
Men’s Singles is the only event in which India has participated in all tthe 23 editions of World Badminton Championships starting from 1977 till 2017 Glasgow Championship. The baton has passed from Prakash Padukone, Syed Modi, Vimal Kumar, Gopichand, Chetan Anand to current Indian leading players. But, only Prakash Padukone has earned the chance to stand on medal podium after winning Bronze in 1983. Overall 26 Indians have reached only 8 Quarterfinals and 1 semifinals. Padukone and Gopichand made maximum 5 appearances. Check who represented India and results of all the Men’s Singles matches for Indians in all the editions.
World Badminton Championship: History of Medal Winners from India
History of Indians in World Badminton Championships: Women’s Singles, Mixed Doubles Teams, Women’s Doubles Team, Men’s Doubles Team
Statistics
- Best Result in Men’s Singles: Bronze by Prakash Padukone in 1983
QFs in Men’s Singles: 6 (3 Prakash Padukone (1977, 1980, 1983), Gopichand (2001), Kashyap (2013), Srikanth (2017)
26 Men’s represented in all the 23 editions of World Badminton Championships that started in 1977.
Maximum Appearances
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6 editions saw maximum 4 Indian Men in Singles.
2 editions saw only one Indian in Men’s Singles.
5 Prakash Padukone (1977-1987), Pullela Gopichand (1993-2001)
4 Syed Modi (1980-1987), Chetan Anand (2006-10), Parupalli Kashyap (2010-13, 15), Ajay Jayaram (11-14, 17)
2 Partho Ganguli (77,80), Uday Pawar (77, 83), Vimal Kumar (85, 89), George Thomas (91, 93), Rajeev Bagga (91, 95), Abhinn Shyam Gupta (2001, 03), Arvind Bhat (05, 09)
1 Vikram Singh (80), Pradeep Gandhe (83), Sanat Misra (85), Praveen Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Sushant Bora (89), Susant Saxena, Srikant Bakshi (91), Vikrant Patwardhan (97), Nikhil Kanetkar (2003), HS Prannoy (2015), B. Sai Praneeth, Sameer Verma (2017)
Indians in Men’s Singles Event of Every Edition
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1977: Prakash Padukone, Partho Ganguli, Uday Pawar
1980: Prakash Padukone (QF), Syed Modi (Round 3), Partho Ganguli (Round 2), Vikram Singh (Round 1)
1983: Prakash Padukone, Syed Modi, Pradeep Gandhe, Uday Pawar
1985: Prakash Padukone, Sanat Misra, Syed Modi, Vimal Kumar
1987 Prakash Padukone, Syed Modi
1989: Vimal Kumar, Praveen Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Sushant Bora
1991: Susant Saxena, George Thomas, Srikant Bakshi, Rajeev Bagga
1993: George Thomas, Pullela Gopichand
1995: Rajeev Bagga, Pullela Gopichand
1997 Vikrant Patwardhan, Pullela Gopichand
1999 Pullela Gopichand
2001 Pullela Gopichand, Abhinn Shyam Gupta
2003: Abhinn Shyam Gupta, Nikhil Kanetkar
2005 Arvind Bhat
2006 Chetan Anand, Anup Sridhar
2007 Chetan Anand, Anuo Sridhar
2009 Chetan Anand, Arvind Bhat, Parupalli Kashyap
2010 Parupalli Kashyap, Chetan Anand
2011 Parupalli Kashyap, Ajay Jayaram
2013 Ajay Jayaram, Parupalli Kashyap
2014 Ajay Jayaram, Srikanth Kidambi
2015 Srikanth Kidambi, HS Prannoy, Parupalli Kashyap
2017 Srikanth Kidambi, Ajay Jayaram, B. Sai Praneeth, Sameer Verma
Men’s Singles Results of every edition
1977: Prakash Padukone, Partho Ganguli, Uday Pawar
Prakash Padukone (QF)
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1st Round def Shoichi Toganoo 17-14 15-11
2nd Round def Jih Shu-Ching (Chinese Taipei) 15-9 15-4
3rd Round def Roy Díaz González (Mexico) 15-4 14-18 15-6
QF Lost to Iie Sumirat (Indonesia) 6-15 15-10 11-15
Uday Pawar lost Round 1 vs Victor Jaramillo Luque (Mexico) 18-13 15-9
Partho Ganguli
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Round 1 def Visnan Kapil (Zambia) 15-2 15-2
Round 2 lost to Masao Tsuchida (Japan) 8-15 10-15
1980: Prakash Padukone (QF), Syed Modi (Round 3), Partho Ganguli (Round 2), Vikram Singh (Round 1)
Prakash Padukone
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1st Round bye
2nd Round def Jacob van Selm (Netherlands) 15-3 15-3
3rd Round def Steen Fladberg (Denmark) 15-11 15-3
QF Lost to Hadiyanto (Indonesia) 11-15 13-15
Vikram Singh (Round 1) lost to Roy Díaz González (Mexico) 0-15 3-15
Syed Modi (Round 3)
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1st Round def Saw Swee Leong (Malaysia) 15-10 15-6
2nd Round def Bengt Fröman (Sweden) 15-1 15-7
3rd Round lost to Lius Pongoh (Indonesia) 3-15 3-15
Partho Ganguli
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Round 1 def Steve Baddeley (England) 15-7 8-15 15-10
Round 2 lost to Thomas Kihlström (Sweden) 15-9 14-18 7-15
1983: Prakash Padukone, Syed Modi, Pradeep Gandhe, Uday Pawar
Prakash Padukone
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1st Round def Stefan Karlsson (Sweden) 18-4 15-6
2nd Round def Heinz Fischer (Austria) 15-1 15-5
3rd Round def Andy Goode (England) 15-5 15-8
QF def Luan Jin (China) 15-3 15-9
SF Lost to Icuk Sugiarto (Indonesia) 9-15 15-7 1-15
Syed Modi
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1st Round def Guus van der Vlugt (Netherlands) 15-8 15-9
2nd Round lost to Morten Frost (Denmark) 2-15 4-15
Lost Round 1
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Pradeep Gandhe lost to Steen Fladberg (Denmark) 4-15 4-15
Uday Pawar lost to Steve Baddeley (England) 2-15 9-15
1985: Prakash Padukone, Sanat Misra, Syed Modi, Vimal Kumar
Prakash Padukone
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1st Round def Tariq Farooq (Austria) 15-7 15-3
2nd Round def Ogbo (Nigeria) 15-3 15-1
3rd Round def Kukasemkij (Thailand) 15-12 15-12
QF Lost to Morten Frost (Denmark) 4-15 6-15
Vimal Kumar Lost Round 1 to Foo Kok Keong (Malaysia) 15-11 7-15 8-12
Sanat Misra
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1st Round def Hiroshi Nishiyami (Japan) 15-11 15-9
2nd Round def Johansson (Sweden) 15-4 15-9
3rd Round lost to Nierhoff (Denmark) 6-15 5-15
Syed Modi
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1st Round def Shuuji Matsuno (Japan) 15-10 7-15 15-13
2nd Round lost to Han (China) 1-15 7-15
1987 Prakash Padukone, Syed Modi
Lost Round 1
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Syed Modi lost vs Rashid Sidek (Malaysia) 9-15 6-15
Prakash Padukone lost vs Eddy Ismanto (Indonesia) 8-15 11-15
1989: Vimal Kumar, Praveen Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Sushant Bora
Out in Round 1
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Praveen Kumar and Manoj Kumar Did not appear in Round 1
Sushant Bora lost Round 1 to Eddy Kurniawan (Indonesia) 7-15 7-15
Vimal Kumar
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1st Round def Pascal Pak (France) 15-0 15-4
2nd Round def Anders W. Nielsen (England) 15-10 13-15 15-13
3rd Round lost to Allan Budi Kusuma (Indonesia) 8-15 4-15
1991: Susant Saxena, George Thomas, Srikant Bakshi, Rajeev Bagga
Susant Saxena
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Qualification: got walkover
