Satwiksairaj Rankireddy

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Personal information
Country	India
Born	13 August 2000 (age 21); Amalapuram, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	7 (MD with Chirag Shetty 12 November 2019); 19 (XD with Ashwini Ponnappa 2 February 2021)
Current ranking	9 (MD), 25 (XD) (7 December 2021)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing India
Commonwealth Games
Asia Team Championships
	BWF profile

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (born 13 August 2000) is an Indian badminton player.^[1]^[2] Rankireddy and his partner, Chirag Shetty, have become the first men's doubles pair from India to be ranked inside the top 10.^[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]

Career[]

In 2018, Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty played a crucial role in earning India the historic gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where they also won the men's doubles silver.^[5]

In 2021, Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost to Indonesian duo of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in the second round to crash out of the 2020 Yonex Thailand Open.^[6] In July, he and Shetty competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the group stage , They were only ones in the entire tournament who defeated gold medalist of 2020 summer Olympics in group stage .^[7]

Achievements[]

Commonwealth Games[]

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Carrara 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, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[8] 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.^[9]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Hyderabad Open	Super 100	Chirag Shetty	Akbar Bintang Cahyono Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani	21–16, 21–14	Winner
2018	Syed Modi International	Super 300	Chirag Shetty	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	11–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2019	Thailand Open	Super 500	Chirag Shetty	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	21–19, 18–21, 21–18	Winner
2019	French Open	Super 750	Chirag Shetty	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	18–21, 16–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (10 titles)[]

Men's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

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