Nico Ruponen

Nico Mikael Ruponen (born 3 February 1989) is a Swedish badminton player.^[2][3] In 2012, he won the Kharkiv International in the mixed doubles event partnered with Amanda Högström.^[4] In 2016, he and Richard Eidestedt had to battle through the qualification round at the Orleans International tournament before reach the finals, finally they won the men's doubles title after beat Hardianto and Haryanto of Indonesia.^[5] He also became the runner-up at the 2016 Canada Open Grand Prix tournament in the mixed doubles event with Högström.^[6]

Nico Ruponen
Personal information
Birth name	Nico Mikael Ruponen
Country	Sweden
Born	(1989-02-03) 3 February 1989 (age 36) Täby, Stockholms län, Sweden
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Handedness	Left
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	248 (MS 22 October 2009) 47 (MD 19 January 2017) 21 (XD 15 December 2016)
BWF profile

Achievements

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Canada Open	Amanda Högström	Đỗ Tuấn Đức Phạm Như Thảo	9–21, 21–10, 13–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Orleans International	Richard Eidestedt	Hardianto Kenas Adi Haryanto	13–21, 21–12, 21–19	Winner
2016	Italian International	Richard Eidestedt	Jones Ralfy Jansen Josche Zurwonne	17–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2017	Swedish International	Richard Eidestedt	Konstantin Abramov Alexandr Zinchenko	17–21, 20–22	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Kharkiv International	Amanda Högström	Gaëtan Mittelheisser Émilie Lefel	23-21, 10-21, 21-16	Winner
2014	Finnish Open	Amanda Högström	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen Lena Grebak	24-22, 19-21, 13-21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Nico Ruponen (SWE)". National Badminton League. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
2. "Players: Nico Ruponen". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
3. "Nico Ruponen" (in Swedish). Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
4. "Nico Ruponen och Amanda Högström vann i Kharkov" (in Swedish). Täby BM - Badminton. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
5. "Maiden title for Eidestedt & Ruponen in Orleans". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
6. "Vietnamese pair clinch Canada Open badminton title". VietnamBreakingNews. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

External links

• Nico Ruponen at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)