Sourabh Verma

Indian badminton player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sourabh Verma (born 30 December 1992) is an Indian badminton player.[2] He is a three time men's singles title Champion at the Indian National Championships. Verma reached a career high world ranking of no. 28 in December 2019.[1]

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CountryIndia
Born (1992-12-30) December 30, 1992 (age 32)
Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, India
ResidenceHyderabad, India
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
HandednessRight
CoachPullela Gopichand
Men's singles
Highest ranking28 (17 December 2019[1])
Current ranking65 (11 October 2022)
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Career overview

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Sourabh Verma started his career in badminton at the young age introduced by his father Sudhir Verma.[2] In 2011, he won the Indian National Championships in the senior singles category.[3] Verma won his first international title by winning the Bahrain International Challenge. In the same year, he was the runner-up at India Open Grand Prix Gold after losing to the former Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat.[4]

In 2012, Sourabh Verma reached a career high of no. 30 in the world ranking,[2] with the best results throughout the year were the quarter finalists at the Malaysia and Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold, also at the China Masters Superseries.[5][6]

Sourabh Verma won back-to-back international titles in 2013 and 2014. First of them being 2013 Tata International Challenge held at Mumbai where he defeated Prannoy H. S.[7] Verma grabbed the next title at 2014 Iran Fajr International Challenge beating Alrie Guna Dharma and the 3rd title in the row was taken by becoming the champion at the 2014 Austrian International Challenge causing an upset to his higher ranked opponent Hsu Jen-hao.[8] Sourabh Verma also finished as the runner-up in a neck to neck match with Simon Santoso at the 2014 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold. He represented his country competed at the 2014 Asian Games.[9][10]

In 2015, he finished as the runner-up at the Tata Open India International lost to his younger brother Sameer Verma in straight games.[11] He also was the runners-up at the 2016 Belgian International, Polish International, and Bitburger Open.[12] In October 2016, he clinched the Grand Prix title at the Chinese Taipei Masters, after his opponent Liew Daren retired in the third game due to a shoulder injury.[13]

In 2017, he won his second title at the Indian National Championships.[14] In the international event, his best results were the quarter finalists at the Syed Modi International and New Zealand Open.[15] In 2018, he won the BWF Tour Super 100 level tournaments in Russian Open and Dutch Open.[16] He participated at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta.[10]

In February 2019, Sourabh Verma won his third title at the Indian National Championships.[17]

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BWF World Tour (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[18] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are 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.[19]

Men's singles

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Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2018 Russian Open Super 100 Japan Koki Watanabe 18–21, 21–12, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Dutch Open Super 100 Malaysia Cheam June Wei 21–19, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Hyderabad Open Super 100 Singapore Loh Kean Yew 21–13, 14–21, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Vietnam Open Super 100 China Sun Feixiang 21–12, 17–21, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Syed Modi International Super 300 Chinese Taipei Wang Tzu-wei 15–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
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BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 3 runners-up)

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.

Men's singles

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Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2011 India Grand Prix Gold Indonesia Taufik Hidayat 15–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold Indonesia Simon Santoso 21–15, 16–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Chinese Taipei Masters Malaysia Liew Daren 12–10, 12–10, 3–3 retired 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Bitburger Open China Shi Yuqi 19–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
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  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 3 runners-up)

Men's singles

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Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2011 Bahrain International India Prannoy H. S. 25–23, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Tata Open India International India Prannoy H. S. 21–12, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Iran Fajr International Indonesia Alrie Guna Dharma 21–13, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Austrian International Indonesia Andre Kurniawan Tedjono 21–11, 21–23, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Tata Open India International India Sameer Verma 11–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Belgian International France Lucas Corvée 19–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Polish International Denmark Victor Svendsen 27–29, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Slovenian International Japan Minoru Koga 21–17, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 (III) India International Challenge India Mithun Manjunath 21–18, 17–21, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
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  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

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