# Alyssa Tirtosentono

Alyssa Tirtosentono (born 29 May 2000) is a Dutch badminton player. She won a silver medal at the 2018 European Junior Championships.

## Career

Tirtosentono came from a badminton family, who have a Surinamese Javanese background. She started to playing badminton with her late grandfather, Press, who was a badminton coach and veteran champion, while her late father, Steven, was also a player and a huge badminton fan. At the age of 17, she started training in the NSF Sportcentrum Papendal, where she also used to live. In the Dutch Eredivisie league Alyssa is playing since a long time for her club DKC in the Hague, after a short spell at another Dutch club BC Dropshot. While in Denmark for some seasons she plays competition for Team Skælskør - Slagelse (TSS). She is also head trainer for the badminton club Appoldro in Apeldoorn, trainer at Badminton Club Phido in Doetinchem and once a week trainer of the juniors at Wageningen in the Netherlands.
Her specialty is in the doubles events, where together with her previous doubles partner Imke van der Aar she won the Spanish International 2021 and reached the semi-finals of the Dutch Open 2021.
Together with her former partner Kirsten de Wit she won two events: the Malta International 2022 and the Luxembourg Open 2023. In the Mixed Doubles event she won her first international title at the Hungarian International Challenge 2022 with Brian Wassink.

## Achievements
### European Junior Championships

Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2018 | Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn, Estonia | Wessel van der Aar | Fabien Delrue Juliette Moinard | 16–21, 16–21 | Silver |

### BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 4 runners-up)

Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2019 | Dutch International | Debora Jille | Amalie Magelund Freja Ravn | 24–22, 19–21, 11–21 | Runner-up |
| 2019 | Croatian International | Debora Jille | Hrystyna Dzhangobekova Katarina Vargová | 21–13, 21–9 | Winner |
| 2019 | Lithuanian International | Debora Jille | Christine Busch Amalie Schulz | 21–18, 21–10 | Winner |
| 2021 | Spanish International | Imke van der Aar | Paula López Lorena Uslé | 21–11, 21–19 | Winner |
| 2022 | Malta International | Kirsten de Wit | Julia Meyer Leona Michalski | 21–16, 21–16 | Winner |
| 2023 | Luxembourg Open | Kirsten de Wit | Amalie Cecilie Kudsk Signe Schulz | 21–14, 8–21, 21–19 | Winner |
| 2023 | Welsh International | Natasja P. Anthonisen | Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva | 22–24, 11–21 | Runner-up |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2019 | Polish International | Ruben Jille | Mikkel Mikkelsen Amalie Magelund | 19–21, 17–21 | Runner-up |
| 2022 | Hungarian International | Brian Wassink | Steven Stallwood Hope Warner | 24–22, 16–21, 21–13 | Winner |
| 2022 | Malta International | Brian Wassink | Malik Bourakkadi Leona Michalski | 14–21, 21–13, 16–21 | Runner-up |
    BWF International Challenge tournament
    BWF International Series tournament
    BWF Future Series tournament

### BWF Junior International (3 titles)

Girls' doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2017 | Czech Junior International | Milou Lugters | Anastasiya Prozorova Valeriya Rudakova | 18–21, 11–13 retired | Winner |
| 2017 | Estonian Junior International | Milou Lugters | Anastasiya Prozorova Valeriya Rudakova | 11–5, 11–7, 11–9 | Winner |
| 2018 | Irish Junior Open | Milou Lugters | Lauren Middleton Sarah Sidebottom | 20–22, 21–14, 21–15 | Winner |
    BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
    BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
    BWF Junior International Series tournament
    BWF Junior Future Series tournament