 These achievements succeeded lifted up their rangking as the World number 2 in the end of the year, behind the long regime of their younger countrymen Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo.Setiawan has won 2008 Olympic Games, 2 times Asian Games one with Markis Kido in 2010 dan one with Ahsan in 2014, 4 times BWF World Championships one with Kido and three with Ahsan, he also won BWF Superseries Finals in Kuala Lumpur in the end of 2013.In March 2019, Setiawan and Ahsan won their second All England title defeating the Malaysia's Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in 11–21,21-14,21-12.