Putri Kusuma Wardani (born 20 July 2002) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with Exist Jakarta club. She is the bronze medalist at 2025 BWF World Championships.
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. In her debut at the World Championships, she was immediately eliminated in the first round to Soniia Cheah.
2023–2024: Korea Masters title 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 the second semester of 2023, Wardani navigated a demanding period of her career characterized by a series of tough draws against the world's elite. Following her early-season efforts, the latter half of the year saw her frequently tested by top-tier opposition, resulting in several early-round exits. In July, she lost to An Se-young in the second round of the Korea Open. In August, she loss to Sim Yu-jin at the Australian Open, and showed remarkable tenacity in the second round of the World Championships, forcing He Bingjiao to a rubber. In September, she lost to Akane Yamaguchi and Han Yue at the China and Hong Kong Open respectively. At the Hangzhou Asian Games she lost to He Bingjiao in the team event, and eliminated by P. V. Sindhu in the third round of the individual women's singles. In October, she was soundly defeated by Chen Yufei in the Denmark Open, and then lost to Carolina Marín at the French Open.
Wardani experienced a remarkable resurgence that signaled her return to top-tier competitiveness in 2024. Early in the year, she played a key role in the Asia Team Championships, where her efforts helped the Indonesian squad reach the semi-finals to secure a bronze medal. This collective success paved the way for her individual breakthrough during the September Asian swing, where she reached back-to-back finals at the Taipei and the Hong Kong Open. These performances showcased a newfound tactical maturity and mental grit, especially as she took down several higher-ranked opponents. The ultimate validation of her hard work came in November at the Korea Masters, where she ended her title drought with a dominant performance to claim the title.
2025: World Championships bronze In 2025, Wardani significantly improving her performance from the previous year to reach a career-high world ranking of number 6. Her season was highlighted by a historic run at the World Championships in Paris, where she broke a ten-year medal drought for Indonesian women's singles by securing the bronze medal. Her season began with a triumphant start as she was part of the Indonesian squad to win the Asia Team Championships. She was selected to join the Indonesia squad at the Sudirman Cup, where the team finished in the semi-finals and won the bronze medal. Wardani reached her first final of the year at the Hylo Open in October where she lost to Mia Blichfeldt. Her next final also end in a lost which she was beaten by An Se-young in Australian Open. In December, she made her second appearance at the SEA Games, and snatched the silver medal in the team event and bronze in women's singles. She qualified to compete in the World Tour Finals in Hangzhou, finishing third in the group stage.
2026 Wardani started the season with quarter-finals appearances in the first two Super 1000 (Malaysia Open and All England Open). On the next week after the All England Open, Wardani reached the final of the Swiss Open, lost the final match against Supanida Katethong. She made her second appearance at the Asian Games in Aichi–Nagoya, and managed to win the bronze medal in the women's team event.
Achievements World Championships Women's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref 2025 Adidas Arena, Paris, France Akane Yamaguchi 17–21, 21–14, 6–21 Bronze
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 2025 Gymnasium 4 Thammasat University Rangsit Campus, Pathum Thani, Thailand Supanida Katethong 18–21, 16–21 Bronze
BWF World Tour (3 titles, 5 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 Ref 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 2025 Hylo Open Super 500 Mia Blichfeldt 11–21, 21–7, 12–21 Runner-up 2025 Australian Open Super 500 An Se-young 16–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2026 Swiss Open Super 300 Supanida Katethong 11–21, 15–21 Runner-up
BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 1 runner-up) Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref 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
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 2026 Ref SEA Games NH S NH A NH S NH Asia Team Championships QF NH G NH B NH A Asia Mixed Team Championships NH QF NH G NH Asian Games NH QF NH B > Uber Cup QF NH A NH A NH B Sudirman Cup NH QF NH QF NH B 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 2026 Ref SEA Games B NH A NH B NH Asian Championships NH 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R Asian Games NH 3R NH 3R World Championships 1R 2R NH B 3R
Tournament BWF World Tour Best Ref 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Malaysia Open A NH 1R A 1R QF QF QF ('25, '26) India Open A NH A QF QF ('26) Indonesia Masters A 1R 2R 2R QF 2R QF ('25) Thailand Masters A NH NA 1R A SF A SF ('25) All England Open A 2R QF QF ('26) Swiss Open A NH A QF 1R SF F F ('26) Orléans Masters A NH QF W QF A W ('22) Thailand Open A NH A 1R 1R 1R A 1R ('23, '24, '25) Malaysia Masters A NH 1R 1R QF QF A QF ('24, '25) Singapore Open A NH 1R A 1R 1R ('22, '26) Indonesia Open A NH A 2R 1R QF QF QF ('25, '26) Australian Open A NH 2R 1R QF F A F ('25) Macau Open A NH QF A QF ('24) Japan Open A NH A QF SF SF ('26) China Open A NH 1R A 1R QF QF ('26) Taipei Open A NH QF F A F ('24) Korea Masters A NH A 1R W A W ('24) China Masters A NH A QF QF ('25) Indonesia Masters Super 100 2R A NH 2R A 2R ('18, '22) Vietnam Open A NH A — Arctic Open N/A NH A 2R A 2R ('24) Denmark Open A 1R SF 2R Q SF ('24) French Open A NH A 2R A 1R Q 2R ('23) Hylo Open A F A F ('25) Korea Open A NH A 2R A SF A SF ('25) Japan Masters NH 1R 1R A Q 1R ('23, '24) Hong Kong Open A NH 2R F A F ('24) World Tour Finals RR RR ('25) Spain Masters A W NH 2R 2R NH W ('21) Year-end ranking 177 276 261 72 46 32 18 6 6 Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Best Ref
Record against selected opponents Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 23 December 2025.
Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Chen Yufei 3 0 3 –3 Han Yue 5 0 5 –5 He Bingjiao 4 0 4 –4 Wang Zhiyi 6 0 6 –6 Zhang Yiman 1 0 1 –1 Tai Tzu-ying 2 2 0 +2 P. V. Sindhu 6 3 3 0 Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 2 1 1 0
Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Aya Ohori 3 2 1 +1 Nozomi Okuhara 2 1 1 0 Akane Yamaguchi 7 0 7 –7 An Se-young 7 0 7 –7 Carolina Marín 1 0 1 –1 Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 1 0 1 –1 Ratchanok Intanon 2 1 1 0
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