SAINA NEHWAL INDIAN BATMINTON BORN MARCH 17,1990

SAINA NEHWAL INDIAN BATMINTON

BORN MARCH 17,1990

Born on the 17th of March 1990 in Hisar, Haryana, Saina Nehwal first burst onto the Indian badminton scene as a 15-year-old in 2005, when she defeated 9-time National champion Aparna Popat at the Asian Satellite Championships in New Delhi. From there on in, she has gone strength-to-strength. winning the World Junior Championships in 2008 and then becoming the first Indian Women’s Singles to win a Superseries event, when she won the Indonesia crown in 2009.

2010 was once again a fruitful year for the Indian as she clinched the Commonwealth Games Gold in front of her home fans in New Delhi and then two years later claimed the biggest prize of her career, winning the Bronze medal at the London Olympics. After a lacklustre showing in 2014, Saina, playing under a new coach Vimal Kumar, came storming back, winning the silver at the All England Championships and then finishing runners-up at the World Championships in Jakarta, that also propelled her to the top of the World rankings.

Awards

Most Promising Player of the Year (2008) award by Badminton World Federation[80]
Arjuna Award (2009)
Padma Shri (2010)[81]
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (2009–2010)[82]
Padma Bhushan (2016)[83]
For the Bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics
₹10 million (US$150,000) cash award from the Haryana Government.[84]
₹5 million (US$77,000) cash award from the Rajasthan Government.[85]
₹5 million (US$77,000) cash award from the Andhra Pradesh Government.[86]
₹1 million (US$15,000) cash award from the Badminton Association of India.[87]
Honorary Doctorate Degree by Mangalayatan University[88]
Honorary Doctorate Degree by SRM University[89]
Endorsements

In 2002, sports brand Yonex offered to sponsor Saina's kit. As her status and rankings improved, the sponsorships increased. In 2004, BPCL (Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited)[90] signed the rising star. She is one of the athletes supported by Olympic Gold Quest.[91] She is the brand ambassador of Sahara India Pariwar.[92] Saina endorses Herbalife,[93] Top Ramen Noodles,[94] Fortune Cooking Oil,[95] NECC,[96] Indian Overseas Bank, Vaseline, Sahara and Yonex. Most recently Saina Nehwal was announced as the brand ambassador for Honor, the Huawei smartphone sub-brand.[97]

She had signed an endorsement deal worth Rs. 400 million with the popular sports management firm Rhiti Sports in 2012.[98] However, she severed this deal in 2013 and signed up with KWAN entertainment and marketing solutions for an undisclosed sum.[99] She has a dedicated sporting range with the multinational sports goods manufacturer Yonex, 4% of the profits of which goes to her.[99] Apart from endorsements, she has also been invited on popular Indian television shows as a guest including Satyamev Jayate, Comedy Nights with Kapil, The Kapil Sharma Show. As of April 2017, A biopic directed by Amol Gupte will be made on her and actress Shraddha Kapoor will play the title role.

Pullela Gopichand
P. V. Sindhu
Badminton in India
Shraddha Kapoor

India national badminton team

Achievements[edit source]

Olympic Games[edit source]

• 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom 

2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Singles
Round	Opponent	Score	Result
Group stage	Sabrina Jaquet	21–9, 21–5	Win
Group stage	Lianne Tan	21–4, 21–14	Win
Round of 16	Yao Jie	21–14, 21–16	Win
Quarterfinal	Tine Baun	21–15, 22–20	Win
Semifinal	Wang Yihan	13–21, 13-21	Lost
Bronze Medal Match	Wang Xin	18–21, 0–1r	Bronze

Commonwealth Games[edit source]

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Siri Fort Sports Complex, New Delhi, India	Wong Mew Choo	19–21, 23–21, 21–13	Gold

BWF World Championships[edit source]

• 2017 BWF World Championships at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland 

