Ajay Jayaram

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Ajay Jayaram
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Personal information
CountryIndia
Born (1987-09-28) 28 September 1987 (age 37)
Chennai, India
Residence Mumbai, India
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Retired26 March 2022
HandednessRight
Coach Anup Sridhar
Men's singles
Highest ranking13 (25 May 2017)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Asia Team Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Hyderabad Men's team
BWF profile

Ajay Jayaram (born 28 September 1987) is an Indian retired badminton player from Chennai. [1] [2] He plays for the Mumbai Rockets in the Premier Badminton League. [3] Jayaram is a champion of the Czech International and Dutch Open tournament. [4] Ajay Jayaram did his schooling from Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School. [5] He retired from the international badminton on 26 March 2022 to pursue MBA from ISB, Hyderabad. [6] Ajay Jayaram married Soumya Ravi on April 6, 2022.

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Achievements

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [7] 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. [8]

Men's singles

YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResult
2018 Vietnam Open Super 100 Flag of Indonesia.svg Shesar Hiren Rhustavito 14–21, 10–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

BWF Superseries (1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, [9] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. [10] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2015 Korea Open Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Long 14–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2010 Dutch Open Flag of Japan.svg Sho Sasaki 16–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2014 Dutch Open Flag of Indonesia.svg Ihsan Maulana Mustofa 10–11, 11–6, 11–7, 1–11, 11–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Dutch Open Flag of Estonia.svg Raul Must 21–12, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2016 Dutch Open Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wang Tzu-wei 10–21, 21–17, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

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

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2008 North Shore City International Flag of New Zealand.svg John Moody 16–21, 20–22Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2008 Waikato International Flag of India.svg Prakash Jolly 21–11, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2010 Smiling Fish International Flag of Malaysia.svg Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin 21–10, 21–4Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2010 Czech International Flag of Ireland.svg Scott Evans 21–11, 21–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018 White Nights Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Abián 21–11, 16–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2021 Belgian International Flag of Malaysia.svg Ng Tze Yong 14–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. "Players: Ajay Jayaram". Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  2. "Profile: Ajay Jayaram". Badminton Association of India . Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  3. "PBL 2017: Ajay Jayaram pips Kidambi Srikanth as Mumbai Rockets thwart Awadhe Warriors". Firstpost . Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  4. "11 Things You Didn't Know About Ajay Jayaram Who Shocked Top Badminton Players In Korea Open". MensXP. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  5. "Ajay Jayaram, from nearly man to a comeback man". Indian Express . Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  6. "Ajay Jayaram retires from international badminton". The Indian Express. 27 March 2022. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  7. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  8. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  9. "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  10. "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.