Ajay Jayaram

Ajay Jayaram
Personal information
Country	India
Born	(1987-09-28) 28 September 1987 (age 37) Chennai, India
Residence	Mumbai, India
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Retired	26 March 2022
Handedness	Right
Coach	Anup Shridhar
Men's singles
Highest ranking	13 (25 May 2017)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  India Asia Team Championships 2016 Hyderabad Men's team
BWF profile

Ajay Jayaram (born 28 September 1987) is an Indian retired badminton player from Chennai.^[1][2] He plays for the Mumbai Rockets in the Premier Badminton League.^[3] Jayaram is a champion of the Czech International and Dutch Open tournament.^[4] Ajay Jayaram did his schooling from Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School.^[5] He retired from the international badminton on 26 March 2022 to pursue MBA from ISB, Hyderabad.^[6] Ajay Jayaram married Soumya Ravi on April 6, 2022.

Achievements

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[7] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[8]

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Vietnam Open	Super 100	Shesar Hiren Rhustavito	14–21, 10–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries (1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[9] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.^[10] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Korea Open	Chen Long	14–21, 13–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

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.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Dutch Open	Sho Sasaki	16–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2014	Dutch Open	Ihsan Maulana Mustofa	10–11, 11–6, 11–7, 1–11, 11–9	Winner
2015	Dutch Open	Raul Must	21–12, 21–18	Winner
2016	Dutch Open	Wang Tzu-wei	10–21, 21–17, 18–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

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

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	North Shore City International	John Moody	16–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2008	Waikato International	Prakash Jolly	21–11, 21–14	Winner
2010	Smiling Fish International	Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin	21–10, 21–4	Winner
2010	Czech International	Scott Evans	21–11, 21–8	Winner
2018	White Nights	Pablo Abián	21–11, 16–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2021	Belgian International	Ng Tze Yong	14–21, 14–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

References

1. "Players: Ajay Jayaram". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
2. "Profile: Ajay Jayaram". Badminton Association of India. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
3. "PBL 2017: Ajay Jayaram pips Kidambi Srikanth as Mumbai Rockets thwart Awadhe Warriors". Firstpost. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
4. "11 Things You Didn't Know About Ajay Jayaram Who Shocked Top Badminton Players In Korea Open". MensXP. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
5. "Ajay Jayaram, from nearly man to a comeback man". Indian Express. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
6. "Ajay Jayaram retires from international badminton". The Indian Express. 27 March 2022. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
7. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
8. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
9. "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
10. "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

External links

• Ajay Jayaram at BWFBadminton.com
• Ajay Jayaram at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)