Sawan Serasinghe

Sawan Serasinghe (born 21 February 1994) is a former badminton player from Australia.^[1] He won seven Oceania Championships titles, five in the men's doubles and two in the mixed doubles. Serasinghe competed in the men's doubles event at the 2016 Summer Olympics alongside Matthew Chau.^[2]

Serasinghe with his partner Matthew Chau in 2016

Sawan Serasinghe
Personal information
Country	Australia
Born	(1994-02-21) 21 February 1994 (age 31) Galle, Sri Lanka
Residence	Melbourne, Australia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Handedness	Left
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	32 (MD 1 December 2016) 32 (XD 19 October 2017)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Australia Oceania Championships 2015 North Harbour Men's doubles 2016 Papeete Men's doubles 2017 Nouméa Men's doubles 2017 Nouméa Mixed doubles 2018 Hamilton Men's doubles 2018 Hamilton Mixed doubles 2019 Melbourne Men's doubles 2014 Ballarat Men's doubles 2019 Melbourne Mixed doubles 2020 Ballarat Men's doubles Oceania Mixed Team Championships 2014 Ballarat Mixed team 2016 Auckland Mixed team Oceania Men's Team Championships 2018 Hamilton Men's team 2020 Ballarat Men's team
BWF profile

Career

Serasinghe started playing badminton since the age of five, he was born in Galle, Sri Lanka, and moved to Australia when he was 11 years old. He trains at the National Training Centre in Melbourne, and took out back-to-back Oceania Championships titles with Chau in 2015 and 2016. The 22-year-old also won the 2014 Sydney International Challenge mixed doubles with Setyana Mapasa, against some of the best players in the world. The Melburnian's first international experience was at the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival where he competed in the men's doubles with Chau and also took the court in the men's singles competition.^[3]

He made his first Olympic appearance at the 2016 Summer Olympics, competing in the men's doubles with Matthew Chau. They headed into Rio as the 46th highest ranked pairing in the world, and were eliminated in the group stages after losing each of their matches against South Korea, Russia, and Chinese Taipei.^[3][4]

Off the court, Serasinghe holds a Bachelor of Business Information Systems degree from Monash University.^[3]

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia	Matthew Chau	Oliver Leydon-Davis Abhinav Manota	21–18, 9–21, 14–21	Silver
2019	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia	Eric Vuong	Simon Leung Mitchell Wheller	21–17, 21–10	Gold
2018	Eastlink Badminton Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand	Matthew Chau	Robin Middleton Ross Smith	21–17, 23–21	Gold
2017	Salle Anewy, Nouméa, New Caledonia	Matthew Chau	Kevin Dennerly-Minturn Niccolo Tagle	21–8, 21–14	Gold
2016	Punaauia University Hall, Papeete, Tahiti	Matthew Chau	Leo Cucuel Remi Rossi	21–11, 21–12	Gold
2015	X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre, Auckland, New Zealand	Matthew Chau	Kevin Dennerly-Minturn Oliver Leydon-Davis	10–21, 21–16, 21–13	Gold
2014	Ken Kay Badminton Hall, Ballarat, Australia	Matthew Chau	Raymond Tam Glenn Warfe	11–21, 13–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia	Khoo Lee Yen	Simon Leung Gronya Somerville	18–21, 15–21	Silver
2018	Eastlink Badminton Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand	Setyana Mapasa	Matthew Chau Leanne Choo	21–19, 21–18	Gold
2017	Salle Anewy, Nouméa, New Caledonia	Setyana Mapasa	Joel Findlay Gronya Somerville	21–19, 21–9	Gold

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	New Zealand Open	Setyana Mapasa	Ronald Alexander Annisa Saufika	19–21, 14–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 3 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Nouméa International	Matthew Chau	Joel Findlay Jeff Tho	17–21, 21–7, 21–14	Winner
2015	Maribyrnong International	Matthew Chau	Darren Isaac Devadass Vountus Indra Mawan	24–22, 10–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2015	Waikato International	Matthew Chau	Rizwan Azam Michael Fariman	21–16, 21–15	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Sydney International	Setyana Mapasa	Ye Hong-wei Teng Chun-hsun	Walkover	Runner-up
2017	Nouméa International	Setyana Mapasa	Dylan Soedjasa Susannah Leydon-Davis	21–13, 15–21, 21–17	Winner
2015	Norwegian International	Setyana Mapasa	Soren Gravholt Maiken Fruergaard	21–17, 21–15	Winner
2015	Maribyrnong International	Setyana Mapasa	Robin Middleton Leanne Choo	21–17, 19–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2015	Waikato International	Setyana Mapasa	Matthew Chau Gronya Somerville	21–13, 21–17	Winner
2014	Sydney International	Setyana Mapasa	Pham Tran Hoang Sylvina Kurniawan	11–4, 11–8, 11–3	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament