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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Personal information
CountryIndia
Born (2000-08-13) 13 August 2000 (age 26)
Amalapuram, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking7 (MD 12 November 2019)
19 (XD 2 February 2021)
Current ranking10 (MD), 19 (XD) (9 February 2021)
Medal record
BWF profile

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (born 13 August 2000) is an Indian badminton player.[1][2] Rankireddy competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, winning a gold in the mixed team event, and a silver in the men's doubles event.[3]

Early life and background

Rankireddy hails from a town named Amalapuram in the state of Andhra Pradesh and started playing badminton after following his father, who was a state-level player in the past, as well his elder brother. In 2014, he joined the Pullela Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad and decided to become a doubles specialist.[4]

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre,
Gold Coast, Australia
India Chirag Shetty England Marcus Ellis
England Chris Langridge
13–21, 16–21 Silver Silver

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[5] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[6]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Hyderabad Open Super 100 India Chirag Shetty Indonesia Akbar Bintang Cahyono
Indonesia Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani
21–16, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Syed Modi International Super 300 India Chirag Shetty Indonesia Fajar Alfian
Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto
11–21, 20–22 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Runner-up
2019 Thailand Open Super 500 India Chirag Shetty China Li Junhui
China Liu Yuchen
21–19, 18–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 French Open Super 750 India Chirag Shetty Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
18–21, 16–21 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (10 titles)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Mauritius International India Chirag Shetty India Dhruv Kapila
India Saurabh Sharma
21–12, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 India International Series India Chirag Shetty Malaysia Goh Sze Fei
Malaysia Nur Izzuddin
8–11, 11–5, 7–11, 11–8, 11–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Tata Open India International India Chirag Shetty India Arjun M.R.
India Ramchandran Shlok
10–12, 11–9, 11–7, 11–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Bangladesh International India Chirag Shetty India M. Anilkumar Raju
India Venkat Gaurav Prasad
17–21, 21–7, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Vietnam International India Chirag Shetty Thailand Trawut Potieng
Thailand Nanthakarn Yordphaisong
17–21, 21–9, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Brazil International India Chirag Shetty Netherlands Jelle Maas
Netherlands Robin Tabeling
21–14, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Tata Open India International India K. Maneesha India Arun Vishnu
India Aparna Balan
21–13, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Mauritius International India K. Maneesha Malaysia Yogendran Khrishnan
India Prajakta Sawant
21–19, 11–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 India International Series India K. Maneesha Malaysia Low Hang Yee
Malaysia Cheah Yee See
5–11, 11–8, 12–10, 11–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Bangladesh International India K. Maneesha Thailand Tanupat Viriyangkura
Thailand Thanyasuda Wongya
21–12, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. "Players: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  2. "Satwiksairaj Rankireddy". sportingindia.com. SportingIndia Sports Media Pvt Ltd. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  3. "Participants: Satwik Rankireddy". gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  4. "Satwiksairaj Rankireddy profile: All you need to know about India's medal hopeful in badminton in Asian Games". www.timesnownews.com. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  5. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  6. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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