Introduction
Manu Attri (born 31 December 1992) is an Indian badminton player who currently plays men's and mixed doubles. He partners with Jishnu Sanyal for men's doubles events and previously partnered with B. Sumeeth Reddy. For mixed doubles events, he partners with N. Siki Reddy, and previously, K. Maneesha.
He competed at the 2014 Asian Games. In 2016, Manu competed in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics along with his partner B. Sumeeth Reddy in the men's doubles event.
Badminton career
2010
BWF World Junior Championships 2010
Manu was a part of the Indian team that participated in the BWF World Junior Championship in 2010. India was placed in Group Z2 along with Denmark and the USA. India finished 9th in this tournament.
BWF Bimantara Cups World Junior Championships
Men's Doubles
with Prannoy H. S. (IND)
Round 1: vs Morten BRøDBæK & Nikolaj OVERGAARD (DEN) 19-21 12-21 Lost
Mixed Doubles
with Gauri Ghate (IND)
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Seung Il CHOI & So Young PARK (KOR) 20-22 19-21 Lost
Maldives International Challenge 2010
Men's Doubles
with Sanyal Jisnu (IND)
Round 1: Khanjani Mohammad Reza & Eskandari Vatannejad Soroush (IRI) 21-10 21-11 Win
Round 2: Fernando Eranga & Matarage Indika (SRI) 21-3 21-9 Win
Quarterfinals: Karunaratne Dinuka & Karunaratne Niluka (SRI)[4] 7-21 10-21 Lost
India Grand Prix Gold
Men's Doubles
with Sanyal Jisnu (IND)
Round 1: vs Marwan Saada Yasin & Marwan Saada Youssef (EGY) 21-2 21-12 Win
Round 2: vs Rizki Delynugraha Mochamad & Rijal Muhammad (INA) 18-21 7-21 Lost
2011
Badminton Asia Championships 2011
Men's Doubles
with Sanyal Jisnu (IND)
Qualification 3 Semifinal: vs Quang Tuan Bui & Ha Anh Le (VIE) 21-15 21-9 Win
Qualification 3 Final: Prom Saravuth & Yongvannak Teav (CAM) 21-13 21-18 Win
Round 1: Bang Duc Bui & Manh Thang Dao (VIE) 23-25 21-14 14-21 Lost
Yonex-Sunrise India Open
Men's Doubles
with Sanyal Jisnu (IND)
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Kien Keat Koo & Boon Heong Tan [1](MAS) 9-21 14-21 Lost
Maldives International Badminton Challenge 2011
Men's Double
with Sanyal Jisnu (IND)
Round 1: Moosa Ahmed & Shafeeg Ibrahim (MDV) 21-6 21-8 Win
Round 2: Thasleem Ibrahim & Zuhury Ismail (MDV) 21-3 21-12 Win
Quarterfinal: Koch Jurgen & Zauner Peter (AUT) 19-21 18-21 Lost
Mauritius International 2011
Men's Doubles
with Sanyal Jisnu (IND) seeded 2nd
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Deeneshsing Baboolall & Yoni Louison (MRI) 21-14 21-15 Win
Quarterfinal: Aatish Lubah & Julien Paul (MRI) 21-12 21-9 Win
Semifinal: Giovanni Greco & Rosario Maddaloni [4] (ITA) 21-10 21-14 Win
Final: Dorian James & Willem Viljoen [1] (SA) 21-19 21-9 Win
Kenya International Series 2011
with Sanyal Jisnu (IND) seeded 4th
Men's Doubles
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Adamu Ibrahim & Elewa Olorunfemi (NIG) 21-13 21-11 Win
Quarterfinal: Emre Lale & Murat Sen (TUR) 21-11 21-10 Win
Semifinal: Jinkam Ifraimu Bulus & Ebenezer Olaluwa Fagbemi [2](NIG) 21-8 21-19 Win
Final: Dorian James & Willem Viljoen [1] (SA) 21-13 21-12 Win
Yonex Sunrise Vietnam Grand Prix Open 2011
Men's Doubles
with Sanyal Jisnu (IND)
Round 1: Shen Low Juan & Jagdish Singh (MAS) 7-21 21-17 17-21 Lost
Yonex Chinese Taipei Open 2011
Men's Doubles
with Sanyal Jisnu (IND)
Round 1: Alvent Yulianto Chandra & Hendra Aprida Gunawan [4](INA) 16-21 12-21 Lost
Li Ning China Masters
Men's Doubles
with Sanyal Jisnu (IND)
Round 1: Walkover
Yonex Open Japan
Men's Doubles
with Sanyal Jisnu (IND)
Round 1: Walkover
Yonex Dutch Open 2011
Men's Doubles
with Sanyal Jisnu (IND)
Round 1: Walkover
Bangladesh International Series 2011
Men's Doubles
with T. Hemanagendra Babu (IND)
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Walkover
Mixed Doubles
with N. Sikki Reddy(IND)
Round 1: Walkover
Tata Open India International Challenge 2011
