Satwiksairaj Rankireddy

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy [1]
Rankireddy in August 2022
Personal information
Country	India
Born	(2000-08-13) 13 August 2000 (age 24) Amalapuram, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Years active	2015–present
Handedness	Right
Coach	Tan Kim Her Mathias Boe
Men's and mixed doubles
Career record	234 wins, 108 losses
Highest ranking	1 (MD with Chirag Shetty, October 2023) 19 (XD with Ashwini Ponnappa, 3 February 2021)
Current ranking	9 (MD with Chirag Shetty, 4 December 2024)
Honours	Arjuna Award Khel Ratna Award Guinness World Record
Medal record Men's badminton Representing   India World Championships 2022 Tokyo Men's doubles Thomas Cup 2022 Bangkok Men's team Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Mixed team 2022 Birmingham Men's doubles 2018 Gold Coast Men's doubles 2022 Birmingham Mixed team Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Men's doubles 2022 Hangzhou Men's team Asian Championships 2023 Dubai Men's doubles Asia Team Championships 2016 Hyderabad Men's team 2020 Manila Men's team
BWF profile

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (born 13 August 2000) is an Indian badminton player. ^[2] With his men's doubles partner Chirag Shetty, he is an Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, and Asian Championships gold medalist. They are the only Indian doubles pair to become World No. 1 in BWF World Ranking, win the BWF World Tour 1000 series, and become the first Indians to win a gold medal at the Asian Games in badminton. ^[3]

He achieved a new Guinness World Record for the fastest hit in badminton by a male player, with his smash reaching a speed of 565 km/h. ^{[4] [5]}

Early life and background

Satwiksairaj was born on 13 August 2000 in Amalapuram, Andhra Pradesh and started playing badminton after following in the footsteps of his father, who was a state-level player in the past, as well his elder brother. In 2014, he joined the Pullela Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad and decided to become a doubles specialist. ^[6]

Career

2018

In 2018, Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty played a crucial role in earning India the historic gold medal in the Mixed Team event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where they also won the men's doubles silver. ^[7] 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. ^[8]

2019

In 2019, Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty 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. ^[9] They followed it up with a runner-up finish at the 2019 French Open, where they lost in the final to the Indonesian pair of Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo. ^[10]

2021

In 2021, Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost to the Indonesian duo of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in the second round to crash out of the 2020 Yonex Thailand Open. ^[11] In July, he and Shetty 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 beaten in their first group stage encounter. ^[12] In December, Rankireddy and Shetty 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, Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty started the year by winning the India Open. ^[13] 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. ^[14] Rankireddy and Shetty then won the men's doubles gold at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, beating the home pair of Ben Lane and Sean Vendy in the final. ^[15] At the BWF World Championships, Rankireddy and Shetty 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. ^[16] They then won their first ever BWF World Super 750 title in the French Open by beating Chinese Taipei pair Lu Ching-yao and Yang Po-han in the finals. ^[17]

2023

In 2023, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won their first title as a pair in the 2023 Swiss Open (badminton), beating the Chinese pair of 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. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won their first BWF World Super 1000 title by defeating Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the final of 2023 Indonesia Open, thus becoming the first men's doubles pair from India to win the event. ^[18] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty went on to win 2023 Korea Open defeating Indonesian Pair Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto.

2024

With Chirag Shetty, he reached the final of Super 1000 event of 2024 Malaysia Open and lost to the Chinese pair of Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang. Then they reached another final this year at 2024 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 2024 French Open defeating Chinese Taipei pair of Lee Jhe-huei and Yang Po-hsuan in straight games easily. ^[19]

Honours

• Bestowed with Arjuna Award for badminton in August 2020 ^[20]
• Bestowed with Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna for badminton in December 2023 ^[21]

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Chirag Shetty	Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik	22–20, 18–21, 16–21	Bronze

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast, Australia	Chirag Shetty	Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge	13–21, 16–21	Silver
2022	National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England	Chirag Shetty	Ben Lane Sean Vendy	21–15, 21–13	Gold

Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China	Chirag Shetty	Choi Sol-gyu Kim Won-ho	21–18, 21–16	Gold

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Chirag Shetty	Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi	16–21, 21–17, 21–19	Gold

