Gayatri Gopichand

Gayatri Gopichand Pullela (born 4 March 2003) is an Indian badminton player. She is the daughter of former shuttlers P. V. V. Lakshmi and Pullela Gopichand. With her doubles partner Treesa Jolly, she has won bronze medals at the 2026 World Championships and the 2022 Commonwealth Games. She was a member of the women's team that medalled gold at the 2024 Asia Team Championships and the 2019 South Asian Games.

Achievements World Championships Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2026 Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi, India Treesa Jolly Liu Shengshu Tan Ning 21–18, 13–21, 8–21 Bronze Bronze

Commonwealth Games The six medallists in the women's badminton doubles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Left to right: Chloe Birch and Lauren Smith (England), Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan (Malaysia), Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand (India).

Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2022 National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England Treesa Jolly Chen Hsuan-yu Gronya Somerville 21–15, 21–18 Bronze Bronze

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 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 Tour is 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.

Women's doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result 2022 Syed Modi International Super 300 Treesa Jolly Anna Cheong Teoh Mei Xing 12–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2022 Odisha Open Super 100 Treesa Jolly Sanyogita Ghorpade Shruti Mishra 21–12, 21–10 Winner 2024 Syed Modi International Super 300 Treesa Jolly Bao Lijing Li Qian 21–18, 21–11 Winner 2025 Syed Modi International Super 300 Treesa Jolly Kaho Osawa Mai Tanabe 17–21, 21–13, 21–15 Winner

BWF International Challenge / Series (2 titles, 5 runners-up) Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2019 Nepal International Malvika Bansod 14–21, 18–21 Runner-up

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2021 Polish International Treesa Jolly Margot Lambert Anne Tran 10–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2021 India International Challenge Treesa Jolly Tanisha Crasto Rutaparna Panda 23–21, 21–14 Winner 2021 Welsh International Treesa Jolly Margot Lambert Anne Tran 20–22, 21–17, 14–21 Runner-up 2022 Bahrain International Challenge Treesa Jolly Lanny Tria Mayasari Ribka Sugiarto 18–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2026 Philippine International Treesa Jolly Miki Kanehiro Yuna Kato 16–21, 21–4, 21–17 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2021 India International Challenge Sai Pratheek K. Ishaan Bhatnagar Tanisha Crasto 16–21, 19–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament

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