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Akbar Bintang Cahyono

Akbar Bintang Cahyono (born 12 April 1996) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with Djarum badminton club.^[1] He started his career in badminton when he was in the elementary school in 2005, and later joined the Ganesha badminton club in Serang. He entered Djarum club after success to compete in scholarship audition in 2015, and was selected to join the national team in January 2017.^[2] Cahyono competed the 2017 National Championships held in Pangkal Pinang as a unseeded player in the mixed doubles senior event with Winny Oktavina Kandow, and the duo seize the national mixed doubles title.^[3]

Cahyono won his first international title at the 2018 Finnish Open in the men's doubles event partnered with Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani.^[4] In the mixed doubles event he clinched his first title with Winny Oktavina Kandow after won the Super 100 event 2018 Hyderabad Open.^[5]

In January, Cahyono and his partner Marsheilla Gischa Islami competed at the home tournament, Indonesia Masters, but had to lose in the qualifying round from junior Chinese pair Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin.^[6] In the next tournament, they lost in the quarter-finals of the Thailand Masters from Japanese pair Hiroki Midorikawa and Natsu Saito.^[7]

In March, Cahyono and Islami competed in the Swiss Open, but had to lose in the first round again from junior Chinese pair Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin.^[8] In the next tour, they competed in the Spain Masters, but had to lose in the first round from junior Danish pair Jesper Toft and Clara Graversen.^[9]

In April, Cahyono and Islami competed for Orléans Masters in France, but had to lose 1–2 in the first round after secured the first game 21–10 from Taiwanese pair Lee Jhe-huei and Hsu Ya-ching with 18–21, 14–21, in second and third game respectively.^[10]

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[11] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are 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.^[12]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Akita Masters	Super 100	Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani	Hirokatsu Hashimoto Hiroyuki Saeki	21–16, 21–6	Winner
2018	Hyderabad Open	Super 100	Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty	16–21, 14–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Hyderabad Open	Super 100	Winny Oktavina Kandow	Pranav Chopra N. Sikki Reddy	15–21, 21–19, 25–23	Winner

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Singapore International	Giovani Dicky Oktavan	Kenas Adi Haryanto Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani	18–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2018	Finnish Open	Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani	Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto Pramudya Kusumawardana	21–14, 21–17	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Finnish Open	Winny Oktavina Kandow	Alfian Eko Prasetya Marsheilla Gischa Islami	18–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2021	Bahrain International	Winny Oktavina Kandow	Law Cheuk Him Yeung Nga Ting	21–11, 13–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2022	Indonesia International	Marsheilla Gischa Islami	Adnan Maulana Indah Cahya Sari Jamil	21–17, 14–21, 21–16	Winner

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