Chetan Anand
XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi Badminton (Men’s Single) Chetan Anand of India in an action against Snider of Canada, at Sirifort Sports Complex, in New Delhi on 7 October 2010.
Personal information
Country	India
Born	(1980-07-08) 8 July 1980 Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	162 lb (73 kg)
Handedness	Right
Coach	S. M. Arif
Men's singles
Highest ranking	10 (February 2009)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  India Commonwealth Games 2010 New Delhi Mixed team 2006 Melbourne Men's singles 2006 Melbourne Mixed team South Asian Games 2004 Islamabad Men's singles 2004 Islamabad Men's team 2006 Colombo Men's singles 2006 Colombo Men's team 2010 Dhaka Men's singles 2010 Dhaka Men's team 2010 Dhaka Men's doubles
BWF profile

Chetan Anand Buradagunta (born 8 July 1980) is a badminton player from India.^[1] Anand is a four-time national champion in 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2010,^[2] and three-time South Asian Games men's singles champion in 2004, 2006 and 2010.^[3][4] He has a career best world ranking of world no 10. His ranking has dropped to 54 since October 2010 due to his ankle injury. He is a recipient of the Indian Arjuna Award in 2006.^[2]

Badminton career

Anand started his badminton career in 1992 at the Mini Nationals in Mumbai. He was successful in doubles in his early badminton career, pairing with A. Prithvi, winning 12 year and 15 years age groups. He reached his first open nationals singles final in Kerala at age fifteen, but failed to win the title and was runner-up though he won the doubles pairing with A. Prithvi. Later, Prakash Padukone sent him to the World Academy camp in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he made significant improvements to his game. Anand won the first singles title of his career at Chennai in a Junior major ranking tournament. The same year he made his mark in the senior category as well, reaching the semi-finals in all of the senior ranking tournaments, and reaching the top eight in the country. He became the Junior National Champion in 1999. In 2001, he won his first Asian Satellite tournament in Bangalore which marked his beginning in seniors. Later he won more than 15 major ranking tournaments in India.^[2]

Anand became the national badminton champion for first time in 2004 after faltering in the finals in 2002 and 2003 to Abhinn Shyam Gupta. He also won the Toulouse Open in France in 2004, recovering from a back injury during the summer 2004. In 2005 he won Irish and Scottish open badminton tournaments in Ireland and Scotland. In 2008 he won his first Grand Prix title at the Bitburger Open. He was also the Runner-up in Dutch Grand Prix in 2008 and followed them with a couple of quarterfinal appearances. He touched his career best world ranking 10 in 2009 February. In 2009, he won the Dutch Open Grand Prix which he lost in the finals in 2008. He also won the Jaypee Syed Modi Memorial Grand Prix at Lucknow in December 2009.^[2]

Early life

Anand was born to Harshavardhan and Suguna in Vijayawada, India and has a younger brother Sandeep Anand. Anand's father Harshavardhan had formerly been an annual participant in the Inter-state Lecturer's Tournaments. Anand also took a personal interest in badminton, and he started playing with his father. He did his schooling at Veeramachineni Paddayya Siddhartha public school and bachelors in engineering in Mechanical Manufacturing from the Potluri V Prasad Siddhartha Institute of Technology in Vijayawada.

Personal life

On 17 July 2005, Anand married fellow badminton player Jwala Gutta. They got divorced in 2010.^[2] Chetan married Sarada Govardhini Jasti in October 2012 and has two daughters.^[5]

Career

Anand is employed by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation in India. He was signed as the first Brand Ambassador for promoting Li Ning Sporting goods in India in 2009.He also has a badminton academy in Hyderabad(CABA).^[2]

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia	Aamir Ghaffar	21–17, 18–21, 21–13	Bronze

South Asian Games

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Rodham Hall, Islamabad, Pakistan	Abhinn Shyam Gupta	15–8, 10–15, 15–13	Gold
2006	Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Nikhil Kanetkar	21–14, 21–12	Gold
2010	Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Gurusai Dutt	21–16, 21–8	Gold

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Valiyaveetil Diju	Rupesh Kumar K. T. Sanave Thomas	19–21, retired	Silver

BWF Grand Prix

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. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	India Open	Boonsak Ponsana	16–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2008	Bitburger Open	Arvind Bhat	23–25, 24–22, 23–21	Winner
2008	Dutch Open	Andre Kurniawan Tedjono	15–21, 21–11, 19–21	Runner-up
2009	Syed Modi International	Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka	21–17, 19–21, 21–16	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

IBF/BWF International

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	India Satellite	Allan Tai	15–11, 15–7	Winner
2004	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Kasper Ødum	15–5, 11–15, 15–10	Winner
2005	Sri Lanka Satellite	Law Yew Thien	15–10, 15–4	Winner
2005	Iceland International	Jens-Kristian Leth	13–15, 10–15	Runner-up
2005	Welsh International	Rajiv Ouseph	15–6, 15–11	Winner
2005	Irish International	Eric Pang	8–15, 15–6, 15–7	Winner
2006	Polish International	Przemysław Wacha	18–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2007	Cyprus International	Kevin Cordón	21–8, 26–24	Winner
2007	India International Challenge	Chong Wei Feng	18–21, 22–20, 15–21	Runner-up
2008	Kenya International	José Antonio Crespo	21–14, 21–7	Winner
2008	Nepal International	J. B. S. Vidyadhar	21–16, 21–17	Winner
2008	Belgian International	Kenichi Tago	16–21, 21–15, 19–21	Runner-up
2008	Czech International	Carl Baxter	21–15, 21–14	Winner
2011	Maldives International	Pablo Abián	15–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2011	Mauritius International	Chiang Jiann Shiarng	21–11, 21–14	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Sri Lanka Satellite	Jwala Gutta	Chan Peng Soon Haw Chiou Hwee	21–10, 15–21, 21–18	Winner
2007	Cyprus International	Jwala Gutta	Christian John Skovgaard Maria Kaaberbol Thorberg	21–14, 22–20	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Results are from all international competitions since Chetan Anand made his debut in 2003. The athletes listed are athletes who regularly competed at badminton's major competitions, including those who he faced at the World Championship and Olympic competition.^[6]

References

External links

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• Results at the Commonwealth Games 2006