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Gadde Ruthvika Shivani
Personal information
CountryIndia
Born (1997-03-26) 26 March 1997 (age 27)[1]
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
ResidenceKhammam, Telangana, India[2]
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3]
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
HandednessRight handed
CoachPullela Gopichand[3]
Women's singles
Career title(s)5
Highest ranking49 (1 December 2016[4])
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  India
Uber Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Kunshan Women's team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Mixed team
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Guwahati-Shillong Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 2016 Guwahati-Shillong Women's team
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 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]

Childhood and Early Training

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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.

Career

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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.

2011

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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.

2012

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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.

2013

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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.

2014

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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.

2015

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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.

2016

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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.

Achievements

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South Asian Games

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Women's singles

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

BWF Grand Prix (1 title)

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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 Russia Evgeniya Kosetskaya 21–10, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

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Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2014 India International India Arundhati Pantawane 19–21, 21–18, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Bangladesh International United States Iris Wang 23–21, 19–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 India International India Rituparna Das 7–11, 11–8, 7–11, 12–14 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 (I) India International Japan Miho Kayama 11–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 (III) India International India Tanya Hemanth 19–21, 21–17, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2024 Turkey International India Rohan Kapoor France Julien Maio
France Léa Palermo 		15–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2024 (I) India International India Rohan Kapoor India Hariharan Amsakarunan
India Tanisha Crasto 		21–17, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (6 titles)

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Girls' singles

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

Girls' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 India Junior International India Poorvisha S. Ram India Meghana Jakkampudi
India K. Maneesha 		21–12, 18–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Career overview

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* Statistics were last updated on 9 December 2017.[10]
Singles Titles
Type No. of titles
Super Series Premier -
Super Series -
Grand Prix Gold -
Grand Prix 1
International Challenge 3
International Series -
Others 1
Total 5

Other achievements

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S. No. Year Tournament Format Partner Opponent(s) in final Score Result
1 2010 Badminton Asia Youth U17 & U15 Championships Doubles India Rituparna Das South Korea Shim Jae Rin, Sun Min Lee 19–21, 21–14, 14–21[11]  Bronze
2 2010 Li-Ning Singapore Youth International Doubles India Poorvisha S Ram Indonesia Shella Devi Aulia, Anggia Shitta Awanda 16–21, 14–21[12]  Silver
3 2011 Badminton Asia Youth U17 & U15 Championships Singles N/A Japan Akane Yamaguchi 21–17, 13–21, 18–21[13]  Silver
4 2011 Pertamina Open Doubles India Sanjana Santosh Indonesia Cynthia Shara Ayunidha, Rahmadhani Hastiyanti Putri 18–21, 21–17, 10–21[14]  Silver

National

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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

Personal life

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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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