Sourabh Verma

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Sourabh Verma
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Personal information
CountryIndia
Born (1992-12-30) December 30, 1992 (age 30)
Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, India
Residence Hyderabad, India
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
HandednessRight
Coach Pullela Gopichand
Men's singles
Highest ranking28 (17 December 2019 [1] )
Current ranking65 (11 October 2022)
BWF profile

Sourabh Verma (born 30 December 1992) is an Indian badminton player. [2] He is a three time men's singles title Champion at the Indian National Championships. Verma reached a career high world ranking of no. 28 in December 2019. [1]

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Career overview

Sourabh Verma started his career in badminton at the young age introduced by his father Sudhir Verma. [2] In 2011, he won the Indian National Championships in the senior singles category. [3] Verma won his first international title by winning the Bahrain International Challenge. In the same year, he was the runner-up at India Open Grand Prix Gold after losing to the former Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat. [4]

In 2012, Sourabh Verma reached a career high of no. 30 in the world ranking, [2] with the best results throughout the year were the quarter finalists at the Malaysia and Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold, also at the China Masters Superseries. [5] [6]

Sourabh Verma won back-to-back international titles in 2013 and 2014. First of them being 2013 Tata International Challenge held at Mumbai where he defeated Prannoy H. S. [7] Verma grabbed the next title at 2014 Iran Fajr International Challenge beating Alrie Guna Dharma and the 3rd title in the row was taken by becoming the champion at the 2014 Austrian International Challenge causing an upset to his higher ranked opponent Hsu Jen-hao. [8] Sourabh Verma also finished as the runner-up in a neck to neck match with Simon Santoso at the 2014 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold. He represented his country competed at the 2014 Asian Games. [9] [10]

In 2015, he finished as the runner-up at the Tata Open India International lost to his younger brother Sameer Verma in straight games. [11] He also was the runners-up at the 2016 Belgian International, Polish International, and Bitburger Open. [12] In October 2016, he clinched the Grand Prix title at the Chinese Taipei Masters, after his opponent Liew Daren retired in the third game due to a shoulder injury. [13]

In 2017, he won his second title at the Indian National Championships. [14] In the international event, his best results were the quarter finalists at the Syed Modi International and New Zealand Open. [15] In 2018, he won the BWF Tour Super 100 level tournaments in Russian Open and Dutch Open. [16] He participated at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta. [10]

In February 2019, Sourabh Verma won his third title at the Indian National Championships. [17]

Achievements

BWF World Tour (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [18] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are 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. [19]

Men's singles

YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResult
2018 Russian Open Super 100 Flag of Japan.svg Koki Watanabe 18–21, 21–12, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018 Dutch Open Super 100 Flag of Malaysia.svg Cheam June Wei 21–19, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Hyderabad Open Super 100 Flag of Singapore.svg Loh Kean Yew 21–13, 14–21, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Vietnam Open Super 100 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Feixiang 21–12, 17–21, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Syed Modi International Super 300 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wang Tzu-wei 15–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 3 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2011 India Grand Prix Gold Flag of Indonesia.svg Taufik Hidayat 15–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2014 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold Flag of Indonesia.svg Simon Santoso 21–15, 16–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016 Chinese Taipei Masters Flag of Malaysia.svg Liew Daren 12–10, 12–10, 3–3 retiredGold medal icon.svgWinner
2016 Bitburger Open Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shi Yuqi 19–21, 20–22Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 3 runners-up)

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2011 Bahrain International Flag of India.svg Prannoy H. S. 25–23, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Tata Open India International Flag of India.svg Prannoy H. S.21–12, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014 Iran Fajr International Flag of Indonesia.svg Alrie Guna Dharma 21–13, 21–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014 Austrian International Flag of Indonesia.svg Andre Kurniawan Tedjono 21–11, 21–23, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015Tata Open India International Flag of India.svg Sameer Verma 11–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016 Belgian International Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Lucas Corvée 19–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016 Polish International Flag of Denmark.svg Victor Svendsen 27–29, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Slovenian International Flag of Japan.svg Minoru Koga 21–17, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2022 India International Flag of India.svg Mithun Manjunath 21–18, 17–21, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

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