Pranav Chopra

Pranaav Jerry Chopra (born 6 September 1992) is an

Indian badminton player. He joined the India national Pranaav Chopra
badminton team in 2007.[1] In the year 2018, at the Personal information
Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Nickname(s) Jerry
Queensland, he won the gold medal in mixed team as Birth name Pranaav Jerry Chopra
being a member of the Indian mixed team.[2] He is
Country India
only the second player from India to reach Top 15 in
the World Rankings in Mixed Doubles with his partner. Born 6 September 1992
Mullanpur Dakha, Ludhiana,
India

Childhood and early training Residence Hyderabad, India

Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Pranaav started training at the age of 7. He became the
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
national champion twice in the boys doubles U-13 and
U-19 events. At the U-19 level, he won a record nine Years active 2007

titles in a year. If he is in the city, he used to train at Handedness Right

Badminton Academy in the Shastri Hall, at Ludhiana. Coach Pullela Gopichand
He lived in South City and later he joined Gopichand
Men's & mixed doubles
Badminton Academy, Hyderabad. He practiced eight
Highest ranking 28 (MD 24 November 2016)
hours and like to play doubles and mixed doubles
13 (XD 23 March 2017)
instead of singles matches. He was coached by Pullela
Gopichand. Pranaav has won medals in several Current ranking 33 (XD 26 March 2021)
national ranking tournaments. In the Youth Medal record
Commonwealth Games, Pune, he won a bronze medal, Men's badminton
at Fajr Senior International Challenge Cup in Tehran,
Representing India
Iran he won a gold medal and at Tata International
Challenge in Mumbai he ended up winning a gold Commonwealth Games
medal and in Bern, Switzerland at The Swiss 2018 Gold Coast Mixed team
International Challenge he won a silver medal.[3] Asia Team Championships
2016 Hyderabad Men's team
South Asian Games
Career 2016 Guwahati-Shillong Mixed doubles
2016 Guwahati-Shillong Men's team

2007 2016 Guwahati-Shillong Men's doubles

Commonwealth Youth Games
In 2007, Pranaav made his international debut in the
Milo Junior Tournament held in Bandang, Thailand.[1] 2008 Pune Boys' doubles
Asian Junior Championships
2009 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles
2008 BWF profile (https://bwfbadminton.com/player/
BF432B78-566B-4D3F-9807-9A6C08A237EE)
In 2008, Balewadi Sports Complex, Pune, Pranaav
won the bronze medal at the Commonwealth Youth
Games in the boys' doubles event partnered with B. Sai Praneeth.[4]

2010
In 2010, Pranaav became the national champion in the mixed doubles event in the National Games.

2011
In 2011, Bern, Switzerland, Swiss International Challenge Pranaav won a silver medal in men's doubles
event.[3]

2013
In 2013, Pranaav became the national champion in men's doubles event in the National Games.

2014
Pranaav competed at the 2014 Asian Games and in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, in the mixed team
bronze medal match, Indian mixed team went down to the Singapore mixed team by a score of 2-3 and
eventually Indian mixed team lost the bronze medal.[5]

2016
In 2016, Pranaav won two Grand Prix titles with his mixed doubles partner N. Sikki Reddy in the form of
Brasil Open and Russian Open. Later in the same year, he married his playing companion and an Indian
badminton player, Pradnya Gadre.[6]

2018
In the Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Pranaav paired with his mixed doubles
partner, Gadde Ruthvika Shivani defeated Sri Lankan mixed doubles team led by Sachin Dias and Thilini
Pramodika Hendahewa by 21-15, 19-21, 22-20 and gave Indian mixed team a lead for the run for the gold
medal. Lastly, Indian mixed team defeated Sri Lanka's mixed team by 5-0 in all the five matches and thus
Pranaav won the gold medal in mixed team as being a member of the Indian mixed team.[7]

Achievements

South Asian Games

Men's doubles
 Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result

Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Manu Attri

Akshay 18–21,
2016 Centre, B. Sumeeth
Dewalkar 17–21 Silver
Shillong, India Reddy

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result

Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Manu Attri

N. Sikki 30–29, 21–
2016 Centre, Ashwini
Reddy 17 Gold
Shillong, India Ponnappa

Commonwealth Youth Games

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result

Gary Fox
Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports B. Sai 21–18,
2008 Richard
Complex, Pune, India Praneeth 23–21 Bronze
Morris

Asian Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result

Stadium Juara, Lu Kai

2009 Prajakta Sawant 12–21, 15–21 Bronze
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Bao Yixin

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[8] 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.[9]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result

