Ruthvika Shivani

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

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.

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 Senior Medals (6)

S. No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent/Opponent in final	Score	Result
1	2014	Tata Open India International	Arundhati Pantawane	19–21, 21–18, 21–14	Gold
2	2015	Babolat Bulgarian International	Maria Ulitina	20-22, 15-21	Bronze
3	2015	Yonex-Sunrise Bangladesh Open International	Iris Wang	23–21, 19–21, 21–18	Gold
4	2016	South Asian Games	P.V.Sindhu	21–11, 22–20	Gold
5	2016	Russian Open	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	21-10, 21-13	Gold
6	2016	Sats-Yonex Sunrise India International Series	Rituparna Das	7-11, 11-8, 7-11, 12-14	Silver
7	2017	Tata Open India International	Mukherjee Riya	21-12, 23-21	Gold

Recent achievements: Won tata open India international challenge in 2017

  Grand Prix

  International Challenge

  International Series

International Junior Medals (7)

S. No.	Year	Tournament	Format	Partner	Opponents/Opponent(s) in final	Score	Result
1	2011	Ramenskoe Junior International	Singles	N/A	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	21-17, 22-20	Gold
2	2011	Ramenskoe Junior International	Doubles	Rituparna Das	Evgeniya Kosetskaya, Viktoriya Varabyova	21-15, 18-21, 11-21	Bronze
3	2012	Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior International	Singles	N/A	Rituparna Das	21-19, 21-14	Gold
4	2012	Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior International	Doubles	Poorvisha S Ram	J. Meghana, K. Maneesha	21-12, 18-21, 21-19	Gold
5	2013	Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior International	Singles	N/A	Liang Xiaoyu	16-21, 21-16, 21-13	Gold
6	2014	Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior International	Singles	N/A	Karthik Reshma	11-3, 11-1, 11-9	Gold
7	2015	Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior International	Singles	N/A	Supamart Mingchua	21-9, 21-6	Gold

  Junior International Grand Prix

  Junior International Series

International Sub-Junior Medals (4)

S. No.	Year	Tournament	Format	Partner	Opponents/Opponent(s) in final	Score	Result
1	2010	Badminton Asia Youth U17 & U15 Championships	Doubles	Rituparna Das	Shim Jae Rin, Sun Min Lee	19-21, 21-14, 14-21	Bronze
2	2010	Li-Ning Singapore Youth International	Doubles	Poorvisha S Ram	Shella Devi Aulia, Anggia Shitta Awanda	16-21, 14-21	Silver
3	2011	Badminton Asia Youth U17 & U15 Championships	Singles	N/A	Akane Yamaguchi	21-17, 13-21, 18-21	Silver
4	2011	Pertamina Open	Doubles	Sanjana Santosh	Cynthia Shara Ayunidha, Rahmadhani Hastiyanti Putri	18-21, 21-17, 10-21	Silver

  Continental Junior Championships

* Statistics were last updated on 9 December 2017.

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

S. No.	Year	Tournament	Age group	Format	Partner(s)	Opponent(s)/Opponent(s) in final	Score	Result
1	2008	22nd Sub-Junior Mini National Badminton Championships, Patna	Under 13	Singles	N/A	Rituparna Das	9-21, 13-21	Silver
2	2008	22nd Sub-Junior Mini National Badminton Championships, Patna	Under 13	Doubles	Rituparna Das	V. Harika, Karthik Reshma		Gold
3	2009	23rd Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, Jaipur	Under 13	Singles	N/A	Karishma Wadkar	21-13, 21-16	Gold
4	2009	23rd Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, Jaipur	Under 13	Doubles	V. Harika	Akshaya Warang, Karishma Wadkar	21-16, 21-8	Gold
5	2009	23rd Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, Jaipur	Under 16	Doubles	Poorvisha S Ram	K. Maneesha, P. V. Sindhu	19-21, 17-21	Silver
6	2009	18th CBSE National Badminton Championships, Mohali	Under 14	Singles	N/A	Tamal Salvi		Gold
7	2010	24th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, Hyderabad	Under 16	Singles	N/A	P. V. Sindhu	13-21, 17-21	Silver
8	2010	24th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, Hyderabad	Under 16	Doubles	Poorvisha S Ram	K. Maneesha, P. V. Sindhu	19-21, 17-21	Silver
9	2011	25th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, New Delhi	Under 15	Singles	N/A	G. Vrushali	21-19, 21-15	Gold
10	2011	25th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, New Delhi	Under 15	Doubles	Sanjana Santosh	Lalita Katre, Karishma Wadkar	21-11, 22-20	Gold
11	2012	36th Junior National Badminton Championships, Jaipur	Under 17	Doubles	Poorvisha S Ram	J. Meghana, K. Maneesha	21-7, 21-9	Gold
12	2012	36th Junior National Badminton Championships, Jaipur	Under 19	Mixed Doubles	B. Venkatesh	K. Srikanth, K. Maneesha	21-19, 21-19	Gold
13	2012	37th Junior National Badminton Championships, Imphal	Under 17	Singles	N/A	Reshma Karthik	21-13, 21-23, 21-16	Gold
14	2012	37th Junior National Badminton Championships, Imphal	Under 19	Singles	N/A	Rituparna Das	21-17, 21-5	Gold
15	2012	37th Junior National Badminton Championships, Imphal	Under 19	Doubles	Poorvisha S Ram	J. Meghana, K. Maneesha	21-10, 21-12	Gold
16	2012	37th Inter State - Inter Zonal Badminton Championships, Imphal	Under 19	Team Event	J. Meghana, K. Maneesha	West Bengal		Gold
17	2013	38th Junior National Badminton Championships, Chandigarh	Under 17	Singles	N/A	Karishma Wadkar	21-19, 21-14	Gold
18	2013	38th Junior National Badminton Championships, Chandigarh	Under 19	Singles	N/A	Rituparna Das	14-21, 7-21	Silver
19	2013	38th Inter State - Inter Zonal Badminton Championships, Chandigarh	Under 19	Team Event	Rituparna Das, J. Meghana	Air India		Gold
20	2014	39th Inter State - Inter Zonal Badminton Championships, Patna	Under 19	Team Event	Rituparna Das, G. Vrushali, K. Sri Krishna Priya	N/A	N/A	Gold
21	2014	39th Junior National Badmintion Championships, Patna	Under 19	Singles	N/A	Rituparna Das	19-21, 19-21	Silver
22	2014	39th Junior National Badmintion Championships, Patna	Under 19	Doubles	Rituparna Das	Reshma Karthik, Sanjana Santosh	21-11, 21-17	Gold
23	2015	Air Costa 70th Inter State - Inter Zonal Badminton Championships, Vijayawada	Senior	Team Event	Rituparna Das, J. Meghana, K. Maneesha	PSPB		Silver
24	2015	79th Senior National Badminton Championships, Vijayawada	Senior	Singles	N/A	Rituparna Das	21-13, 21-13	Gold
25	2015	79th Senior National Badminton Championships, Vijayawada	Senior	Doubles	Rituparna Das	Pradnya Gadre, N. Siki Reddy	16-21, 13-21	Bronze
26	2015	35th National Games Kerala, Ernakulam	Senior	Team Event	Rituparna Das, N. Siki Reddy, J. Meghana	Kerala		Gold
27	2015	35th National Games Kerala, Ernakulam	Senior	Singles	N/A	P. C. Thulasi	21-18, 11-21, 10-21	Bronze
28	2016	71st Inter State - Inter Zonal Senior National Badminton Championships, Chandigarh	Senior	Mixed Team	N/A	AAI		Gold
29	2016	80th Senior National Badminton Championships, Chandigarh	Senior	Singles	N/A	P. C. Thulasi	21-10, 18-21, 18-21	Bronze
30	2016	37th Inter - Unit PSPB Badminton Tournament, Hyderabad	Senior	Team Event	P. V. Sindhu, Jwala Gutta	ONGC		Gold
31	2016	37th Inter - Unit PSPB Badminton Tournament, Hyderabad	Senior	Singles	N/A	Rituparna Das	21-13, 21-17	Gold

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.