Candra Wijaya

Wijaya started his career in badminton at the age of five, motivated by his brother Indra Wijaya and later joined a club in Cirebon. His father, Hendra Wijaya, then took him to a club Pelita Jakarta when he was fourteen. In 1991, he was selected to join the national team. In 1998, he moved to Jaya Raya Jakarta.

Wijaya is a doubles specialist. He has been rated among the best men's doubles players in the world for over a decade. Noted for his ability in all phases of the doubles game, he has reached the final of the BWF World Championships three times with countryman Sigit Budiarto. They won the 1997 edition in Glasgow, Scotland and finished second in 2003 and 2005. With Tony Gunawan he captured the men's doubles gold medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Though Budiarto has been his most frequent partner, Wijaya has won top tier men's doubles events (and a mixed doubles event or two) with a variety of players, recently renewing an earlier partnership with Gunawan. Wijaya was a member of the world champion Indonesia Thomas Cup (men's international) teams of 1998, 2000, and 2002. He was named IBF Player of the Year and received the Eddie Choong awards in 2000.

In 2007 he joined the Japanese club owned by Tonami.

Wijaya was born in a badminton family. His father Hendra Wijaya introduced him to badminton at the young age. His siblings, Indra Wijaya, Rendra Wijaya and Sandrawati Wijaya also a former national badminton players. He married Maria Caroline Indriani on 20 January 2001 at St. Thomas Rasul Church in Cengkareng. They have two children Gabriel Christopher Wintan Wijaya and Christina Joshephine Wintania Wijaya.

He was a founder of Candra Wijaya International Badminton Centre, and Candra Wijaya badminton club.

• 6 times at Sudirman Cup (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
• 6 times at Thomas Cup (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)

Olympic Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	The Dome, Sydney, Australia	Tony Gunawan	Lee Dong-soo   Yoo Yong-sung	15–10, 9–15, 15–7	Gold

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Scotstoun Centre, Glasgow, Scotland	Sigit Budiarto	Cheah Soon Kit   Yap Kim Hock	8–15, 18–17, 15–7	Gold
2003	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom	Sigit Budiarto	Lars Paaske   Jonas Rasmussen	7–15, 15–13, 13–15	Silver
2005	Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim United States	Sigit Budiarto	Howard Bach   Tony Gunawan	11–15, 15–10, 11–15	Silver

World Cup

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Among Rogo Sports Hall, Yogyakarta, Indonesia	Sigit Budiarto	Lee Dong-soo   Yoo Yong-sung	15–8, 8–15, 12–15	Bronze
2005	Olympic Park, Yiyang, China	Sigit Budiarto	Cai Yun   Fu Haifeng	11–21, 18–21	Silver

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Beijing, China	Ade Sutrisna	Cheah Soon Kit   Yap Kim Hock	6–15, 8–15	Bronze
1996	Pancasila Hall, Surabaya, Indonesia	Ade Sutrisna	Ha Tae-kwon   Kang Kyung-jin	15–8, 15–17, 15–11	Gold
2000	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Antonius Ariantho	Choong Tan Fook   Lee Wan Wah	12–15, 5–15	Bronze
2001	PhilSports Arena, Manila, Philippines	Tony Gunawan	Tri Kusharjanto   Bambang Suprianto	15–8, 13–15, 13–15	Silver
2002	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Sigit Budiarto	Ha Tae-kwon   Kim Dong-moon	6–15, 8–15	Silver
2004	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Halim Haryanto	Tri Kusharjanto   Sigit Budiarto	13–15, 5–15	Silver
2008	Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia	Nova Widianto	Jung Jae-sung   Lee Yong-dae	16–21, 16–21	Silver

Asian Cup

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Xinxing Gymnasium, Qingdao, China	Ade Sutrisna	Huang Zhanzhong   Jiang Xin		Bronze
1996	Olympic Gymnasium No. 2, Seoul, South Korea	Ade Sutrisna	Kim Dong-moon   Yoo Yong-sung	11–15, 6–15	Bronze

