Pranav Chopra

Pranaav Chopra
Personal information
Birth name Pranaav Jerry Chopra
Country  India
Born (1992-09-06) 6 September 1992
Mullanpur Dakha, Ludhiana, India
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Handedness Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking 14 (XD) (20 March 2017)
Current ranking 16 (XD) (23 May 2017)
BWF profile

Pranaav Jerry Chopra (born 6 September 1992) is an Indian male badminton player. He joined the India national badminton team in 2007.[1] In 2008, he won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Youth Games in the boys' doubles event partnered with B. Sai Praneeth.[2] He was the national champion in the mixed doubles in 2010 and in the men's doubles in 2013. He competed at the 2014 Asian Games. He won two Grand Prix Gold titles along with mixed doubles partner Sikki Reddy in 2016 at Brazil and Russia. [3] In 2014, he competed at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[4]

Achievements

Asia Junior Championships

Mixed Doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia India Prajakta Sawant China Lu Kai
China Bao Yixin
12–21, 15–21 Bronze

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's Doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Syed Modi International India Akshay Dewalkar Malaysia Goh V Shem
Malaysia Tan Wee Kiong
21-14, 22-24, 8-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed Doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Syed Modi International India N. Sikki Reddy India B. Sumeeth Reddy
India Ashwini Ponnappa
22-20, 21-10 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Scottish Open India N. Sikki Reddy Malaysia Goh Soon Huat
Malaysia Shevon Jemie Lai
21-13, 18-21, 16-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Russian Open India N. Sikki Reddy Russia Vladimir Ivanov
Russia Valeria Sorokina
21-17, 21-19 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Brasil Open India N. Sikki Reddy Canada Toby Ng
Canada Rachel Honderich
21-15, 21-16 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's Doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Tata Open India International India Akshay Dewalkar Thailand Wannawat Ampunsuwan
Thailand Tinn Isriyanate
14-21, 9-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Bangladesh International India Akshay Dewalkar Malaysia Tan Chee Tean
Malaysia Tan Wee Gieen
21-16, 21-16 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Tata Open India International India Akshay Dewalkar India K. T. Rupesh Kumar
India Sanave Thomas
19-21, 21-17, 23-21 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Swiss International India Akshay Dewalkar Poland Lukasz Moren
Poland Wojciech Szkudlarczyk
21-17, 16-21, 12-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Iran Fajr International India B. Sai Praneeth Iran Ali Shahhosseini
Iran Mohammadreza Kheradmandi
21-17, 21-11 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. "Players: Pranaav Jerry Chopra". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  2. "India on top of world". www.dnaindia.com. Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  3. "Men's Team - Entry List by Event". Incheon 2014 official website. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  4. "Pranaav Chopra Biography". results.glasgow2014.com. Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
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