Sawan Serasinghe (born 21 February 1994) is a former badminton player from Australia. 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.

Serasinghe with his partner Matthew Chau in 2016

Career

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.

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.

Off the court, Serasinghe holds a Bachelor of Business Information Systems degree from Monash University.

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2020Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, AustraliaAustralia Matthew ChauNew Zealand Oliver Leydon-Davis New Zealand Abhinav Manota21–18, 9–21, 14–21Silver
2019Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, AustraliaAustralia Eric VuongAustralia Simon Leung Australia Mitchell Wheller21–17, 21–10Gold
2018Eastlink Badminton Stadium, Hamilton, New ZealandAustralia Matthew ChauAustralia Robin Middleton Australia Ross Smith21–17, 23–21Gold
2017Salle Anewy, Nouméa, New CaledoniaAustralia Matthew ChauNew Zealand Kevin Dennerly-Minturn New Zealand Niccolo Tagle21–8, 21–14Gold
2016Punaauia University Hall, Papeete, TahitiAustralia Matthew ChauFrench Polynesia Leo Cucuel French Polynesia Remi Rossi21–11, 21–12Gold
2015X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre, Auckland, New ZealandAustralia Matthew ChauNew Zealand Kevin Dennerly-Minturn New Zealand Oliver Leydon-Davis10–21, 21–16, 21–13Gold
2014Ken Kay Badminton Hall, Ballarat, AustraliaAustralia Matthew ChauAustralia Raymond Tam Australia Glenn Warfe11–21, 13–21Silver

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, AustraliaAustralia Khoo Lee YenAustralia Simon Leung Australia Gronya Somerville18–21, 15–21Silver
2018Eastlink Badminton Stadium, Hamilton, New ZealandAustralia Setyana MapasaAustralia Matthew Chau Australia Leanne Choo21–19, 21–18Gold
2017Salle Anewy, Nouméa, New CaledoniaAustralia Setyana MapasaAustralia Joel Findlay Australia Gronya Somerville21–19, 21–9Gold

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

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

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017New Zealand OpenAustralia Setyana MapasaIndonesia Ronald Alexander Indonesia Annisa Saufika19–21, 14–21Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 3 runners-up)

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Nouméa InternationalAustralia Matthew ChauAustralia Joel Findlay Australia Jeff Tho17–21, 21–7, 21–14Winner
2015Maribyrnong InternationalAustralia Matthew ChauMalaysia Darren Isaac Devadass Malaysia Vountus Indra Mawan24–22, 10–21, 14–21Runner-up
2015Waikato InternationalAustralia Matthew ChauPakistan Rizwan Azam Australia Michael Fariman21–16, 21–15Winner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Sydney InternationalAustralia Setyana MapasaChinese Taipei Ye Hong-wei Chinese Taipei Teng Chun-hsunWalkoverRunner-up
2017Nouméa InternationalAustralia Setyana MapasaNew Zealand Dylan Soedjasa New Zealand Susannah Leydon-Davis21–13, 15–21, 21–17Winner
2015Norwegian InternationalAustralia Setyana MapasaDenmark Soren Gravholt Denmark Maiken Fruergaard21–17, 21–15Winner
2015Maribyrnong InternationalAustralia Setyana MapasaAustralia Robin Middleton Australia Leanne Choo21–17, 19–21, 19–21Runner-up
2015Waikato InternationalAustralia Setyana MapasaAustralia Matthew Chau Australia Gronya Somerville21–13, 21–17Winner
2014Sydney InternationalAustralia Setyana MapasaAustralia Pham Tran Hoang Indonesia Sylvina Kurniawan11–4, 11–8, 11–3Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

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