2017 BWF World Championships – Women's Singles
Round	Opponent	Score	Result
First round	-	-	Bye
Second round	Sabrina Jaquet	21–11, 21–12	Win
Third round	Sung Ji-hyun	21–19, 21–15	Win
Quarterfinal	Kirsty Gilmour	21–19, 18–21, 21–15	Win
Semifinal	Nozomi Okuhara	21–12, 17–21, 10–21	Bronze

• 2015 BWF World Championships at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta, Indonesia 

2015 BWF World Championships – Women's Singles
Round	Opponent	Score	Result
First round	-	-	Bye
Second round	Cheung Ngan Yi	21–13, 21–9	Win
Third round	Sayaka Takahashi	21–18, 21–14	Win
Quarterfinal	Wang Yihan	21–15, 19–21, 21–19	Win
Semifinal	Lindaweni Fanetri	21–17, 21–17	Win
Final	Carolina Marín	16–21, 19–21	Silver

Badminton Asia Championships[edit source]

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Wang Yihan	16–21, 14–21	Bronze
2010	Siri Fort Indoor Stadium, New Delhi, India	Li Xuerui	17–21, 11–21	Bronze

BWF World Junior Championships[edit source]

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune, India	Sayaka Sato	21–9, 21–18	Gold
2006	Samsan World Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea	Wang Yihan	13–21, 19–21	Silver

BWF World Tour[edit source]

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[57] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[58]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Tai Tzu-ying	9–21, 13–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries[edit source]

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Australian Open	Sun Yu	11–21, 21–14, 21–19	Champion
2015	China Open	Li Xuerui	12–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2015	India Open	Ratchanok Intanon	21–16, 21–14	Champion
2015	All England Open	Carolina Marín	21–16, 14–21, 7–21	Runner-up
2014	China Open	Akane Yamaguchi	21–12, 22–20	Champion
2014	Australian Open	Carolina Marín	21–18, 21–11	Champion
2012	French Open	Minatsu Mitani	19–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2012	Denmark Open	Juliane Schenk	21–17, 21–8	Champion
2012	Indonesia Open	Li Xuerui	13–21, 22–20, 21–19	Champion
2011	BWF Super Series Finals	Wang Yihan	21–18, 13–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2011	Indonesia Open	Wang Yihan	21–12, 21–23, 14–21	Runner-up
2010	Hong Kong Open	Wang Shixian	15–21, 21–16, 21–17	Champion
2010	Indonesia Open	Sayaka Sato	21–19, 13–21, 21–11	Champion
2010	Singapore Open	Tai Tzu-ying	21–18, 21–15	Champion
2009	Indonesia Open	Wang Lin	12–21, 21–18, 21–9	Champion

     Superseries Finals Tournament

     Superseries Premier Tournament

     Superseries Tournament

BWF Grand Prix[edit source]

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

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Malaysia Masters	Pornpawee Chochuwong	22-20, 22-20	Champion
2015	Syed Modi International	Carolina Marín	19–21, 25–23, 21–16	Champion
2014	Syed Modi International	P. V. Sindhu	21–14, 21–17	Champion
2012	Thailand Open	Ratchanok Inthanon	19–21, 21–15, 21–10	Champion
2012	Swiss Open	Wang Shixian	21–19, 21–16	Champion
2011	Swiss Open	Sung Ji-hyun	21–13, 21–14	Champion
2011	Malaysia Masters	Wang Xin	21–13, 8–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2010	India Open	Wong Mew Choo	20–22, 21–14, 21–12	Champion
2008	Chinese Taipei Open	Lydia Cheah	12–21, 21–18, 21–9	Champion
2006	Philippines Open	Julia Wong Pei Xian	21–15, 22–20	Champion

     Grand Prix Gold Tournament

     BWF & IBF Grand Prix Tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series/Satellite (3 titles, 3 runners-up)[edit source]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	India International	Kanako Yonekura	13–21, 18–21	Runner-up

     BWF International Challenge tournament

     BWF International Series tournament

National titles and runners-up[edit source]

National Junior/Senior titles (12)[edit source]

S. No.	Year	Tournament	Age group	Format	Partner	Opponent(s) in final	Score	Ref.
1	2002	Sub-Junior National Badminton Championship	Under 13	Singles	N/A	Parsa Naqvi	11–0, 11–4	[59]
2	2002	Sub-Junior National Badminton Championship	Under 13	Doubles	Pizza Bharali	Mudra Dhainje / Fernaz Jasdanwala	11–5, 11–4	[59]
3	2002	Sub-Junior National Badminton Championship	Under 16	Doubles	Aparna Balan	Manisha Eswarappa / Y. K. Subrata	11–2, 11–3	[59]
4	2003	Sub-Junior National Badminton Championship	Under 16	Singles	N/A	Anjali Kalita	11–3, 11–13, 11–2	[60]
5	2003	Sub-Junior National Badminton Championship	Under 16	Doubles	Jyotshna P	G. M. Nischitha / Madhuri Vijay	15–6, 15–7	[60]
6	2004	Junior National badminton championships	Under 19	Singles	N/A	Ridhi Pajwani	11–2, 11–4	[61]
7	2004	Junior National badminton championships	Under 19	Doubles	Aparna Balan	T. Soumya / Ashwini Chowdary	15–6, 15–10	[61]
8	2005	Junior National badminton championships	Under 19	Singles	N/A	Aditi Mutatkar	11–5, 13–10	[62]
9	2005	Junior National badminton championships	Under 19	Doubles	Aparna Balan	V. Ruth Misha / Saumya Padhye	15–2,15–4	[62]
10	2007	Senior National Badminton Championships	Senior	Singles	N/A	Aditi Mutatkar	21–19, 21–16	[63]
11	2007	National Games	Senior	Singles	N/A	Aditi Mutatkar	24–22, 21–15	[64]
12	2008	Senior National Badminton Championships	Senior	Singles	N/A	Trupti Murgunde	21–11, 21–10	[65]
13	2017	Senior National Badminton Championships	Senior	Singles	N/A	P. V. Sindhu	21–17, 27–25

National Junior/Senior runners-up (1)[edit source]

S. No.	Year	Tournament	Age group	Format	Partner	Opponent(s) in final	Score	Ref.
1	2006	Senior National Badminton Championships	Senior	Singles	N/A	Aparna Popat	11–13, 3–11	[66]

||Career overview||

Singles Played Wins Losses Balance Total* 477 339 138 +201 Current year (2016)* 24 17 8 +10

Doubles Played Wins Losses Balance Total* 33 9 24 −15 Current year (2016)* 0 0 0 0

* Statistics were last updated on 4 June 2016.^[67]

Event 2008 2012 2016 Summer Olympics QF  Bronze Group Stage Event 2006 2010 Commonwealth Games  Bronze  Gold Event 2004 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games  Silver  Gold

Singles Titles Type No. of titles Super Series Premier 4 Super Series 6 Grand Prix Gold 8 Grand Prix 1 Others 4 Total 23

Singles performance timeline[edit source]

