Poorvisha Ram

Poorvisha S. Ram (born 24 January 1995) is an Indian badminton player who specializes in doubles and mixed doubles. As of February 2020, she is ranked 48 in doubles. She had attained career best ranking of 30 in November 2018. She was previously ranked 3 in doubles at national level.

Biography Poorvisha was born in 1995, in Bangalore, Karnataka. She completed her early education at Sishu Griha Montessori and High School, in Bangalore. Poorvisha started playing badminton in 2005 and represented Karnataka at national level in 2007. She won her first competitive tournament at the age of 13 in 2008 when she won a national level inter-school tournament.

In 2009, Poorvisha won silver medal at the 35th National Sports Festival for Women at Margao, Goa. She has won the national championship in junior circuit consecutively for three years in 2010, 2011 and 2012. In December 2012, Poorvisha represented India at Li-Ning Singapore Youth International Series and won silver medal in the women's double event.

Initially, Poorvisha trained at B. N. Sudhakar Academy in Bangalore but moved to Hyderabad in 2013 where she trained under Pullela Gopichand at Gopichand Badminton Academy, Hyderabad. Currently, she trains under Arun Vishnu and Pradnya Gadre along with Gopichand.

In 2016, Poorvisha partnered with Meghana Jakkampudi and won Nepal International in Kathmandu. Since 2016, Poorvisha has spent her double career in partnership with Jakkampudi whereas in mixed doubles, she partners with Krishna Prasad Ganga.

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 3 runners-up) Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2015 Uganda International N. Sikki Reddy Sorayya Aghaei Negin Amiripour 11–7, 6–11, 8–11, 11–7, 11–3 Winner 2015 Bahrain International Arathi Sara Sunil Palwasha Bashir Sara Mohmand 21–14, 21–8 Winner 2016 Bangladesh International Meghana Jakkampudi Nguyễn Thị Sen Vũ Thị Trang 6–21, 22–20, 11–21 Runner-up 2016 Nepal International Meghana Jakkampudi Anoushka Parikh Harika Veludurthi 21–16, 21–12 Winner 2018 Tata Open India International Meghana Jakkampudi Ng Wing Yung Yeung Nga Ting 10–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2020 Uganda International Meghana Jakkampudi Daniela Macías Dánica Nishimura 21–17, 20–22, 21–14 Winner 2022 Cameroon International Srivedya Gurazada Kasturi Radhakrishnan Venosha Radhakrishnan 21–12, 21–14 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2020 Uganda International Shivam Sharma Tarun Kona Meghana Jakkampudi 7–21, 21–14, 16–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament