Ruthvika Gadde

Ruthvika Shivani Gadde (Telugu: గద్దె రుత్విక శివాని; born 26 March 1997) is an Indian badminton player who plays mixed doubles.^[5] She trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy.^[6]

Ruthvika in action

Ruthvika Gadde
Ruthvika in May 2014
Personal information
Full name	Ruthvika Shivani Gadde
Country	India
Born	(1997-03-26) 26 March 1997 (age 28)[1] Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Residence	Khammam, Telangana, India[2]
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3]
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Pullela Gopichand[3]
Women's singles & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	49 (WS, 1 December 2016) 29 (XD with Rohan Kapoor, 3 June 2025)[4]
Current ranking	33 (XD with Rohan Kapoor, 22 July 2025)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  India Uber Cup 2016 Kunshan Women's team Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Mixed team South Asian Games 2016 Guwahati-Shillong Women's singles 2016 Guwahati-Shillong Women's team Asian Junior Championships 2011 Lucknow Mixed team
BWF profile

Early life

Gadde, the daughter of G. Bhavani Prasad^[7] and G. Prameela Rani,^[8] was born in a Telugu family on 26 March 1997.^{[citation needed]}

Career

At the 2016 South Asian Games held in Guwahati and Shillong, she won two gold medals, in women's team and women's singles. She defeated P. V. Sindhu in straight games winning the women's singles title. She was a women's team member in India's national team at the 2016 Uber Cup and secured bronze medal in 2016 Thomas & Uber Cup held in Kunshan, China. In the quarter-finals she defeated Thailand's top player Nichaon Jindapol by 21-18, 21-16^[9] with that victory Indian women's team secured bronze medal in Uber Cup.^{[citation needed]}

In 2017, Shivani participated at V.V. Natu Memorial All India Senior Ranking and won women's singles in Pune in August, where she defeated Anura Prabhudesai.^[10] She also won a gold medal in the Mixed team event at the 73rd Inter State - Inter Zonal Senior National Badminton Mixed Team Championship in Nagpur.^{[citation needed]}

At the 82nd Senior National Badminton Championship,^{[11][circular reference]} Shivani lost to P. V. Sindhu, earning a bronze medal in Nagpur. She later competed in the Tata Open India International Challenge in Mumbai, defeating Riya Mukherjee^[12] 21-12, 23-21 to claim another victory in women's singles.^{[citation needed]}

Achievements

South Asian Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre, Shillong, India	P. V. Sindhu	21–11, 22–20	Gold

BWF Grand Prix (1 title)

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 singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Russian Open	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	21–10, 21–13	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 4 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Tata Open India International	Arundhati Pantawane	19–21, 21–18, 21–14	Winner
2015	Bangladesh International	Iris Wang	23–21, 19–21, 21–18	Winner
2016	India International	Rituparna Das	7–11, 11–8, 7–11, 12–14	Runner-up
2017	Tata Open India International	Riya Mookerjee	21–12, 23–21	Winner
2022 (I)	India International	Miho Kayama	11–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2022 (III)	India International	Tanya Hemanth	19–21, 21–17, 19–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2024	Turkey International	Rohan Kapoor	Julien Maio Léa Palermo	15–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2024 (I)	India International	Rohan Kapoor	Hariharan Amsakarunan Tanisha Crasto	21–17, 21–19	Winner
2024 (II)	India International	Rohan Kapoor	Ashith Surya Amrutha Pramuthesh	21–16, 19–21, 21–12	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (6 titles)

Girls' singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Ramenskoe Junior International	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	21–17, 22–20	Winner
2012	India Junior International	Rituparna Das	21–19, 21–14	Winner
2013	India Junior International	Liang Xiaoyu	16–21, 21–16, 21–13	Winner
2014	India Junior International	K. Reshma	11–3, 11–1, 11–9	Winner
2015	India Junior International	Supamart Mingchua	21–9, 21–6	Winner

Girls' doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	India Junior International	Poorvisha S. Ram	Meghana Jakkampudi K. Maneesha	21–12, 18–21, 21–19	Winner

