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Gronya Somerville

Gronya Somerville (born 10 May 1995) is an Australian badminton player specializing in doubles.[2] She has won nine Oceania Championships titles, six in the women's doubles and three in the mixed doubles.

Gronya Somerville
Personal information
CountryAustralia
Born (1995-05-10) 10 May 1995 (age 29)
Carlton, Melbourne, Australia
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking18 (WD with Setyana Mapasa, 2 March 2017)
43 (XD with Kenneth Choo, 31 October 2023)
51 (XD with Simon Leung, 17 March 2020)
Current ranking56 (WD with Kaitlyn Ea)
44 (XD with Kenneth Choo) (16 April 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Australia
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Ballarat Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2015 North Harbour Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Nouméa Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hamilton Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Melbourne Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Melbourne Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2020 Ballarat Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2020 Ballarat Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Melbourne Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Auckland Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2024 Geelong Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2016 Papeete Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Nouméa Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2022 Melbourne Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2024 Geelong Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Ballarat Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Ballarat Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 North Harbour Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Auckland Women's doubles
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Ballarat Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Ballarat Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Auckland Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Melbourne Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Auckland Mixed team
Oceania Women's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Ballarat Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Auckland Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hamilton Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2020 Ballarat Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Geelong Women's team
BWF profile
Somerville partnered with Riky Widianto in Australian Embassy Jakarta in 2016

Personal life

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Somerville, born to an Australian mother of Anglo-Celtic origin and a Chinese father, became famous when it was revealed that she is the descendant of a prominent Qing dynasty political reformer, Kang Youwei.[3] She is studying exercise science at Victoria University.[4][when?]

Career

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Somerville's skills were discovered during a badminton talent identification program which she attended after receiving a flyer from her primary school PE teacher when she was about 12 or 13.[5][6] Born in Melbourne in 1995, Somerville first captured the media's attention as a young player in 2012 at the Uber Cup in central China's Hubei Province.[3]

She won gold medals at the 2014 Oceania Badminton Championships in women's doubles and mixed team events. Her current partners are Setyana Mapasa in women's doubles and Simon Leung in mixed doubles. She represented her country at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[7] Together with Mapasa, they managed to win Australia's first ever Grand Prix title in 2016, after winning the Canada Open.[8] They also won the Dutch Open in the same year.[9] In 2017, she and Mapasa won the women's doubles title at the Oceania Championships, and a silver in the mixed doubles event partnered with Joel Findlay.[10]

She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's and mixed doubles but was eliminated in the group stage in both events.[11]

Achievements

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Oceania Championships

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Ken Kay Badminton Hall,
Ballarat, Australia 		Australia  Jacqueline Guan Australia  Jacinta Joe
Australia  Louisa Ma 		21–14, 21–17 Gold  Gold
2015 X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre,
Auckland, New Zealand 		Australia  Leanne Choo Australia  Talia Saunders
Australia  Jennifer Tam 		21–14, 21–11 Gold  Gold
2016 Punaauia University Hall,
Papeete, Tahiti 		Australia  Melinda Sun Australia  Tiffany Ho
Australia  Jennifer Tam 		17–21, 21–19, 20–22 Silver  Silver
2017 Salle Anewy,
Nouméa, New Caledonia 		Australia  Setyana Mapasa Australia  Tiffany Ho
Australia  Joy Lai 		16–21, 21–18, 21–14 Gold  Gold
2018 Eastlink Badminton Stadium,
Hamilton, New Zealand 		Australia  Setyana Mapasa Australia  Leanne Choo
Australia  Renuga Veeran 		21–14, 22–20 Gold  Gold
2019 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia 		Australia  Setyana Mapasa Australia  Yingzi Jiang
Australia  Louisa Ma 		21–10, 21–9 Gold  Gold
2020 Ken Kay Badminton Stadium,
Ballarat, Australia 		Australia  Setyana Mapasa New Zealand  Sally Fu
New Zealand  Alyssa Tagle 		21–9, 21–10 Gold  Gold
2022 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia 		Australia  Kaitlyn Ea Australia  Joyce Choong
Australia  Sylvina Kurniawan 		19–21, 15–21 Silver  Silver
2023 Auckland Badminton Stadium,
Auckland, New Zealand 		Australia  Joyce Choong Australia  Sylvina Kurniawan
Australia  Setyana Mapasa 		19–21, 11–21 Bronze  Bronze
2024 Leisuretime Sports Precinct,
Geelong, Australia 		Australia  Kaitlyn Ea Australia  Setyana Mapasa
Australia  Angela Yu 		18–21, 11–21 Silver  Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Ken Kay Badminton Hall,
Ballarat, Australia 		Australia  Ross Smith Australia  Glenn Warfe
Australia  Leanne Choo 		11–21, 17–21 Bronze  Bronze
2014 Ken Kay Badminton Hall,
Ballarat, Australia 		Australia  Raymond Tam New Zealand  Oliver Leydon-Davis
New Zealand  Susannah Leydon-Davis 		19–21, 19–21 Bronze  Bronze
2015 X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre,
Auckland, New Zealand 		Australia  Matthew Chau New Zealand  Oliver Leydon-Davis
New Zealand  Danielle Tahuri 		15–21, 21–19, 14–21 Bronze  Bronze
2017 Salle Anewy,
Nouméa, New Caledonia 		Australia  Joel Findlay Australia  Sawan Serasinghe
Australia  Setyana Mapasa 		19–21, 9–21 Silver  Silver
2019 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia 		Australia  Simon Leung Australia  Sawan Serasinghe
Australia  Khoo Lee Yen 		21–18, 21–15 Gold  Gold
2020 Ken Kay Badminton Stadium,
Ballarat, Australia 		Australia  Simon Leung Australia  Pham Tran Hoang
Australia  Sylvina Kurniawan 		21–12, 21–8 Gold  Gold
2022 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia 		Australia  Kenneth Choo New Zealand  Oliver Leydon-Davis
New Zealand  Anona Pak 		21–18, 19–21, 21–12 Gold  Gold
2023 Auckland Badminton Stadium,
Auckland, New Zealand 		Australia  Kenneth Choo Australia  Lim Ming Chuen
Australia  Sylvina Kurniawan 		21–12, 21–16 Gold  Gold
2024 Leisuretime Sports Precinct,
Geelong, Australia 		Australia  Kenneth Choo New Zealand  Edward Lau
New Zealand  Shaunna Li 		21–11, 25–27, 21–14 Gold  Gold

