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'{{Short description|Indian professional badminton singles player}} {{EngvarB|date=January 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox badminton player | name = Saina Nehwal | image = Saina Nehwal in 2011.jpg | image_size = | caption = Nehwal in 2011 | nickname = | birth_name = Saina Nehwal | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|3|17}} | birth_place = [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]], [[Haryana]], India<ref name="Biography">T. S. Sudhir: ''Saina Nehwal – An Insipirational Biography'', Nimby Books (Westland Publications), 2012, {{ISBN|978-8190657037}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Krishnan |first1=Madhuvanti S. |title=Breaking the jinx |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/kids/saina-nehwals-latest-achievement-has-done-her-proud-on-the-big-stage-read-all-about-it/article7586171.ece |access-date=25 August 2016 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=27 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825031242/http://www.thehindu.com/features/kids/saina-nehwals-latest-achievement-has-done-her-proud-on-the-big-stage-read-all-about-it/article7586171.ece |archive-date=25 August 2016 |url-status=live}} </ref> | residence = [[Hyderabad]], India<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/sports/badminton/050917/heres-how-coach-pullela-gopichand-reacted-to-saina-nehwals-hyderabad-homecoming.html|title=Here's how coach Pullela Gopichand reacted to Saina Nehwal's Hyderabad homecoming|date=5 September 2017|website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref> | height = 1.65 m<ref name="SR">{{cite web |title=Saina Nehwal |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ne/saina-nehwal-1.html |website=[[Sports Reference]] |accessdate=24 February 2016}}</ref> | weight = 65 kg<ref name="SR"/> | event = Women's singles | career_record = 431 wins, 193 losses | highest_ranking = 1 | date_of_highest_ranking = 2 April 2015<ref>{{cite web |title=BWF World Rankings: Ranking week: 4/2/2015 |url=http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/ranking/category.aspx?id=8705&category=473 |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |accessdate=14 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=It's official, Saina Nehwal is World No. 1 badminton player |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/badminton/Its-official-Saina-Nehwal-is-World-No-1-badminton-player/articleshow/46782867.cms |accessdate=11 October 2015 |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> | current_ranking = 17 | date_of_current_ranking = 21 January 2020<ref>{{cite web |title=BWF World Rankings – BWF |url=https://bwfbadminton.com/rankings/2/bwf-world-rankings/7/women-s-singles/2020/4?rows=25&page_no=1|publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |accessdate=23 January 2020}}</ref> | country = {{IND}} | coach = [[Pullela Gopichand]] | handedness = Right {{Infobox person|child=yes | party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<ref name="pol1"/><ref name="pol2"/> }} | titles = 24 | medals = {{MedalSport | Women's [[badminton]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Badminton at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]] | [[Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]] }} {{MedalCompetition | [[BWF World Championships|World Championships]] }} {{MedalSilver | [[2015 BWF World Championships|2015 Jakarta]] | [[2015 BWF World Championships – Women's singles|Women's singles]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[2017 BWF World Championships|2017 Glasgow]] | [[2017 BWF World Championships – Women's singles|Women's singles]] }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Uber Cup]]}} {{MedalBronze | [[2014 Thomas & Uber Cup|2014 New Delhi]] | Women's team }} {{MedalBronze | [[2016 Thomas & Uber Cup|2016 Kunshan]] | Women's team }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Badminton at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] }} {{MedalGold | [[Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 Gold Coast]] | [[Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's singles|Women's singles]] }} {{MedalGold | [[Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 Gold Coast]] | [[Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Mixed team|Mixed team]] }} {{MedalGold | [[Badminton at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 New Delhi]] | [[Badminton at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's singles|Women's singles]] }} {{MedalSilver | [[Badminton at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 New Delhi]] | [[Badminton at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Mixed team|Mixed team]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[Badminton at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Melbourne]] | [[Badminton at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Mixed team]] }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Badminton at the Asian Games|Asian Games]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[Badminton at the 2014 Asian Games|2014 Incheon]] | [[Badminton at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's team|Women's team]] }} {{MedalBronze | {{Nowrap|[[Badminton at the 2018 Asian Games|2018 Jakarta-Palembang]]}} | {{Nowrap|[[Badminton at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's singles|Women's singles]]}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Badminton Asia Championships|Asian Championships]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[2010 Badminton Asia Championships|2010 New Delhi]] | Women's singles }} {{MedalBronze | [[2016 Badminton Asia Championships|2016 Wuhan]] | Women's singles }} {{MedalBronze | [[2018 Badminton Asia Championships|2018 Wuhan]] | Women's singles }} {{MedalCompetition | [[BWF World Junior Championships|World Junior Championships]] }} {{MedalGold | [[2008 BWF World Junior Championships|2008 Pune]] | [[2008 BWF World Junior Championships#Girls Singles|Girls' singles]] }} {{MedalSilver | [[2006 BWF World Junior Championships|2006 Incheon]] | [[2006 BWF World Junior Championships#Girls Singles|Girls' singles]] }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Commonwealth Youth Games]] }} {{MedalGold | [[2008 Commonwealth Youth Games|2008 Pune]] | Girls' singles }} {{MedalSilver | [[2004 Commonwealth Youth Games|2004 Bendigo]] | Mixed team }} | bwf_id = 3E7EEDF9-07F0-474E-A02B-CB598BBE365A }} '''Saina Nehwal''' ({{audio|Saina Nehwal.ogg|pronunciation }}, born 17 March 1990) is an Indian professional [[badminton]] singles player. A former world no. 1, she has won over 24 international titles, which includes eleven [[BWF Super Series|Superseries]] titles. Although she reached the world's 2nd in the 2009, it was only in 2015 that she was able to attain the world no. 1 ranking, thereby becoming the only female player from India and overall the second Indian player – after [[Prakash Padukone]] – to achieve this feat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/sports/saina-nehwal-scales-historic-world-no1-ranking/article7043538.ece|title=Saina Nehwal scales historic World No.1 ranking|website=@businessline}}</ref> She has represented India three times in the [[Summer Olympic Games|Olympics]], winning a bronze medal in her second appearance.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Selvaraj |first1=Jonathan |title=Saina Nehwal smashes new mark: First Indian woman to be World No. 1 |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/badminton/saina-nehwal-becomes-world-no-1-after-carolina-marins-defeat-in-india-open/ |accessdate=9 August 2016 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=29 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Twitter round: Who says what on Saina Nehwal's Australia Super Series win |url=http://zeenews.india.com/sports/twitter-round-who-says-what-on-saina-nehwals-australia-super-series-win_1894584.html |accessdate=9 August 2016 |work=[[Zee News]] |date=12 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Commonwealth Youth Games 2008 |url=http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=96129D47-FEED-439C-A232-9F1DDAE34DEF |website=tournamentsoftware.com |accessdate=11 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Vij wins shot put gold |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/12/04/stories/2004120404031900.htm |accessdate=11 October 2015 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> Nehwal has achieved several milestones in badminton for India. She is the only Indian to have won at least one medal in every [[Badminton World Federation#Tournaments|BWF major individual event]], namely the [[Olympics]], the [[BWF World Championships]], and the [[BWF World Junior Championships]]. She is the first Indian badminton player to have won an Olympic medal, the first Indian to have reached the final of the BWF World Championships, along with being the only Indian to have won the BWF World Junior Championships or.<ref>{{cite news |title=London 2012 Badminton: Saina Nehwal gets Bronze as Xin Wang withdraws |url=http://sports.ndtv.com/olympics-2012/news/194693-london-2012-badminton-saina-nehwal-gets-bronze-as-xin-wang-withdraws |access-date=9 August 2016 |work=[[NDTV]] |agency=[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]] |date=5 August 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612124933/http://sports.ndtv.com/olympics-2012/news/194693-london-2012-badminton-saina-nehwal-gets-bronze-as-xin-wang-withdraws |archive-date=12 June 2016}}</ref> In 2006, Nehwal became the first Indian female and the youngest Asian to win a 4-star tournament. She also has the distinction of being the first Indian to win a Super Series title. In the [[2014 Uber Cup]], she captained the [[India national badminton team|Indian team]] and remained undefeated, helping India to win bronze medal. It was India's first medal in any BWF major team event.<ref>{{cite news |title=Saina Nehwal and Co eye another medal, uphill task for men in Thomas and Uber Cup |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/badminton/saina-nehwal-and-co-eye-another-medal-uphill-task-for-men-in-thomas-and-uber-cup-2800213/ |access-date=9 August 2016 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |date=14 May 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514123952/http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/badminton/saina-nehwal-and-co-eye-another-medal-uphill-task-for-men-in-thomas-and-uber-cup-2800213/ |archive-date=14 May 2016}}</ref> Nehwal became the first Indian to win two singles gold medals (2010 and 2018) in [[Commonwealth Games]]. Considered one of the most successful Indian sportspersons,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Karmarkar |first1=Amit |title=Lahiri does better than Jeev. Really? |url=http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Tie-Breaker/lahiri-does-better-than-jeev-really/ |accessdate=9 August 2016 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=18 August 2015}}</ref> she is credited for increasing the popularity of badminton in India.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Niumata |first1=Foster |title=Badminton boom in India sparked by Saina Nehwal's success |url=https://news.yahoo.com/badminton-boom-india-sparked-saina-nehwals-success-122630308.html |accessdate=9 August 2016 |work=[[Yahoo! News]] |agency=Associated Press |issue=16 March 2016}}</ref> In 2016, the [[Government of India]] (GoI) conferred the [[Padma Bhushan]] – India's third highest civilian award – on her.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/badminton/saina-nehwal-awarded-padma-bhushan|title=Saina Nehwal awarded Padma Bhushan|date=28 March 2016|website=www.sportskeeda.com}}</ref> Previously, the nation's top two sporting honours, namely the [[Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna]] and the [[Arjuna Award]], were also conferred on her by the Government of India. Nehwal is a philanthropist and was ranked 18th on the list of most charitable athletes.<ref>{{ cite web |title=Saina Nehwal - 18th most charitable athlete |url=https://www.looktothestars.org/news/14107-cristiano-ronaldo-john-cena-and-serena-williams-named-top-athletes-gone-good|website=looktothestars.com |accessdate=14 August 2015|date=14 August 2015}}</ref> ==Personal life== Saina Nehwal, the daughter of Harvir Singh Nehwal and Usha Rani Nehwal, was born in [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]].<ref name="Biography" /><ref name=jats4>{{cite news |title=Why Haryana is India's mine for medals |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/all-that-matters/Why-Haryana-is-Indias-mine-for-medals/articleshow/6844460.cms |work=Times of India}}</ref><ref name=jats5>[https://www.mid-day.com/articles/saina-nehwals-father-shares-adorable-photo-of-indian-star-shuttler/19373179 Saina Nehwal's father shares adorable photo of Indian star shuttler], [[Mid Day]], 29 April 2018.</ref><ref name=jats1/> She has only one sibling, an elder sister named Chandranshu Nehwal.<ref name=jats8>[https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/saina-nehwal-tweets-hilarious-video-of-her-mad-sister-prepare-to-rofl-1658104 Saina Nehwal Tweets Hilarious Video Of Her 'Mad Sister'. Prepare To ROFL], [[NDTV]], 10 February 2017.</ref><ref name=jats1/><ref name=jats6/> Her father, who has a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in agricultural science,<ref name=jats2>[https://www.olympic.org/news/get-to-know-indian-badminton-star-saina-nehwal Get to know Indian badminton star Saina Nehwal], Olympic.org, 18 May 2018.</ref> worked at [[Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University]].<ref name=jats3/> She completed her first few years of schooling at [[Campus School CCS HAU, Hisar]].<ref name=jats3>{{cite web |url=http://www.careers360.com/news/3936-Up-close-with-Saina-Nehwal |title=Think higher education! Saina Nehwal: "Don't leave studies" |publisher=Careers360 |date=3 March 2010 |accessdate=31 July 2012}}</ref> She finished 12th grade from [[St. Ann's College for Women]] at [[Mehdipatnam|Mehdipatnam, Hyderabad]].<ref name=jats6>[https://www.sportskeeda.com/badminton/saina-nehwal-biography-age-family-achievements-hobbies-everything-you-need-know-badminton-star Saina Nehwal biography: Age, family, achievements, hobbies and everything you need to know about the Badminton star.], [[Sportskeeda]], 25 September 2016.</ref> When her father was promoted and transferred from [[Haryana]] to [[Hyderabad]],<ref name=jats2/><ref name="news.oneindia.in">{{cite web |url=http://news.oneindia.in/feature/2010/saina-nehwal-india-badminton-cwg-profile-career.html |title=Saina Nehwal &#124; India Medal Hopes &#124; Badminton &#124; Delhi Commonwealth Games &#124; Profile &#124; Career – Oneindia News |publisher=News.oneindia.in |date=24 September 2010 |access-date=29 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104082415/http://news.oneindia.in/feature/2010/saina-nehwal-india-badminton-cwg-profile-career.html |archive-date=4 January 2012 }}</ref> she took up badminton at the age of eight to express herself as she did not know the local language well enough to socialise with other kids.<ref name=jats2/> Her parents played badminton for a number of years.<ref name=jats2/> Her mother, Usha Rani, was a state level badminton player in Haryana.<ref name=jats1/><ref name=jats2/> Nehwal took up badminton to fulfill her mother's dream of becoming a national level badminton player, while her sister played volleyball.