Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani
Indonesian badminton player (born 1998)
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Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani (born 6 August 1998) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with Jaya Raya Jakarta club.[1][2] He won the gold medal in the men's doubles and team event at the 2025 SEA Games.[3][4]
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| Born | 6 August 1998 Blitar, East Java, Indonesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Indonesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Badminton | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 7 (with Sabar Karyaman Gutama, 18 March 2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 7 (with Sabar Karyaman Gutama, 5 May 2026) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| BWF profile | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Born in Blitar in 1998, Isfahani has shown his talent as a badminton player since he was young. In 2015, he won the boys' doubles title at the Indonesia Junior International Challenge tournament.[5]
In 2021, Pahlevi played with Sabar Karyaman Gutama, reaching to the semi-finals in the Orléans Masters and the finals in the Spain Masters.[6][7]
In 2022, Pahlevi and Gutama reached the semi-finals in the Singapore Open and Vietnam Open.[8][9]
2023
Pahlevi and his partner, Gutama, started the BWF tour in the home tournament, Indonesia Masters, but lost in the second round from Chinese pair He Jiting and Zhou Haodong.[10] In the next tournament, they lost in the first round of the Thailand Masters from unfamous Malaysian pair Low Hang Yee and Ng Eng Cheong in straight sets.[11]
In May, Pahlevi and Gutama competed in the second Asian tour at the Malaysia Masters, but had to lose in qualifying rounds from Chinese Taipei pair Chiu Hsiang-chieh and Yang Ming-tse.[12] In the following week, they were lost at the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open from 3rd seed and eventual winner Chinese pair Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang in three games.[13]
In early August, Pahlevi and Gutama competed at the Australian Open, but had to lose in the first round from Japanese pair Akira Koga and Taichi Saito in straight games.[14]
In September, Pahlevi and Gutama lost in the final of Indonesia International tournament in Medan from fellow Indonesian pair Berry Angriawan and Rian Agung Saputro in rubber games.[15] In the following week, he competed in the mixed doubles at the Indonesia Masters Super 100 I with Marsheilla Gischa Islami but lost at the second round from fellow Indonesian player Marwan Faza and Jessica Maya Rismawardani in rubber games.[16]
2025
In 2025, Isfahani and his partner Gutama reached the final in 3 tournaments, the Indonesia,[17] Macau,[18] and Hylo Opens.[19] As an independent player, Isfahani, along with his partner Gutama, were called up by the Badminton Association of Indonesia to strengthen the SEA Games squad,[20] and contributed a gold medal in the men's team event.[4] They repeated that success by winning a second gold medal in the men's doubles by beating world number 2 Chia and Soh of Malaysia.[3]
Achievements
SEA Games
Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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| 2025 | Gymnasium 4 Thammasat University Rangsit Campus, Pathum Thani, Thailand |
 Sabar Karyaman Gutama |
 Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik |
21–14, 21–17 |  Gold |
[3] |
BWF World Tour (3 titles, 9 runners-up)
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[21] 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.[22]
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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| 2018 | Akita Masters | Super 100 | Akbar Bintang Cahyono |
 Hirokatsu Hashimoto Hiroyuki Saeki |
21–16, 21–6 |  Winner |
[23] |
| 2018 | Hyderabad Open | Super 100 | Akbar Bintang Cahyono |
 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty |
16–21, 14–21 |  Runner-up |
[24] |
| 2021 | Spain Masters | Super 300 | Sabar Karyaman Gutama |
Pramudya Kusumawardana Yeremia Rambitan |
15–21, 21–18, 14–21 | Runner-up |
[7] |
| 2023 (I) | Indonesia Masters | Super 100 | Sabar Karyaman Gutama |
Kakeru Kumagai Kota Ogawa |
21–18, 21–15 | Winner |
[25] |
| 2024 | Orléans Masters | Super 300 | Sabar Karyaman Gutama |
Choong Hon Jian Muhammad Haikal |
15–21, 21–18, 14–21 | Runner-up |
[26] |
| 2024 | Spain Masters | Super 300 | Sabar Karyaman Gutama |
Junaidi Arif Yap Roy King |
21–18, 17–21, 21–19 | Winner |
[27] |
| 2024 | Hong Kong Open | Super 500 | Sabar Karyaman Gutama |
 Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae |
13–21, 17–21 | Runner-up |
[28] |
| 2024 | Macau Open | Super 300 | Sabar Karyaman Gutama |
 Chen Xujun Liu Yi |
18–21, 14–21 | Runner-up |
[29] |
| 2024 | China Masters | Super 750 | Sabar Karyaman Gutama |
Jin Yong Seo Seung-jae |
16–21, 16–21 | Runner-up |
[30] |
| 2025 | Indonesia Open | Super 1000 | Sabar Karyaman Gutama |
Kim Won-ho Seo Seung-jae |
21–18, 19–21, 12–21 | Runner-up |
[17] |
| 2025 | Macau Open | Super 300 | Sabar Karyaman Gutama |
Junaidi Arif Yap Roy King |
20–22, 18–21 | Runner-up |
[18] |
| 2025 | Hylo Open | Super 500 | Sabar Karyaman Gutama |
 Chiu Hsiang-chieh Wang Chi-lin |
19–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
[19] |
BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 6 runners-up)
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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| 2017 | Iran Fajr International | Kenas Adi Haryanto |
Arjun M.R. Ramchandran Shlok |
8–11, 8–11, 9–11 | Runner-up |
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| 2017 | Orleans International | Kenas Adi Haryanto |
Liao Min-chun Su Cheng-heng |
12–21, 21–14, 17–21 | Runner-up |
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| 2017 | Indonesia International | Kenas Adi Haryanto |
Wahyu Nayaka Ade Yusuf |
18–21, 21–16, 19–21 | Runner-up |
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| 2017 | Singapore International | Kenas Adi Haryanto |
Akbar Bintang Cahyono Giovani Dicky Octavan |
21–18, 21–18 | Winner |
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| 2017 | Indonesia International | Kenas Adi Haryanto |
Sabar Karyaman Gutama Frengky Wijaya Putra |
18–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
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| 2018 | Finnish Open | Akbar Bintang Cahyono |
Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto Pramudya Kusumawardana |
21–14, 21–17 | Winner |
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| 2023 (I) | Indonesia International | Sabar Karyaman Gutama |
Berry Angriawan Rian Agung Saputro |
21–19, 19–21, 17–21 | Runner-up |
[15] |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2022 | Indonesia International | Melati Daeva Oktavianti |
Dejan Ferdinansyah Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja |
21–19, 9–21, 21–23 | Runner-up |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
Performance timeline
- Key
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | G | S | B | NH | N/A | DNQ |
National team
- Junior level
| Team event | 2015 |
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| Asian Junior Championships | B |
- Senior level
Individual competitions
Senior level
Men's doubles
Mixed doubles
| Tournament | BWF World Tour | Best | Ref | |
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| 2022 | 2023 | |||
| Indonesia Masters Super 100 | A | 2R | 2R ('23) | [16] |
| Vietnam Open | QF | QF | QF ('22, '23) | |
| Year-end ranking | 192 | 169 | 136 | |