Arjun M. R.
Personal information
Birth nameArjun Madathil Ramachandran
CountryIndia
Born (1997-05-11) 11 May 1997 (age 26)
Kochi, Kerala, India
HandednessRight
CoachMathias Boe
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking19 (MD with Dhruv Kapila 25 October 2022)
41 (XD with K. Maneesha 6 August 2019)
Current ranking41 (MD with Dhruv Kapila 16 April 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  India
Thomas Cup
Gold medal – first place 2022 Bangkok Men's team
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Men's team
Asia Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Manila Men's team
BWF profile

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

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Odisha Open Super 100 India Treesa Jolly Sri Lanka Sachin Dias
Sri Lanka Thilini Hendahewa 		16–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

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

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Tata Open India International India Ramchandran Shlok India Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
India Chirag Shetty 		12–10, 9–11, 7–11, 5–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Nepal International India Ramchandran Shlok Pakistan Rizwan Azam
Pakistan Sulehri Kashif Ali 		21–18, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Iran Fajr International India Ramchandran Shlok Indonesia Kenas Adi Haryanto
Indonesia Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani 		11–8, 11–8, 11–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Ethiopia International India Ramchandran Shlok Jordan Bahaedeen Ahmad Alshannik
Jordan Mohd Naser Mansour Nayef 		21–7, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Hellas Open India Ramchandran Shlok Poland Adrian Dziółko
Poland Michał Rogalski 		21–13, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Tata Open India International India B. Sumeeth Reddy Malaysia Goh Sze Fei
Malaysia Nur Izzuddin 		21–10, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Ghana International India Ramchandran Shlok Nigeria Godwin Olofua
Nigeria Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori 		21–11, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Lagos International India Ramchandran Shlok Germany Jones Ralfy Jansen
Germany Peter Käsbauer 		11–21, 8–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Nepal International India Dhruv Kapila India Manu Attri
India B. Sumeeth Reddy 		19–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Bangladesh International India Dhruv Kapila Malaysia Chang Yee Jun
Malaysia Tee Kai Wun 		19–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 India Maharashtra International Challenge India Dhruv Kapila Thailand Chaloempon Charoenkitamorn
Thailand Nanthakarn Yordphaisong 		21–17, 20–22, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2024 Uganda International India Dhruv Kapila United States Vinson Chiu
United States Joshua Yuan 		21–14, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2024 Polish Open India Dhruv Kapila Denmark William Kryger Boe
Denmark Christian Faust Kjær 		15–21, 23–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Hellas Open India K. Maneesha Poland Paweł Pietryja
Poland Agnieszka Wojtkowska 		21–15, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Ghana International India K. Maneesha India Ramchandran Shlok
India Rutaparna Panda 		19–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Lagos International India K. Maneesha India Ramchandran Shlok
India Rutaparna Panda 		21–16, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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

Boys' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 India Junior International India Chirag Shetty India Aditya Joshi
India Arun George 		17-21, 12-21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 India Junior International India Chirag Shetty India Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
India Krishna Prasad Garaga 		11-7, 11-10, 11-6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Belgian Junior International India Chirag Shetty Scotland Alexander Dunn
Scotland Adam Hall 		9-11, 11-2, 11-7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Swiss Junior International India Chirag Shetty England Ben Lane
England Sean Vendy 		11-7, 11-8, 11-7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 India Junior International India Kuhoo Garg India Chirag Shetty
India Shruthi K.P 		11-8, 11-7, 5-11, 11-8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Swiss Junior International India Kuhoo Garg Germany Bjarne Geiss
Germany Yvonne Li 		11-7, 11-7, 11-10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Players: Arjun M.R." Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Player Profile of Arjun M. R." Badminton Association of India. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  3. ^ Kalyani, Meera (28 May 2022). "'Loss to Chinese Taipei brought the team together': Thomas Cup champion Arjun M R". The Indian Express. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  4. ^ "India men take bronze at Badminton Asia Team Championships after valiant fight vs Indonesia in semi-final". India Today. 15 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Double Win for the City Lad". The New Indian Express. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  6. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  7. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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Thomas Cup badminton men's team champions
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