Serena Kani

Personal information

Country

Indonesia

Born

7 September 1999 (age 24)
Jakarta, Indonesia^[1]

Height

1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)

Weight

62 kg (137 lb)

Handedness

Right

Women's & mixed doubles

Highest ranking

79 (WD with Mychelle Crhystine Bandaso, 30 March 2017)
70 (XD with Hafiz Faizal, 24 January 2023)

Current ranking

204 (WD with Tang Wen Xin, 5 September 2023)
131 (XD with Tan Ming Kang, 5 September 2023)

Medal record

Women's badminton

Representing Indonesia
World Junior Championships
	2015 Lima	Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
	2017 Jakarta	Mixed team

BWF profile

Serena Kani (born 7 September 1999) is an Indonesian badminton player.^[2]^[3] She is trained at the Djarum club, and has joined the club since 2012. Kani was part of the Indonesia team that won silver medal at the 2015 World and 2017 Asian Junior Championships. She won her first senior international title at the 2016 Tata Open India International tournament in the women's doubles event partnered with Mychelle Crhystine Bandaso.^[4]

Personal life

She is the daughter of 1996 Summer Olympics bronze medalist Denny Kantono.^[5]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Singapore International	Mychelle Crhystine Bandaso	Suci Rizky Andini Yulfira Barkah	14–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2016	Tata Open India International	Mychelle Crhystine Bandaso	Maretha Dea Giovani Tania Oktaviani Kusumah	11–8, 8–11, 2–11, 11–9, 11–7	Winner
2021	Austrian Open	Ni Ketut Mahadewi Istarani	Anna Cheong Yap Cheng Wen	21–11, 21–16	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	South Australia International	Dejan Ferdinansyah	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu Josephine Wu	19–21, 27–25, 16–21	Runner-up
2023	Canadian International	Rian Agung Saputro	Presley Smith Allison Lee	12–21, 21–8, 21–16	Winner

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

(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

National team

Junior level

Team events	2015	2016	2017
Asian Junior Championships	A	QF	S
World Junior Championships	S	5th	5th

Individual competitions

Junior level

Girls' doubles

Events	2015	2016	2017
Asian Junior Championships	A	3R	QF
World Junior Championships	3R	2R	2R

Senior level

Women's doubles

Events	2016
Asian Championships	1R

Tournament	BWF Superseries / Grand Prix		BWF World Tour					Best
Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Best
Indonesia Masters	2R	NH	1R	A				2R ('16)
Indonesia Open	A	1R	A		NH	A		1R ('17)
Vietnam Open	A		2R	A	NH		A	2R ('18)
Indonesia Masters Super 100	NH		1R	1R	NH		2R	2R ('22)
Year-end ranking	83	253	219	346	333	193		79

Mixed doubles

Events	2021
World Championships	2R

Tournament	BWF World Tour					Best
Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Best
Spain Masters	A			QF	NH	QF ('21)
Indonesia Masters	A				1R	1R ('22)
Indonesia Open	A		NH	A	1R	1R ('22)
Malaysia Open	A		NH		1R	1R ('22)
Malaysia Masters	A			NH	2R	2R ('22)
Singapore Open	A		NH		2R	2R ('22)
Vietnam Open	A		NH		2R	2R ('22)
Indonesia Masters Super 100	2R	2R	NH		2R	2R ('18, '19, '22)
Thailand Masters	A		2R	NH		2R ('20)
Year-end ranking	294	118	101	79		79