winner World Championships 1999
Winner World Cup 1997
Winner All England 1998
Winner Asian Championships 1997
Winner Grand Prix Finals 1997, 99
3 Ardy Bernardus Wiranata ( 17 titles )
(born February 10, 1970) was an Indonesian badminton player who rated among the top singles players in the world (several of whom were fellow Indonesians) during most of the 1990s. Quick, supple, and powerful, he won numerous international events and arguably had the best overall record of any player in the first half of the decade.
Wiranata earned the silver medal in singles at the 1992 Summer Olympics, losing the final to fellow countryman Alan Budikusuma. He also won the silver medal at the 1989 IBF World Championships, and bronze medals at this competition in 1991 and 1993. His first-place finishes included the prestigious All-England men's singles in 1991, three Japan Opens, and six Indonesian Open singles championships between 1990 and 1997, where he dominated his teammates.[1] Wiranata also won the Malaysia (1993), Singapore (1994), Korea(1994), Swedish (1997), and U.S. (2000) Opens, as well as the Badminton World Cup (1991) and the World Badminton Grand Prix Final (1994). He clinched the decisive third point for Indonesia against Malaysia in the final of the 1994 Thomas Cup (men's world team championship) in Jakarta.
2 Poul Erik Hoyer Larsen (20 titles)
(born September 20, 1965) is a retired Danish badminton player who won major international singles titles in the 1990s, and ranks among Denmark's badminton greats.
Høyer Larsen competed in two Summer Olympics. In Barcelona 1992 he was defeated in quarterfinals by Ardy Wiranata. In Atlanta 1996 he won the gold medal in the men's singles after beating Dong Jiong in the final.
He also won two All-England Open Badminton Championships in 1995 and 1996, and the European Badminton Championships in 1992, 1994 and 1996.
Major Achievements
Winner Olympic 1996
Winner All England 1995, 96(born February 10, 1970) was an Indonesian badminton player who rated among the top singles players in the world (several of whom were fellow Indonesians) during most of the 1990s. Quick, supple, and powerful, he won numerous international events and arguably had the best overall record of any player in the first half of the decade.
Wiranata earned the silver medal in singles at the 1992 Summer Olympics, losing the final to fellow countryman Alan Budikusuma. He also won the silver medal at the 1989 IBF World Championships, and bronze medals at this competition in 1991 and 1993. His first-place finishes included the prestigious All-England men's singles in 1991, three Japan Opens, and six Indonesian Open singles championships between 1990 and 1997, where he dominated his teammates.[1] Wiranata also won the Malaysia (1993), Singapore (1994), Korea(1994), Swedish (1997), and U.S. (2000) Opens, as well as the Badminton World Cup (1991) and the World Badminton Grand Prix Final (1994). He clinched the decisive third point for Indonesia against Malaysia in the final of the 1994 Thomas Cup (men's world team championship) in Jakarta.
Major Achievements
Winner All England 1991
Winner World Cup 1991
Winner Grand Prix Finals 1994
Winner Thomas Cup 1994
Runners Up Olympic Games 1992
Runners Up World Championships 1989
4 Hariyanto Arbi ( 14 titles )
Born 21 January 1972 in Kudus is a former male badminton player from Indonesia who rated among the world's top few singles players in the 1990s.
The hard smashing Arbi was arguably the most internationally successful
of an impressive cadre of Indonesian singles players who were his
contemporaries. These included Ardy Wiranata, Joko Suprianto, Alan Budikusuma, Hermawan Susanto, and Hendrawan. Curiously he never won the open singles title of Indonesia which Wiranata dominated in the nineties. This and the Olympic gold medal were about the only prizes that eluded him. He won the coveted All-England singles title in 1993 and 1994 and the then biennial IBF (BWF) World Championship in 1995. Arbi played singles for Indonesian teams that won consecutive Thomas Cup (world team) titles in 1994, 1996, and 1998.
Arbi's other individual victories included the Chinese Taipei Open (1993, 1994), Japan Open (1993, 1995), Badminton World Cup (1994), Hong Kong Open (1995), Korea Open (1995), Singapore Open (1997, 1999), SEA Games (1997) and the badminton competition at the quadrennial Asian Games (1994).
Major Achievements
Winner World Championships 1995
Winner World Cup 1994
Winner All England 1993, 1994
Winner Asian Games 1994
5 Alan Budikusuma ( 7 titles )
Born March 29, 1968; is a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player who excelled at the world level from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s.
In 1991 he was runner-up to China's Zhao Jianhua at the IBF World Championships in Copenhagen. He won the 1992 Olympic men's singles gold medal at Barcelona, defeating fellow countryman Ardy Wiranata in the final. Among his titles, all in singles, are the Thailand Open (1989, 1991), China Open (1991), German Open (1992), Indonesian Open (1993), World Cup (1993), and Malaysian Open(1995). Budikusuma was a member of world champion Indonesian Thomas Cup teams in 1994 and 1996. He is married to Susi Susanti a women's badminton Olympic gold medalist (also in 1992) and one of the most accomplished women's players in the history of the sport.
Born March 29, 1968; is a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player who excelled at the world level from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s.
In 1991 he was runner-up to China's Zhao Jianhua at the IBF World Championships in Copenhagen. He won the 1992 Olympic men's singles gold medal at Barcelona, defeating fellow countryman Ardy Wiranata in the final. Among his titles, all in singles, are the Thailand Open (1989, 1991), China Open (1991), German Open (1992), Indonesian Open (1993), World Cup (1993), and Malaysian Open(1995). Budikusuma was a member of world champion Indonesian Thomas Cup teams in 1994 and 1996. He is married to Susi Susanti a women's badminton Olympic gold medalist (also in 1992) and one of the most accomplished women's players in the history of the sport.
Major Achievements
Winnner Olympic 1992
Winner World Cup 1993
Winner Thomas Cup 1994, 96
Runners Up 1991 World Championships
Winnner Olympic 1992
Winner World Cup 1993
Winner Thomas Cup 1994, 96
Runners Up 1991 World Championships
6 Dong Jiong (10 titles)
Born August 20, 1973 is a Chinese badminton player who ranked among the world's men's singles elite in the mid and late 1990s.
In a relatively short career at the top level, Dong won some of badminton's biggest events, including the prestigious All-England and Denmark Open titles in 1997. He was a silver medalist at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, losing the final in two close games to Denmark's Poul-Erik Hoyer Larsen. Among Dong's badminton achievements were victories at the Thailand Open (1995, 1996), China Open (1995, 1997, 1999), Swiss Open (1997), Badminton World Cup (1996), and quadrennial Asian Games (1998). The successes of Dong and his contemporary and rival Sun Jun marked the start of a revival in men's badminton fortunes for China, which, after dominating in the 1980s, had lost the initiative to Indonesia.
Major Achievements
Winner World Cup 1996
Winner All England 1997
Winner Asian Games 1998
Silver Olympic 1996
7 Joko Suprianto ( 14 titles )
Born 27 January 1971 in Solo, Central Java is a former badminton player from Indonesia who was one of the world's leading men's singles players in the early and mid 1990s, a period during which Indonesia was especially deep in top tier singles players, winning many of the world's major events.
Suprianto became world champion in men's singles in the 1993 IBF World Championships, defeating fellow countryman Hermawan Susanto in the final, and was a member of world champion Indonesian Thomas Cup (men's international) teams in 1994, 1996, and 1998.
He played badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He was the #1-seed but was defeated in the quarterfinals by Malaysia's Rashid Sidek 15-5, 15-12.
Major Achievements
Winner World Championships 1993
Winner Thomas Cup 1994, 1996, 1998
Silver Medalist World Cup
8 Hendrawan (6 titles)
Born Malang, East Java, Indonesia; June 27, 1972 is a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player.
Hendrawan began playing internationally in the early 1990s but at first was overshadowed by a number of his countrymen who rated among the world's elite players. His results gradually improved, peaking at the end of the century and the beginning of the next with a silver medal in men's singles at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the gold medal at the 2001 IBF World Championships over Denmark's Peter Gade. Hendrawan was an outstanding Thomas Cup (men's world team) performer for Indonesia, winning each of his championship round singles matches in the 1998, 2000, 2002 editions won by Indonesia. In the last of these his final match victory over Malaysia's Roslin Hashim broke a 2–2 tie.
Major Achievements
Winner World Championships 2001
Winner Thomas Cup 1998, 2000, 2002
Silver Olympic Games 2000
4 Rashid Sidek (8 titles)
(Nickname: Adul) (born July 8, 1968 in Kanchong Darat, Banting, Selangor) was a Malaysian national badminton player, and a prominent world-class singles player during the 1990s. He is the youngest of the six Sidek brothers. He and his siblings were all actively involved in the international badminton scene. His brothers Razif Sidek and Jalani Sidek won the Olympic Games bronze medal in the men's doubles in 1992.
Rashid Sidek won the Malaysian Open title three years consecutively during the year 1990, 1991, and 1992. The highlight of 1990 is when the youngest Sidek sibling won there gold medal for the Men’s Single during the Commonwealth Games held in Auckland. He was known by many as “jaguh kampung”,
He played first singles for Malaysia in the 1992 Thomas Cup series winning his championship round match against Indonesia's Ardy Wiranata to help Malaysia to its first Thomas Cup victory in 25 years. His other achievements include champions of the 1992 Grand Prix, ABC champion in 1991/92, gold medal winner of Men’s Single during the 1994 Victoria’s Commonwealth, Brunei Open champion in 1995, bronze medal holder for Single’s of Sea Games in 1995, 1996 Asia Cup and German Open champion.
He won the bronze medal in badminton for men's singles at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta after beating the reigning World Champion from Indonesia, Heryanto Arbi. He became the world number one player for the first time in 1997.
Major Achievements
Winner 1992 Grand Prix Finals
Winner Asian Championships 1991, 1992
Winner Thomas Cup 1992
Bronze Medalist Olympic Games 1996
10 Peter Rasmussen
Born 2 August 1974 is a Danish badminton player. A former World Champion and European Champion, Rasmussen ranks among the best Danish badminton players of all time.
The crowning achievement of his career was winning the Men's Singles at the 1997 IBF World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. It was the first time a Dane and a non- Asian player captured that title since Flemming Delfs won at the first-ever IBF World Championships held in Sweden in 1977. The Men's Finals in 1997 is regarded as one of the best badminton matches played ever because of both the duration and quality of the match. In the end, Peter Rasmussen's opponent, Sun Jun of China cramped up and could barely continue. Rasmussen capitalized on the opportunity and closed out his three game victory, 16-17, 18-13, 15-10.
Major Achievements
Winner World Championships 1997
Winner European Championships 1996, 1998, 1999
Hermawan Susanto (9 titles)
Born September 27, 1967 in Kudus Regency, Central Java) is a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player who played at the world level during the 1990s. Susanto was one of an impressive cadre of Indonesians who won numerous international tournaments and captured successive Thomas Cup (men's world team) titles during the era. Susanto came close to winning two of badminton's three biggest events for individual players; he was a bronze medalist in men's singles at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, and was runner-up to fellow countryman Joko Suprianto at the (then biennial) World Championships in 1993.
Susanto's accomplishments included victories at the Dutch Open (1990, 1992), Denmark Open (1992), China Open (1992), Chinese Taipei Open (1991, 1995), Hong Kong Open (1993), U.S. Open (1995), and Malaysia Open (1997). Now, he is married to another former Indonesian player named Sarwendah Kusumawardhani. They have one child named Andrew Susanto, who is currently following his parents' footsteps in playing badminton.
Major Achievements
Winner Thomas Cup 1994
Runners up World Championships 1993
Bronze Olympic Games 1992
Foo Kok Keong ( 3 titles, 9 runners up )
Born January 8, 1963 is a former badminton star from Malaysia who rated among the world's best singles players from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s. Not a stylish looking player, he was noted for his quickness, stamina, and never-say-die tenacity. Kok Keong played for the Malaysian Thomas Cup (men's international) team which finished second to China in 1990, and for the team which defeated Indonesia for the world championship in 1992. His victories in individual competition included the Singapore Open and French Open singles titles in 1990, and the Asian Championships singles title in 1994.[1] He was a runner-up in the Malaysia Open (1990, 1991), the British Commonwealth Games (1990),[2] the World Grand Prix Final (1989),[3] and the All-England Championships (1991).
