Quick Facts
Biography
Lakshya Sen (born 16 August 2001) is an Indian badminton player. Sen, born in Almora, belongs to a badminton family. His father, D. K. Sen, is a coach in India and his brother, Chirag Sen, is also an international badminton player. Trained at the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy, Sen has shown his talent as a badminton player at a young age, and has had a brilliant year in the junior badminton circuit in 2016. He became the number one junior singles player in BWF World Junior ranking in February, 2017. Sen also competed in the senior international level and won the men's singles title at the 2016 India International Series tournament.He emerged as the champion at the 2018 Asian Junior Championships defeating the top seeded World No. 1 Kunlavut Vitidsarn in the final.
Sen participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics as the fourth seeded. He settled for boys' singles silver medal after losing to Chinese player Li Shifeng in straight games 15–21, 19–21. He also competed in the mixed team event, and helped team Alpha win the gold medal. Lakshya Sen on Sunday clinched his maiden BWF World Tour title by winning the Dutch Open men's singles title after beating Yusuke Onodera of Japan. The Dutch Open is a BWF Tour Super 100 tournament.
He won the SaarLorLux Open which is a BWF Tour Super 100 tournament. The tournament is held in Saarbrücken, Germany. He defeated China's Weng Hongyang in the final to claim the title.
He claimed his fourth title in 2019 in Scottish Open in November, with a victory against Brazil’s Ygor Coelho in the men’s singles summit clash.
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Achievements
Youth Olympic Games
Boys' singles
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World Junior Championships
Boys' singles
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Asia Junior Championships
Boys' singles
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BWF World Tour (2 titles)
The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100. Lakshya Sen won the Dutch Open BWF Super-100 Tournament 2019.
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | SaarLorLux Open | Super 100 | Weng Hongyang | 17–21, 21–18, 21–16 |  Winner |
| 2019 | Dutch Open | Super 100 | Yusuke Onodera | 15–21, 21–14, 21–15 | Winner |
BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 2 runners-up)
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Bangladesh International | Leong Jun Hao | 22–20, 21–18 | Winner |
| 2019 | Scottish Open | Ygor Coelho de Oliveira | 18–21, 21–18, 21–19 | Winner |
| 2019 | Belgian International | Victor Svendsen | 21–14, 21–15 | Winner |
| 2019 | Polish Open | Kunlavut Vitidsarn | 17–21, 14–21 |  Runner-up |
| 2018 | Tata Open India International | Kunlavut Vitidsarn | 21–15, 21–10 | Winner |
| 2017 | Tata Open India International | Sitthikom Thammasin | 21–15, 14–21, 19–21 | Runner-up |
| 2017 | India International Series | Chong Yee Han | 21–15, 17–21, 21–17 | Winner |
| 2017 | Bulgarian Open | Zvonimir Durkinjak | 18–21, 21–12, 21–17 | Winner |
| 2016 | India International Series | Lee Zii Jia | 11–13, 11–3, 11–6 | Winner |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament