Rupesh Kumar

Rupesh Kumar K. T. (born 31 August 1979) is an Indian badminton player from Kerala, born in Sirpur, Telangana. He is one of India's finest-ever doubles player, with nine successive national titles. He won the silver medal in mixed team event in 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, and a bronze medal in 2006 Melbourne. He, along with his doubles partner Sanave Thomas, won the BWF Grand Prix title at the 2009 New Zealand Open and 2010 Bitburger Open. He was three times men's doubles gold medalists at the South Asian Games, in 2004 partnered with Markose Bristow, and in 2006 and 2010 with Thomas.

Achievements

South Asian Games Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2004 Rodham Hall,Islamabad, Pakistan Markose Bristow Jaseel P. Ismail J. B. S. Vidyadhar 15–8, 15–4 Gold Gold 2006 Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium,Colombo, Sri Lanka Sanave Thomas Thushara Edirisinghe Duminda Jayakody 21–16, 21–10 Gold Gold 2010 Wooden-Floor Gymnasium,Dhaka, Bangladesh Sanave Thomas Chetan Anand V. Diju 21–19, retired Gold Gold

BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2008 Dutch Open Sanave Thomas Fran Kurniawan Rendra Wijaya 18–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2009 Australian Open Sanave Thomas Gan Teik Chai Tan Bin Shen 13–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2009 New Zealand Open Sanave Thomas Hirokatsu Hashimoto Noriyasu Hirata 21–16, 15–21, 21–13 Winner 2009 Bitburger Open Sanave Thomas Chris Adcock Andrew Ellis 17–21, 22–20, 24–22 Winner 2010 India Open Sanave Thomas Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari 12–21, 20–22 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2004 Syed Modi International Sanave Thomas V. Diju Jaseel P. Ismail 15–12, 15–8 Winner 2004 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Sanave Thomas Kristof Hopp Ingo Kindervater 15–7, 15–13 Winner 2004 India Satellite Sanave Thomas V. Diju Jaseel P. Ismail 9–15, 1–15 Runner-up 2005 Surabaya Satellite Sanave Thomas Tri Kusharyanto Bambang Suprianto 9–15, 12–15 Runner-up 2005 India Satellite Sanave Thomas V. Diju Jaseel P. Ismail 17–14, 15–7 Winner 2006 India Satellite Sanave Thomas Chan Peng Soon Chang Hun Pin 19–21, 21–8, 22–20 Winner 2008 Croatian International Sanave Thomas Jakub Bitman Zvonimir Đurkinjak 21–9, 21–14 Winner 2008 Portugal International Sanave Thomas Ruud Bosch Koen Ridder 19–21, 20–22 Runner-up 2010 Bahrain International Sanave Thomas Bennet Antony Anchery Alwin Francis 21–7, 16–21, 21–14 Winner 2011 Bahrain International Sanave Thomas Andrei Adistia Christopher Rusdianto 21–14, 17–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2011 Tata Open India International Sanave Thomas Pranav Chopra Akshay Dewalkar 21–19, 17–21, 21–23 Runner-up 2012 Austrian International Sanave Thomas Hiroyuki Saeki Ryota Taohata 23–21, 22–20 Winner 2012 Bahrain International Sanave Thomas K. Nandagopal Jishnu Sanyal 21–18, 19–21, 21–18 Winner 2013 Bahrain International Sanave Thomas V. Diju K. Nandagopal 17–21, 21–12, 19–21 Runner-up 2013 Bahrain International Challenge Sanave Thomas V. Diju K. Nandagopal Walkover Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2007 India International Aparna Balan V. Diju Jwala Gutta 14–21, 16–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament