Tarun Kona

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

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

Achievements

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

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

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 India Grand Prix Shruti Kurien Arun Vishnu
Aparna Balan
14–21, 21–17, 19–21 Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (12 titles, 10 runners-up)

Men's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 India International Ashwini Ponnappa Akshay Dewalkar
Pradnya Gadre
17–21, 21–18, 18–21 Runner-up
2015 Uganda International N. Sikki Reddy Muhammed Ali Kurt
Kader İnal
11–6, 11–4, 11–6 Winner
2015 Romanian International N. Sikki Reddy Jones Rafli Jansen
Cisita Joity Jansen
11–7, 11–8, 11–4 Winner
2015 Lagos International N. Sikki Reddy Robert Mateusiak
Nadieżda Zięba
19–21, 7–21 Runner-up
2020 Uganda International Meghana Jakkampudi Shivam Sharma
Poorvisha S. Ram
21–7, 14–21, 21–16 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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


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