Gayatri Gopichand

Gayatri Gopichand
Personal information
Country India
Born 4 March 2003
Height 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight 56 kg (123 lb)
Handedness Right
Coach Pullela Gopichand
Arun Vishnu
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking 197 (WS 14 January 2020),
14 (WD with Treesa Jolly 30 May 2023),
110 (XD with K. Sai Pratheek 25 October 2022)
Current ranking 19 (WD with Treesa Jolly 2 January 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing India
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Dubai Mixed team
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham Women's doubles
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Kathmandu–Pokhara Women's team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Kathmandu–Pokhara Women's singles
BWF profile

Pullela Gayatri Gopichand (born 4 March 2003) is an Indian badminton player. She is the daughter of former badminton players P. V. V. Lakshmi and Pullela Gopichand. She was part of the national team that clinched the women's team gold medal at the 2019 South Asian Games, and a silver in the women's singles; She also competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, winning a silver in the mixed team and a bronze medal in the women's doubles. Gopichand became the first woman Indian doubles specialist to make the semi-finals of All England Open 21 years after her father's feat.

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

The six medallists in the women's badminton doubles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Left to right: Chloe Birch and Lauren Smith (England), Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan (Malaysia), Treesa Jolly and Gayathri Gopichand (India).

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England Treesa Jolly Chen Hsuan-yu
Gronya Somerville 		21–15, 21–18 Bronze Bronze

South Asian Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2019 Badminton Covered Hall, Pokhara, Nepal Ashmita Chaliha 18–21, 23–25 Silver Silver

BWF World Tour (1 title, 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Syed Modi International Super 300 Treesa Jolly Anna Cheong
Teoh Mei Xing 		12–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Odisha Open Super 100 Treesa Jolly Sanyogita Ghorpade
Shruti Mishra 		21–12, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 5 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2019 Nepal International Malvika Bansod 14–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2021 Polish International Treesa Jolly Margot Lambert
Anne Tran 		10–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 India International Challenge Treesa Jolly Tanisha Crasto
Rutaparna Panda 		23–21, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Welsh International Treesa Jolly Margot Lambert
Anne Tran 		20–22, 21–17, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Bahrain International Challenge Treesa Jolly Lanny Tria Mayasari
Ribka Sugiarto 		18–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2021 India International Challenge K. Sai Pratheek Ishaan Bhatnagar
Tanisha Crasto 		16–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament