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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (born 13 August 2000) is an Indian badminton player.[1][2] He and his partner, Chirag Shetty, are the only doubles pair from India to become World No. 1 in BWF World Ranking, win BWF World Tour 1000 series, and became the first Indians to win a gold at the Asian games in badminton. Also, they became the 5th pair in men's doubles history to achieve 100000 points in the BWF ranking.[3]

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Rankireddy in August 2022
Personal information
CountryIndia
Born (2000-08-13) 13 August 2000 (age 23)
Amalapuram, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Years active2015-present
HandednessRight handed
CoachMathias Boe
Men's & mixed doubles
Career record322 wins, 162 losses
Highest ranking1 (MD with Chirag Shetty, 10 October 2023)
19 (XD with Ashwini Ponnappa, 2 February 2021)
Current ranking1 (MD with Chirag Shetty, 21 May 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  India
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tokyo Men's doubles
Thomas Cup
Gold medal – first place 2022 Bangkok Men's team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Mixed team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Men's team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Dubai Men's doubles
Asia Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Hyderabad Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Manila Men's team
BWF profile

He achieved a new Guinness World Record for the fastest hit in badminton by a male player, with his smash reaching a speed of 565 km/h.[4][5]

Early life and background edit

Rankireddy hails from a town named Amalapuram in the state of Andhra Pradesh and started playing badminton after following in the footsteps of 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.[6]

Career edit

2018 edit

In 2018, Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty played a crucial role in earning India the historic gold medal in the Mixed Team event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where they also won the men's doubles silver.[7] They won their first BWF World Tour title in Hyderabad Open after beating the Indonesian pair of Akbar Bintang Cahyono and Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani in the final.[8]

2019 edit

In 2019, Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty became the first Indian doubles pair to win a BWF Superseries or BWF World Tour (Super 500+) title, when they won the Thailand Open title, beating the Chinese pair of Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen in the final.[9] They followed it up with a runner-up finish at the 2019 French Open, where they lost in the final to the Indonesian pair of Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo.[10]

2021 edit

In 2021, Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost to the Indonesian duo of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in the second round to crash out of the 2020 Yonex Thailand Open.[11] In July, he and Shetty competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, but were eliminated in the group stage, following a loss to Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo. However, they were the only pair in the entire tournament who defeated eventual gold medalists Lee Yang and Wang Chi-Lin, whom they had narrowly beaten in their first group stage encounter.[12] In December, Rankireddy and Shetty qualified for the BWF World Tour Finals for the first time in their career, but withdrew from the tournament after a loss in their first group stage match to the Danish pair of Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen.

2022 edit

In 2022, Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty started the year by winning the India Open.[13] They were also part of India's Thomas Cup winning team. In the final, having lost the first game to the Indonesian duo of Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Mohammad Ahsan, they displayed immense perseverance and tenacity to win the second game and close out the third game at 21–19, giving India a 2–0 lead over Indonesia. This was pivotal in helping India bag its maiden Thomas Cup trophy.[14] Rankireddy and Shetty then won the men's doubles gold at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, beating the home pair of Ben Lane and Sean Vendy in the final.[15] At the BWF World Championships, Rankireddy and Shetty won a bronze medal, India's first-ever men's doubles medal at the tournament. They beat defending champions Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi in the quarterfinals, but lost in the semi-finals to eventual champions Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik.[16] They then won their first ever BWF World Super 750 title in the French Open by beating Chinese Taipei pair Lu Ching-yao and Yang Po-han in the finals.[17]

2023 edit

In 2023, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won their first title as a pair in the 2023 Swiss Open (badminton), beating the Chinese pair of Ren Xiangyu and Tan Qiang in the final. The duo also crowned as Asian Champion after winning the 2023 Badminton Asia Championships held in Dubai. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won their first BWF World Super 1000 title by defeating Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the final of 2023 Indonesia Open, thus becoming the first men's doubles pair from India to win the event.[18] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty went on to win 2023 Korea Open defeating Indonesian Pair Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto.

2024 edit

With Chirag Shetty, he reached the final of Super 1000 event of 2024 Malaysia Open and lost to the Chinese pair of Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang. Then they reached another final this year at 2024 India Open and again reached finals but lost to the Korean pair of Kang Min-hyuk and Seo Seung-jae in a tough game. Then they finally achieved success by winning their first tour of this year in Super 750 event of 2024 French Open defeating Chinese Taipei pair of Lee Jhe-huei and Yang Po-hsuan in straight games easily.[19]

Honours edit

Achievements edit

World Championships edit

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium,
Tokyo, Japan 		  Chirag Shetty   Aaron Chia
  Soh Wooi Yik 		22–20, 18–21, 16–21   Bronze

Commonwealth Games edit

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
2022 National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England   Chirag Shetty   Ben Lane
  Sean Vendy 		21–15, 21–13   Gold

Asian Games edit

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China   Chirag Shetty   Choi Sol-gyu
  Kim Won-ho 		21–18, 21–16   Gold

Asian Championships edit

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2023 Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall,
Dubai, United Arab Emirates 		  Chirag Shetty   Ong Yew Sin
  Teo Ee Yi 		16–21, 21–17, 21–19   Gold

BWF World Tour (9 titles, 5 runners-up) edit

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[22] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[23]

