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Sawan Serasinghe

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Sawan Serasinghe
Personal information
Country Australia
Born (1994-02-21) 21 February 1994 (age 30)
Galle, Sri Lanka
ResidenceMelbourne, Australia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
HandednessLeft
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking32 (MD 1 December 2016)
32 (XD 19 October 2017)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Australia
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 North Harbour Men's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2016 Papeete Men's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Nouméa Men's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Nouméa Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hamilton Men's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hamilton Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Melbourne Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2014 Ballarat Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Melbourne Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2020 Ballarat Men's doubles
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Ballarat Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Auckland Mixed team
Oceania Men's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hamilton Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2020 Ballarat Men's team
BWF profile

Sawan Serasinghe (born 21 February 1994) is a former badminton player from Australia.[1] He won seven Oceania Championships titles, five in the men's doubles and two in the mixed doubles. Serasinghe competed in the men's doubles event at the 2016 Summer Olympics alongside Matthew Chau.[2]

Serasinghe with his partner Matthew Chau in 2016

Career

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Serasinghe started playing badminton since the age of five, he was born in Galle, Sri Lanka, and moved to Australia when he was 11 years old. He trains at the National Training Centre in Melbourne, and took out back-to-back Oceania Championships titles with Chau in 2015 and 2016. The 22-year-old also won the 2014 Sydney International Challenge mixed doubles with Setyana Mapasa, against some of the best players in the world. The Melburnian's first international experience was at the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival where he competed in the men's doubles with Chau and also took the court in the men's singles competition.[3]

He made his first Olympic appearance at the 2016 Summer Olympics, competing in the men's doubles with Matthew Chau. They headed into Rio as the 46th highest ranked pairing in the world, and were eliminated in the group stages after losing each of their matches against South Korea, Russia, and Chinese Taipei.[3][4]

Off the court, Serasinghe holds a Bachelor of Business Information Systems degree from Monash University.[3]

Achievements

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Oceania Championships

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 Ken Kay Badminton Stadium,
Ballarat, Australia
Australia Matthew Chau New Zealand Oliver Leydon-Davis
New Zealand Abhinav Manota
21–18, 9–21, 14–21 Silver Silver
2019 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia
Australia Eric Vuong Australia Simon Leung
Australia Mitchell Wheller
21–17, 21–10 Gold Gold
2018 Eastlink Badminton Stadium,
Hamilton, New Zealand
Australia Matthew Chau Australia Robin Middleton
Australia Ross Smith
21–17, 23–21 Gold Gold
2017 Salle Anewy,
Nouméa, New Caledonia
Australia Matthew Chau New Zealand Kevin Dennerly-Minturn
New Zealand Niccolo Tagle
21–8, 21–14 Gold Gold
2016 Punaauia University Hall,
Papeete, Tahiti
Australia Matthew Chau French Polynesia Leo Cucuel
French Polynesia Remi Rossi
21–11, 21–12 Gold Gold
2015 X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre,
Auckland, New Zealand
Australia Matthew Chau New Zealand Kevin Dennerly-Minturn
New Zealand Oliver Leydon-Davis
10–21, 21–16, 21–13 Gold Gold
2014 Ken Kay Badminton Hall,
Ballarat, Australia
Australia Matthew Chau Australia Raymond Tam
Australia Glenn Warfe
11–21, 13–21 Silver Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia
Australia Khoo Lee Yen Australia Simon Leung
Australia Gronya Somerville
18–21, 15–21 Silver Silver
2018 Eastlink Badminton Stadium,
Hamilton, New Zealand
Australia Setyana Mapasa Australia Matthew Chau
Australia Leanne Choo
21–19, 21–18 Gold Gold
2017 Salle Anewy,
Nouméa, New Caledonia
Australia Setyana Mapasa Australia Joel Findlay
Australia Gronya Somerville
21–19, 21–9 Gold Gold

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

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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 (BWF) since 2007.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 New Zealand Open Australia Setyana Mapasa Indonesia Ronald Alexander
Indonesia Annisa Saufika
19–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 3 runners-up)

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Nouméa International Australia Matthew Chau Australia Joel Findlay
Australia Jeff Tho
17–21, 21–7, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Maribyrnong International Australia Matthew Chau Malaysia Darren Isaac Devadass
Malaysia Vountus Indra Mawan
24–22, 10–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Waikato International Australia Matthew Chau Pakistan Rizwan Azam
Australia Michael Fariman
21–16, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Sydney International Australia Setyana Mapasa Chinese Taipei Ye Hong-wei
Chinese Taipei Teng Chun-hsun
Walkover 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Nouméa International Australia Setyana Mapasa New Zealand Dylan Soedjasa
New Zealand Susannah Leydon-Davis
21–13, 15–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Norwegian International Australia Setyana Mapasa Denmark Soren Gravholt
Denmark Maiken Fruergaard
21–17, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Maribyrnong International Australia Setyana Mapasa Australia Robin Middleton
Australia Leanne Choo
21–17, 19–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Waikato International Australia Setyana Mapasa Australia Matthew Chau
Australia Gronya Somerville
21–13, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Sydney International Australia Setyana Mapasa Australia Pham Tran Hoang
Indonesia Sylvina Kurniawan
11–4, 11–8, 11–3 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Players: Sawan Serasinghe". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Australian badminton champion makes Olympic debut". www.australiaplus.com. Australia Plus. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "Sawan Serasinghe". Official Site of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team. Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Aussie Badminton star celebrates end of months of clean eating with Olympian McDonald's meal". metro.co.uk. Metro. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
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