Gadde Ruthvika Shivani

Gadde Ruthvika Shivani
Personal information
Country	India
Born	(1997-03-26) 26 March 1997 (age 27)[1] Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Residence	Khammam, Telangana, India[2]
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3]
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Handedness	Right handed
Coach	Pullela Gopichand[3]
Women's singles
Career title(s)	5
Highest ranking	49 (1 December 2016[4])
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  India Uber Cup 2016 Kunshan Women's team Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Mixed team South Asian Games 2016 Guwahati-Shillong Women's singles 2016 Guwahati-Shillong Women's team Asian Junior Championships 2011 Lucknow Mixed team
BWF profile

Gadde Ruthvika Shivani (Telugu: గద్దె రుత్విక శివాని; born 26 March 1997) is an Indian badminton player who currently plays singles.^[5] She trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy.^[6]

Gadde Ruthvika Shivani, the daughter of G. Bhavani Prasad^[7] and G. Prameela Rani,^[8] 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 30 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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 held in Kunshan, China. In the quarter-finals she defeated Thailand's top player Nichaon Jindapol by 21-18, 21-16^[9] 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-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 was 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.

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre, Shillong, India	P. V. Sindhu	21–11, 22–20	Gold

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Russian Open	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	21–10, 21–13	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	India International Challenge	Arundhati Pantawane	19–21, 21–18, 21–14	Winner
2015	Bangladesh International	Iris Wang	23–21, 19–21, 21–18	Winner
2016	India International Series	Rituparna Das	7–11, 11–8, 7–11, 12–14	Runner-up
2022 (I)	India International Challenge	Miho Kayama	11–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2022 (III)	India International Challenge	Tanya Hemanth	19–21, 21–17, 19–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2024	Turkey International	Rohan Kapoor	Julien Maio Léa Palermo	15–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2024 (I)	India International Challenge	Rohan Kapoor	Hariharan Amsakarunan Tanisha Crasto

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

Girls' singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Ramenskoe Junior International	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	21–17, 22–20	Winner
2012	India Junior International	Rituparna Das	21–19, 21–14	Winner
2013	India Junior International	Liang Xiaoyu	16–21, 21–16, 21–13	Winner
2014	India Junior International	K. Reshma	11–3, 11–1, 11–9	Winner
2015	India Junior International	Supamart Mingchua	21–9, 21–6	Winner

Girls' doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	India Junior International	Poorvisha S. Ram	Meghana Jakkampudi K. Maneesha	21–12, 18–21, 21–19	Winner

  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

  BWF Junior International Series tournament

  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

* Statistics were last updated on 9 December 2017.^[10]

S. No.	Year	Tournament	Format	Partner	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[11]	Bronze
2	2010	Li-Ning Singapore Youth International	Doubles	Poorvisha S Ram	Shella Devi Aulia, Anggia Shitta Awanda	16–21, 14–21[12]	Silver
3	2011	Badminton Asia Youth U17 & U15 Championships	Singles	N/A	Akane Yamaguchi	21–17, 13–21, 18–21[13]	Silver
4	2011	Pertamina Open	Doubles	Sanjana Santosh	Cynthia Shara Ayunidha, Rahmadhani Hastiyanti Putri	18–21, 21–17, 10–21[14]	Silver