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

SF-B

S

G

NH

N/A

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	SR	Best
BWF events
BWF World Junior Championships	2R	NH	S	A	G	N/A									1/3	W ('08)
BWF World Championships	NH	A	1R	3R	NH	QF	QF	QF	NH	QF	QF	S	NH	B	0/8	F ('15)
Olympics	N/A	NH			QF	NH			B	NH			RR		0/3	SF ('12)
BWF Super Series
All England Super Series Premier	N/A			2R	1R	1R	SF	QF	QF	SF	QF	F	QF		0/10	F ('15)
India Open Super Series	NH				N/A			1R	2R	2R	QF	W	SF		1/6	W ('15)
Malaysia Super Series Premier	N/A			Absent		QF	QF	A	SF	SF	2R	SF	SF		0/7	SF ('12, '13, '15, '16)
Singapore Open Super Series	N/A			A	SF	QF	W	2R	A	QF	1R	Absent			1/6	W ('10)
Indonesia Super Series Premier	N/A			A	2R	W	W	F	W	SF	QF	QF	QF		3/9	W ('09, '10, '12)
Australian Open Super Series	N/A										W	QF	W		2/3	W ('14, '16)
Japan Open Super Series	N/A			A	1R	1R	A	SF	Absent			2R	A		0/4	SF ('11)
Korea Open Super Series	N/A			Absent		2R	A	2R	QF	QF	Absent		A		0/4	QF ('12, '13)
Denmark Super Series Premier	N/A			1R	A	QF	A	2R	W	QF	QF	2R	A		1/7	W ('12)
French Open Super Series	N/A			Absent		QF	A	2R	F	2R	QF	QF	A		0/6	F ('12)
China Open Super Series Premier	N/A			1R	1R	2R	A	1R	A	2R	W	F	1R		1/7	W ('14)
Hong Kong Open Super Series	N/A			1R	QF	1R	W	QF	2R	2R	QF	A	QF		1/8	W ('10)
Swiss Open Super Series	N/A			1R	2R	QF	A	N/A							0/3	QF ('09)
China Masters Super Series	NH	N/A		A	SF	Absent		QF	Absent		N/A				0/2	SF ('08)
BWF Super Series Masters Finals	NH				SF	SF	A	F	SF	RR	SF	RR	A		0/7	F ('11)
BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix
Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold	NH					QF	A	F	Absent					W	1/3	W ('17)
Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold	N/A	NH				W	Absent		1R	NH	W	W	A		3/4	W ('09, '14, '15)
Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold	N/A							W	W	SF	QF	A	SF		2/5	W ('11, '12)
Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold	N/A			A	W	Absent									1/1	W ('08)
Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold	N/A			1R	QF	A	NH	QF	W	QF	NH	A	A		1/5	W ('12)
India Open Grand Prix Gold	NH				2R	QF	W	N/A							1/3	W ('10)
Macau Open Grand Prix Gold	Absent												QF		0/1	QF ('16)
Other Events
Commonwealth Games	NH		3R[68]	NH			G	NH			A	NH			1/2	W ('10)
Asian Games	NH		2R	NH			QF	NH			QF	NH			0/3	QF ('10, '14)
Asian Championships	Absent		2R[69]	2R[70]	1R[71]	1R[72]	B	A	2R[73]	Absent		QF	B		0/8	SF ('10, '16)
Philippines Open	NH		W[74]	1R[75]	NH	A	NH								1/2	W ('06)
India Satellite	A	W[76]	W[77]	NH											2/2	W ('05, '06)
Year-end Ranking[78]						8	4	3	3	8	4	2	10

Record against top ranked players[edit source]

Record against Super Series finalists, World Championships semifinalists and Olympic quarterfinalists (as of 12 June 2016):^[79]

Opponent	Record	Opponent	Record	Opponent	Record
Carolina Marin	5–4	Wang Yihan	5–11	Wang Xin	3–4
Jiang Yanjiao	0–5	Lu Lan	4–1	Wang Lin	2–4
Li Xuerui	2–12	Xie Xingfang	0–2	Wang Shixian	7–7
Tine Baun	5–4	Juliane Schenk	8–4	Cheng Shao-Chieh	3–1
Tai Tzu-ying	5–8	Bae Yeon-ju	9–4	Sung Ji-hyun	9–2
Eriko Hirose	4–5	Nozomi Okuhara	6–2	Minatsu Mitani	6–4
Petya Nedelcheva	6–2	Pi Hongyan	1–5	Yip Pui Yin	6–2
Zhou Mi	1–3	Wang Chen	1–3	Wong Mew Choo	5–2
Porntip Buranaprasertsuk	8–1	Ratchanok Inthanon	9–5	Lindaweni Fanetri	3–1
Maria Kristin Yulianti	0–1	Zhang Ning	0–1	Zhu Lin	2–2
Lianne Tan	1–0	Ella Diehl	5–0	Sayaka Sato	5–1
P. V. Sindhu	2–1	Sun Yu	6–2	Larisa Griga	1–0