Chirag Shetty

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Chirag Shetty
Chirag Shetty at the felicitation event after the Commonwealth Games in August 2022.jpg
Shetty in 2022
Personal information
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
Born (1997-07-04) 4 July 1997 (age 28)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
HandednessRight
Coach
Men's doubles
Highest ranking1 (with Satwiksairaj Rankireddy)
October 2023
Current ranking9 (with Satwiksairaj Rankireddy)
August 2025
Honours
BWF profile

Chirag Shetty (born 4 July 1997) is an Indian badminton player. [1] With his doubles partner Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, he has won double bronzes at the World Championships as well as gold medals at the Asian Games, Asian Championships and Commonwealth Games. Shetty and Rankireddy are the only Indian doubles pair to reach number 1 in the world ranking and win the World Tour Super 1000. They are also the first Indians to win a gold at the Asian Games in badminton. [2]

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Early life

Shetty was born on 4 July 1997 in Malad, Mumbai to a Tulu family. His parents are Sujata and Chandrashekhar Shetty and his father is a hotelier. [3] [4] He started training at the Uday Pawar Badminton Academy at the Goregaon Sports Club, but shifted to the Gopichand Badminton Academy, Hyderabad.

Shetty initially partnered with Arjun M. R., but was later paired with Satwiksairaj Rankireddy by coach Tan Kim Her who felt that two tall, strong guys with skills could combine to become a formidable pair. [5]

Career

2018

In 2018, Shetty and Rankireddy played a crucial role in earning India a historic gold medal in the mixed team event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where they also won the men's doubles silver. [6] 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. [7]

2019

In 2019, Shetty and Rankireddy 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. [8] They followed it up with a runner-up finish at the French Open, where they lost in the final to the world number 1 pairing of Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo. [9]

2021

In 2021, Shetty and Rankireddy lost to the Indonesian duo of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in the second round to crash out of the 2020 Yonex Thailand Open. [10] In July, he and Rankireddy 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 beat in their first group stage encounter. [11] In December, Shetty and Rankireddy 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

In 2022, Shetty and Rankireddy started the year by winning India Open. [12] 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. [13] Shetty and Rankireddy then won the men's doubles gold at the Commonwealth Games, beating the home pair of Ben Lane and Sean Vendy in the final. [14] At the BWF World Championships, Shetty and Rankireddy 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. [15] Shetty and Rankireddy won the French Open making it their first Super 750 title in their career by beating Lu Ching-yao and Yang Po-han in the finals. [16]

2023

In February, Shetty was a member of the Indian team which clinched the bronze medal at Asia Mixed Team Championships. Shetty and Rankireddy won their first title as a pair in the 2023 Swiss Open (badminton), beating 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. They won their first BWF World Tour Super 1000 title by defeating Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the final of Indonesia Open, thus becoming the first men's doubles pair from India to win the event. The duo went on to win Korea Open defeating Indonesian Pair Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto.

2024

Partnered with Rankireddy, he reached the final of Super 1000 event of Malaysia Open and lost to the Chinese pair of Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang. Then they reached another final this year at 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 French Open defeating Lee Jhe-huei and Yang Po-hsuan in straight games easily. [17]

At the Singapore Open, Shetty and Rankireddy suffered a first round exit to a Danish pair in straight games.

2025

Malaysian coach Tan Kim Her who identified and paired Shetty with Rankireddy returned as their coach again. [18] In the Malaysia and India Open, they reached the semi-finals. [19] [20]

Achievements

World Championships

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2022 Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Flag of Malaysia.svg Aaron Chia
Flag of Malaysia.svg Soh Wooi Yik
22–20, 18–21, 16–21 Med 3.png Bronze
2025 Adidas Arena, Paris, France Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Boyang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Yi
19–21, 21–18, 12–21 Med 3.png Bronze

Commonwealth Games

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018 Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre,
Gold Coast, Australia
Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Flag of England.svg Marcus Ellis
Flag of England.svg Chris Langridge
13–21, 16–21 Med 2.png Silver
2022 National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Flag of England.svg Ben Lane
Flag of England.svg Sean Vendy
21–15, 21–13 Med 1.png Gold

Asian Games

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Sol-gyu
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Won-ho
21–18, 21–16 Med 1.png Gold

Asian Championships

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2023 Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall,
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Flag of Malaysia.svg Ong Yew Sin
Flag of Malaysia.svg Teo Ee Yi
16–21, 21–17, 21–19 Med 1.png Gold

