# Akbar Bintang Cahyono

Akbar Bintang Cahyono (born 12 April 1996) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with Djarum badminton club. He started his career in badminton when he was in the elementary school in 2005, and later joined the Ganesha badminton club in Serang. He entered Djarum club after success to compete in scholarship audition in 2015, and was selected to join the national team in January 2017. Cahyono competed the 2017 National Championships held in Pangkal Pinang as a unseeded player in the mixed doubles senior event with Winny Oktavina Kandow, and the duo seize the national mixed doubles title.
Cahyono won his first international title at the 2018 Finnish Open in the men's doubles event partnered with Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani. In the mixed doubles event he clinched his first title with Winny Oktavina Kandow after won the Super 100 event 2018 Hyderabad Open.

## Career
### 2023

In January, Cahyono and his partner Marsheilla Gischa Islami competed at the home tournament, Indonesia Masters, but had to lose in the qualifying round from junior Chinese pair Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin. In the next tournament, they lost in the quarter-finals of the Thailand Masters from Japanese pair Hiroki Midorikawa and Natsu Saito.
In March, Cahyono and Islami competed in the Swiss Open, but had to lose in the first round again from junior Chinese pair Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin. In the next tour, they competed in the Spain Masters, but had to lose in the first round from junior Danish pair Jesper Toft and Clara Graversen.
In April, Cahyono and Islami competed for Orléans Masters in France, but had to lose 1–2 in the first round after secured the first game 21–10 from Taiwanese pair Lee Jhe-huei and Hsu Ya-ching with 18–21, 14–21, in second and third game respectively.

## Achievements
### BWF World Tour (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

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.
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2018 | Akita Masters | Super 100 | Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani | Hirokatsu Hashimoto Hiroyuki Saeki | 21–16, 21–6 | Winner |
| 2018 | Hyderabad Open | Super 100 | Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty | 16–21, 14–21 | Runner-up |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2018 | Hyderabad Open | Super 100 | Winny Oktavina Kandow | Pranav Chopra N. Sikki Reddy | 15–21, 21–19, 25–23 | Winner |

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

Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2017 | Singapore International | Giovani Dicky Oktavan | Kenas Adi Haryanto Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani | 18–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
| 2018 | Finnish Open | Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani | Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto Pramudya Kusumawardana | 21–14, 21–17 | Winner |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2018 | Finnish Open | Winny Oktavina Kandow | Alfian Eko Prasetya Marsheilla Gischa Islami | 18–21, 16–21 | Runner-up |
| 2021 | Bahrain International | Winny Oktavina Kandow | Law Cheuk Him Yeung Nga Ting | 21–11, 13–21, 11–21 | Runner-up |
| 2022 (I) | Indonesia International | Marsheilla Gischa Islami | Adnan Maulana Indah Cahya Sari Jamil | 21–17, 14–21, 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 |

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

| Tournament | BWF Superseries / Grand Prix | BWF Superseries / Grand Prix | BWF Superseries / Grand Prix | BWF Superseries / Grand Prix | BWF Superseries / Grand Prix | BWF World Tour | BWF World Tour | BWF World Tour | BWF World Tour | BWF World Tour | Best |
| Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Best |
| Orléans Masters | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | SF | A | NH | A | A | SF ('18) |
| Korea Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | NH | NH | A | 1R ('18) |
| Korea Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | NH | NH | A | 1R ('18) |
| Thailand Open | A | NH | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | NH | A | 2R ('18) |
| Indonesia Masters | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | NH | 1R | A | A | A | A | 2R ('14) |
| Indonesia Open | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | NH | A | A | 2R ('16) |
| Singapore Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | NH | NH | A | 1R ('18) |
| Chinese Taipei Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | NH | NH | A | 1R ('18, '19) |
| Akita Masters | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | W | A | NH | NH | NH | W ('18) |
| Vietnam Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | NH | NH | A | 2R ('19) |
| Indonesia Masters Super 100 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | SF | 2R | NH | NH | 1R | SF ('18) |
| Macau Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | NH | NH | NH | 1R ('18) |
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | NH | NH | A | 1R ('18, '19) |
| New Zealand Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | NH | NH | NH | 2R ('18, '19) |
| Hyderabad Open | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | F | A | NH | NH | NH | F ('18) |
| Thailand Masters | NH | NH | NH | A | A | A | 1R | A | NH | NH | 1R ('19) |
| Year-end ranking | 522 | 239 | 441 | 125 | 86 | 35 | 98 | 108 | 141 | 228 | 34 |
| Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Best |

##### Mixed doubles

| Tournament | BWF Superseries / Grand Prix | BWF Superseries / Grand Prix | BWF Superseries / Grand Prix | BWF Superseries / Grand Prix | BWF World Tour | BWF World Tour | BWF World Tour | BWF World Tour | BWF World Tour | BWF World Tour | Best | Ref |
| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Best | Ref |
| Indonesia Masters | 1R | 1R | 1R | NH | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | Q2 | 1R ('14, '15, '16, 18, 19) | |
| Thailand Masters | NH | NH | A | A | QF | QF | A | NH | NH | QF | QF ('18, '19, '23) | |
| Swiss Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | 1R | 1R | 1R ('22, '23) | |
| Spain Masters | NH | NH | NH | NH | A | A | A | 1R | NH | 1R | 1R ('21, '23) | |
| Orléans Masters | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2R | A | NH | 2R | QF | 1R | QF ('22) | |
| Thailand Open | NH | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | NH | QF | A | QF ('22) |
| Singapore Open | A | A | A | A | SF | A | NH | NH | A | A | SF ('18) |
| Chinese Taipei Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | NH | NH | A | A | 2R ('18) |
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | NH | NH | 1R | A | 2R ('19) |
| Indonesia Masters Super 100 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1R | A | NH | NH | QF | | QF ('22) |
| Korea Masters | A | A | A | A | QF | A | NH | NH | A | | QF ('18) |
| Fuzhou China Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | NH | NH | NH | | 1R ('18) |
| Akita Masters | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | QF | A | NH | NH | NH | | QF ('18) |
| Hyderabad Open | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | W | A | NH | NH | NA | NA | W ('18) | |
| Macau Open | A | A | A | A | SF | A | NH | NH | NH | NA | SF ('18) |
| New Zealand Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | NH | NH | NH | NA | 2R ('19) |
| Year-end ranking | 551 | 205 | 521 | — | 30 | 183 | 199 | 171 | 48 | | 25 |
| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Best | Ref |