BWF World Tour (9 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, ^[22] 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. ^[23]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Hyderabad Open	Super 100	Chirag Shetty	Akbar Bintang Cahyono Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani	21–16, 21–14	Winner
2018	Syed Modi International	Super 300	Chirag Shetty	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	11–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2019	Thailand Open	Super 500	Chirag Shetty	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	21–19, 18–21, 21–18	Winner
2019	French Open	Super 750	Chirag Shetty	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	18–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2022	India Open	Super 500	Chirag Shetty	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	21–16, 26–24	Winner
2022	French Open	Super 750	Chirag Shetty	Lu Ching-yao Yang Po-han	21–13, 21–19	Winner
2023	Swiss Open	Super 300	Chirag Shetty	Ren Xiangyu Tan Qiang	21–19, 24–22	Winner
2023	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Chirag Shetty	Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik	21–17, 21–18	Winner
2023	Korea Open	Super 500	Chirag Shetty	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	17–21, 21–13, 21–14	Winner
2023	China Masters	Super 750	Chirag Shetty	Liang Weikeng Wang Chang	19–21, 21–18, 19–21	Runner-up
2024	Malaysia Open	Super 1000	Chirag Shetty	Liang Weikeng Wang Chang	21–9, 18–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2024	India Open	Super 750	Chirag Shetty	Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae	21–15, 11–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2024	French Open	Super 750	Chirag Shetty	Lee Jhe-huei Yang Po-hsuan	21–11, 21–17	Winner
2024	Thailand Open	Super 500	Chirag Shetty	Chen Boyang Liu Yi	21–15, 21–15	Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (10 titles)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Mauritius International	Chirag Shetty	Dhruv Kapila Saurabh Sharma	21–12, 21–16	Winner
2016	India International Series	Chirag Shetty	Goh Sze Fei Nur Izzuddin	8–11, 11–5, 7–11, 11–8, 11–5	Winner
2016	Tata Open India International	Chirag Shetty	Arjun M.R. Ramchandran Shlok	10–12, 11–9, 11–7, 11–5	Winner
2016	Bangladesh International	Chirag Shetty	M. Anilkumar Raju Venkat Gaurav Prasad	17–21, 21–7, 21–8	Winner
2017	Vietnam International	Chirag Shetty	Trawut Potieng Nanthakarn Yordphaisong	17–21, 21–9, 21–15	Winner
2019	Brazil International	Chirag Shetty	Jelle Maas Robin Tabeling	21–14, 21–18	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Tata Open India International	K. Maneesha	Arun Vishnu Aparna Balan	21–13, 21–16	Winner
2016	Mauritius International	K. Maneesha	Yogendran Khrishnan Prajakta Sawant	21–19, 11–21, 21–17	Winner
2016	India International Series	K. Maneesha	Low Hang Yee Cheah Yee See	5–11, 11–8, 12–10, 11–8	Winner
2016	Bangladesh International	K. Maneesha	Tanupat Viriyangkura Thanyasuda Wongya	21–12, 21–12	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Boys' doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	India Junior International	Krishna Prasad Garaga	Arjun M. R. Chirag Shetty	7–11, 10–11, 6-11	Runner-up
2015	India Junior International	Krishna Prasad Garaga	W Sarapat Panachai Worasaktayanan	21–15, 21–17	Winner

  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

  BWF Junior International Series tournament

  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

G

S

B

NH

N/A

DNQ

(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

National team

• Junior level

Team events	2015	2016
World Junior Championships	9th	QF

• Senior level

Team events	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Asia Team Championships	B	NH	QF	NH	B	NH	A	NH	QF
Asia Mixed Team Championships	NH	QF	NH	A	NH			A	NH
Asian Games	NH		QF	NH			S	NH
Commonwealth Games	NH		G	NH			S	NH
Thomas Cup	RR	NH	A	NH	QF	NH	G	NH	QF
Sudirman Cup	NH	QF	NH	RR	NH	RR	NH	RR	NH

Individual competitions

Junior level

• Boys' doubles

Events	2015	2016
World Junior Championships	3R	4R

• Mixed doubles

Events	2015	2016
World Junior Championships	2R	QF

Senior level

Men's doubles

Events	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Asian Championships	A			NH		QF	G	w/d
Asian Games	NH	2R	NH			G	NH
Commonwealth Games	NH	S	NH			G	NH
World Championships	1R	2R	A	NH	3R	B	QF	NH
Olympic Games	NH			RR	NH

