Tarun Kona

Tarun Kona
Personal information
CountryIndia
Born (1989-11-17) 17 November 1989 (age 35)
Hyderabad, India
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Years active2006
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking37 (MD 23 May 2013)
26 (XD 25 April 2013)
BWF profile

Tarun Kona (born 17 November 1989) is an Indian badminton player. He entered the national team in 2006, and in 2011, he won the men's doubles title at the National Championships.[1]

Achievements

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 India Grand Prix India Shruti Kurien India Arun Vishnu
India Aparna Balan
14–21, 21–17, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (12 titles, 12 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Bangladesh International India Arun Vishnu Vietnam Bui Bang Duc
Vietnam Dao Manh Thang
21–7, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Iran Fajr International India Arun Vishnu Indonesia Markus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Agripina Prima Rahmanto
18–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Guatemala International India Alwin Francis Mexico Job Castillo
Mexico Lino Munoz
21–8, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Peru International Series India Alwin Francis Mexico Job Castillo
Mexico Lino Munoz
21–8, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Brazil International India Alwin Francis Poland Adam Cwalina
Poland Przemyslaw Wacha
15–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Jamaica International India Alwin Francis Belgium Matijs Dierickx
Belgium Freek Golinski
19–21, Retired 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Norwegian International India Akshay Dewalkar New Zealand Oliver Leydon-Davis
Denmark Lasse Moelhede
18–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Botswana International India Alwin Francis Mauritius Aatish Lubah
Mauritius Julien Paul
21–12, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Uganda International India Alwin Francis Mauritius Aatish Lubah
Mauritius Julien Paul
21–8, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Peru International India Alwin Francis Peru Mario Cuba
Peru Diego Mini
21–15, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Kharkiv International India Alwin Francis India K. Nandagopal
India Rohan Kapoor
21–18, 22–24, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 South Africa International India Saurabh Sharma Mauritius Aatish Lubah
Mauritius Julien Paul
21–9, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Iran Fajr International India Saurabh Sharma India Alwin Francis
India K. Nandagopal
11–9, 6–11, 11–7, 8–11, 9–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Jamaica International India Saurabh Sharma Jamaica Gareth Henry
Jamaica Samuel O'Brien Ricketts
21–17, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Brazil International India Saurabh Sharma Canada Jason Anthony Ho-Shue
Canada Nyl Yakura
7–21 retired 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Dubai International Malaysia Lim Khim Wah South Korea Kim Sang-soo
South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong
16–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2020 Uganda International India Shivam Sharma Nigeria Godwin Olofua
Nigeria Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori
21–15, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 India International India Ashwini Ponnappa India Akshay Dewalkar
India Pradnya Gadre
17–21, 21–18, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Uganda International India N. Sikki Reddy Turkey Muhammed Ali Kurt
Turkey Kader İnal
11–6, 11–4, 11–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Romanian International India N. Sikki Reddy Germany Jones Ralfy Jansen
Germany Cisita Joity Jansen
11–7, 11–8, 11–4 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Lagos International India N. Sikki Reddy Poland Robert Mateusiak
Poland Nadieżda Zięba
19–21, 7–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2020 Uganda International India Meghana Jakkampudi India Shivam Sharma
India Poorvisha S. Ram
21–7, 14–21, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 El Salvador International India Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli Spain Joan Monroy
Spain Ania Setien
11–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2024 (II) Bahrain International India Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli Kazakhstan Dmitriy Panarin
Kazakhstan Aisha Zhumabek
21–18, 18–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Players: Kona Tarun". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 November 2016.