Muhammad Haikal
Personal information
Birth nameMuhammad Haikal Nazri
CountryMalaysia
Born (2002-12-26) 26 December 2002 (age 21)
Kelantan, Malaysia
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
HandednessLeft
Men's doubles
Highest ranking38 (with Junaidi Arif, 6 December 2022)
Current ranking43 (with Choong Hon Jian, 6 February 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Malaysia
Asia Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Selangor Men's team
SEA Games
Silver medal – second place 2021 Vietnam Men's team
BWF profile

Muhammad Haikal Nazri (born 26 December 2002) is a Malaysian badminton player.[1][2] He won three titles in 2021: Austrian Open, Hellas International and Ukraine International tournaments in the men's doubles event partnered with Junaidi Arif.[3]

Career

2021

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]

2022

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]

2023

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.[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. They won their first BWF World Tour title after defeating the second seeds Ben Lane and Sean Vendy in the semi-finals[19] and the top seeds Akira Koga and Taichi Saito in the final.[20]

Achievement

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 3 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
2022 Orléans Masters Super 100 Malaysia Junaidi Arif Netherlands Ruben Jille
Netherlands Ties van der Lecq 		Walkover 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [9]
2023 Ruichang China Masters Super 100 Malaysia Nur Izzuddin China Chen Boyang
China Liu Yi 		16–21, 21–19, 21–23 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [15]
2023 (II) Indonesia Masters Super 100 Malaysia Choong Hon Jian Japan Kenya Mitsuhashi
Japan Hiroki Okamura 		16–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [18]
2023 Syed Modi International Super 300 Malaysia Choong Hon Jian Japan Akira Koga
Japan Taichi Saito 		18–21, 21–18, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [20]
2023 Guwahati Masters Super 100 Malaysia Choong Hon Jian Chinese Taipei Lin Bing-wei
Chinese Taipei Su Ching-heng 		21–17, 23–21 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [23]

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2021 Austrian Open Malaysia Junaidi Arif France Lucas Corvée
France Ronan Labar 		21–17, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [4]
2021 Latvia International Malaysia Junaidi Arif Malaysia Muhammad Nurfirdaus Azman
Malaysia Yap Roy King 		23–21, 15–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [7]
2021 Hellas International Malaysia Junaidi Arif Czech Republic Ondřej Král
Czech Republic Adam Mendrek 		21–16, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [5]
2021 Ukraine International Malaysia Junaidi Arif India Ishaan Bhatnagar
India K. Sai Pratheek 		21–15, 19–21, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [6]
2021 Scottish Open Malaysia Junaidi Arif Scotland Christopher Grimley
Scotland Matthew Grimley 		20–22, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [6]
2022 Malaysia International Malaysia Nur Izzuddin Malaysia Goh Boon Zhe
Malaysia Goh Sze Fei 		21–17, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [13]
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Player profile: Muhammad Haikal Nazri". Badminton Association of Malaysia. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Players: Muhammad Haikal". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. ^ "It's been hip hip hooray for Haikal's partnership with Arif". The Star. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Hon Jian-Ee Wei, Wan Arif-Muhammad Haikal clinch Austrian Open titles". Malay Mail. 31 May 2021. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  5. ^ a b Fauzi, Ferzalfie (5 September 2021). "Pemain muda cemerlang di Greece" (in Malay). Harian Metro. Archived from the original on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  6. ^ a b c "Two M'sian pairs bag third European titles in Ukraine". The Sun. 11 September 2021. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Roy King, Valeree Siow cemerlang di Latvia" (in Malay). Harian Metro. 30 August 2021. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  8. ^ Raftery, Alan (29 November 2021). "Grimley twins win big title: "It feels amazing"". Badminton Europe. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  9. ^ a b Anil, Nicolas (3 April 2022). "Haikal tests positive for COVID-19, forced to concede Orleans Masters men's doubles final". Stadium Astro. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  10. ^ Musa, Muzaffar (17 May 2022). "Sukan SEA Hanoi: Skuad badminton lelaki bangkit ke final" (in Malay). Stadium Astro. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  11. ^ "SEA Games: National shuttlers win men's team silver after loss to Thailand". Malay Mail. 19 May 2022. Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Only two M'sian reps left in the last four". The Sun. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  13. ^ a b Zhang, Kevin (19 December 2022). "Justin Hoh Wins 2022 Malaysia International Challenge". Badminton Planet. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  14. ^ "'Patatimo Boys' split, Nur Izzuddin confirmed partnering Muhammad Haikal". The Malaysian Reserve. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  15. ^ a b "Haikal-Izzuddin go down fighting in China Masters final". The Star. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  16. ^ Timesport (2 June 2023). "Next stop Paris, says Sze Fei after reuniting with Izzuddin". New Straits Times. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  17. ^ "Haikal plots new targets with new partner Hon Jian". The Star. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  18. ^ a b Peter, Fabian (29 October 2023). "Hon Jian-Haikal finally see the light with runners-up showing in Surabaya". New Straits Times. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  19. ^ Timesport (3 December 2023). "Hon Jian-Haikal stun second seeds, reach Syed Modi final". New Straits Times. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  20. ^ a b Anil, Nicolas (3 December 2023). "Syed Modi: Hon Jian-Haikal stun top seeds to clinch men's doubles title". Stadium Astro. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  21. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  22. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  23. ^ Peter, Fabian (10 December 2023). "Hon Jian-Haikal win Guwahati Masters". New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.

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