Tournament	BWF Superseries / Grand Prix		BWF World Tour							Best
	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Malaysia Open	A	Q2	1R	A	NH		2R	SF	F	F ('24)
India Open	A	1R	2R	A	NH		W	2R	F	W ('22)
Indonesia Masters	A	NH	SF	A	1R	1R	A			SF ('18)
French Open	A	QF	SF	F	NH	QF	W	2R	W	W ('22, '24)
All England Open	A		2R	A		2R	QF	2R	2R	QF ('22)
Swiss Open	A				NH	SF	2R	W	A	W ('23)
Spain Masters	NH		A				NH	1R	A	1R ('23)
Thailand Open	A	A	1R	W	2R	NH	A	2R	W	W ('19, '24)
					SF
Malaysia Masters	A	1R	A		1R	NH	A			1R ('17, '20)
Singapore Open	A	Q2	2R	A	NH		A	1R	1R	2R ('18)
Indonesia Open	A	1R	1R	2R	NH	SF	A	W	w/d	W ('23)
Australian Open	A	2R	A	2R	NH		A			2R ('17, '19)
U.S. Open	A	1R	A		NH			A		1R ('17)
Japan Open	A	1R	1R	QF	NH		A	QF	A	QF ('19, '23)
Korea Open	A	QF	A	1R	NH		QF	W	A	W ('23)
Hong Kong Open	A		1R	1R	NH			A		1R ('18, '19)
China Open	A	1R	1R	2R	NH			1R	A	2R ('19)
Denmark Open	A	1R	A	2R	A	2R	QF	A		QF ('22)
Hylo Open	A						QF	A		QF ('22)
Japan Masters	NH							1R	A	1R ('24)
China Masters	A		QF	SF	NH			F	SF	F ('23)
Syed Modi International	1R	1R	F	1R	NH		A		w/d	F ('18)
Superseries / Tour Finals	DNQ					RR	DNQ			RR ('21)
Dutch Open	A	1R	A		NH	NA				1R ('17)
Hyderabad Open	NA		W	A	NA					W ('18)
Year-end ranking	68	31	16	12	10	10	5	2		1
Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	Best

Record against selected opponents

Men's doubles results with Chirag Shetty against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists. Accurate as of 30 July 2024. ^[24]

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Fu Haifeng Zhang Nan 1 0 1 –1 Liang Weikeng Wang Chang (badminton) 6 1 5 –4 Li Junhui Liu Yuchen 3 2 1 +1 Liu Cheng Zhang Nan 1 0 1 –1 He Jiting Tan Qiang 2 1 1 0 Chen Hung-ling Wang Chi-lin 1 0 1 –1 Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin 3 2 3 -1 Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen 5 1 4 –3 Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 9 3 6 –3 Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge 3 2 1 +1 Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan 8 4 4 0

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto 6 4 2 +2 Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 11 0 11 –11 Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi 5 4 1 +3 Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe 4 2 2 0 Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda 5 0 5 –5 Seo Seung-jae Kang Min-hyuk 7 5 2 +3 Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol 1 1 0 +1 Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik 11 3 8 –5 Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong 2 0 2 –2 Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi 8 5 3 +2

Awards and recognition

Guinness world record

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy set a new Guinness World Record for the fastest hit by a male player in badminton, with his smash reaching a speed of 565 km/h. The previous record of 493 km/h was held by Malaysian player Tan Boon Heong, set in May 2013. ^[5] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy made the record-breaking smash at the Yonex factory gymnasium in Soka, Saitama, Japan, under controlled conditions. Official judges from the Guinness World Records verified the speed measurement results, solidifying Satwik's historic achievement.

International

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2018	BWF Awards	Most Improved Players (with Shetty)	Nominated
2019			Nominated
2023		Men's Doubles Pair of the Year (with Shetty)	Nominated

National

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2020	Arjuna Award	Good Performance in the Field of Sports	Won	[25]
2023	Khel Ratna Award	Spectacular Performance in the Field of Sports	Won	[26]

See also

• Badminton in India
• India national badminton team

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External links

• Satwiksairaj Rankireddy at BWFBadminton.com
• Satwiksairaj Rankireddy at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
• Satwiksairaj Rankireddy at Olympics.com
• Satwiksairaj Rankireddy at Olympedia