{{Short description|Indian badminton player (born 2007)}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox badminton player | name = Rakshitha Ramraj | full_name = Rakshitha Sree Santhosh Ramraj | country = India | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2007|4|4}} | birth_place = [[Coimbatore]], Tamil Nadu, India | height = 1.68 m | handedness = Right | years_active = 2021–present | coach = {{ubl | [[Pullela Gopichand]] | [[Rahul Yadav Chittaboina]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Badminton: Rakshitha Ramraj, with a push from coach Gopichand to attack more, registers big win at Hylo Open |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/badminton/rakshitha-sree-hylo-open-badminton-gilmour-9647609/|access-date=9 November 2024|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=1 November 2024}}</ref> }} | event = Women's singles | career_record = 59 wins, 33 losses | highest_ranking = 38 | date_of_highest_ranking = 24 June 2025 | current_ranking = 48 | date_of_current_ranking = 31 March 2026 | bwfbadminton_id = 91807 | bwf_id = f66dc9c4-6f69-4a16-8e08-0749dcf551b9 | medal_templates = {{MedalSport|Women's [[badminton]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[BWF World Junior Championships|World Junior Championships]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[2025 BWF World Junior Championships|2025 Guwahati]]|[[2025 Suhandinata Cup|Mixed team]]}} }}
'''Rakshitha Sree Santhosh Ramraj''' (born 4 April 2007) is an Indian [[badminton]] player.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Players: Rakshitha Sree Santhosh Ramraj |url=https://bwfbadminton.com/player/91807/rakshitha-sree-santhosh-ramraj/ |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] }}</ref> She won two BWF international titles winning the Slovenia Open and India International in 2024.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
== Early life == Ramraj is from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. She is trained by Pullela Gopichand and Rahul Yadav Chittaboina.<ref name=":0" />
== Achievements == === BWF International (3 titles, 4 runners-up) === ''Women's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2024 | align="left" | [[Sri Lanka International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Isharani Baruah]] | align="left" | 20–22, 14–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2024 | align="left" | [[Slovenia Open (badminton)|Slovenia Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Shriyanshi Valishetty]] | align="left" | 21–16, 21–17 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2024 | align="left" | [[Réunion Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Tasnim Mir]] | align="left" | 15–21, 19–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2024 (I) | align="left" | [[India International Challenge|India International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Isharani Baruah]] | align="left" | 15–21, 21–9, 17–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2024 (II) | align="left" | India International | align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Tanvi Patri]] | align="left" | 17–21, 21–12, 21–12 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2025 (II) | align="left" | India International | align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mansi Singh]] | align="left" | 9–21, 14–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2026 | align="left" | [[Vietnam International Challenge|Vietnam International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|HKG}} [[Lo Sin Yan]] | align="left" | 16–21, 21–15, 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
=== BWF Junior International (1 runner-up) === ''Girls' singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#AE9C45" | align="center" | 2023 | align="left" | India Junior International | align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Tara Shah]] | align="left" | 21–13, 23–25, 15–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |} : {{Color box|#AE9C45|border=darkgray}} BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament : {{Color box|#C6D4E1|border=darkgray}} BWF Junior International Challenge tournament : {{Color box|#BDB8AD|border=darkgray}} BWF Junior International Series tournament : {{Color box|#EBE7E0|border=darkgray}} BWF Junior Future Series tournament
