Kunlavut Vitidsarn

Kunlavut Vitidsarn
Kunlavut Vitidsarn
	Vitidsarn in 2018
Personal information
Country	Thailand
Born	11 May 2001; Chonburi, Thailand
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's singles
Career record	258 wins, 74 losses
Highest ranking	6 (24 January 2023)
Current ranking	7 (2 May 2023)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Thailand
World Championships
Southeast Asian Games
World Junior Championships
Asian Junior Championships
Representing Mixed-NOCs
Youth Olympic Games
	BWF profile

Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thai: กุลวุฒิ วิทิตศานต์; simply known as View (Thai: วิว); born 11 May 2001) is a Thai badminton player.[1] He was three-times World Junior champion, winning in 2017, 2018 and 2019.[2][3][4] Vitidsarn became the first men's singles player to win three World Junior Championships titles, joining Ratchanok Intanon and Chen Qingchen as a three-time winner of the World Junior title in the same discipline.[5] He claimed the gold medal at the Asian Junior Championships in 2019, where he previously won a silver in 2018 and bronze in 2017.[6] Vitidsarn participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, and was part of the team Omega took the silver medal in the mixed team event.[7] He was named the 2020/2021 Eddy Choong Most Promising Player.[8] In the senior category, he won the silver medal at the 2022 World Championships.[9]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Viktor Axelsen	5–21, 16–21	Silver

Southeast Asian Games

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Bac Giang Gymnasium, Bắc Giang, Vietnam	Loh Kean Yew	21–13, 21–13	Gold

BWF World Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Among Rogo Sports Hall, Yogyakarta, Indonesia	Leong Jun Hao	17–21, 21–15, 21–9	Gold
2018	Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada	Kodai Naraoka	21–9, 21–11	Gold
2019	Kazan Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia	Christo Popov	21–8, 21–11	Gold

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia	Leong Jun Hao	21–19, 14–21, 21–23	Bronze
2018	Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia	Lakshya Sen	19–21, 18–21	Silver
2019	Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre, Suzhou, China	Liu Liang	21–14, 21–13	Gold

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[10] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[11]

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Spain Masters	Super 300	Viktor Axelsen	16–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2021	Swiss Open	Super 300	Viktor Axelsen	16–21, 6–21	Runner-up
2021	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Viktor Axelsen	12–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2022	German Open	Super 300	Lakshya Sen	21–18, 21–15	Winner
2023	India Open	Super 750	Viktor Axelsen	22–20, 10–21, 21–12	Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 2 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	India International	Lakshya Sen	15–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2018	Nepal International	Soo Teck Zhi	20–22, 22–20, 21–9	Winner
2019	Iran Fajr International	Li Shifeng	21–18, 21–17	Winner
2019	Polish Open	Lakshya Sen	21–17, 21–14	Winner
2019	Finnish Open	Lin Chun-yi	21–16, 18–21, 21–14	Winner
2019	Spanish International	Toby Penty	21–14, 21–14	Winner
2019	Mongolia International	Kodai Naraoka	21–9, 17–21, 21–23	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (11 titles, 2 runners-up)

Boys' singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Banthongyord Junior International	Fong Hau Sim	21–14, 21–13	Winner
2017	Jaya Raya Junior International	Ikhsan Rumbay	21–17, 21–7	Winner
2017	India Junior International	B. M. Rahul Bharadwaj	21–16, 21–11	Winner
2017	Singapore Youth International	Joel Koh	21–13, 21–13	Winner
2018	Dutch Junior International	Li Shifeng	21–18, 21–14	Winner
2018	German Junior International	Li Shifeng	21–15, 21–11	Winner
2018	Jaya Raya Junior International	Ikhsan Rumbay	21–14, 21–9	Winner
2018	Banthongyord Junior International	Jason Teh	21–16, 21–15	Winner
2019	Banthongyord Junior International	Bobby Setiabudi	21–16, 26–24	Winner

Boys' doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	White Nights Junior International	Pacharapol Nipornram	Rodion Alimov Pavel Kotsarenko	21–14, 21–23, 13–21	Runner-up
2017	India Junior International	Pacharapol Nipornram	Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto Rinov Rivaldy	9–21, 13–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Banthongyord Junior International	Phittayaporn Chaiwan	Hiroki Midorikawa Natsu Saito	23–21, 21–18	Winner
2019	Banthongyord Junior International	Phittayaporn Chaiwan	Di Zijian Li Yijing	21–11, 21–17	Winner

BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

BWF Junior International Series tournament

BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 22 January 2023.[12]

Player	Matches	Win	Lost	Diff.
Lin Dan	2	0	2	–2
Shi Yuqi	1	1	0	+1
Zhao Junpeng	2	2	0	+2
Chou Tien-chen	2	0	2	–2
Anders Antonsen	3	1	2	–1
Viktor Axelsen	7	1	6	–5
Hans-Kristian Vittinghus	1	1	0	+1
B. Sai Praneeth	1	1	0	+1
Srikanth Kidambi	3	3	0	+3

Player	Matches	Win	Lost	Diff.
Parupalli Kashyap	2	2	0	+2
Lakshya Sen	7	4	3	+1
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting	5	3	2	+1
Sony Dwi Kuncoro	2	1	1	0
Kento Momota	2	0	2	–2
Loh Kean Yew	5	4	1	+3
Heo Kwang-hee	2	1	1	0
Kantaphon Wangcharoen	4	2	2	0
Nguyễn Tiến Minh	1	0	1	–1

References

"Players: Kunlavut Vitidsarn". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
Amsa-ngiam, Lerpong (22 October 2017). "Teen makes badminton history". The Nation. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
Hearn, Don (19 November 2018). "WWorld Juniors 2018 – Goh and Vitidsarn each win a second!". Badzine. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
"Kunlavut reaches historic milestone". Bangkok Post. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
Morgan, Liam (13 October 2019). "Vitidsarn ready for step up to senior level after victory at BWF World Junior Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
"Kunlavut finally wins the elusive Badminton Asia junior title". Badminton Asia. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
"Participants: Vitidsarn Kunlavut". Buenos Aires 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
"BWF Player of the Year Award Winners 2020/2021". Badminton World Federation. 3 December 2021. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
"Badminton: Axelsen aims higher after claiming second badminton world title". The Straits Times. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
"Kunlavut Vitidsarn Profile – Head To Head". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

External links

Kunlavut Vitidsarn at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
Kunlavut Vitidsarn at BWFbadminton.com

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[1] "Players: Kunlavut Vitidsarn". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 October 2017.

[2] Amsa-ngiam, Lerpong (22 October 2017). "Teen makes badminton history". The Nation. Retrieved 23 October 2017.

[3] Hearn, Don (19 November 2018). "WWorld Juniors 2018 – Goh and Vitidsarn each win a second!". Badzine. Retrieved 11 October 2019.

[4] "Kunlavut reaches historic milestone". Bangkok Post. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

[5] Morgan, Liam (13 October 2019). "Vitidsarn ready for step up to senior level after victory at BWF World Junior Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

[6] "Kunlavut finally wins the elusive Badminton Asia junior title". Badminton Asia. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

[7] "Participants: Vitidsarn Kunlavut". Buenos Aires 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.

[8] "BWF Player of the Year Award Winners 2020/2021". Badminton World Federation. 3 December 2021. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.

[9] "Badminton: Axelsen aims higher after claiming second badminton world title". The Straits Times. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.

[10] Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

[11] Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[12] "Kunlavut Vitidsarn Profile – Head To Head". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 January 2023.