SEA Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Asia-Africa hall, Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex, Jakarta, Indonesia	Sigit Budiarto	Rexy Mainaky   Ricky Subagja	15–4, 14–17, 15–11	Gold
2001	Malawati Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia	Sigit Budiarto	Tony Gunawan   Bambang Suprianto	15–4, 15–6	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Asia-Africa hall, Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex, Jakarta, Indonesia	Eliza Nathanael	Tri Kusharjanto   Minarti Timur	12–15, 15–7, 15–2	Gold

World Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1992	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Susi Chusnul	Jim Laugesen   Rikke Olsen		Bronze

BWF Superseries (1 title, 3 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011. Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Malaysia Open	Tony Gunawan	Koo Kien Keat   Tan Boon Heong	15–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2007	Japan Open	Tony Gunawan	Luluk Hadiyanto   Alvent Yulianto	21–18, 21–17	Winner
2007	Hong Kong Open	Tony Gunawan	Markis Kido   Hendra Setiawan	12–21, 21–18, 13–21	Runner-up
2008	Indonesia Open	Tony Gunawan	Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif   Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari	21–19, 18–21, 14–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Canadian Open	Ade Sutrisna	Yap Yee Guan   Yap Yee Hup	15–10, 15–12	Winner
1994	U.S. Open	Ade Sutrisna	Yap Yee Guan   Yap Yee Hup	15–8, 15–14	Winner
1995	German Open	Ade Sutrisna	Jon Holst-Christensen   Thomas Lund	8–15, 13–15	Runner-up
1996	Swedish Open	Ade Sutrisna	Sigit Budiarto   Dicky Purwotjugiono	15–12, 15–6	Winner
1996	U.S. Open	Sigit Budiarto	Cheah Soon Kit   Yap Kim Hock	18–16, 15–10	Winner
1996	China Open	Sigit Budiarto	Rexy Mainaky   Ricky Subagja	15–12, 15–5	Winner
1996	Thailand Open	Sigit Budiarto	Ha Tae-kwon   Kang Kyung-jin	15–11, 10–15, 15–12	Winner
1997	Chinese Taipei Open	Sigit Budiarto	Antonius Ariantho   Denny Kantono	15–11, 15–2	Winner
1997	Swiss Open	Sigit Budiarto	Lee Dong-soo   Yoo Yong-sung	15–5, 11–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1997	Indonesia Open	Sigit Budiarto	Lee Dong-soo   Yoo Yong-sung	15–9, 15–10	Winner
1997	Singapore Open	Sigit Budiarto	Lee Dong-soo   Yoo Yong-sung	15–8, 15–10	Winner
1997	Thailand Open	Sigit Budiarto	Lee Dong-soo   Yoo Yong-sung	9–15, 14–17	Runner-up
1997	World Grand Prix Finals	Sigit Budiarto	Cheah Soon Kit   Yap Kim Hock	17–15, 11–15, 15–5	Winner
1998	Swedish Open	Tony Gunawan	Yang Ming   Zhang Jun	15–3, 15–6	Winner
1998	All England Open	Tony Gunawan	Lee Dong-soo   Yoo Yong-sung	10–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1998	Singapore Open	Sigit Budiarto	Rexy Mainaky   Ricky Subagja	15–5, 15–5	Winner
1998	Hong Kong Open	Tony Gunawan	Jens Eriksen   Jesper Larsen	15–10, 15–9	Winner
1999	All England Open	Tony Gunawan	Lee Dong-soo   Yoo Yong-sung	15–7, 15–5	Winner
1999	Malaysia Open	Tony Gunawan	Eng Hian   Flandy Limpele	15–6, 15–11	Winner
1999	Singapore Open	Tony Gunawan	Choong Tan Fook   Lee Wan Wah	7–15, 15–14, 12–15	Runner-up
