Chirag Shetty

Chirag Shetty (born 4 July 1997) is an Indian badminton player. With his doubles partner Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, he has won double bronze medals at the World Championships as well as gold medals at the Asian Games, Asian Championships and Commonwealth Games. Shetty and Rankireddy are the only Indian doubles pair to reach number 1 in the world ranking and win the World Tour Super 1000. They are also the first Indians to win a gold at the Asian Games in badminton.

Early life Shetty was born on 4 July 1997 in Malad, Mumbai to a Tulu family. His parents are Sujata and Chandrashekhar Shetty and his father is a hotelier. He started training at the Uday Pawar Badminton Academy at the Goregaon Sports Club, but shifted to the Gopichand Badminton Academy, Hyderabad.

Shetty initially partnered with Arjun M. R., but was later paired with Satwiksairaj Rankireddy by coach Tan Kim Her who felt that two tall, strong guys with skills could combine to become a formidable pair.

Career 2018 In 2018, Shetty and 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. They won their first BWF World Tour title in Hyderabad Open after beating the Indonesian pair of Akbar Bintang Cahyono and Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani in the final.

2019 In 2019, Shetty and 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. They followed it up with a runner-up finish at the French Open, where they lost in the final to the world number 1 pairing of Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo.

2021 In 2021, Shetty and 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. 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 beat in their first group stage encounter. 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.

2022 In 2022, Shetty and Rankireddy started the year by winning India Open. They were also part of India's Thomas Cup winning team. In the final, having lost the first game to the Indonesian duo of Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Mohammad Ahsan, they displayed immense perseverance and tenacity to win the second game and close out the third game at 21–19, giving India a 2–0 lead over Indonesia. This was pivotal in helping India bag its maiden Thomas Cup trophy. Shetty and Rankireddy then won the men's doubles gold at the Commonwealth Games, beating the home pair of Ben Lane and Sean Vendy in the final. At the BWF World Championships, Shetty and Rankireddy won a bronze medal, India's first-ever men's doubles medal at the tournament. They beat defending champions Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi in the quarterfinals, but lost in the semi-finals to eventual champions Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik. Shetty and Rankireddy won the French Open making it their first Super 750 title in their career by beating Lu Ching-yao and Yang Po-han in the finals.

2023 In February, Shetty was a member of the Indian team which clinched the bronze medal at Asia Mixed Team Championships. Shetty and Rankireddy won their first title as a pair in the 2023 Swiss Open (badminton), beating Ren Xiangyu and Tan Qiang in the final. The duo also crowned as Asian Champion after winning the 2023 Badminton Asia Championships held in Dubai. They won their first BWF World Tour Super 1000 title by defeating Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the final of Indonesia Open, thus becoming the first men's doubles pair from India to win the event. The duo went on to win Korea Open defeating Indonesian Pair Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto.

2024 Partnered with Rankireddy, he reached the final of Super 1000 event of Malaysia Open and lost to the Chinese pair of Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang. Then they reached another final this year at India Open and again reached finals but lost to the Korean pair of Kang Min-hyuk and Seo Seung-jae in a tough game. Then they finally achieved success by winning their first tour of this year in Super 750 event of French Open defeating Lee Jhe-huei and Yang Po-hsuan in straight games easily.

At the Singapore Open, Shetty and Rankireddy suffered a first round exit to a Danish pair in straight games.

2025 Malaysian coach Tan Kim Her who identified and paired Shetty with Rankireddy returned as their coach again. In the Malaysia and India Open, they reached the semi-finals.

Awards and nominations

Achievements World Championships Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2022 Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik 22–20, 18–21, 16–21 Bronze Bronze 2025 Adidas Arena, Paris, France Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chen Boyang Liu Yi 19–21, 21–18, 12–21 Bronze Bronze

Commonwealth Games 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 Silver 2022 National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Ben Lane Sean Vendy 21–15, 21–13 Gold Gold

Asian Games Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Choi Sol-gyu Kim Won-ho 21–18, 21–16 Gold Gold

Asian Championships Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2023 Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall,Dubai, United Arab Emirates Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi 16–21, 21–17, 21–19 Gold Gold

World Tour (10 titles, 8 runners-up) The BWF World Tour was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018. It is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation. The tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and Super 100.

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 2022 French Open Super 750 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Lu Ching-yao Yang Po-han 21–13, 21–19 Winner 2023 Swiss Open Super 300 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Ren Xiangyu Tan Qiang 21–19, 24–22 Winner 2023 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik 21–17, 21–18 Winner 2023 Korea Open Super 500 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto 17–21, 21–13, 21–14 Winner 2023 China Masters Super 750 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Liang Weikeng Wang Chang 19–21, 21–18, 19–21 Runner-up 2024 Malaysia Open Super 1000 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Liang Weikeng Wang Chang 21–9, 18–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2024 India Open Super 750 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae 21–15, 11–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2024 French Open Super 750 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Lee Jhe-huei Yang Po-hsuan 21–11, 21–17 Winner 2024 Thailand Open Super 500 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chen Boyang Liu Yi 21–15, 21–15 Winner2025 Hong Kong Open Super 500 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Liang Weikeng Wang Chang 21–19, 14–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2025 China Masters Super 750 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Kim Won-ho Seo Seung-jae 19–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2026 Thailand Open Super 500 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Leo Rolly Carnando Daniel Marthin 12–21, 23–25 Runner-up 2026 Singapore Open Super 750 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Fajar Alfian Muhammad Shohibul Fikri 18–21, 21–17, 21–16 Winner

International Challenge / Series (6 titles) 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

Junior International (3 titles, 3 runners-up) Boys' doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2013 India Junior International Arjun M. R. Aditya Joshi Arun George 17–21, 12-21 Runner-up 2014 India Junior International Arjun M. R. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Krishna Prasad Garaga 11–7, 11–10, 11-6 Winner 2014 Belgian Junior International Arjun M. R. Alexander Dunn Adam Hall 9–11, 11–2, 11-7 Winner 2014 Swiss Junior International Arjun M. R. Ben Lane Sean Vendy 11–7, 11–8, 11-7 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2014 India Junior International Shruthi K. P. Arjun M. R. Kuhoo Garg 8–11, 7–11, 11–5, 8-11 Runner-up 2015 India Junior International Sanjana Santosh Andika Ramadiansyah Mychelle Crhystine Bandaso 13–21, 19-21 Runner-up BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament BWF Junior International Challenge tournament BWF Junior International Series tournament BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Record against opponents Men's doubles results with Satwiksairaj Rankireddy against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists. Accurate as of 21 October 2025.

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Fu Haifeng Zhang Nan 1 0 1 –1 Liang Weikeng Wang Chang 12 4 9 –5 Li Junhui Liu Yuchen 3 2 1 +1 Liu Cheng Zhang Nan 1 0 1 –1 He Jiting Tan Qiang 2 1 1 0 Chen Hung-ling Wang Chi-lin 1 0 1 –1 Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin 4 2 2 0 Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen 5 1 4 –3 Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 10 4 6 –2 Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge 3 2 1 +1 Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan 8 4 4 0

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto 6 4 2 +2 Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 11 0 11 –11 Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi 6 4 2 +2 Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe 4 2 2 0 Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda 5 0 5 –5 Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol 1 1 0 +1 Seo Seung-jae Kang Min-hyuk 8 5 3 +2 Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik 17 6 11 –5 Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong 2 0 2 –2 Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi 10 7 3 +4 Goh Sze Fei Nur Izzudin 10 8 2 +6