Arjun M. R. Explained

Arjun M. R.
Country:India
Birth Date:1997 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Kochi, Kerala, India
Handedness:Right
Coach:Mathias Boe
Event:Men's & mixed doubles
Highest Ranking:19 (MD with Dhruv Kapila 25 October 2022)
41 (XD with K. Maneesha 6 August 2019)
Current Ranking:41
Date Of Current Ranking:MD with Dhruv Kapila 16 April 2024
Bwf Id:2B0560CE-7323-4AB1-9EC9-74225E23F5A0

Arjun Madathil Ramachandran (born 11 May 1997) is an Indian badminton player.[1] [2] He alongside India men's team won the 2022 Thomas Cup,[3] and also bronze medal at the 2020 Asia Team Championships.[4]

Career

Arjun began to playing badminton at the age of nine at FACT club in 2008, and moved to the badminton academy at the Regional Sports Centre in Kadavanthra three years later. He was introduced to playing doubles by his coach M. Mohanachandran, and within a year, he completely shifted his focus to doubles. He featured in Kerala team since 2012.[5]

Achievements

BWF World Tour (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, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[7]

Mixed doubles

BWF International Challenge/Series (11 titles, 5 runners-up)

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Tata Open India International Ramchandran Shlok Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Chirag Shetty
12–10, 9–11, 7–11, 5–11 Runner-up
2016Nepal International Ramchandran Shlok Rizwan Azam
Sulehri Kashif Ali
21–18, 21–15 Winner
2017Iran Fajr International Ramchandran Shlok Kenas Adi Haryanto
Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani
11–8, 11–8, 11–9 Winner
2017Ethiopia International Ramchandran Shlok Bahaedeen Ahmad Alshannik
Mohd Naser Mansour Nayef
21–7, 21–19 Winner
2018Hellas Open Ramchandran Shlok Adrian Dziółko
Michał Rogalski
21–13, 21–11 Winner
2018Tata Open India International B. Sumeeth Reddy Goh Sze Fei
Nur Izzuddin
21–10, 21–16 Winner
2019Ghana International Ramchandran Shlok Godwin Olofua
Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori
21–11, 21–12 Winner
2019Lagos International Ramchandran Shlok Jones Ralfy Jansen
Peter Käsbauer
11–21, 8–21 Runner-up
2019Nepal International Dhruv Kapila Manu Attri
B. Sumeeth Reddy
19–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2019Bangladesh International Dhruv Kapila Chang Yee Jun
Tee Kai Wun
19–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2022India Maharashtra International Challenge Dhruv Kapila Chaloempon Charoenkitamorn
Nanthakarn Yordphaisong
21–17, 20–22, 21–18 Winner
2024Uganda International Dhruv Kapila Vinson Chiu
Joshua Yuan
21–14, 21–13 Winner
2024Polish Open Dhruv Kapila William Kryger Boe
Christian Faust Kjær
15–21, 23–21, 21–19 Winner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Hellas Open K. Maneesha Paweł Pietryja
Agnieszka Wojtkowska
21–15, 21–14 Winner
2019Ghana International K. Maneesha Ramchandran Shlok
Rutaparna Panda
19–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2019Lagos International K. Maneesha Ramchandran Shlok
Rutaparna Panda
21–16, 21–17 Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (5 titles, 1 runners-up)

Boys' doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013India Junior International Chirag Shetty Aditya Joshi
Arun George
17-21, 12-21 Runner-up
2014India Junior International Chirag Shetty Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Krishna Prasad Garaga
11-7, 11-10, 11-6 Winner
2014Belgian Junior International Chirag Shetty Alexander Dunn
Adam Hall
9-11, 11-2, 11-7 Winner
2014Swiss Junior International Chirag Shetty Ben Lane
Sean Vendy
11-7, 11-8, 11-7 Winner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014India Junior International Kuhoo Garg Chirag Shetty
Shruthi K.P
11-8, 11-7, 5-11, 11-8 Winner
2014Swiss Junior International Kuhoo Garg Bjarne Geiss
Yvonne Li
11-7, 11-7, 11-10 Winner

BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

BWF Junior International Series tournament

BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Players: Arjun M.R. . . 4 December 2016.
  2. Web site: Player Profile of Arjun M. R. . . 4 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220054046/http://www.badmintoninindia.com/viewplayer/Arjun-M.-R.-/3037 . 20 December 2016 . dead.
  3. Web site: Kalyani . Meera . ‘Loss to Chinese Taipei brought the team together’: Thomas Cup champion Arjun M R . The Indian Express . 28 May 2022 . 21 July 2022.
  4. Web site: India men take bronze at Badminton Asia Team Championships after valiant fight vs Indonesia in semi-final . India Today . 15 February 2020 . 19 February 2020.
  5. Web site: Double Win for the City Lad . The New Indian Express . 9 September 2014 . 19 February 2020.
  6. Web site: Alleyne . Gayle . BWF Launches New Events Structure . . 19 March 2017 . 29 November 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201164159/http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ . 1 December 2017.
  7. Web site: Sukumar . Dev . Action-Packed Season Ahead! . Badminton World Federation . 10 January 2018 . 15 January 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180113162925/http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ . 13 January 2018.