JAKARTA – Indonesia's women's doubles team is the only team that has never won a gold medal at the BWF World Championships.
The BWF World Championships will return this month, from August 25-31, 2025, at the Adidas Arena in Paris, France. This will be the 29th edition since its inception in 1977.
Unfortunately, in the previous 28 editions, Indonesia's women's doubles team has never reached the top step of the podium. Their achievements during that time are three silver medals and four bronze medals.
The first silver medal was won by Verawaty Fadjrin and Imelda Wiguna at the second edition in 1980, held at Istora Senayan, Jakarta.
It then took a decade and a half for the women's doubles team to win their second silver medal, Finarsih and Lili Tampi, at the 1995 edition in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Then, in the following edition in 1997 in Glasgow, Indonesia's first women's doubles bronze medal came from Eliza Nathanael and Zelin Resiana.
The Indonesian women's doubles medal drought lasted for 18 years after that, before Nitya Krishinda Maheswari and Greysia Polii won bronze in Jakarta in 2015.
Greysia Polii then, along with Apriyani Rahayu, added two bronze medals in two consecutive editions: in 2018 in Nanjing, China, and in 2019 in Basel, Switzerland.
Apriyani and Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti then won a silver medal at the 2023 edition in Copenhagen, Denmark. They finished runners-up after losing to Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan of China in the final.
The Indonesian women's doubles team has two representatives heading to Paris this year, aiming to break their streak of never winning a gold medal. However, their task there will certainly not be easy.
The two women's doubles pairs heading to Paris this year are Lanny Tria Mayasari/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti and Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma/Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi.
Both pairs were drawn in the round of 64. However, even if they advance to the round of 16, they will likely face a significant challenge.
Febriana/Amallia could face fourth seeds Baek Ha-na/Lee So-hee (South Korea), while Lanny/Fadia could face second seeds Pearly Tan/Thinaah Muralitharan (Malaysia).
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