Achievements
Winner Asian Championships 1994
Winner Thomas Cup 1992
Runners Up World Cup 1998
Runners Up World Grand Peix Finals 1989
Fung Permadi (Titles 9)
Born December 30, 1967 in Purwokerto, Indonesia) is a former male Chinese Indonesian badminton player. He was a singles specialist who played first for Indonesia and later for Chinese Taipei.
Though Permadi had demonstrated impressive ability by 1990, he was often passed over in selection for international play at a time when Indonesia had such elite world class singles players as Ardy Wiranata, Alan Budikusuma, Joko Suprianto, Hariyanto Arbi, and Hermawan Susanto. Moving to Taiwan in the middle of the decade, Permadi played perhaps his best badminton in the late 1990s, after his thirtieth birthday. He won a number of significant international titles (as shown by the chart below), and at thirty-one was runner-up to China's Sun Jun at the 1999 IBF World Championships.
Major achievement
Winner World Grand Prix Finals 1996
Runners Up World Championships 1999
Born August 20, 1973 is a Chinese badminton player who ranked among the world's men's singles elite in the mid and late 1990s.
In a relatively short career at the top level, Dong won some of badminton's biggest events, including the prestigious All-England and Denmark Open titles in 1997. He was a silver medalist at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, losing the final in two close games to Denmark's Poul-Erik Hoyer Larsen. Among Dong's badminton achievements were victories at the Thailand Open (1995, 1996), China Open (1995, 1997, 1999), Swiss Open (1997), Badminton World Cup (1996), and quadrennial Asian Games (1998). The successes of Dong and his contemporary and rival Sun Jun marked the start of a revival in men's badminton fortunes for China, which, after dominating in the 1980s, had lost the initiative to Indonesia.
Major Achievements
Winner World Cup 1996
Winner All England 1997
Winner Asian Games 1998
Silver Olympic 1996
Born 27 January 1971 in Solo, Central Java is a former badminton player from Indonesia who was one of the world's leading men's singles players in the early and mid 1990s, a period during which Indonesia was especially deep in top tier singles players, winning many of the world's major events.
Suprianto became world champion in men's singles in the 1993 IBF World Championships, defeating fellow countryman Hermawan Susanto in the final, and was a member of world champion Indonesian Thomas Cup (men's international) teams in 1994, 1996, and 1998.
He played badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He was the #1-seed but was defeated in the quarterfinals by Malaysia's Rashid Sidek 15-5, 15-12.
Major Achievements
Winner World Championships 1993
Winner Thomas Cup 1994, 1996, 1998
Silver Medalist World Cup
Born Malang, East Java, Indonesia; June 27, 1972 is a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player.
Hendrawan began playing internationally in the early 1990s but at first was overshadowed by a number of his countrymen who rated among the world's elite players. His results gradually improved, peaking at the end of the century and the beginning of the next with a silver medal in men's singles at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the gold medal at the 2001 IBF World Championships over Denmark's Peter Gade. Hendrawan was an outstanding Thomas Cup (men's world team) performer for Indonesia, winning each of his championship round singles matches in the 1998, 2000, 2002 editions won by Indonesia. In the last of these his final match victory over Malaysia's Roslin Hashim broke a 2–2 tie.
Major Achievements
Winner World Championships 2001
Winner Thomas Cup 1998, 2000, 2002
Silver Olympic Games 2000
(Nickname: Adul) (born July 8, 1968 in Kanchong Darat, Banting, Selangor) was a Malaysian national badminton player, and a prominent world-class singles player during the 1990s. He is the youngest of the six Sidek brothers. He and his siblings were all actively involved in the international badminton scene. His brothers Razif Sidek and Jalani Sidek won the Olympic Games bronze medal in the men's doubles in 1992.
Rashid Sidek won the Malaysian Open title three years consecutively during the year 1990, 1991, and 1992. The highlight of 1990 is when the youngest Sidek sibling won there gold medal for the Men’s Single during the Commonwealth Games held in Auckland. He was known by many as “jaguh kampung”,
He played first singles for Malaysia in the 1992 Thomas Cup series winning his championship round match against Indonesia's Ardy Wiranata to help Malaysia to its first Thomas Cup victory in 25 years. His other achievements include champions of the 1992 Grand Prix, ABC champion in 1991/92, gold medal winner of Men’s Single during the 1994 Victoria’s Commonwealth, Brunei Open champion in 1995, bronze medal holder for Single’s of Sea Games in 1995, 1996 Asia Cup and German Open champion.
