Prajakta Sawant

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Prajakta Sawant
Personal information
Country India
Born (1992-10-28) 28 October 1992 (age 31)
Mumbai, India
Height5’ 9"
HandednessRight
Women's doubles
Highest ranking37
Current ranking37 (16 August 2012)
Medal record

Prajakta Sawant (born 28 October 1992) is a badminton player from India.[1] She was the national women's doubles champion in 2010 and 2011 and also won the mixed doubles title in 2010.[2] In 2013, she won the Bangladesh International tournament partnered with Arathi Sara Sunil.[3]

Achievements[edit]

Asia Junior Championships[edit]

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia India Pranav Chopra China Lu Kai
China Bao Yixin
12–21, 15–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 6 runners-up)[edit]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Egypt International India Sanyogita Ghorpade Belarus Anastasiya Cherniavskaya
Belarus Alesia Zaitsava
17–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Mauritius International India Sanyogita Ghorpade Germany Lisa Kaminski
Germany Hannah Pohl
18–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Mauritius International Malaysia Lee Zhi Qing Zambia Evelyn Siamupangila
Zambia Ogar Siamupangila
21–7, 21–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Tata Open India International India Aparna Balan India J. Meghana
India K. Maneesha
21–13, 10–21, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Bangladesh International India Arathi Sara Sunil India Dhanya Nair
India Mohita Sahdev
22–20, 15–4 Retired 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Bahrain International India Arathi Sara Sunil India Aparna Balan
India Sanyogita Ghorpade
18–21, 21–18, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Swiss International India Pradnya Gadre France Laura Choinet
France Audrey Fontaine
19–21, 21–10, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Bulgarian International India Pradnya Gadre England Mariana Agathangelou
England Heather Olver
21–18, 7–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Malaysia International Malaysia Yogendran Khrishnan Japan Hiroki Okamura
Japan Naru Shinoya
10–21, 22–24 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Egypt International Malaysia Yogendran Khrishnan Egypt Ahmed Salah
Egypt Menna Eltanany
21–15, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Mauritius International Malaysia Yogendran Khrishnan Germany Jonathan Persson
Mauritius Kate Foo Kune
21–7, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Mauritius International Malaysia Yogendran Khrishnan India Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
India K. Maneesha
19–21, 21–11, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Sri Lanka International Malaysia Vountus Indra Mawan India Akshay Dewalkar
India Pradnya Gadre
16–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Bahrain International Challenge India Sanave Thomas India V. Diju
India N. Siki Reddy
19–21, 21–14, 23–23 Retired 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References[edit]

  1. "Players: Prajakta Sawant". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  2. "Why Gopichand should choose his academy over National Coach". www.firstpost.com. Firstpost. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  3. "Prajakta Sawant and Arathi Sara Sunil win women's doubles at Bangladesh Open". www.sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
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