Career
After a brief stint competing in singles, he soon became a doubles specialist noted for his deft racket control and fluent strokes. His two other siblings, Hariyanto and Hastomo were world class shuttlers in men"s singles event. Hartono shared numerous international men"s doubles titles in a relatively brief time period, most of them with Rudy Gunawan.
These included the Japan (1987), Indonesia (1989, 1992), Dutch (1989, 1992), Singapore (1990), and Thailand (1991) Opens.
Hartono also captured several international mixed doubles titles, and placed second in mixed doubles at the 1989 IBF World Championships with Verawaty Fajrin.
