Weekly Badminton Updates 17th July 2026: Entry Deadlines, Upcoming Tournaments, BWF Rankings & BAI Events

Entry Last Dates - BWF Tournament Schedule – July 2026

Week	Entry Last Date	Dates	Tournament	Country	Event Category / Level
31	23 Jun 2026	28 Jul – 02 Aug 2026	YONEX Taipei Open 2026	Chinese Taipei	HSBC BWF World Tour – Super 300
30	23 Jun 2026	21–25 Jul 2026	CROWNE PLAZA Saipan International 2026	Northern Mariana Islands	BWF International Tournament – International Challenge
31	30 Jun 2026	28 Jul – 02 Aug 2026	Philippine International Challenge 2026	Philippines	BWF International Tournament – International Challenge
30	23 Jun 2026	21–26 Jul 2026	PETRONAS Malaysia Junior International Challenge 2026	Malaysia	BWF Junior Tournament – Junior International Challenge
30	23 Jun 2026	22–25 Jul 2026	NAVEK Türkiye Junior International 2026	Turkey	BWF Junior Tournament – Junior International Series

BWF Tournament Schedule – Weeks 30 & 31 (2026)

Week	Dates	Tournament	Country	Event Category / Level
30	21–26 Jul 2026	VICTOR China Open 2026	China	HSBC BWF World Tour – Super 1000
31	28 Jul – 02 Aug 2026	YONEX Taipei Open 2026	Chinese Taipei	HSBC BWF World Tour – Super 300
30	21–25 Jul 2026	CROWNE PLAZA Saipan International 2026	Northern Mariana Islands	BWF International Tournament – International Challenge
31	28 Jul – 02 Aug 2026	Philippine International Challenge 2026	Philippines	BWF International Tournament – International Challenge
30	23–26 Jul 2026	FELET Mauritius International 2026	Mauritius	BWF International Tournament – Future Series (Cancelled)
30	21–26 Jul 2026	PETRONAS Malaysia Junior International Challenge 2026	Malaysia	BWF Junior Tournament – Junior International Challenge
30	22–25 Jul 2026	NAVEK Türkiye Junior International 2026	Turkey	BWF Junior Tournament – Junior International Series
30	22–26 Jul 2026	XXXIV YONEX Pan Am Junior Championships 2026	Brazil	Continental Junior Championship – Junior Continental Championship

Indian Representation in BWF World Rankings (17th June 2026)

Category	Top 100	Top 50	Top 16	Olympic Probable**
MS	14	5	1	01 - Lakshya SEN
WS	16	7	1	01 - PUSARLA V. Sindhu
MD	6	3	1	01 - Satwiksairaj RANKIREDDY Chirag SHETTY
WD	6	4	0	01 - Kavipriya SELVAM Simran SINGHI
XD	7	3	0	01 - DHRUV KAPILA Tanisha CRASTO

** Olympic Selection window period yet to be started.

Indian Men's Singles – BWF World Rankings (Top 10 Indians)

India Rank	Player	World Rank	Points	Status
1	Lakshya Sen	14	65,213	▲ Up 3
2	Ayush Shetty	21	51,489	No Change
3	H. S. Prannoy	37	40,104	▲ Up 4
4	Kidambi Srikanth	39	39,625	▲ Up 3
5	Tharun Mannepalli	47	33,806	▲ Up 2
6	Kiran George	51	31,270	▲ Up 1
7	Mithun Manjunath	61	27,770	▲ Up 5
8	Saneeth Dayanand	68	25,369	▲ Up 1
9	Rithvik Sanjeevi Satish Kumar	69	24,670	▲ Up 11
10	S. Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian	73	23,700	▲ Up 2

Indian Women's Singles – BWF World Rankings (Top 10 Indians)

India Rank	Player	World Rank	Points	Status
1	P. V. Sindhu	10	61,401	No Change
2	Unnati Hooda	24	48,580	No Change
3	Tanvi Sharma	32	41,395	▲ Up 4
4	Devika Sihag	34	38,974	▲ Up 1
5	Isharani Baruah	37	37,869	▲ Up 2
6	Malvika Bansod	44	34,295	▲ Up 2
7	Shriyanshi Valishetty	49	32,470	No Change
8	Anmol Kharb	51	32,240	No Change
9	Tanya Hemanth	52	31,100	▲ Up 5
10	Rakshitha Sree Santhosh Ramraj	53	31,047	▲ Up 1

Indian Men's Doubles – BWF World Rankings (Top 10 Indian Pairs)

India Rank	Pair	World Rank	Points	Status
1	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty	4	89,311	No Change
2	Hariharan Amsakarunan / M. R. Arjun	24	45,114	▲ Up 3
3	Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy / Sai Pratheek K	48	30,305	No Change
4	Bhargav Ram Arigela / Viswa Tej Gobburu	79	21,970	No Change
5	Suraj Goala / Dhruv Rawat	80	21,660	No Change
6	Dingku Singh Konthoujam / Amaan Mohammad	99	16,260	▲ Up 3
7	Viplav Kuvale / Viraj Kuvale	104	15,730	▲ Up 3
8	Achutaditya Rao Doddavarapu / Pochana Arjun Reddy	109	14,990	▲ Up 11
9	Abinash Mohanty / Ayush Pattanayak	115	13,900	▲ Up 3
10	Hari Bharathi Baskaran / Bharathsanjai S	130	—	▲ Up 4

Indian Women's Doubles – BWF World Rankings (Top Indian Pairs)

India Rank	Pair	World Rank	Points	Status
1	Kavipriya Selvam / Simran Singhi	38	32,053	▲ Up 2
2	Priya Konjengbam / Shruti Mishra	40	31,555	▲ Up 2
3	Ashwini Bhat K. / Shikha Gautam	44	29,990	▲ Up 3
4	Treesa Jolly / Gayatri Gopichand Pullela	49	28,612	▲ Up 4
5	Rutaparna Panda / Swetaparna Panda	51	28,080	▲ Up 1
6	Vaishnavi Khadkekar / Alisha Khan	95	15,804	▲ Up 4
7	Aditi Bhatt / Shravani Walekar	104	14,660	▲ Up 3
8	Nishu Malik / Muskan Sangwan	106	14,600	▲ Up 3
9	Srinidhi Narayanan / Reshika Uthayasooriyan	125	11,760	▲ Up 3
10	Rashmi Ganesh / Sania Sikkandar	126	11,710	▲ Up 3

Indian Mixed Doubles – BWF World Rankings (Top 10 Indian Pairs)

India Rank	Pair	World Rank	Points	Status
1	Dhruv Kapila / Tanisha Crasto	21	46,360	No Change
2	Rohan Kapoor / Ruthvika Shivani Gadde	40	35,320	▲ Up 1
3	Dhruv Rawat / Maneesha K	48	28,830	▲ Up 7
4	Ashith Surya / Amrutha Pramuthesh	55	26,580	▲ Up 1
5	Sathwik Reddy Kanapuram / Radhika Sharma	75	20,280	▲ Up 1
6	Mohit Jaglan / Lakshita Jaglan	82	17,160	▲ Up 1
7	Nithin H. V. / Srinidhi Narayanan	87	16,040	No Change
8	Nitin Kumar / Ritika Thaker	104	14,300	▲ Up 2
9	Bhavya Chhabra / Vishakha Toppo	105	14,250	▲ Up 2
10	Rohith Mohankumar / Riduvarshini Ramasamy	120	12,570	▲ Up 6

Men's Singles – Top 16 World Ranking

Rank	Player	Country	Points	Status
1	SHI Yu Qi	China	105,305	No Change
2	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	Thailand	92,565	No Change
3	Anders Antonsen	Denmark	91,155	No Change
4	Jonatan Christie	Indonesia	88,431	No Change
5	Christo Popov	France	84,682	No Change
6	CHOU Tien Chen	Chinese Taipei	80,280	No Change
7	Alex Lanier	France	74,525	No Change
8	LI Shi Feng	China	73,083	No Change
9	Victor Lai	Canada	72,915	No Change
10	Alwi Farhan	Indonesia	70,369	▲ Up 3
11	Kodai Naraoka	Japan	68,020	▲ Up 1
12	LIN Chun-Yi	Chinese Taipei	66,594	▲ Up 2
13	LOH Kean Yew	Singapore	65,700	▲ Up 1
14	Lakshya Sen	India	65,213	▲ Up 3
15	WENG Hong Yang	China	59,341	No Change
16	Toma Junior Popov	France	58,597	No Change

Women's Singles – Top 16 World Ranking

Rank	Player	Country	Points	Status
1	AN Se Young	Korea	117,787	No Change
2	WANG Zhi Yi	China	106,839	No Change
3	Akane Yamaguchi	Japan	100,426	No Change
4	CHEN Yu Fei	China	87,651	No Change
5	HAN Yue	China	82,288	No Change
6	Putri Kusuma Wardani	Indonesia	73,473	No Change
7	Ratchanok Intanon	Thailand	72,246	No Change
8	Pornpawee Chochuwong	Thailand	67,977	No Change
9	Tomoka Miyazaki	Japan	63,646	No Change
10	P. V. Sindhu	India	61,401	No Change
11	Nozomi Okuhara	Japan	59,060	▲ Up 1
12	Chiu Pin-Chian	Chinese Taipei	57,498	▲ Up 1
13	Michelle Li	Canada	55,227	No Change
14	Mia Blichfeldt	Denmark	53,503	No Change
15	Sim Yu Jin	Korea	53,354	No Change
16	Lin Hsiang Ti	Chinese Taipei	52,029	No Change

Men's Doubles – Top 16 World Ranking

Rank	Pair	Country	Points	Status
1	Kim Won Ho / Seo Seung Jae	Korea	119,249	No Change
2	Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Shohibul Fikri	Indonesia	90,753	No Change
3	Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik	Malaysia	89,484	No Change
4	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty	India	89,311	No Change
5	Liang Wei Keng / Wang Chang	China	86,009	No Change
6	Goh Sze Fei / Nur Izzuddin	Malaysia	76,567	No Change
7	Sabar Karyaman Gutama / Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani	Indonesia	71,696	No Change
8	Chen Bo Yang / Liu Yi	China	70,265	▲ Up 3
9	Man Wei Chong / Tee Kai Wun	Malaysia	69,923	▲ Up 1
10	Takuro Hoki / Yugo Kobayashi	Japan	69,790	▲ Up 1
11	Ben Lane / Sean Vendy	England	63,161	▲ Up 1
12	Raymond Indra / Nikolaus Joaquin	Indonesia	62,366	▲ Up 2
13	Chiu Hsiang Chieh / Wang Chi-Lin	Chinese Taipei	58,825	No Change
14	Kang Min Hyuk / Ki Dong Ju	Korea	58,723	▲ Up 3
15	Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Denmark	57,819	▲ Up 1
16	Daniel Lundgaard / Mads Vestergaard	Denmark	57,295	▲ Up 1

Women's Doubles – Top 16 World Ranking

Rank	Pair	Country	Points	Status
1	Liu Sheng Shu / Tan Ning	China	116,967	No Change
2	Jia Yi Fan / Zhang Shu Xian	China	94,360	▲ Up 3
3	Baek Ha Na / Lee So Hee	Korea	92,154	▲ Up 1
4	Yuki Fukushima / Mayu Matsumoto	Japan	91,806	▲ Up 1
5	Tan Pearly / Thinaah Muralitharan	Malaysia	91,650	▲ Up 1
6	Kim Hye Jeong / Kong Hee Yong	Korea	81,767	No Change
7	Rin Iwanaga / Kie Nakanishi	Japan	78,764	No Change
8	Hsieh Pei Shan / Hung En-Tzu	Chinese Taipei	63,875	No Change
9	Li Yi Jing / Luo Xu Min	China	62,717	No Change
10	Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva	Bulgaria	60,426	No Change
11	Hsu Yin-Hui / Lin Jhih Yun	Chinese Taipei	56,714	▲ Up 2
12	Rui Hirokami / Sayaka Hobara	Japan	56,020	No Change
13	Rachel Allessya Rose / Febi Setianingrum	Indonesia	54,526	▲ Up 2
14	Arisa Igarashi / Chiharu Shida	Japan	53,819	No Change
15	Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma / Meilysa Trias Puspitasari	Indonesia	53,724	No Change
16	Hsu Ya Ching / Sung Yu-Hsuan	Chinese Taipei	52,279	No Change

Mixed Doubles – Top 16 World Ranking

Rank	Pair	Country	Points	Status
1	Feng Yan Zhe / Huang Dong Ping	China	105,300	No Change
2	Jiang Zhen Bang / Wei Ya Xin	China	98,950	No Change
3	Mathias Christiansen / Alexandra Bøje	Denmark	88,870	No Change
4	Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Supissara Paewsampran	Thailand	87,520	▲ Up 1
5	Chen Tang Jie / Toh Ee Wei	Malaysia	85,100	▲ Up 1
6	Guo Xin Wa / Chen Fang Hui	China	78,070	▲ Up 1
7	Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue	France	77,740	▲ Up 1
8	Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet	Hong Kong China	65,890	No Change
9	Cheng Xing / Zhang Chi	China	61,630	▲ Up 1
10	Ye Hong Wei / Nicole Gonzales Chan	Chinese Taipei	59,870	▲ Up 1
11	Goh Soon Huat / Lai Shevon Jemie	Malaysia	59,480	▲ Up 1
12	Jafar Hidayatullah / Felisha Alberta Nathaniel Pasaribu	Indonesia	58,900	▲ Up 3
13	Ruttanapak Oupthong / Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat	Thailand	53,800	No Change
14	Hiroki Midorikawa / Natsu Saito	Japan	53,260	▲ Up 1
15	Yuichi Shimogami / Sayaka Hobara	Japan	52,750	▲ Up 1
16	Amri Syahnawi / Nita Violina Marwah	Indonesia	51,360	▲ Up 1