Pramudya Kusumawardana

Pramudya Kusumawardana Riyanto (born 13 December 2000) is an Indonesian-Australian badminton player. He was a men's doubles gold medalists at the 2022 Asian Championships and 2023 SEA Games. He was part of the Indonesian junior team that won the bronze medals at the 2018 Asian and World Junior Championships, and also the boys' doubles bronze in the 2018 Asian Junior Championships.

Early years
Kusumawardana is a member of Djarum badminton club. He won the boys' doubles junior title at the 2016 North Sumatera and Surabaya Opens and also the mixed doubles cadet title at the 2017 East Java Open. He then selected to join the Indonesia junior team competed at the 2018 Asian Junior Championships, and winning the bronze medals in the boys' doubles and mixed team events, later clinched the mixed team bronze at the 2018 World Junior Championships. Together with Ribka Sugiarto in the mixed doubles, he won a Junior Grand Prix title in the India Junior International tournament. He also became runner-up at the Finnish Open with Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto.

In 2019, Kusumawardana reached the final of the International Challenge tournament in Iran with Yeremia Rambitan, but was defeated by their compatriots Adnan Maulana and Ghifari Anandaffa Prihardika in straight games. In March, they lost in the second round of 2019 Orléans Masters to Chinese Taipei pair. In July, they lost in the second round of Russian Open to Russian pair Vladimir Ivanov and Ivan Sozonov. In August, they participated in Hyderabad Open in India but lost in the first round. In September, they lost in the second round of Vietnam Open.

In 2020, Kusumawardana competed with Yeremia Rambitan at the 2020 Spain Masters and lost in the first round.

2021
In January, Kusumawardana and Rambitan participated in Thailand tour and lost in the first round of 2020 Yonex Thailand Open, and in the second round of the next tour 2020 Toyota Thailand Open from the same pair of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan. In March European tour, they lost in the second round of Swiss Open, but took their first tournament victory as a pair in the 2021 Spain Masters, beating fellow Indonesian pair Sabar Karyaman Gutama and Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani.

In October, they reached the second round of 2021 Denmark Open and won the Belgian International beating Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Bagas Maulana in the final. In November, they lost in the semi-finals of 2021 Hylo Open to fellow Indonesians Leo Rolly Carnando and Daniel Marthin. They reached the quarterfinals of 2021 Indonesia Masters to face fellow Indonesians Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo. In the next tour, they lost in the second round of 2021 Indonesia Open. They qualified for 2021 BWF World Tour Finals but only managed one win and was eliminated in group stage.

2022
In February, Kusumawardana and Rambitan participated in Badminton Asia Team Championships with Indonesia and lost the title to Malaysia. In March, they participated in European tour and lost in the first round of All England Open, and reach the semi-finals of Swiss Open. In April, they lost in the second round of the Korea Open to teammates Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Bagas Maulana, and the first round of the Korea Masters.

In May, they won the Badminton Asia Championships gold medal in men's doubles after defeating Malaysian pair Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik,this ending Indonesia's 13-year wait for a men's doubles gold medal at the championships. In May, he won a silver medal in the men's doubles with Rambitan and a bronze medal in the men's team at the SEA Games. In June, they lost in the second round of the Indonesia Masters to teammates Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto.

At the quarterfinals of the Indonesia Open, Kusumawardana's partner Rambitan injured his knee upon match point against Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik, and the Indonesians end up losing the match. Upon Rambitan's diagnosis of anterior cruciate ligament injury, Kusumawardana opted to wait for his partner to recover. While waiting, Kusumawardana temporarily played with his junior Rahmat Hidayat in October. They managed to convert their only two appearances into titles: the Malang Indonesia International against Hiroki Okamura and Masayuki Onodera, and the Indonesia Masters Super 100 against first seeds He Jiting and Zhou Haodong.

2023
Kusumawardana and Rambitan opened the 2023 season at the Malaysia Open, where they lost in the second round by fellow Indonesian pair Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan. They competed at the home tournament, Indonesia Masters, but lost to first seeds and seniors Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto. Afterwards, they were stopped at the quarterfinals of Thailand Masters by Chinese Taipei pair Su Ching-heng and Ye Hong-wei.

In February, Kusumawardana was called up to the Indonesian team for Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships, where he only played one match.

In March, Kusumawardana and Rambitan competed in the All England Open but lost to eventual runner-ups Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan. They had another early exit at the Swiss Open to qualifiers Kenya Mitsuhashi and Hiroki Okamura. At the Spain Masters, they lost the quarter-finals to Chinese pair Ren Xiangyu and Tan Qiang.

In April, Kusumawardana and Rambitan competed at the Orléans Masters in France. They lost to home pair Julien Maio and William Villeger.

In May, Kusumawardana made his second appearance at the SEA Games and won the gold medals in the men's team and doubles event. In late May, Kusumawardana and Rambitan went to the Malaysia Masters, but lost at the first round to second seeds Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik. Their next tournament, the Thailand Open, was yet another early exit, this time to Ren Xiangyu and Tan Qiang. He also lost at the second round of the Singapore Open to Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi. They later became semifinalists at home tournament Indonesia Open, losing to second seeds Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in three games.

Kusumawardana conceded defeat at the second round of Korea Open to Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi, and at the first round of the 2023 Japan Open against second seeds Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang. They reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open before losing to Hoki and Kobayashi.

In December 2023, Kusumawardana officially announced his decision to depart from the national badminton team to pursue Sports Science & Sports Psychology in Sydney, Australia.

Asian Championships
Men's doubles

SEA Games
Men's doubles

Asian Junior Championships
Boys' doubles

BWF World Tour (2 titles)
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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Men's doubles

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

BWF Junior International
(1 title, 3 runners-up)

Boys' doubles

Mixed doubles
 * BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
 * BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
 * BWF Junior International Series tournament
 * BWF Junior Future Series tournament

National team

 * Junior level


 * Senior level

Junior level
Boys' doubles Mixed doubles