Rudy Gunawan

He is arguably one of the best doubles players ever to play for Indonesia. Rudy Gunawan won various international championships, both in the men's doubles and mixed doubles events. He has paired up with players such as Eddy Hartono, Rosiana Tendean, Bambang Suprianto, and Ricky Subagja. He was on the Thomas Cup team of Indonesia five times (1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, and 1996) but only won gold in 1994 and 1996. In addition, he helped strengthen the Indonesian team in the race for 1989, Sudirman Cup.

Rudy Gunawan
Personal information
Birth name	Gunawan
Country	Indonesia
Born	(1966-12-31) 31 December 1966 (age 57) Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia
Residence	Orange County, California, United States
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.905 m)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Rudy Hartono Christian Hadinata
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	1 (1995)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Indonesia Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Men's doubles World Championships 1993 Birmingham Men's doubles 1989 Jakarta Men's doubles World Cup 1990 Bandung–Jakarta Mixed doubles 1991 Macau Mixed doubles 1992 Guangzhou Mixed doubles 1990 Bandung–Jakarta Men's doubles 1994 Ho Chi Minh Men's doubles 1988 Bangkok Men's doubles 1989 Guangzhou Men's doubles Sudirman Cup 1989 Jakarta Mixed team 1991 Copenhagen Mixed team 1993 Birmingham Mixed team 1995 Lausanne Mixed team Thomas Cup 1994 Jakarta Men's team 1996 Hong Kong Men's team 1992 Kuala Lumpur Men's team 1988 Kuala Lumpur Men's team 1990 Tokyo Men's team Asian Games 1994 Hiroshima Men's team 1990 Beijing Men's doubles 1990 Beijing Mixed doubles 1990 Beijing Men's team 1994 Hiroshima Mixed doubles Asian Championships 1987 Semarang Men's team Asian Cup 1995 Qingdao Men's doubles SEA Games 1989 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles 1991 Manila Men's doubles 1993 Singapore Mixed doubles 1993 Singapore Men's team 1989 Kuala Lumpur Men's team 1991 Manila Men's team 1993 Singapore Men's doubles
BWF profile

Rudy twice competed in the Summer Olympics. In the 1992 Olympics, Rudy and Eddy won a silver medal following the defeat in the final match to South Korean pair Park Joo-bong and Kim Moon-soo. In the 1996 Olympics, Rudy and Bambang pair lost in the round of 16.

Rudy Gunawan was a member of world champion Indonesian Thomas Cup (men's international) teams in 1994 and 1996, winning his final round match on both occasions. He won men's doubles at the 1993 IBF World Championships in Birmingham, England with Ricky Subagja. However, he shared most of his international men's doubles titles with two other fellow countrymen, Eddy Hartono and Bambang Suprianto. These included the prestigious All-England title in 1992 and 1994, the World Badminton Grand Prix in 1990 and 1993, the SEA Games in 1991; as well as the Indonesia (1989, 1992, 1995), Dutch (1989, 1991), Singapore (1990), Thailand (1991, 1993), China (1993), Chinese Taipei (1994), and U.S. (1995) Opens. Gunawan was a silver medalist at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona with Eddy Hartono. He also shared a number of international mixed doubles titles, including victories at the Indonesia (1990, 1993), Hong Kong (1993), Polish (1993) Opens and World Cup for 3 years running (1990 - 1991).

Olympic Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1992	Pavelló de la Mar Bella, Barcelona, Spain	Eddy Hartono	Kim Moon-soo   Park Joo-bong	11–15, 7–15	Silver

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	Senayan Sports Complex, Jakarta, Indonesia	Eddy Hartono	Chen Hongyong   Chen Kang	11–15, 7–15	Bronze
1993	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England	Ricky Subagja	Cheah Soon Kit   Soo Beng Kiang	15–11, 15–3	Gold

World Cup

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1988	National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Eddy Hartono	Li Yongbo   Tian Bingyi	15–8, 5–15, 11–15	Bronze
1989	Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Eddy Hartono	Li Yongbo   Tian Bingyi	4–15, 5–15	Bronze
1990	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Eddy Hartono	Jalani Sidek   Razif Sidek	17–14, 8–15, 7–15	Silver
1994	Phan Dinh Phung Indoor Stadium, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam	Bambang Suprianto	Cheah Soon Kit   Soo Beng Kiang	13–18, 15–2, 16–17	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Rosiana Tendean	Jan Paulsen   Gillian Gowers	11–15, 15–9, 15–3	Gold
1991	Macau Forum, Macau	Rosiana Tendean	Thomas Lund   Pernille Dupont	15–10, 15–9	Gold
1992	Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Rosiana Tendean	Jan Paulsen   Gillian Gowers	17–15, 15–9	Gold

Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	Beijing Gymnasium, Beijing, China	Eddy Hartono	Kim Moon-soo   Park Joo-bong	10–15, 8–15	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	Beijing Gymnasium, Beijing, China	Rosiana Tendean	Park Joo-bong   Chung Myung-hee	9–15, 4–15	Bronze
1994	Tsuru Memorial Gymnasium, Hiroshima, Japan	Eliza Nathanael	Yoo Yong-sung   Chung So-young	7–15, 6–15	Bronze

Asian Cup

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Xinxing Gymnasium, Qingdao, China	Bambang Suprianto	Cheah Soon Kit   Yap Kim Hock	6–15, 14–17	Bronze

SEA Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Eddy Hartono	Jalani Sidek   Razif Sidek	15–11, 15–12	Gold
1991	Camp Crame Gymnasium, Manila, Philippines	Eddy Hartono	Jalani Sidek   Razif Sidek	15–11, 15–6	Gold
1993	Singapore Badminton Hall, Singapore	Denny Kantono	Cheah Soon Kit   Soo Beng Kiang	2–15, 15–12, 14–17	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1993	Singapore Badminton Hall, Singapore	Eliza Nathanael	Denny Kantono   Minarti Timur	15–6, 18–15	Gold

IBF World Grand Prix (19 titles, 19 runners-up)

The World Badminton Grand Prix, sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1987	Dutch Open	Bambang Subagio	Mark Christiansen   Stefan Karlsson	8–15, 2–15	Runner-up
1988	Dutch Open	Eddy Hartono	Michael Kjeldsen   Jens Peter Nierhoff	12–15, 15–7, 4–15	Runner-up
1988	World Grand Prix Finals	Eddy Hartono	Jalani Sidek   Razif Sidek	15–10, 6–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1989	All England Open	Eddy Hartono	Lee Sang-bok   Park Joo-bong	8–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1989	Dutch Open	Eddy Hartono	Jan Paulsen   Henrik Svarrer	15–11, 15–2	Winner
1989	Indonesia Open	Eddy Hartono	Jalani Sidek   Razif Sidek	15–9, 15–7	Winner
1990	Singapore Open	Eddy Hartono	Li Yongbo   Tian Bingyi	15–4, 15–8	Winner
1990	World Grand Prix Finals	Eddy Hartono	Cheah Soon Kit   Soo Beng Kiang	15–6, 15–8	Winner
1991	Indonesia Open	Eddy Hartono	Kim Moon-soo   Park Joo-bong	15–18, 13–15	Runner-up
1991	Dutch Open	Eddy Hartono	Jan Paulsen   Henrik Svarrer	15–2, 15–11	Winner
1991	German Open	Eddy Hartono	Jon Holst-Christensen   Thomas Lund	15–9, 15–11	Winner
1991	Thailand Open	Eddy Hartono	Cheah Soon Kit   Soo Beng Kiang	15–3, 15–11	Winner
1992	All England Open	Eddy Hartono	Jan Paulsen   Henrik Svarrer	15–10, 15–12	Winner
1992	Indonesia Open	Eddy Hartono	Rexy Mainaky   Ricky Subagja	15–12, 15–5	Winner
1992	German Open	Bambang Suprianto	Jon Holst-Christensen   Thomas Lund	6–15, 15–2, 9–15	Runner-up
1993	Thailand Open	Bambang Suprianto	Imay Hendra   Dicky Purwotjugiono	15–5, 15–7	Winner
1993	Japan Open	Bambang Suprianto	Chen Hongyong   Chen Kang		Runner-up
1993	China Open	Bambang Suprianto	Chen Hongyong   Chen Kang	15–12, 15–12	Winner
1993	World Grand Prix Finals	Bambang Suprianto	Rexy Mainaky   Ricky Subagja	11–15, 15–10, 15–9	Winner
1994	Chinese Taipei Open	Bambang Suprianto	Jens Eriksen   Christian Jakobsen	15–1, 15–8	Winner
1994	All England Open	Bambang Suprianto	Rexy Mainaky   Ricky Subagja	15–12, 15–12	Winner
1994	Indonesia Open	Bambang Suprianto	Rexy Mainaky   Ricky Subagja	15–10, 4–15, 15–18	Runner-up
1994	Hong Kong Open	Bambang Suprianto	Rexy Mainaky   Ricky Subagja	12–15, 17–14, 7–15	Runner-up
1994	World Grand Prix Finals	Bambang Suprianto	Rexy Mainaky   Ricky Subagja	10–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1995	Japan Open	Bambang Suprianto	Rexy Mainaky   Ricky Subagja	8–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1995	Indonesia Open	Bambang Suprianto	Antonius Ariantho   Denny Kantono	15–12, 15–9	Winner
1995	U.S. Open	Bambang Suprianto	Huang Zhanzhong   Jiang Xin	15–3, 15–10	Winner
1995	Hong Kong Open	Bambang Suprianto	Ha Tae-kwon   Kang Kyung-jin	15–17, 15–12, 3–15	Runner-up
1995	World Grand Prix Finals	Bambang Suprianto	Cheah Soon Kit   Yap Kim Hock	18–13, 2–15, 12–15	Runner-up
1996	Japan Open	Bambang Suprianto	Rexy Mainaky   Ricky Subagja	8–15, 15–12, 12–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1988	Denmark Open	Lilik Sudarwati	Jesper Knudsen   Nettie Nielsen	7–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1989	Dutch Open	Rosiana Tendean	Eddy Hartono   Verawaty Fadjrin	5–15, 5–15	Runner-up
1989	German Open	Rosiana Tendean	Jan Paulsen   Gillian Gowers	16–18, 8–15	Runner-up
1989	Indonesia Open	Rosiana Tendean	Eddy Hartono   Verawaty Fadjrin	7–15, 2–15	Runner-up
1990	Indonesia Open	Rosiana Tendean	Aryono Miranat   Erma Sulistianingsih	15–5, 11–15, 15–4	Winner
1993	French Open	Rosiana Tendean	Aryono Miranat   Eliza Nathanael	7–15, 12–15	Runner-up
1993	Indonesia Open	Rosiana Tendean	Paulus Firman   S. Herawati	15–7, 15–3	Winner
1993	Hong Kong Open	Rosiana Tendean	Aryono Miranat   Rosalina Riseu	15–12, 15–6	Winner

  IBF Grand Prix tournament
  IBF Grand Prix Finals tournament

IBF International (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	Konica Cup	Eddy Hartono	Jalani Sidek   Razif Sidek	12–15, 8–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1993	Polish International	Rosiana Tendean	Paulus Firman   S. Herawati	15–8, 15–3	Winner

Gunawan retired from competitive badminton following the 1996 season, and turned to Christian ministry work in Indonesian villages. In 1999, he went to California for study and received a B.A. degree in theology from Promise Christian University. He is currently serving as a senior pastor in both the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas. Although he has retired from the Indonesian badminton team, he has not retired from the sport. As of 2014, he currently is a coach at the Orange County Badminton Club located in Orange County, California and is also a coach of the USA national badminton team. Not only does the coach, but he is also a professional player, again making a comeback into professional badminton with partner Ryan Chew. As of 2015 he currently ranked 132 in men's doubles.

Gunawan married to Febijane N. Lumingkewas on 11 December 1992 and have 5 children; 4 boys and 1 girl.

His mother, Sally Young, was the daughter of Fifi Young an Indonesian actress of mixed French and Chinese and Njoo Cheong Seng a Chinese-Indonesian playwright and film director.