World Badminton Championship: Indian Mixed Doubles Record in All Editions

Starting from the 2nd edition of World Badminton Championships in 1980, 25 Mixed Doubles had Indian teams out of which twice the male partner was non-Indian. Indian Mixed Doubles have participated only in 15 editions out of 23 editions of World Badminton Championships. Valiyaveetil Diju / Jwala Gutta have been the most successful among Indian team being the only team to reach quarterfinals. They achieved the feat twice. Check the appearances and results of all the Indian Mixed Doubles team in all editions.

World Badminton Championship: History of Medal Winners from India
History of Indians in World Badminton Championships: Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, Women’s Doubles Team, Men’s Doubles Team

Name of Mixed Doubles Teams Participating in Different Editions

1977: None
1980: Partho Ganguli / Ami Ghia, Vikram Singh / Amita Kulkarni
1983: Pradeep Gandhe / Ami Ghia
1985: Pradeep Gandhe / Ami Ghia, Leroy D’sa/Madhumita Bisht
1987 None
1989: Deepti Thanekar / Sushant Bora Did not appear
1991: None
1993: None
1995: Jan Jurka (India) / Markéta Koudelková (Czech Republic)
1997 None
1999 Vincent Lobo / Archana Deodhar
2001 Valiyaveetil Diju / P. V. V. Lakshmi, Jaseel P. Ismail / Madhumita Bisht
2003: None
2005 None
2006 Valiyaveetil Diju / Jwala Gutta
2007 None
2009 Valiyaveetil Diju / Jwala Gutta, Arun Vishnu / Aparna Balan
2010 Valiyaveetil Diju / Jwala Gutta
2011 Valiyaveetil Diju / Jwala Gutta
2013 Tarun Kona / Ashwini Ponnappa, Arun Vishnu / Aparna Balan
2014 Tarun Kona / Ashwini Ponnappa, Arun Vishnu / Aparna Balan
2015 Tarun Kona / Sikki Reddy, Arun Vishnu / Aparna Balan
2017 Pranaav Jerry Chopra / N. Sikki Reddy, Sumeeth Reddy / Ashwini Ponnappa, Satwiksairaj / M Kukkapalli, Prajakta Sawant / K Yogendran (Malaysia)

Mixed Doubles Statistics for India

Max Appearance: Starting with 2nd edition, 15 editions saw Indian Mixed Doubles team playing with maximum 4 teams playing in 2017 edition.
No Teams: 1977, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2007
1 edition (2017) saw maximum 4 Indian teams.
2 editions (1995, 2017) saw Indian women partnering with non-Indians.
2 times Indian teams reached QFs. Both the times Valiyaveetil Diju / Jwala Gutta team achieved the best performance.
16 years gap between two appearances of Madhumita Bisht (1985, 2001)

Maxiumum Appearances as Partners

4 Valiyaveetil Diju / Jwala Gutta (2006, 2009-11), Arun Vishnu / Aparna Balan (2009, 2013-15)
2: Tarun Kona / Ashwini Ponnappa (2013-14), Pradeep Gandhe / Ami Ghia (1983-85)
1: Partho Ganguli / Ami Ghia, Vikram Singh / Amita Kulkarni (1980), Leroy D’sa/Madhumita Bisht (1985), Deepti Thanekar / Sushant Bora (1989), Jan Jurka (India) / Markéta Koudelková (Czech Republic) (1995), Vincent Lobo / Archana Deodhar (1999), Valiyaveetil Diju / P. V. V. Lakshmi, Jaseel P. Ismail / Madhumita Bisht (2001), Tarun Kona / Sikki Reddy (2015), Pranaav Jerry Chopra / N. Sikki Reddy, Sumeeth Reddy / Ashwini Ponnappa, Satwiksairaj / M Kukkapalli, Prajakta Sawant / K Yogendran (Malaysia) (2017)

Maxiumum Individual Appearances with Different Partners

5 Valiyaveetil Diju (2 partners)
3 Ami Ghia (2 partners), Ashwini Ponnappa (2 partners), Tarun Kona (2 partners)
2 Madhumita Bisht (1985, 2001), Sikki Reddy (2 partners)

Results for all Indian teams in All Editions
1980: Partho Ganguli / Ami Ghia, Vikram Singh / Amita Kulkarni
Partho Ganguli / Ami Ghia

Round 1 Bye
Round 2 lost to Rob / Marjan Ridder (Netherlands) 7-15 6-15

Vikram Singh / Amita Kulkarni

Round 1 Bye
Round 2 lost to Billy Gilliland (Scotland) / Barbara Sutton (England) 1-15 4-15

1983 Pradeep Gandhe / Ami Ghia

1st Round Bye
2nd Round def Paul Johnson / Claire Backhouse (Canada)
3rd Round lost to Thomas Kihlström (Sweden) / Nora Perry (England)

1985 Leroy D’sa/Madhumita Bisht, Pradeep Gandhe/Ami Ghia
Leroy D’sa/Madhumita Bisht

Qualification Round def Bob Gilmour/Barbara McKinley: 15-12, 15-8
1st Round def Alex White (Scotland) / Maxine Evans (Australia) 15-3 15-9
2nd Round lost to Maria Bengtsson / Stefan Karlsson (Sweden) 5-17 7-15

