Tarun Kona

Tarun Kona
Tarun Kona
Personal information
Country	India
Born	17 November 1989 (age 33); Hyderabad, India
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Years active	2006
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	37 (MD 23 May 2013); 26 (XD 25 April 2013)
	BWF profile

Last updated January 03, 2023

Tarun Kona (born 17 November 1989) is an Indian badminton player. He entered the national team in 2006, and in 2011, he won the men's doubles title at the National Championships.^[1]

Achievements

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

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

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	India Grand Prix	Shruti Kurien	Arun Vishnu Aparna Balan	14–21, 21–17, 19–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (12 titles, 11 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Bangladesh International	Arun Vishnu	Bui Bang Duc Dao Manh Thang	21–7, 22–20	Winner
2012	Iran Fajr International	Arun Vishnu	Markus Fernaldi Gideon Agripina Prima Rahmanto	18–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2016	Guatemala International	Alwin Francis	Job Castillo Lino Munoz	21–8, 21–14	Winner
2016	Peru International Series	Alwin Francis	Job Castillo Lino Munoz	21–8, 21–12	Winner
2016	Brazil International	Alwin Francis	Adam Cwalina Przemyslaw Wacha	15–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2016	Jamaica International	Alwin Francis	Matijs Dierickx Freek Golinski	19–21, Retired	Runner-up
2016	Norwegian International	Akshay Dewalkar	Oliver Leydon-Davis Lasse Moelhede	18–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2016	Botswana International	Alwin Francis	Aatish Lubah Julien Paul	21–12, 21–19	Winner
2017	Uganda International	Alwin Francis	Aatish Lubah Julien Paul	21–8, 21–14	Winner
2017	Peru International	Alwin Francis	Mario Cuba Diego Mini	21–15, 21–15	Winner
2017	Kharkiv International	Alwin Francis	K. Nandagopal Rohan Kapoor	21–18, 22–24, 18–21	Runner-up
2017	South Africa International	Saurabh Sharma	Aatish Lubah Julien Paul	21–9, 21–15	Winner
2018	Iran Fajr International	Saurabh Sharma	Alwin Francis K. Nandagopal	11–9, 6–11, 11–7, 8–11, 9–11	Runner-up
2018	Jamaica International	Saurabh Sharma	Gareth Henry Samuel O'Brien Ricketts	21–17, 21–17	Winner
2018	Brazil International	Saurabh Sharma	Jason Anthony Ho-Shue Nyl Yakura	7–21 retired	Runner-up
2018	Dubai International	Lim Khim Wah	Kim Sang-soo Yoo Yeon-seong	16–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2020	Uganda International	Shivam Sharma	Godwin Olofua Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	21–15, 22–20	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	India International	Ashwini Ponnappa	Akshay Dewalkar Pradnya Gadre	17–21, 21–18, 18–21	Runner-up
2015	Uganda International	N. Sikki Reddy	Muhammed Ali Kurt Kader İnal	11–6, 11–4, 11–6	Winner
2015	Romanian International	N. Sikki Reddy	Jones Ralfy Jansen Cisita Joity Jansen	11–7, 11–8, 11–4	Winner
2015	Lagos International	N. Sikki Reddy	Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Zięba	19–21, 7–21	Runner-up
2020	Uganda International	Meghana Jakkampudi	Shivam Sharma Poorvisha S. Ram	21–7, 14–21, 21–16	Winner
2022	El Salvador International	Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli	Joan Monroy Ania Setien	11–21, 17–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

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References

↑ "Players: Kona Tarun". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 20 November 2016.

External links

Tarun Kona at BWF .tournamentsoftware.com

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[1] "Players: Kona Tarun". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 20 November 2016.

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