# Muhammad Haikal

Muhammad Haikal bin Nazri (born 26 December 2002) is a Malaysian badminton player. He won three titles in 2021: Austrian Open, Hellas International and Ukraine International tournaments in the men's doubles event partnered with Junaidi Arif.

## Career
### 2021

Partnered with Junaidi Arif, they won the 2021 Austrian Open, Hellas International, and Ukraine International. The duo also finished runners-up at the Latvia International and Scottish Open.

### 2022

In January, Haikal and Arif competed at the Syed Modi International tournament. In April, they competed at the Orléans Masters but were forced to concede a walkover to Dutch pair Ruben Jille and Ties van der Lecq in the final after Haikal was tested positive for COVID-19. In May, he competed at the SEA Games, and won the silver medal in the men's team event.
A few months later, Haikal and Arif reached the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Masters. In December, he captured the Malaysia International title partnered with Nur Izzuddin.

### 2023

Following a reshuffle in the national men's doubles department in February, Haikal began partnering Izzuddin, thus ending his three-year partnership with Arif. In March, the new pair reached the final of Ruichang China Masters, but went down to the home pair of Chen Boyang and Liu Yi in rubber game.
In June, Haikal and Izzuddin's partnership were dissolved after Izzuddin reunited with his former partner Goh Sze Fei. In August, Haikal began partnering Choong Hon Jian.
In October, he and Choong entered the final of Indonesia Masters II and finished as the runners-up. In December, the duo competed at the Syed Modi International. En route to their first BWF World Tour title, they defeated the second and top seeds in the semi-finals and final, respectively. The following week, they won another title at the Guwahati Masters.

### 2024

In late January, he was chosen to represent Malaysia's men's team at the 2024 Asia Team Championships. In March, he and Choong clinched their third title at the Orléans Masters.

## Achievement
### BWF World Tour (3 titles, 3 runners-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, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2022 | Orléans Masters | Super 100 | Junaidi Arif | Ruben Jille Ties van der Lecq | Walkover | Runner-up |
| 2023 | Ruichang China Masters | Super 100 | Nur Izzuddin | Chen Boyang Liu Yi | 16–21, 21–19, 21–23 | Runner-up |
| 2023 (II) | Indonesia Masters | Super 100 | Choong Hon Jian | Kenya Mitsuhashi Hiroki Okamura | 16–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
| 2023 | Syed Modi International | Super 300 | Choong Hon Jian | Akira Koga Taichi Saito | 18–21, 21–18, 21–16 | Winner |
| 2023 | Guwahati Masters | Super 100 | Choong Hon Jian | Lin Bing-wei Su Ching-heng | 21–17, 23–21 | Winner |
| 2024 | Orléans Masters | Super 300 | Choong Hon Jian | Sabar Karyaman Gutama Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani | 21–15, 18–21, 21–14 | Winner |

### BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2021 | Austrian Open | Junaidi Arif | Lucas Corvée Ronan Labar | 21–17, 21–15 | Winner |
| 2021 | Latvia International | Junaidi Arif | Muhammad Nurfirdaus Azman Yap Roy King | 23–21, 15–21, 19–21 | Runner-up |
| 2021 | Hellas International | Junaidi Arif | Ondřej Král Adam Mendrek | 21–16, 21–15 | Winner |
| 2021 | Ukraine International | Junaidi Arif | Ishaan Bhatnagar K. Sai Pratheek | 21–15, 19–21, 21–15 | Winner |
| 2021 | Scottish Open | Junaidi Arif | Christopher Grimley Matthew Grimley | 20–22, 16–21 | Runner-up |
| 2022 | Malaysia International | Nur Izzuddin | Goh Boon Zhe Goh Sze Fei | 21–17, 21–16 | Winner |
    BWF International Challenge tournament
    BWF International Series tournament
    BWF Future Series tournament