He won the bronze medal in badminton for men's singles at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta after beating the reigning World Champion from Indonesia, Heryanto Arbi. He became the world number one player for the first time in 1997.
Major Achievements
Winner 1992 Grand Prix Finals
Winner Asian Championships 1991, 1992
Winner Thomas Cup 1992
Bronze Medalist Olympic Games 1996
10 Peter Rasmussen
Born 2 August 1974 is a Danish badminton player. A former World Champion and European Champion, Rasmussen ranks among the best Danish badminton players of all time.
The crowning achievement of his career was winning the Men's Singles at the 1997 IBF World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. It was the first time a Dane and a non- Asian player captured that title since Flemming Delfs won at the first-ever IBF World Championships held in Sweden in 1977. The Men's Finals in 1997 is regarded as one of the best badminton matches played ever because of both the duration and quality of the match. In the end, Peter Rasmussen's opponent, Sun Jun of China cramped up and could barely continue. Rasmussen capitalized on the opportunity and closed out his three game victory, 16-17, 18-13, 15-10.
Major Achievements
Winner World Championships 1997
Winner European Championships 1996, 1998, 1999
Hermawan Susanto (9 titles)
Born September 27, 1967 in Kudus Regency, Central Java) is a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player who played at the world level during the 1990s. Susanto was one of an impressive cadre of Indonesians who won numerous international tournaments and captured successive Thomas Cup (men's world team) titles during the era. Susanto came close to winning two of badminton's three biggest events for individual players; he was a bronze medalist in men's singles at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, and was runner-up to fellow countryman Joko Suprianto at the (then biennial) World Championships in 1993.
Susanto's accomplishments included victories at the Dutch Open (1990, 1992), Denmark Open (1992), China Open (1992), Chinese Taipei Open (1991, 1995), Hong Kong Open (1993), U.S. Open (1995), and Malaysia Open (1997). Now, he is married to another former Indonesian player named Sarwendah Kusumawardhani. They have one child named Andrew Susanto, who is currently following his parents' footsteps in playing badminton.
Major Achievements
Winner Thomas Cup 1994
Runners up World Championships 1993
Bronze Olympic Games 1992
Born January 8, 1963 is a former badminton star from Malaysia who rated among the world's best singles players from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s. Not a stylish looking player, he was noted for his quickness, stamina, and never-say-die tenacity. Kok Keong played for the Malaysian Thomas Cup (men's international) team which finished second to China in 1990, and for the team which defeated Indonesia for the world championship in 1992. His victories in individual competition included the Singapore Open and French Open singles titles in 1990, and the Asian Championships singles title in 1994.[1] He was a runner-up in the Malaysia Open (1990, 1991), the British Commonwealth Games (1990),[2] the World Grand Prix Final (1989),[3] and the All-England Championships (1991).
Achievements
Winner Asian Championships 1994
Winner Thomas Cup 1992
Runners Up World Cup 1998
Runners Up World Grand Peix Finals 1989
Born December 30, 1967 in Purwokerto, Indonesia) is a former male Chinese Indonesian badminton player. He was a singles specialist who played first for Indonesia and later for Chinese Taipei.
Though Permadi had demonstrated impressive ability by 1990, he was often passed over in selection for international play at a time when Indonesia had such elite world class singles players as Ardy Wiranata, Alan Budikusuma, Joko Suprianto, Hariyanto Arbi, and Hermawan Susanto. Moving to Taiwan in the middle of the decade, Permadi played perhaps his best badminton in the late 1990s, after his thirtieth birthday. He won a number of significant international titles (as shown by the chart below), and at thirty-one was runner-up to China's Sun Jun at the 1999 IBF World Championships.
Major achievement
Winner World Grand Prix Finals 1996
Runners Up World Championships 1999
can you tell me which are Top 10 Badminton Player in the World.
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