Sanave Thomas

Sanave Thomas
Personal information
Full name	Sanave Thomas Arattukulam
Country	India
Born	(1980-05-21) 21 May 1980 (age 44) Mararikulam village, Alappuzha district, Kerala, India[1]
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	13 (MD 15 July 2010) 168 (XD 17 April 2014)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  India Commonwealth Games 2010 New Delhi Mixed team 2006 Melbourne Mixed team South Asian Games 2006 Colombo Men's doubles 2006 Colombo Men's team 2010 Dhaka Men's doubles 2010 Dhaka Men's team 2010 Dhaka Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Sanave Thomas Arattukulam (born 21 May 1980) is an Indian badminton player.^[2][3] He won bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in mixed team event.^[4] He was the gold medalists at the 2006 and 2010 South Asian Games in the men's doubles and team events, also won silver medal in the mixed doubles in 2010.

Achievements

South Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	K. T. Rupesh Kumar	Thushara Edirisinghe Duminda Jayakody	21–16, 21–10	Gold
2010	Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	K. T. Rupesh Kumar	Chetan Anand V. Diju	21–19, retired	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Aparna Balan	V. Diju Ashwini Ponnappa	11–21, 15–21	Silver

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Dutch Open	Rupesh Kumar K. T.	Fran Kurniawan Rendra Wijaya	18–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2009	Australian Open	Rupesh Kumar K. T.	Gan Teik Chai Tan Bin Shen	13–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2009	New Zealand Open	Rupesh Kumar K. T.	Hirokatsu Hashimoto Noriyasu Hirata	21–16, 15–21, 21–13	Winner
2009	Bitburger Open	Rupesh Kumar K. T.	Chris Adcock Andrew Ellis	17–21, 22–20, 24–22	Winner
2010	India Open	Rupesh Kumar K. T.	Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari	12–21, 20–22	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Hungarian International	V. Diju	José Antonio Crespo Sergio Llopis	17–14, 15–7	Winner
2004	Syed Modi International	K. T. Rupesh Kumar	V. Diju Jaseel P. Ismail	15–12, 15–8	Winner
2004	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	K. T. Rupesh Kumar	Kristof Hopp Ingo Kindervater	15–7, 15–13	Winner
2004	India Satellite	K. T. Rupesh Kumar	V. Diju Jaseel P. Ismail	9–15, 1–15	Runner-up
2005	Surabaya Satellite	K. T. Rupesh Kumar	Tri Kusharyanto Bambang Suprianto	9–15, 12–15	Runner-up
2005	India Satellite	K. T. Rupesh Kumar	V. Diju Jaseel P. Ismail	17–14, 15–7	Winner
2006	India Satellite	K. T. Rupesh Kumar	Chan Peng Soon Chang Hun Pin	19–21, 21–8, 22–20	Winner
2008	Croatian International	K. T. Rupesh Kumar	Jakub Bitman Zvonimir Đurkinjak	21–9, 21–14	Winner
2008	Portugal International	K. T. Rupesh Kumar	Ruud Bosch Koen Ridder	19–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2009	Bahrain International	Aneesh Aneefa Kannangayath	Ebrahim Jaffer Al Sayed Jaffer Heri Setiawan	21–16, 21–14	Winner
2010	Bahrain International	K. T. Rupesh Kumar	Bennet Antony Anchery Alwin Francis	21–7, 16–21, 21–14	Winner
2011	Bahrain International	K. T. Rupesh Kumar	Andrei Adistia Christopher Rusdianto	21–14, 17–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2011	Tata Open India International	K. T. Rupesh Kumar	Pranav Chopra Akshay Dewalkar	21–19, 17–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2012	Austrian International	K. T. Rupesh Kumar	Hiroyuki Saeki Ryota Taohata	23–21, 22–20	Winner
2012	Bahrain International	K. T. Rupesh Kumar	K. Nandagopal Jishnu Sanyal	21–18, 19–21, 21–18	Winner
2013	Bahrain International	K. T. Rupesh Kumar	V. Diju K. Nandagopal	17–21, 21–12, 19–21	Runner-up
2013	Bahrain International Challenge	K. T. Rupesh Kumar	V. Diju K. Nandagopal	Walkover	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Bahrain International Challenge	Prajakta Sawant	V. Diju N. Siki Reddy	19–21, 21–14, 23–23 Retired	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament`

  BWF International Series tournament

References

1. "Sanave Thomas". www.badmintonindia.org. Badminton Association of India. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
2. "Players: Sanave Thomas". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
3. "Sanave Thomas Full Profile". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
4. "India in Commonwealth Games Badminton : Medallists". www.sportsbharti.com. Sports Bharti. Retrieved 14 October 2016.

External links

• Sanave Thomas at BWFBadminton.com
• Sanave Thomas at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• Sanave Thomas at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived) (2002, 2006)
• Sanave Thomas Arattukulam at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived) (2010)