Chetan Anand (badminton)

Chetan Anand Buradagunta (born 8 July 1980) is a badminton player from India.[1] Anand is a four-time national champion in 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2010,[2] and three-time South Asian Games men's singles champion in 2004, 2006 and 2010.[3][4] He has a career best world ranking of world no 10. His ranking has dropped to 54 since October 2010 due to his ankle injury. He is a recipient of the Indian Arjuna Award in 2006.[2]

Chetan Anand
XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi Badminton (Men’s Single) Chetan Anand of India in an action against Snider of Canada, at Sirifort Sports Complex, in New Delhi on 7 October 2010.
Personal information
CountryIndia
Born (1980-07-08) 8 July 1980
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight162 lb (73 kg)
HandednessRight
CoachS. M. Arif
Men's singles
Highest ranking10 (February 2009)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  India
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 New Delhi Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Melbourne Men's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Melbourne Mixed team
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Islamabad Men's singles
Gold medal – first place 2004 Islamabad Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Colombo Men's singles
Gold medal – first place 2006 Colombo Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Dhaka Men's singles
Gold medal – first place 2010 Dhaka Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Dhaka Men's doubles
BWF profile

Badminton career

Anand started his badminton career in 1992 at the Mini Nationals in Mumbai. He was successful in doubles in his early badminton career, pairing with A. Prithvi, winning 12 year and 15 years age groups. He reached his first open nationals singles final in Kerala at age fifteen, but failed to win the title and was runner-up though he won the doubles pairing with A. Prithvi. Later, Prakash Padukone sent him to the World Academy camp in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he made significant improvements to his game. Anand won the first singles title of his career at Chennai in a Junior major ranking tournament. The same year he made his mark in the senior category as well, reaching the semi-finals in all of the senior ranking tournaments, and reaching the top eight in the country. He became the Junior National Champion in 1999. In 2001, he won his first Asian Satellite tournament in Bangalore which marked his beginning in seniors. Later he won more than 15 major ranking tournaments in India.[2]

Anand became the national badminton champion for first time in 2004 after faltering in the finals in 2002 and 2003 to Abhinn Shyam Gupta. He also won the Toulouse Open in France in 2004, recovering from a back injury during the summer 2004. In 2005 he won Irish and Scottish open badminton tournaments in Ireland and Scotland. In 2008 he won his first Grand Prix title at the Bitburger Open. He was also the Runner-up in Dutch Grand Prix in 2008 and followed them with a couple of quarterfinal appearances. He touched his career best world ranking 10 in 2009 February. In 2009, he won the Dutch Open Grand Prix which he lost in the finals in 2008. He also won the Jaypee Syed Modi Memorial Grand Prix at Lucknow in December 2009.[2]

Early life

Anand was born to Harshavardhan and Suguna in Vijayawada, India and has a younger brother Sandeep Anand. Anand's father Harshavardhan had formerly been an annual participant in the Inter-state Lecturer's Tournaments. Anand also took a personal interest in badminton, and he started playing with his father. He did his schooling at Veeramachineni Paddayya Siddhartha public school and bachelors in engineering in Mechanical Manufacturing from the Potluri V Prasad Siddhartha Institute of Technology in Vijayawada.

Personal life

On 17 July 2005, Anand married fellow badminton player Jwala Gutta. They got divorced in 2010.[2] Chetan married Sarada Govardhini Jasti in October 2012 and has two daughters.[5]

Career

Anand is employed by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation in India. He was signed as the first Brand Ambassador for promoting Li Ning Sporting goods in India in 2009.He also has a badminton academy in Hyderabad(CABA).[2]

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Men's singles
Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2006 Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia England Aamir Ghaffar 21–17, 18–21, 21–13 Bronze Bronze

South Asian Games

Men's singles
Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2004 Rodham Hall, Islamabad, Pakistan India Abhinn Shyam Gupta 15–8, 10–15, 15–13 Gold Gold
2006 Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka India Nikhil Kanetkar 21–14, 21–12 Gold Gold
2010 Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh India Gurusai Dutt 21–16, 21–8 Gold Gold
Men's doubles
Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Wooden-Floor Gymnasium,
Dhaka, Bangladesh
India Valiyaveetil Diju India Rupesh Kumar K. T.
India Sanave Thomas
19–21, retired Silver Silver

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Men's singles
Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2008 India Open Thailand Boonsak Ponsana 16–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Bitburger Open India Arvind Bhat 23–25, 24–22, 23–21 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 Dutch Open Indonesia Andre Kurniawan Tedjono 15–21, 21–11, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009 Syed Modi International Indonesia Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka 21–17, 19–21, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

IBF/BWF International

Men's singles
Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2001 India Satellite Malaysia Allan Tai 15–11, 15–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2004 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Denmark Kasper Ødum 15–5, 11–15, 15–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2005 Sri Lanka Satellite Malaysia Law Yew Thien 15–10, 15–4 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2005 Iceland International Denmark Jens-Kristian Leth 13–15, 10–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2005 Welsh International England Rajiv Ouseph 15–6, 15–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2005 Irish International Netherlands Eric Pang 8–15, 15–6, 15–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 Polish International Poland Przemysław Wacha 18–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 Cyprus International Guatemala Kevin Cordón 21–8, 26–24 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 India International Challenge Malaysia Chong Wei Feng 18–21, 22–20, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Kenya International Spain José Antonio Crespo 21–14, 21–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 Nepal International India J. B. S. Vidyadhar 21–16, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 Belgian International Japan Kenichi Tago 16–21, 21–15, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Czech International England Carl Baxter 21–15, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Maldives International Spain Pablo Abián 15–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Mauritius International Malaysia Chiang Jiann Shiarng 21–11, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
Mixed doubles
Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Sri Lanka Satellite India Jwala Gutta Malaysia Chan Peng Soon
Malaysia Haw Chiou Hwee
21–10, 15–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Cyprus International India Jwala Gutta Denmark Christian John Skovgaard
Denmark Maria Kaaberbol Thorberg
21–14, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Results are from all international competitions since Chetan Anand made his debut in 2003. The athletes listed are athletes who regularly competed at badminton's major competitions, including those who he faced at the World Championship and Olympic competition.[6]

References

  1. "Players: Chetan Anand". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  2. "Chetan Anand (1980 - Present)". www.indiaonline.in. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  3. "Stars of the show". sportstar.thehindu.com. 9 September 2006. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  4. "Indian shuttlers rule the roost at South Asian Games". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 4 February 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  5. "Chetan Anand – Badminton Star who Dominated the Game for Years" (PDF). statetimes.in. 6 October 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  6. "Tournaments of Chetan Anand". tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
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