2010–2013: Junior and early senior career In the PB Djarum club, Sukamuljo was trained by
Sigit Budiarto. He won some National Circuit tournaments in his age group with different partners. In 2010, he won the Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, Pekanbaru, and Jakarta circuits, and also the Candra Wijaya men's doubles championships. In 2011, he won the Jakarta circuit and Pertamina Open. He represented Indonesia at the 2011
ASEAN School Games held at the Yio Chu Kang Sports Hall, Singapore, and won a gold in the mixed doubles with Aris Budiharti, and a silver in the boys' doubles with Felix Kinalsal. In July 2011, just before turning 16, Sukamuljo qualified to compete in the international senior age group, by reaching the finals of the
Singapore International Series tournament partnered with
Lukhi Apri Nugroho. He also played at the
World Junior Championships held in Taoyuan City, but was eliminated in the quarter-finals in the boys' doubles event with his partner Nugroho. In 2012, Sukamuljo won the U-19 National tournament the Jakarta Open and West Java circuits, also the Candra Wijaya men's doubles championships. In July, he won a bronze medal at the
Asian Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event with
Alfian Eko Prasetya. In August, he was ranked as number 1 in the
BWF World Junior Ranking. In October–November, he competed at the
World Junior Championships held in Chiba, Japan, but lost in the early stages of both the boys' and mixed doubles events. In December, he clinched the boys' doubles title at the
Junior National Championships with Rafiddias Akhdan Nugroho. In 2013, Sukamuljo was selected to join the national men's doubles team squad. He started the season by competing in
Vietnam International Challenge partnered with Rafiddias Akhdan Nugroho, but lost in the quarter-finals to the Hong Kong pair
Chan Yun Lung and
Wong Wai Hong in a close rubber game. In May, he won the West Java circuit tournament teamed with
Hafiz Faizal. In July, he competed at the
Asian Junior Championships held in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, and captured bronze medals in the mixed team and boys' doubles events partnered with
Arya Maulana Aldiartama. Turning eighteen in August, he won the mixed doubles title at the Tangkas Specs Junior International Challenge with
Masita Mahmudin. In October–November, he participated at the
World Junior Championships in Bangkok, Thailand where he helped Indonesia to win the silver medal in the mixed team event. In the individual tournament he earned mixed doubles silver with Mahmudin, losing the final match to the Chinese pair
Huang Kaixiang and
Chen Qingchen, whom they had beaten the previous week in the semifinals of team play.
2014–2016: From International Challenge to Superseries titles Sukamuljo began the 2014 season playing with a new partner,
Selvanus Geh, and won his very first tournament with Geh, the
Vietnam International Challenge by beating Australians
Robin Middleton and
Ross Smith in the finals. In his second month playing with Geh, he captured his first Grand Prix doubles title at the
New Zealand Open, when he and Geh upset the second seeds from Chinese Taipei
Chen Hung-ling and
Lu Chia-pin in the finals. In June, he competed against the world's best players at the
Indonesia Open paired with Geh and with
Greysia Polii in mixed doubles . Starting from the qualification round in both events, he was stopped in the second round of the main draw in both, but in the first round of mixed doubles, he and Polii put out the defending champions and world number ones
Zhang Nan and
Zhao Yunlei, 15–21, 21–18, 23–21. In July, Sukamuljo and Geh reached the quarterfinals of the
Chinese Taipei Open. In September, they reached their first Grand Prix Gold final as a team at the
Indonesia Masters where they were beaten in three games by
Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and doubles great
Markis Kido the top seeds. Sukamuljo then won his third title with Geh at the
Bulgarian International defeating compatriots
Ronald Alexander and
Edi Subaktiar in the final. Sukamuljo's mixed doubles partnerships with
Della Destiara Haris and
Maretha Dea Giovani were less successful reaching no farther than the quarterfinals of any 2014 tournament. In December Sukamuljo joined Indonesia's team for the Axiata Cup in Kuala Lumpur, but the squad was narrowly edged by Thailand. In 2015, head coach of the Indonesia national men's doubles juniors,
Chafidz Yusuf, paired Sukamuljo with
Marcus Fernaldi Gideon, because
Selvanus Geh had to resign from the national team due to illness. The new partnership opened the season in Europe playing at the
All England and
Swiss Open. In England they reached the quarterfinals before falling to the Danish pair
Mads Conrad-Petersen and
Mads Pieler Kolding, Partnered with
Greysia Polii, Sukamuljo lost in the second round of mixed double to fifth seeds
Chris and
Gabby Adcock. In Switzerland, he and Gideon were stopped in the semi-finals by the Malaysian pair
Goh V Shem and
Tan Wee Kiong. Sukamuljo then took part in the
Sudirman Cup held in Dongguan, China, where Indonesia settled for a bronze medal. At the June
SEA Games in Singapore, he helped his team win the gold medal, and in the individual men's doubles event, he and Gideon captured the silver medal. In July, Sukamuljo and Gideon competing as an unseeded pair in the
Chinese Taipei Open, and the duo reached the final by defeating then World Champions
Mohammad Ahsan and
Hendra Setiawan, but they failed to take the title, losing the final tamely to
