Arjun M. R.

Arjun Madathil Ramachandran (born 11 May 1997) is an Indian badminton player.^[1][2] He alongside India men's team won the 2022 Thomas Cup,^[3] and also bronze medal at the 2020 Asia Team Championships.^[4]

Arjun M. R.
Personal information
Birth name	Arjun Madathil Ramachandran
Country	India
Born	(1997-05-11) 11 May 1997 (age 27) 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	41 (MD with Dhruv Kapila 16 April 2024)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  India Thomas Cup 2022 Bangkok Men's team Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Men's team Asia Team Championships 2020 Manila Men's team
BWF profile

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.^[5]

Achievements

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[6] 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.^[7]

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Odisha Open	Super 100	Treesa Jolly	Sachin Dias Thilini Hendahewa	16–21, 20–22	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (11 titles, 6 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	Runner-up
2016	Nepal International	Ramchandran Shlok	Rizwan Azam Sulehri Kashif Ali	21–18, 21–15	Winner
2017	Iran Fajr International	Ramchandran Shlok	Kenas Adi Haryanto Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani	11–8, 11–8, 11–9	Winner
2017	Ethiopia International	Ramchandran Shlok	Bahaedeen Ahmad Alshannik Mohd Naser Mansour Nayef	21–7, 21–19	Winner
2018	Hellas Open	Ramchandran Shlok	Adrian Dziółko Michał Rogalski	21–13, 21–11	Winner
2018	Tata Open India International	B. Sumeeth Reddy	Goh Sze Fei Nur Izzuddin	21–10, 21–16	Winner
2019	Ghana International	Ramchandran Shlok	Godwin Olofua Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	21–11, 21–12	Winner
2019	Lagos International	Ramchandran Shlok	Jones Ralfy Jansen Peter Käsbauer	11–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2019	Nepal International	Dhruv Kapila	Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy	19–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2019	Bangladesh International	Dhruv Kapila	Chang Yee Jun Tee Kai Wun	19–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2022 (I)	India International Challenge	Dhruv Kapila	Chaloempon Charoenkitamorn Nanthakarn Yordphaisong	21–17, 20–22, 21–18	Winner
2024	Uganda International	Dhruv Kapila	Vinson Chiu Joshua Yuan	21–14, 21–13	Winner
2024	Polish Open	Dhruv Kapila	William Kryger Boe Christian Faust Kjær	15–21, 23–21, 21–19	Winner
2024 (I)	India International	Vishnu Vardhan Goud Panjala	Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy K. Sai Pratheek	19–21, 17–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Hellas Open	K. Maneesha	Paweł Pietryja Agnieszka Wojtkowska	21–15, 21–14	Winner
2019	Ghana International	K. Maneesha	Ramchandran Shlok Rutaparna Panda	19–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2019	Lagos International	K. Maneesha	Ramchandran Shlok Rutaparna Panda	21–16, 21–17	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	Runner-up
2014	India Junior International	Chirag Shetty	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Krishna Prasad Garaga	11-7, 11-10, 11-6	Winner
2014	Belgian Junior International	Chirag Shetty	Alexander Dunn Adam Hall	9-11, 11-2, 11-7	Winner
2014	Swiss Junior International	Chirag Shetty	Ben Lane Sean Vendy	11-7, 11-8, 11-7	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	Winner
2014	Swiss Junior International	Kuhoo Garg	Bjarne Geiss Yvonne Li	11-7, 11-7, 11-10	Winner

  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

  BWF Junior International Series tournament

  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References

1. "Players: Arjun M.R." Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
2. "Player Profile of Arjun M. R." Badminton Association of India. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
3. Kalyani, Meera (28 May 2022). "'Loss to Chinese Taipei brought the team together': Thomas Cup champion Arjun M R". The Indian Express. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
4. "India men take bronze at Badminton Asia Team Championships after valiant fight vs Indonesia in semi-final". India Today. 15 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
5. "Double Win for the City Lad". The New Indian Express. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
6. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
7. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links

• Arjun M. R. at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• Arjun M. R. at BWFBadminton.com