<ref name=jats1>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/tabloid/saina-nehwal-on-mother-s-day-my-mum-gives-me-tremendous-confidence-she-knows-i-can-achieve-more/story-pmFMrYnQH2RFBdscUr7YDL.html Saina Nehwal on Mother’s Day: My mum gives me tremendous confidence, she knows I can achieve more], [[Hindustan Times]], 13 May 2018.</ref> Her father, who was among the top players in the university circuit, used his [[provident fund]] to invest in good badminton training for her.<ref name=jats6/> Nehwal also has a brown belt in karate.<ref name=jats9>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/badminton/Saina-Nehwal-gave-up-karate-to-embrace-badminton/articleshow/14713929.cms |title=Saina Nehwal gave up karate to embrace badminton |date=6 July 2012 |work=The Times Of India}}</ref> She and her family still speak the [[Haryanvi language]] at home.<ref name=harlang1>[https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/shraddha-kapoor-back-to-her-prep-for-saina-nehwal-biopic/articleshow/64309201.cms Shraddha Kapoor back to her prep for Saina Nehwal biopic], [[Mumbai Mirror]], 25 May 2018.</ref> She is a fan of [[Shah Rukh Khan]] and [[Prabhas]].<ref name=jats5/> She is in the process of opening a badminton academy in her native state of Haryana.<ref name=jats7>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/sindhu-is-a-top-player-to-beat-says-saina-nehwal/articleshow/61513379.cms PV Sindhu is a top player to beat, says Saina Nehwal], [[India Times]], 5 November 2017.</ref> She married fellow badminton player, [[Parupalli Kashyap]] in a private ceremony on 14 December 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/report/match-of-the-year-saina-nehwal-ties-the-knot-with-kashyap-wedding-india-badminton/20181214.htm|title=Match of the year: Saina ties the knot with Kashyap|website=Rediff|access-date=14 December 2018}}</ref> == Career == ===2006–2009=== In 2006, Nehwal became the under-19 national champion and created history by winning the prestigious "Asian Satellite Badminton tournament"(India Chapter) twice, becoming the first player to do so. In May 2006, at age 16, she became the first Indian woman and the youngest player from Asia to win a 4-star tournament – the [[Philippines Open (badminton)|Philippines Open]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/saina-creates-history-wins-philippines-open/article3139653.ece|title=Saina creates history, wins Philippines Open|date=29 May 2006|via=www.thehindu.com|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Saina goes down in qualifiers |url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2006/may/30saina.htm |accessdate=20 October 2015 |work=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref> Entering the tournament as the 86th seed, she went on to stun several top seeded players including the then world number four [[Xu Huaiwen]] before defeating [[Julia Wong Pei Xian]] of Malaysia for the title.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/sports/others/saina-nehwal-wins-philippines-open_298291.html|title=Saina Nehwal wins Philippines Open|date=27 May 2006|website=Zee News}}</ref> The same year Nehwal was also the runner up at the 2006 [[BWF World Junior Championships]], where she lost a hard-fought match against top seed Chinese [[Wang Yihan]]. She did one better in the 2008 by becoming the first Indian to win the [[World Junior Badminton Championships]] by defeating ninth seeded Japanese [[Sayaka Sato]] 21–9, 21–18.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sports.ndtv.com/badminton/saina-nehwal-wins-world-junior-championship-1602620|title=Saina Nehwal wins world junior championship &#124; Badminton News|website=NDTVSports.com}}</ref> She became the first Indian woman to reach the quarter finals at the [[Olympic Games]] when she upset world number five and fourth seed [[Wang Chen (badminton player)|Wang Chen]] of [[Hong Kong]] in a three-game thriller. In the quarter-finals Nehwal lost a nail biting 3-gamer to world number 16 [[Maria Kristin Yulianti]]. In September 2008, she won the Yonex [[Chinese Taipei Open (badminton)|Chinese Taipei Open]] 2008 beating [[:de:Lydia Cheah Li Ya|Lydia Cheah Li Ya]] of Malaysia 21–8 21–19.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/sports/2008/sep/14bad.htm|title=Saina wins Chinese Taipei Open|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref> Maria Yulianti had earlier lost her quarter-final match to Pia Bernadet, Nehwal's semi-final opponent, thus denying Nehwal a rematch. Nehwal was named "The Most Promising Player" in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |title=Saina revels in global fame as Most Promising Player of 2008 |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/saina-revels-in-global-fame-as-most-promising-player-of-2008/395858/ |accessdate=8 October 2015 |work=[[The Indian Express]]}}</ref> She reached the world super series semifinals in the month of December 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/saina-wins-praises-not-prize-money/401006|title=Saina wins praises, not prize money - Indian Express|website=archive.indianexpress.com}}</ref> In June 2009, she became the first Indian to win a [[BWF Super Series]] title,<ref>{{cite news |title=Saina Nehwal scripts history, wins Indonesian Open |url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/report/saina-wins-indonesian-open/20090621.htm |access-date=9 August 2016 |work=[[Rediff.com]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |date=21 June 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612020327/http://www.rediff.com/sports/report/saina-wins-indonesian-open/20090621.htm |archive-date=12 June 2016}}</ref> the most prominent badminton series of the world by winning the [[Indonesia Open (badminton)|Indonesia Open]]. She beat Chinese [[Wang Lin (badminton)|Wang Lin]] in the final 12–21, 21–18, 21–9. Nehwal on winning the tournament said, "I had been longing to win a super series tournament since my quarter final appearance at the Olympics". She is on a par with the likes of [[Prakash Padukone]] and her mentor [[Pullela Gopichand]] who both won the all England championships which are of similar status to the super series. In August 2009, she reached to the quarterfinals of the [[2009 BWF World Championships|World Championships]], losing to the second seed [[Wang Lin (badminton)|Wang Lin]]. ===2010=== [[File:XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal in action against her Barbados opponent during their match in the preliminary round of badminton event, at Sirifort Sports Complex, in New Delhi.jpg|thumb|Saina Nehwal in action in [[2010 Commonwealth Games]], Delhi]] Nehwal successfully led the Indian Women's Team to the Quarter-finals stage of the 2010 [[Uber Cup]] finals. She became the first Indian woman to reach the semi finals of [[2010 All-England Super Series]] before losing to eventual champion [[Tine Rasmussen]]. Top seeded Nehwal reached the semifinals of Yonex Sunrise Badminton Asia Championships 2010, losing out to unseeded eventual champion [[Li Xuerui]] of China. Her coach Gopichand advised her not exert too much pressure on herself due to the overwhelming home crowd support. Nehwal won the [[2010 India Open Grand Prix Gold]], beating [[Wong Mew Choo]] of Malaysia in the final and thus justifying her billing as top seed in the tournament. She won a prize of $8,280 for winning this [[BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix|BWF Grand Prix Gold]] tournament. Nehwal, again seeded no.1 in the [[2010 Singapore Super Series|Singapore Open Super Series 2010]], entered the finals defeating World champion [[Lu Lan]] of China. Nehwal won the second Super Series title of her career by beating qualifier [[Tai Tzu-Ying]] of Chinese Taipei in the final of the Singapore Open 21–18, 21–15. But the fact that she won the tournament in the absence of all the top 5 ranked players took a little sheen away from her path breaking victory. She won a prize of $15,000 for winning this [[BWF Super Series]] tournament. Nehwal reached a career high of world no. 3 in the women's singles badminton world rankings on 24 June 2010.<ref>[http://english.samaylive.com/sports/676466725.html SamayLive: Saina becomes World No3] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708152501/http://english.samaylive.com/sports/676466725.html |date=8 July 2013 }}</ref> She defended her Indonesia Open super series title in three tough games against [[Sayaka Sato]] of Japan, 21–19, 13–21, 21–11. This was her third super series title and her third successive title following wins at Indian open, Singapore Super series.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/article488769.ece |location=Chennai, India |work=The Hindu |first=V. V. |last=Subrahmanyam |title=Saina Nehwal clinches third Super Series title |date=27 June 2010}}</ref> She again won the top prize of $18,750 for winning this [[BWF Super Series]] tournament. On 15 July 2010, with 64791.26 points, Nehwal reached a career high world ranking of No. 2 only behind [[Wang Yihan]] of China. 2nd seed Nehwal, a tournament favourite, crashed out of the [[2010 BWF World Championships]] in Paris after losing to 4th ranked Chinese [[Wang Shixian]] in straight sets 8–21, 14–21. She equalled her tournament best performance, as she was also a losing quarter-finalist in the last edition held in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]. She subsequently dropped a spot to be No. 3 in the world rankings. Top seed Nehwal won the gold medal in the Women's Singles badminton event in the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] held in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.isport.in/commonwealth-games/saina-nehwal-wins-gold-medal-for-india-in-badminton-1845 |title=Saina Nehwal Wins Gold Medal for India In Badminton |accessdate=14 October 2010}}</ref> She beat [[Wong Mew Choo]] of Malaysia 19–21 23–21 21–13. After her win Nehwal said, "when I was a match-point down, it was like a shock. It was a big match and winning it means a lot to me. Even many years from now, those present here will always remember how Saina won the gold. It is a proud feeling".<ref>{{cite news |last=Rao |first=Rakesh |title=Saina wins singles gold |url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/article830304.ece |accessdate=5 November 2010 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=14 October 2010 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> In the [[BWF Super Series]] ranking for the year 2010 (which only considers the performances of players in the elite world super series tournaments), as on 27 September 2010, Nehwal dropped to No. 7 from a high of No. 1 after giving a miss to [[2010 China Masters Super Series]] and [[2010 Japan Super Series]] due to her preparation for the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]].<ref name="BWF_SUPER SERIES RANK">{{Cite web|url=http://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/ranking/category.aspx?id=1257&category=532|title=BWF|website=bwf.tournamentsoftware.com}}</ref> As on 5 December 2010, for the first time in the year Nehwal dropped out of the top 10 best performers in the 2010 [[BWF Super Series]] rankings. Nehwal confirmed her participation for the [[Hong Kong Open (badminton)|2010 Hong Kong Super series]] to held from 7 to 12 December 2010, the penultimate super series tournament of the year. This would be her first super series tournament after a gap of more than five months since her win in the [[2010 Indonesia Super Series]] in June 2010. On 12 December 2010, she defeated [[Wang Shixian]] 15–21, 21–16, 21–17 in the final of the 2010 Hong Kong Super Series to win her fourth career Super Series title.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.oneindia.in/2010/12/12/saina-nehwal-wins-hong-kong-open-series.html |title=Saina Nehwal wins Hong Kong Open Series |accessdate=12 December 2010|date=12 December 2010 }}</ref> ===2011=== Fourth-seed Nehwal crashed out of the [[2011 Korea Open Super Series Premier]] on 27 January 2011 in the second round. She was defeated by the Japanese Sayaka Sato in a tight three-set match with score 17–21, 21–19 and 21–11. Fifth-seed Nehwal was disappointed when she was defeated by [[Eriko Hirose]] of Japan at [[2011 All England Super Series Premier]] on 11 March 2011. She was defeated in straight sets with a score of 21–11 and 22–20. It was her second early exit of the year after being defeated in Korean Premium Super Series earlier in January. One week later, on 17 March 2011, she met Eriko Hirose again (in the second round of the [[Swiss Open (badminton)|Wilson Badminton Swiss Open]]), but managed to win this time in three games 21–15, 17–21 and 21–11 – on her birthday. 2nd seed Nehwal beat Ji Hyun Sung of South Korea 21–13, 21–14 to win the [[Swiss Open (badminton)|Swiss Open Grand Prix]] Gold badminton title on 20 March 2011. Nehwal posed an early exit from the [[2011 India Super Series|Indian Open Super Series]] in Delhi. She disappointed the home crowd being defeated by [[Ai Goto]] of Japan in straight games, 21–17 and 21–19. Nehwal faltered after a good start as she lost to the then world number three [[Wang Xin (badminton)|Wang Xin]] of China in the finals to finish runner-up in the [[Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold|2011 Malaysian Open Grand Prix Gold]] tournament on 8 May 2011. Nehwal participated in the [[2011 Sudirman Cup|2011 BWF Double Star Sudirman Cup]] mixed team event. She won her first match against Tzu Ying Tai of Chinese Taipei which was a tough three setter 21–10, 12–21 21–17, but India lost the tie 3–2. She was then shocked in her second match by current Junior World Champion and 16-year-old teen sensation [[Ratchanok Inthanon]] of Thailand losing in straight sets 21–14, 22–20, but India managed to beat Thailand 3–2 in the tie to book a spot in the quarterfinals of the elite mixed team event for the first time in the history of the tournament. In the quarterfinals against the mighty Chinese, Nehwal put up her best performance and beat the then world number two Xin Wang in straight sets 21–15, 21–11, but still the Chinese managed to move into the semi finals with a 3–1 win over India. Nehwal lost to [[Li Xuerui]] of China in the quarterfinals of the [[Thailand Open (badminton)|Thailand Open GP Gold]]. Defending champion Nehwal lost to [[Cheng Shao-chieh]] of Chinese Taipei in the second round of [[2011 Singapore Super Series|Singapore Open Super Series]]. Nehwal, in her attempt to record a third straight win at the [[2011 Indonesia Super Series Premier|Indonesia Open Super Series Premier]], reached the finals where she lost to [[Wang Yihan]] of China to finish as runner-up, on 26 June. Nehwal crashed out of the World Championship 2011 as she lost 15–21, 10–21 to World Number 3 [[Wang Xin (badminton)|Wang Xin]] of China in a lop-sided women's singles match. Nehwal, who reached the quarterfinals in the last two editions of the event, had to be content with yet another last-eight finish. She lost in the quarter finals of [[2011 China Masters Super Series]] against World No. 1 [[Wang Yihan]] of China in straight games, 8–21, 12–21. Nehwal lost in the semi finals of [[2011 Japan Super Series]] against [[Juliane Schenk]] of Germany in straight games 19–21, 10–21. In the [[2011 Denmark Super Series Premier]], she lost to 17-year-old teen [[Tai Tzu-ying]] of Taiwan in straight games 19–21, 13–21 in the second round.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/badminton/item/180005-early-exit-for-saina-nehwal-at-denmark-open-super-series |title=Early exit for Saina at Denmark Open Super Series |date=20 October 2011}}</ref> Nehwal repeated her second-round exit in the [[2011 French Super Series]] as she lost to World No. 16 [[Li Xuerui]] of China in straight games 18–21, 29–30. Nehwal lost in quarter finals of [[2011 Hong Kong Super Series]] against World No. 7 [[Tine Baun]] of Denmark in straight games 16–21, 15–21.