Gayatri Gopichand

Gayatri Gopichand
Personal information
Full name	Gayatri Gopichand Pullela
Country	India
Born	(2003-03-04) 4 March 2003 (age 22) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Pullela Gopichand Arun Vishnu
Women's doubles
Career title(s)	2
Highest ranking	9 (with Treesa Jolly, 14 January 2025)
Current ranking	9 (with Treesa Jolly, 25 March 2025)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing   India Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Mixed team 2022 Birmingham Women's doubles Asia Mixed Team Championships 2023 Dubai Mixed team Asia Team Championships 2024 Selangor Women's team South Asian Games 2019 Pokhara Women's team 2019 Pokhara Women's singles
BWF profile

Gayatri Gopichand Pullela (born 4 March 2003) is an Indian badminton player. ^[1] She is the daughter of former badminton players P. V. V. Lakshmi and Pullela Gopichand. ^[2] She was part of the team that clinched the gold medal at the 2019 South Asian Games. She also won a silver in the women's singles. ^[3] At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she won a silver in the mixed team and bronze in the women's doubles categories. ^[4] Gopichand became the first Indian women's doubles player to make the semi-finals of All England Open, 21 years after her father's victory. ^[5]

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

The six medallists in the women's badminton doubles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Left to right: Chloe Birch and Lauren Smith (England), Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan (Malaysia), Treesa Jolly and Gayathri Gopichand (India).

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2022	National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England	Treesa Jolly	Chen Hsuan-yu Gronya Somerville	21–15, 21–18	Bronze	[4]

South Asian Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2019	Badminton Covered Hall, Pokhara, Nepal	Ashmita Chaliha	18–21, 23–25	Silver	[3]

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, ^[6] 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100. ^[7]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Syed Modi International	Super 300	Treesa Jolly	Anna Cheong Teoh Mei Xing	12–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2022	Odisha Open	Super 100	Treesa Jolly	Sanyogita Ghorpade Shruti Mishra	21–12, 21–10	Winner
2024	Syed Modi International	Super 300	Treesa Jolly	Bao Lijing Li Qian	21–18, 21–11	Winner

BWF International Challenge / Series (1 title, 5 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Nepal International	Malvika Bansod	14–21, 18–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Polish International	Treesa Jolly	Margot Lambert Anne Tran	10–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2021	India International Challenge	Treesa Jolly	Tanisha Crasto Rutaparna Panda	23–21, 21–14	Winner
2021	Welsh International	Treesa Jolly	Margot Lambert Anne Tran	20–22, 21–17, 14–21	Runner-up
2022	Bahrain International Challenge	Treesa Jolly	Lanny Tria Mayasari Ribka Sugiarto	18–21, 16–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	India International Challenge	K. Sai Pratheek	Ishaan Bhatnagar Tanisha Crasto	16–21, 19–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2024	BWF Awards	Best Dressed Female	Won	[8]
2025	Times of India Sports Awards	Badminton Player of the Year Female	Nominated	[9]

See also

• Badminton in India
• India national badminton team
• List of Indian sportswomen

References

1. Rozario, Rayan (1 February 2018). "Gayatri Gopichand showing signs of a champion". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
2. "Pullela Gopichand's daughter Gayatri included in badminton squad for Asian Games". New Indian Express. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
3. "SAG 2019: Siril, Ashmita lead India to 6 badminton golds". Outlook India. 6 December 2019. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
4. Nalwala, Ali Asgar (8 August 2022). "Commonwealth Games 2022 badminton: Kidambi Srikanth, Gayatri-Treesa duo win bronze medals". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
5. "Badminton in her blood". Deccan Chronicle. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
6. 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.
7. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
8. "BWF Awards 2024: India's Gayatri Gopichand Pullela Adjudged Best Dressed Shuttler - Watch". Outlook India. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
9. "TOISA 2024: Badminton Aces Among the Nominees". The Times of India. 18 February 2025. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 22 February 2025.

External links

• Gayatri Gopichand Pullela at BWF Badminton.com
• Gayatri Gopichand Pullela at BWF .TournamentSoftware.com (archived, alternate link )
• Gayatri Gopichand Pullela at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games