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In August 2009, she reached to the quarterfinals of the [[2009 BWF World Championships|World Championships]], losing to the second seed [[Wang Lin (badminton)|Wang Lin]].
In August 2009, she reached to the quarterfinals of the [[2009 BWF World Championships|World Championships]], losing to the second seed [[Wang Lin (badminton)|Wang Lin]].


She qualified for the season ending [[2009 BWF Super Series Masters Finals|Superseries Finals]] in December, where she lost the opening match to [[Wong Mew Choo]] but won the next two group matches against [[Porntip Buranaprasertsuk]] & Canada's [[Charmaine Reid]]. She again reached the semifinals of this tournament but went down, this time to Germany's [[Juliane Schenk]].
She qualified for the season ending [[2009 BWF Super Series Masters Finals|Superseries Finals]] in December, where she lost the opening match to [[Wong Mew Choo]](Eventual Champion) but won the next two group matches against [[Porntip Buranaprasertsuk]] & Canada's [[Charmaine Reid]]. She again reached the semifinals of this tournament but went down, this time to Germany's [[Juliane Schenk]].


She won [[2009 India Open Grand Prix|Syed Modi Grand Prix]] tournament later in the year, defeating compatriot [[Aditi Mutatkar]] in the final with scores 21–17, 21–13.
She won [[2009 India Open Grand Prix|Syed Modi Grand Prix]] tournament later in the year, defeating compatriot [[Aditi Mutatkar]] in the final with scores 21–17, 21–13.

Revision as of 13:49, 30 March 2020

Saina Nehwal
Nehwal in 2011
Personal information
Birth nameSaina Nehwal
Country India
Born (1990-03-17) 17 March 1990 (age 34)
Hisar, Haryana, India[1][2]
ResidenceHyderabad, India[3]
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[4]
Weight65 kg (143 lb)[4]
HandednessRight
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party[5][6]
CoachPullela Gopichand
Women's singles
Career record433 wins, 195 losses
Career title(s)24
Highest ranking1 (2 April 2015[7][8])
Current ranking20 (1 March 2020[9])
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  India
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Women's singles
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Jakarta Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Glasgow Women's singles
Uber Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2014 New Delhi Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Kunshan Women's team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2010 New Delhi Women's singles
Silver medal – second place 2010 New Delhi Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Melbourne Mixed team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Women's singles
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2010 New Delhi Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Wuhan Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Wuhan Women's singles
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Pune Girls' singles
Silver medal – second place 2006 Incheon Girls' singles
Commonwealth Youth Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Pune Girls' singles
Silver medal – second place 2004 Bendigo Mixed team
BWF profile

Saina Nehwal (pronunciationⓘ, born 17 March 1990) is an Indian professional badminton singles player. A former world no. 1, she has won over 24 international titles, which includes eleven Superseries titles. Although she reached the world's 2nd in the 2009, it was only in 2015 that she was able to attain the world no. 1 ranking, thereby becoming the only female player from India and overall the second Indian player – after Prakash Padukone – to achieve this feat.[10] She has represented India three times in the Olympics, winning a bronze medal in her second appearance.[11][12][13][14]

Nehwal has achieved several milestones in badminton for India. She is the only Indian to have won at least one medal in every BWF major individual event, namely the Olympics, the BWF World Championships, and the BWF World Junior Championships. She is the first Indian badminton player to have won an Olympic medal, the first Indian to have reached the final of the BWF World Championships, along with being the only Indian to have won the BWF World Junior Championships or.[15] In 2006, Nehwal became the first Indian female and the youngest Asian to win a 4-star tournament. She also has the distinction of being the first Indian to win a Super Series title. In the 2014 Uber Cup, she captained the Indian team and remained undefeated, helping India to win bronze medal. It was India's first medal in any BWF major team event.[16] Nehwal became the first Indian to win two singles gold medals (2010 and 2018) in Commonwealth Games.

Considered one of the most successful Indian sportspersons,[17] she is credited for increasing the popularity of badminton in India.[18] In 2016, the Government of India (GoI) conferred the Padma Bhushan – India's third highest civilian award – on her.[19] Previously, the nation's top two sporting honours, namely the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and the Arjuna Award, were also conferred on her by the Government of India. Nehwal is a philanthropist and was ranked 18th on the list of most charitable athletes.[20]

Personal life

Saina Nehwal, the daughter of Harvir Singh Nehwal and Usha Rani Nehwal, was born in Hisar.[1][21][22][23] She has only one sibling, an elder sister named Chandranshu Nehwal.[24][23][25] Her father, who has a PhD in agricultural science,[26] worked at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University.[27] She completed her first few years of schooling at Campus School CCS HAU, Hisar.[27] She finished 12th grade from St. Ann's College for Women at Mehdipatnam, Hyderabad.[25]

When her father was promoted and transferred from Haryana to Hyderabad,[26][28] she took up badminton at the age of eight to express herself as she did not know the local language well enough to socialise with other kids.[26] Her parents played badminton for a number of years.[26] Her mother, Usha Rani, was a state level badminton player in Haryana.[23][26] Nehwal took up badminton to fulfill her mother's dream of becoming a national level badminton player, while her sister played volleyball.[23] Her father, who was among the top players in the university circuit, used his provident fund to invest in good badminton training for her.[25] Nehwal also has a brown belt in karate.[29]

She and her family still speak the Haryanvi language at home.[30] She is a fan of Shah Rukh Khan and Prabhas.[22] She is in the process of opening a badminton academy in her native state of Haryana.[31]

She married fellow badminton player, Parupalli Kashyap in a private ceremony on 14 December 2018.[32]

Career

2006

Few months after she entered the International Badminton Circuit, a 17 year old Nehwal participated at the World Championships where she lost to Jiang Yanjiao of China.

In 2006, Nehwal became the under-19 national champion and created history by winning the "Asian Satellite Badminton tournament" (India Chapter) twice, becoming the first player to do so.

In May 2006, at age 16, she became the first Indian woman and the youngest player from Asia to win a 4-star tournament – the Philippines Open.[33][34] Entering the tournament as the 86th seed, she went on to stun several top seeded players including the then world number four Xu Huaiwen before defeating Julia Wong Pei Xian of Malaysia for the title.[35]

The same year Nehwal was also the runner up at the 2006 BWF World Junior Championships, where she lost a hard-fought match against top seed Chinese Wang Yihan. She also competed at the 2006 Doha Asian Games.

2007

At a very young age of 17, Saina went on to take part at the All England, where she challenged experienced Wang Chen in the Round 2, but went down in 3 games 21–17, 13–21, 16–21.

She represented India at the Sudirman Cup in Scotland in 2007.

At the 2007 BWF World Championships, she won her opening matches against Jeanine Cicognini of Switzerland and 13th seed Juliane Schenk of Germany, but lost the next round to French Pi Hongyan with score 13–21, 17–21.

She was the finalist at the Indian International challenge in 2007 where she lost to Kanako Yonekura in 2 games.[36]

2008

She participated at the All England but lost in the Round 1 itself to Yu Hirayama of Japan. She reached the semifinals of Singapore Open and lost against Zhou Mi of Hongkong.

Two years after losing the final to Wang Yihan, she became first Indian to win World Junior Badminton Championships by defeating ninth seeded Japanese Sayaka Sato 21–9, 21–18.[37].

She became the first Indian woman to reach the quarter finals at the Olympic Games when she upset world number five and fourth seed Wang Chen of Hong Kong in a three-game thriller. In the quarter-finals Nehwal lost a 3-gamer to world number 16 Maria Kristin Yulianti. Saina was leading 11–3 in the decider but couldn't hold on against her opponent and lost the match with 28–26, 14–21, 15–21 scoreline.[38]

In September 2008, she won the Yonex Chinese Taipei Open 2008 beating Lydia Cheah Li Ya of Malaysia 21–8 21–19.[39] Maria Yulianti had earlier lost her quarter-final match to Pia Bernadet, Nehwal's semi-final opponent, thus denying Nehwal a rematch.

She was also a semifinalist at the China Masters Superseries after she beat reigning World Champion Zhu Lin in quarterfinals.

Nehwal was named "The Most Promising Player" in 2008.[40]

She qualified for the season ending Superseries Finals which consists of most consistent players of the year. She defeated Pi Hongyan and Wong Mew Choo in early rounds. She lost to Tine Baun in Round 3. She entered semifinals but lost to Wang Chen with scores 21–15, 14–21, 16–21.[41]

2009

She lost in the Opening round of All England Open to Pi Hongyan in straight games. In June 2009, she became the first Indian to win a BWF Super Series title,[42] the most prominent badminton series of the world by winning the Indonesia Open. She beat Chinese Wang Lin in the final 12–21, 21–18, 21–9.

Nehwal on winning the tournament said, "I had been longing to win a super series tournament since my quarter final appearance at the Olympics". She is on a par with the likes of Prakash Padukone and her mentor Pullela Gopichand who both won the all England championships which are of similar status to the super series.

In August 2009, she reached to the quarterfinals of the World Championships, losing to the second seed Wang Lin.

She qualified for the season ending Superseries Finals in December, where she lost the opening match to Wong Mew Choo(Eventual Champion) but won the next two group matches against Porntip Buranaprasertsuk & Canada's Charmaine Reid. She again reached the semifinals of this tournament but went down, this time to Germany's Juliane Schenk.

She won Syed Modi Grand Prix tournament later in the year, defeating compatriot Aditi Mutatkar in the final with scores 21–17, 21–13.

2010

Nehwal successfully led the Indian Women's Team to the Quarter-finals stage of the 2010 Uber Cup finals. She became the first Indian woman to reach the semi finals of All England before losing to eventual champion Tine Rasmussen.

Top seeded Nehwal reached the semifinals of Asian Championships, losing out to unseeded eventual champion Li Xuerui of China. Her coach Pullela Gopichand advised her not exert too much pressure on herself due to the overwhelming home crowd support.

Nehwal won the India Open, beating Wong Mew Choo of Malaysia in the final and thus justifying her billing as top seed in the tournament.

Nehwal, again seeded no.1, won the Singapore Open Super Series 2010, by beating qualifier Tai Tzu-Ying of Chinese Taipei in the final of the Singapore Open 21–18, 21–15 having defeated World Champion Lu Lan earlier in the semifinal. Nehwal reached a career high of world no. 3 in the women's singles badminton world rankings on 24 June 2010.[43]

She defended her Indonesia Open title in three tough games against Sayaka Sato of Japan, 21–19, 13–21, 21–11. This was her third super series title and her third successive title following wins at Indian open, Singapore Super series.[44]

On 15 July 2010, with 64791.26 points, Nehwal reached a career high world ranking of No. 2 only behind Wang Yihan of China.

2nd seed Nehwal, a tournament favourite, crashed out of the 2010 BWF World Championships in Paris after losing to 4th ranked Chinese Wang Shixian in straight sets 8–21, 14–21. She subsequently dropped a spot to be No. 3 in the world rankings.

Saina Nehwal at 2010 BWF World Championships
Saina Nehwal in action in 2010 Commonwealth Games, Delhi

Top seed Nehwal won the gold medal in the Women's Singles badminton event in the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in New Delhi.[45] after beating Wong Mew Choo of Malaysia 19–21 23–21 21–13. After her win Nehwal said, "when I was a match-point down, it was like a shock. It was a big match and winning it means a lot to me. Even many years from now, those present here will always remember how Saina won the gold. It is a proud feeling".[46]

In the BWF Super Series ranking for the year 2010 (which only considers the performances of players in the elite world super series tournaments), as on 27 September 2010, Nehwal dropped to No. 7 from a high of No. 1 after giving a miss to 2010 China Masters Super Series and 2010 Japan Super Series due to her preparation for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[47]

Nehwal confirmed her participation for the 2010 Hong Kong Super series to held from 7 to 12 December 2010, the penultimate super series tournament of the year, after a gap of more than five months since her win in the 2010 Indonesia Super Series in June 2010. On 12 December 2010, she defeated Wang Shixian 15–21, 21–16, 21–17 in the final of the 2010 Hong Kong Super Series to win her fourth career Super Series title.[48]

2011

Fifth-seed Nehwal was disappointed when she was defeated by Eriko Hirose of Japan at All England Open by scores 21–11, 22–20.

One week later, on 17 March 2011, she met Eriko Hirose again (in the second round of the Wilson Badminton Swiss Open), but managed to win this time in three games 21–15, 17–21 and 21–11 – on her birthday.

2nd seeded Nehwal beat Sung Ji-hyun of South Korea 21–13, 21–14 to win the Swiss Open title. Nehwal posed an early exit from the Indian Open Super Series in Delhi, disappointing the home crowd being defeated by Ai Goto of Japan in straight games, 21–17, 21–19.

Nehwal faltered after a good start as she lost to the then world number three Wang Xin of China in the finals to finish runner-up in the 2011 Malaysian Open tournament.

She participated in the 2011 BWF Double Star Sudirman Cup mixed team event. She won her first match against Tai Tzu-ying which was a tough three setter 21–10, 12–21 21–17, but India lost the tie 3–2 to Chinese Taipei.

She was then shocked in her second match by current Junior World Champion and 16-year-old teen sensation Ratchanok Intanon, losing in straight sets 21–14, 22–20, but India managed to beat Thailand 3–2 in the tie to book a spot in the quarterfinals of the elite mixed team event for the first time in the history of the tournament. In the quarterfinals against the mighty Chinese, Nehwal put up her best performance and beat the then world number two Wang Xin with easy games 21–15, 21–11, but still the Chinese managed to move into the semi finals with a 3–1 win over India.

Defending champion Nehwal lost to Cheng Shao-chieh of Chinese Taipei in the second round of Singapore Open. Nehwal, in her attempt to record a third straight win at the Indonesia Open Super Series Premier, reached the finals where she lost to Wang Yihan of China to finish as runner-up, on 26 June.

Nehwal crashed out of the World Championship 2011 as she lost 15–21, 10–21 to World Number 3 Wang Xin of China in a lop-sided women's singles match. Nehwal, who reached the quarterfinals in the last two editions of the event, had to be content with yet another last-eight finish.

Nehwal lost in the semi finals of 2011 Japan Super Series against Juliane Schenk of Germany in straight games 19–21, 10–21.

During the season ending tournament 2011 BWF Super Series Masters Finals in Liuzhou in December, Nehwal won her all group matches against Bae Yeon-ju, Sayaka Sato and Wang Xin and once again reached the semifinals. She created history by becoming the first Indian singles player to reach the final after defeating World No. 5 Tine Baun of Denmark scoring 21–17, 21–18 win.[49] She went on to lose the final 21–18, 13–21, 13–21 against the World No. 1 Chinese Wang Yihan in a contest lasting over an hour.[50]

2012

She finished off as a quarterfinalist at the All England Open after she lost to eventual winner no. 7 seeded Li Xuerui in 2 games.

Nehwal successfully defended her Swiss Open Title by defeating World No 2 Wang Shixian of China 21–19, 21–16 on 18 March 2012,[51] a day after she turned 22 years old. She lost in the semifinals of Malaysia Open to Wang Yihan.

On 10 June 2012, she defeated Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon 19–21, 21–15, 21–10, to lift the Thailand Open title.[52]

On 17 June 2012, Nehwal won the Indonesia Open by defeating World No. 3 Li Xuerui of China 13–21, 22–20 21–19.[53][54] It was her third Indonesia Open title.[55]

At the London Olympics, Saina was seeded 4th in the Draw. In the Group stage she defeated Belgian Lianne Tan (2–0) & Swiss Sabrina Jaquet also in straight games.

She reached the knockout phase where she defeated Dutch Yao Jie with scores 21–14, 21–16. She then faced Tine Baun, the no. 5 seed whom she defeated with 21–15, 22–20 scoreline. She afterwards advanced to semifinals where she lost to top seed Wang Yihan in two straight games 13–21, 13–21. On 4 August 2012, she won the bronze medal at the when China's Wang Xin retired from the match after an injury with the match at 18–21, 0–1.[56]

On 21 October 2012, she won the Denmark Open after defeating Germany's Juliane Schenk.[57]. Nehwal successfully entered the finals of French Open, but she lost against Minatsu Mitani in straight sets.[58]

She participated at the season ending Superseries Finals. In the group stage, she lost to Tine Baun (1–2), won against Juliane Schenk (2–0) & lost the 3rd match to Ratchanok Intanon (0–2). She reached the semifinals but lost a well contested match to Li Xuerui of 3 games, 20–22, 21–7, 13–21.[59]

2013

Saina reached the semifinal of Malaysia Open where she lost to Tai Tzu-ying.[60] She reached the semifinal of All England also but was defeated by 3-time World Junior Champion Ratchanok Intanon.[61]

She had couple of semifinal appearances at the Swiss Open and Indonesia Open[62] as well.

She has yet another quarterfinal finish at the World Championships, after going down to Korean Bae Yeon-ju with score 21–23, 9–21.

She qualified for the season ending Superseries finals held at Kualalumpur where she lost to Minatsu Mitani[63] and Li Xuerui, but won the last group match against Bae Yeon-ju in 3 games.

2014

On 26 January 2014 Nehwal defeated World Championship bronze medalist P.V. Sindhu 21–14, 21–17 to win the Women's Singles of India Open Grand Prix Gold Tournament.[64]

On March,2014 World No. 4 Nehwal crashed out of the All England Open after losing her quarter-final match to Wang Shixian.[65]

She took revenge of the All England loss by defeating Wang Shixian in the semifinals of 2014 Australian Super Series.

In final on 29 June 2014 Nehwal defeated Spain's Carolina Marin 21–18, 21–11 to win Women's Singles of the 2014 Australian Super Series.[66] The win helped her to reach the ranking of World no. 7, climbing two spots.

She lost in the quarterfinals of World Championships again, this time to Li Xuerui.[67] She was the quarter-finalist at the Asian Games as well, where she lost to Wang Yihan.[68]

She became the first Indian woman to win the China Open by beating Japan's Akane Yamaguchi 21–12, 22–20 in the final.[69]

She contested at the Superseries Finals and won all of her group matches against Wang Shixian, Bae Yeon-ju & Sung Ji-hyun. She reached the semifinals once more, but lost to eventual champion Tai Tzu-ying with scores 21–11, 13–21, 9–21.[70]

2015

Defending champion Nehwal won the Syed Modi International by defeating Carolina Marin in the final.[71]

She became the first Indian woman shuttler to reach the finals of the All England, but lost to Carolina in the final with score 21–16, 14–21, 7–21.[72]

On 29 March 2015, Nehwal won her maiden women's singles title at the India Open BWF Super Series beating Ratchanok Intanon. This assured her of becoming World number 1 when the latest BWF rankings were released on 2 April. Thus, she became the first Indian women's player to be World No. 1 in badminton.[73]

On 16 August 2015, Nehwal went down fighting to Carolina Marin again, this time in the final of the World Championship held in Jakarta, settling for the silver.[74] Defending champion Nehwal fought hard before going down to Li Xuerui in the final of the China Open.[75]

She took part at the Season Ending Championships where she lost against Tai Tzu-ying & Nozomi Okuhara(Eventual winner) but won against Carolina Marín[76], a player she struggled to beat in the whole year, in one of the group matches. However she failed to reach the knockout phase.

2016

Nehwal dealt with injuries in early 2016 but she eventually recovered. The defending champion lost to the reigning Olympic champion Li Xuerui in a hard-fought match at the India Open in the semifinals.[77] She registered semifinal finish at the Malaysia Open also.

She reached the semifinals of the Badminton Asia Championships after defeating the third seed Wang Shixian (21–16, 21–19) in the quarterfinals, but lost to Wang Yihan in the semifinals.[78] She settled for bronze, her second in the Asian Championships after 2010.

At the Australian Super Series, Nehwal reached the quarterfinals, where she won against the second seed Ratchanok Intanon, 28–26, 21–16; semifinals against the world no. 2 Wang Yihan by 21–8, 21–12, and won first title of the year after defeating China's Sun Yu in the final by 11–21, 21–14, 21–19.[79]

Making her third appearance at the Olympics, Nehwal, the fifth seed, won her opening match against the unseeded Lohaynny Vicente in straight games.[80] However, she lost her second match against the world no. 61 Marija Ulitina by 18–21, 19–21, thereby making an exit at the group stage. Her coach cited the week-old knee injury for her below par performance.[81]

2017

Nehwal went on to win Malaysia Masters by defeating Pornpawee Chochuwong with score 22–20, 22–20.[82].

She went on to reach the quarterfinals of the All England Championships where she lost a hard fought 2 Gamer to Sung Ji-hyun with score 20–22, 20–22.[83] She couldn't do well much of the year due to injury; she was still recovering. She reached semifinals of Thailand Open but lost to Busanan Ongbamrungphan.

She was seeded 12th in the World Championship at Glasgow. She beat 2nd seed Sung Ji-hyun in Round of 16 and reached quarterfinals for 7th straight time. She had to dug deep into her reservoir to eke out a 21–19, 18–21, 21–15 win over world No. 31 Kirsty Gilmour of Scotland in the quarterfinal. However, she lost the semifinal to eventual winner Nozomi Okuhara of Japan, thus won the bronze medal.[84][85]

She then won the 82nd national badminton championship by beating P. V. Sindhu in the final.[86]

2018

Nehwal reached the finals of the 2018 Indonesia Masters. En route to the finals she beat 3 seeded players Chen Yufei in Round 1, P.V. Sindhu in quarterfinals and Ratchanok Intanon in the semis. However she attained second best spot after losing the final to Tai Tzu-ying.[87]

She won her second gold in Commonwealth Games women's singles after beating P. V. Sindhu in the final[88] and eventually led the Indian team to another gold medal in the Mixed Team event.[89] She then clinched a bronze in the Asian Championships which was her third medal in the tournament altogether, as she went down fighting to the defending champion Tai Tzu Ying.[90]

At the 2018 Asian Games, Nehwal made history by winning the first Asian badminton medal for India by a woman.[91] She lost to Tai Tzu Ying in the semifinal, winning a bronze medal. She achieved a rare feat by winning medals from the quintet of badminton tournaments – the Olympics, the World Championships, the Commonwealth Games, the Asian Championships and the Asian Games.

