# Putri Kusuma Wardani

Putri Kusuma Wardani (born 20 July 2002) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with Exist Jakarta club.

## Career

Trained in Exist Jakarta club, Wardani joined the Indonesia national training center in 2018. In the national tournament, she was part of the Exist team that won the 2018 Superliga Junior. She was selected to join national team squad to compete at the 2018 Asian and World Junior Championships, and secured bronze medals in both tournaments. At the age of 16, she reached the final of a senior tournament Bangladesh International Challenge but proved second best to Vietnamese player Nguyễn Thùy Linh.
In 2019, Wardani finished as finalist at the Junior Grand Prix tournament Jaya Raya Junior International. Later she won the Jakarta Junior International Series beating her compatriot Maharani Sekar Batari. In the team event, she helped the National team finish as runner-up in the Asian Junior and won the first Suhandinata Cup for Indonesia by defeating China in the mixed team final of the World Junior Championships.
In 2021, Wardani claimed her first Super 300 event title at the Spain Masters by defeating Line Christophersen of Denmark in the final at the age of 18. She then won the Czech Open and Bangladesh International.
In 2022, Wardani was featured on the Indonesian women's winning team at the Asia Team Championships. Wardani claimed her second World Tour title at the Orléans Masters by defeating Iris Wang in the final in a close rubber game. In May, she competed at the SEA Games, and won a silver medal in the women's team event and a bronze in the individual event.

### 2023

Entering the 2023 season, Wardani began to regularly participate in the BWF grade 2 events. In the nine BWF World Tours she participated in during the first semester of 2023, her best performance was reaching the quarter-finals in the Swiss Open, Orléans Masters and Taipei Open. The rest, she had to suffer defeat in the early rounds of the Indonesia Masters, Thailand Masters, Spain Masters, Malaysia Masters, Thailand Open and Indonesia Open. She also took part in her second Asian Championships, but had to lose in the first round. Apart from that, she was also a member of the Indonesian team that competed in the Asia Mixed Team Championships and Sudirman Cup, but the team had to fall in the quarter-finals in both events.
In July, Wardani competed at the Korea Open, but had to lose in the second round from 2nd seed Korean player An Se-young for second time this year. In early August, Wardani competed at the Australian Open, but had to lose in the first round from Korean player Sim Yu-jin in straight games. In late August, Wardani competed at the World Championships, but lost in the second round from 5th seed Chinese player He Bingjiao in three games.

## Achievements
### SEA Games

Women's singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
| 2021 | Bac Giang Gymnasium, Bắc Giang, Vietnam | Pornpawee Chochuwong | 16–21, 9–21 | Bronze | |

### BWF World Tour (3 titles, 2 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 Tour is 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.
Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2021 | Spain Masters | Super 300 | Line Christophersen | 21–15, 21–10 | Winner |
| 2022 | Orléans Masters | Super 100 | Iris Wang | 7–21, 21–19, 21–18 | Winner |
| 2024 | Taipei Open | Super 300 | Sim Yu-jin | 17–21, 13–21 | Runner-up |
| 2024 | Hong Kong Open | Super 500 | Han Yue | 18–21, 7–21 | Runner-up |
| 2024 | Korea Masters | Super 300 | Han Qianxi | 21–14, 21–14 | Winner |

### BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2018 | Bangladesh International | Nguyễn Thùy Linh | 18–21, 19–21 | Runner-up |
| 2021 | Czech Open | Siti Nurshuhaini | 21–16, 21–5 | Winner |
| 2021 | Bangladesh International | Tasya Farahnailah | 21–12, 21–8 | Winner |
    BWF International Challenge tournament
    BWF International Series tournament
    BWF Future Series tournament

### BWF Junior International (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Girls' singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
| 2019 | Jakarta Junior International | Maharani Sekar Batari | 21–19, 21–18 | Winner | |
| 2019 | Jaya Raya Junior International | Dai Wang | 21–13, 11–21, 19–21 | 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 | Ref |
| Asian Junior Championships | B | S | |
| World Junior Championships | B | G | |
* Senior level
| Team events | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| SEA Games | NH | S | NH | A | NH | |
| Asia Team Championships | QF | NH | G | NH | B | NH |
| Asia Mixed Team Championships | NH | NH | NH | QF | NH | G |
| Asian Games | NH | NH | QF | NH | NH | NH |
| Uber Cup | QF | NH | A | NH | A | NH |
| Sudirman Cup | NH | QF | NH | QF | NH | |

### Individual competitions

* Junior level
| Events | 2018 | 2019 |
| Asian Junior Championships | 2R | QF |
| World Junior Championships | 4R | QF |
* Senior level
| Events | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| SEA Games | B | NH | A | NH | |
| Asian Championships | NH | 2R | 1R | 1R | Q |
| Asian Games | NH | 3R | NH | NH | NH |
| World Championships | DNQ | 1R | 2R | NH | |
| Tournament | BWF World Tour | BWF World Tour | 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 | 2024 | 2025 | Best | Ref |
| Malaysia Open | A | A | NH | NH | 1R | A | 1R | QF | QF ('25) | |
| Indonesia Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | QF | QF ('25) | |
| Thailand Masters | A | A | A | NH | NA | 1R | A | SF | SF ('25) | |
| Orléans Masters | A | A | NH | QF | W | QF | A | A | W ('22) | |
| All England Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R ('25) | |
| Swiss Open | A | A | NH | A | A | QF | 1R | Q | QF ('23) | |
| Spain Masters | A | A | A | W | NH | 2R | 2R | NH | W ('21) | |
| Thailand Open | A | A | A | NH | A | 1R | 1R | | 1R ('23, '24) | |
| Malaysia Masters | A | A | A | NH | 1R | 1R | QF | | QF ('24) | |
| Singapore Open | A | A | NH | NH | 1R | A | A | | 1R ('22) | |
| Indonesia Open | A | A | NH | A | A | 2R | 1R | | 2R ('23) | |
| Australian Open | A | A | NH | NH | 2R | 1R | QF | | QF ('24) | |
| Korea Open | A | A | NH | NH | A | 2R | A | | 2R ('23) | |
| Indonesia Masters Super 100 | 2R | A | NH | NH | 2R | A | A | | 2R ('18, '22) | |
| Taipei Open | A | A | NH | NH | w/d | QF | F | | F ('24) | |
| Vietnam Open | A | A | NH | NH | w/d | A | A | | — | |
| Hong Kong Open | A | A | NH | NH | NH | 2R | F | | F ('24) | |
| China Open | A | A | NH | NH | NH | 1R | A | | 1R ('23) | |
| Macau Open | A | A | NH | NH | NH | NH | QF | | QF ('24) | |
| Arctic Open | N/A | N/A | NH | NH | NH | A | 2R | | 2R ('24) | |
| Denmark Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | SF | | SF ('24) | |
| French Open | A | A | NH | A | A | 2R | A | | 2R ('23) | |
| Korea Masters | A | A | NH | NH | A | 1R | W | | W ('24) | |
| Japan Masters | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | 1R | 1R | | 1R ('23, '24) | |
| Year-end ranking | 177 | 276 | 261 | 72 | 46 | 32 | 18 | | 18 | |
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Best | Ref |

## Record against selected opponents

Head to head against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semifinalist and Olympic quarterfinalists.
| Player | Matches | Won | Lost | Diff. |
| Chen Yufei | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 |
| He Bingjiao | 3 | 0 | 3 | –3 |
| Zhang Yiman | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 |
| P. V. Sindhu | 3 | 1 | 2 | –1 |
| Gregoria Mariska Tunjung | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Akane Yamaguchi | 2 | 0 | 2 | –2 |
| Aya Ohori | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Nozomi Okuhara | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| An Se-young | 5 | 0 | 5 | –5 |
| Tai Tzu-ying | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Porntip Buranaprasertsuk | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 |
| Ratchanok Intanon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |