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Ruthvika Shivani
Indian badminton player

Ruthvika Shivani

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Indian badminton player
A.K.A.
Ruthvika Shivani Gadde G. Ruthvika Shivani
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Gender
Female
Place of birth
Vijayawada, Vijayawada (urban) mandal, Krishna district, India
Age
27 years
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Biography

Gadde Ruthvika Shivani (born 26 March 1997) is an Indian badminton player who currently plays singles. She trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy.

Childhood and Early Training

Gadde Ruthvika Shivani, the daughter of G. Bhavani Prasad and G. Prameela Rani, was born in a Telugu family on 26 March 1997. Her father is a small business man and her mother is a homemaker and Shivani's elder brother is G. S. Chaitanya Prasad. Shivani getting interested in playing badminton at the age of five, she used to go along with his father to play with club members at Khammam's Sequel Resorts. Her father and his friends noticed her keen interest to the sport, from then she started playing it every single day and make it as a career.

In 2002, Shivani initially took in the nuts and bolts of the game with the direction of club coach Prem Singh at Khammam's Sequel Resorts. Later, she joined in the Sports Authority Academy, Khammam, in 2004 under the guidance of coach G. Sudhakar Reddy till 2011. During her training she sharpened her repertoire of mix-and-match shots to bait and confuse her opponents. One of the others things she did was to play singles and doubles with boys. While their physicality made Shivani work harder, her techniques refined her game, making her stand out.

Soon after Shivani joined in the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy in 2012, she won several medals after joining in the Gopichand Badminton Academy, one of the biggest triumph is winning the women's singles title in Russian Grand Prix. About Shivani's performance at the Russian Grand Prix, Gopichand said: "She had the habit of playing against the boys in her early days". "So, her fitness and power is automatically developed and it is likely to make the difference from the other students of this academy. And after she joined the academy, I did not overwrite her game style. Rather I tried to polish it".

Shivani was National Champion at sub-junior, junior, senior level categories in all age groups and in all formats of badminton events, respectively she won 115 national medals. In the international level she won 20 medals. Shivani completed her schooling from Harvest Public School, Khammam. She completed her 11th, 12th standards from Jubilee Hills Public School, Hyderabad and B.Com from St. Ann's College for Women, at present she is pursuing her M.B.A in the same college located in Hyderabad.

Career

In the international circuit, Shivani made her first international sub-junior debut in 2010, she was a bronze medallist in women's doubles category at the Badminton Asia Youth U17 & U15 Championships held in Chiba, Japan, that was her first medal in international level. In the same year she was a silver medallist in women's doubles category at the Li-Ning Singapore Youth International held in Singapore. In 2011, Shivani was a silver medallist in women's singles category at the Badminton Asia Youth U17 & U15 Championships held in Chiba, Japan. She was also a silver medallist in women's doubles category at the DJARUM SIRNAS REG.IV FLY POWER PERTAMINA JATIM OPEN held in Surabaya, Indonesia.

2011

In 2011, Shivani made her first international junior debut at Ramenskoe Junior International held in Ramenskoe, Russia. She vanquished Russian Player Evgeniya Kosetskaya and won women's singles title. She was also a bronze medallist in women's doubles. At Asian Junior Championships she was a bronze medallist in mixed team event.

2012

In 2012, Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior International held in Pune, Maharastra. She won the women's singles title by defeating Rituparna Das in straight sets and also won the women's doubles title.

2013

In the 2013 Indian Badminton League, She was the team member of the Awadhe Warriors. Her team lost in finals against Hyderabad HotShots and finished as runner's-up. Shivani won women's singles title at Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior International held in Pune, Maharastra. By defeating Liang Xiaoyu in finals. She won in women's doubles at Vankina Anjana Devi Memorial All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament held in Hyderabad, Telangana.

2014

In December, Shivani won the Tata Open India International women's singles title after beating her opponent Arundhati Pantawane in the final. This was her first international challenge title held in Mumbai, Maharastra. On 7 September 2014 she won her third consecutive year of winning women's singles title in Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior International held in Pune, Maharastra defeating her opponent Karthik Reshma in the final. Winner in women’s singles at All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament held in Gandhidham, Gujarat.

2015

At the 2015 December, Yonex-Sunrise Bangladesh Open International held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She won the women's singles title by defeating top seeded player Iris Wang of United States. In October, Sofia, Bulgaria she was a bronze medallist in women's singles at the Babolat Bulgarian International. In September, playing at the Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior International held in Pune, Maharastra. She defeated second seeded player Supamart Mingchua in the final and winning the women's singles title for the fourth consecutive year. At Radhey Shyam Gupta Memorial All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament held in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh she was winner in women's singles.