At 2018 Denmark Open, Nehwal went into the finals by defeating a Cheung Ngan Yi in the first round after being a match-point down and second-seeded Akane Yamaguchi in the second round (21−15, 21−17), then in the quarterfinals she met 8th seeded Nozomi Okuhara and defeated her (17−21, 21-16, 21-12). Reaching the semifinals, she faced Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (2018 reigning world junior champion) in straight sets (21−12,21−13). In the final Nehwal met her arch-rival and the no.1 seed Tai Tzu-ying. In the past 16 meetings Tai had won 11 and Saina wanted to break that jinx but couldn't managed and went down by (13−21,21−13,6−21).[92]

After her match against Tai Tzu-ying at the French Open in quarterfinals, Nehwal said "I am happy with the way I am playing, I played one final and lost in one quarterfinals; there is a lot to learn from my mistakes and I also need to work on my stamina and I am definitely confident now as I was not able to clear the first and second round of the Superseries tournament but I'm happy to break that jinx , and I'm looking forward to play the China open and the Hong Kong open next month".[citation needed]

Saina went into the finals of Syed Modi Badminton Super 300 tournament but lost to Han Yue of China.[93] It was her 4th final this year which includes commonwealth, Denmark open, Indonesia masters.

2019

Nehwal started 2019 with a semi-final finish at the Malaysia Masters in January. She entered the semi-final defeating then second-seeded Nozomi Okuhara in the quarterfinal 21–18, 23–21, before losing to Carolina Marin by 21–16, 21–13.[94]

Two weeks later, she won her first BWF Super 500 title, the Indonesia Masters, against Marin, after the latter retired from the court injured.[95]

Defending her national championship title in Guwahati, Assam, Saina refused to play her singles match citing poor playing surface,[96] and went on to win the National Championship by defeating top seed P.V.Sindhu with 21–18, 21–15.This was her 4th National title[97].

She reached Quarters of All England and Badminton Asia Championships but lost out to Tai Tzu-ying and Akane Yamaguchi respectively.

Her incredible consistent record at the World Championships came to an end after she lost to Mia Blichfeldt in Pre Quarter-final in 3 hard fought games 21–15, 25–27, 12–21.

2020

She exited from the All England Open in 1st round after her below-par performance against Akane Yamaguchi. She lost 11–21, 8–21.

Record against selected opponents

Record against former world no. 1, Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 11 March 2020.[98]

Politics

Nehwal joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in Delhi on 29 January 2020 in the presence of party's national general secretary Arun Singh. Her sister Abu Chandranshu Nehwal also joined the party. She also quoted that "Narendra Modi is working hard for the country, and has always inspired me."[5][6]

Accolades

Awards

For the bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics

Endorsements

In 2002, sports brand Yonex offered to sponsor Nehwal's kit. As her status and rankings improved, the sponsorships increased. In 2004, Bharat Petroleum[109] signed the rising star. She is one of the athletes supported by Olympic Gold Quest.[110] She endorses Commune Builder,[111] Edelweiss Group,[111] Emami,[111] Fortune Cooking Oil,[112] Godrej No Marks,[111] Herbalife Nutrition,[111][113] Huawei Honor smartphone.[114] Indian Overseas Bank,[111] Iodex,[111] NECC,[115] Sahara Group,[116] Star Sports,[111] Top Ramen Noodles,[117] Vaseline[118] and Yonex.[119]

Nehwal signed an endorsement deal worth Rs. 400 million with the popular sports management firm Rhiti Sports in 2012.[120] However, she severed this deal in 2013 and signed up with KWAN entertainment and marketing solutions for an undisclosed sum.[121] She has a dedicated sporting range with the multinational sports goods manufacturer Yonex, 4% of the profits of which goes to her.[121]

Nehwal has been invited on popular Indian television shows as a guest including Satyamev Jayate, Comedy Nights with Kapil, and The Kapil Sharma Show.

Her autobiography, Playing to Win: My Life On and Off Court,[122][123] was released in 2012.[124]

As of 2018, a biopic titled Saina and directed by Amol Gupte is being made on her, with actress Parineeti Chopra playing the title role.[125]

Legacy

Saina Nehwal Institute of Agricultural Technology, Training & Education[126] at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University is named after her.

