# Winny Oktavina Kandow

Winny Oktavina Kandow (born 14 October 1998) is an Indonesian badminton player specializes in doubles from Tewasen village in South Minahasa (then of Minahasa), North Sulawesi.

## Career

Trained at the Tangkas Intiland Jakarta, she managed to claim the 2016 junior national mixed doubles title partnered with Yeremia Rambitan, and led her to join national team in 2017. Kandow entered the 2017 National Championships held in Pangkal Pinang with Akbar Bintang Cahyono, and the duo seized the national mixed doubles title after competing as an unseeded player. She is increasingly known after reaching the 2018 Singapore Open semifinal stage with Cahyono, but was defeated by their senior teammates Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir in a tight straight games. She succeed in clinching her first international title by winning the 2018 Hyderabad Open.

### 2023

In January, Kandow and her partner Amri Syahnawi competed at the Thailand Masters, but had to lose in the quarter-finals from 5th seed Korean pair Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jung.
In March, Kandow and Syahnawi competed in the European tour at the Spain Masters, but had to lose in the quarter-finals from Danish pair Mathias Thyrri and Amalie Magelund. In the next tour, Syahnawi and Kandow lost again in the quarter-finals at the Orléans Masters in France, this time from Chinese Taipei pair Ye Hong-wei and Lee Chia-hsin.
In May, Kandow and Syahnawi competed in the second Asian tour at the Malaysia Masters, but had to lose in qualifying rounds from Chinese Taipei pair Lee Jhe-huei and Hsu Ya-ching.
In September, Kandow and Syahnawi as the 4th seed lost at the first round of Indonesia Masters Super 100 I from Thai pair Tanupat Viriyangkura and Alisa Sapniti in rubber games.

## Achievements
### BWF World Tour (1 title)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2018 | Hyderabad Open | Super 100 | Akbar Bintang Cahyono | Pranav Chopra N. Sikki Reddy | 15–21, 21–19, 25–23 | Winner |

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

Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2018 | Finnish Open | Akbar Bintang Cahyono | Alfian Eko Prasetya Marsheilla Gischa Islami | 18–21, 16–21 | Runner-up |
| 2021 | Bahrain International Challenge | Akbar Bintang Cahyono | Law Cheuk Him Yeung Nga Ting | 21–11, 13–21, 11–21 | Runner-up |
| 2022 | Lithuanian International | Amri Syahnawi | Lui Chun Wai Fu Chi Yan | 21–6, 21–11 | Winner |
| 2022 | Bonn International | Amri Syahnawi | Samy Corvée Flavie Vallet | 21–7, 21–7 | Winner |
| 2022 | Nantes International | Amri Syahnawi | Ratchapol Makkasasithorn Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat | 21–15, 21–18 | Winner |
    BWF International Challenge tournament
    BWF International Series tournament
    BWF Future Series tournament

## Performance timeline
### Key

| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | G | S | B | NH | N/A | DNQ |

### Indonesian team

* Senior level
| Team events | 2019 |
| Asia Mixed Team Championships | B |
| Sudirman Cup | DNP |

### Individual competitions
#### Senior level
##### Women's doubles

| Tournament | BWF World Tour | Best |
| Tournament | 2018 | Best |
| Orléans Masters | 2R | 2R ('18) |
| Singapore Open | 1R | 1R ('18) |
| Thailand Open | 1R | 1R ('18) |
| Akita Masters | 1R | 1R ('18) |
| Hyderabad Open | QF | QF ('18) |
| Macau Open | QF | QF ('18) |
| Year-end ranking | 164 | 140 |
| Tournament | 2018 | Best |

##### Mixed doubles

| Tournament | BWF World Tour | BWF World Tour | BWF World Tour | BWF World Tour | BWF World Tour | BWF World Tour | Best | Ref |
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Best | Ref |
| Malaysia Open | A | QF | NH | NH | A | A | QF ('19) | |
| India Open | A | QF | NH | NH | A | A | QF ('19) | |
| Indonesia Masters | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 1R ('18, '19) | |
| Thailand Masters | QF | QF | A | NH | NH | QF | QF ('18, '19, '23) | |
| German Open | A | 2R | NH | NH | A | A | 2R ('19) | |
| All England Open | A | QF | A | A | A | A | QF ('19) | |
| Spain Masters | A | QF | A | 1R | NH | QF | QF ('19, '23) | |
| Orléans Masters | 2R | A | NH | 2R | 2R | QF | QF ('23) | |
| Malaysia Masters | A | A | A | NH | A | Q1 | Q1 ('23) | |
| Thailand Open | 1R | 1R | A | NH | A | Q1 | 1R ('18, '19) | |
| Singapore Open | SF | A | NH | NH | A | A | SF ('18) | |
| Indonesia Open | A | QF | NH | A | A | A | QF (19) | |
| Chinese Taipei Open | w/d | QF | NH | NH | A | A | QF ('19) | |
| Korea Open | A | 1R | NH | NH | A | A | 1R ('19) | |
| Japan Open | A | 1R | NH | NH | A | A | 1R ('19) | |
| Australian Open | A | 1R | NH | NH | 1R | A | 1R ('19, '22) | |
| Indonesia Masters Super 100 | 1R | A | NH | NH | QF | 1R | SF ('23) | |
| Indonesia Masters Super 100 | 1R | A | NH | NH | QF | SF | SF ('23) | |
| China Open | A | QF | NH | NH | NH | A | QF ('19) | |
| Hong Kong Open | A | 1R | NH | NH | NH | A | 1R ('19) | |
| Denmark Open | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 1R ('19) | |
| French Open | A | 1R | NH | A | A | A | 1R ('19) | |
| Korea Masters | QF | A | NH | NH | A | A | QF ('18) | |
| Fuzhou China Open | 1R | A | NH | NH | NH | A | 1R ('18) | |
| Guwahati Masters | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | QF | QF ('23) | |
| Odisha Masters | NH | NH | NH | NH | A | 2R | 2R ('23) | |
| Akita Masters | QF | A | NH | NH | NH | NH | QF ('18) | |
| Hyderabad Open | W | A | NH | NH | NH | NH | W ('18) | |
| Macau Open | SF | A | NH | NH | NH | NH | SF ('18) | |
| Year-end ranking | 30 | 16 | 20 | 171 | 60 | 56 | 15 | |
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Best | Ref |