== Performance timeline == {{Performance key (badminton)}}
=== National team === * ''Junior level'' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center" ! Team events !! 2022 !! 2023 !! Ref |- | bgcolor="#ECF2FF"; align="left" | [[Badminton Asia Junior Championships|Asian Junior Championships]] | style=color:#ccc | NH | bgcolor=FFEBCD | [[2023 Badminton Asia Junior Championships – Teams event|QF]] | <ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=India's campaign ends in team event of Badminton Asia Junior Championships |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/badminton/indias-campaign-ends-in-team-event-of-badminton-asia-junior-championships/articleshow/101643442.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=10 July 2023 |access-date=9 November 2024}}</ref> |- | bgcolor="#ECF2FF"; align="left" | [[BWF World Junior Championships|World Junior Championships]] | bgcolor=AFEEEE | [[2022 BWF World Junior Championships|13th]] | style=color:#ccc | A | |}
* ''Senior level'' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center" ! Team events !! 2026 !! Ref |- | bgcolor="#ECF2FF"; align="left" | [[Badminton Asia Team Championships|Asian Championships]] | bgcolor="FFEBCD" | [[2026 Badminton Asia Team Championships|7th]] |}
=== Individual competitions === ==== Junior level ==== * ''Girls' singles'' {| style='font-size: 90%; text-align:center;' class='wikitable' ! Events !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024 !! 2025 !! Ref |- | bgcolor="#ECF2FF"; align="left" | [[Badminton Asia Junior Championships|Asia Junior Championships]] | style=color:#ccc | NH | bgcolor=AFEEEE | [[2023 Badminton Asia Junior Championships – Girls' singles|4R]] | colspan="2" style=color:#ccc | A | <ref>{{cite web |title=Badminton Asia Junior Championships 2023 results for Indian shuttlers |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/badminton-asia-junior-championships-2023-india-medal-winners-results |publisher=[[Olympic Games]] |date=14 July 2023 |access-date=9 November 2024}}</ref> |- | bgcolor="#ECF2FF"; align="left" | [[BWF World Junior Championships|World Junior Championships]] | bgcolor=AFEEEE | [[2022 BWF World Junior Championships – Girls' singles|3R]] | colspan="2" style=color:#ccc | A | bgcolor=AFEEEE | [[2025 BWF World Junior Championships – Girls' singles|4R]] | <ref>{{cite web |title=BWF World Junior C'ships: Unnati Hooda, S Sankar progress; top seed Anupama Upadhyaya bows out |url=https://scroll.in/field/1035952/bwf-world-junior-c-ships-unnati-hooda-s-sankar-progress-top-seed-anupama-upadhyaya-bows-out |publisher=[[Scroll.in]] |date=26 October 2022 |access-date=9 November 2024}}</ref> |}
==== Senior level ==== * ''Women's singles'' {| style='font-size: 90%; text-align:center;' class='wikitable' ! rowspan="2" | Tournament !! colspan="3" | [[BWF World Tour]] !! rowspan="2" | Best !! rowspan="2" | Ref |- ! [[2024 BWF World Tour|2024]] !! [[2025 BWF World Tour|2025]] !! [[2026 BWF World Tour|2026]] |- | align=left | [[India Open]] | style=color:#ccc | A | bgcolor=AFEEEE | '''[[2025 India Open (badminton)|1R]]''' | style=color:#ccc | A | bgcolor=AFEEEE | '''1R''' ('25) | <ref>{{cite web |title=India Open 2025: Anupama wins next gen battle against Rakshitha but her journey has just begun |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/badminton/anupama-upadhyaya-rakshitha-ramraj-india-open-2025-badminton-training-gopichand-academy-season-goals/article69101871.ece |publisher=[[Sportstar]] |date=15 January 2025 |access-date=30 January 2025}}</ref> |- | align=left | [[Indonesia Masters]] | style=color:#ccc | A | bgcolor=AFEEEE | '''[[2025 Indonesia Masters|1R]]''' | style=color:#ccc | A | bgcolor=AFEEEE | '''1R''' ('25) | |- | align=left | [[Thailand Masters (badminton)|Thailand Masters]] | style=color:#ccc | A | bgcolor=FFEBCD | '''[[2025 Thailand Masters (badminton)|QF]]''' | bgcolor=AFEEEE | [[2026 Thailand