Vita Marissa

Vita Marissa
Vita Marissa at the 2013 French Open Superseries
Personal information
Birth name	Vita Marissa
Country	Indonesia
Born	(1981-01-04) 4 January 1981 Jakarta, Indonesia
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st)
Handedness	Right
Event	Mixed & Women's doubles
Medal record Representing  Indonesia Asian Championships 2008 Johor Bahru Mixed doubles 2003 Jakarta Mixed doubles 2008 Johor Bahru Women's doubles 2004 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles Southeast Asian Games 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Women's Doubles 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Mixed Doubles 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Women's Teams 2001 Kuala Lumpur Women's Doubles 2001 Kuala Lumpur Mixed Doubles 2001 Kuala Lumpur Women's Teams
BWF profile

Vita Marissa (born Jakarta, DKI Jakarta; 4 January 1981) is a female badminton player from Indonesia.

Career

Marissa competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Nova Widianto. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Robert Blair and Natalie Munt of Great Britain in the second. In the quarterfinals, Marissa and Widianto lost to Jens Eriksen and Mette Schjoldager of Denmark 15–12, 15–8. In September 2008 Marissa and her new partner Muhammad Rizal won mixed doubles at the Japan Super Series after beating Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir 14–21, 21–15, 21–19 in the all Indonesian final. Early 2009, she resigned from Indonesia National Team and no longer PBSI player. She continues her career as independent professional with her partner Flandy Limpele and her friend Nadya Melati, also an ex national team player in Women's Doubles.

BWF Super Series (5 Titles and 5 Runners-up)

The BWF Super Series, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[1] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). A season of Super Series features twelve tournaments around the world, including five elevated as Premier Series, which introduced since 2011,^[2] with successful players invited to the Super Series Masters Finals held at the year end. Vita played with many partners such as Nova Widianto, Liliyana Natsir, Muhammad Rijal and Flandy Limpele.

BWF Super Series performance timeline (Mixed Doubles)

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Best
Korea Open	2R	F	A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R		F (2008)
Malaysia Open	QF	1R	2R	QF	1R	1R	SF	1R		SF (2013)
All England	2R	1R	A	QF	1R	2R	2R	A		QF (2010)
Swiss Open	A	QF	A	A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		QF (2008)
India Open	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	QF	A	A	A		QF (2011)
Indonesia Open	1R	SF	2R	A	1R	2R	1R	1R		SF (2008)
Singapore Open	W	1R	A	SF	1R	QF	SF	1R		W (2007)
China Masters	2R	SF	A	A	2R	A	QF	N/A		SF (2008)
Japan Open	QF	W	SF	QF	2R	A	QF	QF		W (2008)
Australian Open	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	A
Denmark Open	QF	A	2R	SF	1R	1R	1R	1R		QF (2007)
French Open	W	1R	F	QF	QF	2R	QF	1R		W (2007)
China Open	QF	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A		QF (2007)
Hong Kong Open	SF	1R	SF	1R	A	A	QF	A		SF (2007, 2009)
Superseries Finals	N/A	QF	QF	QF	A	A	A	A		QF (2008, 2009, 2010)

Mixed Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	French Open	Hendra Aprida Gunawan	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	7–21, 7–21	02 ! Runner-up
2008	Japan Open	Muhammad Rijal	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	14–21, 21–15, 21–19	01 ! Champion
2008	Korea Open	Flandy Limpele	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung	21–15, 14–21, 18–21	02 ! Runner-up
2007	French Open	Flandy Limpele	Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen	21–11, 21–15	01 ! Champion
2007	Singapore Open	Flandy Limpele	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam	21–14, 21–13	01 ! Champion

Women's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Indonesia Open	Nadya Melati	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	12–21, 10–21	02 ! Runner-up
2008	BWF Superseries Finals	Liliyana Natsir	Wong Pei Tty Chin Eei Hui	15–21, 20–22	02 ! Runner-up
2008	Indonesia Open	Liliyana Natsir	Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna	21–15, 21–14	01 ! Champion
2007	China Masters	Liliyana Natsir	Zhao Tingting Yang Wei	12–21, 21–15, 21–16	01 ! Champion
2007	Malaysia Open	Greysia Polii	Gao Ling Huang Sui	21–19, 12–21, 11–21	02 ! Runner-up

     Superseries Finals Tournament

     Superseries Premier Tournament

     Superseries Tournament

BWF Grand Prix (12 Titles and 10 Runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Mixed Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Indonesia Masters Grand Prix Gold	Muhammad Rijal	Riky Widianto Richi Puspita Dili	18–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2014	Vietnam Open Grand Prix	Muhammad Rijal	Irfan Fadhilah Weni Anggraini	21–18, 21–10	Winner
2014	US Open Grand Prix Gold	Muhammad Rijal	Maneepong Jongjit Sapsiree Taerattanachai	21–16, 21–19	Winner
2013	Indonesia Open Grand Prix Gold	Praveen Jordan	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir	22–20, 9–21, 21–14	Winner
2013	New Zealand Open Grand Prix	Praveen Jordan	Riky Widianto Richi Puspita Dili	21–18, 21–8	Winner
2013	Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold	Praveen Jordan	Tan Aik Quan Lai Pei Jing	20–22, 21–13, 21–17	Winner
2012	US Open Grand Prix Gold	Tony Gunawan	Kenichi Hayakawa Misaki Matsutomo	21–13, 21–10	Winner
2011	Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold	Nova Widianto	Lee Sheng-mu Chien Yu-chin	10–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2010	Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold	Hendra Aprida Gunawan	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir	22–20, 14–21, 22–20	Winner
2010	Macau Open Grand Prix Gold	Hendra Aprida Gunawan	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir	14–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2009	India Open Grand Prix Gold	Flandy Limpele	Diju Valiyaveetil Jwala Gutta	21–14, 21–17	Winner
2009	Macau Open Grand Prix Gold	Hendra Aprida Gunawan	He Hanbin Yu Yang	14–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2009	Chinese Taipei Open Prix Gold	Hendra Aprida Gunawan	Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta	21–23, 18–21	Runner-up
2007	Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold	Flandy Limpele	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	21–18, 25–23	Winner

Women's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Dutch Open Grand Prix	Shendy Puspa Irawati	Eefje Muskens Selena Piek	8–11, 11–4, 9–11, 10–11	Runner-up
2014	Indonesia Masters Grand Prix Gold	Shendy Puspa Irawati	Keshya Nurvita Hanadia Devi Tika Permatasari	23–21, 21–13	Winner
2014	US Open Grand Prix Gold	Shendy Puspa Irawati	Puttita Supajirakul Sapsiree Taerattanachai	21–15, 21–10	Winner
2013	Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold	Aprilsasi Putri Lejarsar Variella	Pia Zebadiah Rizki Amelia Pradipta	17–21, 21–16, 17–21	Runner-up
2013	Australia Open Grand Prix Gold	Aprilsasi Putri Lejarsar Variella	Savitree Amitrapai Sapsiree Taerattanachai	21–19, 21–15	Winner
2009	Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold	Mona Santoso	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	14–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2009	India Open Grand Prix Gold	Nadya Melati	Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli	14–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2007	Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold	Liliyana Natsir	Chien Yu Chin Cheng Wen-Hsing	15–21, 21–17, 18–21	Runner-up

     Grand Prix Gold Tournament

     Grand Prix Tournament

Open Tournaments (3 Titles and 9 Runners-up)

Mixed Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent in final	Score	Result
2006	Dutch Open	Flandy Limpele	Robert Blair Jenny Wallwork	18–21 18–21	Runner-up
2006	Japan Open	Flandy Limpele	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	11–21, 21–18, 21–17	Winner
2005	Chinese Taipei Open	Devin Lahardi Fitriawan	Tony Gunawan Cheng Wen-hsing	15–17, 6–15	Runner-up
2004	Japan Open	Nova Widianto	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam	15–10, 15–13	Winner
2003	Chinese Taipei Open	Nova Widianto	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min	7–15, 5–15	Runner-up
2002	Denmark Open	Nova Widianto	Kim Dong-moon Hwang Yu-mi	6–11, 11–4, 7–11	Runner-up
2002	Japan Open	Nova Widianto	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min	3–7, 2–7, 2–7	Runner-up
2002	Chinese Taipei Open	Nova Widianto	Tri Kusharjanto Emma Ermawati	11–8, 11–13, 7–11	Runner-up
2002	Indonesia Open	Nova Widianto	Bambang Suprianto Minarti Timur	7–11, 3–11	Runner-up
2001	Indonesia Open	Nova Widianto	Tri Kusharjanto Emma Ermawati	5–7, 1–7, 2–7	Runner-up

Women's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent in final	Score	Result
2001	Indonesia Open	Deyana Lomban	Jane F. Bramsen Ann-Lou Jørgensen	7–5, 7–5, 7–3	Winner
1999	Thailand Open	Emma Ermawati	Gao Ling Qin Yiyuan	8–15, 2–15	Runner-up

     Open Tournament

Participation at Indonesian Team

• 4 times at Sudirman Cup (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007)

Personal life

When she was young, she joined the Tangkas Jakarta badminton club. Her parents were Aris Harsono (father) and Yulianawati (mother). Her hobbies are billiards, swimming, and watching movies. Generally people call her Vita. After she has finished all competitions, no matter what the result were, she always makes a symbol of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. In 2008, as the oldest player in Uber Cup team, she was appointed as the team captain.

References

External links

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• BWF Player Profile

Top Ten Indonesian Badminton Players – Women's doubles as of 28 January 2016
1. N K Maheswari / G Polii (2 1) 2. S R Andini / M D Giovani (33 1) 3. A S Awanda / N K Mahadewi Istirani (34 1) 4. G R Imawan / T R Nuraidah (37 ) 5. D T Permatasari / K N Hanadia (47 )
6. P Z Bernadeth / R A Pradipta (48 10) 7. D D Haris / R E Putri Sari (52 5) 8. P Z Bernadeth / A P Lejarsar Variella (68 1) 9. K Dewi / V Marissa (69 2) 10. D Fitriani / N Melati (78 12)

Top Ten Indonesian Badminton Players - Mixed doubles as of 28 January 2016
1. T Ahmad / L Natsir (2 ) 2. P Jordan / D Susanto (8 ) 3. E Subaktiar / G E Widjaja (15 2) 4. R Widianto / R P Dili (17 ) 5. R Alexander / M D Oktaviani (20 1)
6. M Kido / P Z Bernadeth (37 ) 7. A Adistia / V Marissa (41 1) 8. F Kurniawan / K Dewi (42 1) 9. H Faisal / S D Aulia (49 16) 10. I Fadhilah / W Anggraini (54 7)