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{{short description|Indian badminton player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox badminton player
| name = Anup Sridhar
| image =The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the “Arjuna” Award – 2007, to Shri Anup Sridhar (Badminton), in New Delhi on August 29, 2008.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = The President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the “Arjuna” Award – 2007, to Anup Sridhar (right), in New Delhi on August 29, 2008.
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|4|11}}
| birth_place = [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]
| height = 1.89 m
| weight =
| event = Men's singles
| country = {{IND}}
| years_active =
| handedness = Right
| coach = [[Prakash Padukone]]<br /> [[U. Vimal Kumar]]<br /> Tom John
| highest_ranking = 24
| date_of_highest_ranking = 14 January 2010
| played =
| titles =
| medal_templates =
{{MedalSport | [[Badminton]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Badminton at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Melbourne]] | [[Badminton at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Mixed team]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Badminton Asia Championships|Asian Championships]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2007 Badminton Asia Championships|2007 Johor Bahru]] | Men's singles }}
| bwf_id = 0D01ECED-A06B-471D-84E3-6A44CCEC26EE
}}

'''Anup Sridhar''' (born 11 April 1983)<ref>{{cite web |title=Anup: The Journey So Far |url=http://www.badmintonmania.com/features_anup.htm |publisher=BadmintonMania |accessdate=2008-03-15}}</ref> is a retired [[Indian people|Indian]] [[badminton]] player.

==Career==
Anup Sridhar is India's [[Thomas Cup]] captain. He completed his education from [[Jain University]],<ref>https://www.jainuniversity.ac.in/Notable-Alumni/Anup-Sridhar.php Notable Alumni</ref> [[Bangalore]]. Anup's best year on tour so far was 2007 during which he ended the year as the top Indian badminton player with a ranking of 25. His highest world ranking of 24 was achieved in early 2008. National Champion 2005, and 2006. India #1 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Having reached the semifinals at the [[German Open (badminton)|German Open]] and the [[Asian Badminton Championships]] and the quarterfinals at the [[Thailand Open (badminton)|Thailand Open]] and, most importantly, at the [[2007 BWF World Championships|2007 World Championships]], the next year holds much promise for this budding shuttler.

His most famous win was the one over [[Taufik Hidayat]] – former world no. 1, gold medalist at the [[Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens Olympics]] and 2005 World Champion – at the World Championships in what was one of the longest matches of the tournament. Anup's performance at the World Championships was rated among the top-10 Indian sporting performances of 2007.

Anup started 2008 by winning the prestigious Pramod Mahajan All-India ranking tournament in [[New Delhi]]. He followed that up by reaching the pre-quarterfinals, one round better than last year, of the Proton Malaysia Super Series where he lost to Hyun Il Lee, the eventual runner-up.

He contested in the men's singles event at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]]. He defeated [[Marco Vasconcelos]] of [[Portugal]] in the round of 64 by 21-16, 21-14. But in round of 16, he lost to [[Shoji Sato]] of [[Japan]] by 13-21, 17-21.

Anup won his 4th career title at the 2013 Yonex Czech International tournament, beating Indra Bagus Ade Chandra of Italy 21-11 21-16 in 30 minutes.

==Vodafone Indian Badminton League==
Anup Sridhar represented Pune Pistons at the inaugural Vodafone Indian Badminton League in 2013, with salary of USD 6,000 dollars. He won his only match played in the entire season against Hu Yun, ranked 8th in the world who represented Banga Beats, 21-12 21-18. With the win, he was the Vodafone Player of the Tie.

== Achievements ==
=== Asian Championships ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|+Men's singles
! Year
! Venue
! Opponent
! Score
! Result
|- style="background:#ECF2FF"
| align="center" | [[2007 Badminton Asia Championships|2007]]
| align="left" | Stadium Bandaraya Johor Bahru, [[Johor Bahru]], [[Malaysia]]
| align="left" |{{flagicon|INA}} [[Taufik Hidayat]]
| align="left" | 19–21, 14–21
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze'''
|}

=== BWF International ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|+Men's singles
! Year
! Tournament
! Opponent
! Score
! Result
|- style="background:#D5D5D5"
| align="center" | 2005
| align="left" | [[Hungarian International]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Scott Evans (badminton)|Scott Evans]]
| align="left" | 15–3, 15–4
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|- style="background:#D5D5D5"
| align="center" | 2012
| align="left" | Victoria International
| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Andrew Smith (badminton)|Andrew Smith]]
| align="left" | 21–13, 21–11
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|- style="background:#D8CEF6"
| align="center" | 2013
| align="left" | [[Czech International]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Indra Bagus Ade Chandra]]
| align="left" | 21–11, 21–16
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|}
: {{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Challenge]] tournament
: {{Color box|#D5D5D5|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Series]] tournament
: {{Color box|#E9E9E9|border=darkgray}} [[BWF Future Series]] tournament

==See also==
* [[Indian Squad for 2008 Olympics]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{BWF|0D01ECED-A06B-471D-84E3-6A44CCEC26EE}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080814175308/http://www.gosports.in/athletes/anup/profile.html Anup's homepage]
* [http://anupsridhar.blogspot.com/ Anup Sridhar's Blog]

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[[Category:Indian male badminton players]]
[[Category:Olympic badminton players of India]]
[[Category:Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton]]
[[Category:Badminton players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Racket sportspeople from Bangalore]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]
[[Category:Kannada people]]
[[Category:Indian national badminton champions]]
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]

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