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Character Introduction
Chirag Shetty (English: Chirag Shetty, July 4, 1997-) is an Indian male badminton player.
In June 2016, Chirag Shetty played in the Mauritius Badminton International, winning the men’s doubles tournament in partnership with Savikseeraj Rangireddy. The duo went on to win three more titles at the end of the year at the India International Series, the India International Challenge and the Badminton Bangladesh International Challenge.
In 2018, he took the team title at the 2018 Commonwealth Games badminton tournament, helping one of the leading members of the Indian team to win the title for the first time; and also won the Commonwealth men’s doubles silver medal with Saviksairaj Rangireddy.
In 2019, under Indonesian coach Lim Pele, Shetty and Rangireddy struck gold at the Thailand Open, defeating Lee Junhui/Liu Yuchen in the final to win the first-ever Super Series men’s doubles title in the history of Indian badminton. The duo has since reached the finals of the SUPER750 French Open and the semi-finals of the SUPER750 Fuzhou Open.
In 2022, Shetty represented India in the 2022 Thomas Cup Men’s Badminton Team Championships and won the title by blowing out Indonesia in the final.
In October 2023, Ranjireddy/Shetty extended their unbeaten run against Choi Rate-kyu/Kim Won-ho in the Men’s Doubles Final of the Hangzhou Asian Games, 21-18, 21-16, to make it three consecutive victories in the encounter, winning the gold medal at a major multi-sports event for the second time after last year’s Commonwealth, and helping India’s men’s doubles team to reach the top podium of the Asian Games for the first time in the history of the sport. The pair also became the first men’s doubles pair in history to win both the Asian Championships and the Asian Games in a single season and went on to become the world number one with the title.
World Ranking – Men’s Doubles 5, Week 36, 2024
Olympic Points – Men’s Doubles 3, 96353 points
Finals Ranking – Men’s Doubles 8, 47210 points
Equipment Used
ARCSABER 11 PRO,BG-80,AC-102C,75TH 65Z2,VOLTRIC 80 ETN,SHB65Z3LEX,10447EX/20641EX
Major Achievement
- 2024 Thailand Badminton Open Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2024 French Open Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2024 India Open Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2024 Malaysia Open Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2023 China Shenzhen Badminton Masters Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2022 Asian Games Badminton Men’s Doubles Gold Medal
- 2022 Asian Games Badminton Men’s Team Silver Medal
- 2023 Korea Open Badminton Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2023 Indonesia Open Badminton Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2023 Asian Badminton Championships Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2023 Swiss Open Badminton Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2023 Badminton Asia Championships Mixed Team 3rd Runner-up
- 2023 Malaysia Badminton Open Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2022 France Open Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2022 Commonwealth Games Badminton Mixed Team Silver Medal
- 2022 World Badminton Championships Men’s Doubles Bronze Medal
- 2022 Commonwealth Games Badminton Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2022 Thomas Cup Champion Member
- 2022 India Open Badminton Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2021 Indonesia Open Badminton Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2021 TOYOTA Thailand Open Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2021 Swiss Open Badminton Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2020 Badminton Asia Championships Men’s Team 3rd Runner-up
- 2019 China Fuzhou Badminton Open Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2019 France Badminton Open Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2019 Thailand Badminton Open Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2019 Brazil Badminton International Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2018 Saeed Modi International Badminton Tournament Men’s Doubles Runner-up
- French Open Badminton Men’s Doubles Quarterfinals 2018
- Hyderabad Badminton Open 2018 Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2018 Commonwealth Games Badminton Men’s Doubles Silver Medal
- 2018 Commonwealth Games Badminton Mixed Team Gold Medal
- Indonesia Badminton Masters Men’s Doubles Quarterfinals 2018
- 2017 Vietnam Badminton International Challenge Men’s Doubles Champion
- Badminton Bangladesh International Challenge Men’s Doubles Champion 2016
- 2016 Badminton India International Challenge Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2016 Badminton India International Series Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2016 Mauritius Badminton International Men’s Doubles Champion
- 2016 Badminton Asia Championships Men’s Team Third Place