Career overview

Singles Played Wins Losses Balance
Total 628 433 195 +238
Current year (2020) 8 4 4 0
Doubles Played Wins Losses Balance
Total 33 9 24 −15
Current year (2019) 0 0 0 0
* Statistics were last updated on 25 February 2020.[127]

Singles performance timeline

Key
W F SF QF #R RR Q# A G S B NH N/A DNQ
(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 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 QF 3R NH 0/11 F ('15)
Olympics N/A NH QF NH B NH RR NH 0/3 SF ('12)
BWF Super Series BWF World Tour
England All England Open N/A 2R 1R 1R SF QF QF SF QF F QF QF 1R QF 1R 0/14 F ('15)
India India Open NH N/A 1R 2R 2R QF W SF QF QF w/d Q 1/8 W ('15)
Malaysia Malaysia Open N/A A QF QF A SF SF 2R SF SF 1R 2R 1R Q 0/10 SF ('12, '13, '15, '16)
Singapore Singapore Open N/A A SF QF W 2R A QF 1R A QF 1/7 W ('10)
Indonesia Indonesia Open N/A A 2R W W F W SF QF QF QF 2R 2R w/d 3/11 W ('09, '10, '12)
Australia Australian Open N/A W QF W QF w/d A 2/4 W ('14, '16)
Japan Japan Open N/A A 1R 1R A SF A 2R A 2R A w/d 0/5 SF ('11)
China China Open N/A 1R 1R 2R A 1R A 2R W F 1R 2R 1R 1R 1/11 W ('14)
South Korea Korea Open N/A A 2R A 2R QF QF A QF 1R 0/6 QF ('12, '13, '18)
Denmark Denmark Open N/A 1R A QF A 2R W QF QF 2R A QF F 1R 1/10 W ('12)
France French Open N/A A QF A 2R F 2R QF QF A 2R QF QF 0/9 F ('12)
China Fuzhou China Open NH N/A A SF A QF A N/A A 1R 0/3 SF ('08)
Hong Kong Hong Kong Open N/A 1R QF 1R W QF 2R 2R QF w/d QF 2R 1R 1R 1/12 W ('10)
Switzerland Swiss Open N/A 1R 2R QF A N/A 0/3 QF ('09)
BWF Super Series Masters Finals NH SF SF A F SF RR SF RR A 0/7 F ('11)
Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 SR Best
BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix BWF World Tour
Malaysia Malaysia Masters NH QF A F A W A SF QF 1/5 W ('17)
Indonesia Indonesia Masters NH A NH F W 1R 1/3 W ('19)
Thailand Thailand Masters NH w/d A 1R 0/1 1R ('20)
Spain Spain Masters NH A QF 0/1 QF ('20)
Germany German Open A 1R A Q 0/1 1R ('07)
Switzerland Swiss Open N/A W W SF QF A SF w/d A w/d Q 2/5 W ('11, '12)
India Syed Modi International N/A NH W A 1R NH W W w/d F w/d 3/5 W ('09, '14, '15)
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Open N/A A W A w/d 1/1 W ('08)
Thailand Thailand Open N/A 1R QF A NH QF W QF NH A SF w/d 2R 1/7 W ('12)
India India Open NH 2R QF W N/A 1/3 W ('10)
Macau Macau Open A QF A 0/1 QF ('16)
Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 SR Best
Other Events
Commonwealth Games NH 3R[128] NH G NH A NH G NH 1/3 W ('10, '18)
Asian Games NH 2R NH QF NH QF NH B NH 0/4 B ('18)
Asian Championships A 2R[129] 2R[130] 1R[131] 1R[132] B A 2R[133] A QF B 1R B QF 0/11 SF ('10, '16, '18)
Philippines Open NH W[134] 1R[135] NH A NH 1/2 W ('06)
India Satellite A W[136] W[137] NH 2/2 W ('05, '06)
Year-end ranking[138] 8 4 3 3 8 4 2 10 10 9 11 1

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2012 Wembley Arena, London, United Kingdom China Wang Xin 18–21, 0–1r Bronze Bronze

BWF World Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2017 Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland Japan Nozomi Okuhara 21–12, 17–21, 10–21 Bronze Bronze
2015 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Spain Carolina Marín 16–21, 19–21 Silver Silver

Commonwealth Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2018 Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast, Australia India P. V. Sindhu 21–18, 23–21 Gold Gold
2010 Siri Fort Sports Complex, New Delhi, India Malaysia Wong Mew Choo 19–21, 23–21, 21–13 Gold Gold