Pradeep Gandhe/Ami Ghia

Qualification Round def Broddi Kristjansson/Thordis Ewald (Iceland) 15-7, 15-6
1st Round lost to Dan Travers / Pamela Hamilton (Scotland) 2-15 10-15

1987: None
1989: Deepti Thanekar / Sushant Bora Did not appear
1991: None
1993: None
1995: Jan Jurka played with Markéta Koudelková (Czech Republic) lost Round 1 by 4-15 10-15
1997: none
1999: Vincent Lobo / Archana Deodhar

Round 1: def Piotr Zoladek / Kamila Augustyn (Poland) 15-4 7-15 15-4
Round 2: lost to Trikus Haryanto / Minarti Timur (Indonesia) 4-15 4-15

2001 Jaseel P. Ismail / Madhumita Bisht, V. Diju / P. V. V. Lakshmi

V. Diju / P. V. V. Lakshmi lost Round 1 vs Graham Hurrell / Sarah Hardaker (England) 8-15 17-14 11-15
Jaseel P. Ismail / Madhumita Bisht lost Round 1 vs Bambang Suprianto / Minarti Timur (Indonesia) 4-15 8-15

2003: None
2005: None
2006 Valiyaveetil Diju / Jwala Gutta lost Round 1 vs Gan Teik Chai / Fong Chew Yen (Malaysia) 18-21 21-17 19-21
2007: None
2009 Arun Vishnu / Aparna Balan, V Diju / Jwala Gutta
Arun Vishnu / Aparna Balan lost Round 1 vs N Hirata / S Matsuo (Japan) 14-21 20-22
8th seed V Diju / Jwala Gutta

1st Round: Bye
2nd Round: walkover
3rd Round: R Mateusiak / N Kostiuczyk (Poland) 21-11 22-20
QF: Lost vs 2nd seed N Widianto / L Natsir (Indonesia) 16-21 14-21

2010 Valiyaveetil Diju / Jwala Gutta
9th seed Valiyaveetil Diju / Jwala Gutta

1st Round def C Adcock / G White (England) 21-6 14-21 21-8
2nd Round def Chan PS / Goh LY (Malaysia) 21-19 21-8
3rd Round def C Triyachart / Yao L (Singapore) 14-21 21-18 21-14
QF lost vs Ko S-h / Ha J-e (South Korea) 16-21 19-21

2011 16th seed Valiyaveetil Diju / Jwala Gutta

1st Round bye
2nd Round def Ong JG / Chong SC (Malaysia) 21-11 21-15
3rd Round lost vs 5th seed J Fischer Nielsen / C Pedersen (Denmark) 9-21 15-21

2013 Tarun Kona / Ashwini Ponnappa, Arun Vishnu / Aparna Balan

Tarun Kona / Ashwini Ponnappa lost Round 1 vs Hirokatsu Hashimoto / Miyuki Maeda (Japan) 18-21 21-12 19-21
Arun Vishnu / Aparna Balan lost Round 1 vs Liao Min-chun / Chen Hsiao-huan (Chinese Taipei) 16-21 16-21

2014 Arun Vishnu / Aparna Balan, Tarun Kona / Ashwini Ponnappa
Tarun Kona / Ashwini Ponnappa lost Round 1 vs A Kristiansen / J Houmann (Denmark) 16-21 25-27
Arun Vishnu / Aparna Balan

Round 1 def H Arthuso / F Silva (Brazil) 21-12 21-14
Round 2 lost vs M Fuchs / B Michels (Germany) 14-21 11-21

2015 Arun Vishnu / Aparna Balan, Tarun Kona / Sikki Reddy

Arun Vishnu / Aparna Balan lost Round 1 vs Evgenij Dremin / Evgenia Dimova (Russia) 18-21 21-10 22-24
Tarun Kona / Sikki Reddy lost Round 1 vs Liao Min-chun / Chen Hsiao-huan (Chinese Taipei) 13-21 17-21

2017 Pranaav Jerry Chopra / N. Sikki Reddy, Sumeeth Reddy / Ashwini Ponnappa, Satwiksairaj / M Kukkapalli, Prajakta Sawant / K Yogendran (Malaysia)
15th seed Pranaav Jerry Chopra / N. Sikki Reddy

1st Round bye
2nd Round def Prajakta Sawant (India) / K Yogendran (Malaysia) 21-12 21-19
3rd Round lost vs 7th seed P Jordan / D Susanto (Indonesia) 22-20 18-21 18-21

Sumeeth Reddy / Ashwini Ponnappa

Round 1: walkover
Round 2: lost vs 13th seed Wang YL / Huang DP (China) 17-21 21-18 5-21

Prajakta Sawant / K Yogendran (Malaysia)

Round 1 def Lu C-y / Chiang K-h (Chinese Taipei) 21-15 13-21 21-18
Round 2 lost vs Chinese Taipei 12-21 19-21

Satwiksairaj / M Kukkapalli

Round 1 def Tam C H / Ng T Y (Hong Kong) 24-22 21-17
Round 2 lost vs 14th seed Christiansen / S Thygesen (Denmark) 20-22 18-21