Rupesh Kumar K. T.


Rupesh Kumar K. T. is an Indian badminton player from Kerala, born in Sirpur, Telangana. He is one of India's finest-ever doubles player, with nine successive national titles. He won the silver medal in mixed team event in 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, and a bronze medal in 2006 Melbourne. He, along with his doubles partner Sanave Thomas, won the BWF Grand Prix title at the 2009 New Zealand Open and 2010 Bitburger Open. He was three times men's doubles gold medalists at the South Asian Games, in 2004 partnered with Markose Bristow, and in 2006 and 2010 with Thomas.

Achievements

South Asian Games

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010Wooden-Floor Gymnasium,
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sanave Thomas Chetan Anand
V. Diju
21–19, Retired Gold
2006Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium,
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Sanave Thomas Thushara Edirisinghe
Duminda Jayakody
21–16, 21–10 Gold
2004Rodham Hall,
Islamabad, Pakistan
Markose Bristow Jaseel P. Ismail
J. B. S. Vidyadhar
15–8, 15–4 Gold

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 since 2007.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010India Open Sanave Thomas Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari
Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif
12–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2009Bitburger Open Sanave Thomas Chris Adcock
Andrew Ellis
17–21, 22–20, 24–22 Winner
2009New Zealand Open Sanave Thomas Hirokatsu Hashimoto
Noriyasu Hirata
21–16, 15–21, 21–13 Winner
2009Australian Open Sanave Thomas Gan Teik Chai
Tan Bin Shen
13–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2008Dutch Open Sanave Thomas Fran Kurniawan
Rendra Wijaya
18–21, 18–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013Bahrain International Challenge Sanave Thomas K. Nandagopal
V. Diju
Walkover Winner
2013Bahrain International Sanave Thomas K. Nandagopal
V. Diju
17–21, 21–12, 19–21 Runner-up
2012Bahrain International Sanave Thomas K. Nandagopal
Jishnu Sanyal
21–18, 19–21, 21–18 Winner
2012Austrian International Sanave Thomas Hiroyuki Saeki
Ryota Taohata
23–21, 22–20 Winner
2011Tata Open India International Sanave Thomas Pranav Chopra
Akshay Dewalkar
21–19, 17–21, 21–23 Runner-up
2011Bahrain International Sanave Thomas Andrei Adistia
Christopher Rusdianto
21–14, 17–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2010Bahrain International Sanave Thomas Alwin Francis
Bennet Antony Anchery
21–7, 16–21, 21–14 Winner
2008Portugal International Sanave Thomas Ruud Bosch
Koen Ridder
19–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2008Croatian International Sanave Thomas Jakub Bitman
Zvonimir Đurkinjak
21–9, 21–14 Winner
2006India Satellite Sanave Thomas Chan Peng Soon
Chang Hun Pin
19–21, 21–8, 22–20 Winner
2005India Satellite Sanave Thomas Jaseel P. Ismail
V. Diju
17–14, 15–7 Winner
2005Surabaya Satellite Sanave Thomas Tri Kusharyanto
Bambang Suprianto
9–15, 12–15 Runner-up
2004India Satellite Sanave Thomas Jaseel P. Ismail
V. Diju
9–15, 1–15 Runner-up
2004Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Sanave Thomas Kristof Hopp
Ingo Kindervater
15–7, 15–13 Winner
2004Syed Modi International Sanave Thomas Jaseel P. Ismail
V. Diju
15–12, 15–8 Winner

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007India International Aparna Balan V. Diju
Jwala Gutta
14–21, 16–21 Runner-up