Masters (badminton)|1R]] | bgcolor=FFEBCD | '''QF''' ('25) | |- | align=left | [[German Open (badminton)|German Open]] | style=color:#ccc | A | bgcolor=FFEBCD | '''[[2025 German Open (badminton)|QF]]''' | bgcolor=AFEEEE | [[2026 German Open (badminton)|1R]] | bgcolor=FFEBCD | '''QF''' ('25) | |- | align=left | [[Swiss Open (badminton)|Swiss Open]] | style=color:#ccc | A | bgcolor=AFEEEE | '''[[2025 Swiss Open (badminton)|1R]]''' | style=color:#ccc | A | bgcolor=AFEEEE | '''1R''' ('25) | |- | align=left | [[Orléans Masters]] | colspan="2" style=color:#ccc | A | bgcolor=AFEEEE | '''[[2026 Orléans Masters|1R]]''' | bgcolor=AFEEEE | '''1R''' ('26) | |- | align=left | [[Thailand Open (badminton)|Thailand Open]] | style=color:#ccc | A | bgcolor=AFEEEE | [[2025 Thailand Open (badminton)|1R]] | A | bgcolor=AFEEEE | '''2R''' ('26) | |- | align=left | [[Baoji China Masters]] | colspan="2" style=color:#ccc | A | bgcolor=AFEEEE | '''[[2026 Baoji China Masters|2R]]''' | bgcolor=AFEEEE | '''2R''' ('26) | |- | align=left | [[Singapore Open (badminton)|Singapore Open]] | style=color:#ccc | A | bgcolor=AFEEEE | '''[[2025 Singapore Open (badminton)|1R]]''' | | bgcolor=AFEEEE | '''1R''' ('25) | |- | align=left | [[Indonesia Open (badminton)|Indonesia Open]] | style=color:#ccc | A | bgcolor=AFEEEE | '''[[2025 Indonesia Open|1R]]''' | | bgcolor=AFEEEE | '''1R''' ('25) | |- | align=left | [[Japan Open (badminton)|Japan Open]] | style=color:#ccc | A | bgcolor=AFEEEE | '''[[2025 Japan Open|1R]]''' | | bgcolor=AFEEEE | '''1R''' ('25) | |- | align=left | [[Taipei Open (badminton)|Taipei Open]] | bgcolor=AFEEEE | '''[[2024 Taipei Open|1R]]''' | bgcolor=AFEEEE | '''[[2025 Taipei Open|1R]]''' | | bgcolor=AFEEEE | '''1R''' ('24, '25) | |- | align=left | [[Macau Open Badminton Championships|Macau Open]] | style=color:#ccc | A | bgcolor=AFEEEE | '''[[2025 Macau Open (badminton)|2R]]''' | | bgcolor=AFEEEE | '''2R''' ('25) | |- | align=left | [[Vietnam Open (badminton)|Vietnam Open]] | bgcolor=AFEEEE | '''[[2024 Vietnam Open|2R]]''' | style=color:#ccc | A | | bgcolor=AFEEEE | '''2R''' ('24) | |- | align=left | [[Hong Kong Open (badminton)|Hong Kong Open]] | style=color:#ccc | A | bgcolor=AFEEEE | '''[[2025 Hong Kong Open (badminton)|1R]]''' | | bgcolor=AFEEEE | '''1R''' ('25) | |- | align=left | [[Indonesia Masters Super 100]] | bgcolor=FFEBCD | '''[[2024 Indonesia Masters Super 100 I|QF]]''' | style=color:#ccc | A | | bgcolor=FFEBCD | '''QF''' ('24) | |- | align=left | [[Kaohsiung Masters]] | bgcolor=AFEEEE | '''[[2024 Kaohsiung Masters|2R]]''' | style=color:#ccc | A | | bgcolor=AFEEEE | '''2R''' ('24) | |- | align=left | [[Hylo Open]] | bgcolor=FFEBCD | '''[[2024 Hylo Open|QF]]''' | bgcolor=FFEBCD | '''[[2025 Hylo Open|QF]]''' | | bgcolor=FFEBCD | '''QF''' ('24, '25) | <ref>{{cite web |title=Malvika Bansod, Ayush Shetty cruise into semi-finals of Hylo Open 2024 |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/others/malvika-bansod-ayush-shetty-cruise-into-semi-finals-of-hylo-open-202420241101231454/ |publisher=[[Asian News International]] |date=1 November 2024 |access-date=9 November 2024 |archive-date=3 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241103031414/https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/others/malvika-bansod-ayush-shetty-cruise-into-semi-finals-of-hylo-open-202420241101231454/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | align=left | [[Syed Modi International Badminton Championships|Syed Modi International]] | bgcolor=AFEEEE | [[2024 Syed Modi International|2R]] | bgcolor=FFEBCD | '''[[2025 Syed Modi International|QF]]''' | | bgcolor=FFEBCD | '''QF''' ('25) | |- | align=left | [[Guwahati Masters]] | [[2024 Guwahati Masters|{{Tooltip|w/d|Withdrew}}]] | style=color:#ccc | A | | | |- | align=left | [[Odisha Masters]] | bgcolor=FFEBCD | '''[[2024 Odisha Masters|QF]]''' | bgcolor=AFEEEE | [[2025 Odisha Masters|1R]] | | bgcolor=FFEBCD | '''QF''' ('24) | |- | align=left | '''Year-end ranking''' | 2024; | 50 | 2025; | 45 | 2026; | | Best; | '''38''' | |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
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