World Tour (9 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018. [21] It is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation. The tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and Super 100. [22]

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018 Hyderabad Open Super 100 Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Flag of Indonesia.svg Akbar Bintang Cahyono
Flag of Indonesia.svg Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani
21–16, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018 Syed Modi International Super 300 Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Flag of Indonesia.svg Fajar Alfian
Flag of Indonesia.svg Muhammad Rian Ardianto
11–21, 20–22Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Thailand Open Super 500 Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Junhui
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Yuchen
21–19, 18–21, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 French Open Super 750 Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Flag of Indonesia.svg Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Flag of Indonesia.svg Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
18–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2022 India Open Super 500 Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Flag of Indonesia.svg Mohammad Ahsan
Flag of Indonesia.svg Hendra Setiawan
21–16, 26–24Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2022 French OpenSuper 750 Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lu Ching-yao
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yang Po-han
21–13, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2023 Swiss Open Super 300 Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ren Xiangyu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tan Qiang
21–19, 24–22Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2023 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Flag of Malaysia.svg Aaron Chia
Flag of Malaysia.svg Soh Wooi Yik
21–17, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2023 Korea Open Super 500 Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Flag of Indonesia.svg Fajar Alfian
Flag of Indonesia.svg Muhammad Rian Ardianto
17–21, 21–13, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2023 China Masters Super 750 Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Weikeng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Chang
19–21, 21–18, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2024 Malaysia Open Super 1000 Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Weikeng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Chang
21–9, 18–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2024 India OpenSuper 750 Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Flag of South Korea.svg Kang Min-hyuk
Flag of South Korea.svg Seo Seung-jae
21–15, 11–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2024 French OpenSuper 750 Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lee Jhe-huei
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yang Po-hsuan
21–11, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2024 Thailand OpenSuper 500 Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Boyang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Yi
21–15, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner

International Challenge / Series (6 titles)

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016 Mauritius International Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Flag of India.svg Dhruv Kapila
Flag of India.svg Saurabh Sharma
21–12, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2016India International Series Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Flag of Malaysia.svg Goh Sze Fei
Flag of Malaysia.svg Nur Izzuddin
8–11, 11–5, 7–11, 11–8, 11–5Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2016 Tata Open India International Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Flag of India.svg Arjun M.R.
Flag of India.svg Ramchandran Shlok
10–12, 11–9, 11–7, 11–5Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2016 Bangladesh International Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Flag of India.svg M. Anilkumar Raju
Flag of India.svg Venkat Gaurav Prasad
17–21, 21–7, 21–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017 Vietnam International Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Flag of Thailand.svg Trawut Potieng
Flag of Thailand.svg Nanthakarn Yordphaisong
17–21, 21–9, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Brazil International Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jelle Maas
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Tabeling
21–14, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

Junior International (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

Boys' doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013India Junior International Flag of India.svg Arjun M. R. Flag of India.svg Aditya Joshi
Flag of India.svg Arun George
17–21, 12-21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2014India Junior International Flag of India.svg Arjun M. R. Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Flag of India.svg Krishna Prasad Garaga
11–7, 11–10, 11-6Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014Belgian Junior International Flag of India.svg Arjun M. R. Flag of Scotland.svg Alexander Dunn
Flag of Scotland.svg Adam Hall
9–11, 11–2, 11-7Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014Swiss Junior International Flag of India.svg Arjun M. R. Flag of England.svg Ben Lane
Flag of England.svg Sean Vendy
11–7, 11–8, 11-7Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014India Junior International Flag of India.svg Shruthi K. P. Flag of India.svg Arjun M. R.
Flag of India.svg Kuhoo Garg
8–11, 7–11, 11–5, 8-11Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015India Junior International Flag of India.svg Sanjana Santosh Flag of Indonesia.svg Andika Ramadiansyah
Flag of Indonesia.svg Mychelle Crhystine Bandaso
13–21, 19-21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResultRef(s)
2018 BWF Awards Most Improved PlayersNominated
2019Nominated
2020 Arjuna Award Good Performance in the Field of SportsWon [23]
2023 Khel Ratna Award Spectacular Performance in the Field of SportsWon [24]
2023 BWF Awards Men's Doubles Pair of the YearNominated
2025 Times of India Sports Awards Badminton Player of the Year MaleTBA [25]

Record against opponents

Men's doubles results with Satwiksairaj Rankireddy against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists. Accurate as of 31 July 2025. [26]

See also

References

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