S. No.	Year	Tournament	Age group	Format	Partner	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 [15]	Silver
2	2008	22nd Sub-Junior Mini National Badminton Championships, Patna	Under 13	Doubles	Rituparna Das	V. Harika, K. Reshma	[16]	Gold
3	2009	23rd Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, Jaipur	Under 13	Singles	N/A	Karishma Wadkar	21-13, 21-16[17]	Gold
4	2009	23rd Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, Jaipur	Under 13	Doubles	V. Harika	Akshaya Warang, Karishma Wadkar	21-16, 21-8[18]	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 [19]	Silver
6	2009	18th CBSE National Badminton Championships, Mohali	Under 14	Singles	N/A	Tamal Salvi	[20]	Gold
7	2010	24th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, Hyderabad	Under 16	Singles	N/A	P. V. Sindhu	13-21, 17-21[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[22]	Silver
9	2011	25th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, New Delhi	Under 15	Singles	N/A	Vrushali Gummadi	21-19, 21-15[23]	Gold
10	2011	25th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, New Delhi	Under 15	Doubles	Sanjana Santosh	Lalita Katre, Karishma Wadkar	21-11, 22-20[24]	Gold
11	2012	36th Junior National Badminton Championships, Jaipur	Under 17	Doubles	Poorvisha S Ram	Meghana Jakkampudi, K. Maneesha	21-7, 21-9[25]	Gold
12	2012	36th Junior National Badminton Championships, Jaipur	Under 19	Mixed Doubles	B. Venkatesh	Kidambi Srikanth, K. Maneesha	21-19, 21-19[26]	Gold
13	2012	37th Junior National Badminton Championships, Imphal	Under 17	Singles	N/A	K. Reshma	21-13, 21-23, 21-16[27]	Gold
14	2012	37th Junior National Badminton Championships, Imphal	Under 19	Singles	N/A	Rituparna Das	21-17, 21-5[28]	Gold
15	2012	37th Junior National Badminton Championships, Imphal	Under 19	Doubles	Poorvisha S. Ram	Meghana Jakkampudi, K. Maneesha	21-10, 21-12[29]	Gold
16	2012	37th Inter State - Inter Zonal Badminton Championships, Imphal	Under 19	Team Event	Meghana Jakkampudi, K. Maneesha	West Bengal	[30]	Gold
17	2013	38th Junior National Badminton Championships, Chandigarh	Under 17	Singles	N/A	Karishma Wadkar	21-19, 21-14[31]	Gold
18	2013	38th Junior National Badminton Championships, Chandigarh	Under 19	Singles	N/A	Rituparna Das	14-21, 7-21[32]	Silver
19	2013	38th Inter State - Inter Zonal Badminton Championships, Chandigarh	Under 19	Team Event	Rituparna Das, Meghana Jakkampudi	Air India	[33]	Gold
20	2014	39th Inter State - Inter Zonal Badminton Championships, Patna	Under 19	Team Event	Rituparna Das, Vrushali Gummadi, 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[34]	Silver
22	2014	39th Junior National Badmintion Championships, Patna	Under 19	Doubles	Rituparna Das	K. Reshma, Sanjana Santosh	21-11, 21-17[35]	Gold
23	2015	Air Costa 70th Inter State - Inter Zonal Badminton Championships, Vijayawada	Senior	Team Event	Rituparna Das, Meghana Jakkampudi, K. Maneesha	PSPB	[36]	Silver
24	2015	79th Senior National Badminton Championships, Vijayawada	Senior	Singles	N/A	Rituparna Das	21-13, 21-13[37]	Gold
25	2015	79th Senior National Badminton Championships, Vijayawada	Senior	Doubles	Rituparna Das	Pradnya Gadre, N. Sikki Reddy	16-21, 13-21[38][39]	Bronze
26	2015	35th National Games Kerala, Ernakulam	Senior	Team Event	Rituparna Das, N. Sikki Reddy, Meghana Jakkampudi	Kerala	[40]	Gold
27	2015	35th National Games Kerala, Ernakulam	Senior	Singles	N/A	P. C. Thulasi	21-18, 11-21, 10-21[41][42]	Bronze
28	2016	71st Inter State - Inter Zonal Senior National Badminton Championships, Chandigarh	Senior	Mixed Team	N/A	Airports Authority of India	[43]	Gold
29	2016	80th Senior National Badminton Championships, Chandigarh	Senior	Singles	N/A	P. C. Thulasi	21-10, 18-21, 18-21[44][45]	Bronze
30	2016	37th Inter - Unit PSPB Badminton Tournament, Hyderabad	Senior	Team Event	P. V. Sindhu, Jwala Gutta	ONGC	[46]	Gold
31	2016	37th Inter - Unit PSPB Badminton Tournament, Hyderabad	Senior	Singles	N/A	Rituparna Das	21-13, 21-17[47]	Gold

Ruthvika Shivani has been employed with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) since 23 November 2015. Now she is in EXECUTIVE (SPORTS) post at Hyderabad, Telangana office.^{[citation needed]}

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