BWF World Tour (1 title)

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The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[12] 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[13]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Canada Open Super 100 Australia  Setyana Mapasa South Korea  Chang Ye-na
South Korea  Kim Hye-rin 		21–16, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Winner

BWF Grand Prix (2 titles)

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The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Canada Open Australia  Setyana Mapasa England  Heather Olver
England  Lauren Smith 		21–15, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Winner
2016 Dutch Open Australia  Setyana Mapasa Bulgaria  Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria  Stefani Stoeva 		17–21, 21–17, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles, 14 runners-up)

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Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Auckland International Australia  Leanne Choo Chinese Taipei  Chang Ching-hui
Chinese Taipei  Chang Hsin-tien 		11–6, 8–11, 10–11, 9–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Runner-up
2015 Waikato International Australia  Setyana Mapasa Australia  Ruwindi Serasinghe
Australia  Alice Wu 		21–13, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Winner
2015 Auckland International Australia  Setyana Mapasa Chinese Taipei  Pan Tzu-chin
Chinese Taipei  Tsai Hsin-yu 		21–9, 21–5 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Winner
2015 Maribyrnong International Australia  Setyana Mapasa Australia  Chen Hsuan-yu
Chinese Taipei  Shu Yu-lin 		20–22, 17–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Winner
2015 Sydney International Australia  Setyana Mapasa Thailand  Jongkolphan Kititharakul
Thailand  Rawinda Prajongjai 		13–21, 5–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Runner-up
2015 Norwegian International Australia  Setyana Mapasa Denmark  Amanda Madsen
Denmark  Isabella Nielsen 		21–5, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Winner
2015 Italian International Australia  Setyana Mapasa Bulgaria  Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria  Stefani Stoeva 		19–21, 21–18, 6–13 retired 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Runner-up
2016 Brazil International Australia  Setyana Mapasa Japan  Chisato Hoshi
Japan  Naru Shinoya 		13–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Runner-up
2017 Nouméa International Australia  Setyana Mapasa Australia  Tiffany Ho
Australia  Joy Lai 		21–11, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Winner
2019 South Australia International Australia  Setyana Mapasa Japan  Rin Iwanaga
Japan  Kie Nakanishi 		15–21, 21–19, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Runner-up
2019 Nepal International Australia  Setyana Mapasa India  K. Maneesha
India  Rutaparna Panda 		21–10, 18–21, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Winner
2019 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Australia  Setyana Mapasa Canada  Rachel Honderich
Canada  Kristen Tsai 		14–21, 21–9, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Winner
2021 Irish Open Australia  Chen Hsuan-yu Netherlands  Debora Jille
Netherlands  Cheryl Seinen 		21–15, 14–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Runner-up
2022 North Harbour International Australia  Chen Hsuan-yu Chinese Taipei  Sung Shuo-yun
Chinese Taipei  Yu Chien-hui 		19–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Auckland International Australia  Raymond Tam Australia  Ross Smith
Australia  Renuga Veeran 		16–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Runner-up
2015 Waikato International Australia  Matthew Chau Australia  Sawan Serasinghe
Australia  Setyana Mapasa 		13–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Runner-up
2015 Turkey International Australia  Matthew Chau Poland  Robert Mateusiak
Poland  Nadieżda Zięba 		12–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Runner-up
2019 Waikato International Australia  Simon Leung Japan  Hiroki Midorikawa
Japan  Natsu Saito 		15–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Runner-up
2023 Dutch International Australia  Kenneth Choo England  Brandon Yap
England  Annie Lado 		21–18, 23–21 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Winner
2023 Mongolia International Australia  Kenneth Choo Thailand  Tanakorn Meechai
Thailand  Fungfa Korpthammakit 		22–20, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Winner
2023 Bendigo International Australia  Kenneth Choo Chinese Taipei  Chen Sheng-fa
Chinese Taipei  Lin Jhih-yun 		21–12, 14–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Runner-up
2023 Sydney International Australia  Kenneth Choo Chinese Taipei  Chen Sheng-fa
Chinese Taipei  Lin Jhih-yun 		18–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Runner-up
2024 Uganda International Australia  Kenneth Choo India  Sathish Kumar Karunakaran
India  Aadya Variyath 		20–22, 21–18, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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  2. ^ "Players: Gronya Somerville". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
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  4. ^ Rogers, Andrew (10 April 2016). "East Brunswick badminton player Gronya Somerville chasing her Olympic dream". Moreland Leader. Retrieved 25 March 2017 – via Herald Sun.
  5. ^ Levy, Megan (5 May 2016). "'Next badminton icon': Australia's Gronya Somerville to take on world's best". The North West Star. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Gronya Somerville: Courting success in sport and in life". Australia Plus. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Commonwealth Games Team Announced". Badminton Australia. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Canada Open 2016 Finals – 1 takes 3rd, 3 take 1st". Badzine. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
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