Gronya Somerville

Gronya Somerville
Personal information
Birth name Gronya Somerville
Country  Australia
Born (1995-05-10) 10 May 1995[1]
Melbourne, Australia[2]
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Weight 59 kg (130 lb)
Handedness Right
Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles
Highest ranking 22 (WD), 55 (XD) (20 October 2016)
Current ranking 22 (WD), 55 (XD) (20 October 2016)
BWF profile

Gronya Somerville (born 10 May 1995 in Melbourne) is an Australian professional badminton player. She won gold medals at the 2014 Oceania Badminton Championships in women's doubles and mixed team. Her current partners are Setyana Mapasa in women's dobles and Matthew Chau in mixed doubles.[1]

Career achievements

Oceania Badminton Championships

Women's Doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Papeete, Tahiti Australia Jacqueline Guan Australia Tiffany Ho
Australia Jennifer Tam
17-21, 21-19, 20-22 Silver
2014 Ballarat, Australia Australia Jacqueline Guan Australia Jacinta Joe
Australia Louisa Ma
21-14, 21-17 Gold

Mixed Doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Ballarat, Australia Australia Raymond Tam New Zealand Oliver Leydon-Davis
New Zealand Susannah Leydon-Davis
19-21, 19-21 Bronze

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's Doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Dutch Open Australia Setyana Mapasa Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva
17-21, 21-17, 21-16 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Canada Open Australia Setyana Mapasa England Heather Olver
England Lauren Smith
21–15, 21–16[4] 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
     BWF Grand Prix tournament

International Challenge/Series BWF

Women's Doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Brazil International Australia Setyana Mapasa Japan Chisato Hoshi
Japan Naru Shinoya
13-21, 19-21[5] 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Italian International Australia Setyana Mapasa Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva
19-21, 21-18, 6-13 retired[6] 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Norwegian International Australia Setyana Mapasa Denmark Amanda Madsen
Denmark Isabella Nielsen
21-5, 21-13[7] 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Sydney International Australia Setyana Mapasa Thailand Jongkongphan Kittiharakul
Thailand Rawinda Prajongjai
13-21, 5-21[8] 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Maribyrnong International Australia Setyana Mapasa Australia Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen
Chinese Taipei Shu Yu-lin
20-22, 17-21, 21-18[9] 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Auckland International Australia Setyana Mapasa Chinese Taipei Pan Tzu-chin
Chinese Taipei Tsai Hsin-yu
21-9, 21-5[10] 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Waikato International Australia Setyana Mapasa Australia Ruwindi Serasinghe
Australia Alice Wu
21-13, 21-10 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
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, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed Doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Turkey International Australia Matthew Chau Poland Robert Mateusiak
Poland Nadiezda Zieba
12-21, 13-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Waikato International Australia Matthew Chau Australia Sawan Serasinghe
Australia Setyana Mapasa
13-21, 17-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Auckland International Australia Raymond Tam Australia Ross Smith
Australia Renuga Veeran
16-21, 12-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
     BWF Future Series tournament

References

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