Gronya Somerville

Gronya Somerville (born 10 May 1995) is an Australian badminton player specializing in doubles.^[2] She has won nine Oceania Championships titles, six in the women's doubles and three in the mixed doubles.

Somerville partnered with Riky Widianto in Australian Embassy Jakarta in 2016

Gronya Somerville
Somerville in 2016
Personal information
Country	Australia
Born	(1995-05-10) 10 May 1995 (age 30) Carlton, Melbourne, Australia
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	18 (WD with Setyana Mapasa, 2 March 2017) 43 (XD with Kenneth Choo, 31 October 2023) 51 (XD with Simon Leung, 17 March 2020)
Current ranking	35 (WD with Angela Yu, 22 July 2025)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Australia Oceania Championships 2014 Ballarat Women's doubles 2015 North Harbour Women's doubles 2017 Nouméa Women's doubles 2018 Hamilton Women's doubles 2019 Melbourne Women's doubles 2019 Melbourne Mixed doubles 2020 Ballarat Women's doubles 2020 Ballarat Mixed doubles 2022 Melbourne Mixed doubles 2023 Auckland Mixed doubles 2024 Geelong Mixed doubles 2025 Auckland Women's doubles 2025 Auckland Mixed doubles 2016 Papeete Women's doubles 2017 Nouméa Mixed doubles 2022 Melbourne Women's doubles 2024 Geelong Women's doubles 2012 Ballarat Mixed doubles 2014 Ballarat Mixed doubles 2015 North Harbour Mixed doubles 2023 Auckland Women's doubles Oceania Mixed Team Championships 2012 Ballarat Mixed team 2014 Ballarat Mixed team 2016 Auckland Mixed team 2019 Melbourne Mixed team 2023 Auckland Mixed team 2025 Auckland Mixed team Oceania Women's Team Championships 2012 Ballarat Women's team 2016 Auckland Women's team 2018 Hamilton Women's team 2020 Ballarat Women's team 2024 Geelong Women's team
BWF profile

Personal life

Somerville, born to an Australian mother of Anglo-Celtic origin and a Chinese father, became famous when it was revealed that she is the descendant of a prominent Qing dynasty political reformer, Kang Youwei.^[3] She is studying exercise science at Victoria University.^[4][when?]

Career

Somerville's skills were discovered during a badminton talent identification program which she attended after receiving a flyer from her primary school PE teacher when she was about 12 or 13.^[5][6] Born in Melbourne in 1995, Somerville first captured the media's attention as a young player in 2012 at the Uber Cup in China.^[3]

She won gold medals at the 2014 Oceania Badminton Championships in women's doubles and mixed team events. Her current partners are Setyana Mapasa in women's doubles and Simon Leung in mixed doubles. She represented her country at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.^[7] Together with Mapasa, they managed to win Australia's first ever Grand Prix title in 2016, after winning the Canada Open.^[8] They also won the Dutch Open in the same year.^[9] In 2017, she and Mapasa won the women's doubles title at the Oceania Championships, and a silver in the mixed doubles event partnered with Joel Findlay.^[10]

She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's and mixed doubles but was eliminated in the group stage in both events.^[11]

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Ken Kay Badminton Hall, Ballarat, Australia	Jacqueline Guan	Jacinta Joe Louisa Ma	21–14, 21–17	Gold
2015	X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre, Auckland, New Zealand	Leanne Choo	Talia Saunders Jennifer Tam	21–14, 21–11	Gold
2016	Punaauia University Hall, Papeete, Tahiti	Melinda Sun	Tiffany Ho Jennifer Tam	17–21, 21–19, 20–22	Silver
2017	Salle Anewy, Nouméa, New Caledonia	Setyana Mapasa	Tiffany Ho Joy Lai	16–21, 21–18, 21–14	Gold
2018	Eastlink Badminton Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand	Setyana Mapasa	Leanne Choo Renuga Veeran	21–14, 22–20	Gold
2019	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia	Setyana Mapasa	Yingzi Jiang Louisa Ma	21–10, 21–9	Gold
2020	Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia	Setyana Mapasa	Sally Fu Alyssa Tagle	21–9, 21–10	Gold
2022	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia	Kaitlyn Ea	Joyce Choong Sylvina Kurniawan	19–21, 15–21	Silver
2023	Auckland Badminton Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand	Joyce Choong	Sylvina Kurniawan Setyana Mapasa	19–21, 11–21	Bronze
2024	Leisuretime Sports Precinct, Geelong, Australia	Kaitlyn Ea	Setyana Mapasa Angela Yu	18–21, 11–21	Silver
2025	Badminton North Harbour Centre, Auckland, New Zealand	Angela Yu	Mimi Ngo Maureen Clarissa Wijaya	21–10, 21–12	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Ken Kay Badminton Hall, Ballarat, Australia	Ross Smith	Glenn Warfe Leanne Choo	11–21, 17–21	Bronze
2014	Ken Kay Badminton Hall, Ballarat, Australia	Raymond Tam	Oliver Leydon-Davis Susannah Leydon-Davis	19–21, 19–21	Bronze
2015	X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre, Auckland, New Zealand	Matthew Chau	Oliver Leydon-Davis Danielle Tahuri	15–21, 21–19, 14–21	Bronze
2017	Salle Anewy, Nouméa, New Caledonia	Joel Findlay	Sawan Serasinghe Setyana Mapasa	19–21, 9–21	Silver
2019	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia	Simon Leung	Sawan Serasinghe Khoo Lee Yen	21–18, 21–15	Gold
2020	Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia	Simon Leung	Pham Tran Hoang Sylvina Kurniawan	21–12, 21–8	Gold
2022	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia	Kenneth Choo	Oliver Leydon-Davis Anona Pak	21–18, 19–21, 21–12	Gold
2023	Auckland Badminton Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand	Kenneth Choo	Lim Ming Chuen Sylvina Kurniawan	21–12, 21–16	Gold
2024	Leisuretime Sports Precinct, Geelong, Australia	Kenneth Choo	Edward Lau Shaunna Li	21–11, 25–27, 21–14	Gold
2025	Badminton North Harbour Centre, Auckland, New Zealand	Vincent Tao	Edward Lau Shaunna Li	21–19, 14–21, 21–18	Gold

BWF World Tour (1 title)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[12] 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.^[13]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Canada Open	Super 100	Setyana Mapasa	Chang Ye-na Kim Hye-rin	21–16, 21–14	Winner

BWF Grand Prix (2 titles)

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.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Canada Open	Setyana Mapasa	Heather Olver Lauren Smith	21–15, 21–16	Winner
2016	Dutch Open	Setyana Mapasa	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	17–21, 21–17, 21–16	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles, 15 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Auckland International	Leanne Choo	Chang Ching-hui Chang Hsin-tien	11–6, 8–11, 10–11, 9–11	Runner-up
2015	Waikato International	Setyana Mapasa	Ruwindi Serasinghe Alice Wu	21–13, 21–10	Winner
2015	Auckland International	Setyana Mapasa	Pan Tzu-chin Tsai Hsin-yu	21–9, 21–5	Winner
2015	Maribyrnong International	Setyana Mapasa	Chen Hsuan-yu Shu Yu-lin	20–22, 17–21, 21–18	Winner
2015	Sydney International	Setyana Mapasa	Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai	13–21, 5–21	Runner-up
2015	Norwegian International	Setyana Mapasa	Amanda Madsen Isabella Nielsen	21–5, 21–13	Winner
2015	Italian International	Setyana Mapasa	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	19–21, 21–18, 6–13 retired	Runner-up
2016	Brazil International	Setyana Mapasa	Chisato Hoshi Naru Shinoya	13–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2017	Nouméa International	Setyana Mapasa	Tiffany Ho Joy Lai	21–11, 21–8	Winner
2019	South Australia International	Setyana Mapasa	Rin Iwanaga Kie Nakanishi	15–21, 21–19, 9–21	Runner-up
2019	Nepal International	Setyana Mapasa	K. Maneesha Rutaparna Panda	21–10, 18–21, 21–11	Winner
2019	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	Setyana Mapasa	Rachel Honderich Kristen Tsai	14–21, 21–9, 21–18	Winner
2021	Irish Open	Chen Hsuan-yu	Debora Jille Cheryl Seinen	21–15, 14–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2022	North Harbour International	Chen Hsuan-yu	Sung Shuo-yun Yu Chien-hui	19–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2025	Polish Open	Angela Yu	Lauren Lam Allison Lee	21–19, 15–21, 15–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Auckland International	Raymond Tam	Ross Smith Renuga Veeran	16–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2015	Waikato International	Matthew Chau	Sawan Serasinghe Setyana Mapasa	13–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2015	Turkey International	Matthew Chau	Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Zięba	12–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2019	Waikato International	Simon Leung	Hiroki Midorikawa Natsu Saito	15–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2023	Dutch International	Kenneth Choo	Brandon Yap Annie Lado	21–18, 23–21	Winner
2023	Mongolia International	Kenneth Choo	Tanakorn Meechai Fungfa Korpthammakit	22–20, 21–17	Winner
2023	Bendigo International	Kenneth Choo	Chen Sheng-fa Lin Jhih-yun	21–12, 14–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2023	Sydney International	Kenneth Choo	Chen Sheng-fa Lin Jhih-yun	18–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2024	Uganda International	Kenneth Choo	Sathish Kumar Karunakaran Aadya Variyath	20–22, 21–18, 19–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament