Simon Santoso

When he was young, Santoso joined the Tangkas Jakarta badminton club before joining the Indonesian National team. In 2005, he won the Vietnam Satellite and the silver medal at the 2005 SEA Games. His best results on the world circuit until recently were runner-up finishes at the 2008 Singapore, 2007 Swiss, and 2008 Indonesia Open. He was eliminated at the semi-finals in the Japan Open Super Series and the Chinese Taipei Open. In September 2008, Santoso won the Chinese Taipei Open after defeating Roslin Hashim from Malaysia in the final round by scores of 21–18, 13–21, 21–10.

In October 2009, he won his first Superseries ever in Denmark Open, after beating Marc Zwiebler of Germany in the final round, 21–14, 21–6. He won gold in the 2009 SEA Games by defeating Sony Dwi Kuncoro.^[5]

In 2011, he retained his gold medal in SEA Games by beating Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk in 3 sets.^[6]

In 2012, he helped Indonesia Garuda to win the inaugural Axiata Cup. In June 2012, he won Indonesia Open Superseries Premier title 21–18, 13–21, 21–11 after defeating Du Pengyu of China in the final.^[7]

Born in Tegal, Central Java, Santoso is the youngest of four children of Hosea Liem (father) and Rahel Yanti (mother). His hobbies are swimming and reading comics.^[8] He married Evelyn Carmelita on 6 December 2014, and now have two children.^[9][10]

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2005	PhilSports Arena, Pasig, Philippines	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	16–17, 3–15	Silver	[11]
2009	Gym Hall 1, National Sports Complex, Vientiane, Laos	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	21–16, 21–12	Gold	[12]
2011	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk	21–10, 11–21, 21–19	Gold	[13]

Boys' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2002	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Park Sung-hwan	7–15, 8–15	Bronze	[14]

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[15] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.^[16] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2007	Swiss Open	Chen Jin	16–21, 10–21	Runner-up	[17]
2008	Singapore Open	Lee Chong Wei	13–21, 5–21	Runner-up	[18]
2008	Indonesia Open	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	21–19, 14–21, 9–21	Runner-up	[19]
2009	Denmark Open (1)	Marc Zwiebler	21–14, 21–6	Winner	[20]
2012	Indonesia Open (1)	Du Pengyu	21–18, 13–21, 21–11	Winner	[21]
2014	Singapore Open (1)	Lee Chong Wei	21–15, 21–10	Winner	[22]
2014	Australian Open	Lin Dan	24–22, 16–21, 7–21	Runner-up	[23]

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2008	Chinese Taipei Open (1)	Roslin Hashim	21–18, 13–21, 21–10	Winner	[24]
2010	Chinese Taipei Open (2)	Son Wan-ho	21–14, 21–11	Winner	[25]
2012	German Open	Lin Dan	11–21, 11–21	Runner-up	[26]
2013	Indonesia Grand Prix Gold (1)	Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka	21–17, 21–11	Winner	[27]
2014	Malaysia Grand Prix Gold (1)	Sourabh Varma	15–21, 21–16, 21–19	Winner	[28]

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2003	Singapore Satellite	Ronald Susilo	5–15, 3–15	Runner-up	[29]
2005	Vietnam Satellite	Jung Hoon-min	15–2, 15–3	Winner	[30]

• Junior level

Team events	2002
Asian Junior Championships	Gold
World Junior Championships	Bronze

• Senior level

Team events	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
SEA Games	—N/a	Silver	—N/a	Gold	—N/a	Gold	—N/a	Gold	—N/a
Asian Games	—N/a		Bronze	—N/a			Bronze	—N/a			A
Thomas Cup	Bronze	—N/a	Bronze	—N/a	Bronze	—N/a	Silver	—N/a	QF	—N/a	Bronze
Sudirman Cup	—N/a	Silver	—N/a	Silver	—N/a	Bronze	—N/a	Bronze	—N/a	A	—N/a

• Junior level

Event	2002
Asian Junior Championships	Bronze
World Junior Championships

• Senior level

Event	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
SEA Games	Silver	—N/a	A	—N/a	Gold	—N/a	Gold	—N/a	A	—N/a
Asian Championships	w/d	QF	R3	R3	A			R2	A
Asian Games	—N/a	R2	—N/a			A	—N/a			A
World Championships	A		R3	—N/a	QF	R2	R3	—N/a	R1	w/d
Olympic Games	—N/a			A	—N/a			R16	—N/a

• 4 times at Sudirman Cup (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
• 6 times at Thomas Cup (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)