Gayatri Gopichand

Gayatri Gopichand Pullela (born 4 March 2003) is an Indian badminton player and a member of the national team.^[1] She is the daughter of former shuttlers P. V. V. Lakshmi and Pullela Gopichand.^[2] She won the gold in the team event and the silver at the doubles event during the 2019 South Asian Games.^[3] Gopichand won the silver in the mixed team and bronze in the doubles event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.^[4] She became the first Indian women's doubles player to make the semi-finals of All England Open, 21 years after her father's victory.^[5]

Gayatri Gopichand
Personal information
Full name	Gayatri Gopichand Pullela
Country	India
Born	(2003-03-04) 4 March 2003 (age 22) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Pullela Gopichand Arun Vishnu
Women's doubles
Highest ranking	9 (with Treesa Jolly, 14 January 2025)
Current ranking	12 (with Treesa Jolly, 3 June 2025)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  India Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Mixed team 2022 Birmingham Women's doubles Asian Championships 2024 Selangor Women's team 2023 Dubai Mixed team South Asian Games 2019 Pokhara Women's team 2019 Pokhara Women's singles
BWF profile

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

The six medallists in the women's badminton doubles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Left to right: Chloe Birch and Lauren Smith (England), Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan (Malaysia), Treesa Jolly and Gayathri Gopichand (India).

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2022	National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England	Treesa Jolly	Chen Hsuan-yu Gronya Somerville	21–15, 21–18	Bronze	[4]

South Asian Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2019	Badminton Covered Hall, Pokhara, Nepal	Ashmita Chaliha	18–21, 23–25	Silver	[3]

World Tour (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[6] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is 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.^[7]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Syed Modi International	Super 300	Treesa Jolly	Anna Cheong Teoh Mei Xing	12–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2022	Odisha Open	Super 100	Treesa Jolly	Sanyogita Ghorpade Shruti Mishra	21–12, 21–10	Winner
2024	Syed Modi International	Super 300	Treesa Jolly	Bao Lijing Li Qian	21–18, 21–11	Winner

International Challenge / Series (1 title, 5 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Nepal International	Malvika Bansod	14–21, 18–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Polish International	Treesa Jolly	Margot Lambert Anne Tran	10–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2021	India International Challenge	Treesa Jolly	Tanisha Crasto Rutaparna Panda	23–21, 21–14	Winner
2021	Welsh International	Treesa Jolly	Margot Lambert Anne Tran	20–22, 21–17, 14–21	Runner-up
2022	Bahrain International Challenge	Treesa Jolly	Lanny Tria Mayasari Ribka Sugiarto	18–21, 16–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	India International Challenge	K. Sai Pratheek	Ishaan Bhatnagar Tanisha Crasto	16–21, 19–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2024	BWF Awards	Best Dressed Female	Won	[8]
2025	Times of India Sports Awards	Badminton Player of the Year Female	Nominated	[9]

See also

• Badminton in India
• India national badminton team
• List of Indian sportswomen