Badminton at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's singles

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Badminton – Men's singles
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Badminton pictogram.svg
Venue Emirates Arena, Glasgow
Dates29 July – 3 August 2014
Competitors62 from 28 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of India.svg  India
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of India.svg  India
  2010
2018  

The men's singles badminton event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games was held from July 29 to August 3 at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow. [1] The defending gold medalist was Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, who won in 2006 and 2010. This year, Lee withdrew from the tournament due to an injury. [2]

Contents

The athletes were drawn into an elimination stage draw. Once a team lost a match it was no longer able to compete. Each match was contested as the best of three games.

The draw for the competition was done on July 21, 2014.

Seeds

The seeds for the tournament were: [3]

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Results

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Chong Wei Feng  (MAS)15 2117
5 Flag of India.svg  Gurusai Datt  (IND)218 21
5 Flag of India.svg  Gurusai Datt  (IND)2119 15
6 Flag of Singapore.svg  Derek Wong  (SIN)16 2121
4 Flag of India.svg  Srikanth Kidambi  (IND)10 2112
6 Flag of Singapore.svg  Derek Wong  (SIN)2112 21
6 Flag of Singapore.svg  Derek Wong  (SIN)14 2119
2 Flag of India.svg  Parupalli Kashyap  (IND)2111 21
8 Flag of Scotland.svg  Kieran Merrilees  (SCO)14 7
3 Flag of England.svg  Rajiv Ouseph  (ENG)2121
3 Flag of England.svg  Rajiv Ouseph  (ENG)2119 18 Third place
2 Flag of India.svg  Parupalli Kashyap  (IND)17 2121
7 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Liew Daren  (MAS)13 14 5 Flag of India.svg  Gurusai Datt  (IND)2114 21
2 Flag of India.svg  Parupalli Kashyap  (IND)21213 Flag of England.svg  Rajiv Ouseph  (ENG)15 2119

Top half

Section 1

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals
1 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Chong Wei Feng  (MAS)2121
Flag of New Zealand.svg  Joe Wu  (NZL)21 17 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Buwaneka Dullewa  (SRI)13 10
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Buwaneka Dullewa  (SRI)23211 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Chong Wei Feng  (MAS)2121
Flag of South Africa.svg  Prakash Vijayanath  (RSA)2121Ulster banner.svg  Tony Stephenson  (NIR)15 10
Flag of Barbados.svg  Andre Padmore  (BAR)15 7 Flag of South Africa.svg  Prakash Vijayanath  (RSA)5 8
Ulster banner.svg  Tony Stephenson  (NIR)2121Ulster banner.svg  Tony Stephenson  (NIR)2121
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Mohammed Haque  (BAN)10 15 1 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Chong Wei Feng  (MAS)15 2117
5 Flag of India.svg  Gurusai Datt  (IND)21215 Flag of India.svg  Gurusai Datt  (IND)218 21
Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Benjamin Li  (IOM)5 12 5 Flag of India.svg  Gurusai Datt  (IND)2121
Flag of Uganda.svg  Edwin Ekiring  (UGA)2221Flag of Uganda.svg  Edwin Ekiring  (UGA)13 11
Flag of Maldives.svg Mohamed Ajfan Rasheed (MDV)20 12 5 Flag of India.svg  Gurusai Datt  (IND)2121
Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg  Ross Stewart  (FAI)5 5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Andrew D’Souza  (CAN)13 9
Flag of Ghana.svg  Emmanuel Donkor  (GHA)2121Flag of Ghana.svg  Emmanuel Donkor  (GHA)12 16
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Andrew D’Souza  (CAN)2121Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Andrew D’Souza  (CAN)2121
Flag of Kenya.svg  Patrick Mbogo  (KEN)11 10

Section 2

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals
4 Flag of India.svg  Srikanth Kidambi  (IND)2121
Flag of Saint Helena.svg  Duane March  (SHN)3 4 4 Flag of India.svg  Srikanth Kidambi  (IND)2121
Flag of Botswana.svg  Gaone Tawana  (BOT)9 8 Flag of Wales 2.svg  Daniel Font  (WAL)8 13
Flag of Wales 2.svg  Daniel Font  (WAL)21214 Flag of India.svg  Srikanth Kidambi  (IND)20 2121
Flag of Ghana.svg  Abraham Ayittey  (GHA)6 14 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Niluka Karunaratne  (SRI)2216 12
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Niluka Karunaratne  (SRI)2121Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Niluka Karunaratne  (SRI)2121
Flag of Saint Helena.svg  Ryan Benjamin  (SHN)4 7 Flag of Maldives.svg  Nasheeu Sharafuddeen  (MDV)11 4
Flag of Maldives.svg  Nasheeu Sharafuddeen  (MDV)21214 Flag of India.svg  Srikanth Kidambi  (IND)10 2112
6 Flag of Singapore.svg  Derek Wong  (SIN)21216 Flag of Singapore.svg  Derek Wong  (SIN)2112 21
Flag of Jersey.svg  Mark Constable  (JER)7 12 6 Flag of Singapore.svg  Derek Wong  (SIN)2121
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Georgie Cupidon  (SEY)2121Flag of Seychelles.svg  Georgie Cupidon  (SEY)3 4
Flag of Norfolk Island.svg  Michael Donohoe  (NFI)3 8 6 Flag of Singapore.svg  Derek Wong  (SIN)2121
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Julien Paul  (MRI)2115 15 Flag of Jamaica.svg  Gareth Henry  (JAM)7 7
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Gareth Henry  (JAM)17 2121Flag of Jamaica.svg  Gareth Henry  (JAM)2121
Flag of Zambia.svg  Ngosa Chongo  (ZAM)2121Flag of Zambia.svg  Ngosa Chongo  (ZAM)16 14
Flag of Guernsey.svg  Daniel Penney  (GUE)13 13

Bottom half

Section 3

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals
Flag of Guernsey.svg  Stuart Hardy  (GUE)13 16
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Muhammed Bhatti  (PAK)2121Flag of Pakistan.svg  Muhammed Bhatti  (PAK)2120 18
Ulster banner.svg  Tony Murphy  (NIR)2121Ulster banner.svg  Tony Murphy  (NIR)11 2221
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Kervin Ghislain  (SEY)13 15 Ulster banner.svg  Tony Murphy  (NIR)15 8
Flag of Kenya.svg  Victor Munga  (KEN)21218 Flag of Scotland.svg  Kieran Merrilees  (SCO)2121
Flag of Jersey.svg  Alexander Hutchings  (JER)17 13 Flag of Kenya.svg  Victor Munga  (KEN)6 7
Flag of Norfolk Island.svg  Richard Cribb  (NFI)4 3 8 Flag of Scotland.svg  Kieran Merrilees  (SCO)2121
8 Flag of Scotland.svg  Kieran Merrilees  (SCO)21218 Flag of Scotland.svg  Kieran Merrilees  (SCO)14 7
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Ayman Jaman  (BAN)21213 Flag of England.svg  Rajiv Ouseph  (ENG)2121
Flag of Uganda.svg  Wilson Tukire  (UGA)11 12 Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Ayman Jaman  (BAN)7 7
Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg  Dominic Jaffray  (FAI)4 5 Flag of Singapore.svg  Huang Chao  (SIN)2121
Flag of Singapore.svg  Huang Chao  (SIN)2121Flag of Singapore.svg  Huang Chao  (SIN)15 15
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Garron Palmer  (JAM)15 2114 3 Flag of England.svg  Rajiv Ouseph  (ENG)2121
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Sahir Edoo  (MRI)2118 21Flag of Mauritius.svg  Sahir Edoo  (MRI)11 6
Flag of Zambia.svg  Chongo Mulenga  (ZAM)10 9 3 Flag of England.svg  Rajiv Ouseph  (ENG)2121
3 Flag of England.svg  Rajiv Ouseph  (ENG)2121

Section 4

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals
Flag of New Zealand.svg  Michael Fowke  (NZL)2121
Flag of Maldives.svg  Mohamed Sarim  (MDV)9 10 Flag of New Zealand.svg  Michael Fowke  (NZL)9 18
Flag of South Africa.svg  Jacob Maliekal  (RSA)Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Dinuka Karunaratne  (SRI)2121
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Dinuka Karunaratne  (SRI)w/oFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Dinuka Karunaratne  (SRI)19 12
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Aatish Lubah  (MRI)2117 17 7 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Liew Daren  (MAS)2121
Flag of Ghana.svg  Daniel Sam  (GHA)16 2121Flag of Ghana.svg  Daniel Sam  (GHA)14 16
Flag of Saint Helena.svg  Lee Yon  (SHN)3 11 7 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Liew Daren  (MAS)2121
7 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Liew Daren  (MAS)21217 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Liew Daren  (MAS)13 14
Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg  Douglas Clark  (FAI)19 14 2 Flag of India.svg  Parupalli Kashyap  (IND)2121
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Steve Malcouzanne  (SEY)2121Flag of Seychelles.svg  Steve Malcouzanne  (SEY)11 7
Flag of Australia.svg  Jeff Tho  (AUS)2121Flag of Australia.svg  Jeff Tho  (AUS)2121
Flag of Kenya.svg  Joseph Githitu  (KEN)5 11 Flag of Australia.svg  Jeff Tho  (AUS)7 8
Flag of Norfolk Island.svg  Jason Quintal  (NFI)4 4 2 Flag of India.svg  Parupalli Kashyap  (IND)2121
Flag of Barbados.svg  Dakeil Thorpe  (BAR)2121Flag of Barbados.svg  Dakeil Thorpe  (BAR)9 5
2 Flag of India.svg  Parupalli Kashyap  (IND)2121

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