Muhammad Haikal

Partnered with Junaidi Arif, they won the 2021 Austrian Open,^[4] Hellas International,^[5] and Ukraine International.^[6] The duo also finished runners-up at the Latvia International^[7] and Scottish Open.^[8]

In January, Haikal and Arif competed at the Syed Modi International tournament. In April, they competed at the Orléans Masters but were forced to concede a walkover to Dutch pair Ruben Jille and Ties van der Lecq in the final after Haikal was tested positive for COVID-19.^[9] In May, he competed at the SEA Games, and won the silver medal in the men's team event.^[10][11]

A few months later, Haikal and Arif reached the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Masters.^[12] In December, he captured the Malaysia International title partnered with Nur Izzuddin.^[13]

Following a reshuffle in the national men's doubles department in February, Haikal began partnering Izzuddin, thus ending his three-year partnership with Arif.^[14] In March, the new pair reached the final of Ruichang China Masters, but went down to the home pair of Chen Boyang and Liu Yi in rubber game.^[15]

In June, Haikal and Izzuddin's partnership were dissolved after Izzuddin reunited with his former partner Goh Sze Fei.^[16] In August, Haikal began partnering Choong Hon Jian.^[17]

In October, he and Choong entered the final of Indonesia Masters II and finished as the runners-up.^[18] In December, the duo competed at the Syed Modi International. En route to their first BWF World Tour title, they defeated the second and top seeds in the semi-finals^[19] and final, respectively.^[20] The following week, they won another title at the Guwahati Masters.^[21]

In late January, he was chosen to represent Malaysia's men's team at the 2024 Asia Team Championships.^[22] In March, he and Choong clinched their third title at the Orléans Masters.^[23]