Meluawati was a member of Indonesia's world champion 1996 Uber Cup (women's international) team, winning her final round match against China's future World and Olympic champion Zhang Ning.
She was also a member of the 1998 Indonesian Uber Cup team which finished second to China.
In individual competition she won women's singles at the Polish Open in 1996 and was women's singles runner-up to the formidable Susi Susanti at the 1997 Indonesia Open.
She also won women's singles at the Pan American Championships in 2001.
[1] Women's singles Women's singles The Bimantara World Junior Championships was an international invitation badminton tournament for junior players.