Ajay Jayaram

Last updated

Ajay Jayaram
Ajay Jayaram.jpg
Personal information
CountryIndia
Born (1987-09-28) 28 September 1987 (age 36)
Chennai, India
Residence Mumbai, India
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Retired26 March 2022
HandednessRight
CoachAnup Shridhar
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.

Contents

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

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lee Hyun-il</span> South Korean badminton player

Lee Hyun-il is a former badminton player from South Korea. He is a former World and Asian Championships bronze medalist, and was part of South Korean team that won the 2003 Sudirman Cup as well the gold medals at the 2002 and 2014 Asian Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hans-Kristian Vittinghus</span> Danish badminton player (born 1986)

Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus is a Danish badminton player. He was a member of the winning Denmark team at the 2016 Thomas Cup in Kunshan, China.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vladimir Ivanov (badminton)</span> Russian badminton player (born 1987)

Vladimir Alexandrovich Ivanov is a Russian badminton player. He was the champion at the 2014 and 2021 European Championships, and also the 2016 All England Open partnering with Ivan Sozonov. They made history by becoming the first Russian pair to win the men's doubles title in each of those events. Ivanov competed at the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Summer Olympics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ivan Sozonov</span> Russian badminton player (born 1989)

Ivan Andreyevich Sozonov is a Russian badminton player. He competed for Russia at the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Summer Olympics. His current partner is Vladimir Ivanov. The duo's victories at the 2014 European Championships and 2016 All England Open rendered them as the first Russians to win the men's doubles in each of those tournaments.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk</span> Thai badminton player (born 1990)

Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk is a Thai badminton player. He won his first career Superseries title by winning the Denmark Open on 23 October 2016, becoming the first Thai to win a men's singles title in a Superseries Premier tournament. He is studying for a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration at Siam University.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kazumasa Sakai</span> Japanese badminton player

Kazumasa Sakai is a Japanese badminton player who is single specialist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chou Tien-chen</span> Taiwanese badminton player (born 1990)

Chou Tien-chen is a Taiwanese badminton player. He became the first local shuttler in 17 years to win the men's singles title of the Chinese Taipei Open in 2016 since Indonesian-born Fung Permadi won it in 1999. He won his first BWF Super Series title at the 2014 French Open, beating Wang Zhengming of China 10–21, 25–23, 21–19 in the finals. He is the record holder of three consecutive Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold titles from 2012 till 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Keigo Sonoda</span> Badminton player

Keigo Sonoda is a Japanese badminton player. He affiliated with the YKK AP Yatsushiro, before joining the Tonami team in 2010. Sonoda was part of the national team that won the 2014 Thomas Cup. He captured his first Superseries title at the 2016 Hong Kong Open, and reached a career high of world number 2 in the men's doubles partnered with Takeshi Kamura in January 2017.

Lim Khim Wah is a Malaysian badminton player from Penang who plays in the doubles category. His men's doubles partner was Goh V Shem until late 2014. They two won their first Superseries title at the 2014 Malaysia Open. Together with Goh, Lim reached a career high as world number 11 in the men's doubles in May 2013. In 2015, Lim resigned from the Badminton Association of Malaysia. In 2022, Lim teamed up with Nur Mohd Azyriyn Ayub, they started their career in three back-to-back tournaments in India, with the India Open as the first tournament.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mads Conrad-Petersen</span> Danish badminton player (born 1988)

Mads Conrad-Petersen is a Danish former badminton player. He won the gold medal at the 2016 European Championships in the men's doubles event partnered with Mads Pieler Kolding. He also a part of the Denmark national team who won the 2016 Thomas Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nipitphon Phuangphuapet</span> Thai badminton player

Nipitphon Phuangphuapet is a Thai badminton player. He studies bachelor of Laws at Bangkok-Dhonburi University.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Son Wan-ho</span> South Korean badminton player (born 1988)

Son Wan-ho is a South Korean badminton player. He reached a career high as world number 1 in the men's singles in May 2017. He competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. He plays primarily defensively, and began playing badminton after a teacher suggested it to him in elementary school. He holds a bachelor's degree from Inha University in Incheon, South Korea. In 2017, he helped the Korean national team reach the final at the Sudirman Cup and won that tournament. He is married to compatriot women's singles player, Sung Ji-hyun.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Srikanth Kidambi</span> Indian badminton player

Srikanth Kidambi is an Indian badminton player. A former world no. 1, Kidambi was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, in 2018. and the Arjuna award in 2015. In 2021, he became the first Indian to reach the World Championship final in the men's singles discipline.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Liu Cheng (badminton)</span> Chinese badminton player

Liu Cheng is a retired badminton player who represented China. He was the men's doubles World Champion in 2017 partnered with Zhang Nan, also the mixed doubles World and Asian Junior Champion in 2010 with Bao Yixin. Liu was part of the national team member that won the team events at the 2015, 2021 Sudirman Cup, 2018 Thomas Cup and 2018 Asian Games. He reached a career high of world number 2 in both men's and mixed doubles events. He announced his retirement from the international tournament on 30 June 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ng Ka Long</span> Hong Kong badminton player

Angus Ng Ka Long is a badminton player from Hong Kong. He has a career-high ranking of 6th in the men's singles discipline. He won the 2016 Hong Kong Super Series, the 2020 Thailand Masters and the 2023 German Open.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jeon Hyeok-jin</span> South Korean badminton player

Jeon Hyeok-jin is a Korean badminton player. Specializing in singles, he was runner-up at the 2013 Asian Junior Badminton Championships. He was part of the Korean team that won men's team gold at the 2014 Asian Games and the following year, he beat both Chou Tien-chen and compatriot Son Wan-ho to win gold at the 2015 Summer Universiade. In 2017, he helped the Korean national team to win the world team championships at the Sudirman Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mathias Christiansen</span> Danish badminton player (born 1994)

Mathias Christiansen is a Danish badminton player who joined the national team in July 2013. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Takuto Inoue is a Japanese badminton player from the Unisys team. He won his first senior international title at the 2013 Romanian International tournament in the men's singles and doubles event.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lee Jhe-huei</span> Taiwanese badminton player

Lee Jhe-huei is a Taiwanese badminton player.

Takuro Hoki is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with Tonami team. He was the men's doubles silver medalist at the 2019 World Championships and the men's doubles gold medalist at the 2021 World Championships, being first ever Japanese men's doubles to become world champions.

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.