Fu Haifeng and
Zhang Nan. After this tournament, Indonesian badminton fans dub them as "the Minions" because of their below average height and for their fast and agile playing style, jumping and bouncing just like the
Minions in the film
Despicable Me. The former badminton player who is currently a BWF commentator,
Gillian Clark, also highlighted that the fast play shown by Sukamuljo and Gideon have taken the men's doubles game to a new level and makes the matches exciting to watch. In the next tournament, the duo then reached the semifinals of the
Vietnam and
Thailand Opens before capturing their first title together at the
Chinese Taipei Masters in October where they beat Malaysia'
Hoon Thien How and
Lim Khim Wah in the finals. In the
Hong Kong Open, Sukamuljo and Gideon beat the World Championship silver medalists
Liu Xiaolong and
Qiu Zihan before losing to top seededed South Koreans
Lee Yong-dae and
Yoo Yeon-seong in the quarterfinals. In December, they were stopped in the quarter-finals of the
Indonesia Masters by second seeds
Chai Biao and
Hong Wei in three games. They ended the 2015 season ranked 16th in the world. Sukamuljo and Gideon kicked off the 2016 season by winning the
Malaysia Masters in January. They then suffered a slump with early exits from several tournaments, including a first round exit from the
All England Open. After this All England low their form, though inconsistent, improved significantly. They reached the semifinals of the
New Zealand Open in late March and in April clinched their first Superseries title as a team at the
India Open, beating their senior compatriot
Angga Pratama and
Ricky Karanda Suwardi in the final. In the following weeks they were defeated in the second round of
Malaysia Open, then in the quarter-finals of
Singapore Open and
Asian Championships. In May, Sukamuljo participated in the
Thomas Cup held in Kunshan, China, but he failed to contribute points to the Indonesian team during the Thomas Cup Group B tie against Thailand. and was not selected to play in the knockout stage of the tournament between qualifying teams. Here Indonesia won the silver medal, losing the final 2 matches to 3 against Denmark. In June, Sukamuljo and Gideon were eliminated in the second round of
Indonesia Open by world number 1
Lee Yong-dae and
Yoo Yeon-seong. A week later, however, the duo won their second Superseries title at the
Australian Open, in the quarterfinals defeating
Zhang Nan and
Fu Haifeng for the first time, to whom they had lost three previous matches. Due to an injury suffered by Gideon, Sukamuljo was paired with
Wahyu Nayaka at the home soil
Indonesian Masters tournament, but the scratch partnership still managed to win the title. After Gideon's recovery the reunited duo won the Superseries Premier tournament at the
China Open. The team was ranked as number 4 in Destination Dubai rankings, and qualified to compete for the year-end
Superseries Finals, but they failed to advance from the group phase. Nevertheless, at year's end Sukamuljo and Gideon occupied the number 2 position in the
world rankings.
2017: World number 1 won the
2017 All England Open Now competing only in the world's biggest events, Sukamuljo and Gideon started 2017 by making up for their 2016 first round defeat with a tournament victory at the coveted
All England Open in March, thus earning a
number one men's doubles world ranking. They then secured their second consecutive
India Open title, and after that won the
Malaysia Open. Their remarkable winning run was then stopped by Danish veterans
Mathias Boe and
Carsten Mogensen in the semifinals of the
Singapore Open. In May, they played for Indonesia at the
Sudirman Cup held in Australia. In group round robin play they won their country's only point in its surprising loss to India but in group play against Denmark they again lost to Boe and Mogensen, as Indonesia, for the first time in the Cup's 28-year history, was eliminated in the group stage of the competition. In June the duo was upset by another Danish pair,
Kim Astrup and
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen, in the first round of
Indonesia Open. In August, Sukamuljo and Gideon went to the
World Championships held in Glasgow, Scotland, as third seeds, but lost in the quarter-finals to China's
Chai Biao and
Hong Wei in three close games. In September they reached the final of the
Korea Open but were again beaten by Boe and Morgensen, however, one week later they exacted a measure of revenge against the Danes in the semi-finals of
Japan Open, then went on to win the tournament by defeating the host pair of
Takuto Inoue and
Yuki Kaneko. In October, Sukamuljo and Gideon lost the final of the
Denmark Open in a tight match to reigning World Champion
Liu Cheng and
Zhang Nan. Citing an arm injury suffered during their semifinal match in Denmark, Gideon withdrew from the next Superseries tournament in
France. Back together in November, Sukamuljo and Gideon improved their head-to-head record against Boe and Mogensen to 3–4, after defeating them in the finals and securing their second
China Open title. They won the
Hong Kong Open a week later, their sixth
Superseries victory of the season, thus equaling the previous men's doubles record of six set by South Koreans
Lee Yong-dae and
Yoo Yeon-seong in 2015. For their achievements Sukamuljo and Gideon were named Best Male Players of the Year by the Badminton World Federation. The duo then closed out the year by capturing the
Dubai World Superseries Finals, making them the first men's doubles pair to win seven Superseries titles in a year.
2018: Asian Games gold medalists Under the new BWF player commitment regulations, Sukamuljo and Gideon who ranked as world number 1, are obligated to play in 12 BWF World Tour. They were unbeaten in the first 3 tournaments that they participated in, capturing his second
Indonesia Masters and
All England Open, and also his third
India Open titles. He and Gideon then defeated at the quarterfinals of
Malaysia Open by Chinese pair
He Jiting and
Tan Qiang. In July, he and Gideon won the
Indonesia Open, however, in the quarterfinals Sukamuljo felt the umpire was not fair during a match and he continued to protest, and earned him a yellow card from the umpire. At the
2018 World Championships, Sukamuljo and Gideon lost in the quarterfinals to
Takeshi Kamura and
Keigo Sonoda in straight games. at the
2018 Asian Games in Jakarta Sukamuljo competed at the
2018 Asian Games, won a silver in the
team events, and then captured the men's doubles gold medal, after he and Gideon beat their compatriots
Fajar Alfian and
Muhammad Rian Ardianto in a close rubber games in the final. In September, he and Gideon retained their
Japan Open title, defeating the reigning World Champions
Li Junhui and
Liu Yuchen. A week later, they finished as semifinalists in
China Open, lost to
Han Chengkai and
Zhou Haodong of China. On the Europe tour in October, Sukamuljo and Gideon clinched the
Denmark Open title. But in
France, they again defeated by Han and Zhou in the final, made their head-to-head record deficit to 1–2. In November, he and Gideon won the
Fuzhou China Open and
Hong Kong Open. After the victory they achieved in Hong Kong, Sukamuljo and Gideon managed to set a record as the first ever men's doubles pair to win eight world tour titles in a season. At the
2018 BWF World Tour Finals gala dinner, the duo then awarded as the BWF Best Male Players of the Year for two consecutive year. As the defending champions of the World Tour Finals, Sukamuljo and Gideon had to withdraw from the competition before their last group match, due to the neck injury suffered by Gideon.
2019: Eight World Tour titles Sukamuljo opened the season in January by winning his second
Malaysia Masters and third
Indonesia Masters titles. He and Gideon reached his record 20th titles at the Superseries/Super 500 above tournaments. They later had to defeat in the early round of
2019 All England Open to
Liu Cheng and
Zhang Nan. In April, they lost in the quarter finals at the
Malaysia Open, and in the semifinals of
Singapore Open. He then played at the
Asian Championships held in Wuhan, China as first seed. He and Gideon proceeded to the final, but inflicted a crushing defeat by number 5 seed
Hiroyuki Endo and
Yuta Watanabe. He then played with Indonesia mixed team at the
Sudirman Cup held in Nanning, China. Teamed up with Gideon, they have never lost in their three matches against England, Chinese Taipei and Japan, but the team lost 1–3 in the semifinals tie against Japan. In July, Sukamuljo successfully defended his title at the
Indonesia Open, later won the
Japan Open for three consecutive times alongside Gideon. They beat
Mohammad Ahsan and
Hendra Setiawan in straight games in the final in both events. In August, the duo managed to reaching the quarter finals of
Thailand Open, but stopped by the Japanese pair
Hiroyuki Endo and
Yuta Watanabe. They then suffered first match loss, in the second round of
Basel World Championships to
Choi Sol-gyu and
Seo Seung-jae of South Korea after they succumbed 21–23 in the deciding game. In September, Sukamuljo and Gideon won their third
China Open title, beating Ahsan and Setiawan in the final. They next went to
Korea Open, but lost in the quarter finals to
Fajar Alfian and
Muhammad Rian Ardianto. In October, he won his second
Denmark Open and first
French Open titles with Gideon. At the East Asia tour in November, he won the
Fuzhou China Open, and the following week he lost in the quarter finals at the
Hong Kong Open against Endo and Watanabe. He and Gideon were nominated again as the BWF Best Male Player of the Year, but this time they lost to
Kento Momota of Japan. They entered the
World Tour Finals as the first seed. In the group stage, they beat
Li Junhui and
Liu Yuchen, lost to Endo and Watanabe, and then in the last match, they won against
Takeshi Kamura and
Keigo Sonoda, progressed to the next round as group runners-up. In the semifinal, they again defeated by the Japanese pair Endo and Watanabe, made their head-to-head record deficit to 2–5. Sukamuljo ended the 2019 season by winning eight World Tour titles, including three in a row at Denmark, France and China. Sukamuljo later won his fourth consecutive
Indonesia Masters title (third with Gideon) defeating
Mohammad Ahsan and
Hendra Setiawan in straight games. In February, he alongside Indonesia men's team won the
Asia Team Championships held in Manila. In March, he played at the
All England Open with Gideon. The duo failed to win the title after lost to
Hiroyuki Endo and
Yuta Watanabe in the final. This was their sixth loss in a row over Endo and Watanabe. Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, numerous tournaments on the
2020 BWF World Tour were either cancelled or rescheduled for later in the year. In June, he then took part at the PBSI home tournament partnered with
Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani. The duo won four matches, but unable to accomplish their victory after lost their last match against
Fajar Alfian and
Yeremia Rambitan, and finished as runner-up at that tournament. Sukamuljo planned to return in the international competitions at the 2020 Asian Leg tournament in January 2021, but then he had to withdraw from the competition after testing positive for
COVID-19 in December 2020. Sukamuljo made his comeback at the
All England Open in March 2021. He and Gideon had played in the first round by beating the host pair
Matthew Clare and
Ethan van Leeuwen in a rubber game, but later Indonesia team were forced to withdraw from the competition by BWF after the team members will self-isolate for 10 days from the date of their inbound flight after an anonym person traveling onboard tested positive for COVID-19. In July 2021, Sukamuljo competed at the
2020 Summer Olympics partnering Gideon as first seed. The duo led the group standings after won two matches and lost a match. Sukamuljo and Gideon were eliminated from the competition by Malaysian pair
Aaron Chia and
Soh Wooi Yik in the quarter-finals. In September–October, Sukamuljo alongside Indonesia team competed at the
2021 Sudirman Cup in Vantaa, Finland. The team advanced to the knocked-out stage, but stopped in the quarter-finals to Malaysia. In the next tournament in Aarhus, Denmark, he helped Indonesia team reached the final of the World Men's Team Championships, and the team won the
2020 Thomas Cup. In the next tournament, Sukamuljo and Gideon played at the BWF World Tour in
Denmark,
French, and
Hylo Opens. The duo ended the tour by winning the Hylo Open. This was their three successive victory at the Indonesia Open following on from success in 2018 and 2019. Their achievements in 2021, lead them as the first seed in the
BWF World Tour Finals. The duo reached the final, but lost a well contested match to Japan's
Takuro Hoki and
Yugo Kobayashi in a close rubber games.
2022 In 2022, Sukamuljo and his partner, Gideon, started the BWF tour in the
All England Open. Unfortunately, they were stopped in the semi-finals by the young compatriot, the eventual champions,
Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and
Bagas Maulana. Sukamuljo alongside Indonesia men's team competed at the
Thomas Cup. At that tournament, he did not play with his regular partner, Gideon, who was then preparing to undergo surgery due to injuries. Indonesia was unable to defend the Cup after being defeated by India 0–3 in the final. Even though his partner, Gideon, not fully recovered, the duo returned to the tournament court in June, to compete in the
Indonesia Masters and
Open. At that tournament, Sukamuljo and Gideon finished as semi-finalists in the Indonesia Masters, and stopped in the second round in the Indonesia Open. Topped the
BWF World rankings for 215 consecutive weeks, Gideon and Sukamuljo supremacy were dethroned by Japan's
Takuro Hoki and
Yugo Kobayashi on 20 September 2022.
2023 Sukamuljo and his partner, Gideon, started the BWF tour in the
Malaysia Open, but were stopped in the second round by a Chinese pair,
Liang Weikeng and
Wang Chang. In the next tournament, they lost again to Liang and Wang in the quarter-finals of the
India Open. They competed at the home tournament,
Indonesia Masters, but retired in the second round to Chinese pair
Liu Yuchen and
Ou Xuanyi following the injury of Gideon. After not being seen on the international circuit since January, Sukamuljo was included in the Indonesian squad for the
Sudirman Cup, but the team was eliminated in the quarter-finals. He and his partner later competed in the
Malaysia Masters, but lost in the second round to 4th seeds
Takuro Hoki and
Yugo Kobayashi in straight games. They then reached the
Thailand Open semi-finals, but lost to eventual winners
Liang Weikeng and
Wang Chang in straight games. Sukamuljo and Gideon later suffered a second round loss in the
Singapore Open to Hoki and Kobayashi.
Retirement On May 16, 2024, Sukamuljo announced his retirement via
Instagram. ==Awards and nominations==