Maria Febe Kusumastuti

Maria Febe Kusumastuti
Personal information
Birth name	Maria Febe Kusumastuti
Country	Indonesia
Born	September 30, 1989 Boyolali, Central Java
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	49 kg (108 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's singles
Highest ranking	18 (18 March 2010[1])
Current ranking	21 (18 February 2016[2])
BWF profile

Maria Febe Kusumastuti (born Boyolali, Central Java; 30 September 1989) is a female badminton player from Indonesia.

Career

In 2008 she won women's singles at the Bitburger Open. The next year, she won women's singles at the Australia Open after beating the 1st seeded Yip Pui Yin with straight set, 21-18, 21-19.

Febe played on 2010 Uber Cup teams for Indonesia which finished at the semifinals after defeated by China 0-3. She lost to Wang Yihan at the first match. In 2009 Indonesia Open Superseries, she made a surprise by beating the 5th-seeded, Pi Hongyan of France, 24-22, 6-21, 21-15 in the first round, but then lost to Wang Lin at the quarterfinals. She played in 2010 All England Open Superseries and she beat Wang Shixian of China, 21-13, 15-21, 21-16, in the first round. Unfortunately, she lost to Jiang Yanjiao of China in straight sets, in 2010 she reached the semi final at Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold but was beaten by Ratchanok Intanon in three sets 17-21, 21-16, 17-21 who later on became the world champion in 2013.

Achievements

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
Runner-Up	2014	Bulgarian International Challenge	Beatriz Corrales	25–23, 15–21, 12–21
Winner	2009	Australian Open Grand Prix	Yip Pui Yin	21–18, 21–19
Winner	2008	Bitburger Open Grand Prix	Aditi Mutatkar	22–24, 21–8, 23–21
Winner	2006	Brazil International	Maria Elfira Christina

References

1. "BWF World Rankings: Ranking week: 3/18/2010". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
2. "BWF World Rankings". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

External links

• BWF Player Profile