Gayatri Gopichand Explained

Gayatri Gopichand
Country:India
Birth Date:2003 3, df=yes
Height:1.62 m
Weight:56 kg
Handedness:Right
Coach:Pullela Gopichand
Arun Vishnu
Event:Women's singles & doubles
Highest Ranking:197 (WS 14 January 2020),
14 (WD with Treesa Jolly 30 May 2023),
110 (XD with K. Sai Pratheek 25 October 2022)
Current Ranking:28 (WD with Treesa Jolly 16 April 2024)
Bwf Id:7D5F5D06-0872-4BCD-BECC-F54B3C0B70F6

Pullela Gayatri Gopichand (born 4 March 2003) is an Indian badminton player. She is the daughter of former badminton players P. V. V. Lakshmi and Pullela Gopichand.[1] [2] [3] She was part of the national team that clinched the women's team gold medal at the 2019 South Asian Games, and a silver in the women's singles. [4] She also competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, winning a silver in the mixed team and a bronze medal in the women's doubles.[5] Gopichand became the first woman Indian doubles specialist to make the semi-finals of All England Open 21 years after her father's feat.

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Women's doubles

South Asian Games

Women's singles

BWF World Tour (1 title, 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[7]

Women's doubles

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2022Syed Modi InternationalSuper 300 Treesa Jolly Anna Cheong
Teoh Mei Xing
12–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2022Odisha OpenSuper 100 Treesa Jolly Sanyogita Ghorpade
Shruti Mishra
21–12, 21–10 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 5 runners-up)

Women's singles

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2021Polish International Treesa Jolly Margot Lambert
Anne Tran
10–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2021India International Challenge Treesa Jolly Tanisha Crasto
Rutaparna Panda
23–21, 21–14 Winner
2021Welsh International Treesa Jolly Margot Lambert
Anne Tran
20–22, 21–17, 14–21 Runner-up
2022Bahrain International Challenge Treesa Jolly Lanny Tria Mayasari
Ribka Sugiarto
18–21, 16–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pullela Gopichand's daughter Gayatri included in badminton squad for Asian Games . New Indian Express . 28 June 2018 . 27 July 2018.
  2. Web site: Gayatri Gopichand showing signs of a champion . The Hindu . Rozario . Rayan . 1 February 2018 . 27 July 2018.
  3. Web site: Badminton in her blood . Deccan Chronicle . 29 June 2018 . 27 July 2018.
  4. Web site: SAG 2019: Siril, Ashmita lead India to 6 badminton golds . Outlook India . 6 December 2019 . 10 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191210170856/https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/sag-2019-siril-ashmita-lead-india-to-6-badminton-golds/1679538 . 10 December 2019 . live.
  5. Web site: Nalwala . Ali Asgar . Commonwealth Games 2022 badminton: Kidambi Srikanth, Gayatri-Treesa duo win bronze medals . International Olympic Committee . 8 August 2022 . 31 October 2022.
  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.