Gronya Somerville


Gronya Somerville is an Australian professional badminton player specializing in doubles. She won eight Oceania Championships title, six in the women's doubles and two times in the mixed doubles.
in Australian Embassy Jakarta in 2016

Personal life

Somerville, born to a British mother and Chinese father, became famous when it was revealed that she is the descendant of Qing dynasty a prominent political reformer, Kang Youwei. She is studying exercise science at the Victoria University.

Career

Somerville's skills were discovered during a badminton talent identification program which she attended after receiving a flyer from her primary school PE teacher when she was about 12 or 13. Born in Melbourne in 1995, Somerville first captured the media's attention as a young player in 2012 at the Uber Cup in central China's Hubei Province.
She won gold medals at the 2014 Oceania Badminton Championships in women's doubles and mixed team events. Her current partners are Setyana Mapasa in women's doubles and Matthew Chau in mixed doubles. She represented her country at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. Together with Mapasa, they managed to win Australia's first ever Grand Prix title in 2016, after winning the Canada Open. They also won the Dutch Open in the same year. In 2017, she and Mapasa won the women's doubles title at the Oceania Championships, and a silver in the mixed doubles event partnered with Joel Findlay.

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2020Ken Kay Badminton Stadium,
Ballarat, Australia		 Setyana Mapasa Sally Fu
Alyssa Tagle		21–9, 21–10 Gold
2019Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia		 Setyana Mapasa Yingzi Jiang
Louisa Ma		21–10, 21–9 Gold
2018Eastlink Badminton Stadium,
Hamilton, New Zealand		 Setyana Mapasa Leanne Choo
Renuga Veeran		21–14, 22–20 Gold
2017Salle Anewy,
Nouméa, New Caledonia		 Setyana Mapasa Tiffany Ho
Joy Lai		16–21, 21–18, 21–14 Gold
2016Punaauia University Hall,
Papeete, Tahiti		 Melinda Sun Tiffany Ho
Jennifer Tam		17–21, 21–19, 20–22 Silver
2015X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre,
North Harbour, New Zealand		 Leanne Choo Talia Saunders
Jennifer Tam		21–14, 21–11 Gold
2014Ken Kay Badminton Hall,
Ballarat, Australia		 Jacqueline Guan Jacinta Joe
Louisa Ma		21–14, 21–17 Gold

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2020Ken Kay Badminton Stadium,
Ballarat, Australia		 Simon Leung Pham Tran Hoang
Sylvina Kurniawan		21–12, 21–8 Gold
2019Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia		 Simon Leung Sawan Serasinghe
Khoo Lee Yen		21–18, 21–15 Gold
2017Salle Anewy,
Nouméa, New Caledonia		 Joel Findlay Sawan Serasinghe
Setyana Mapasa		19–21, 9–21 Silver
2015X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre,
North Harbour, New Zealand		 Matthew Chau Oliver Leydon-Davis
Danielle Tahuri		15–21, 21–19, 14–21 Bronze
2014Ken Kay Badminton Hall,
Ballarat, Australia		 Raymond Tam Oliver Leydon-Davis
Susannah Leydon-Davis		19–21, 19–21 Bronze
2012Ken Kay Badminton Hall,
Ballarat, Australia		 Ross Smith Glenn Warfe
Leanne Choo		11–21, 17–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 title)

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. The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Canada OpenSuper 100 Setyana Mapasa Chang Ye-na
Kim Hye-rin		21–16, 21–14 Winner

BWF Grand Prix (2 titles)

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 since 2007.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Dutch Open Setyana Mapasa Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva		17–21, 21–17, 21–16 Winner
2016Canada Open Setyana Mapasa Heather Olver
Lauren Smith		21–15, 21–16 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 9 runners-up)

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Yonex / K&D Graphics International Setyana Mapasa Rachel Honderich
Kristen Tsai		14–21, 21–9, 21–18 Winner
2019Nepal International Setyana Mapasa K. Maneesha
Rutaparna Panda		21–10, 18–21, 21–11 Winner
2019South Australia International Setyana Mapasa Rin Iwanaga
Kie Nakanishi		15–21, 21–19, 9–21 Runner-up
2017Nouméa International Setyana Mapasa Tiffany Ho
Joy Lai		21–11, 21–8 Winner
2016Brazil International Setyana Mapasa Chisato Hoshi
Naru Shinoya		13–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2015Italian International Setyana Mapasa Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva		19–21, 21–18, 6–13 Retired Runner-up
2015Norwegian International Setyana Mapasa Amanda Madsen
Isabella Nielsen		21–5, 21–13 Winner
2015Sydney International Setyana Mapasa Jongkongphan Kittiharakul
Rawinda Prajongjai		13–21, 5–21 Runner-up
2015Maribyrnong International Setyana Mapasa Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen
Shu Yu-lin		20–22, 17–21, 21–18 Winner
2015Auckland International Setyana Mapasa Pan Tzu-chin
Tsai Hsin-yu		21–9, 21–5 Winner
2015Waikato International Setyana Mapasa Ruwindi Serasinghe
Alice Wu		21–13, 21–10 Winner
2014Auckland International Leanne Choo Chang Ching-hui
Chang Hsin-tien		11–6, 8–11, 10–11, 9–11 Runner-up

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Waikato International Simon Leung Hiroki Midorikawa
Natsu Saito		15–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2015Turkey International Matthew Chau Robert Mateusiak
Nadiezda Zieba		12–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2015Waikato International Matthew Chau Sawan Serasinghe
Setyana Mapasa		13–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2013Auckland International Raymond Tam Ross Smith
Renuga Veeran		16–21, 12–21 Runner-up