[6] He first learned badminton in kindergarten from his father, who also brought him to practice more intensely after he started winning local tournaments at the age of 9.
In 2014, Ginting reached the Asian Junior Championships quarterfinals in Taipei, where he lost 13–21, 15–21 to Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan.
Ginting then participated at the World Junior Championships in Alor Setar, Malaysia where he won a boys' singles bronze medal after bowed out in the semifinal to Shi Yuqi of China for 19–21, 15–21.
[8][9] He also competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China and brought home a bronze medal after beating Aditya Joshi of India in the bronze-final match with a straight games 21–17, 21–16.
Starting his journey as a rookie in the BWF Superseries event from the qualifying stage, Ginting moved into the quarterfinals after creating an upset with a rubber games 14–21, 22–20, 21–13 win over India's top shuttler and fourth seed Srikanth Kidambi in the second round of the Indonesia Open.
Participating in the Chinese Taipei Open as an unheralded shuttler, Ginting reached the quarterfinals after defeating twelfth-seeded fellow Indonesian Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka with a straight sets 21–16, 21–14 in the third round of the tournament.
In the first round, he surprisingly upset the eighth seed and 2009 BWF World Junior Champion Tian Houwei of China with a stunning 21–13, 21–14 victory.
At the Australian open event, Ginting managed to reach the semi-finals after defeating the 2016 Olympic champion Chen Long in the quarter-final.
Indonesia managed to beat Denmark 3–2 on aggregate, but placed in the bottom position of the standings, after lost to India 1–4 a day before.
Ginting managed to prove he was worthy of being reckoned with by defeating many of the world's badminton champions, because of that he was named the giant killer in the tournament.
[28] As a top seed in the New Zealand Open in May, Ginting was stopped in the quarterfinals with defeat to Lin Dan in rubber games.
[29] He then advanced to the final of the Australian Open, but was beaten by his compatriot Jonatan Christie, the head-to-head record between the players stood at 2–3.
[39] In March, the fourth seed Ginting, fell in the early round of Super 1000 tournament All England Open to Rasmus Gemke of Denmark.
[5] In October, he had to retired in the first round of the Denmark Open due to back pain he suffered during the Thomas Cup.
[49][50] He managed to return to form by reaching the semi-finals in the Swiss Open, but stopped by Prannoy H. S. in a close rubber games.
He upset host player, the 2021 World Champions, Loh Kean Yew in the semi-finals, and Japan's youngster, Kodai Naraoka in the final.
[53][54] Ginting won his second title of the year in the Hylo Open in Saarbrücken, Germany, by defeating Chou Tien-chen in the final.
[60] In March, Ginting competed in the Europe tour, but lost in the quarter-finals of All England Open to the Danish player Anders Antonsen in three games.
[61] In April, Ginting won his first title of the year in the Asian Championships by defeating Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in the final in straight games.
[67] In late July, Ginting competed at the 2023 Japan Open, but lost in the first round to the Japanese player Kanta Tsuneyama in straight games.
[68] In early August, Ginting competed at the Australian Open, but lost in the quarter-finals to 6th seed Indian player Prannoy H. S. in rubber games.
[72] In his second appearance at the Asian Games,[73] he failed to bring home any medals after lost in the quarter-finals in both the men's singles and team events.
[74] Ginting managed to defeat first seed Viktor Axelsen at the All England Open in the quarterfinals and Christo Popov in semifinals to create the first all-Indonesian men's singles final in the tournament since Hariyanto Arbi and Ardy Wiranata in 1994.
[76] Ginting made his second appearance at the Olympics in the 2024 Paris, but he failed to advance to the knock-out stages after finishing second in group H, winning once against Howard Shu, and losing to Toma Junior Popov.