Hendra Setiawan

In 2005, with Markis Kido, he won the men's doubles title at the Asian Championships, Indonesia Open and SEA Games.

In 2006, they also won the Jakarta Satellite, won the 2006 BWF World Cup Invitation after beating Malaysia's Mohd. Fairuzizuan Mohd. Tazari and Lin Woon Fui at Yiyang, Hunan.

2007 was a big year for Setiawan and Kido. They were crowned world champions after defeating Jung Jae-sung and Lee Yong-dae from South Korea, 21–19 and 21–19, at the World Championship finals in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They also captured the China Open Superseries after defeating China 's Guo Zhendong and Xie Zhongbo. In July, they were runners-up at the China Masters Superseries, this time losing to Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng, 15–21, 16–21. They won the Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold event in September over the Danish veterans Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen. In December, they won the Hong Kong Open Superseries after overcoming two of Indonesia's "all-time" greats Candra Wijaya and Tony Gunawan 21–12, 18–21, 21–13 in the final. At the Southeast Asian Games in Thailand, they helped Indonesia win the men's team gold medal, and won men's doubles gold in the individual events after defeating Hendri Kurniawan Saputra and Hendra Wijaya, Indonesian-born players who represented Singapore.

In January 2008, they won the Malaysian Open Superseries. In August 2008, they captured their most prestigious prize yet, at the Beijing Olympic Games. They took the gold medal in the men's doubles after defeating Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng of China 12–21, 21–11, 21–16, thus more than avenging their loss to that team in the 2007 China Masters event.

2008 Summer Olympics – men's doubles (1)
Round	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1st	Markis Kido	Guo Zhendong Xie Zhongbo	22–20, 10–21, 21–17	Win
QF		Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	21–16, 21–18	Win
SF		Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	21–19, 21–17	Win
Final		Cai Yun [2] Fu Haifeng	12–21, 21–11, 21–16	Gold

In September 2008, Setiawan teamed with Kido to win the 2008 China Masters Superseries after beating the Chinese pair of Sun Junjie and Xu Chen in the final round. In October, they won the Denmark Open Superseries after beating another Chinese pair, Fu Haifeng and Shen Ye in a straight set final. In November in Paris, they added the French Open Superseries to their list after defeating yet another Chinese pairing, Cai Yun and Xu Chen, in another straight set final round.

In January 2009, they won the Malaysia Open Superseries. In September 2009 they won Japan Open Superseries after beating other Indonesian pair, Rian Sukmawan and Yonathan Suryatama 21–19 and 24–22 in the final round. In October 2009, they won French Open Superseries. In December 2009, they defeated Malaysian Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong to win gold medal at the Southeast Asian Games.

They continued their domination to win gold medal 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China after beating Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong. Although qualified for participation in men's doubles competition, Setiawan has not participated at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London because of his pair Markis Kido withdrew from the participation due to the personal problems.

Now he's pairing with a younger partner Mohammad Ahsan. They won their first tournament in 2013 Malaysia Open Superseries after beating Korean pair Lee Yong-dae and Ko Sung-hyun 21–15, 21–13 in the final. They also won their second tournament in 2013 Indonesia Open Superseries Premier again with another victory against Lee Yong-dae and Ko Sung-hyun with straight game 21–14 and 21–18. Once again, they defeated the Korean pair for the third time in third final of Superseries tournament with straight sets 21–15 and 21–18 at the 2013 Singapore Open Superseries on June 23, 2013. In August 2013, they became World Champions after winning 2013 BWF World Championships defeated the Danes pair Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen 21–13, 23–21, without losing any single game to all of their opponents since the first round. in the end of 2013, they won the 2013 after defeated Kim Gi-jung and Kim Sa-rang in straight sets.

In March 2014, Setiawan and Ahsan won 2014 All England Open Superseries Premier after beating Japanese Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa in the final 21–19, 21–19. This is the first All England title for both Setiawan and Ahsan as a pair and as a personal. This title makes Setiawan collected all of the major title in badminton international. in Agustus, they got gold medal in 2014 Asian Games after beat Korean pair Lee Yong-dae and Yoo Yeon-seong 21–16, 16–21, 21–17.

Setiawan and Ahsan won three titles in 2015, Malaysia Open 2015, BWF Super Series Finals 2015, and their second World Champions as a pair after winning 2015 BWF World Championships in their home-country defeated the Chinese pair Liu Xiaolong and Qiu Zihan 21–17, 21–14. They failed to captured the Badminton Asia Championships 2015 after beaten by their rival Lee Yong-dae and Yoo Yeon-seong 21–18, 22–24, 19–21.

Setiawan competed in badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Mohammad Ahsan as the second seeded, but the duo were eliminated in the group stage.

2016 Summer Olympics – men's doubles
Round	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
GS	Mohammad Ahsan	Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy	21–18, 21–13	Win
GS		Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa	17–21, 21–16, 14–21	Lost
GS		Chai Biao Hong Wei	15–21, 17–21	Lost

After splitting up and each focus on their own career in late 2016, Setiawan and Ahsan briefly together again as a pair and success resurgence as one of the most dominant pair in 2019 badminton season. That year maybe their best season as a couple, where they unpredictable entered 11 finals and succeeded became the first men's doubles player that able to won 3 major titles in a year. They won All England Open 2019 in three sets over Malaysian pair 11–21, 21–14, 21–12, then captured their third World Champions as a pair after winning 2019 BWF World Championships defeated Japanese duo Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi 21–17, 21–14, and beaten strong Japanese pair Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta Watanabe in straight sets 24–22, 21–19 to won World Tour Finals 2019. These achievements succeeded lifted up their rangking as the World number 2 in the end of the year, behind the long regime of their younger countrymen Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo.

In 2021, Setiawan made his third appearance at the Summer Olympics in 2020 Tokyo. Competing with Mohammad Ahsan as 2nd seeds, he finished fourth after being defeated by Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the bronze medal match.[11]

Setiawan has won 2008 Olympic Games, 2 times Asian Games one with Markis Kido in 2010 dan one with Ahsan in 2014, 4 times BWF World Championships one with Kido and three with Ahsan, he also won BWF Superseries Finals in Kuala Lumpur in the end of 2013. In March 2019, Setiawan and Ahsan won their second All England title defeating the Malaysia's Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in 11–21,21-14,21-12.

Key

Setiawan was born in Pemalang, Central Java, Indonesia. He is the son of Ferry Yoegianto and Kartika Christyaningrum. He has two older sisters Silvia Anggraeni and Ivone Anggraeni.[25] Silvia Anggraeni is married to a former Indonesian badminton player Hendrawan.[26]

He started to playing badminton at the age of seven, trained at the Sinar Mutiara club in Tegal. When he was in the middle school, Setiawan moved to Jaya Raya club in Jakarta.[25]

He married Sandiani Arief on 9 October 2011, and the ceremony was held at the JW Marriott Jakarta.[27] His wife gave birth to twin babies named Richard Heinrich Setiawan and Richelle Hillary Setiawan on 19 February 2014. Hendra and his wife welcomed another baby boy named Russell Howard Setiawan on 26 July 2017.[28]

Men's doubles results against World Superseries finalists, World Superseries Finals semifinalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists paired with:[29]

Mohammad Ahsan

Markis Kido

• Hendra Setiawan at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com (alternative link)
• Hendra Setiawan at BWFbadminton.com