Maria Kristin Yulianti

Maria Kristin Yulianti
Personal information
Country	Indonesia
Born	June 25, 1985 Tuban
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Marleve Mainaky
Women's singles
Highest ranking	11
Current ranking	53 (January 1, 2010)
BWF profile

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Indonesia
Women's badminton
	2008 Beijing	Singles

Maria Kristin Yulianti (born June 2, 1985 in Tuban^[1]) is a women's singles badminton player from Indonesia.

Career

2004

She played in some satellite competitions and won the Malaysian tournament.

2005

She played in more satellite tournaments and won three: the Surabaya Satellite, the Jakarta Satellite, and the Asian Satellite Badminton Tournament.

2006

She started to play tougher competitions but still played in satellite tournaments. She played in the Luxembourg Open and was the runner-up. Then she followed with the Bitburger Open and also achieved runner-up, beaten by Xu Huaiwen of Germany in the final, but she scored an upset by beating the seeded player Pi Hongyan of France in the quarterfinal. She played in the Singapore Satellite tournament and claimed the title. She became the most successful player on the national team.

2007

This year, Yulianti was the dominant player on her team. She played in the BWF World Championships as the 15th seed, her highest rank in 2007. She was beaten in the third round by the world number one, Zhang Ning of China. Then, she reached her first quarterfinal of the Super Series tournament in Indonesia, by beating Lu Lan of China in a rubber set. She was stopped by Petya Nedelcheva of Bulgaria in straight sets. Then, she played a super series tournaments and lost to another high-ranked player. In December, she won the Southeast Asian Games in Thailand over fellow countrywoman Adriyanti Firdasari.

2008

She competed in a few super series tournaments such as All England and the Swiss Open but was stopped in the first round in each. She entered the Uber Cup team and won against the second-seeded country, Japan, by a score of 4–1. While she was defeated by the Japanese, Eriko Hirose, 21–9, 20–22, 20–22, her teammates secured the team victory against the other Japanese players. They reached the final for the first time in 14 years by beating Hong Kong in the quarterfinal and Germany in the semifinal. They were defeated in the final by China, 0–3.

Maria Kristin then competed in the Indonesia Super Series. She beat her compatriot, Pia Zebadiah Bernadet and Yao Jie of Netherlands in the first two rounds. She followed this by defeating the 7th seed, Zhou Mi of Hong Kong in three sets, 21–17, 15–21, 21–16. She accomplished a big upset by beating the Chinese senior player and second seed, Zhang Ning, in a very tight match, 21–14, 20–22, 22–20 and reached her first super series final. There she was beaten by the 1st seed, Zhu Lin, after fighting for more than an hour in three sets, 18–21, 21–17, 14–21.

Yulianti's biggest achievement in the sport, thus far, is earning the women's singles bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as an unseeded player. She is only the third Indonesian woman, and the fifth woman not representing China, to be awarded a medal in women's singles since badminton entered the Games in 1992. In the round of 64, she saved a match point against Juliane Schenk of Germany and won the game in the rubber set, 18–21, 21–13, 22–20. She followed this by defeating Yoana Martinez of Spain in straight sets. She started to get noticed after she defeated the All England champion, Tine Rasmussen of Denmark, in three sets, 18–21, 21–19, 21–14. She reached the semifinal by beating Saina Nehwal of India after she saved 8 game points and won 26–28, 21–14, 21–15. She lost to eventual gold medalist Zhang Ning in the semifinal, 15–21, 15–21. However, Yulianti defeated the 3rd seed, Lu Lan, in the playoff for the bronze medal, 11–21, 21–13, 21–15.

After the Olympics, she competed in some super series tournaments, although she was always defeated by Lu Lan in three sets. Notable matches include her victory over the 6th-seeded Wong Mew Choo of Malaysia in the Japan Open, 18–21, 21–13, 21–6, as well as her defeat of Zhu Lin, the 5th seed, 21–15, 21–14, in the French Open.

2009

This year might be her worst time in her career. She got injured from December last year, and played her first Super Series tournament in June. Before that time, she was followed Malaysia, but failed to enter the next round, after beaten by Zhang Beiwen in the first round. Then, she was represented Indonesia in Sudirman Cup by only winning her first match against Sayaka Sato.

Achievements

Olympic Games

• 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China

Kuncoro competed in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles and won the bronze medal.

2008 Summer Olympics – Women's Singles
Round	Opponent	Score	Result
First round	Juliane Schenk	18–21, 21–13, 22–20	Win
Second round	Yoana Martínez	21–9, 21–14	Win
Third round	Tine Baun [6]	18–21, 21–19, 21–14	Win
Quarterfinal	Saina Nehwal	26–28, 21–14, 21–15	Win
Semifinal	Zhang Ning [2]	15–21, 15–21	Lost
Bronze-final	Lu Lan [3]	11–21, 21–13, 21–15	Bronze

BWF Superseries (1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries, launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[2] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011,^[3] with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Women's Singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Indonesia Open	Zhu Lin	18–21, 21–17, 14–21	Runner-up

     BWF Superseries Finals tournament

     BWF Superseries Premier tournament

     BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Open Tournament

Women's Singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Bitburger Open	Xu Huaiwen	18–21, 21–17, 14–21	Runner-up

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
Winner	2004	Malaysia Satellite	Adriyanti Firdasari	8-11, 11-2, 11-8
Winner	2005	Jakarta Satellite	Fransisca Ratnasari	2-11, 11-5, 11-2
Winner	2005	Surabaya Satellite	Silvi Antarini	8-11, 11-6, 11-4
Winner	2006	Asian Satellite	Julia Wong Pei Xian	21-13, 22-20
Winner	2006	Singapore Satellite
Winner	2006	Luxembourg Open
Gold Medal	2007	Sea Games	Adriyanti Firdasari	21-16, 21-15
Runner-Up	2011	White Nights	Fransisca Ratnasari	15-21, 23-21, 11-21

References

1. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/yu/maria-yulianti-1.html
2. "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 2006-12-15.
3. "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". Badmintonstore.com. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

External links

• BWF Player Profile
• PB Djarum Player's Profile