Jalani Sidek Explained

Dato' Sri Mohamed Jalani Dato' Haji Mohd Sidek (born 10 November 1963) is a former badminton player from Malaysia and coach.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Personal life

He is the third eldest of the five Sidek brothers. Jalani and his siblings gained exposure about badminton sport from their father, Haji Mohammed Sidek. In addition, he is also one of the alumnus of Victoria Institution (batch 1977–1982).^[4]

Jalani was previously married to a Malaysian film producer, Raja Azmi (born 1959) of the Perak royal family on 23 December 1984 and the couple had three children namely Puteri Suraya (born 1987), Puteri Suhaida (born 1989) dan Megat Deli (born 1994).^[5] The couple filed a divorce and parted ways on 27 June 2012 after 27–28 years of their marriage.^[6] He later remarried to Zaleha Khalid in November 2013.^[7]

Career

His regular partner is his elder brother, Razif. They made the nation sit up and take notice when they won the All England Championships in 1982 after beating the Scottish pair, Billy Gilliland and Dan Travers.

The Sidek brothers won almost every title on offer during their playing career, including the World Grand Prix, World Cup, SEA Games, Commonwealth Games and Asian Championships. They introduced the infamous “S” Service, which caused a deceptively erratic shuttle movement, which confounded their opponents and officials alike. The service caused much uproar and was eventually banned by the International Badminton Federation (IBF).^[8]

He was also a member of the Malaysian squad that won the Thomas Cup for the first time in 25 years, in a 3–2 victory over Indonesia at the National Stadium in 1992.^[9] He created history by becoming the first Malaysian athlete to win an Olympic Games medal in Barcelona 1992. They won a bronze medal for Malaysia after reaching the semi-finals in the men's doubles category where they lost to the Korean pair, Park Joo-bong and Kim Moon-Soo.^[10]

During his career with Razif, they become one of the best four doubles pair in the world (Park Joo-bong/Kim Moon-soo, Rudy Gunawan/Eddy Hartono and Tian Bingyi/Li Yongbo) from the 1980s until the early 1990s.

Coaching

After he retired, he and his brothers established a badminton club to find talented new players, called Nusa Mahsuri, which he has been an advisor to since 1996.^[11] He was also responsible in grooming players like Ong Ewe Hock, Yong Hock Kin, Pang Chen and the Hashim brothers, Roslin and Hafiz to become world-class badminton players.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Men's doubles

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1980	Senayan Sports Complex, Jakarta, Indonesia	Misbun Sidek	Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata	9–15, 10–15	Bronze
1987	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing, China	Razif Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	2–15, 15–8, 9–15	Silver
1989	Senayan Sports Complex, Jakarta, Indonesia	Razif Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	10–15, 9–15	Bronze

World Cup

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Razif Sidek	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	15–10, 5–15, 7–15	Bronze
1984	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Razif Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	9–15, 1–15	Bronze
1985	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Razif Sidek	Hariamanto Kartono Liem Swie King	14–17, 11–15	Bronze
1987	Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Razif Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	6–15, 12–15	Bronze
1988	National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Razif Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	Walkover	Silver
1990	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Razif Sidek	Rudy Gunawan Eddy Hartono	14–17, 15–8, 15–7	Gold
1991	Macau Forum, Macau	Razif Sidek	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	15–18, 15–11, 15–2	Gold

Asian Games

Men's doubles

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1985	Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Razif Sidek	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	5–15, 15–8, 2–15	Silver
1992	Cheras Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Razif Sidek	Huang Zhanzhong Zheng Yumin	15–4, 15–6	Gold
1994	Shanghai Gymnasium, Shanghai, China	Razif Sidek	Chen Hongyong Chen Kang	8–15, 10–15	Bronze

Southeast Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1981	Camp Crame Gymnasium, Manila, Philippines	Razif Sidek	Rudy Heryanto Hariamanto Kartono	12–15, 6–15	Silver
1985	Chulalongkorn University Indoor Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Razif Sidek	Hariamanto Kartono Liem Swie King	6–15, 15–11, 15–5	Gold
1989	Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Razif Sidek	Rudy Gunawan Eddy Hartono	11–15, 12–15	Silver
1991	Camp Crame Gymnasium, Manila, Philippines	Razif Sidek	Rudy Gunawan Eddy Hartono	11–15, 6–15	Silver

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Canada Open	Razif Sidek	Mark Freitag Bob MacDougall	15–3, 15–4	Winner
1984	Malaysia Open	Razif Sidek	Kim Moon-soo Lee Deuk-choon	6–15, 15–12, 10–15	Runner-up
1984	Canada Open	Razif Sidek	Billy Gilliland Dan Travers	15–11, 15–9	Winner
1985	Denmark Open	Razif Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	14–17, 8–15	Runner-up
1985	Malaysia Open	Razif Sidek	Martin Dew Dipak Tailor	18–16, 12–15, 15–3	Winner
1986	Chinese Taipei Open	Razif Sidek	Kim Chung-soo Lee Deuk-choon	15–4, 15–5	Winner
1986	Japan Open	Razif Sidek	Bobby Ertanto Rudy Heryanto	15–11, 15–2	Winner
1986	All England Open	Razif Sidek	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	2–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1986	Malaysia Open	Razif Sidek	Bobby Ertanto Rudy Heryanto	15–10, 11–15, 15–10	Winner
1986	Indonesia Open	Razif Sidek	Hariamanto Kartono Liem Swie King	3–15, 15–12, 12–15	Runner-up
1986	World Grand Prix Finals	Razif Sidek	Eddy Hartono Hadibowo Susanto	10–15, 15–5, 18–13	Winner
1987	Malaysia Open	Razif Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	Walkover	Winner
1987	English Masters	Razif Sidek	Shuji Matsuno Shinji Matsuura	15–11, 15–9	Winner
1987	Denmark Open	Razif Sidek	Jan-Eric Antonsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	15–11, 15–7	Winner
1988	All England Open	Razif Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	6–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1988	French Open	Razif Sidek	Park Joo-bong Sung Han-kuk	8–15, 15–12, 12–15	Runner-up
1988	Indonesia Open	Razif Sidek	Chen Hongyong Chen Kang	16–18, 15–5, 15–2	Winner
1988	English Masters	Razif Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	11–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1988	Denmark Open	Razif Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	6–15, 15–8, 4–15	Runner-up
1988	Malaysia Open	Razif Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	12–15, 12–15	Runner-up
1988	World Grand Prix Finals	Razif Sidek	Rudy Gunawan Eddy Hartono	10–15, 15–6, 15–8	Winner
1989	Chinese Taipei Open	Razif Sidek	Jan-Eric Antonsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	15–3, 15–2	Winner
1989	Malaysia Open	Razif Sidek	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	12–15, 15–10, 7–15	Runner-up
1989	China Open	Razif Sidek	Huang Zhanzhong Zheng Yumin	9–15, 17–14, 15–12	Winner
1989	Hong Kong Open	Razif Sidek	Chen Yu He Xiangyang	15–12, 15–6	Winner
1989	Denmark Open	Razif Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	10–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1989	Indonesia Open	Razif Sidek	Rudy Gunawan Eddy Hartono	9–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1989	World Grand Prix Finals	Razif Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	15–9, 15–5	Winner
1990	Swedish Open	Razif Sidek	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	7–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1990	French Open	Razif Sidek	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	3–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1990	Malaysia Open	Razif Sidek	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	4–15, 15–13, 4–15	Runner-up
1990	Indonesia Open	Razif Sidek	Thomas Indracahya Reony Mainaky	15–4, 15–5	Winner
1991	Chinese Taipei Open	Razif Sidek	Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang	15–7, 15–5	Winner
1991	Japan Open	Razif Sidek	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	4–15, retired	Runner-up
1991	Malaysia Open	Razif Sidek	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	8–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1991	Canada Open	Razif Sidek	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	15–11, 15–12	Winner
1991	US Open	Razif Sidek	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	18–13, 13–15, 15–3	Winner
1991	World Grand Prix Finals	Razif Sidek	Huang Zhanzhong Zheng Yumin	15–10, 12–15, 18–15	Winner
1992	China Open	Razif Sidek	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	15–17, 11–15	Runner-up

IBF International

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	German Open	Razif Sidek	Martin Dew Mike Tredgett	15–8, 12–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1989	Singapore Open	Razif Sidek	Rudy Gunawan Eddy Hartono	15–12, 15–8	Winner
1990	Australia Open	Razif Sidek	Hengky Irawan Ardy Wiranata	15–8, 18–15	Winner

Honours

• :
  • Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (AMN) (1982)
  • Herald of the Order of Loyalty to the Royal Family of Malaysia (BSD) (1987)
  • Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (1992)^[12]

See also

• Misbun Sidek
• Razif Sidek
• Rahman Sidek
• Rashid Sidek

References

1. Web site: Badminton: Jalani: Play with your heart and it can overcome shortcomings The Star Online. www.thestar.com.my. 2020-05-03.
2. Web site: Biodata Jalani Sidek. nusa-mahsuri.com. 2020-05-04.
3. Web site: NewspaperSG - Terms and Conditions . 2023-02-21 . eresources.nlb.gov.sg . en-SG.
4. Web site: Our Badminton Greats. https://web.archive.org/web/20161027002728/http://www.viweb.freehosting.net/badminton.htm. dead. 2016-10-27. 2016-10-27. 2020-05-04.
5. "Jalani Sidek-Raja Azmi berkahwin hari ini", Berita Harian, 23 Disember 1984.
6. Web site: Kontroversi runah tangga Raja Azmi-Jalani Sidek berakhir dengan perceraian. mStar Online. 27 June 2012. Wahiduzzaman. 16 January 2013.
7. Web site: JalanI, Zaleha lega. Utusan Online. 14 November 2013. Norzie Mohd Khasbi. 11 July 2014. 22 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180622033425/http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/Hiburan/20131114/hi_02/Jalani-Zaleha-lega. dead.
8. Web site: Arkib Negara X: Servis Sidek diharamkan (1982). Khys. 2010-11-29. Arkib Negara X. 2018-07-05.
9. Web site: Master strokes in 1992 - Community The Star Online. www.thestar.com.my. 11 July 2016.
10. Web site: Badminton – the Olympic Journey BWF Olympics. olympics.bwfbadminton.com. en-US. 2018-07-11.
11. News: Lebih 50 pemain berguru dengan anak-anak Sidek. 2016-05-25. Malaysiakini. 2018-07-11. ms-MY.
12. Web site: Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Tahun 1992.

External links

• Jalani Haji "Alan" Sidek Mohamed . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130922011101/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/alan-sidek-mohamed-1.html . 22 September 2013 .