Arjun M. R.

Arjun M. R.
Personal information
Birth name Arjun Madathil Ramachandran
Country India
Born 11 May 1997
Kochi, Kerala, India
Handedness Right
Coach Mathias Boe
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking 19 (MD with Dhruv Kapila 25 October 2022)
41 (XD with K. Maneesha 6 August 2019)
Current ranking 43 (MD with Dhruv Kapila 2 January 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing India
Thomas Cup
Gold medal – first place 2022 Bangkok Men's team
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Men's team
Asia Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Manila Men's team
BWF profile

Arjun Madathil Ramachandran (born 11 May 1997) is an Indian badminton player. He alongside India men's team won the 2022 Thomas Cup, and also bronze medal at the 2020 Asia Team Championships.

Career

Arjun began to playing badminton at the age of nine at FACT club in 2008, and moved to the badminton academy at the Regional Sports Centre in Kadavanthra three years later. He was introduced to playing doubles by his coach M. Mohanachandran, and within a year, he completely shifted his focus to doubles. He featured in Kerala team since 2012.

Achievements

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Odisha Open Super 100 Treesa Jolly Sachin Dias
Thilini Hendahewa
16–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles, 5 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Tata Open India International Ramchandran Shlok Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Chirag Shetty
12–10, 9–11, 7–11, 5–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Nepal International Ramchandran Shlok Rizwan Azam
Sulehri Kashif Ali
21–18, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Iran Fajr International Ramchandran Shlok Kenas Adi Haryanto
Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani
11–8, 11–8, 11–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Ethiopia International Ramchandran Shlok Bahaedeen Ahmad Alshannik
Mohd Naser Mansour Nayef
21–7, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Hellas Open Ramchandran Shlok Adrian Dziółko
Michał Rogalski
21–13, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Tata Open India International B. Sumeeth Reddy Goh Sze Fei
Nur Izzuddin
21–10, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Ghana International Ramchandran Shlok Godwin Olofua
Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori
21–11, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Lagos International Ramchandran Shlok Jones Ralfy Jansen
Peter Käsbauer
11–21, 8–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Nepal International Dhruv Kapila Manu Attri
B. Sumeeth Reddy
19–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Bangladesh International Dhruv Kapila Chang Yee Jun
Tee Kai Wun
19–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 India Maharashtra International Challenge Dhruv Kapila Chaloempon Charoenkitamorn
Nanthakarn Yordphaisong
21–17, 20–22, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Hellas Open K. Maneesha Paweł Pietryja
Agnieszka Wojtkowska
21–15, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Ghana International K. Maneesha Ramchandran Shlok
Rutaparna Panda
19–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Lagos International K. Maneesha Ramchandran Shlok
Rutaparna Panda
21–16, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (5 titles, 1 runners-up)

Boys' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 India Junior International Chirag Shetty Aditya Joshi
Arun George
17-21, 12-21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 India Junior International Chirag Shetty Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Krishna Prasad Garaga
11-7, 11-10, 11-6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Belgian Junior International Chirag Shetty Alexander Dunn
Adam Hall
9-11, 11-2, 11-7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Swiss Junior International Chirag Shetty Ben Lane
Sean Vendy
11-7, 11-8, 11-7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 India Junior International Kuhoo Garg Chirag Shetty
Shruthi K.P
11-8, 11-7, 5-11, 11-8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Swiss Junior International Kuhoo Garg Bjarne Geiss
Yvonne Li
11-7, 11-7, 11-10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament