Prannoy Haseena Sunil Kumar (born 17 July 1992), also known as H. S. Prannoy, is an Indian

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player who currently trains at the

Gopichand Badminton Academy Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy (PGBA) is a badminton training facility in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Founded in 2004 by the 2001 All England Open Badminton champion Pullela Gopichand, the facility trains several badminton players such ...

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. He has won bronze medals at the 2023 World Championships and at the

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. Prannoy was part of India winning team at the

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and 2022 Thomas Cup. He originally hails from

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram ( ), also known as Trivandrum, is the Capital city, capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 sq. km, making it the ...

and has a career-high

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of number 6, which he attained in August 2023. He studied at Kendriya Vidyalaya Akkulam.

Career

Early career

Prannoy came to prominence after winning the silver medal in the boys' singles at the

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. He followed it up with another silver, this time at the Bahrain International Challenge, in 2011. However, as he struggled for form and injuries, Prannoy endured a somewhat barren spell following these achievements.

2013

In 2013, Prannoy managed to reach the final of the Tata Open International Challenge in

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, eventually losing to compatriot

Sourabh Verma Sourabh Verma (born 30 December 1992) is an Indian badminton player. He is a three time men's singles title Champion at the Indian National Championships. Verma reached a career high world ranking of no. 28 in December 2019. Career overview ...

in the final.

2014

In 2014, Prannoy claimed two All India Senior National Ranking Championships: Manorama Indian Open All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament,

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and the V. V. Natu Memorial All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament,

Pune Pune ( ; , ISO 15919, ISO: ), previously spelled in English as Poona (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1978), is a city in the state of Maharashtra in the Deccan Plateau, Deccan plateau in Western ...

. However, it was his exploits on the international circuit that caught everyone's attention. He was a semi-finalist at the

2014 India Open Grand Prix Gold The 2014 India Grand Prix Gold was the first tournament of the 2014 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held in Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow, India from 21 January until 26 January 2014 and had a total purse o ...

, Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold,

2014 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold The 2014 Macau Open Grand Prix Open was the eighteenth tournament of the 2014 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix circuit. The tournament was held in Tap Seac Multi-sports Pavilion, Macau November 25–30, 2014 and had a total purse of $120,000. ...

and the Sri Lanka Open International Badminton Challenge in

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. Prannoy surprised one and all by reaching the final of the 2014 Vietnam Open Grand Prix where he lost to top seed and tournament favourite

Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka (born 22 October 1988) is a retired Indonesian badminton player. He is a men's singles specialist from PB. Djarum, a badminton club in Kudus, Central Java and has joined the club since 2005. He retired in 2018 due to lo ...

of Indonesia. In the very next tournament, the Indonesia Open Grand Prix Gold, Prannoy went one better, this time beating local favourite

Firman Abdul Kholik Firman Abdul Kholik (born 11 August 1997) is an Indonesian badminton player who is a singles specialist. He is better known when helping Indonesia win the 2018 Asia Team Championships. Kholik also took part as Indonesia winning team in 2015, 20 ...

of Indonesia in straight sets. He managed to end the year as the third-highest ranked Indian at World no. 21.

2015

Prannoy started off the year on a good note reaching the semifinals of the 2015 India Open Grand Prix Gold. He put up a spirited performance in the semifinals before bowing out to compatriot

Srikanth Kidambi Srikanth Kidambi (born 7 February 1993) is an Indian badminton player. Known for his powerful smashes and quick footwork, he became the first Indian male to reach the World No. 1 ranking in the BWF World Rankings in April 2018. He made history ...

in 3 sets. His greatest victory came in the pre-quarters of the 2015 India Super Series, when he beat an in-form world number 2

Jan Ø. Jørgensen Jan Østergaard Jørgensen (born 31 December 1987) is a Danish retired badminton player who played for SIF (Skovshoved) in the national league. He won the men's singles title at the 2014 European Badminton Championships, 2014 European Championshi ...

in 3 sets. He played his heart out in the quarter-finals as well, but ultimately suffered defeat to Denmark's

Viktor Axelsen Viktor Axelsen (born 4 January 1994) is a Danish badminton player. He is a two-time Badminton at the Summer Olympics, Olympic Champion, two-time BWF World Championships, World Champion, and four-time European Badminton Championships, European Cha ...

2016

Prannoy started 2016 on a good note by beating German ace

Marc Zwiebler Marc Zwiebler (, born 13 March 1984) is a German former professional badminton player. His highest ranking is 10 in the world. He is a seven-time German National Badminton Championships, German national champion in men's singles. He won gold at ...

in the finals of the Swiss Open Grand Prix gold 21–18, 21–15.

2017

Prannoy played for the Mumbai Rockets franchise in the 2017 season of the

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. In the 2017 Indonesia Open, he defeated the reigning Olympic silver medalist

Lee Chong Wei Lee Chong Wei (; born 21 October 1982) is a Malaysian former professional badminton player. As a singles player, Lee was ranked first worldwide for 349 weeks, including a 199-week streak from 21 August 2008 to 14 June 2012. He is the fifth ...

and the reigning Olympic champion

Chen Long Chen Long (; ; born 18 January 1989), is a Chinese former professional badminton player. He is the 2016 Badminton at the Summer Olympics, Olympic champion, two-time BWF World Championships, World champion, and an Badminton Asia Championships, ...

in consecutive matches, but lost to Japanese

Kazumasa Sakai is a Japanese badminton player who is single specialist. He represented Japan and won a silver medal at the 2017 Indonesia Open. Achievements East Asian Games ''Men's singles'' BWF World Tour The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March ...

in the semi-finals. At the 2017 U.S. Open, he defeated Vietnamese

Nguyễn Tiến Minh Nguyễn Tiến Minh (born February 12, 1983) is a Vietnamese badminton player. His best achievement to date was the bronze medal at the 2013 BWF World Championships, World Championship in 2013. Career Introduced to badminton by his father ...

to reach the finals, where he beat compatriot

Parupalli Kashyap Parupalli Kashyap (born 8 September 1986) is an Indian former badminton player. A former World No. 6, he is a coach at Gopichand Badminton Academy. He was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2012. He became the first male player from India to reac ...

to win the title.

2018

Prannoy participated in the

, where he finished in fourth place after being beaten by

Rajiv Ouseph Theratil Rajiv Ouseph (born 30 August 1986) is a former international badminton player from England who has represented both England and Great Britain. A long-time English and British No.1, Ouseph's most significant international tournament achi ...

of England in the bronze medal match. He then won a bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Championships, after beating second seed

Son Wan-ho Son Wan-ho (; or ; born 17 May 1988) is a South Korean badminton player. He reached a career high as world number 1 in the men's singles in May 2017. He competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. He plays primarily defensively, and began p ...

in the quarterfinals. However, he was defeated in the semifinal by third seed

2021

Prannoy had a disastrous start to 2021 after exiting in the early rounds of the 2021 Swiss Open and the

2021 All England Open The 2021 All England Open (officially known as the Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships 2021 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at Utilita Arena Birmingham in England from 17 to 21 March 2021. It had a ...

. However, he came back strongly in the second half of the year, most notably defeating reigning Olympic champion

in the 2nd round of the

2021 Indonesia Masters The 2021 Indonesia Masters (officially known as the Daihatsu Indonesia Masters 2021 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament that took place at the Bali International Convention Center in Nusa Dua, Badung Regency, Bali, Indonesia, from ...

in November. He got further success in the

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, held in December, where he upset World no. 9

Ng Ka Long Angus Ng Ka Long (born 24 June 1994) is a Hong Kong badminton player. He has a career-high ranking of 6th in the men's singles discipline. He won the 2016 Hong Kong Super Series, the 2020 Thailand Masters and the 2023 German Open. Early l ...

of Hong Kong in the 1st round and World no. 10

Rasmus Gemke Rasmus Gemke (born 11 January 1997) is a Danish badminton player. He was awarded the 2012 Badminton Denmark Comet of the Year. He was part of the Danish national U-19 team to win bronze at the 2015 European Junior Badminton Championships in Lubi ...

in the pre-quarterfinals. He lost to the eventual world champion

Loh Kean Yew Loh Kean Yew LKY (born 26 June 1997) is a Singaporean badminton player. He is the former men's singles world champion, winning the title at the 2021 BWF World Championships – Men's singles, 2021 BWF World Championships, becoming the first Si ...

of Singapore in the quarterfinals. His consistent performances in the last few months of the year enabled him to rise to World no. 27 at the end of the year.

2022

Prannoy was part of the India squad for the 2022 Thomas Cup. In the quarter-final against Malaysia, he won the decider match against

Leong Jun Hao Leong Jun Hao ( zh, t=梁峻豪, s=, p=Liáng Jùnháo; born 13 July 1999) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was the boys' singles champion at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships. This achievement was followed by a silver medal at World Juni ...

to assure India a semi-final spot and its first-ever medal in the

Thomas Cup The Thomas Cup, sometimes referred as World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sport's global governing body. The championships h ...

. He repeated this performance in the semi-final against Denmark, beating

in the deciding match to take India to the final, which India eventually won. Prannoy also had a consistent year on the

BWF World Tour The BWF World Tour is a Grade 2 badminton tournament series, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It is a competition open to the top world ranked players in singles (men's and women's) and doubles (men's, women's and mixed). The compet ...

, reaching six quarterfinals and two semifinals, as well as the quarterfinal of the

2022 BWF World Championships The 2022 BWF World Championships (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF World Championships 2022 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place from 22 to 28 August 2022 at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. ...

. This enabled him to re-enter the Top 15 in the BWF World Rankings after 4 years. He also qualified for the

BWF World Tour Finals The BWF World Tour Finals, officially HSBC BWF World Tour Finals, which succeeds BWF Super Series Finals, is an annual season finale badminton tournament which is held every December of a year where the players with the most points from that cale ...

for the first time in his career.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

''Men's singles''

Asian Games

''Men's singles''

Asian Championships

''Men's singles''

South Asian Games

''Men's singles''

Youth Olympic Games

''Boys' singles''

BWF World Junior Championships

''Boys' singles''

BWF World Tour (1 title, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation, aka BWF, is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee. It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member ...

(BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Men's singles''

BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Men's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 2 runners-up)

''Men's singles'' :

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tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

Record against selected opponents

Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 12 September 2023.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Prannoy, H. S. 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Thiruvananthapuram Racket sportspeople from Kerala Indian male badminton players 21st-century Indian sportsmen Indian national badminton champions Badminton players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for India Badminton players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Badminton players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India Commonwealth Games gold medallists in badminton Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in badminton Asian Games silver medalists for India Asian Games bronze medalists for India Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games South Asian Games gold medalists for India South Asian Games silver medalists for India South Asian Games medalists in badminton Recipients of the Arjuna Award

Career

Early career

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2021

2022

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Asian Games

Asian Championships

South Asian Games

Youth Olympic Games

BWF World Junior Championships

BWF World Tour (1 title, 2 runners-up)

BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Record against selected opponents

See also

References

External links