In the mid-1990s he and fellow countryman Rudy Gunawan formed one of the world"s leading men"s doubles teams. He and Resiana Zelin narrowly missed a medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Late in his international career, Suprianto teamed with another male mixed doubles specialist, Tri Kusharjanto to gain a very unexpected men"s doubles victory at the 2001 Asian Badminton Championships over the reigning Olympic champions Tony Gunawan and Candra Wijaya in the final.
A durable all around player who won singles at the Singapore Open in 1991, Suprianto"s greatest success came in doubles events. They won several top tier international titles, including the 1994 All-England Championship, but could not quite keep pace with countrymen Rexy Mainaky and Ricky Subagja who became the decade"s most successful pair. Suprianto was a member of Indonesia"s world champion Thomas Cup (men"s international) teams of 1994 and 1996, winning his doubles match against Malaysia and Denmark respectively in the championship round of each event.
