Sawan Serasinghe

Sawan Serasinghe (born 21 February 1994) is a former badminton player from Australia. He won seven Oceania Championships titles, five in the men's doubles and two in the mixed doubles. Serasinghe competed in the men's doubles event at the 2016 Summer Olympics alongside Matthew Chau.

Career Serasinghe started playing badminton since the age of five, he was born in Galle, Sri Lanka, and moved to Australia when he was 11 years old. He trains at the National Training Centre in Melbourne, and took out back-to-back Oceania Championships titles with Chau in 2015 and 2016. The 22-year-old also won the 2014 Sydney International Challenge mixed doubles with Setyana Mapasa, against some of the best players in the world. The Melburnian's first international experience was at the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival where he competed in the men's doubles with Chau and also took the court in the men's singles competition.

He made his first Olympic appearance at the 2016 Summer Olympics, competing in the men's doubles with Matthew Chau. They headed into Rio as the 46th highest ranked pairing in the world, and were eliminated in the group stages after losing each of their matches against South Korea, Russia, and Chinese Taipei.

Off the court, Serasinghe holds a Bachelor of Business Information Systems degree from Monash University.

Achievements

Oceania Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2020 Ken Kay Badminton Stadium,Ballarat, Australia Matthew Chau Oliver Leydon-Davis Abhinav Manota 21–18, 9–21, 14–21 Silver Silver 2019 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,Melbourne, Australia Eric Vuong Simon Leung Mitchell Wheller 21–17, 21–10 Gold Gold 2018 Eastlink Badminton Stadium,Hamilton, New Zealand Matthew Chau Robin Middleton Ross Smith 21–17, 23–21 Gold Gold 2017 Salle Anewy,Nouméa, New Caledonia Matthew Chau Kevin Dennerly-Minturn Niccolo Tagle 21–8, 21–14 Gold Gold 2016 Punaauia University Hall,Papeete, Tahiti Matthew Chau Leo Cucuel Remi Rossi 21–11, 21–12 Gold Gold 2015 X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre,Auckland, New Zealand Matthew Chau Kevin Dennerly-Minturn Oliver Leydon-Davis 10–21, 21–16, 21–13 Gold Gold 2014 Ken Kay Badminton Hall,Ballarat, Australia Matthew Chau Raymond Tam Glenn Warfe 11–21, 13–21 Silver Silver

Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2019 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,Melbourne, Australia Khoo Lee Yen Simon Leung Gronya Somerville 18–21, 15–21 Silver Silver 2018 Eastlink Badminton Stadium,Hamilton, New Zealand Setyana Mapasa Matthew Chau Leanne Choo 21–19, 21–18 Gold Gold 2017 Salle Anewy,Nouméa, New Caledonia Setyana Mapasa Joel Findlay Gronya Somerville 21–19, 21–9 Gold Gold

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up) The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2017 New Zealand Open Setyana Mapasa Ronald Alexander Annisa Saufika 19–21, 14–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 3 runners-up) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2017 Nouméa International Matthew Chau Joel Findlay Jeff Tho 17–21, 21–7, 21–14 Winner 2015 Maribyrnong International Matthew Chau Darren Isaac Devadass Vountus Indra Mawan 24–22, 10–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2015 Waikato International Matthew Chau Rizwan Azam Michael Fariman 21–16, 21–15 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2017 Sydney International Setyana Mapasa Ye Hong-wei Teng Chun-hsun Walkover Runner-up 2017 Nouméa International Setyana Mapasa Dylan Soedjasa Susannah Leydon-Davis 21–13, 15–21, 21–17 Winner 2015 Norwegian International Setyana Mapasa Soren Gravholt Maiken Fruergaard 21–17, 21–15 Winner 2015 Maribyrnong International Setyana Mapasa Robin Middleton Leanne Choo 21–17, 19–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2015 Waikato International Setyana Mapasa Matthew Chau Gronya Somerville 21–13, 21–17 Winner 2014 Sydney International Setyana Mapasa Pham Tran Hoang Sylvina Kurniawan 11–4, 11–8, 11–3 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament