K. Maneesha

Kukkapalli Maneesha (born 29 April 1995) is an Indian badminton player who currently plays women's and mixed doubles.^[1] She partners Sanyogita Ghorpade for women's doubles events and previously partnered with J. Meghana, P. V. Sindhu.^[2] For mixed doubles events she partners with Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, and previously, Manu Attri and K. Nandagopal.^[3]

K. Maneesha
Personal information
Birth name	Kukkapalli Maneesha
Country	India
Born	(1995-04-29) 29 April 1995 (age 30) Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Residence	India
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	53 (WD with Rutaparna Panda 3 March 2020) 41 (XD with Arjun M.R. 6 August 2019)
Current ranking	61 (WD with Rutaparna Panda) 53 (XD with Arjun M.R.) (10 August 2021)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  India Uber Cup 2016 Kunshan Women's team South Asian Games 2016 Guwahati–Shillong Women's team 2016 Guwahati–Shillong Women's doubles Commonwealth Youth Games 2011 Douglas Mixed doubles Asia Junior Championships 2011 Lucknow Mixed team
BWF profile

Achievements

South Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre, Shillong, India	N. Sikki Reddy	Jwala Gutta Ashwini Ponnappa	9–21, 17–21	Silver

Commonwealth Youth Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	National Sports Centre, Douglas, Isle of Man	Srikanth Kidambi	Teo Ee Yi Chow Mei Kuan	21–18, 16–21, 8–21	Silver

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-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.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Syed Modi International	Manu Attri	Riky Widianto Richi Puspita Dili	17–21, 17–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles, 10 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Tata India International	Meghana Jakkampudi	Aparna Balan Prajakta Sawant	13–21, 21–10, 13–21	Runner-up
2015	Tata India International	N. Sikki Reddy	Chaladchalam Chayanit Phataimas Muenwong	11–21, 21–15, 13–21	Runner-up
2017	Polish International	Arathi Sara Sunil	Jenny Moore Victoria Williams	19–21, 22–24	Runner-up
2019	Ghana International	Rutaparna Panda	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh	21–11, 21–11	Winner
2019	Nepal International	Rutaparna Panda	Setyana Mapasa Gronya Somerville	10–21, 21–18, 11–21	Runner-up
2019	Bangladesh International	Rutaparna Panda	Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan	20–22, 19–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Maldives International	K. Nandagopal	Kim Dae-sung Oh Bo-kyung	21–16, 23–21	Winner
2015	Tata India International	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Arun Vishnu Aparna Balan	21–13, 21–16	Winner
2016	Mauritius International	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Yogendran Khrishnan Prajakta Sawant	21–19, 11–21, 21–17	Winner
2016	India International Series	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Low Hang Yee Cheah Yee See	5–11, 11–8, 12–10, 11–8	Winner
2016	Bangladesh International	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Tanupat Viriyangkura Thanyasuda Wongya	21–12, 21–12	Winner
2018	Lagos International	Manu Attri	Rohan Kapoor Kuhoo Garg	21–17, 23–21	Winner
2018	Hellas Open	Arjun M. R.	Paweł Pietryja Agnieszka Wojtkowska	21–15, 21–14	Winner
2019	Ghana International	Arjun M. R.	Ramchandran Shlok Rutaparna Panda	19–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2019	Lagos International	Arjun M. R.	Ramchandran Shlok Rutaparna Panda	21–16, 21–17	Winner
2022 (I)	India International Challenge	Gouse Shaik	Ruttanapak Oupthong Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat	18–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2022	Bahrain International	B. Sumeeth Reddy	Ruttanapak Oupthong Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat	20–22, 17–21	Runner-up
2024	Kazakhstan International	Sanjai Srivatsa Dhanraj	Wong Tien Ci Lim Chiew Sien	21–9, 7–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2025	Uganda International	Dhruv Rawat	Ishaan Bhatnagar Srinidhi Narayanan	18–21, 3–9 retired	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament