Dhruv Kapila

Dhruv Kapila (born 1 February 2000) is an Indian badminton player.^[1] He won the gold at the 2019 South Asian Games in the men's, mixed doubles and team events.^[2] He was part of the team that won the 2022 Thomas Cup.^[3]

Dhruv Kapila
Personal information
Country	India
Born	(2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 25) Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Years active	2016–present
Handedness	Right
Coach	Pullela Gopichand Tan Kim Her Manu Attri
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	19 (MD with Arjun M. R., 25 October 2022) 16 (XD with Tanisha Crasto, 27 May 2025)
Current ranking	17 (XD with Tanisha Crasto, 3 June 2025)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  India Thomas Cup 2022 Bangkok Men's team Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Men's team Asia Mixed Team Championships 2023 Dubai Mixed team Asia Team Championships 2020 Manila Men's team South Asian Games 2019 Kathmandu–Pokhara Men's doubles 2019 Kathmandu–Pokhara Mixed doubles 2019 Kathmandu–Pokhara Men's team
BWF profile

Achievements

South Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Badminton Covered Hall, Pokhara, Nepal	Krishna Prasad Garaga	Sachin Dias Buwaneka Goonethilleka	21–19, 19–21, 21–18	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Badminton Covered Hall, Pokhara, Nepal	Meghana Jakkampudi	Sachin Dias Thilini Hendahewa	21–16, 21–14	Gold

BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[4] 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, and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[5]

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Odisha Masters	Super 100	Tanisha Crasto	Terry Hee Jessica Tan	17–21, 21–19, 23–21	Winner
2024	Syed Modi International	Super 300	Tanisha Crasto	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Supissara Paewsampran	21–18, 14–21, 8–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 3 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Mauritius International	Saurabh Sharma	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty	12–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2018	Kharkiv International	Krishna Prasad Garaga	Daniel Hess Johannes Pistorius	21–19, 21–16	Winner
2019	Nepal International	Arjun M. R.	Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy	19–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2019	Bangladesh International	Arjun M. R.	Chang Yee Jun Tee Kai Wun	19–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2022 (I)	India International Challenge	Arjun M. R.	Chaloempon Charoenkitamorn Nanthakarn Yordphaisong	21–17, 20–22, 21–18	Winner
2024	Uganda International	Arjun M. R.	Vinson Chiu Joshua Yuan	21–14, 21–13	Winner
2024	Polish Open	Arjun M. R.	William Kryger Boe Christian Faust Kjær	15–21, 23–21, 21–19	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (3 runners-up)

Boys' doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	India Junior International	Krishna Prasad Garaga	Hiroki Okamura Masayuki Onodera	5–11, 14–12, 9–11, 11-13	Runner-up
2017	Dutch Junior International	Krishna Prasad Garaga	Su Li-wei Ye Hong-wei	13–21, 19-21	Runner-up
2018	Dutch Junior International	Krishna Prasad Garaga	Liang Weikeng Shang Yichen	20–22, 16-21	Runner-up

  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

  BWF Junior International Series tournament

  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

G

S

B

NH

N/A

DNQ

(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

National team

• Senior level

Team events	2022
Thomas Cup	G