Maria Febe Kusumastuti (born 30 September 1989) is an Indonesian
badminton player from
Boyolali, Central Java.
Career
In 2008, she won women's singles at the
Bitburger Open. The next year, she won women's singles at the
Australia Open after beating the 1st seeded
Yip Pui Yin with a straight set, 21–18, 21–19. Febe played on the
2010 Uber Cup teams for
Indonesia which finished at the semifinals after being defeated by China 0–3. She lost to
Wang Yihan at the first match. In the
2009 Indonesia Open Superseries, she made a surprise by beating the 5th-seeded
Pi Hongyan of France, 24–22, 6–21, 21–15 in the first round, but then lost to
Wang Lin at the quarterfinals. She played in
2010 All England Open Superseries and beat
Wang Shixian of China, 21–13, 15–21, 21–16, in the first round. Unfortunately, she lost to
Jiang Yanjiao of China in straight sets. In 2010, she reached the semifinals at
Indonesia Grand Prix Gold but was beaten by
Ratchanok Intanon in three sets 17–21, 21–16, 17–21; Intanon later became the world champion in 2013.