Ajay Jayaram

Ajay Jayaram (born 28 September 1987) is an Indian retired badminton player from Chennai. He plays for the Mumbai Rockets in the Premier Badminton League. Jayaram is a champion of the Czech International and Dutch Open tournament. Ajay Jayaram did his schooling from Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School. He retired from the international badminton on 26 March 2022 to pursue MBA from ISB, Hyderabad. Ajay Jayaram married Soumya Ravi on April 6, 2022.

Achievements

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, 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.

Men's singles Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result 2018 Vietnam Open Super 100 Shesar Hiren Rhustavito 14–21, 10–21 Runner-up

BWF Superseries (1 runner-up) The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2015 Korea Open Chen Long 14–21, 13–21 Runner-up BWF Superseries Finals tournament BWF Superseries Premier tournament BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (2 titles, 2 runners-up) The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2010 Dutch Open Sho Sasaki 16–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2014 Dutch Open Ihsan Maulana Mustofa 10–11, 11–6, 11–7, 1–11, 11–9 Winner 2015 Dutch Open Raul Must 21–12, 21–18 Winner 2016 Dutch Open Wang Tzu-wei 10–21, 21–17, 18–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 3 runners-up) Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2008 North Shore City International John Moody 16–21, 20–22 Runner-up 2008 Waikato International Prakash Jolly 21–11, 21–14 Winner 2010 Smiling Fish International Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin 21–10, 21–4 Winner 2010 Czech International Scott Evans 21–11, 21–8 Winner 2018 White Nights Pablo Abián 21–11, 16–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2021 Belgian International Ng Tze Yong 14–21, 14–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament