| Chetan Anand | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | July 8, 1980 Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 162 pounds (73 kg) |
| Country | India |
| Handedness | Right |
| Coach | S. M. Arif |
| Men's singles | |
| Highest Ranking | 10 (September 12, 2009) |
| Current Ranking | 54 (Oct 8, 2011) |
| BWF Profile | |
Chetan Anand Buradagunta (Telugu: చేతన్ ఆనంద్) is an ace badminton player from India. He is considered to be one of the best male badminton players in the country after Prakash Padukone, Syed Modi and Pullela Gopichand. Chetan Anand was a four time National Badminton champion in 2004, 2007, 2008 & 2010. He has a career best world ranking of world no 11. His Ranking has dropped to 54 since October 2010 due to his Ankle injury. He is also the recipient of the prestigious Indian Arjuna Award.
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Chetan Anand was born on July 8, 1980 to Mr. Harshavardhan and Mrs. Suguna in Vijayawada, India. He has a younger brother Sandeep Anand.
Chetan's father Harshavardhan had formerly been an annual participant in the Inter-state Lecturer's Tournaments. Chetan also took a personal interest in badminton, and he started playing with his father. Later he blossommed as one of the most talented kid on the badminton circuit. He later became famous for his intelligent net game and as classic stroke player during his teenage and later went on to become the ranked 1 player in India.
Chetan started his Badminton career in 1992 at the Mini Nationals in Mumbai. Chetan 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.
Chetan Anand was encouraged by Prakash Padukone, arguably the best international player in badminton ever produced by India. Chetan's career received a boost when Prakash Padukone sent him to the World Academy camp in Kuala Lumpur, Malayasia, where he made significant improvements to his game. Chetan won the first singles title of his career at Chennai in a Junior major ranking tournament where he came directly from Kuala Lumpur, Malayasia. The same year he made his mark in the senior category as well, reaching the semifinals 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.
He 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.
Most of Chetan's young life got spent in badminton training. He Finished his schooling at Veeramachineni Paddayya Siddhartha Public School. Chetan also completed his engineering in Mechanical Manufacturing from the Potluri V Prasad Siddhartha Institute of Technology in Vijayawada.
He is employed by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) as an senior executive engineer. He was signed as first Brand Ambassador for promoting Li Ning Sporting goods in India in 2009.
On 17 July 2005, Chetan Anand married Jwala Gutta, a left-handed Indian badminton player of mixed Chinese and Indian descent who has won the National Badminton Doubles Championship seven times. More recently, the couple has fallen apart following a speculation that Jwala had an extra marital affair with Former Cricket Captain Mohammed Azaruddin. They have filed for a divorce on 29 November 2010 and court sanctioned divorce on 29 June 2011.
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.[1]