Tarun Kona

Badminton player

Tarun Kona
Personal information
Country	India
Born	(1989年11月17日) 17 November 1989 (age 35) Hyderabad, India
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Years active	2006
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	37 (MD 23 May 2013) 26 (XD 25 April 2013)
BWF profile

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

Achievements

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BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

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

Mixed doubles

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

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

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

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Men's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

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