Gillian Clark, a BWF commentator, stated that the fast play shown by Gideon and Sukamuljo have taken the men's doubles game to a new level and makes the matches more exciting to watch.

[13][14] Feeling disappointed with the Herry Iman Pierngadi decision in the sending players to the international tournaments, Gideon decided to leave the national training centre in 2013.

The duo reached the semi-finals at the 2013 Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold losing to national players Ronald Alexander and Selvanus Geh in straight games.

[15] He captured his first Superseries title at the 2013 French Open with Kido, played from the qualification stage, and beat the seeded pairs in their journey to reach the men's doubles podium.

[16] Gideon and Kido, reached the semi-finals at the 2014 All England Open, and then won their second title at the 2014 Indonesia Masters defeating Selvanus Geh and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo in the final with the rubber games.

[29][30] The former badminton player who is currently a BWF commentator, Gillian Clark, also highlighted that the fast play shown by Gideon and Sukamuljo have taken the men's doubles game to a new level and makes the matches exciting to watch.

[31] In the next tournament, the duo then reached the semi-finals of the Vietnam and Thailand Opens before capturing their first title together at the Chinese Taipei Masters in October where they beat Malaysia' Hoon Thien How and Lim Khim Wah in the finals.

[32] In the Hong Kong Open, Gideon and Sukamuljo beat the World Championship silver medalists Liu Xiaolong and Qiu Zihan before losing to top seededed South Koreans Lee Yong-dae and Yoo Yeon-seong in the quarter-finals.

[53] In August, Gideon and Sukamuljo went to the World Championships held in Glasgow, Scotland, as third seeds, but lost in the quarter-finals to China's Chai Biao and Hong Wei in three close games.

[56] In October, Gideon and Sukamuljo lost the final of the Denmark Open in a tight match to reigning World Champion Liu Cheng and Zhang Nan.

[57] Back together in November, Gideon and Sukamuljo improved their head-to-head record against Boe and Mogensen to 3–4, after defeating them in the finals and securing their second China Open title.

[58] They won the Hong Kong Open a week later, their sixth Superseries victory of the season, thus equaling the previous men's doubles record of six set by South Koreans Lee Yong-dae and Yoo Yeon-seong in 2015.

[69][70] In September, Gideon and Sukamuljo retained their Japan Open title, defeating the reigning World Champions Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen.

[75][76] After the victory they achieved in Hong Kong, Gideon and Sukamuljo managed to set a record as the first ever men's doubles pair to win eight world tour titles in a season.

[94] Gideon later won his fourth Indonesia Masters title (third with Sukamuljo) by defeating Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in straight games in the final.

[108] The duo reached the final, but lost a well contested match to Japan's Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi in a close rubber games.

[110] In April, Gideon flew to Porto, Portugal underwent surgery to remove pieces of bone on his ankles performed by surgeon Niek van Dijk.

[114] Gideon and his partner, Sukamuljo, started the BWF tour in the Malaysia Open, but were stopped in the second round by a Chinese pair, Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang.

[116] They competed at the home tournament, Indonesia Masters, but retired in the second round from Chinese pair Liu Yuchen and Ou Xuanyi following the injury of Gideon.

[118] In the following week, Gideon and his partner, Sukamuljo, competed in the Malaysia Masters, but lost in the second round to the 4th seeds Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi in straight games.

[119] In the next tour, they competed at the Thailand Open, but lost in the semi-finals to the 3rd seeds and eventual winners Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang in straight games.

[120] In June, Gideon competed at the Singapore Open, but lost in the second round to the 4th seeded Japanese pair Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi in straight games.

[122] On 9 March 2024, on his thirty-third birthday, Gideon officially announced his retirement from professional badminton, citing a desire to spend time with his family and coach alongside his father.

Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo have an eleven-match winning streak in the head-to-head record against Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty of India.

They also lead the meeting record with a wide margin against Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen of China and their senior compatriots Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan.

Meanwhile, Sukamuljo and Gideon have a poor head-to-head record against Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang (0–4), Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta Watanabe (2–6), Lee Yong-dae and Yoo Yeon-seong (0–3), and also Fu Haifeng and Zhang Nan (1–3).