1st Round def Stephan Kuhl (Germany) 15-8 15-9
2nd Round def Pedro Vanneste (Belgium) 15-4 10-15 17-14
3rd Round lost to Liu Jun (China) 2-15 2-15
George Thomas
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Qualification: def Stefaan Cognie (Belgium) 15-0, 15-3
1st Round def Nicholas M. Hall (New Zealand) 17-14 15-3
2nd Round lost to Wan Zhengwen (China) 18-11 15-9
Lost 1st Match
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Srikant Bakshi lost Round 1 to Liu En-Horng (Taiwan) 15-10 3-15 6-15
Rajeev Bagga lost Qualification to Yu Lizhi (China) 15-10, 16-17, 15-12
1993: George Thomas, Pullela Gopichand
George Thomas
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1st Round def Dariusz Karczmarczyk (Indonesia) 15-9 15-9
2nd Round lost to Peter Knowles (England) 15-7 15-9
Pullela Gopichand
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1st Round def Luis Lopezllera (Mexico) 15-7 15-3
2nd Round lost to Wan Zhengwen (China) 18-5 15-6
1995: Rajeev Bagga, Pullela Gopichand
Rajeev Bagga
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Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Walkover
Round 3: lost to Peter Rasmussen (Denmark) 6-15 8-15
Pullela Gopichand
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Round 1: Bye
Round 2: lost to Joko Suprianto (Indonesia) 8-15 4-15
1997 Vikrant Patwardhan, Pullela Gopichand
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Vikrant Patwardhan lost Round 1 vs Allan Budi Kusuma 8-15 1-15
Pullela Gopichand gave walkover
1999 Pullela Gopichand
Pullela Gopichand lost Round 1 vs Chen Gang (China) 12-15 15-5 10-15
2001 Pullela Gopichand, Abhinn Shyam Gupta
Abhinn Shyam Gupta lost Round 1 vs Muhammad Roslin Hashim (Malaysia) 15-17 5-15
6th seed Pullela Gopichand
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1st Round: def Jens Roch (Germany) 15-3 15-8
2nd Round: def Kevin Han (USA) 15-6 11-15 15-7
3rd Round: def Fung Permadi (Taiwan) 15-10 15-13
QF: Lost vs Chen Hong (China) 10-15 10-15
2003: Abhinn Shyam Gupta, Nikhil Kanetkar
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Abhinn Shyam Gupta lost Round 1 vs Taufik Hidayat (Indonesia) 7-15 10-15
Nikhil Kanetkar lost Round 1 vs Peter Rasmussen (Denmark) 4-15 15-9 5-15
2005 Arvind Bhat
Arvind Bhat lost Round 1 vs Boonsak Ponsana (Thailand) 6-15 9-15
2006 Chetan Anand, Anuo Sridhar
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Chetan Anand lost Round 1 vs Lee H.I. (South Korea) 18-21 21-18 10-21
Anuo Sridhar lost Round 1 vs Liao (Chinese Taipei) 21-19 16-21 13-21
2007 Chetan Anand, Anuo Sridhar
Chetan Anand lost Round 1 vs S Kuncoro (Indonesia) 21-11 14-21 18-21
Anup Sridhar
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Round 1: def J Koch (Austria) 21-15 21-19
Round 2: def Taufiq Hidayat (Indonesia) 21-14 24-26 22-20
Round 3: def H Hashim (Malaysia) 21-19 18-21 21-15
QF: Lost vs Lin Dan (China) 20-22 9-21
2009 Chetan Anand, Arvind Bhat, Parupalli Kashyap
15th seed Chetan Anand
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1st Round: def Hong J-h (South Korea) 21-8 21-16
2nd Round: def S Makarski (Bulgaria) 21-9 21-17
3rd Round: lost vs SD Kuncoro (Indonesia) 16-21 16-21
Arvind Bhat lost Round 1 vs 9th seed Hsieh Y-h (Chinese Taipei) 14-21 21-19 22-24
Parupalli Kashyap
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Round 1: def A Shahhosseini (Iran) 21-9 21-13
Round 2: lost vs Long Chen (China) 21-14 10-21 7-21
2010 Parupalli Kashyap, Chetan Anand
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14th seed Chetan Anand lost Round 1 vs A Chen (Singapore) 14-21 18-21
Parupalli Kashyap lost Round 1 vs T Saensomboonsuk (Thailand) 21-14 14-21 16-21
2011 Parupalli Kashyap, Ajay Jayaram
Ajay Jayaram
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1st Round: def K Tago (Japan) 21-12 21-19
2nd Round: def V Ivanov (Russia) 21-19 21-17
3rd Round: lost vs 6th seed Chen J (China) 21-18 12-21 11-21
Parupalli Kashyap
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1st Round def D Domke (Germany) 21-12 23-25 21-11
2nd Round lost vs Nguyen TM (Vietnam) 22-24 21-17 20-22
2013 Ajay Jayaram, Parupalli Kashyap
Parupalli Kashyap
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1st Round def Raul Must (Estonia) 19-21 21-14 21-9
2nd Round def Petr Koukal (Czech Republic) 14-5 (retired)
3rd Round def 6th seed Hu Yun (Hong Kong) 21-13 21-16
QF lost vs 3rd seed Du Pengyu (China) 21-16 20-22 15-21
Ajay Jayaram
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Round 1 def 12th seed Wong Wing Ki (Hong Kong) 22-20 17-21 21-15
Round 2 los vs Pablo Abian (Spain) 9-21 17-21
2014 Ajay Jayaram, Srikanth Kidambi
Srikanth Kidambi
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Round 1 def I Utrosa (Slovenia) 21-11 11-21 21-12
Round 2 def R Ouseph (England) 21-18 21-13
Round 3 lost vs 2nd seed Long Chen (China) 12-21 10-21
Parupalli Kashyap lost Round 1 vs D Domke (Germany) 24-26 21-13 8-21
Ajay Jayaram
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Round 1: Walkover
Round 2: lost vs T Saensomboonsuk (Thailand) 17-21 14-21
2015 Srikanth Kidambi, HS Prannoy, Parupalli Kashyap
3rd Seed Srikanth Kidambi
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1st Round def M Fariman (Australia) 21-10 21-13
2nd Round def Hsu J-h (Chinese Taipei) 21-14 21-15
3rd Round lost vs 12th seed Hu Yun (Hong Kong) 21-14 17-21 21-23
11th seed HS Prannoy
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1st Round def A Y Tjong (Brazil) 21-12 21-16
2nd Round def E Ekiring (Uganda) 21-14 21-19
3rd Round lost vs Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) 16-21 21-19 18-21
10th seed Parupalli Kashyap
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1st Round def E Meijs (Netherlands) 21-17 21-10
2nd Round lost vs Nguy?n TM (Vietnam) 21-17 13-21 18-21
2017 Srikanth Kidambi, Ajay Jayaram, B. Sai Praneeth, Sameer Verma
8th seed Srikanth Kidambi
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1st Round def S Sirant (Russia) 21-13 21-12
2nd Round def L Corvée (France) 21-9 21-17
3rd Round A Antonsen (Denmark) 21-14 21-18
QF: lost vs top seed Son Wan ho (Korea) 14-21 18-21
13th seed Ajay Jayaram
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1st Round def L Wraber (Austria) 21-14 21-12
2nd Round def Mark Caljouw (Netherlands) 21-13 21-18
3rd Round lost vs 5th seed Long Chen (China) 11-21 10-21
15th seed B. Sai Praneeth
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1st Round def Wei N (Hong Kong) 21-18 21-17
2nd Round def Anthony Ginting (Indonesia) 14-21 21-18 21-19
3rd Round lost vs 6th seed Chou Tien Chen (Chinese Taipei) 21-19 10-21 12-21
Sameer Verma
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Round 1 def Pablo Abian (Spain) 21-8 17-4 (Retired)
Round 2 lost vs Rajiv Ouseph (England) 20-22 9-21
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