Badminton: Men's doubles pairs to win BWF 300, 500, 750, 1000 titles

Satwik/Chirag became only the second men's doubles pair to win all levels of the BWF tournaments.

The BWF World Tour is a series of tournaments followed by World Tour Finals (where the top 8 players play at the end of a season play every year). The BWF World Tour series consists of five levels; World Tour Final, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, and Super 300. Among all the tournaments, Super 1000 offer most points, while the Super 100 offer the least points in the BWF World Tour circuit.

So far only two men's doubles pair have won World Tour titles at the Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, and Super 300 levels. They are Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty from India and Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto from Indonesia.

Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto

The two-time World Championships bronze medalists achieved this feat at the Malaysia Open 2023(BWF Super 1000) beating Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang (21-18,18-21,21-13) in the final. The Indonesian pair won their first world tour title at Malaysia Masters 2018 (Super 500) defeating home favourites Goh V Shem/Tan Wee Kiong (14-21,24-22,21-13).

The World No 1 duo have won ten World Tour titles overall (three Super 300, four Super 500, one Super 750 and two Super 1000 tournaments). Their first BWF Super 300 victory came when they defeated home favourites Satwik/Chirag (21-11,22-20) at the Syed Modi International 2018. Subsequently, their first Super 750 title came in 2022 at the Denmark Open where they defeated compatriot Marcus/Kevin (21-19, 28-26).

List of BWF World Tour Titles (Super 300 and above)

Super 300 – Syed Modi International (2018), Swiss Open (2019,2022),

Super 500 –  Malaysia Masters (2018) Korea Open (2019), Indonesia Masters (2022), Malaysia Masters (2022)

Super 750 – Denmark Open (2022)

Super 1000 – Malaysia Open (2023), All England Open (2023)

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty

They become the second pair to achieve this feat after they won the Indonesia Open ( BWF Super 1000) after they defeated reigning world champions Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik (21-17, 21-18). The Indian duo also registered their first win over the Malaysian pair in the nine meetings overall. They are the only pair to win all the tournaments ranging from Super 100 to Super 100. Satwik and Chirag won their first World Tour title at the 2018 Hyderabad Open (Super 100) defeating Akbar/Reza of Indonesia in straight games (21-16, 21-14).

The Asian Champions have won a total of six World Tour Titles (one Super 100, one Super 300, two Super 500, one Super 750, and one Super 1000). They won their first BWF 300 title by defeating Ren/Tan of China (21-19,24-22). Subsequently the Indian duo won their maiden Super 500 title in 2019 at the Thailand Open Chinese pair Li/Yu of (21-19, 18-21, 21-18).

List of BWF World Tour Titles (Super 300 and above)

Super 300 – Swiss Open (2022)

Super 500 – Thailand Masters (2019), India Open (2022)

Super 750 – French Open (2022)

Super 1000 – Indonesia Open (2023)