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/saina-loses-to-tine-baun-in-hong-kong-open/203581-5-135.html |title=Saina crashes out of Hong Kong Open quarters |date=18 November 2011}}</ref> Nehwal was defeated in the first round of the [[2011 China Open Super Series Premier]] by World No. 8 [[Bae Youn-joo]] of South Korea 21–15, 22–24, 15–21.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2135867/South-Korean-Youn-Joo-Bae-shuts-door-Saina-Nehwal-India-Open.html |title=South Korean Youn Joo Bae shuts the door on Saina Nehwal at the India Open |accessdate=26 April 2012 |location=London |work=Daily Mail |date=26 April 2012}}</ref> During the season ending tournament in December, Nehwal created history by becoming the first Indian singles player to reach the final of the [[BWF Super Series Masters Finals]] after defeating World No. 5 [[Tine Baun]] of Denmark to cruise 21–17, 21–18 in the semifinals of the [[2011 BWF Super Series Masters Finals]] in [[Liuzhou]] (China).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://goindocal.com/sports-%BB-others--saina-nehwal-beats-tine-baun-in-bwf-super-series-semis-go-3271.htm |title=Saina Nehwal Beats Tine Baun in BWF Super Series Semis |access-date=17 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130124125645/http://goindocal.com/sports-%BB-others--saina-nehwal-beats-tine-baun-in-bwf-super-series-semis-go-3271.htm |archive-date=24 January 2013 }}</ref> She went on to lose the final 21–18, 13–21, 13–21 against the World No. 1 Chinese [[Wang Yihan]] in a contest lasting over an hour.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/saina-nehwal-bwf-world-superseries-finals-yihan-wang/1/164799.html |title=Saina Nehwal loses to China's Wang Yihan in World Super Series final |accessdate=18 December 2011}}</ref> ===2012–2013=== Nehwal successfully did her Swiss Open Title by defeating World No 2 [[Wang Shixian]] of China 21–19 21–16 on 18 March 2012,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/badminton/Saina-Nehwal-defends-Swiss-Open-title/articleshow/12318548.cms |title=Saina Nehwal defends Swiss Open title |accessdate=18 March 2012 |work=The Times Of India}}</ref> a day after she turned 22 years old. On 10 June 2012, she defeated Thailand's Ratchanok Inthanon 19–21 21–15 21–10, to lift the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold title.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/article3512045.ece |title=Saina Nehwal |accessdate=10 June 2012 |location=Chennai, India |work=The Hindu |date=10 June 2012}}</ref> On 17 June 2012, Nehwal won the Indonesia Open Super Series by defeating World No. 3 [[Li Xuerui]] of China 13–21, 22–20 21–19.<ref>{{cite news |title=Saina Nehwal wins the Indonesia Open |url=http://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/badminton/item/192008-saina-nehwal-wins-the-indonesia-open |accessdate=17 June 2012 |date=17 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Current Ranking |url=http://www.bwfbadminton.org/page.aspx?id=14955 |accessdate=17 June 2012 |date=14 June 2012}}</ref> It was her third Indonesia Open title.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/saina-nehwal-wins-her-3rd-indonesia-open-title/266484-5-135.html |title=Saina Nehwal wins her third Indonesia Open title |date=17 June 2012}}</ref> On 4 August 2012, she won the bronze medal at the London Olympics when China's Wang Xin retired from the match after an injury with the match at 18–21, 0–1.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/timesinlondon/entry/saina-loses-to-yihan-now-faces-wang-for-bronze |title=Saina loses to Yihan, now faces Wang for bronze |date=4 August 2012 |work=The Times Of India}}</ref>{{failed verification |date=August 2016}} On 21 October 2012, she won the Denmark Open Super Series Premier after defeating Wang Yihan 21–12 12–7 in the semifinal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sportsbongo.blogspot.in/2012/10/badminton-saina-nehwal-wins-denmark.html|title=Saina Nehwal wins Denmark Super Series|accessdate=3 January 2020}}</ref> Yihan retired, hurt, in this match after losing the first set and trailing in the second. In the final Nehwal defeated Juliane Schenk of Germany in two straight sets to lift her first Denmark open trophy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/CookieWall/Index?returnurl=%2fsport%2fmatches.aspx%3fid%3dC663F96C-BF88-4C6A-8CB6-92C0F567740C%26d%3d20121021|title=Tournamentsoftware.com|website=www.tournamentsoftware.com}}</ref> Nehwal successfully entered the finals of 2012 French Open super series, but she lost against Minatsu Mitani in straight sets. ===2014=== On 26 January 2014 Nehwal defeated World Championship bronze medalist [[P.V. Sindhu]] 21–14, 21–17 to win the Women's Singles of [[India Open Grand Prix Gold]] Tournament.<ref>{{cite web |title=Saina Nehwal dedicates her Indian Open Title to Gopichand, Parents |url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/01/saina-nehwal-dedicates-her-indian-open-title-to-gopichand-parents/ |work=IANS |publisher=Biharprabha News |accessdate=27 January 2014}}</ref> On March,2014 World No. 4 Nehwal, who had a win-loss record of 4–2 against the Chinese ace [[Wang Shixian]], crashed out of the [[2014 All England Super Series Premier]] after losing her quarter-final match.<ref>{{cite web |author=vishal kungwani |url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/badminton/saina-nehwal-loses-in-the-quarter-finals-of-the-2014-all-england-badminton-championships |title=Saina Nehwal loses in the quarter-finals of the 2014 All England Badminton Championships – Sportskeeda |publisher=Sportskeeda.com|date=8 March 2014 }}</ref> She took revenge of the All England loss by defeating Wang Shixian in the semifinals of [[2014 Australian Super Series]]. In final on 29 June 2014 Nehwal defeated Spain's [[Carolina Marin]] 21–18, 21–11 to win Women's Singles of the 2014 Australian Super Series.<ref>{{cite web |title=Saina Nehwal wins Women's Singles Tile of Australian Open 2014 |url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/06/saina-nehwal-wins-womens-singles-tile-of-australian-open-2014/ |work=IANS |publisher=news.biharprabha.com |accessdate=29 June 2014}}</ref> The win helped her to reach the ranking of World no. 7, climbing two spots. She became the first Indian woman to win the China Open Super Series Premier by beating Japan's Akane Yamaguchi 21–12, 22–20 in the final. ===2015=== Defending champion Nehwal won the 2015 India Open Grand Prix Gold by defeating Spain's Carolina Marin in the final. She became the first Indian woman shuttler to reach the finals of the All England Open Badminton Championships, but lost to Carolina in the final. On 29 March 2015, Nehwal won her maiden women's singles title at the [[India Open (badminton)|India Open]] [[BWF Super Series]] beating [[Ratchanok Intanon]] of [[Thailand]]. This assured her of becoming World number 1 when the latest [[BWF World Ranking|BWF rankings]] were released on 2 April. Thus, she became the first Indian women's player to be World No. 1 in badminton.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/badminton/saina-nehwal-becomes-world-no-1-after-carolina-marins-defeat-in-india-open/ |title=Saina Nehwal smashes new mark: First Indian woman to be World No. 1 |publisher=The Indian Express |date=29 March 2015 |accessdate=12 April 2015}}</ref> On 16 August 2015, Nehwal went down fighting to Carolina Marin again, in the final of the World Badminton Championships held in Jakarta, settling for the silver. Defending champion Nehwal fought hard before going down to Li Xuerei in the final of the China open. ===2016=== Nehwal dealt with injuries in early 2016 but she eventually recovered. The defending champion lost to the reigning Olympic champion [[Li Xuerui]] in a hard-fought match at the India Open in the semifinals. She registered semifinal finishes at the [[India Open (badminton)|India Open]] and [[Malaysia Open (badminton)|Malaysia Open]]. She reached the semifinals of the [[Badminton Asia Championships]] after defeating the third seed Wang Shixian (21–16, 21–19) in the quarterfinals, but lost to Wang Yihan in the semifinals. She settled for bronze, her second in the Asian Championships after 2010. In June 2016, she competed at the [[2016 Indonesia Open Superseries Premier|Indonesia Open Superseries Premier]]. She reached the quarterfinals where she lost to the top seed [[Carolina Marin]] with the score of 22–24, 11–21.<ref>{{cite news |title=Saina Nehwal crashes out of Indonesia Open Super Series |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/saina-nehwal-carolina-marin-indonesia-open-badminton/1/683506.html |accessdate=4 June 2016 |work=[[India Today]] |date=3 June 2016}}</ref> At the [[2016 Australian Super Series|Australian Super Series]], after registering victories in straight games against unseeded players, Nehwal reached the quarterfinals, where she won a hard-fought match against the second seed [[Ratchanok Intanon]], 28–26, 21–16.<ref>{{cite news |title=Australian Open: Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth reach semifinals |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/badminton/australian-super-series-saina-nehwal-and-kidambi-srikanth-reach-semifinals-2845318/ |accessdate=12 June 2016 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |date=10 June 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612073643/http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/badminton/australian-super-series-saina-nehwal-and-kidambi-srikanth-reach-semifinals-2845318/ |archivedate=12 June 2016}}</ref> After registering victory in the semifinals against the world no. 2 [[Wang Yihan]] by 21–8, 21–12, she won her first title of the year after defeating China's [[Sun Yu (badminton)|Sun Yu]] in the final by 11–21, 21–14, 21–19.<ref>{{cite news |title=Saina Nehwal beats Yihan Wang to reach Australian Open final |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/badminton/saina-nehwal-moves-one-step-further-towards-clinching-maiden-australian-open-series-2847027/ |accessdate=12 June 2016 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |date=11 June 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612075329/http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/badminton/saina-nehwal-moves-one-step-further-towards-clinching-maiden-australian-open-series-2847027/ |archivedate=12 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=XIAMENAIR Australian Badminton Open |url=http://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=0F2C2C7A-497D-4F59-A5A6-5EA0546C3DE4&draw=4 |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |accessdate=12 June 2016}}</ref> Making her third appearance at the Olympics, Nehwal, the fifth seed, won her opening match against the unseeded [[Lohaynny Vicente]] in straight games.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rio: Saina Nehwal suffers shock defeat, crashes out of women's singles event |url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/rio-saina-nehwal-suffers-shock-defeat-crashes-out-of-womens-singles-event/article8988665.ece |accessdate=15 August 2016 |work=[[The Hindu]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]] |date=14 August 2016}}</ref> However, she lost her second match against the world no. 61 [[Marija Ulitina]] by 18–21, 19–21, thereby making an exit at the group stage. Her coach cited the week-old knee injury for her below par performance.<ref>{{cite news |title=Saina Nehwal was playing with a knee injury, reveals coach Vimal Kumar after Rio Olympics exit |url=http://www.firstpost.com/sports/saina-nehwal-was-playing-with-a-knee-injury-reveals-coach-vimal-kumar-after-rio-olympics-exit-2956128.html |accessdate=15 August 2016 |work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]] |date=14 August 2016}}</ref> ===2017=== Nehwal entered 2017 with maiden Malaysia open Grand Prix Gold title. She went on to reach the quarterfinals of the All England Championships 2018. She couldn't do well much of the year due to injury; she was still recovering. In August she was seeded 12th in the World Badminton Championships at Glasgow. Nehwal again dug deep into her reservoir to eke out a 21-19 18-21 21-15 win over world No. 31 Kristy Gilmour of Scotland in the quarterfinal. However, she lost in the semifinal in a tight 3 setter to eventual winner Nozomi Okhuhara of Japan, thus winning the bronze medal. This was Nehwal's second consecutive medal at World Badminton Championship and a record breaking 7th consecutive quarterfinal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/badminton/world-badminton-championships-saina-nehwal-loses-in-semis-settles-for-bronze/articleshow/60235573.cms|title=World Badminton Championships: Saina Nehwal loses in semis, settles for bronze - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/badminton/world-badminton-championships-2017-saina-nehwal-talks-about-surprising-schedule-wishes-she-could-push-more|title=World Badminton Championships 2017: Saina Nehwal talks about surprising schedule, wishes she could push more|date=27 August 2017|website=www.sportskeeda.com}}</ref> She then won the 82nd national badminton championship by beating [[P. V. Sindhu]] in the final. ===2018=== Nehwal reached the finals of the [[2018 Indonesia Masters (badminton)|2018 Indonesia Masters]]. En route to the finals she beat [[Chen Yufei]], Chen Xiaoxin (both of China), [[P.V. Sindhu]] in the quarterfinal and [[Ratchanok Intanon]] in the semis. She won her second gold in Commonwealth Games women's singles after beating P V Sindhu in the final and eventually led the Indian team to another gold medal in the mixed team event. She then clinched a bronze in the Asian badminton championships which was her third medal in the tournament altogether, as she went down fighting to the defending champion [[Tai Tzu Ying]]. At the [[2018 Asian Games]], Nehwal made history by winning the first Asian badminton medal for India by a woman.<ref>{{cite web |title=Asian Games 2018: Saina Nehwal ends 36-year old wait, wins badminton bronze medal |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/asian-games-2018/asian-games-2018-saina-nehwal-wins-badminton-bronze-medal-pv-sindhu-face-akane-yamaguchi/story-35n29ZTqJ3wI6FvkinTymN.html |website=www.hindustantimes.com |publisher=Hindustan Times |accessdate=4 November 2018|date=27 August 2018 }}</ref> She lost to [[Tai Tzu Ying]] in the semifinal, winning a bronze medal. She achieved a rare feat by winning medals from the quintet of badminton tournaments – the Olympics, the World Championships, the Commonwealth Games, the Asian Championships and the Asian Games. At [[2018 Denmark Open]], Nehwal went into the finals by defeating a [[Cheung Ngan Yi]] in the first round and second-seeded [[Akane Yamaguchi]] in the second round (21−15, 21−17), then defeated in the quarterfinals she met 8th seeded [[Nozomi Okuhara]] and defeated her (17−21, 21-16, 21-12) and reaching the semifinals she faced [[Gregoria Mariska Tunjung]] (2018 reigning world junior champion) in straight sets (21−12,21−13). In the final Nehwal met her arch-rival and the no.1 seed [[Tai Tzu-ying]]. In the past 16 meetings Tai had won 11 and Saina wanted to break that jinx but couldn't managed and went down by (13−21,21−13,6−21).<ref>{{cite news |title=Denmark Open: Saina loses in final to Tai Tzu Ying |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/denmark-open-saina-loses-in-final-to-tai-tzu-ying/article25279215.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=4 November 2018|date=21 October 2018 }}</ref> Nehwal started the [[2018 French Open]] with a good start defeating [[Saena Kawakami]] of Japan and again the eight seeded [[Nozomi Okuhara]] of Japan in a tight three sets where Saina pulled back from one game deficit and defeated her (10−21,21−14,21−17). In the quarter final she again met [[Tai Tzu-ying]] for the 18th time but this time also she was defeated by the world No. 1 (22-20, 21-11).<ref>{{cite web |title=French Open: Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth Knocked Out After Losing In Quarter-Finals |url=https://sports.ndtv.com/badminton/french-open-2018-saina-nehwal-knocked-out-after-losing-to-tai-tzu-ying-in-quarters-1938315 |website=sports.ndtv.com |publisher=NDTV |access-date=4 November 2018}}</ref> Nehwal said "I am happy with the way I am playing, I played one final and lost in one quarterfinals; there is a lot to learn from my mistakes and I also need to work on my stamina and I am definitely confident now as I was not able to clear the first and second round of the Superseries tournament but I'm happy to break that jinx , and I'm looking forward to play the China open and the Hong Kong open next month".{{Citation needed|date=July 2019}} Saina went into the finals of Syed modi international 300 tournament but lost to [[Han Yue]] of China. It was her 4th final this year which includes commonwealth, Denmark open, Indonesia open. ===2019=== Nehwal started 2019 with a semi-final finish at the [[2019 Malaysia Masters (badminton)|Malaysia Masters]] in January. She entered the semi-final defeating then second-seeded [[Nozomi Okuhara]] in the quarterfinal 21–18 23–21, before losing to [[Carolina Marin]] by 21–16 21–13.<ref>{{cite web |title=Saina Nehwal bows out of Malaysia Masters after defeat to Carolina Marin in semi-final |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/badminton/story/saina-nehwal-vs-carolina-marin-semi-final-malaysia-masters-2019-badminton-1434377-2019-01-19 |website=indiatoday.in |publisher=India Today |accessdate=27 January 2019}}</ref> Two weeks later, she won her first [[BWF World Tour#Tournaments|BWF Super 500]] title, the [[2019 Indonesia Masters (badminton)|Indonesia Masters]], against Marin, after the latter retired from the court injured.<ref>{{cite news |title=Saina claims Indonesia Masters after injured Marin limps out of final |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/saina-claim-indonesia-masters-after-injured-marin-limps-out-of-final/article26103730.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |accessdate=27 January 2019|date=27 January 2019 }}</ref> Defending her national championship title in Guwahati, Assam, Saina refused to play her singles match citing poor playing surface,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/badminton/badminton-nationals-saina-nehwal-refuses-to-play-on-uneven-surface-match-rescheduled/articleshow/67990485.cms|title=Badminton Nationals: Saina Nehwal refuses to play on uneven surface, match rescheduled - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=14 February 2019}}</ref> and went on to win the National Championship by defeating top seed [[P.V.Sindhu]] with 21-18, 21-15.This is her 4th National title<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/badminton/saina-nehwal-beats-pv-sindhu-in-senior-nationals-final-for-second-title-in-a-row-5587223/|title=Saina Nehwal beats PV Sindhu in Senior Nationals final for second title in a row|date=16 February 2019}}</ref> [[File:Saina Nehwal.jpg|thumb|220px|Saina Nehwal at [[2010 BWF World Championships]]]] == Accolades == ===Awards=== * Most Promising Player of the Year (2008) award by [[Badminton World Federation]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Saina named 'The most promising player of the year' |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/badminton/Saina-named-The-most-promising-player-of-the-year/articleshow/3809761.cms |accessdate=25 January 2016 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=8 December 2008}}</ref> * [[Arjuna Award]] (2009) * [[Padma Shri]] ([[List of Padma Shri award recipients (2010–19)|2010]])<ref name=padmaShri>{{cite news |publisher=[[Times of India]] |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-01-25/others/28115038_1_shuttler-padma-shri-saina-nehwal |date=25 January 2010 |title=Saina wins Padma Shri}}</ref> * [[Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna]] (2009–2010)<ref>{{cite news |title=Khel Ratna award for Saina Nehwal |url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/khel-ratna-award-for-saina-nehwal/article542651.ece |accessdate=25 January 2016 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=31 July 2010}}</ref> * [[Padma Bhushan]] ([[List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2010–19)|2016]])<ref>{{cite news |title=Sania Mirza, Saina Nehwal awarded the Padma Bhushan |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/other-sports/sania-mirza-saina-nehwal-awarded-the-padma-bhushan/story-j9PdYDLCOHcNPldEdWtV1N.html |accessdate=25 January 2016 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |issue=25 January 2016}}</ref> ; For the bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics: * {{INRConvert|10|m}} cash award from the [[Haryana]] Government<ref>{{cite news |author=PTI |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-04/news/33034511_1_haryana-govt-minister-bhupinder-singh-hooda-cash-award |title=Haryana govt announces Rs 1 crore for Saina Nehwal – Times Of India |publisher=Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=4 August 2012 |accessdate=19 August 2012}}</ref> * {{INRConvert|5|m}} cash award from the [[Rajasthan]] Government<ref>{{cite news |author=PTI |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/rajasthan-announces-cash-awards-for-olympic-winners-vijay-kumar-sushil-kumar-mary-kom-saina-nehwal-and-others/articleshow/15476833.cms |title=Rajasthan announces cash awards for Olympic winners Vijay Kumar, Sushil Kumar, Mary Kom, Saina Nehwal and others – Economic Times |publisher=Economictimes.indiatimes.com |date=13 August 2012 |accessdate=19 August 2012}}</ref> * {{INRConvert|5|m}} cash award from the [[Andhra Pradesh]] Government<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/london-olympics-2012/news/AP-govt-announces-Rs-50-lakh-cash-reward-for-Saina-Nehwal/articleshow/15395074.cms |title=AP govt announces Rs 50 lakh cash reward for Saina Nehwal |accessdate=7 August 2012 |work=The Times Of India |date=8 August 2012}}</ref> * {{INRConvert|1|m}} cash award from the [[Badminton Association of India]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/bai-announces-rs-10-lakh-award-for-saina-nehwal/965495/ |title=BAI announces Rs 10 lakh award for Saina Nehwal |work=Indian Express |date=22 June 2012 |accessdate=19 August 2012}}</ref> * Honorary doctorate degree by [[Mangalayatan University]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://daily.bhaskar.com/news/SPO-OTS-now-she-is-dr-4008581-NOR.html|title=Now she is Dr. Saina Nehwal|date=4 November 2012|website=dailybhaskar}}</ref> * Honorary doctorate degree by [[SRM Institute of Science and Technology]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Saina-Nehwal-gets-honorary-doctorate-says-her-father-will-be-proud-of-her-as-he-wanted-her-to-be-a-doctor/articleshow/54882308.cms|title=Saina Nehwal gets honorary doctorate, says her father will be proud of her as he wanted her to be a doctor &#124; Chennai News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> ===Endorsements=== In 2002, sports brand [[Yonex]] offered to sponsor Nehwal's kit. As her status and rankings improved, the sponsorships increased. In 2004, [[Bharat Petroleum]]<ref>[[BPCL]]</ref> signed the rising star. She is one of the athletes supported by [[Olympic Gold Quest]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://olympicgoldquest.in/|title=Olympic Gold Quest|website=olympicgoldquest.in}}</ref> She endorses Commune Builder,<ref name=sanendo1/> [[Edelweiss Group]],<ref name=sanendo1>[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/advertising/saina-nehwal-climbs-endorsement-charts-after-badminton-ratings/articleshow/48833298.cms Saina Nehwal climbs endorsement charts after badminton ratings], [[The Economic Times]], 4 September 2015.</ref> [[Emami]],<ref name=sanendo1/> [[Adani Group|Fortune Cooking Oil]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2010-09-24/news/27574525_1_oil-brands-brand-ambassador-edible-oil |publisher=[[The Economic Times]] |title=Saina endorses Fortune |date=24 September 2009}}</ref> [[Godrej Consumer Products Limited|Godrej No Marks]],<ref name=sanendo1/> [[Herbalife Nutrition]],<ref name=sanendo1/><ref>[http://sports.herbalife.com/en-us/biographies/athletes.htm/ Herbalife Sponsorship List]</ref> [[Huawei Honor|Huawei Honor smartphone]].<ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Saina-Nehwal-is-e-smartphone-Honors-brand-ambassador/articleshow/51618327.cms</ref> [[Indian Overseas Bank]],<ref name=sanendo1/> [[List of GlaxoSmithKline products|Iodex]],<ref name=sanendo1/> [[National Egg Coordination Committee|NECC]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.afaqs.com/news/story/45433_Saina-Nehwal-Smash-hit-for-brands |publisher=[[AFAQ]] |title=Saina Nehwal: Acing the brand endorsement scene |date=31 August 2015}}</ref> [[Sahara Group]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/badminton/200887-saina-nehwal-signed-as-brand-ambassador-by-sahara |title=Saina Nehwal signed as brand ambassador by Sahara – Badminton News |publisher=Sports.ndtv.com |date=18 December 2012 |accessdate=12 April 2015}}</ref> [[Star Sports]],<ref name=sanendo1/> [[Top Ramen|Top Ramen Noodles]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.topramen.in/careers_news.php/|title=About Top Ramen|accessdate=3 January 2020}}</ref> [[Vaseline]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/fashion/a-good-sport-4/|title=A Good Sport|date=1 April 2015}}</ref> and [[Yonex]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/sports/yonex-renews-rs-100-cr-sponsorship-deal-with-bai-for-4-years-180510|title=Yonex renews sponsorship deal with BAI for Rs 100 cr|date=10 May 2018|website=Indian Television Dot Com}}</ref> Nehwal signed an endorsement deal worth Rs. 400 million with the popular sports management firm [[SEVEN (brand)|Rhiti Sports]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/saina-nehwal-signs-rs-40cr-deal-with-sports-management-firm-rhiti-sports/293086-5-135.html |publisher=[[CNN-IBN]] |title=Saina Nehwal signs Rs 40cr deal with sports management firm Rhiti Sports |date=19 September 2012}}</ref> However, she severed this deal in 2013 and signed up with KWAN entertainment and marketing solutions for an undisclosed sum.<ref name="CutRhitiSports">{{cite news |url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/badminton/saina-nehwal-rhiti-sports-end-40-crore-deal |publisher=[[Sportskeeda]] |title=Saina Nehwal severs ties with Rhiti sports ending Rs 40 crore deal |date=19 December 2013}}</ref> She has a dedicated sporting range with the multinational sports goods manufacturer [[Yonex]], 4% of the profits of which goes to her.<ref name="CutRhitiSports" /> ===In popular culture=== Nehwal has been invited on popular Indian television shows as a guest including ''[[Satyamev Jayate (TV series)|Satyamev Jayate]]'', ''[[Comedy Nights with Kapil]]'', and ''[[The Kapil Sharma Show]]''. Her [[autobiography]], ''Playing to Win: My Life On and Off Court'',<ref name=sanbio1>[https://www.skymetweather.com/content/sports-and-weather/the-saina-nehwal-story-birdies-flight-from-1999-to-2015/ The Saina Nehwal Story: Birdie's Flight From 1999 to 2015], Skymet, -1 Apr 2015.</ref><ref name=sanbio2>[https://www.indiatimes.com/sports/11-sports-autobiographies-which-are-bound-to-inspire-you-to-go-and-chase-your-dreams-335232.html 11 Sports Autobiographies Which Are Bound To Inspire You To Go And Chase Your Dreams], [[India Times]], 8 December 2017.</ref> was released in 2012.<ref name=sanbio3>[https://www.amazon.in/Playing-Win-Saina-Nehwal/dp/014333249X Playing to Win: Saina Nehwal].</ref> As of 2018, a [[biopic]] titled ''Saina'' and directed by [[Amol Gupte]] is being made on her, with actress [[Parineeti Chopra]] playing the title role.<ref name=sanbio4>[http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/saina-nehwal-biopic-shraddha-kapoor-5164881/ Saina Nehwal on her biopic: Shraddha Kapoor will give hundred percent], [[Indian Express]], 5 May 2018.</ref> ===Legacy=== [[Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University#SIATTE|Saina Nehwal Institute of Agricultural Technology, Training & Education]]<ref name=sanlegacy2>[http://demosl56.rvsolutions.in/ernet/website-019/hi/node/5877 The Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agriculture University, Hisar will hold a three-day training camp on Mushroom production from September 28, 2015 at Saina Nehwal Agricultural Technology and Training Institute], Public Relations Department, Government of Haryana, 28 September 2015.</ref> at [[Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University]] is named after her. == References == {{Reflist|30em}} == External links == {{Commons category|Saina Nehwal}} * {{Commons 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at the 2018 Asian Games]] == Record against top ranked players == Record against Super Series finalists, World Championships semifinalists and Olympic quarterfinalists <small>(as of 22 February 2020)</small>:<ref>{{cite web |title=Saina NEHWAL: Head To Head |url=https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/head-2-head?OrganizationCode=209B123F-AA87-41A2-BC3E-CB57133E64CC&T1P1MemberID=52748 |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |accessdate=20 December 2019}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! Opponent !! Record !! Opponent !! Record !! Opponent !! Record |- | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Carolina Marin]] ! 6–7 | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Yihan]] ! 5–11 | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Xin (badminton)|Wang Xin]] ! 3–4 |- | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Jiang Yanjiao]] ! 0–5 | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Lu Lan]] ! 4–1 | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Lin (badminton)|Wang Lin]] ! 2–4 |- | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Li Xuerui]] ! 2–12 | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Xie Xingfang]] ! 0–2 | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Shixian]] ! 7–7 |- | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Tine Rasmussen|Tine Baun]] ! 5–5 | {{flagicon|GER}} [[Juliane Schenk]] ! 8–4 | {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Cheng Shao-Chieh]] ! 3–1 |- | {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Tai Tzu-ying]] ! 5–15 | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Bae Yeon-ju]] ! 9–4 | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Sung Ji-hyun]] ! 8–3 |- | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Eriko Hirose]] ! 4–5 | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Nozomi Okuhara]] ! 9–5 | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Minatsu Mitani]] ! 6–4 |- | {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Petya Nedelcheva]] ! 6–2 | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pi Hongyan]] ! 2–4 | {{flagicon|HKG}} [[Yip Pui Yin]] ! 9–2 |- | {{flagicon|HKG}} [[Zhou Mi (badminton)|Zhou Mi]] ! 1–3 | {{flagicon|HKG}} [[Wang Chen (badminton)|Wang Chen]] ! 1–4 | {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Wong Mew Choo]] ! 6–3 |- | {{flagicon|THA}} [[Porntip Buranaprasertsuk]] ! 10–2 | {{flagicon|THA}} [[Ratchanok Inthanon]] ! 11–5 | {{flagicon|INA}} [[Lindaweni Fanetri]] ! 3–1 |- | {{flagicon|INA}} [[Maria Kristin Yulianti]] ! 0–1 | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhang Ning]] ! 0–1 | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhu Lin (badminton)|Zhu Lin]] ! 2–2 |- | {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Lianne Tan]] ! 1–0 | {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ella Diehl]] ! 5–0 | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Sayaka Sato]] ! 6–2 |- | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Pusarla Venkata Sindhu]] ! 3–1 | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sun Yu (badminton)|Sun Yu]] ! 6–2 | {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Larisa Griga]] ! 1-0 == See also == *[[Pullela Gopichand]] *[[P. V. Sindhu]] *[[Badminton in India]] *[[Shraddha Kapoor]] *[[India national badminton team]] ==Politics== Nehwal joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in Delhi on 29 January 2020 in the presence of party's national general secretary Arun Singh. Her sister Abu Chandranshu Nehwal also joined the party. She also quoted that "[[Narendra Modi]] is working hard for the country, and has always inspired me."<ref name="pol1">{{cite news |last1=PTI |url=https://www.timesofindia.com/india/shuttler-saina-nehwal-to-join-bjp/amp_articleshow/73725252.cms|title=Ace badminton player Saina Nehwal joins BJP |accessdate=29 January 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=29 January 2020}}</ref><ref name="pol2">{{cite news |title=Saina Nehwal, "Inspired By Narendra Sir", Joins BJP Ahead Of Delhi Polls |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/saina-nehwal-badminton-star-and-olympic-medal-winner-to-join-bjp-2171384 |accessdate=29 January 2020 |work=NDTV.com |date=29 January 2020}}</ref> == Achievements == === Olympic Games === ''Women's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#F3E6D7" | align="center" | [[Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|2012]] | align="left" | [[Wembley Arena]], [[London]], [[United Kingdom]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Xin (badminton)|Wang Xin]] | align="left" | 18–21, 0–1^r |style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze''' |} === BWF World Championships === ''Women's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#F3E6D7" | align="center" | [[2017 BWF World Championships – Women's singles|2017]] | align="left" | [[Emirates Arena]], [[Glasgow, Scotland]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Nozomi Okuhara]] | align="left" | 21–12, 17–21, 10–21 |style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze''' |- |- style="background:#F3E6D7" | align="center" | [[2015 BWF World Championships – Women's singles|2015]] | align="left" | [[Istora Senayan]], [[Jakarta, Indonesia]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Carolina Marín]] | align="left" | 16–21, 19–21 |style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 2.png|Silver]] '''Silver''' |} === Commonwealth Games === ''Women's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#FFE4B5" | align="center" | [[Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's singles|2018]] | align="left" | [[Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre]], [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast, Australia]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[P. V. Sindhu]] | align="left" | 21–18, 23–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 1.png|Gold]] '''Gold''' |- style="background:#FFE4B5" | align="center" | [[Badminton at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's singles|2010]] | align="left" | [[Siri Fort Sports Complex]], [[New Delhi, India]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Wong Mew Choo]] | align="left" | 19–21, 23–21, 21–13 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 1.png|Gold]] '''Gold''' |} === Asian Games === ''Women's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#FFB069" | align="center" | [[Badminton at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's singles|2018]] | align="left" | [[Istora Gelora Bung Karno]], [[Jakarta, Indonesia]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Tai Tzu-ying]] | align="left" | 17–21, 14–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze''' |} === Asian Championships === ''Women's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#ECF2FF" | align="center" | [[2018 Badminton Asia Championships#Finals 2|2018]] | align="left" | [[Wuhan Gymnasium|Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium]], [[Wuhan, China]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Tai Tzu-ying]] | align="left" | 25–27, 19–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze''' |- style="background:#ECF2FF" | align="center" | [[2016 Badminton Asia Championships#Finals 2|2016]] | align="left" | [[Wuhan Gymnasium|Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium]], [[Wuhan, China]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Yihan]] | align="left" | 16–21, 14–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze''' |- style="background:#ECF2FF" | align="center" | [[2010 Badminton Asia Championships#Women's singles|2010]] | align="left" | Siri Fort Indoor Stadium, [[New Delhi, India]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Li Xuerui]] | align="left" | 17–21, 11–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze''' |} === BWF World Junior Championships === ''Girls' singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#98FB98" | align="center" | [[2008 BWF World Junior Championships#Finals 2|2008]] | align="left" | [[Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex]], [[Pune, India]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Sayaka Sato]] | align="left" | 21–9, 21–18 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 1.png|Gold]] '''Gold''' |- style="background:#98FB98" | align="center" | [[2006 BWF World Junior Championships#Finals 2|2006]] | align="left" | [[Samsan World Gymnasium]], [[Incheon, South Korea]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Yihan]] | align="left" | 13–21, 19–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 2.png|Silver]] '''Silver''' |} === BWF World Tour (1 title, 3 runners-up) === The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,<ref>{{cite news |title=BWF Launches New Events Structure |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |date=29 November 2017}}</ref> is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by [[Badminton World Federation]] (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into six levels: World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.<ref>{{cite news |title=Action-Packed Season Ahead! |url=http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |date=15 January 2018}}</ref> ''Women's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Level ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- | align="center" | [[2019 Indonesia Masters (badminton)#Finals 2|2019]] | align="left" | [[Indonesian Masters (badminton)|Indonesia Masters]] | align="left" | Super 500 | align="left" | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Carolina Marín]] | align="left" | 4–10 Retired | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- | align="center" | [[2018 Syed Modi International#Finals 2|2018]] | align="left" | [[Syed Modi International Badminton Championships|Syed Modi International]] | align="left" | Super 300 | align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Han Yue]] | align="left" | 18–21, 8–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- | align="center" | [[2018 Denmark Open (badminton)#Finals 2|2018]] | align="left" | [[Denmark Open]] | align="left" | Super 750 | align="left" | {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Tai Tzu-ying]] | align="left" | 13–21, 21–13, 6–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- | align="center" | [[2018 Indonesia Masters (badminton)#Finals 2|2018]] | align="left" | [[Indonesian Masters (badminton)|Indonesia Masters]] | align="left" | Super 500 | align="left" | {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Tai Tzu-ying]] | align="left" | 9–21, 13–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white "| {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |} === BWF Superseries (10 titles, 5 runners-up) === The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the [[Badminton World Federation]] (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: [[BWF Superseries|Superseries and Superseries Premier]]. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, introduced in 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year's end. ''Women's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#FFFFCC" | align="center" | [[2016 Australian Super Series#Finals 2|2016]] | align="left" | [[Australian Open (badminton)|Australian Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sun Yu (badminton)|Sun Yu]] | align="left" | 11–21, 21–14, 21–19 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Champion''' |- style="background:#DAA520" | align="center" | [[2015 China Open Super Series Premier#Finals 2|2015]] | align="left" | [[China Open (badminton)|China Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Li Xuerui]] | align="left" | 12–21, 15–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#FFFFCC" | align="center" | [[2015 India Super Series#Finals 2|2015]] | align="left" | [[India Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|THA}} [[Ratchanok Intanon]] | align="left" | 21–16, 21–14 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Champion''' |- style="background:#DAA520" | align="center" | [[2015 All England Super Series Premier#Finals 2|2015]] | align="left" | [[All England Open Badminton Championships|All England Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Carolina Marín]] | align="left" | 21–16, 14–21, 7–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#DAA520" | align="center" | [[2014 China Open Super Series Premier#Finals 2|2014]] | align="left" | [[China Open (badminton)|China Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Akane Yamaguchi]] | align="left" | 21–12, 22–20 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Champion''' |- style="background:#FFFFCC" | align="center" | [[2014 Australian Super Series#Finals 2|2014]] | align="left" | [[Australian Open (badminton)|Australian Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Carolina Marín]] | align="left" | 21–18, 21–11 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Champion''' |- style="background:#FFFFCC" | align="center" | [[2012 French Super Series#Finals 2|2012]] | align="left" | [[French Open (badminton)|French Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Minatsu Mitani]] | align="left" | 19–21, 11–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#DAA520" | align="center" | [[2012 Denmark Super Series Premier#Finals 2|2012]] | align="left" | [[Denmark Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|GER}} [[Juliane Schenk]] | align="left" | 21–17, 21–8 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Champion''' |- style="background:#DAA520" | align="center" | [[2012 Indonesia Super Series Premier#Finals 2|2012]] | align="left" | [[Indonesia Open (badminton)|Indonesia Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Li Xuerui]] | align="left" | 13–21, 22–20, 21–19 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Champion''' |- style="background:#B0C4DE" | align="center" | [[2011 BWF Super Series Finals#Finals 2|2011]] | align="left" | [[BWF Super Series Finals]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Yihan]] | align="left" | 21–18, 13–21, 13–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{Silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#DAA520" | align="center" | [[2011 Indonesia Super Series Premier#Finals 2|2011]] | align="left" | [[Indonesia Open (badminton)|Indonesia Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Yihan]] | align="left" | 21–12, 21–23, 14–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{Silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#FFFFCC" | align="center" | [[2010 Hong Kong Super Series#Final 2|2010]] | align="left" | [[Hong Kong Open (badminton)|Hong Kong Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Shixian]] | align="left" | 15–21, 21–16, 21–17 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Champion''' |- style="background:#FFFFCC" | align="center" | [[2010 Indonesia Super Series#Finals 2|2010]] | align="left" | [[Indonesia Open (badminton)|Indonesia Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Sayaka Sato]] | align="left" | 21–19, 13–21, 21–11 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Champion''' |- style="background:#FFFFCC" | align="center" | [[2010 Singapore Super Series#Women's singles|2010]] | align="left" | [[Singapore Open (badminton)|Singapore Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Tai Tzu-ying]] | align="left" | 21–18, 21–15 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Champion''' |- style="background:#FFFFCC" | align="center" | [[2009 Indonesia Super Series|2009]] | align="left" | [[Indonesia Open (badminton)|Indonesia Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Lin (badminton)|Wang Lin]] | align="left" | 12–21, 21–18, 21–9 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Champion''' |} : {{Color box|#B0C4DE|border=darkgray}} [[BWF Super Series|BWF Superseries Finals]] tournament : {{Color box|#DAA520|border=darkgray}} [[BWF Super Series|BWF Superseries Premier]] tournament : {{Color box|#FFFFCC|border=darkgray}} [[BWF Superseries]] tournament === BWF Grand Prix (10 titles, 1 runner-up) === The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: [[BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold|Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold]]. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by [[Badminton World Federation]] (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983. ''Women's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#FFFF67" | align="center" | [[2017 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold#Finals 2|2017]] | align="left" | [[Malaysia Masters]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|THA}} [[Pornpawee Chochuwong]] | align="left" | 22-20, 22-20 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Champion''' |- style="background:#FFFF67" | align="center" | [[2015 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold#Finals 2|2015]] | align="left" | [[Syed Modi International Badminton Championships|Syed Modi International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Carolina Marín]] | align="left" | 19–21, 25–23, 21–16 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Champion''' |- style="background:#FFFF67" | align="center" | [[2014 India Open Grand Prix Gold#Finals 2|2014]] | align="left" | [[Syed Modi International Badminton Championships|Syed Modi International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[P. V. Sindhu]] | align="left" | 21–14, 21–17 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Champion''' |- style="background:#FFFF67" | align="center" | [[2012 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold#Finals 2|2012]] | align="left" | [[Thailand Open (badminton)|Thailand Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|THA}} [[Ratchanok Inthanon]] | align="left" | 19–21, 21–15, 21–10 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Champion''' |- style="background:#FFFF67" | align="center" | [[2012 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold#Finals 2|2012]] | align="left" | [[Swiss Open (badminton)|Swiss Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Shixian]] | align="left" | 21–19, 21–16 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Champion''' |- style="background:#FFFF67" | align="center" | 2011 | align="left" | [[Swiss Open (badminton)|Swiss Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Sung Ji-hyun]] | align="left" | 21–13, 21–14 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Champion''' |- style="background:#FFFF67" | align="center" | [[2011 Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold#Finals 2|2011]] | align="left" | [[Malaysia Masters]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Xin (badminton)|Wang Xin]] | align="left" | 21–13, 8–21, 14–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#FFFF67" | align="center" | [[2010 India Open Grand Prix Gold|2010]] | align="left" | [[India Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Wong Mew Choo]] | align="left" | 20–22, 21–14, 21–12 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Champion''' |- style="background:#FFFF67" | align="center" | [[2009 Syed Modi International Badminton Championships|2009]] | align="left" | [[Syed Modi International Badminton Championships|Syed Modi International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Aditi Mutatkar]] | align="left" | 21-17, 21–13 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Champion''' |- style="background:#FFFF67" | align="center" | 2008 | align="left" | [[Chinese Taipei Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Lydia Cheah]] | align="left" | 12–21, 21–18, 21–9 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Champion''' |- style="background:#D4F1C5" | align="center" | 2006 | align="left" | [[Philippines Open (badminton)|Philippines Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Julia Wong Pei Xian]] | align="left" | 21–15, 22–20 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Champion''' |} : {{Color box|#FFFF67|border=darkgray}} [[BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix|BWF Grand Prix Gold]] tournament : {{Color box|#D4F1C5|border=darkgray}} [[BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix|BWF & IBF Grand Prix]] tournament === BWF International Challenge/Series (1 runner-up) === ''Women's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2007 | align="left" | [[Tata Open India International Challenge|India International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kanako Yonekura]] | align="left" | 13–21, 18–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |} : {{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Challenge]] tournament : {{Color box|#E9E9E9|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Series]] tournament === National titles and runners-up === ==== National Junior/Senior titles (13) ==== {| class="wikitable" ! S. No. ! Year ! Tournament ! Age group ! Format ! Partner ! Opponent(s) in final ! Score ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 2002 | align="left" | Sub-Junior National Badminton Championship | align="center" | Under 13 | align="center" | Singles | align="center" style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} | align="center" | Parsa Naqvi | align="center" | 11–0, 11–4 | align="center" |<ref name="Bahniman and Krishna">{{cite news |title=Bahniman and Krishna Deka triumph |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2002/07/08/stories/2002070805011800.htm |accessdate=5 July 2016 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=8 July 2002}}</ref> |- | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 2002 | align="left" | Sub-Junior National Badminton Championship | align="center" | Under 13 | align="center" | Doubles | align="center" | Pizza Bharali | align="center" | Mudra Dhainje / Fernaz Jasdanwala | align="center" | 11–5, 11–4 | align="center" |<ref name="Bahniman and Krishna" /> |- | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 2002 | align="left" | Sub-Junior National Badminton Championship | align="center" | Under 16 | align="center" | Doubles | align="center" | [[Aparna Balan]] | align="center" | Manisha Eswarappa / Y. K. Subrata | align="center" | 11–2, 11–3 | align="center" |<ref name="Bahniman and Krishna" /> |- | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 2003 | align="left" | Sub-Junior National Badminton Championship | align="center" | Under 16 | align="center" | Singles | align="center" style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} | align="center" | Anjali Kalita | align="center" | 11–3, 11–13, 11–2 | align="center" |<ref name="Double delight for Saina">{{cite news |title=Double delight for Saina |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2003/10/17/stories/2003101705182000.htm |accessdate=30 September 2015 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=17 October 2003}}</ref> |- | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 2003 | align="left" | Sub-Junior National Badminton Championship | align="center" | Under 16 | align="center" | Doubles | align="center" | [[Jyotshna P]] | align="center" | G. M. Nischitha / Madhuri Vijay | align="center" | 15–6, 15–7 | align="center" |<ref name="Double delight for Saina" /> |- | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 2004 | align="left" | Junior National badminton championships | align="center" | Under 19 | align="center" | Singles | align="center" style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} | align="center" | Ridhi Pajwani | align="center" | 11–2, 11–4 | align="center" |<ref name="Chopda, Saina bag double">{{cite news |title=Chopda, Saina bag double |url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/nov092004/sp16.asp |accessdate=30 September 2015 |work=[[Deccan Herald]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]] |date=9 November 2004}}</ref> |- | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 2004 | align="left" | Junior National badminton championships | align="center" | Under 19 | align="center" | Doubles | align="center" | [[Aparna Balan]] | align="center" | T. Soumya / Ashwini Chowdary | align="center" | 15–6, 15–10 | align="center" |<ref name="Chopda, Saina bag double" /> |- | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 2005 | align="left" | Junior National badminton championships | align="center" | Under 19 | align="center" | Singles | align="center" style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} | align="center" | [[Aditi Mutatkar]] | align="center" | 11–5, 13–10 | align="center" |<ref name="Saina, Kashyap triumph">{{cite news |title=Saina, Kashyap triumph |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/12/03/stories/2005120310471800.htm |accessdate=9 October 2015 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=3 December 2005}}</ref> |- | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 2005 | align="left" | Junior National badminton championships | align="center" | Under 19 | align="center" | Doubles | align="center" | [[Aparna Balan]] | align="center" | V. Ruth Misha / Saumya Padhye | align="center" | 15–2,15–4 | align="center" |<ref name="Saina, Kashyap triumph" /> |- | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 2007 | align="left" | [[Indian National Badminton Championships|Senior National Badminton Championships]] | align="center" | Senior | align="center" | Singles | align="center" style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} | align="center" | [[Aditi Mutatkar]] | align="center" | 21–19, 21–16 | align="center" |<ref name="Chetan, Saina champions">{{cite news |title=Chetan, Saina champions |url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/jan292007/sports129372007129.asp |accessdate=9 October 2015 |work=[[Deccan Herald]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]] |date=29 January 2007}}</ref> |- | align="center" | 11 | align="center" | 2007 | align="left" | [[National Games of India|National Games]] | align="center" | Senior | align="center" | Singles | align="center" style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} | align="center" | [[Aditi Mutatkar]] | align="center" | 24–22, 21–15 | align="center" |<ref name="Big triumph for Kashyap">{{cite news |title=Big triumph for Kashyap |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/big-triumph-for-kashyap/article1799297.ece |accessdate=30 September 2015 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=19 February 2007}}</ref> |- | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 2008 | align="left" | [[Indian National Badminton Championships|Senior National Badminton Championships]] | align="center" | Senior | align="center" | Singles | align="center" style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} | align="center" | [[Trupti Murgunde]] | align="center" | 21–11, 21–10 | align="center" |<ref name="Suryanarayan, Jan 2008">{{cite news |last1=Suryanarayan |first1=S.R. |title=Chetan Anand, Saina Nehwal retain titles |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/chetan-anand-saina-nehwal-retain-titles/article1187817.ece |accessdate=30 September 2015 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=28 January 2008}}</ref> |- | align="center" |13 | align="center" |2017 | align="left" |[[Indian National Badminton Championships|Senior National Badminton Championships]] | align="center" | Senior | align="center" | Singles | align="center" style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} | align="center" |[[P. V. Sindhu]] | align="center" |21–17, 27–25 | |- | align="center" |14 | align="center" |2019 | align="left" |[[Indian National Badminton Championships|Senior National Badminton Championships]] | align="center" | Senior | align="center" | Singles | align="center" style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} | align="center" |[[P. V. Sindhu]] | align="center" |21–18, 21–15 | |} ==== National Junior/Senior runners-up (1) ==== {| class="wikitable" ! S. No. ! Year ! Tournament ! Age group ! Format ! Partner ! Opponent(s) in final ! Score ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 2006 | align="left" | [[Indian National Badminton Championships|Senior National Badminton Championships]] | align="center" | Senior | align="center" | Singles | align="center" style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} | align="center" | [[Aparna Popat]] | align="center" | 11–13, 3–11 | align="center" |<ref name="Kalyan, Jan 2006">{{cite news |last1=Kalyan |first1=Ashok |title=No stopping Aparna |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/no-stopping-aparna/article3238731.ece |accessdate=5 July 2016 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=12 January 2006}}</ref> |} ==Career overview== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! Singles ! Played ! Wins ! Losses ! Balance |- | align=left | '''Total''' | 620 | 429 | 191 | '''+238 |- | align=left | '''Current year''' (2019) | 33 | 18 | 15 | '''+3''' | {{col-2}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! Doubles ! Played ! Wins ! Losses ! Balance |- | align=left | '''Total''' | 33 | 9 | 24 | '''−15''' |- | align=left | '''Current year''' (2019) | 0 | 0 | 0 | '''0''' |} {{col-end}} :''<nowiki>*</nowiki> Statistics were last updated on 17 December 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Saina Nehwal – Career overview |url=https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/player-profile/3E7EEDF9-07F0-474E-A02B-CB598BBE365A |website=bwf.tournamentsoftware.com |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |accessdate=20 December 2019}}</ref> {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} {| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center |- ! Event !! [[Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|2008]]<br /> !! [[Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|2012]]<br /> !! [[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|2016]] |- style="height: 30px;" | style="width: 200px;align=left" | '''Summer Olympics | style="background:#ffebcd; width:80px;" | QF | style="width: 80px"| {{bronze medal|Winner}} | style="width: 80px"| Group Stage |} {| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center |- ! Event !! [[2006 Commonwealth Games|2006]]<br /> !! [[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010]]<br /> !! [[2018 Commonwealth Games|2018]] |- style="height: 30px;" | style="width: 200px;align=left" | '''Commonwealth Games | style="width: 80px"|{{bronze medal}} | style="width: 80px"|{{gold medal}} | style="width: 80px"|{{gold medal}} |} {| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center |- ! Event !! [[2004 Commonwealth Youth Games|2004]]<br /> !! [[2008 Commonwealth Youth Games|2008]]<br /> |- style="height: 30px;" | style="width: 200px;align=left" | '''Commonwealth Youth Games | style="width: 80px"|{{silver medal}} | style="width: 80px"|{{gold medal}} |} {{col-2}} {| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center |- ! colspan="2" | Singles Titles |- ! Type ! No. of titles |- | '''[[BWF Super Series|Super Series Premier]] | 4 |- | '''[[BWF Super Series|Super Series]] | 7 |- | '''[[BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix|Grand Prix Gold]] | 8 |- | '''[[BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix|Grand Prix]] | 1 |- | Others | 4 |- | '''Total''' | 24 |} {{col-end}} === Singles performance timeline === {{Performance key (badminton)}} {| class=wikitable style=text-align:center |- ! width=244 | Tournament !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 !! 2010 !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013 !! 2014 !! 2015 !! 2016 !! 2017 !! 2018 !! 2019 !! 2020 !! width="40" | {{Tooltip| SR | Strike Rate}} !! Best |- | colspan="20" style="text-align:center;" | '''[[Badminton World Federation|BWF events]] |- | align=left | '''[[BWF World Junior Championships]]''' | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2004; |[[2004 IBF World Junior Championships|2R]] |2005; style=color:#ccc |{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} |2006; bgcolor="silver" | [[2006 BWF World Junior Championships|S]] |2007; colspan=1 | {{Tooltip| A | Absent}} |2008; bgcolor=gold | [[2008 BWF World Junior Championships|'''G''']] |2009; colspan=12 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} |SR;| '''1/3 |Best; bgcolor=lime | '''W''' ('08) |- | align=left | '''[[BWF World Championships]]''' |2004; style=color:#ccc |{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} |2005; colspan=1 | {{Tooltip| A | Absent}} | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2006; |[[2006 IBF World Championships – Women's Singles|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2007; |[[2007 BWF World Championships – Women's Singles|3R]] |2008; style=color:#ccc |{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2009; |[[2009 BWF World Championships – Women's Singles|QF]] | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2010; |[[2010 BWF World Championships – Women's Singles|QF]] | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2011; |[[2011 BWF World Championships – Women's singles|QF]] |2012; style=color:#ccc |{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2013; |[[2013 BWF World Championships – Women's singles|QF]] | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2014; |[[2014 BWF World Championships – Women's singles|QF]] | bgcolor="silver" 2015; |[[2015 BWF World Championships – Women's singles|S]] |2016; style=color:#ccc |{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} | bgcolor="#cd7f32" 2017; |[[2017 BWF World Championships – Women's singles|B]] | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2018; |[[2018 BWF World Championships – Women's singles|QF]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2020; |[[2019 BWF World Championships – Women's singles|3R]] |2016; style=color:#ccc |{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} |'''0/8'''|'''0/11''' |Best; bgcolor="#d8bfd8" | F ('15) |- | align=left | '''[[Badminton at the Summer Olympics|Olympics]]''' |2007; colspan=1 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} |colspan=3 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} |bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2008; |[[Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|QF]] |colspan=3 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} |bgcolor="#cd7f32" 2012; |[[Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|B]] |colspan=3 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} |2016; bgcolor="#afeeee" |[[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|RR]] |colspan=3 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} |2020; | |SR;| '''0/3 |Best; bgcolor="#cd7f32" | SF ('12) |- !! colspan="15" style="text-align:center;" | '''[[BWF Super Series]] !! colspan="15" style="text-align:center;" | '''[[BWF World Tour]] |- | align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[All England Open Badminton Championships|All England Open]] |2004; colspan=3 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2007; |[[2007 All England Super Series|2R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2008; |[[2008 All England Super Series|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2009; |[[2009 All England Super Series – Women's singles|1R]] |2010; style="background:yellow;" | [[2010 All England Super Series|SF]] | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2011; |[[2011 All England Super Series Premier|QF]] | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2012; |[[2012 All England Super Series Premier|QF]] |2013; style="background:yellow;" | [[2013 All England Super Series Premier|SF]] | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2014; |[[2014 All England Super Series Premier|QF]] |2015; bgcolor="#d8bfd8" | [[2015 All England Super Series Premier|F]] |2016; bgcolor="#ffebcd" | [[2016 All England Super Series Premier|QF]] |2017; bgcolor="#ffebcd" | [[2017 All England Super Series Premier|QF]] |2018; bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2018 All England Open|1R]] |2019; bgcolor="#ffebcd" | [[2019 All England Open|QF]] |2020; | [[2020 All England Open|Q]] |SR;| '''0/13 |Best; bgcolor="#d8bfd8" | F ('15) |- | align=left | {{flagicon|IND}} [[India Open (badminton)|India Open]] |2004; colspan=4 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} |2008; colspan=3 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2011; |[[2011 India Super Series|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2012; |[[2012 India Super Series|2R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2013; |[[2013 India Super Series|2R]] | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2014; |[[2014 India Super Series|QF]] | bgcolor=lime 2015; |[[2015 India Super Series|'''W''']] |2016; style="background:yellow;" | [[2016 India Super Series|SF]] |2017; bgcolor="#ffebcd" |[[2017 India Super Series|QF]] |2018; bgcolor="#ffebcd" |[[2018 India Open (badminton)|QF]] |2019; style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| ''w/d'' |Withdrew}} |2020; | |SR;| '''1/8 |Best; bgcolor=lime | '''W''' ('15) |- | align=left | {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Malaysia Open (badminton)|Malaysia Open]] |2004; colspan=3 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} |2007; colspan=2 | {{Tooltip| A | Absent}} | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2009; |[[2009 Malaysia Super Series|QF]] | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2010; |[[2010 Malaysia Super Series|QF]] |2011;|{{Tooltip| A | Absent}} |2012; style="background:yellow;" | [[2012 Malaysia Super Series|SF]] |2013; style="background:yellow;" | [[2013 Malaysia Super Series|SF]] |2014; bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2014 Malaysia Super Series Premier|2R]] |2015; style="background:yellow;" | [[2015 Malaysia Super Series Premier|SF]] |2016; bgcolor="yellow" | [[2016 Malaysia Super Series Premier|SF]] |2017; bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2017 Malaysia Super Series Premier|1R]] |2018; bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2018 Malaysia Open (badminton)|2R]] |2019; bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2019 Malaysia Open (badminton)|1R]] |2020; | |SR;| '''0/10 |Best; style="background:yellow;" | SF ('12, '13, '15, '16) |- | align=left | {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Singapore Open (badminton)|Singapore Open]] |2004; colspan=3 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} |2007; |{{Tooltip| A | Absent}} |2008; style="background:yellow;" | [[2008 Singapore Super Series|SF]] | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2009; |[[2009 Singapore Super Series|QF]] |2010; bgcolor=lime | [[2010 Singapore Super Series|'''W''']] | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2011; |[[2011 Singapore Super Series|2R]] |2012; | {{Tooltip| A | Absent}} | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2013; |[[2013 Singapore Super Series|QF]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2014; |[[2014 Singapore Super Series|1R]] |2015; colspan=4 | {{Tooltip| A | Absent}} |2019; bgcolor="#ffebcd" |[[2019 Singapore Open (badminton)|QF]] |2020; | |SR;| '''1/7 |bgcolor=lime | '''W''' ('10) |- | align=left | {{flagicon|INA}} [[Indonesia Open (badminton)|Indonesia Open]] |2004; colspan=3 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} |2007; |{{Tooltip| A | Absent}} |2008; bgcolor="#afeeee" |[[2008 Indonesia Super Series|2R]] |2009; bgcolor=lime | [[2009 Indonesia Super Series|'''W''']] |2010; bgcolor=lime | [[2010 DJARUM Indonesia Open Super Series|'''W''']] |2011; bgcolor="#d8bfd8" | [[2011 Indonesia Super Series Premier|F]] |2012; bgcolor=lime | [[2012 Indonesia Super Series Premier|'''W''']] |2013; style="background:yellow;" | [[2013 Indonesia Super Series Premier|SF]] |2014; bgcolor="#ffebcd" | [[2014 Indonesia Super Series Premier|QF]] |2015; bgcolor="#ffebcd" | [[2015 Indonesia Super Series Premier|QF]] |2016; bgcolor="#ffebcd" | [[2016 Indonesia Open Superseries Premier|QF]] |2017; bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2017 Indonesia Super Series Premier|2R]] |2018; bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2018 Indonesia Open (badminton)|2R]] |2019; style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| ''w/d'' |Withdrew}} |2020; | |SR;| '''3/11 |Best; bgcolor=lime | '''W''' ('09, '10, '12) |- | align=left | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Australian Open (badminton)|Australian Open]] |2004; colspan=10 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} |2014; bgcolor=lime | [[2014 Australian Super Series|'''W''']] |2015; bgcolor="#ffebcd" | [[2015 Australian Super Series|QF]] |2016; bgcolor=lime | [[2016 Australian Super Series|'''W''']] |2017; bgcolor="#ffebcd" | [[2017 Australian Super Series|QF]] |2018; style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| ''w/d'' |Withdrew}} |2019; |{{Tooltip| A | Absent}} |2020; | |SR;| '''2/4 |Best; bgcolor=lime | '''W''' ('14, '16) |- | align=left | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Japan Open (badminton)|Japan Open]] |2004; colspan=3 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} |2007; |{{Tooltip| A | Absent}} | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2008; |[[2008 Japan Super Series|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2009; |[[2009 Japan Super Series|1R]] |2010; |{{Tooltip| A | Absent}} |2011; style="background:yellow;" | [[2011 Japan Super Series|SF]] |2012; colspan=3 | {{Tooltip| A | Absent}} |bgcolor="#afeeee" 2015; |[[2015 Japan Super Series|2R]] |2016; |{{Tooltip| A | Absent}} |2017; bgcolor="#afeeee" |[[2017 Japan Super Series|2R]] |2018; |{{Tooltip| A | Absent}} |2019; style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| ''w/d'' |Withdrew}} |2020; | |SR;| '''0/5 |Best; style="background:yellow;" | SF ('11) |- | align=left | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[China Open (badminton)|China Open]] |2004; colspan=3 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2007; |[[2007 China Open Super Series|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2008; |[[2008 China Open Super Series|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2009; |[[2009 China Open Super Series|2R]] |2010; |{{Tooltip| A | Absent}} | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2011; |[[2011 China Open Super Series Premier|1R]] |2012; |{{Tooltip| A | Absent}} | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2013; |[[2013 China Open Super Series Premier|2R]] |2014; bgcolor=lime | [[2014 China Open Super Series Premier|'''W''']] |2015; bgcolor="#d8bfd8" | [[2015 China Open Super Series Premier|F]] |2016; bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2016 China Open Super Series Premier|1R]] |2017; bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2017 China Open Super Series Premier|2R]] |2018; bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2018 China Open (badminton)|1R]] |2019; bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2019 China Open (badminton)|1R]] |2020; | |SR;| '''1/11 |Best; bgcolor=lime | '''W''' ('14) |- | align=left | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Korea Open (badminton)|Korea Open]] |2004; colspan=3 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} |2007; colspan=2 | {{Tooltip| A | Absent}} | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2009; |[[2009 Korea Open Super Series|2R]] |2010;|{{Tooltip| A | Absent}} | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2011; |[[2011 Korea Open Super Series Premier|2R]] | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2012; |[[2012 Korea Open Super Series Premier|QF]] | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2013; |[[2013 Korea Open Super Series Premier|QF]] |2014; colspan=4 | {{Tooltip| A | Absent}} |2018; bgcolor="#ffebcd" |[[2018 Korea Open (badminton)|QF]] |2019; bgcolor="#afeeee" |[[2019 Korea Open (badminton)|1R]] |2020; | |SR;| '''0/6 | bgcolor="#ffebcd" Best; |QF ('12, '13, '18) |- | align=left | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Denmark Open]] |2004; colspan=3 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2007; |[[2007 Denmark Super Series|1R]] |2008; |{{Tooltip| A | Absent}} | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2009; |[[2009 Denmark Super Series|QF]] |2010; |{{Tooltip| A | Absent}} | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2011; |[[2011 Denmark Super Series Premier|2R]] |2012; bgcolor=lime | [[2012 Denmark Super Series Premier|'''W''']] | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2013; |[[2013 Denmark Super Series Premier|QF]] | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2014; |[[2014 Denmark Super Series Premier|QF]] |bgcolor="#afeeee" 2015; |[[2015 Denmark Super Series Premier|2R]] |2016; bgcolor="" |A |2017; bgcolor="#ffebcd" |[[2017 Denmark Super Series Premier|QF]] |2018; bgcolor="#d8bfd8" |[[2018 Denmark Open|F]] |2019; bgcolor="#afeeee" |[[2019 Denmark Open|1R]] |2020; | |SR;| '''1/10''' |Best; bgcolor=lime | '''W''' ('12) |- | align=left | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[French Open (badminton)|French Open]] |2004; colspan=3 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} |2007; colspan=2 | {{Tooltip| A | Absent}} | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2009; |[[2009 French Super Series|QF]] |2010; |{{Tooltip| A | Absent}} | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2011; |[[2011 French Super Series|2R]] |2012; bgcolor="#d8bfd8" | [[2012 French Super Series|F]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2013; |[[2013 French Super Series|2R]] | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2014; |[[2014 French Super Series|QF]] | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2015; | [[2015 French Super Series|QF]] |2016; bgcolor="" |A |2017; bgcolor="#afeeee" |[[2017 French Super Series|2R]] |2018; bgcolor="#ffebcd" |[[2018 French Open (badminton)|QF]] |2019; bgcolor="#ffebcd" |[[2019 French Open (badminton)|QF]] |2020; | |SR;| '''0/9 |Best; bgcolor="#d8bfd8" | F ('12) |- | align=left | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Fuzhou China Open]] |2004; style=color:#ccc |{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} |2005; colspan=2 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} |2007; |{{Tooltip| A | Absent}} |2008; style="background:yellow;" | [[2008 China Masters Super Series|SF]] |2009; colspan=2 | {{Tooltip| A | Absent}} | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2011; |[[2011 China Masters Super Series|QF]] |2012; colspan=2 | {{Tooltip| A | Absent}} |2014; colspan=4 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} |2018; |{{Tooltip| A | Absent}} |2019; bgcolor="#afeeee" |[[2019 Fuzhou China Open|1R]] |2020; | |SR;| '''0/3 |Best; style="background:yellow;" | SF ('08) |- | align=left | {{flagicon|HKG}} [[Hong Kong Open (badminton)|Hong Kong Open]] |2004; colspan=3 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2007; |[[2007 Hong Kong Super Series|1R]] | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2008; |[[2008 Hong Kong Super Series|QF]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2009; |[[2009 Hong Kong Super Series|1R]] | 2010; bgcolor=lime | [[2010 Hong Kong Super Series|'''W''']] | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2011; |[[2011 Hong Kong Super Series|QF]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2012; |[[2012 Hong Kong Super Series|2R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2013; |[[2013 Hong Kong Super Series|2R]] | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2014; |[[2014 Hong Kong Super Series|QF]] |2015; style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| ''w/d'' |Withdrew}} |2016; bgcolor="#ffebcd" |[[2016 Hong Kong Super Series|QF]] |2017; bgcolor="#afeeee" |[[2017 Hong Kong Super Series|2R]] |2018; bgcolor="#afeeee" |[[2018 Hong Kong Open (badminton)|1R]] |2019; bgcolor="#afeeee" |[[2019 Hong Kong Open (badminton)|1R]] |2020; | |SR;| '''1/12 |Best; bgcolor=lime | '''W''' ('10) |- | align=left | {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Swiss Open (badminton)|Swiss Open]] |2004; colspan=3 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2007; |[[2007 Swiss Open Super Series|1R]] | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2008; |[[2008 Swiss Open Super Series|2R]] | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2009; |[[2009 Swiss Open Super Series|QF]] |2010; |{{Tooltip| A | Absent}} |2011; colspan=10 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} |SR;| '''0/3 |Best; bgcolor="#ffebcd" | QF ('09) |- style="background:#fffaaa;" | align=left | '''[[BWF Super Series Masters Finals]]''' |2004; colspan=4 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} |2008; style="background:yellow;" | [[2008 BWF Super Series Masters Finals|SF]] |2009; style="background:yellow;" | [[2009 BWF Super Series Masters Finals|SF]] |2010; style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| A | Absent}} |2011; bgcolor="#d8bfd8" | [[2011 BWF Super Series Masters Finals|F]] |2012; style="background:yellow;" | [[2012 BWF Super Series Masters Finals|SF]] |2013; bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2013 BWF Super Series Masters Finals|RR]] |2014; style="background:yellow;" | [[2014 BWF Super Series Masters Finals|SF]] |2015; bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2015 BWF Super Series Masters Finals|RR]] |2016; colspan=4 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| A | Absent}} |2020; | |SR;| '''0/7 |Best; bgcolor="#d8bfd8" | F ('11) |- ! width=244 | Tournament !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 !! 2010 !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013 !! 2014 !! 2015 !! 2016 !! 2017 !! 2018 !! 2019 !! 2020 !! width="40" | {{Tooltip| SR | Strike Rate}} !! Best |- !! colspan="15" style="text-align:center;" | '''[[BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix]] !! colspan="15" style="text-align:center;" | '''[[BWF World Tour]] |- | align="left" | {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Malaysia Masters]] | colspan="5" style="color:#ccc" 2004; |{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2009; |[[2009 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix|QF]] | 2010; |{{Tooltip| A | Absent}} | bgcolor="#d8bfd8" 2011; | [[2011 Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold|F]] | colspan="5" 2012; | {{Tooltip| A | Absent}} | bgcolor="lime" 2017; | [[2017 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold|'''W''']] |2018; |{{Tooltip| A | Absent}} |2019; style="background:yellow;" |[[2019 Malaysia Masters (badminton)|SF]] |2020; bgcolor="#ffebcd" |[[2020 Malaysia Masters|QF]] | SR; | '''1/5''' | bgcolor="lime" Best; | '''W''' ('17) |- | align=left | {{flagicon|INA}} [[Indonesia Masters]] |colspan=6 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} |colspan=7 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| A |Absent}} |style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} |2018; bgcolor="#d8bfd8" | [[2018 Indonesia Masters (badminton)|F]] |2019; bgcolor=lime | [[2019 Indonesia Masters (badminton)|'''W''']] |2020; bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2020 Indonesia Masters|1R]] |SR;| '''1/3''' |Best; bgcolor=lime | '''W''' ('19) |- | align="left" | {{flagicon|THA}} [[Thailand Masters (badminton)|Thailand Masters]] | colspan="12" style="color:#ccc" 2004; |{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} |2016; style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| ''w/d'' |Withdrew}} |2017; colspan=3 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| A |Absent}} |2020; bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2020 Thailand Masters (badminton)|'''1R''']] |SR;| '''0/1''' |Best; bgcolor="#afeeee" | '''1R''' ('20) |- | align="left" | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Spain Masters]] | colspan="14" style="color:#ccc" 2004; |{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} |2018; colspan=2 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| A |Absent}} |2020; bgcolor="#ffebcd" | [[2020 Spain Masters|'''QF''']] |SR;| '''0/1''' |Best; bgcolor="#ffebcd" | '''QF''' ('20) |- | align="left" | {{flagicon|GER}} [[German Open (badminton)|German Open]] |2004; colspan=3 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| A |Absent}} |2007; bgcolor="#afeeee" | [[2007 German Open (badminton)|'''1R''']] |2008; colspan=12 style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| A |Absent}} |2020; |[[2020 German Open (badminton)|Q]] |SR;| '''0/1''' |Best; bgcolor="#afeeee" | '''1R''' ('07) |- | align="left" | {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Swiss Open (badminton)|Swiss Open]] | colspan="7" style="color:#ccc" 2004; |{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} | bgcolor="lime" 2011; | [[2011 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix|'''W''']] | bgcolor="lime" 2012; | [[2012 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold|'''W''']] | style="background:yellow;" 2013; | [[2013 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold|SF]] | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2014; |[[2014 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold|QF]] | 2015; |{{Tooltip| A | Absent}} | bgcolor="yellow" 2016; | [[2016 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold|SF]] |2017; style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| ''w/d'' |Withdrew}} |2018; |{{Tooltip| A | Absent}} |2019; style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| ''w/d'' |Withdrew}} |2020; | [[2020 Swiss Open (badminton)|Q]] |SR; | '''2/5''' | bgcolor="lime" Best; | '''W''' ('11, '12) |- | align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Syed Modi International Badminton Championships|Syed Modi International]] | colspan="1" style="color:#ccc" 2004; |{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} | colspan="4" style="color:#ccc" 2005; |{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} | bgcolor="lime" 2009; | [[2009 India Open Grand Prix|'''W''']] | colspan="2" 2010; | {{Tooltip| A | Absent}} | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2012; | [[2012 India Open Grand Prix Gold|1R]] | style="color:#ccc" 2013; |{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} | bgcolor="lime" 2014; | [[2014 India Open Grand Prix Gold|'''W''']] | bgcolor="lime" 2015; | [[2015 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold|'''W''']] | 2016; colspan="2" style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| ''w/d'' |Withdrew}} |2018; bgcolor="#d8bfd8" |[[2018 Syed Modi International|F]] |2019; style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| ''w/d'' |Withdrew}} |2020; | | SR; | '''3/5''' | bgcolor="lime" Best; | '''W''' ('09, '14, '15) |- | align="left" | {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chinese Taipei Open]] | colspan="3" style="color:#ccc" 2004; |{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} | colspan="1" 2007; | {{Tooltip| A |Absent}} | bgcolor="lime" 2008; | [[2008 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix|'''W''']] | colspan="10" 2009; | {{Tooltip| A | Absent}} |2019; style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| ''w/d'' |Withdrew}} |2020; | | SR; | '''1/1''' | bgcolor="lime" Best; | '''W''' ('08) |- | align="left" | {{flagicon|THA}} [[Thailand Open (badminton)|Thailand Open]] | colspan="3" style="color:#ccc" 2004; |{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2007; |[[2007 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix|1R]] | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2008; |[[2008 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix|QF]] | 2009; |{{Tooltip| A | Absent}} | style="color:#ccc" 2010; |{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2011; |[[2011 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix|QF]] | bgcolor="lime" 2012; | [[2012 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold|'''W''']] | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2013; |[[2013 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold|QF]] | style="color:#ccc" 2014; |{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} | colspan="2" 2015; | {{Tooltip| A | Absent}} |2017; style="background:yellow;" |[[2017 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold|SF]] |2018; style=color:#ccc|{{Tooltip| ''w/d'' |Withdrew}} |2019; bgcolor="#afeeee" |[[2019 Thailand Open (badminton)|2R]] |2020; | | SR; | '''1/7''' | bgcolor="lime" Best; | '''W''' ('12) |- | align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[India Open (badminton)|India Open]] | colspan="4" style="color:#ccc" 2004; |{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2008; |[[2008 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix|2R]] | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2009; |[[2009 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix|QF]] | bgcolor="lime" 2010; | [[2010 India Open Grand Prix Gold|'''W''']] | colspan="10" style="color:#ccc" 2011; |{{Tooltip| N/A |Not Applicable}} | SR; | '''1/3''' | bgcolor="lime" Best; | '''W''' ('10) |- | align="left" | {{flagicon|MAC}} [[Macau Open Badminton Championships|Macau Open]] | colspan="12" | {{Tooltip| A | Absent}} | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2016; |[[2016 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold|QF]] | colspan="3" | {{Tooltip| A | Absent}} |2020; | | SR; | '''0/1''' | bgcolor="#ffebcd" Best; | QF ('16) |- ! width=244 | Tournament !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 !! 2010 !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013 !! 2014 !! 2015 !! 2016 !! 2017 !! 2018 !! 2019 !! 2020 !! width="40" | {{Tooltip| SR | Strike Rate}} !! Best |- | colspan="20" style="text-align:center;" | '''Other Events''' |- | align="left" | [[Badminton at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] | colspan="2" style="color:#ccc" 2004; |{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2006; | [[Badminton at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|3R]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Badminton > Round of 16 Match 40 – Result |url=http://m2006.thecgf.com/Schedule%20and%20Results/By%20Sport/Badminton/Thu%2023%20Mar/Results/Result%20-%20BD100140700007?ScheduleItemID=30322 |accessdate=2 January 2016}}</ref> | colspan="3" style="color:#ccc" 2007; |{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} | bgcolor="gold" 2010; |'''[[Badminton at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's singles|G]]''' | colspan="3" style="color:#ccc" 2011; |{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} | colspan="1" 2014; | {{Tooltip| A | Absent}} | colspan="3" style="color:#ccc" 2015; |{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} |2018; bgcolor="gold" |'''[[Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's singles|G]]''' | colspan="2" style="color:#ccc" 2019; |{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} | SR; | '''1/3''' | bgcolor="lime" Best; | '''W''' ('10, '18) |- | align="left" | [[Badminton at the Asian Games|Asian Games]] | colspan="2" style="color:#ccc" 2004; |{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2006; |[[Badminton at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's singles|2R]] | colspan="3" style="color:#ccc" 2007; |{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2010; |[[Badminton at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's singles|QF]] | colspan="3" style="color:#ccc" 2011; |{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2014; |[[Badminton at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's singles|QF]] | colspan="3" style="color:#ccc" 2015; |{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} |2018; bgcolor="#cd7f32" |[[Badminton at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's singles|B]] |2019; colspan="2" style="color:#ccc" |{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} | SR; | '''0/4''' | bgcolor="#cd7f32" Best; | B ('18) |- | align="left" | [[Badminton Asia Championships|Asian Championships]] | colspan="2" 2004; | {{Tooltip| A | Absent}} | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2006; |[[2006 Asian Badminton Championships|2R]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Chetan, Saina in second round |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/chetan-saina-in-second-round/article3171231.ece |accessdate=2 January 2016 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=30 March 2006}}</ref> | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2007; |[[2007 Badminton Asia Championships|2R]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Anup Sridhar advances |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/anup-sridhar-advances/article1827626.ece |accessdate=2 January 2016 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=13 April 2007}}</ref> | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2008; |[[2008 Badminton Asia Championships|1R]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Badminton Asia Championships 2008: Draws: WS |url=http://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=95CEC9F7-BA64-441F-8E50-0EC4129CA92E&draw=10 |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |accessdate=2 January 2016}}</ref> | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2009; |[[2009 Badminton Asia Championships|1R]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Happy Suwon Badminton Asia Championships 2009: Draws: WS |url=http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=A6BA1BC8-35AC-4B31-9D82-C5D4A8B13770&draw=27 |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |accessdate=2 January 2016}}</ref> | bgcolor="#cd7f32" 2010; |[[2010 Badminton Asia Championships|B]] | colspan="1" 2011; | {{Tooltip| A |Absent}} | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2012; |[[2012 Badminton Asia Championships|2R]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Badminton Asia Championships 2012: Draws: WS |url=http://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=6827E1D2-DD7D-451F-BE52-EA4FA37FFAF5&draw=2 |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |accessdate=2 January 2016}}</ref> | colspan="2" 2013; | {{Tooltip| A | Absent}} | bgcolor="#ffebcd" 2015; |[[2015 Badminton Asia Championships|QF]] | bgcolor="#cd7f32" 2016; |[[2016 Badminton Asia Championships|B]] |2017; bgcolor="#afeeee" |[[2017 Badminton Asia Championships|1R]] |2018; bgcolor="#cd7f32" |[[2018 Badminton Asia Championships|B]] |2019; bgcolor="#ffebcd" |[[2019 Badminton Asia Championships|QF]] |2020; | | SR; | '''0/11''' | style="background:yellow;" Best; | SF ('10, '16, '18) |- | align="left" | [[Philippines Open (badminton)|Philippines Open]] | colspan="2" style="color:#ccc" 2004; |{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} | bgcolor="lime" 2006; | '''W<ref>{{cite news |title=Saina creates history, wins Philippines Open |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/saina-creates-history-wins-philippines-open/article3139653.ece |accessdate=2 January 2016 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=29 May 2006}}</ref>''' | bgcolor="#afeeee" 2007; |1R<ref>{{cite web |title=Philippines Open 2007: Draws: WS |url=http://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=C99F4EC4-A4F1-441A-9149-B7C148FCD8E7&draw=3 |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |accessdate=2 January 2016}}</ref> | colspan="1" style="color:#ccc" 2008; |{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} | colspan="1" 2009; | {{Tooltip| A |Absent}} | colspan="11" style="color:#ccc" 2010; |{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} | SR; | '''1/2''' | bgcolor="lime" Best; | '''W''' ('06) |- | align="left" | [[India Satellite (badminton)|India Satellite]] | colspan="1" 2004; | {{Tooltip| A |Absent}} | bgcolor="lime" 2005; | '''W<ref>{{cite web |title=India Satellite 2005: Winners |url=http://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=1B559E4A-8590-40D9-A712-F93E3644789B |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |accessdate=2 January 2016}}</ref>''' | bgcolor="lime" 2006; | '''W<ref>{{cite web |title=INDIA SATELLITE 2006: Winners |url=http://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=B4E9E52D-C8FF-4E59-AC08-1739B2AF2A35 |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |accessdate=2 January 2016}}</ref>''' | colspan="14" style="color:#ccc" 2010; |{{Tooltip| NH |Not Held}} | SR; | '''2/2''' | bgcolor="lime" Best; | '''W''' ('05, '06) |- style="background:#fffaaa;" | align=left | '''Year-end ranking'''<ref>{{cite web |title=BWF World Rankings |url=http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/ranking/category.aspx?id=10410&category=473 |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |accessdate=31 December 2015}}</ref> |2004; | |2005; | |2006; | |2007; | |2008; | |2009; |8 |2010; |4 |2011; |3 |2012; |3 |2013; |8 |2014; |4 |2015; |2 |2016; |10 |2017; |10 |2018; |9 |2019: |11 |2020; | | '''1''' || |}'