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
2022 India Open Super 500   Chirag Shetty   Mohammad Ahsan
  Hendra Setiawan 		21–16, 26–24   Winner
2022 French Open Super 750   Chirag Shetty   Lu Ching-yao
  Yang Po-han 		21–13, 21–19   Winner
2023 Swiss Open Super 300   Chirag Shetty   Ren Xiangyu
  Tan Qiang 		21–19, 24–22   Winner
2023 Indonesia Open Super 1000   Chirag Shetty   Aaron Chia
  Soh Wooi Yik 		21–17, 21–18   Winner
2023 Korea Open Super 500   Chirag Shetty   Fajar Alfian
  Muhammad Rian Ardianto 		17–21, 21–13, 21–14   Winner
2023 China Masters Super 750   Chirag Shetty   Liang Weikeng
  Wang Chang 		19–21, 21–18, 19–21   Runner-up
2024 Malaysia Open Super 1000   Chirag Shetty   Liang Weikeng
  Wang Chang 		21–9, 18–21, 17–21   Runner-up
2024 India Open Super 750   Chirag Shetty   Kang Min-hyuk
  Seo Seung-jae 		21–15, 11–21, 18–21   Runner-up
2024 French Open Super 750   Chirag Shetty   Lee Jhe-huei
  Yang Po-hsuan 		21–11, 21–17   Winner
2024 Thailand Open Super 500   Chirag Shetty   Chen Boyang
  Liu Yi 		21–15, 21–15   Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (10 titles) edit

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
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (1 title, 1 runner-up) edit

Boys' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 India Junior International   Krishna Prasad Garaga   Arjun M. R.
  Chirag Shetty 		7–11, 10–11, 6-11   Runner-up
2015 India Junior International   Krishna Prasad Garaga   W Sarapat
  Panachai Worasaktayanan 		21–15, 21–17   Winner
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Performance timeline edit

Key
W F SF QF #R RR Q# A G S B NH N/A DNQ
(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

National team edit

  • Junior level
Team events 2015 2016
World Junior Championships 9th QF
  • Senior level
Team events 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Asia Team Championships B NH QF NH B NH A NH QF
Asia Mixed Team Championships NH QF NH A NH A NH
Asian Games NH QF NH S NH
Commonwealth Games NH G NH S NH
Thomas Cup RR NH A NH QF NH G NH QF
Sudirman Cup NH QF NH RR NH RR NH RR NH

Individual competitions edit

Junior level edit

  • Boys' doubles
Events 2015 2016
World Junior Championships 3R 4R
  • Mixed doubles
Events 2015 2016
World Junior Championships 2R QF

Senior level edit

Men's doubles edit
Events 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Asian Championships A NH QF G w/d
Asian Games NH 2R NH G NH
Commonwealth Games NH S NH G NH
World Championships 1R 2R A NH 3R B QF NH
Olympic Games NH RR NH
Tournament BWF Superseries / Grand Prix BWF World Tour Best
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Malaysia Open A Q2 1R A NH 2R SF F F ('24)
India Open A 1R 2R A NH W 2R F W ('22)
Indonesia Masters A NH SF A 1R 1R A SF ('18)
French Open A QF SF F NH QF W 2R W W ('22, '24)
All England Open A 2R A 2R QF 2R 2R QF ('22)
Swiss Open A NH SF 2R W A W ('23)
Spain Masters NH A NH 1R A 1R ('23)
Thailand Open A A 1R W 2R NH A 2R W W ('19, '24)
SF
Malaysia Masters A 1R A 1R NH A 1R ('17, '20)
Singapore Open A Q2 2R A NH A 1R 1R 2R ('18)
Indonesia Open A 1R 1R 2R NH SF A W W ('23)
U.S. Open A 1R A NH A 1R ('17)
Korea Open A QF A 1R NH QF W W ('23)
Japan Open A 1R 1R QF NH A QF QF ('19, '23)
Australian Open A 2R A 2R NH A 2R ('17, '19)
China Open A 1R 1R 2R NH 1R 2R ('19)
Hong Kong Open A 1R 1R NH A 1R ('18, '19)
Dutch Open A 1R A NH NA 1R ('17)
Hyderabad Open NA W A NA W ('18)
Denmark Open A 1R A 2R A 2R QF A QF ('22)
Hylo Open A QF A QF ('22)
Japan Masters NH 1R 1R ('24)
China Masters A QF SF NH F F ('23)
Syed Modi International 1R 1R F 1R NH A F ('18)
Superseries / Tour Finals DNQ RR DNQ RR ('21)
Year-end ranking 68 31 16 12 10 10 5 2 1
Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Best

Record against selected opponents edit

Men's doubles results with Chirag Shetty against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists. Accurate as of 17 March 2024.[24]

Awards and recognition edit

Guinness world record

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy set a new Guinness World Record for the fastest hit by a male player in badminton, with his smash reaching a speed of 565 km/h. The previous record of 493 km/h was held by Malaysian player Tan Boon Heong, set in May 2013.[5] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy made the record-breaking smash at the Yonex factory gymnasium in Soka, Saitama, Japan, under controlled conditions. Official judges from the Guinness World Records verified the speed measurement results, solidifying Satwik's historic achievement.

National edit

See also edit

References edit

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