How long has Kevin/Marcus been in the World Ranking One?

Jakarta –

Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo/Marcus Fernaldi Gideon throughout this year have not even won the badminton super series tournament. But they, are still ranked number one in the world!

Their best result was being semifinalists for the All England and Indonesia Masters 2022. While at the Indonesia Open they were eliminated in the round of 16.

Compared to the previous year, gait Minions better. At least they managed to reach the final five times and two of them won the Hylo Open and Indonesia Open 2021.

Although their journey was not as smooth as in previous years, and the impact of Marcus’ condition, which had not yet been 100 percent recovered after his ankle surgery, did not affect his position. Kevin/Marcus in the world rankings. They are still the world’s number one men’s doubles even today!

That position also cemented Kevin/Marcus as the best men’s doubles to date. So how long has Herry Iman Pierngadi’s protégé actually been in the top position? Here’s the review citing BWF data.

Kevin/Marcus debuted in an international tournament in 2016. At that time, their ranking was still ranked 182 in the world.

Their first title was at the 2016 Malaysia Masters. They became champions by defeating the Malaysian pair Kien Keat Koo/Tan Boon Heong in the final 18-21, 21-13, 21-18. Both of them also won again at the India Open, Australian Open, Indonesia Masters, and China Open.

Because, because of these sweet nicks, Kevin/Marcus’ ranking slowly rose. They are in the top 100 in the world. Even in December 2016, Kevin/Marcus were able to penetrate 16 worlds.

The progress of Kevin/Marcus is getting worse after appearing consistently the following year. They became champions for the first time in the All England Super 1000 tournament. Then won again at the India Open.

The series of achievements that then made their position rose drastically. Kevin/Marcus for the first time ranked first on March 16, 2017.

Had dropped one place at the beginning of the following month, but then they topped the position in the next two weeks.

In June 2017, Kevin/Marcus had experienced a decline to rank third, but then they corrected it in the next two months. Their results lost in the round of 32 at the Indonesia Open and the quarterfinals at the World Championships, it could be that they were eliminated in the first round.

But they quickly fixed it. The winning results at the Japan Open, Denmark Open, China Open, Hong Kong Open, and Dubai World Superseries Final 2017, took them to the top position.

Exactly 27 September 2017, Kevin/Marcus were back in first place even until June 2022, they haven’t even been eliminated from the top position. Thus, Kevin/Marcus continued to dominate the men’s doubles power map for approximately 4 years and three months.

In fact, they are listed as the best men’s doubles who are ranked first in Indonesia 202 weeks in a row aka about four years. From March 16, 2017 to June 21, 2022!

Kevin/Marcus himself was originally scheduled to compete in three upcoming badminton tournaments, the Malaysia Open (28 June -3 July), Malaysia Masters (5-10 July), and the Singapore Open (12 -19 July).

However, the pair decided to withdraw from the three tournaments due to Marcus’ performance, which has not yet recovered from injury and has not been able to perform optimally as expected.

Despite not appearing in the three tournaments, the Minions are still fairly safe in first position. Kevin/Marcus points are currently 111827, while Japanese doubles Takuro Hoki/Yugo Kobayashi have 104350 points.

Meanwhile, in third place, there are Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan who now have 104195 points, following Taiwanese doubles Lee Yang/Wang Chi Lin with 101668 points.

(mcy/aff)

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