Anand Pawar (born 18 July 1986) is a male Indian badminton player who has represented India in the Men's World Team Championships (Thomas Cup) & World Mixed Team Championships ( Sudirman Cup ) & Asian Badminton Championships. He is a Bronze Medallist (Semi-Finalist) in the India Super Series 2013 and has been ranked as high as 30 in the world. In 2008, he won the Portugal International, Hungarian International and the Austrian International. He has also won the Scottish Open in 2010 and 2012 as well as the French International in 2012. He is the assistant coach of the new Pune7Aces professional badminton team in the Premier Badminton League[3]

Anand Pawar
Personal information
Birth nameAnand Pawar
Country India
Born (1986-07-18) 18 July 1986 (age 37)[1]
Mumbai, India
ResidenceMumbai, India
Height5’8"[1]
HandednessRight[1]
CoachUday Pawar & Morten Frost
Men's singles
Highest ranking30[2] (21 November 2013)
Current ranking52[2] (26 March 2015)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  India
Commonwealth Youth Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Bendigo Mixed team
BWF profile

Achievements edit

BWF Grand Prix edit

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's Singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Brasil Open   Zulfadli Zulkiffli 21–18, 11–21, 17–21   Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series edit

Men's Singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2017 Dutch International   Kalle Koljonen 20–22, 21–19, 21–17   Winner
2014 Bahrain International Challenge   Firman Abdul Kholik 22–20, 13–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2014 Sri Lanka International   Lee Hyun-il 21–17, 10–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2012 Scottish International   Kazumasa Sakai 10–21, 21–11, 21–17   Winner
2012 Dutch International   Andre Kurniawan Tedjono Walkover   Runner-up
2012 French International   Misbun Ramdan Mohmed Misbun 21–16, 21–10   Winner
2010 Scottish International   Ville Lang 21–9, 21–10   Winner
2010 Maldives International   Dinuka Karunaratne 21–14, 21–18   Winner
2008 Scottish International   Rajiv Ouseph 17–21, 8–21   Runner-up
2008 Hungarian International   Martin Delfs 22–20, 12–21, 21–12   Winner
2008 Portugal International   Carl Baxter 21–15, 21–8   Winner
2008 Austrian International   Vladislav Druzchenko 21–16, 21–15   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ a b "Toernooi.nl - BWF World Rankings - Overzicht".
  3. ^ "I will be cheering my team from the stands at every single game: Taapsee Pannu". The Times of India. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2019.

External links edit