Asian Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2018 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu-ying 17–21, 14–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2018 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu-ying 25–27, 19–21 Bronze Bronze
2016 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China China Wang Yihan 16–21, 14–21 Bronze Bronze
2010 Siri Fort Indoor Stadium, New Delhi, India China Li Xuerui 17–21, 11–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF World Junior Championships

Girls' singles

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

BWF World Tour (1 title, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[139] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into six levels: World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[140]

Women's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2019 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Spain Carolina Marín 4–10 Retired 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Syed Modi International Super 300 China Han Yue 18–21, 8–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Denmark Open Super 750 Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu-ying 13–21, 21–13, 6–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu-ying 9–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF Superseries (10 titles, 5 runners-up)

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

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Australian Open China Sun Yu 11–21, 21–14, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
2015 China Open China Li Xuerui 12–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 India Open Thailand Ratchanok Intanon 21–16, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
2015 All England Open Spain Carolina Marín 21–16, 14–21, 7–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 China Open Japan Akane Yamaguchi 21–12, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
2014 Australian Open Spain Carolina Marín 21–18, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
2012 French Open Japan Minatsu Mitani 19–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Denmark Open Germany Juliane Schenk 21–17, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
2012 Indonesia Open China Li Xuerui 13–21, 22–20, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
2011 BWF Super Series Finals China Wang Yihan 21–18, 13–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Indonesia Open China Wang Yihan 21–12, 21–23, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Hong Kong Open China Wang Shixian 15–21, 21–16, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
2010 Indonesia Open Japan Sayaka Sato 21–19, 13–21, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
2010 Singapore Open Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu-ying 21–18, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
2009 Indonesia Open China Wang Lin 12–21, 21–18, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (10 titles, 1 runner-up)

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 Thailand Pornpawee Chochuwong 22-20, 22-20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
2015 Syed Modi International Spain Carolina Marín 19–21, 25–23, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
2014 Syed Modi International India P. V. Sindhu 21–14, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
2012 Thailand Open Thailand Ratchanok Inthanon 19–21, 21–15, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
2012 Swiss Open China Wang Shixian 21–19, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
2011 Swiss Open South Korea Sung Ji-hyun 21–13, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
2011 Malaysia Masters China Wang Xin 21–13, 8–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 India Open Malaysia Wong Mew Choo 20–22, 21–14, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
2009 Syed Modi International India Aditi Mutatkar 21-17, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
2008 Chinese Taipei Open Malaysia Lydia Cheah 12–21, 21–18, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
2006 Philippines Open Malaysia Julia Wong Pei Xian 21–15, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 runner-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2007 India International Japan Kanako Yonekura 13–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

National titles and runners-up

National Junior/Senior titles (13)

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 [141]
2 2002 Sub-Junior National Badminton Championship Under 13 Doubles Pizza Bharali Mudra Dhainje / Fernaz Jasdanwala 11–5, 11–4 [141]
3 2002 Sub-Junior National Badminton Championship Under 16 Doubles Aparna Balan Manisha Eswarappa / Y. K. Subrata 11–2, 11–3 [141]
4 2003 Sub-Junior National Badminton Championship Under 16 Singles N/A Anjali Kalita 11–3, 11–13, 11–2 [142]
5 2003 Sub-Junior National Badminton Championship Under 16 Doubles Jyotshna P G. M. Nischitha / Madhuri Vijay 15–6, 15–7 [142]
6 2004 Junior National badminton championships Under 19 Singles N/A Ridhi Pajwani 11–2, 11–4 [143]
7 2004 Junior National badminton championships Under 19 Doubles Aparna Balan T. Soumya / Ashwini Chowdary 15–6, 15–10 [143]
8 2005 Junior National badminton championships Under 19 Singles N/A Aditi Mutatkar 11–5, 13–10 [144]
9 2005 Junior National badminton championships Under 19 Doubles Aparna Balan V. Ruth Misha / Saumya Padhye 15–2,15–4 [144]
10 2007 Senior National Badminton Championships Senior Singles N/A Aditi Mutatkar 21–19, 21–16 [145]
11 2007 National Games Senior Singles N/A Aditi Mutatkar 24–22, 21–15 [146]
12 2008 Senior National Badminton Championships Senior Singles N/A Trupti Murgunde 21–11, 21–10 [147]
13 2017 Senior National Badminton Championships Senior Singles N/A P. V. Sindhu 21–17, 27–25
14 2019 Senior National Badminton Championships Senior Singles N/A P. V. Sindhu 21–18, 21–15

National Junior/Senior runners-up (1)

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 [148]

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