Chirag Shetty

Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty (born 4 July 1997) is an Indian badminton player.[2][3] He and his partner, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, are the first men's doubles pair from India to be ranked inside the top 10 of the BWF World Ranking, with a career-high ranking of 7.[4]

Chirag Shetty
Personal information
Birth nameChirag Chandrashekhar Shetty[1]
CountryIndia
Born (1997-07-04) 4 July 1997
Mumbai, India
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking7 (MD 12 November 2019)
413 (XD 27 August 2015)
Current ranking7 (MD 22 March 2022)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  India
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast Mixed team
2018 Gold Coast Men's doubles
Asia Team Championships
2016 Hyderabad Men's team
2020 Manila Men's team
BWF profile

Career

In 2018, Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy played a crucial role in earning India a historic gold medal in the mixed team event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where they also won the men's doubles silver.[5]

In 2019, Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy became the first Indian doubles pair to win a BWF Superseries or BWF World Tour (Super 500+) title, when they won the Thailand Open title, beating the Chinese pair of Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen in the final.[6] They followed it up with a runner-up finish at the 2019 French Open, where they lost in the final to the Indonesian pair of Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo.[7]

In 2021, Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy lost to the Indonesian duo of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in the second round to crash out of the 2020 Yonex Thailand Open.[8] In July, he and Rankireddy competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, but were eliminated in the group stage, following a loss to Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo. However, they were the only pair in the entire tournament who defeated eventual gold medalists Lee Yang and Wang Chi-Lin, whom they had narrowly beaten in their first group stage encounter.[9] In December, Shetty and Rankireddy qualified for the BWF World Tour Finals for the first time in their career, but withdrew from the tournament after a loss in their first group stage match to the Danish pair of Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen.

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre,
Gold Coast, Australia		 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Marcus Ellis
Chris Langridge		 13–21, 16–21 Silver

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[10] 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.[11]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Hyderabad Open Super 100 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Akbar Bintang Cahyono
Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani		 21–16, 21–14 Winner
2018 Syed Modi International Super 300 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Fajar Alfian
Muhammad Rian Ardianto		 11–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2019 Thailand Open Super 500 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen		 21–19, 18–21, 21–18 Winner
2019 French Open Super 750 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo		 18–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2022 India Open Super 500 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan		 21–16, 26–24 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Mauritius International Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Dhruv Kapila
Saurabh Sharma		 21–12, 21–16 Winner
2016 India International Series Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Goh Sze Fei
Nur Izzuddin		 8–11, 11–5, 7–11, 11–8, 11–5 Winner
2016 Tata Open India International Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Arjun M.R.
Ramchandran Shlok		 10–12, 11–9, 11–7, 11–5 Winner
2016 Bangladesh International Satwiksairaj Rankireddy M. Anilkumar Raju
Venkat Gaurav Prasad		 17–21, 21–7, 21–8 Winner
2017 Vietnam International Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Trawut Potieng
Nanthakarn Yordphaisong		 17–21, 21–9, 21–15 Winner
2019 Brazil International Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Jelle Maas
Robin Tabeling		 21–14, 21–18 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Men's doubles results with Satwiksairaj Rankireddy against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists. Accurate as of 21 February 2022.[12]

References
  1. "Participants: Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty". Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  2. "Players: Chirag Shetty". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  3. "Player Profile of Chirag Shetty". Badminton Association of India. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  4. "Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty, Sai Praneeth achieve career-best badminton rankings". India Today. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  5. "BAI recommends Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty and Sameer Verma for Arjuna Awards". India Today. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  6. "Thailand Open: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty 1st Indian doubles pair to win Super 500 title". India Today. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  7. "French Open: Satwik and Chirag finish men's doubles runners-up after losing final to Sukamuljo-Fernaldi". India Today. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  8. "Thailand Open: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty crash out in 2nd round". India Today. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  9. "Rankireddy Satwiksairaj". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  10. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  11. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  12. "Chirag Shetty's Profile – Head To Head". Retrieved 28 August 2019.
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