1999	Indonesia Open	Tony Gunawan	Rexy Mainaky   Ricky Subagja	12–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1999	World Grand Prix Finals	Tony Gunawan	Ha Tae-kwon   Kim Dong-moon	15–7, 8–15, 15–11	Winner
2000	Chinese Taipei Open	Tony Gunawan	Cheah Soon Kit   Yap Kim Hock	15–7, 15–7	Winner
2000	Japan Open	Tony Gunawan	Lee Dong-soo   Yoo Yong-sung	15–6, 15–7	Winner
2000	Indonesia Open	Tony Gunawan	Eng Hian   Flandy Limpele	14–17, 15–8, 15–8	Winner
2000	World Grand Prix Finals	Tony Gunawan	Sigit Budiarto   Halim Haryanto	7–5, 8–6, 7–2	Winner
2001	All England Open	Sigit Budiarto	Tony Gunawan   Halim Haryanto	13–15, 15–7, 7–15	Runner-up
2001	Japan Open	Sigit Budiarto	Martin Lundgaard Hansen   Lars Paaske	15–7, 15–11	Winner
2001	Malaysia Open	Sigit Budiarto	Tony Gunawan   Halim Haryanto	7–4, 4–7, 7–2, 2–7, 7–5	Winner
2001	Indonesia Open	Sigit Budiarto	Tony Gunawan   Halim Haryanto	7–2, 7–3, 7–5	Winner
2001	Singapore Open	Sigit Budiarto	Tony Gunawan   Halim Haryanto	7–5, 3–7, 2–7, 0–7	Runner-up
2002	Chinese Taipei Open	Bambang Suprianto	Ha Tae-kwon   Kim Dong-moon	15–9, 13–15, 3–15	Runner-up
2003	All England Open	Sigit Budiarto	Lee Dong-soo   Yoo Yong-sung	15–5, 15–7	Winner
2003	Denmark Open	Halim Haryanto	Ha Tae-kwon   Kim Dong-moon	17–16, 6–15, 8–15	Runner-up
2004	China Open	Sigit Budiarto	Chew Choon Eng   Choong Tan Fook	Walkover	Winner
2005	Korea Open	Sigit Budiarto	Jens Eriksen   Martin Lundgaard Hansen	15–7, 13–15, 13–15	Runner-up
2005	Swiss Open	Sigit Budiarto	Eng Hian  Flandy Limpele	8–15, 15–11, 15–11	Winner
2005	Japan Open	Sigit Budiarto	Jens Eriksen   Martin Lundgaard Hansen	10–15, 3–15	Runner-up
2005	Singapore Open	Sigit Budiarto	Mathias Boe   Carsten Mogensen	8–15, 15–8, 15–7	Winner
2005	Malaysia Open	Sigit Budiarto	Cai Yun   Fu Haifeng	15–11, 17–14	Winner
2005	Indonesia Open	Sigit Budiarto	Markis Kido   Hendra Setiawan	10–15, 15–12, 3–15	Runner-up
2005	China Open	Sigit Budiarto	Jens Eriksen   Martin Lundgaard Hansen	17–16, 11–15, 15–13	Winner
2006	Korea Open	Tony Gunawan	Hwang Ji-man   Lee Jae-jin	21–18, 21–18	Winner
2006	Indonesia Open	Tony Gunawan	Markis Kido   Hendra Setiawan	21–11, 21–16	Winner
2006	Japan Open	Tony Gunawan	Koo Kien Keat   Tan Boon Heong	21–15, 21–14	Winner
2008	Chinese Taipei Open	Tony Gunawan	Mathias Boe   Carsten Mogensen	14–21, 20–22	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Thailand Open	Jo Novita	Ronne Maykel Runtolalu   Eny Widiowati	8–6, 7–1, 8–7	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

IBF International

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Polish International	Ade Sutrisna	Kenneth Jonassen   Jan Jørgensen	11–15, 15–8, 15–8	Winner

National team

• Senior level

Team events	1997	2001
Southeast Asian Games	Gold	Silver

Team events	1998	2002
Asian Games	Gold	Silver

Team events	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008
Thomas Cup	Gold	Gold	Gold	Bronze	Bronze	Bronze

Individual competitions

• Senior level

Event	1997	2001
Southeast Asian Games	Gold (MD)   Gold (XD)	Gold

Event	1997	1999	2000
World Grand Prix Finals	Gold	Gold	Gold

Event	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2006	2007
World Championships	Gold	QF	R2	Silver	Silver	A	QF

Event	2000
Olympic Games	Gold