Junaidi Arif

Wan Muhammad Arif Shaharuddin bin Wan Junaidi (born 6 June 2002) is a Malaysian badminton player. He won the 2021 Austrian Open and Ukraine International tournaments in the men's doubles event partnered with Muhammad Haikal.

2021
Partnered with Muhammad Haikal, they won the Austrian Open, Hellas International, and Ukraine International. The duo also finished as runners-up at the Latvia International and Scottish Open.

2022
In April, Arif and Haikal reached the final of the Orléans Masters. However, they were forced to concede a walkover to Dutch pair Ruben Jille and Ties van der Lecq after Haikal was tested positive for COVID-19.

He was part of the Malaysia's men's team that won silver medal at the 2021 SEA Games in May.

A few months later, he and Haikal reached the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Masters.

2023
Following a reshuffle in the national men's doubles department in February, Arif began partnering Yap Roy King, thus ending his long-time partnership with Haikal.

In June, Arif and Yap captured their first title as a pair at the Nantes International defeating Putra Erwiansyah and Patra Harapan Rindorindo in the final.

In July, they were crowned as men's doubles national champions after winning the 2023 National Championships.

2024
In late March, playing in only their second tournament of the year after an injury layoff, Arif and Yap advanced to the Spain Masters final. They fell to Sabar Karyaman Gutama and Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani in three games, finishing as runners-up.

BWF World Tour (2 runners-up)
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 Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Men's doubles

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 2 runners-up)
Men's doubles
 * BWF International Challenge tournament
 * BWF International Series tournament
 * BWF Future Series tournament