# Christian Adinata

Christian Adinata (born 16 June 2001) is an Indonesian badminton player. Born in Pati, Adinata started his career at the Tangkas Intiland club. In 2021, he was selected to join the senior national team.

## Career
### 2019

In October, Adinata won gold in the mixed team event of the World Junior Championships in Kazan, Russia. In the individual event, he was seeded eighth in the boys' singles and finished in the fourth round.

### 2022

In April, Adinata reached the semi-finals of Orléans Masters after going from qualification. In May, he won a bronze medal in the men's team at the SEA Games.
In June, Adinata won his first senior title at the Italian International. In July, he competed at the Taipei Open but lost in the qualifying round. In October, he competed at the home tournament, Indonesia Masters Super 100 but lost in the quarter-finals from Taiwanese player Lee Chia-hao. In November, he lost in the second round of the Australian Open from Japanese player Kodai Naraoka.

### 2023

Adinata started the season in the Indonesia Masters, but lost in the first round against Kenta Nishimoto in rubber games. In the next tournament, he lost in the second round of the Thailand Masters to Lin Chun-yi of Chinese Taipei.
In March, Adinata competed at the Spain Masters, but lost in the second round against 6th seed Rasmus Gemke. He then played at the Orléans Masters, and beating the defending champion Toma Junior Popov in the first round, but lost in the second round to Magnus Johannesen.
In May, Adinata represented Indonesia at the SEA Games in Cambodia, and won the gold medals in the men's team and singles events. Adinata then reached the Malaysia Masters semi-finals, but had to retired in the match against Prannoy H. S. following a knee injury.

## Achievements
### SEA Games

Men's singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
| 2023 | Morodok Techo Badminton Hall, Phnom Penh, Cambodia | Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo | 21–12, 18–21, 21–18 | Gold | |

### BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title)

Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
| 2022 | Italian International | Magnus Johannesen | 21–16, 21–15 | Winner | |
    BWF International Challenge tournament
    BWF International Series tournament
    BWF Future Series tournament

### BWF Junior International (2 runners-up)

Boys' singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2018 | India Junior International | Ikhsan Rumbay | 14–21, 13–21 | Runner-up |
| 2019 | Dutch Junior International | Liu Liang | 14–21, 21–13, 17–21 | Runner-up |
    BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
    BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
    BWF Junior International Series tournament
    BWF Junior Future Series tournament

## Performance timeline
### Key

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

### National team

* Junior level
| Team events | 2018 | 2019 |
| Asian Junior Championships | A | S |
| World Junior Championships | B | G |
* Senior level
| Team events | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Ref |
| SEA Games | B | NH | G | |
| Asia Team Championships | NH | S | NH | |

### Individual competitions

* Junior level
| Events | 2018 | 2019 |
| Asian Junior Championships | QF | 2R |
| World Junior Championships | 4R | 4R |
* Senior level
| Events | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Ref |
| SEA Games | 1R | NH | G | |
| 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 |
| Indonesia Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R ('23) | |
| Thailand Masters | A | A | A | NH | NA | 2R | 2R ('23) | |
| Ruichang China Masters | A | A | NH | NH | NH | w/d | | |
| Spain Masters | A | A | A | A | NH | 2R | 2R ('23) | |
| Orléans Masters | A | A | NH | A | SF | 2R | SF ('22) | |
| Malaysia Masters | A | A | A | NH | A | SF | SF ('23) | |
| Taipei Open | A | A | NH | NH | Q1 | A | Q1 ('22) | |
| Australian Open | A | A | NH | NH | 2R | A | 2R ('22) | |
| Indonesia Masters Super 100 | Q2 | A | NH | NH | QF | A | QF ('22) | |
| Year-end ranking | 350 | 234 | 247 | 196 | 83 | 108 | 37 | |