Sawan Serasinghe


Sawan Serasinghe is a badminton player from Australia. He won seven Oceania Championships titles, five in the men's doubles and two in the mixed doubles. Serasinghe competed in the men's doubles event at the 2016 Summer Olympics alongside Matthew Chau.
in 2016

Career

Serasinghe started playing badminton since the age of five, he was born in Galle, Sri Lanka, and moved to Australia when he was 11-years-old. He trains at the National Training Centre in Melbourne, and took out back-to-back Oceania Championships titles with Chau in 2015 and 2016. The 22-year-old also won the 2014 Sydney International Challenge mixed doubles with Setyana Mapasa, against some of the best players in the world. The Melbournian’s first international experience was at the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival where he competed in the men’s doubles with Chau and also took the court in the men’s singles competition.
He made his first Olympic appearance at the 2016 Summer Olympics, competing in the men's doubles with Matthew Chau. They headed into Rio as the 46th highest ranked pairing in the world, and were eliminated in the group stages after losing each of their matches against South Korea, Russia, and Chinese Taipei.
Off the court, Serasinghe studies a Bachelor of Business Information Systems at Monash University.

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2020Ken Kay Badminton Stadium,
Ballarat, Australia		 Matthew Chau Oliver Leydon-Davis
Abhinav Manota		21–18, 9–21, 14–21 Silver
2019Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia		 Eric Vuong Simon Leung
Mitchell Wheller		21–17, 21–10 Gold
2018Eastlink Badminton Stadium,
Hamilton, New Zealand		 Matthew Chau Robin Middleton
Ross Smith		21–17, 23–21 Gold
2017Salle Anewy,
Nouméa, New Caledonia		 Matthew Chau Kevin Dennerly-Minturn
Niccolo Tagle		21–8, 21–14 Gold
2016Punaauia University Hall,
Papeete, Tahiti		 Matthew Chau Leo Cucuel
Remi Rossi		21–11, 21–12 Gold
2015X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre,
North Harbour, New Zealand		 Matthew Chau Kevin Dennerly-Minturn
Oliver Leydon-Davis		10–21, 21–16, 21–13 Gold
2014Ken Kay Badminton Hall,
Ballarat, Australia		 Matthew Chau Raymond Tam
Glenn Warfe		11–21, 13–21 Silver

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia		 Khoo Lee Yen Simon Leung
Gronya Somerville		18–21, 15–21 Silver
2018Eastlink Badminton Stadium,
Hamilton, New Zealand		 Setyana Mapasa Matthew Chau
Leanne Choo		21–19, 21–18 Gold
2017Salle Anewy,
Nouméa, New Caledonia		 Setyana Mapasa Joel Findlay
Gronya Somerville		21–19, 21–9 Gold

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-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.
Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017New Zealand Open Setyana Mapasa Ronald Alexander
Annisa Saufika		19–21, 14–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 3 runners-up)

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Nouméa International Matthew Chau Joel Findlay
Jeff Tho		17–21, 21–7, 21–14 Winner
2015Maribyrnong International Matthew Chau Darren Isaac Devadass
Vountus Indra Mawan		24–22, 10–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2015Waikato International Matthew Chau Rizwan Azam
Michael Fariman		21–16, 21–15 Winner

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Sydney International Setyana Mapasa Ye Hong-wei
Teng Chun-hsun		Walkover Runner-up
2017Nouméa International Setyana Mapasa Dylan Soedjasa
Susannah Leydon-Davis		21–13, 15–21, 21–17 Winner
2015Norwegian International Setyana Mapasa Soren Gravholt
Maiken Fruergaard		21–17, 21–15 Winner
2015Maribyrnong International Setyana Mapasa Robin Middleton
Leanne Choo		21–17, 19–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2015Waikato International Setyana Mapasa Matthew Chau
Gronya Somerville		21–13, 21–17 Winner
2014Sydney International Setyana Mapasa Pham Tran Hoang
Sylvina Kurniawan		11–4, 11–8, 11–3 Winner