Jonatan Christie
Character Introduction
Jonatan Christie (15 September 1997) is an Indonesian male badminton player who won the 2018 Asian Games badminton title and the 2020 Thomas Cup badminton team title.
In July 2013, Jonatan played in the Indonesia International Challenge and won the men’s singles title and his first individual Badminton World Federation (BWF) International Challenge title in the men’s singles final with a 2-0 (21-17, 21-10) sweep of Aranshia Yunus.
Jonatan played in the 2017 Southeast Asian Games badminton tournament as Indonesia’s mainstay. In the semi-finals, Indonesia defeated the Thailand national badminton team 3-0. In the final, it helped Indonesia eliminate the Malaysian National Badminton Team 3-0 on aggregate to win the gold medal in the team event, while in the individual event, Jonatan became the double champion of the tournament after edging out Thailand’s Kohit 2-0 (21-19, 21-10) in the final.
On 17 September 2017, the BWF Super Series Korea Open came to an end, with Indonesia’s Jonatan finishing second in the men’s singles .
On 23 August 2018, the Indonesian men’s team consisting of Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, Sukamuyo, Marcus Fernadi Gideon, Jonatan, Alfran Eko Prasetya, and Adrianto finished as runners-up to the Chinese men’s team after a 1-3 defeat in the men’s team final of the badminton men’s final at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta.
The 18th Asian Games Badminton Men’s Singles Final was won by Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie with a 2-1 victory over Chinese Taipei’s Zhou Tiancheng.
At the 2020 Asian Badminton Team Championships, Jonatan’s Indonesian team beat Malaysia to win the title. Malaysia’s Zhan Jun defeated Jonatan Christie in the final.
On 17 October 2021, Jonatan’s Indonesian team of Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, Alfran and Alianto won the Thomas Cup Badminton Team Championships with a 3-0 victory over China in the final.
On 1 May 2022, Jonatan finished second in the men’s singles at the Badminton Asia 2022 Championships against Zijia Li.
In January 2023, Jonatan played in the Indonesia Badminton Masters and won his first career Super 500 men’s singles title, edging out teammate Zico 2-0 in the final.
On 17 March 2024, Jonatan won the men’s singles final of the All England Open, defeating Ginting 21-15, 21-14 after four consecutive defeats to claim his first Super 1000 title and seventh career Badminton Federation Tour men’s singles title, marking the Indonesian badminton team’s return to the top of the All-England after three decades following Albi.
On 14 April 2024, Jonathan played in the Asian Championships and won the men’s singles title, defeating Lee Shih Chun in straight sets 21-15, 21-16 in the final.
World Ranking – Men’s Singles 3, Week 29, 2024
Olympic Points – Men’s Singles 3, 89211 points
Finals Ranking – Men’s Singles 33, 29860 points
Equipment Used
VOLTRIC Z-FORCE II; AERONAUT 9000I; AXFORCE 90MAX TIGER; ASTROX 88D; AEROBITE; TECTONIC 9 ; AXFORCE; LINING 1
Major Achievements
- 2024 Thomas Cup Men’s Team Runner-up Member
- 2024 Asian Badminton Championships Men’s Singles Champion
- 2024 All England Badminton Open Men’s Singles Champion
- 2023 Badminton World Finals Men’s Singles Quarter-finalist
- 2023 French Badminton Open Men’s Singles Champion
- 2023 Hong Kong Badminton Open Men’s Singles Champion
- 2023 China Badminton Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2023 Japan Badminton Open Men’s Singles 1st Runner-up
- 2023 Indonesia Badminton Masters Men’s Singles Champion
- 2023 India Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2022 Badminton World Finals Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2022 Malaysia Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2022 Thomas Cup Badminton Men’s Team Championships Runner-up
- 2022 Badminton Asia Championships Men’s Singles 1st Runner-up
- 2022 Korea Open Men’s Singles 1st Runner-up
- 2022 Swiss Open Badminton Men’s Singles Champion
- 2021 Indonesia Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2020 Thomas Cup Badminton Team Champion
- 2020 Asian Badminton Championships Men’s Team Champion
- 2019 Hong Kong China Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2019 Australian Badminton Open Men’s Singles Champion
- 2019 France Open Badminton Men’s Singles Runner-up
- 2019 Japan Badminton Open Men’s Singles Runner-up
- 2019 New Zealand Badminton Open Men’s Singles Champion
- 2019 Malaysia Open Badminton Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
- Indonesia Badminton Masters 2019 Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2018 Korea Open Badminton Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2018 Asian Games Badminton Men’s Singles Gold Medal
- 2018 Asian Games Badminton Men’s Team Silver Medal
- 2018 Thomas Cup Men’s Team Bronze Medal
- 2018 New Zealand Open Badminton Men’s Singles Runner-up
- Men’s Team Gold Medal at Badminton Asia Championships 2018
- 2017 Korea Badminton Super Tournament Men’s Singles Runner-up
- 2017 Southeast Asian Games Badminton Men’s Singles Champion
- 2017 Southeast Asian Games Badminton Men’s Team Champion
- 2017 Thailand Badminton Golden Grand Prix Men’s Singles Runner-up
- 2016 Thomas Cup Men’s Team Runner-up
- 2016 Badminton Asia Championships Men’s Team Champion
- 2016 Malaysia Badminton Premier Super Tournament Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2015 Southeast Asian Games Badminton Men’s Team Gold Medal
- 2015 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team 3rd Runner-up
- 2014 Swiss Badminton International Men’s Singles Champion
- 2014 Indonesia Badminton International Challenge Men’s Singles Runner-up
- 2014 World Junior Badminton Championships Mixed Team Runner-up
- 2013 World Junior Badminton Championships Mixed Team Runner-up
- 2013 Indonesia Badminton International Challenge Men’s Singles Champion