Akshay Dewalkar


Akshay Dewalkar is an Indian badminton player. He was the men's doubles National Champion together with Pranav Chopra in 2013 and 2015. Dewalkar was the men's team gold medalists at the 2006 and 2016 South Asian Games, also won a men's doubles silver in 2016 with Chopra and a bronze in 2006 with Jishnu Sanyal. He participated at the 2010, 2014 Asian Games and 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Personal life

Dewalkar announced his engagement with Mridu Sharma, the psychologist appointed by Sports Authority of India at the Gopichand Academy in 2017.

Achievements

South Asian Games

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre,
Shillong, India
Pranav Chopra Manu Attri
B. Sumeeth Reddy
18–21, 17–21 Silver
2006Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium,
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Jishnu Sanyal Thushara Edirisinghe
Duminda Jayakody
13–21, 21–16, 16–21 Bronze

BWF Grand Prix (2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation since 2007.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Syed Modi International Pranav Chopra Goh V Shem
Tan Wee Kiong
21–14, 22–24, 8–21 Runner-up
2009Syed Modi International Jishnu Sanyal Adnan Fauzi
Tri Kusumawardana
25–27, 25–23, 15–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 6 runners-up)

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Norwegian International Tarun Kona Oliver Leydon-Davis
Lasse Moelhede
18–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2015Tata Open India International Pranav Chopra Wannawat Ampunsuwan
Tinn Isriyanate
14–21, 9–21 Runner-up
2015Bangladesh International Pranav Chopra Tan Chee Tean
Tan Wee Gieen
21–16, 21–16 Winner
2011Tata Open India International Pranav Chopra K. T. Rupesh Kumar
Sanave Thomas
19–21, 21–17, 23–21 Winner
2011Swiss International Pranav Chopra Lukasz Moren
Wojciech Szkudlarczyk
21–17, 16–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2010Tata Open India International Arun Vishnu Joko Riyadi
Yoga Ukikasah
22–24, 16–21 Runner-up
2008Bahrain International Jishnu Sanyal Ali Shahhosseini
Mohammed Reza Kheradmandi
14–21, 21–18, 21–11 Winner
2008Nepal International V. Diju Mohammad Attique
Rizwan Azam
19–21, 21–10, 21–12 Winner

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015Polish Open Pradnya Gadre Chan Peng Soon
Goh Liu Ying
26–28, 18–21 Runner-up
2014Tata Open India International Pradnya Gadre Manu Attri
N. Sikki Reddy
19–21, 21–19, 10–21 Runner-up
2014Sri Lanka International Pradnya Gadre Vountus Indra Mawan
Prajakta Sawant
21–16, 21–18 Winner
2013Tata Open India International Pradnya Gadre Tarun Kona
Ashwini Ponnappa
21–17, 18–21, 21–18 Winner