Anupama Upadhyaya (born 12 February 2005) is an Indian badminton player. She is a former BWF World Junior Number 1. She became the Indian National Badminton Champion in women's singles in 2023.
Early life Hailing from Almora, Uttarakhand, Upadhyaya first started playing badminton when she was sent to a summer camp by her father, Naveen, a former cricketer. She first started training under D. K. Sen (father of 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medalist Lakshya Sen).
Career In 2023, Upadhyaya won the Indian National Championships women's singles title at the age of 18, became the first girls' from Almora district to do so. She was elected to join national team to compete at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
Achievements BWF International (6 titles, 2 runners-up) Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2020 Kenya International Aakarshi Kashyap 15–21, 6–21 Runner-up 2021 Uganda International Malvika Bansod 21–17, 23–25, 10–21 Runner-up 2021 India International Challenge Unnati Hooda 21–19, 21–16 Winner 2022 Polish Open Aditi Bhatt 17–21, 21–14, 21–17 Winner 2023 Tajikistan International Ksenia Polikarpova 19–21, 21–9, 21–8 Winner 2024 Polish Open Tanya Hemanth 21–15, 11–21, 21–10 Winner 2024 Kazakhstan International Isharani Baruah 21–15, 21–16 Winner 2026 Uganda International Mansi Singh 21–17, 21–10 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament
BWF Junior International (1 title) Girls' singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2022 Uganda Junior International Meghana Reddy 21–10, 12–21, 21–17 Winner BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament BWF Junior International Challenge tournament BWF Junior International Series tournament BWF Junior Future Series tournament
Performance timeline
National team Junior level Team events 2022 World Junior Championships 13th
Senior level Team events 2022 2023 2024 2025 Asian Games QF NH Sudirman Cup NH RR NH RR
Individual competitions Junior level Team events 2022 World Junior Championships 3R
Senior level Events 2025 Asia Championships 1R
Tournament BWF World Tour Best 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Malaysia Open A 1R A 1R ('25) India Open 2R A 2R A 2R ('22, '25) Indonesia Masters A 1R A 1R ('25) Thailand Masters NH 1R A 1R 1R ('23, '26) German Open A 1R 1R ('25) Orléans Masters QF Q2 2R A QF ('22) Swiss Open A 2R 2R ('25) Taipei Open A 1R 1R 1R ('24, '25) Thailand Open Q1 A 1R 1R ('25) Singapore Open A 1R 1R ('25) Indonesia Open A 1R 1R ('25) Canada Open A 2R A 2R ('24) Japan Open A 2R 2R ('25) China Open A 1R 1R ('25) Macau Open NH 1R 1R 1R ('24, '25) Vietnam Open 1R A 1R A 1R ('22, '24) Hong Kong Open NH A 1R 1R ('25) China Masters NH A 2R A 2R ('24) Indonesia Masters Super 100 A 1R A 1R ('23) A Korea Open A 1R 1R ('25) Kaohsiung Masters NH A 1R A 1R ('24) Al Ain Masters NH A NH QF QF ('25) French Open A 1R 1R ('25) Hylo Open A 1R 1R ('25) Australian Open A 2R A 2R ('24) Syed Modi International SF 2R 2R 2R SF ('22) Guwahati Masters NH 2R A QF QF ('25) Odisha Masters 2R QF 1R QF QF ('23, '25) Year-end ranking 48 87 46 48 38 Tournament 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Best
See also Badminton in India India national badminton team
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