Editing Alvent Yulianto (section)

== Career ==
Yulianto is a men's doubles specialist. In 2004, he and partner [[Luluk Hadiyanto]] won four top tier tournaments on the international circuit, the [[Indonesia Open (badminton)|Indonesia]], [[Korea Open (badminton)|Korea]], [[Singapore Open (badminton)|Singapore]], and [[Thailand Open (badminton)|Thailand Opens]]. They gained a number one world ranking that year despite an early loss in the [[Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/profile/overview.aspx?id=C3694A2A-BD70-4BB8-9226-CB9015008DE5 |title=tournamentsoftware.com |access-date=2015-10-04 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131129204625/http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/profile/overview.aspx?id=C3694A2A-BD70-4BB8-9226-CB9015008DE5 |archive-date=2013-11-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Since 2004, Hadiyanto and Yulianto have struggled to achieve top form. In 2006, they captured a bronze medal at the [[2006 Asian Badminton Championships|Asian Championships]] in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Second place finishes in the quadrennial [[Badminton at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's doubles|2006 Asian Games]]; the [[2007 Japan Super Series|2007 Japan]] and [[2008 Korea Open Super Series|2008 Korea Opens]] have been their highest finishes in major international tournaments, though they won the [[Indonesian National Badminton Championships|Indonesian national title]] in 2007.

After a disappointing 21–19, 14–21, 14–21, first round loss against the Japanese [[Keita Masuda]] and [[Tadashi Ohtsuka]] at the [[Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Olympics]] with [[Luluk Hadiyanto]], the couple split partnership. Yulianto then partnered [[Hendra Aprida Gunawan]] till 2012. They reached the finals at the 2009 [[Philippines Open (badminton)|Philippines Open]] and were also runners-up at the [[2011 Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold|2011 Malaysia]] and [[2011 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold|Thailand Opens]]. At the 2012 [[Thomas Cup]], Yulianto then played with [[Mohammad Ahsan]] defending the Indonesian colors. After this event, he played with [[Tri Kusumawardana]] at the 2012 Victor Indonesian International Challenge. Thereafter Yulianto progressed as an independent player for Indonesia with experienced partner [[Markis Kido]] winning the [[2012 Dutch Open Grand Prix|Dutch Open]] and reaching semi-finals at the [[2012 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold|Macau]] and [[2013 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold|2013 Swiss Open]]. After a disappointing third round loss at the [[2013 BWF World Championships – Men's doubles|2013 BWF World Championships]], Yulianto and Kido split up the partnership. Yulianto then started a partnership with Japanese player [[Shintaro Ikeda]], this partnership lasted till the Indonesian Open in June 2014. Thereafter Yulianto partnered his compatriot [[Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki]].