Men's Doubles
with T. Hemanagendra Babu (IND)
Round 1: Bang Duc Bui & Manh Thang Dao (VIE) 19-21 21-12 16-21 Lost
Mixed Doubles
with N. Sikki Reddy(IND)
Round 1: Arun Vishnu & Aparna Balan [3] (IND) 15-21 10-21 Lost
Yonex - Sunrise Syed Modi Memorial India Open Grand Prix Gold
Men's Doubles
with T. Hemanagendra Babu (IND)
Round 1: Peng Soon Chan & Aik Quan Tan 15-21 19-21 Lost
Mixed Doubles
with N. Sikki Reddy(IND)
Round 1: Ha Anh Le & Thu Huyen Le (VIE) 21-14 21-10 Win
Round 2: V. Diju & Jwala Gutta [3] (IND) 14-21 11-21 Lost
2012
Iran Fajr International Challenge 2012
He partnered with T. Hemanagendra Babu (IND) for the Men's doubles event. In round 1 they defeated the Iranian players Alireza Faghfouri & Mehran Shahbazi by 21-9 22-20. In round 2, the pair was defeated by Itani Kazuya & Tomoya Takashina from Japan with a score of 21-18 14-21 16-21.
Austrian International Challenge 2012
Manu partnered with T. Hemanagendra Babu (IND) for the Men's doubles event. They defeated the German pair of Mark Flato & Patrick Kaemnitz in round 1 by 21-10 21-11. In round 2 they lost against 2nd seed host favourite Jurgen Koch & Peter Zauner by 14-21 10-21.
Yonex Sunrise India Open 2012
He again went back to his partnership with Sanyal Jisnu for the Men's doubles event. The pair lost their 1st match against the Indonesian pair of Adam Cwalina & Michael Logosz by 13-21 17-21. For the mixed doubles, he paired up with N. Sikki Reddy. They were seeded 2nd in the tournament, but got knocked out by Danny Bawa Chrisnanta & Yu Yan Vanessa Neo from Singapore by 11-21 21-17 15-21 in round 1.
Russia Open Grand Prix 2012
He partnered with Sanyal Jisnu for the Men's doubles event; the pair gave walkover to local pair of Yaroslav Egerev & Andrey Parokhodin in round 1.
White Nights 2012
He partnered with Sanyal Jisnu for the Men's doubles event; the pair gave walkover in round 1.
Li Ning China Open 2012
He started his new partnership with B. Sumeeth Reddy and entered in the qualification round for the Men's Doubles event. In round 1 of qualification, the pair got a bye, while in round 2 the Chinese pair of Guo Zhendong & Xu Chen gave them a walkover. The team qualified for the main draw, but eventually lost to Alvent Yulianto Chandra and Markis Kido from Indonesia by 17-21, 21-13, 11-21 in the 1st round.
Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Open 2012
He partnered with B. Sumeeth Reddy and entered in the qualification round of the men's doubles event. In Qualification Round 1, the pair defeated Lai Chein Cheng of Taipei and Joe Wu of New Zealand by 21-11 and 21-14. In Qualification Round 2, they knocked out 3rd seed Lee Chun Hei and Ng Ka Long from Hong Kong by 21-13, 13-21, 21-15 and qualified for the main draw.
In Round 1, the pair lost to Alvent Yulianto Chandra and Markis Kido from Indonesia by 21-11, 11-21, 15-21.
Kumpoo Macau Open Badminton Grand Prix Gold 2012
He partnered with B. Sumeeth Reddy and entered in the qualification round of the men's doubles event. They lost to the top seed Taipei pair of Lu Ching Yao & Tseng Min Hao by 19-21 22-20 9-21 in the 1st round of qualification.
TATA Open India International Challenge 2012
He partnered with B. Sumeeth Reddy and entered in the qualification round of Men's Doubles event as 4th seed. For Mixed Doubles, he partnered with K. Maneesha and entered into the main round.
In Qualification Round 1, Sumeeth and Manu defeated Chun Chun Hung and Sheng-Jie Yang from Taipei by 21-13 and 21-11. In Round 2, they played against Taipei pair of Tien Tzu Chieh and Yang Po Hanby 21-16, 9-21, 21-19, qualifying them for the main round. They played against Indian pair of S. Sanjeeth and Jagadish Yadav and got past them with a 21-13, 21-13 victory. In Round 2, they faced the top-seeded Koran pair of Ko Sung Hyun and Lee Yong Dae and lost the match by 17-21, 9-21.
In Mixed Doubles Round 1, he along with Manisha faced 2nd seed Zhao Jiang, Terry Yeo and Dellis Yuliana from Indonesia and lost against them by 16-21 and 13-21.
Shaheed Dr. K.L. Garg - Syed Modi International India GPG 2012
He partnered with B. Sumeeth Reddy and K. Maneesha respectively for Men's and Mixed Doubles events and received entries for the main round.
In Men's Doubles Round 1, they defeat French pair Ronan Laber and Mathias Quere by 21-15, 12-21, 21-15. In Round 2, they lost to 5th seed Gideon Markus Fernaldi and Agripinna Prima Rahmanto Putra from Indonesia by 19-21 and 11-21.
In Mixed Doubles, Manu-Maneesha lost against Zhao Jiang, Terry Yeo and Dellis Yuliana from Indonesia by 8-21 and 20-22.
2014
2015
He won the Mexico City Grand Prix. He was runner up of Dutch open and US open grand prix gold. He won the Lagos International.
Achievements
South Asian Games
Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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BWF Grand Prix (2 titles, 3 runners-up)
The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Canada Open | B. Sumeeth Reddy | Adrian Liu Toby Ng |
21–8, 21–14 |  Winner
|
| 2015 | Mexico City Grand Prix | B. Sumeeth Reddy | Bodin Issara Nipitphon Puangpuapech |
22–20, 21–18 | Winner
|
| 2015 | Dutch Open | B. Sumeeth Reddy | Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong |
15–21, 10–21 |  Runner-up
|
| 2015 | U.S. Open | B. Sumeeth Reddy | Li Junhui Liu Yuchen |
12–21, 16–21 | Runner-up
|
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Syed Modi International | K. Maneesha | Riky Widianto Richi Puspita Dili |
17–21, 17–21 | Runner-up
|
BWF International Challenge/Series (12 titles, 5 runners-up)
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | India International | B. Sumeeth Reddy | Chaloempon Charoenkitamorn Kittisak Namdash |
21–15, 21–15 | Winner
|
| 2019 | Nepal International | B. Sumeeth Reddy | Arjun M.R. Dhruv Kapila |
21–19, 21–15 | Winner
|
| 2018 | Lagos International | B. Sumeeth Reddy | Vaibhaav Prakash Raj |
21–12, 21–12 | Winner
|
| 2017 | Lagos International | B. Sumeeth Reddy | Godwin Olofua Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori |
21–13, 21–15 | Winner
|
| 2016 | Peru International | B. Sumeeth Reddy | Adam Cwalina Przemyslaw Wacha |
19–21, 21–18, 28–30 | Runner-up
|
| 2015 | Bulgarian International | B. Sumeeth Reddy | Raphael Beck Peter Kaesbauer |
14–21, 16–21 | Runner-up
|
| 2015 | Prague Open | B. Sumeeth Reddy | Adam Cwalina Przemyslaw Wacha |
21–19, 20–22, 14–21 | Runner-up
|
| 2015 | Belgian International | B. Sumeeth Reddy | Adam Cwalina Przemyslaw Wacha |
22–20, 19–21, 22–20 | Winner
|
| 2015 | Guatemala International | B. Sumeeth Reddy | Michael Fuchs Johannes Schöttler |
17–21, 13–21 | Runner-up
|
| 2015 | Lagos International | B. Sumeeth Reddy | Adam Cwalina Przemyslaw Wacha |
21–17, 21–17 | Winner
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| 2014 | Tata Open India International | B. Sumeeth Reddy | Shlok Ramchandran Sanyam Shukla |
21–15, 21–15 | Winner
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| 2014 | Sri Lanka International | B. Sumeeth Reddy | Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Chayut Triyachart |
17–21, 19–21 | Runner-up
|
| 2013 | Tata Open India International | B. Sumeeth Reddy | Tien Tzu-chieh Wang Chi-lin |
21–16, 21–13 | Winner
|
| 2011 | Kenya International | Jishnu Sanyal | Dorian James Willem Viljoen |
21-19, 21-9 | Winner
|
| 2011 | Mauritius International | Jishnu Sanyal | Dorian James Willem Viljoen |
21-13, 21-12 | Winner
|
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Lagos International | K. Maneesha | Rohan Kapoor Kuhoo Garg |
21–17, 23–21 | Winner
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| 2014 | Tata Open India International | N. Sikki Reddy | Akshay Dewalkar Pradnya Gadre |
21–19, 19–21, 21–10 | Winner
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- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament