Jonatan Christie
Jonatan Christie was born in Jakarta, Indonesia on September 15th, 1997 and is the Indonesian Badminton Player. At the age of 26, Jonatan Christie biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
At 26 years old, Jonatan Christie has this physical status:
Christie has called to joining the Indonesia national team centre in 2012, when he reached the semi-finals of the 2012 National Championships in Solo, Central Java.
In July 2013, Christie won his first international senior title at the age of 15 in the Indonesia International Challenge, after beating the experienced Alamsyah Yunus who is 11 years older than him in the final by 21–17, 21–10.
Christie started the 2014 season ranked as a number 1 in the boys' singles of the BWF junior ranking. Although still competing in the junior tournament, Christie again has reached the finals of the senior event in the 2014 Indonesia International Challenge, but he has not managed to defend his title after being defeated by the Korean veteran Lee Hyun-il by 5 sets, 10–11, 11–9, 11–5, 8–11, 3–11. In October, he won the Swiss International.
In 2017, Christie reaching the finals of the Thailand Open a Grand Prix event, and later at the Korea Open a Superseries event. He was defeated by B. Sai Praneeth in Thailand and Anthony Sinisuka Ginting in Korea. In August, he won the gold medals at the Southeast Asian Games in the men's singles and team event.
In 2018, Christie and the Indonesian men's team managed to defend the Asia Team Championships title after beating China 3–1 in the final. In May, he advanced to the finals of the New Zealand Open, but was beaten by the two time Olympic champion Lin Dan in straight games. At the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, he won 21–18, 20–22, 21–15 over Chou Tien-chen and took the badminton men's singles gold medal for Indonesia. In the team event, he helped Indonesia team earn silver medal.
Christie opened the 2019 season as number 11 in the BWF World ranking. He played at the Malaysia Masters, but had to defeat in the second round to reigning Olympic champion Chen Long, the head-to-head record between the players stood at 0–6. He then lost in the semi-finals of the Indonesia Masters to Anders Antonsen in straight games. In March Europe tour, he fell in the early stages of the All England and Swiss Opens. In April, he advance to the semi-finals os the Malaysia Open beating World number 1 Kento Momota in the second round, and Viktor Axelsen in the quarter-finals, both in straight games. His pace then was stopped by Chen Long in rubber games. This result allowed him to beat four out of the world's top five men's singles players (Kento Momota, Shi Yuqi, Chou Tien-chen and Viktor Axelsen) in the BWF World rankings. A week later in the quarter-finals of the Singapore Open, Axelsen avenged his previous defeat in a close rubber games, with a score of 24–22, 18–21, and 22–24.
In May 2019, Christie claimed two titles in the Oceania tour, by winning the New Zealand and Australian Opens. Christie then reached the finals of the Super 750 event, the Japan and French Opens. The other results of Christie in 2019 was the semi-finalists in the Hong Kong Open; the quarter-finalists in the Korea, Indonesia, Fuzhou China Opens and the World Championships. His unsatisfactory results came from the China Open and the Asian Championships, where he was defeated in the first round. He then qualified to World Tour Finals, but failed in the group stage. He reached a career high of number four in the BWF World ranking on 6 August 2019.
Christie competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He topped the group G standings after beating Aram Mahmoud and Loh Kean Yew. His pace was stopped in the round of 16 as he lost to Shi Yuqi of China in straight games.
In September–October 2021, Christie alongside Indonesia team competed at the 2021 Sudirman Cup in Vantaa, Finland. He played a match in the group stage against Brian Yang of Canada, but was defeated in the rubber games. Indonesia team advanced to the knocked-out stage, but stopped in the quarter-finals to Malaysia. In the next tournament, he helped Indonesia team won the World Men's Team Championships, the 2020 Thomas Cup.
In the first half of the 2022 season, Christie has won a title in the Swiss Open, runners-up in the Korea Open and Asian Championships. After being defeated in the second round of the German Open, Christie has tested positive COVID-19. Luckily, he tested negative after performing two tests, and was able to compete in the next tournament in Birmingham. At the All England Open, he stopped in the quarter-finals to Chou Tien-chen. He then claimed his first World Tour title in two-and-a-half years going back to the 2019 Australian Open, winning the Swiss Open. In April, he finished runner-up at the Korea Open to Weng Hongyang of China. He then won a silver medal at the Manila Asian Championships, after in the final he was beaten by Lee Zii Jia in straight games.