Thilini Pramodika Hendahewa (born 18 September 1996) is a Sri Lankan badminton player. She competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, also at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. Hendahewa was the women' singles champion at the 2014 Sri Lanka national championships. She won her first senior international title at the 2017 Lagos International tournament in the women's singles and doubles event. Together with Kavidi Sirimannage, they claimed the gold medal in the 2019 South Asian Games. She became one of the first two Sri Lankans to win a BWF World Tour tournament, when she won the mixed doubles event alongside Sachin Dias at the 2022 Odisha Open.
Hendahewa educated applied sciences at University of Sri Jayewardenepura in Nugegoda.
Achievements South Asian Games Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2019 Badminton Covered Hall,Pokhara, Nepal Kavidi Sirimannage Achini Ratnasiri Upuli Weerasinghe 21–10, 21–7 Gold
Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2019 Badminton Covered Hall,Pokhara, Nepal Sachin Dias Dhruv Kapila Meghana Jakkampudi 16–21, 14–21 Silver
BWF World Tour (1 title) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Mixed doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result 2022 Odisha Open Super 100 Sachin Dias Arjun M. R. Treesa Jolly 21–16, 22–20 Winner
BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 2 runners-up) Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2017 Lagos International Mugdha Agrey 21–13, 21–19 Winner
Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2017 Lagos International Kavidi Sirimannage Zainab Momoh Ramatu Yakubu 21–8, 21–5 Winner 2018 Nepal International Kavidi Sirimannage Aparna Balan Sruthi K.P 16–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2019 Maldives Future Series Kavidi Sirimannage Kuo Yu-wen Lin Wan-ching 19–21, 18–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament
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