Akbar Bintang
Hyderabad Super N. Sikki Cahyono 21–15, 19–
2018
Open 100 Reddy Winny 21, 23–25 Runner-up
Oktavina Kandow
BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 2 runners-up)
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.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result

Goh V
Syed Modi Akshay Shem 21–14, 22–24, Runner-
2016
International Dewalkar Tan Wee 8–21 up
Kiong

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result

B. Sumeeth
Syed Modi N. Sikki Reddy
2017 22–20, 21–10 Winner
International Reddy Ashwini
Ponnappa

Goh Soon
N. Sikki Huat 21–13, 18–21, Runner-
2016 Scottish Open
Reddy Shevon Jemie 16–21 up
Lai
Vladimir
N. Sikki Ivanov
2016 Russian Open 21–17, 21–19 Winner
Reddy Valeria
Sorokina

Toby Ng
N. Sikki Winner
2016 Brasil Open Rachel 21–15, 21–16
Reddy
Honderich

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

Men's doubles
Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
Wannawat
Tata Open India Akshay
2015 Ampunsuwan 14–21, 9–21 Runner-
International Dewalkar
Tinn Isriyanate up

Bangladesh Akshay Tan Chee Tean 21–16, 21–

2015 Winner
International Dewalkar Tan Wee Gieen 16

Tata Open India Akshay K. T. Rupesh Kumar 19–21, 21–

2011 Winner
International Dewalkar Sanave Thomas 17, 23–21

Lukasz Moren
Akshay 21–17, 16–
2011 Swiss International Wojciech Runner-
Dewalkar 21, 12–21
Szkudlarczyk up

Ali Shahhosseini
Iran Fajr B. Sai 21–17, 21– Winner
2010 Mohammadreza
International Praneeth 11
Kheradmandi

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

References
1. "Players: Pranaav Jerry Chopra" (http://bwfbadminton.com/player/57839/pranaav-jerry-chop
ra). bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
2. "CWG 2018: Kidambi Srikanth, Saina Nehwal give India winning start in Mixed Team
badminton at Commonwealth Games" (https://www.financialexpress.com/sports/cwg-2018-k
idambi-srikanth-saina-nehwal-give-india-winning-start-in-mixed-team-badminton-at-common
wealth-games/1122088/). www.financialexpress.com. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 27 May
2018.
3. "Pranav Chopra: The next big thing in Indian Badminton" (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.co
m/sports/badminton/Pranav-Chopra-The-next-big-thing-in-Indian-Badminton/articleshow/188
23958.cms). www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
4. "India on top of world" (http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report-india-on-top-of-world-119910
2). www.dnaindia.com. Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
5. "Pranaav Chopra Biography" (http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/badminton/1014173/pr
anaav_chopra.html). results.glasgow2014.com. Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
6. "Men's Team - Entry List by Event" (https://web.archive.org/web/20150711061239/https://w
ww.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/BD/EntryListByEvent/?RSC=BDM400000&lang=en). Incheon
2014 official website. Archived from the original (https://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/BD/
EntryListByEvent/?RSC=BDM400000&lang=en) on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
7. "CWG 2018: Kidambi Srikanth, Saina Nehwal give India winning start in Mixed Team
badminton at Commonwealth Games" (https://www.financialexpress.com/sports/cwg-2018-k
idambi-srikanth-saina-nehwal-give-india-winning-start-in-mixed-team-badminton-at-common
wealth-games/1122088/). www.financialexpress.com. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 27 May
2018.
8. "BWF Launches New Events Structure" (http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/b
wf-launches-new-event-structure/). Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
9. "Action-Packed Season Ahead!" (http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-pa
cked-season-ahead/). Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.
External links
Pranav Chopra (https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/player-pr
ofile/BF432B78-566B-4D3F-9807-9A6C08A237EE) at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
(alternate link (https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/find.aspx?
a=8&oid=209B123F-AA87-41A2-BC3E-CB57133E64CC&q=57839)) (archived)
Pranav Chopra (https://bwfbadminton.com/player/57839) at BWFBadminton.com
Pranav Chopra (https://web.archive.org/web/2022/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/ba
dminton/1014173/p_chopra.html) at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
Pranav Chopra (https://web.archive.org/web/2022/https://results.gc2018.com/en/badminton/
athlete-profile-n6018904-pranaav-chopra.htm) at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth
Games (archived)

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pranav_Chopra&oldid=1248357666"