Sawan Serasinghe
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Sawan Serasinghe (born 21 February 1994) is a former badminton player from Australia.[1] He won seven Oceania Championships titles, five in the men's doubles and two in the mixed doubles. Serasinghe competed in the men's doubles event at the 2016 Summer Olympics alongside Matthew Chau.[2]
Career
[edit | edit source]Serasinghe started playing badminton since the age of five, he was born in Galle, Sri Lanka, and moved to Australia when he was 11 years old. He trains at the National Training Centre in Melbourne, and took out back-to-back Oceania Championships titles with Chau in 2015 and 2016. The 22-year-old also won the 2014 Sydney International Challenge mixed doubles with Setyana Mapasa, against some of the best players in the world. The Melburnian's first international experience was at the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival where he competed in the men's doubles with Chau and also took the court in the men's singles competition.[3]
He made his first Olympic appearance at the 2016 Summer Olympics, competing in the men's doubles with Matthew Chau. They headed into Rio as the 46th highest ranked pairing in the world, and were eliminated in the group stages after losing each of their matches against South Korea, Russia, and Chinese Taipei.[3][4]
Off the court, Serasinghe holds a Bachelor of Business Information Systems degree from Monash University.[3]
Achievements
[edit | edit source]Oceania Championships
[edit | edit source]Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia |
Australia Matthew Chau | New Zealand Oliver Leydon-Davis New Zealand Abhinav Manota |
21–18, 9–21, 14–21 | Silver Silver |
| 2019 | Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia |
Australia Eric Vuong | Australia Simon Leung Australia Mitchell Wheller |
21–17, 21–10 | Gold Gold |
| 2018 | Eastlink Badminton Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand |
Australia Matthew Chau | Australia Robin Middleton Australia Ross Smith |
21–17, 23–21 | Gold Gold |
| 2017 | Salle Anewy, Nouméa, New Caledonia |
Australia Matthew Chau | New Zealand Kevin Dennerly-Minturn New Zealand Niccolo Tagle |
21–8, 21–14 | Gold Gold |
| 2016 | Punaauia University Hall, Papeete, Tahiti |
Australia Matthew Chau | French Polynesia Leo Cucuel French Polynesia Remi Rossi |
21–11, 21–12 | Gold Gold |
| 2015 | X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre, Auckland, New Zealand |
Australia Matthew Chau | New Zealand Kevin Dennerly-Minturn New Zealand Oliver Leydon-Davis |
10–21, 21–16, 21–13 | Gold Gold |
| 2014 | Ken Kay Badminton Hall, Ballarat, Australia |
Australia Matthew Chau | Australia Raymond Tam Australia Glenn Warfe |
11–21, 13–21 | Silver Silver |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia |
Australia Khoo Lee Yen | Australia Simon Leung Australia Gronya Somerville |
18–21, 15–21 | Silver Silver |
| 2018 | Eastlink Badminton Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand |
Australia Setyana Mapasa | Australia Matthew Chau Australia Leanne Choo |
21–19, 21–18 | Gold Gold |
| 2017 | Salle Anewy, Nouméa, New Caledonia |
Australia Setyana Mapasa | Australia Joel Findlay Australia Gronya Somerville |
21–19, 21–9 | Gold Gold |
BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)
[edit | edit source]The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | New Zealand Open | Australia Setyana Mapasa | Indonesia Ronald Alexander Indonesia Annisa Saufika |
19–21, 14–21 | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up |
- BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
- BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 3 runners-up)
[edit | edit source]Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Nouméa International | Australia Matthew Chau | Australia Joel Findlay Australia Jeff Tho |
17–21, 21–7, 21–14 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
| 2015 | Maribyrnong International | Australia Matthew Chau | Malaysia Darren Isaac Devadass Malaysia Vountus Indra Mawan |
24–22, 10–21, 14–21 | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up |
| 2015 | Waikato International | Australia Matthew Chau | Pakistan Rizwan Azam Australia Michael Fariman |
21–16, 21–15 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Sydney International | Australia Setyana Mapasa | Chinese Taipei Ye Hong-wei Chinese Taipei Teng Chun-hsun |
Walkover | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up |
| 2017 | Nouméa International | Australia Setyana Mapasa | New Zealand Dylan Soedjasa New Zealand Susannah Leydon-Davis |
21–13, 15–21, 21–17 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
| 2015 | Norwegian International | Australia Setyana Mapasa | Denmark Soren Gravholt Denmark Maiken Fruergaard |
21–17, 21–15 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
| 2015 | Maribyrnong International | Australia Setyana Mapasa | Australia Robin Middleton Australia Leanne Choo |
21–17, 19–21, 19–21 | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up |
| 2015 | Waikato International | Australia Setyana Mapasa | Australia Matthew Chau Australia Gronya Somerville |
21–13, 21–17 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
| 2014 | Sydney International | Australia Setyana Mapasa | Australia Pham Tran Hoang Indonesia Sylvina Kurniawan |
11–4, 11–8, 11–3 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
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External links
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- Sawan Serasinghe at BWFBadminton.com Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- Sawan Serasinghe at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Galle
- Badminton players from Melbourne
- Sri Lankan emigrants to Australia
- Australian male badminton players
- Badminton players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic badminton players for Australia
- Badminton players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games badminton players for Australia
- Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
- Monash University alumni
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen