Sathish Karunakaran

Sathish Karunakaran
Personal information
Full name	Sathish Kumar Karunakaran
Country	India
Born	(2001-05-20) 20 May 2001 (age 23) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Handedness	Right
Men's singles & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	42 (MS, 10 December 2024) 32 (XD with Aadya Variyath, 14 January 2025)
Current ranking	44 (MS) 32 (XD with Aadya Variyath) (14 January 2025)
BWF profile

Sathish Kumar Karunakaran (born 20 May 2001) ^[1] is an Indian badminton player. ^[2] In 2020, he played for the Chennai Superstarz in the Indian Premier Badminton League. ^[3]

Achievements

BWF World Tour (2 titles)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, ^[4] 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, and the BWF Tour Super 100. ^[5]

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Odisha Masters	Super 100	Ayush Shetty	21–18, 19–21, 21–14	Winner
2024	Guwahati Masters	Super 100	Zhu Xuanchen	21–17, 21–14	Winner

BWF International Challenge / Series (8 titles, 7 runners–up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Ukraine International	Priyanshu Rajawat	17–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2021	Hungarian International	Daniel Nikolov	17–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2022	Cameroon International	Chua Kim Sheng	21–13, 21–13	Winner
2023	Maldives International	Krishna Adi Nugraha	12–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2023 (I)	India International	Ravi	21–14, 21–16	Winner
2023 (II)	India International	Ravi	24–22, 21–7	Winner
2024	Iran Fajr International	Nguyễn Hải Đăng	17–21, 18–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Cameroon International	Aadya Variyath	Alvin Morada Alyssa Leonardo	19–21, 21–18, 20–22	Runner-up
2023	Maldives International	Aadya Variyath	Loo Bing Kun Cheng Su Yin	21–19, 16–21, 21–16	Winner
2023	Malaysia International	Aadya Variyath	Loo Bing Kun Cheng Su Yin	18–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2023 (I)	India International	Aadya Variyath	Phatharathorn Nipornram Nattamon Laisuan	23–21, 17–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2023 (II)	India International	Aadya Variyath	Dingku Singh Konthoujam Priya Konjengbam	21–10, 21–18	Winner
2024	Iran Fajr International	Aadya Variyath	B. Sumeeth Reddy N. Sikki Reddy	22–20, 21–14	Winner
2024	Azerbaijan International	Aadya Variyath	B. Sumeeth Reddy N. Sikki Reddy	13–21, 22–20, 21–10	Winner
2024	Uganda International	Aadya Variyath	Kenneth Choo Gronya Somerville	22–20, 18–21, 21–19	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

External links

• Sathish Kumar Karunakaran at BWFBadminton.com
• Sathish Kumar Karunakaran at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)

References

1. "Sathish Karunakaran". flashscore.com.
2. "Players: Sathish Kumar Karunakaran". Badminton World Federation.
3. "Player Profile: Sathish Kumar Karunakaran". Premier Badminton League.
4. 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.
5. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.