Satwiksairaj Rankireddy


Satwiksairaj Rankireddy is an Indian badminton player. 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.

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.

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre,
Gold Coast, Australia
Chirag Shetty Marcus Ellis
Chris Langridge
13–21, 16–21 Silver

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

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019French OpenSuper 750 Chirag Shetty Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
18–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2019Thailand OpenSuper 500 Chirag Shetty Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen
21–19, 18–21, 21–18 Winner
2018Syed Modi InternationalSuper 300 Chirag Shetty Fajar Alfian
Muhammad Rian Ardianto
11–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2018Hyderabad OpenSuper 100 Chirag Shetty Akbar Bintang Cahyono
Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani
21–16, 21–14 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (10 titles)

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Brazil International Chirag Shetty Jelle Maas
Robin Tabeling
21–14, 21–18 Winner
2017Vietnam International Chirag Shetty Trawut Potieng
Nanthakarn Yordphaisong
17–21, 21–9, 21–15 Winner
2016Bangladesh International Chirag Shetty M. Anilkumar Raju
Venkat Gaurav Prasad
17–21, 21–7, 21–8 Winner
2016Tata Open India International Chirag Shetty Arjun M.R.
Ramchandran Shlok
10–12, 11–9, 11–7, 11–5 Winner
2016India International Series Chirag Shetty Goh Sze Fei
Nur Izzuddin
8–11, 11–5, 7–11, 11–8, 11–5 Winner
2016Mauritius International Chirag Shetty Dhruv Kapila
Saurabh Sharma
21–12, 21–16 Winner

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Bangladesh International K. Maneesha Tanupat Viriyangkura
Thanyasuda Wongya
21–12, 21–12 Winner
2016India International Series K. Maneesha Low Hang Yee
Cheah Yee See
5–11, 11–8, 12–10, 11–8 Winner
2016Mauritius International K. Maneesha Yogendran Khrishnan
Prajakta Sawant
21–19, 11–21, 21–17 Winner
2015Tata Open India International K. Maneesha Arun Vishnu
Aparna Balan
21–13, 21–16 Winner