  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

  BWF Junior International Series tournament

  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Career overview

Singles Played Wins Losses Balance Total* 217 142 75 +67 Current year (2024)* 0 0 0 0

Doubles Played Wins Losses Balance Total* 17 9 8 +1 Current year (2024)* 2 1 1 0

Mixed Doubles Played Wins Losses Balance Total* 45 31 14 +17 Current year (2024)* 37 26 11 +15

* Statistics were last updated on 30 December 2024.^[13]

Singles & Mixed Doubles Titles

Type	No. of titles
Super Series Premier	-
Super Series	-
Grand Prix Gold	-
Grand Prix	1
International Challenge	5
International Series	-
Others	1
Total	7

BWF Sub-Junior International

S. No.	Year	Tournament	Format	Partner	Opponent(s) in final	Score	Result
1	2010	Badminton Asia Youth U17 & U15 Championships	Doubles	Rituparna Das	Shim Jae Rin, Sun Min Lee	19–21, 21–14, 14–21[14]	Bronze
2	2010	Li-Ning Singapore Youth International	Doubles	Poorvisha S Ram	Shella Devi Aulia, Anggia Shitta Awanda	16–21, 14–21[15]	Silver
3	2011	Badminton Asia Youth U17 & U15 Championships	Singles	N/A	Akane Yamaguchi	21–17, 13–21, 18–21[16]	Silver
4	2011	Pertamina Open	Doubles	Sanjana Santosh	Cynthia Shara Ayunidha, Rahmadhani Hastiyanti Putri	18–21, 21–17, 10–21[17]	Silver

National

S. No.	Year	Tournament	Age group	Format	Partner	Opponent(s) in final	Score	Result
1	2008	22nd Sub-Junior Mini National Badminton Championships, Patna	Under 13	Singles	N/A	Rituparna Das	9-21, 13-21[18]	Silver
2	2008	22nd Sub-Junior Mini National Badminton Championships, Patna	Under 13	Doubles	Rituparna Das	V. Harika, K. Reshma	[19]	Gold
3	2009	23rd Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, Jaipur	Under 13	Singles	N/A	Karishma Wadkar	21-13, 21-16[20]	Gold
4	2009	23rd Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, Jaipur	Under 13	Doubles	V. Harika	Akshaya Warang, Karishma Wadkar	21-16, 21-8[21]	Gold
5	2009	23rd Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, Jaipur	Under 16	Doubles	Poorvisha S. Ram	K. Maneesha, P. V. Sindhu	19-21, 17-21[22]	Silver
6	2009	18th CBSE National Badminton Championships, Mohali	Under 14	Singles	N/A	Tamal Salvi	[23]	Gold
7	2010	24th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, Hyderabad	Under 16	Singles	N/A	P. V. Sindhu	13-21, 17-21[24]	Silver
8	2010	24th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, Hyderabad	Under 16	Doubles	Poorvisha S. Ram	K. Maneesha, P. V. Sindhu	19-21, 17-21[25]	Silver
9	2011	25th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, New Delhi	Under 15	Singles	N/A	Vrushali Gummadi	21-19, 21-15[26]	Gold
10	2011	25th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championships, New Delhi	Under 15	Doubles	Sanjana Santosh	Lalita Katre, Karishma Wadkar	21-11, 22-20[27]	Gold
11	2012	36th Junior National Badminton Championships, Jaipur	Under 17	Doubles	Poorvisha S Ram	Meghana Jakkampudi, K. Maneesha	21-7, 21-9[28]	Gold
12	2012	36th Junior National Badminton Championships, Jaipur	Under 19	Mixed Doubles	B. Venkatesh	Kidambi Srikanth, K. Maneesha	21-19, 21-19[29]	Gold
13	2012	37th Junior National Badminton Championships, Imphal	Under 17	Singles	N/A	K. Reshma	21-13, 21-23, 21-16[30]	Gold
14	2012	37th Junior National Badminton Championships, Imphal	Under 19	Singles	N/A	Rituparna Das	21-17, 21-5[31]	Gold
15	2012	37th Junior National Badminton Championships, Imphal	Under 19	Doubles	Poorvisha S. Ram	Meghana Jakkampudi, K. Maneesha	21-10, 21-12[32]	Gold
16	2012	37th Inter State - Inter Zonal Badminton Championships, Imphal	Under 19	Team Event	Meghana Jakkampudi, K. Maneesha	West Bengal	[33]	Gold
17	2013	38th Junior National Badminton Championships, Chandigarh	Under 17	Singles	N/A	Karishma Wadkar	21-19, 21-14[34]	Gold
18	2013	38th Junior National Badminton Championships, Chandigarh	Under 19	Singles	N/A	Rituparna Das	14-21, 7-21[35]	Silver
19	2013	38th Inter State - Inter Zonal Badminton Championships, Chandigarh	Under 19	Team Event	Rituparna Das, Meghana Jakkampudi	Air India	[36]	Gold
20	2014	39th Inter State - Inter Zonal Badminton Championships, Patna	Under 19	Team Event	Rituparna Das, Vrushali Gummadi, K. Sri Krishna Priya	N/A	N/A	Gold
21	2014	39th Junior National Badmintion Championships, Patna	Under 19	Singles	N/A	Rituparna Das	19-21, 19-21[37]	Silver
22	2014	39th Junior National Badmintion Championships, Patna	Under 19	Doubles	Rituparna Das	K. Reshma, Sanjana Santosh	21-11, 21-17[38]	Gold
23	2015	Air Costa 70th Inter State - Inter Zonal Badminton Championships, Vijayawada	Senior	Team Event	Rituparna Das, Meghana Jakkampudi, K. Maneesha	PSPB	[39]	Silver
24	2015	79th Senior National Badminton Championships, Vijayawada	Senior	Singles	N/A	Rituparna Das	21-13, 21-13[40]	Gold
25	2015	79th Senior National Badminton Championships, Vijayawada	Senior	Doubles	Rituparna Das	Pradnya Gadre, N. Sikki Reddy	16-21, 13-21[41][42]	Bronze
26	2015	35th National Games Kerala, Ernakulam	Senior	Team Event	Rituparna Das, N. Sikki Reddy, Meghana Jakkampudi	Kerala	[43]	Gold
27	2015	35th National Games Kerala, Ernakulam	Senior	Singles	N/A	P. C. Thulasi	21-18, 11-21, 10-21[44][45]	Bronze
28	2016	71st Inter State - Inter Zonal Senior National Badminton Championships, Chandigarh	Senior	Mixed Team	N/A	Airports Authority of India	[46]	Gold
29	2016	80th Senior National Badminton Championships, Chandigarh	Senior	Singles	N/A	P. C. Thulasi	21-10, 18-21, 18-21[47][48]	Bronze
30	2016	37th Inter - Unit PSPB Badminton Tournament, Hyderabad	Senior	Team Event	P. V. Sindhu, Jwala Gutta	ONGC	[49]	Gold
31	2016	37th Inter - Unit PSPB Badminton Tournament, Hyderabad	Senior	Singles	N/A	Rituparna Das	21-13, 21-17[50]	Gold
32	2016	V.V.Natu Memorial All India Senior ranking Badminton Tournament	Senior	Singles	N/A	P. C. Thulasi	21–18, 21–6[51]	Gold
33	2017	V.V.Natu Memorial All India Senior ranking Badminton Tournament	Senior	Singles	N/A	Anura Prabhudesai	21–10, 21–13[52]	Gold
34	2017	73rd Inter State - Inter Zonal Senior National Badminton Mixed Team Championships	Senior	Mixed Team Event	N/A			Gold
35	2017	82nd Senior National Badminton Championships	Senior	Singles	N/A	P. V. Sindhu	21–17, 15–21, 11–21[53]	Bronze
36	2019	YONEX SUNISE V.V.Natu Memorial All India Senior ranking Badminton Tournament	Senior	Singles	N/A	Shruti Mundada	21–10, 21–17[54]	Gold

Personal life

Ruthvika Shivani has been employed with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) since 23 November 2015. Now she is in EXECUTIVE (SPORTS) post at Hyderabad, Telangana office^[55]