Sawan Serasinghe

Sawan Serasinghe
Personal information
Country  Australia
Born (1994-02-21) 21 February 1994
Galle, Sri Lanka
Residence Melbourne, Australia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Handedness Left
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking 32 (MD 1 December 2016)
32 (XD 19 October 2017)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Australia
Oceania Championships
2018 HamiltonMen's doubles
2018 HamiltonMixed doubles
2017 NouméaMen's doubles
2017 NouméaMixed doubles
2016 PapeeteMen's doubles
2015 North HarbourMen's doubles
2014 BallaratMen's doubles
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
2016 AucklandMixed team
2014 BallaratMixed team
Oceania Men's Team Championships
2018 HamiltonMen's team
BWF profile

Sawan Serasinghe (born 21 February 1994) is a badminton player from Australia.[1] He 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

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 Melbournian’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. Unfortunately the pair 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 studies a Bachelor of Business Information Systems at Monash University.[3]

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Men's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Eastlink Badminton Stadium,
Hamilton, New Zealand		 Australia Setyana Mapasa Australia Matthew Chau
Australia Leanne Choo		 21–19, 21–18 Gold
2017 Salle Anewy,
Nouméa, New Caledonia		 Australia Setyana Mapasa Australia Joel Findlay
Australia Gronya Somerville		 21–19, 21–9 Gold

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by 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, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

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, 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, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Waikato International Australia Matthew Chau Pakistan Rizwan Azam
Australia Michael Fariman		 21–16, 21–15 1st, 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, 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, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Norwegian International Australia Setyana Mapasa Denmark Soren Gravholt
Denmark Maiken Fruergaard		 21–17, 21–15 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Maribyrnong International Australia Setyana Mapasa Australia Robin Middleton
Australia Leanne Choo		 21–17, 19–21, 19–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Waikato International Australia Setyana Mapasa Australia Matthew Chau
Australia Gronya Somerville		 21–13, 21–17 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Sydney International Australia Setyana Mapasa Australia Pham Tran Hoang
Indonesia Sylvina Kurniawan		 11–4, 11–8, 11–3 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
     BWF Future Series tournament

References

  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. 1 2 3 "Sawan Serasinghe". rio2016.olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. 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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