2016

At the 2016 South Asian Games held in Guwahati and Shillong, she won two gold medals, in women's team and women's singles. Rising star Shivani created the biggest upset by defeating P. V. Sindhu in straight games and won the women's singles title. She was a women's team member in India's national team at the 2016 Uber Cup and secured bronze medal in 2016 Thomas & Uber Cup World Team Championships Finals held in Kunshan, China. In the quarter finals she defeated Thailand's top player Nichaon Jindapol by 21-18, 21-16 with that victory Indian women's team secured bronze medal in Uber Cup. Later, they lost in semi-finals against china. In the 2016 Premier Badminton league, Shivani was the team member of the Mumbai Rockets. Her team finished as runner's-up after losing in finals against Delhi Acers.On 9 October 2016, Shivani won Russian Open women's singles title, beating her opponent from Russia Evgeniya Kosetskaya in finals. This is Shivani's maiden Grand Prix title held in Vladivostok, Russia. Shivani was a silver medallist in Sats-Yonex Sunrise India International Series held in Hyderabad, Telangana. In Pune, Maharashtra she was winner in women’s singles at V. V. Natu Memorial All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament.

International Achievements (Senior)

International Senior Medals (6)

S. No.YearTournamentOpponent/Opponent in finalScoreResult
12014Tata Open India International Arundhati Pantawane19–21, 21–18, 21–14 Gold
22015Babolat Bulgarian International Maria Ulitina20-22, 15-21 Bronze
32015Yonex-Sunrise Bangladesh Open International Iris Wang23–21, 19–21, 21–18 Gold
42016South Asian Games P.V.Sindhu21–11, 22–20 Gold
52016Russian Open Evgeniya Kosetskaya21-10, 21-13 Gold
62016Sats-Yonex Sunrise India International Series Rituparna Das7-11, 11-8, 7-11, 12-14 Silver
72017Tata Open India International Mukherjee Riya21-12, 23-21 Gold

Recent achievements: Won tata open India international challenge in 2017

  Grand Prix
  International Challenge
  International Series

International Achievements (Junior)

International Junior Medals (7)

S. No.YearTournamentFormatPartnerOpponents/Opponent(s) in finalScoreResult
12011Ramenskoe Junior InternationalSinglesN/A Evgeniya Kosetskaya21-17, 22-20 Gold
22011Ramenskoe Junior InternationalDoubles Rituparna Das Evgeniya Kosetskaya, Viktoriya Varabyova21-15, 18-21, 11-21 Bronze
32012Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior InternationalSinglesN/A Rituparna Das21-19, 21-14 Gold
42012Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior InternationalDoubles Poorvisha S Ram J. Meghana, K. Maneesha21-12, 18-21, 21-19 Gold
52013Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior InternationalSinglesN/A Liang Xiaoyu16-21, 21-16, 21-13 Gold
62014Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior InternationalSinglesN/A Karthik Reshma11-3, 11-1, 11-9 Gold
72015Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior InternationalSinglesN/A Supamart Mingchua21-9, 21-6 Gold
  Junior International Grand Prix
  Junior International Series

International Achievements (Sub-Junior)

International Sub-Junior Medals (4)

S. No.YearTournamentFormatPartnerOpponents/Opponent(s) in finalScoreResult
12010Badminton Asia Youth U17 & U15 ChampionshipsDoubles Rituparna Das Shim Jae Rin, Sun Min Lee19-21, 21-14, 14-21 Bronze
22010Li-Ning Singapore Youth InternationalDoubles Poorvisha S Ram Shella Devi Aulia, Anggia Shitta Awanda16-21, 14-21 Silver
32011Badminton Asia Youth U17 & U15 ChampionshipsSinglesN/A Akane Yamaguchi21-17, 13-21, 18-21 Silver
42011Pertamina OpenDoubles Sanjana Santosh Cynthia Shara Ayunidha, Rahmadhani Hastiyanti Putri18-21, 21-17, 10-21 Silver
  Continental Junior Championships

International Career overview

DoublesPlayedWinsLossesBalance
SinglesPlayedWinsLossesBalance
Total*14110041+59
Current year (2017)*17116+5
DoublesPlayedWinsLossesBalance
Total*14770
Current year (2017)*0000
Total*14110041+59
Current year (2017)*17116+5
Total*14770
Current year (2017)*0000
Mixed DoublesPlayedWinsLossesBalance
Mixed DoublesPlayedWinsLossesBalance
Total*743+1
Current year (2017)*0000
Total*743+1
Current year (2017)*0000
* Statistics were last updated on 9 December 2017.
TypeNo. of titles
Super Series Premier-
Super Series-
Grand Prix Gold-
Grand Prix1
International Challenge3
International Series-
Others1
Total5

National Achievements

National Sub-Junior/Junior/Senior Medals (31)

S. No.YearTournamentAge groupFormatPartner(s)Opponent(s)/Opponent(s) in finalScoreResult
1200822nd Sub-Junior Mini National Badminton Championships, PatnaUnder 13SinglesN/A Rituparna Das9-21, 13-21 Silver
2200822nd Sub-Junior Mini National Badminton Championships, PatnaUnder 13Doubles Rituparna Das V. Harika, Karthik Reshma Gold
3200923rd Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, JaipurUnder 13SinglesN/A Karishma Wadkar21-13, 21-16 Gold
4200923rd Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, JaipurUnder 13Doubles V. HarikaAkshaya Warang, Karishma Wadkar21-16, 21-8 Gold
5200923rd Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, JaipurUnder 16Doubles Poorvisha S Ram K. Maneesha, P. V. Sindhu19-21, 17-21 Silver
6200918th CBSE National Badminton Championships, MohaliUnder 14SinglesN/A Tamal Salvi Gold
7201024th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, HyderabadUnder 16SinglesN/A P. V. Sindhu13-21, 17-21 Silver
8201024th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, HyderabadUnder 16Doubles Poorvisha S Ram K. Maneesha, P. V. Sindhu19-21, 17-21 Silver
9201125th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, New DelhiUnder 15SinglesN/A G. Vrushali21-19, 21-15 Gold
10201125th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, New DelhiUnder 15Doubles Sanjana Santosh Lalita Katre, Karishma Wadkar21-11, 22-20 Gold
11201236th Junior National Badminton Championships, JaipurUnder 17Doubles Poorvisha S Ram J. Meghana, K. Maneesha21-7, 21-9 Gold
12201236th Junior National Badminton Championships, JaipurUnder 19Mixed Doubles B. Venkatesh K. Srikanth, K. Maneesha21-19, 21-19 Gold
13201237th Junior National Badminton Championships, ImphalUnder 17SinglesN/A Reshma Karthik21-13, 21-23, 21-16 Gold
14201237th Junior National Badminton Championships, ImphalUnder 19SinglesN/A Rituparna Das21-17, 21-5 Gold
15201237th Junior National Badminton Championships, ImphalUnder 19Doubles Poorvisha S Ram J. Meghana, K. Maneesha21-10, 21-12 Gold
16201237th Inter State - Inter Zonal Badminton Championships, ImphalUnder 19Team Event J. Meghana, K. Maneesha West Bengal Gold
17201338th Junior National Badminton Championships, ChandigarhUnder 17SinglesN/A Karishma Wadkar21-19, 21-14 Gold
18201338th Junior National Badminton Championships, ChandigarhUnder 19SinglesN/A Rituparna Das14-21, 7-21 Silver
19201338th Inter State - Inter Zonal Badminton Championships, ChandigarhUnder 19Team Event Rituparna Das, J. Meghana Air India Gold
20201439th Inter State - Inter Zonal Badminton Championships, PatnaUnder 19Team Event Rituparna Das, G. Vrushali, K. Sri Krishna PriyaN/AN/A Gold
21201439th Junior National Badmintion Championships, PatnaUnder 19SinglesN/A Rituparna Das19-21, 19-21 Silver
22201439th Junior National Badmintion Championships, PatnaUnder 19Doubles Rituparna Das Reshma Karthik, Sanjana Santosh21-11, 21-17 Gold
232015Air Costa 70th Inter State - Inter Zonal Badminton Championships, VijayawadaSeniorTeam Event Rituparna Das, J. Meghana, K. Maneesha PSPB Silver
24201579th Senior National Badminton Championships, VijayawadaSeniorSinglesN/A Rituparna Das21-13, 21-13 Gold
25201579th Senior National Badminton Championships, VijayawadaSeniorDoubles Rituparna Das Pradnya Gadre, N. Siki Reddy16-21, 13-21 Bronze
26201535th National Games Kerala, ErnakulamSeniorTeam Event Rituparna Das, N. Siki Reddy, J. Meghana Kerala Gold
27201535th National Games Kerala, ErnakulamSeniorSinglesN/A P. C. Thulasi21-18, 11-21, 10-21 Bronze
28201671st Inter State - Inter Zonal Senior National Badminton Championships, ChandigarhSeniorMixed TeamN/A AAI Gold
29201680th Senior National Badminton Championships, ChandigarhSeniorSinglesN/A P. C. Thulasi21-10, 18-21, 18-21 Bronze
30201637th Inter - Unit PSPB Badminton Tournament, HyderabadSeniorTeam Event P. V. Sindhu, Jwala Gutta ONGC Gold
31201637th Inter - Unit PSPB Badminton Tournament, HyderabadSeniorSinglesN/A Rituparna Das21-13, 21-17 Gold

Personal life

Ruthvika Shivani has been employed with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) since 23 November 2015. Now she is in EXECUTIVE (SPORTS) post atHyderabad, Telangana office.

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