Gayatri Gopichand

Gayatri Gopichand
Gayatri Gopichand
Personal information
Country	India
Born	4 March 2003
Height	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)[1]
Handedness	Right
Coach	Pullela Gopichand; Arun Vishnu
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	17 (WD with Treesa Jolly 26 September 2023)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing India
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Commonwealth Games
South Asian Games
	BWF profile

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.[2][3][4] 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;[5] She also competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, winning a silver in the mixed team and a bronze medal in the women's doubles.[6] 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

The six medallists in the women's badminton doubles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Left to right: Chloe Birch and Lauren Smith (England), Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan (Malaysia), Treesa Jolly and Gayathri Gopichand (India).

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2022	National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England	Treesa Jolly	Chen Hsuan-yu Gronya Somerville	21–15, 21–18	Bronze	[6]

South Asian Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2019	Badminton Covered Hall, Pokhara, Nepal	Ashmita Chaliha	18–21, 23–25	Silver	[5]

BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[7] 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.[8]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Syed Modi International	Super 300	Treesa Jolly	Anna Cheong Teoh Mei Xing	12–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2022	Odisha Open	Super 100	Treesa Jolly	Sanyogita Ghorpade Shruti Mishra	21–12, 21–10	Winner

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

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Nepal International	Malvika Bansod	14–21, 18–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	India International Challenge	K. Sai Pratheek	Ishaan Bhatnagar Tanisha Crasto	16–21, 19–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

References

"Gayatri Gopichand Pullela". Birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Limited. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
"Pullela Gopichand's daughter Gayatri included in badminton squad for Asian Games". New Indian Express. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
Rozario, Rayan (1 February 2018). "Gayatri Gopichand showing signs of a champion". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
"Badminton in her blood". Deccan Chronicle. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
"SAG 2019: Siril, Ashmita lead India to 6 badminton golds". Outlook India. 6 December 2019. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
Nalwala, Ali Asgar (8 August 2022). "Commonwealth Games 2022 badminton: Kidambi Srikanth, Gayatri-Treesa duo win bronze medals". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
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.
Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links

Gayatri Gopichand at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com

Gayatri Gopichand at BWFbadminton.com

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[bio22-1] "Gayatri Gopichand Pullela". Birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Limited. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

[2] "Pullela Gopichand's daughter Gayatri included in badminton squad for Asian Games". New Indian Express. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

[3] Rozario, Rayan (1 February 2018). "Gayatri Gopichand showing signs of a champion". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

[4] "Badminton in her blood". Deccan Chronicle. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

[sag19-5] "SAG 2019: Siril, Ashmita lead India to 6 badminton golds". Outlook India. 6 December 2019. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

[cwg22-6] Nalwala, Ali Asgar (8 August 2022). "Commonwealth Games 2022 badminton: Kidambi Srikanth, Gayatri-Treesa duo win bronze medals". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 31 October 2022.

[7] 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.

[8] Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.