World Badminton Championship: Indian Women’s Doubles Record in All Editions

Starting from the 2nd edition of World Badminton Championships in 1980, Indian Women’s Doubles teams have represented India in 19 editions. India earned its second medal at World Badminton Championships when Jwala and Ashwini won Bronze in 2011 Championship. The medal was no less than a pleasant surprise for a country where only two out of 23 teams have appeared together in more than one World Badminton Championships. 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 Men’s Singles, History of Indians in Women’s Singles, History of Indian Mixed Doubles Teams, Indian Men’s Doubles Team History

Name of Women’s Players Participating in Singles of Every Edition

1977: None
1980: Ami Ghia / Amita Kulkarni
1983: Radhika Bose / Ami Ghia
1985: Hufrish Nariman / Deepti Thanekar, Madhumita Bisht / Ami Ghia
1987 None
1989: Seema Bafna / Madhumita Bisht Did not appear
1991: Madhumita Bisht / Manjusha Kanwar
1993: Manjusha Kanwar / P. V. V. Lakshmi
1995: Seema Bafna / Sindhu Gulati
1997 Madhumita Bisht / P. V. V. Lakshmi
1999 Archana Deodhar / Manjusha Kanwar, Neelima K. Choudhary / P. V. V. Lakshmi
2001 None
2003: Jwala Gutta / Shruti Kurian
2005 None
2006 Jwala Gutta / Shruti Kurian, Meenakshi / Trupti Murgunde
2007 Jwala Gutta / Shruti Kuria
2009 Aparna Balan / Shruti Kurian
2010 Jwala Gutta / Ashwini Ponnappa
2011 Jwala Gutta / Ashwini Ponnappa
2013 Aparna Balan / Siki Reddy, Pradnya Gadre / Ashwini Ponnappa
2014 Jwala Gutta / Ashwini Ponnappa, Pajakta Sawant / Arathi Sunil
2015 Jwala Gutta / Ashwini Ponnappa, Pradnya Gadre / N. Sikki Reddy, Dhanya Nair / Mohita Sahdev
2017 Ashwini Ponnappa / Sikki Redddy, Sanjana Santosh / Arathi Sunil, Meghana Jakkampudi / Poorvisha Ram

Indian Women’s Doubles Team Statistics

1 Bronze medal: 2011 by Jwala Gutta / Ashwini Ponnappa
Max Appearance: Starting with 2nd edition, 19 editions saw Indian Women’s Doubles team playing with maximum 4 teams playing in 2017 edition.
No Teams: 1977, 1987, 2001, 2005,
23 teams have participated in 19 editions.
1 edition (2017) saw maximum 4 Indian teams.
2 times Indian teams reached QFs and above. Both the times Jwala Gutta / Ashwini Ponnappa achieved the feat.

Maxiumum Appearances as Partners

4 Jwala Gutta / Ashwini Ponnappa (2010-11, 2014-15)
3 Jwala Gutta / Shruti Kurian (2003, 2006-07)
1: Ami Ghia / Amita Kulkarni (1980), Radhika Bose / Ami Ghia (1983), Hufrish Nariman / Deepti Thanekar, Madhumita Bisht / Ami Ghia (1985), Seema Bafna / Madhumita Bisht (1989), Madhumita Bisht / Manjusha Kanwar (1991), Manjusha Kanwar / P. V. V. Lakshmi (1993), Seema Bafna / Sindhu Gulati (1995), Archana Deodhar / Manjusha Kanwar, Neelima K. Choudhary / P. V. V. Lakshmi (1997), Archana Deodhar / Manjusha Kanwar, Neelima K. Choudhary / P. V. V. Lakshmi (1999), Meenakshi / Trupti Murgunde (2006), Aparna Balan / Siki Reddy, Pradnya Gadre / Ashwini Ponnappa (2013), Pajakta Sawant / Arathi Sunil (2014), Pradnya Gadre / N. Sikki Reddy, Dhanya Nair / Mohita Sahdev (2015), Ashwini Ponnappa / Sikki Redddy, Sanjana Santosh / Arathi Sunil, Meghana Jakkampudi / Poorvisha Ram (2017)

Maxiumum Appearances with Different Partners

7 Jwala Gutta (2 partners)
6 Ashwini Ponnappa (3 partners)
4 Shruti Kurian (2 partners)
3 Ami Ghia (3 partners), Madhumita Bisht (3 partners), Manjusha Kanwar (3 partners), P. V. V. Lakshmi (3 partners), Sikki Reddy (3 partners)
2 Seema Bafna, Pradnya Gadre (2 partners)

Results of All Editions
1980 Ami Ghia / Amita Kulkarni

Round 1 Bye
Round 2 Bye
Round 3 lost to Theresia Widiastuti / Ruth Damayanti 10-15 10-15

1983 Radhika Bose / Ami Ghia

1st Round Bye
2nd Round def Sumiko Kitada / Kimiko Jinnai 8-15 6-15

1985 Hufrish Nariman / Deepti Thanekar, Madhumita Bisht / Ami Ghia
Hufrish Nariman / Deepti Thanekar Did not Appear in Round 1
Madhumita Bisht / Ami Ghia

1st Round def Scotland pair 15-4 15-9
2nd Round lost to Kang Haeng-suk / Hwang Sun-ai (Korea) 7-15 1-15

1987: None
1989: Seema Bafna / Madhumita Bisht Did not appear
1991: Madhumita Bisht / Manjusha Kanwar lost Round 1 to Tomomi Matsuo / Kyoko Sasage (Japan) 1-15 9-15
1993: Manjusha Kanwar / P. V. V. Lakshmi lost Round 1 to 4-15 3-15
1995 Seema Bafna / Sindhu Gulati lost Round 1 vs Katrin Schmidt / Kerstin Ubben (Germany) 4-15 5-15
1997 Madhumita Bisht / P. V. V. Lakshmi lost Round 1 vs Eti Tantra / Cynthia Tuwankotta (Indonesia) 14-18 15-6 11-15
1999 Archana Deodhar / Manjusha Kanwar, Neelima K. Choudhary / P. V. V. Lakshmi
Qualification: Neelima K. Choudhary / P. V. V. Lakshmi lost to Svetlana Alferova / Marina Yakusheva (Russia)
Archana Deodhar / Manjusha Kanwar

Qualification: def Elma Ong / Moira Ong (Canada)
Round 1: lost vs Denyse Julien/Charmaine Reid (Canada) 5-15 9-15

2001: None
2003: Jwala Gutta / Shruti Kurian

1st Round: def Elin Bergblom / Johanna Persson (Sweden) 17-16 15-6
2nd Round: lost vs Cheng Wen-Hsing / Chien Yu-Chin (Chinese Taipei) 8-15 6-15

2005: None
2006: Jwala Gutta / Shruti Kurian, Meenakshi / Trupti Murgunde
Jwala Gutta / Shruti Kurian

1st Round: Bye
2nd Round: Walkover
3rd Round: lost vs Ogura / Shiota (Japan) 11-21 14-21

Meenakshi / Trupti Murgunde

Round 1: def Felx / Lavoie (Canada) 21-12 14-21 22-20
Round 2: lost vs Zhang / Wei (China) 2-21 7-21

2007 Jwala Gutta / Shruti Kurian lost 1st Round vs Johanna Persson / Elin Bergblom (Sweden) 22-20 15-21 18-21
2009 Aparna Balan / Shruti Kurian

Round 1: Bye
Round 2: lost vs 2nd seed Cheng S / Zhao YL (China) 16-21 16-21

2010 16th seed Jwala Gutta / Ashwini Ponnappa

1st Round walkover
2nd Round def M Ulitina / N Voytsekh (Ukraine) 21-8 21-10
3rd Round lost vs 6th seed Ha J-e / Kim M-j (South Korea) 14-21 15-21

2011 Jwala Gutta / Ashwini Ponnappa

1st Round def E Lee / PL Obanana (USA) 21-9 21-18
2nd Round def 2nd seed Cheng W-h / Chien Y-c (Chinese Taipei) 21-18 21-18
3rd Round def 11th seed Poon LY / Tse YS (Hong Kong) 19021 21-17 21-19
QF: def 12th seed Vita Marissa / Nadya Melati (Indonesia) 17-21 21
SF: Lost vs 5th seed Tian Qing / Zhao Yunlei (China) 14-21 16-21

2013 Aparna Balan / Siki Reddy, Pradnya Gadre / Ashwini Ponnappa

Aparna Balan / Siki Reddy lost Round 1 vs Lauren Smith / Gabrielle White (England) 15-21 17-21
Pradnya Gadre / Ashwini Ponnappa lost Round 1 vs Line Damkjaer Kruse / Marie Roepke (Denmark) 23-21 18-21 17-21

2014 Jwala Gutta / Ashwini Ponnappa, Pajakta Sawant / Arathi Sunil
Pajakta Sawant / Arathi Sunil Did not appear
Jwala Gutta / Ashwini Ponnappa

Round 1 def H Olver / K Robertshaw (England ) Walkover
Round 2 lost vs 5th seed Tian Q / Zhao YL (China) 16-21 8-21

2015 Jwala Gutta / Ashwini Ponnappa, Pradnya Gadre / N. Sikki Reddy, Dhanya Nair / Mohita Sahdev
Dhanya Nair / Mohita Sahdev lost Round 1 vs Delphine Lansac / Emilie Lefel (France) 18-21 16-21
13th seed Jwala Gutta / Ashwini Ponnappa

1st Round bye
2nd Round def Hsieh Pei-chen / Wu Ti-jung (Chinese Taipei) 21-10 21-18
3rd Round def 8th seed Reika Kakiiwa / Miyuki Maeda (Japan) 21-15 18-21 21-19
QF Lost vs Naoko Fukuman / Kurumi Yonao (Japan) 23-25 14-21

Pradnya Gadre / N. Sikki Reddy

Round 1 def Isabel Herttrich / Birgit Michels (Germany) 16-21 21-15 21-14
Round 2 lost vs Shizuka Matsuo / Mami Naito (Japan) 17-21 19-21

2017 Ashwini Ponnappa / Sikki Redddy, Sanjana Santosh / Arathi Sunil, Meghana Jakkampudi / Poorvisha Ram
Meghana Jakkampudi / Poorvisha Ram lost Round 1 vs E Muskens / S Piek (Netherlands) 21-13 16-21 8-21
Ashwini Ponnappa / Sikki Redddy

Round 1 def R Amelia (Indonesia) / A Cheong (Malaysia) 21-15 21-13
Round 2 lost vs 2nd seed K Rytter Juhl / C Pedersen (Denmark) 22-24 21-17 15-21

Sanjana Santosh / Arathi Sunil

Round 1 def N Voytsekh / Y Zharka (Ukraine) 21-15 21-18
Round 2 lost vs 14th seed Bao YX / Yu XH (China) 14-21 15-21