Jwala Gutta

Jwala Gutta[a] (born 7 September 1983) is an Indian

badminton player. Beginning in the late 1990s, she Jwala Gutta
represented India at international events in both mixed
and women's doubles. She has a total of 316 match
wins in both the disciplines—the most by any Indian—
and peaked at no. 6 in the world rankings. Gutta has
won medals at numerous tournaments on the BWF
circuit including a silver at the 2009 Superseries
Masters Finals and a bronze at the 2011 World
Championships.

Born in Wardha to a Chinese mother and a Telugu

father, she began playing badminton at a young age. A
fourteen-time National Champion, Gutta played with
Shruti Kurien earlier in her career, but found greater
international success with Ashwini Ponnappa. The pair
consistently figured among the top-twenty in the BWF
Gutta in 2011
World Ranking reaching as high as no. 10 in 2015.
Gutta is the first badminton player of Indian origin to Personal information
qualify for two events in the Olympics–women's Country India
doubles with Ponnappa and mixed doubles with V. Born 7 September 1983
Diju at London. Gutta is known for her skilled left- Wardha, Maharashtra,
handed stroke-play and is one of the very few doubles India
players to use a forehand service.
Residence Hyderabad, Telangana,
India
Gutta has won numerous medals for Indian badminton
including the bronze medal 2011 BWF World Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Championships in London and a gold and silver at Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games respectively in Years active 1999–2017[2]
the women's doubles event which were the first for the
Handedness Left
country in the discipline. Other achievements include
the historic bronze medal at the 2014 Thomas & Uber Mixed Doubles/ Women's Doubles
Cup held at New Delhi, a bronze medal at Badminton Highest ranking 6 (XD August 2010)
Asia Championships in the same year and final and 10 (WD August 2015)
semi-final appearances in many big international Medal record
events most notably the finals appearance at the 2009
Women's badminton
BWF Super Series Masters Finals, alongside Diju
which was the first for the country in any discipline. Representing India
World Championships
2011 London Women's doubles
Uber Cup
Gutta has been credited to have brought recognition for 2014 New Delhi Women's team
doubles badminton in India, first with her mixed 2016 Kunshan Women's team
doubles partner Diju with whom she peaked at no. 6 in Commonwealth Games
2010 becoming the first doubles partnership from the
2010 Delhi Women's doubles
country to be ranked among the top-10 and later with
her partnership with Ponnappa in women's doubles. 2010 Delhi Mixed team
She paired with Ponappa at the Rio 2016 Olympics 2014 Glasgow Women's doubles
where the pair crashed out in the group stage with two 2006 Melbourne Mixed team
consecutive losses at the hands of opponents from Asian Championships
Japan and Netherlands.[5] Gutta has won medals at all
2014 Gimcheon Women's doubles
major international badminton tournaments and multi-
South Asian Games
sport events, except for the Olympics.[6]
2004 Islamabad Women's doubles
In addition to her badminton career, Gutta has been 2004 Islamabad Mixed doubles
vociferous for the issues she advocates for, ranging 2004 Islamabad Women's team
from fair treatment in sports, health and education,
2006 Colombo Women's doubles
women's empowerment and gender equality.
2006 Colombo Mixed doubles
She has been listed several times among the top most 2006 Colombo Women's team
inspiring sportswomen of India. She was awarded the 2016 Guwahati-Shillong Women's doubles
Arjuna Award, India's second highest sporting award
2016 Guwahati-Shillong Women's team
for her achievements. Gutta was married to badminton
player Chetan Anand from 2005 to 2011. She told BWF profile (https://bwfbadminton.com/player/
ESPN that she was contemplating retirement, after D28DF6CB-3B5B-42DB-8347-5519A0117429)
entering negotiations for a coaching role for BAI in
May 2017.[7]

Early life and junior career

Jwala Gutta was born on 7 September 1983 in Wardha, Maharashtra and brought up in Hyderabad,
Telangana, to a Chinese mother and a Telugu father. Jwala's father, Kranti Gutta, hailed from a family of
Leftists from Peddapuliveru in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district.[8][9] Her mother, Yelan Gutta, was born
in China and is a granddaughter of a Gandhian named Zeng. Yelan first came to India in 1977 with her
grandfather to visit the Sevagram ashram, where she translated Gandhi's autobiography and other works
into the Chinese language.[10] Gutta has a younger sister, Insi Gutta.[11]

Initially inclined towards playing tennis, Gutta shifted to badminton at the insistence of her mother.[12][13]
She was introduced to the national badminton coach S. M. Arif, by her father at the age of four. Arif
recommended her to learn gymnastics or swimming for a couple of years before starting training for
badminton.[14] Gutta later started training under Arif, at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium.[14]

Gutta started playing badminton at the age of six. Her chief achievement as a youngster was to win the
Under-13 Girls Mini National Badminton Championship held at Thrissur, Kerala. In 2000, Gutta (aged
17) won the Junior National Badminton Championship. The same year, she also won the Women's
Doubles Junior National Championship and the Senior National Badminton Championship, both in
partnership with Shruti Kurien. This association was to last several years, and the pairing of Gutta and
Shruti Kurien won the Women's Doubles National title for seven years in succession, from 2002 to 2008.
Playing style
Gutta likes playing aggressive badminton and has a great affinity for the front court, with her skilled
netplay, good anticipation and the ability to play deceptive strokes at the net.[15] She is considered very
dangerous in the front court with her good reading of the game and sharp interceptions. She also has a
strong smash from the back court and often makes use of deceptive drops.[16] Gutta is vulnerable in a few
areas of her game, most evidently in her movement across the court. She can commit certain unforced
errors when forced to move out of her favoured positions. She has also had some fitness issues and injury
troubles in her long career.[16] Gutta is also known for being one of the only top doubles player to still use
the forehand service, since most other doubles specialists opt for the safer backhand serve. She stands
unique in this aspect.[15]

Performance in women's doubles

Early years: 2002–09

Gutta partnered Shruti Kurien-Kanetkar during the early part of her career for the women's doubles
competition. The duo reached the semi-final round of their second international tournament itself, the
India Asia Satellite tournament 2002. They also reached the semi-final round of the same tournament in
the year 2004, and finished runner-up at the Le Volant d'Or Tournament, known as Toulouse Open the
same year.[17] Further, she reached the Final Rounds of the Scottish International tournament 2004 and
40th Portuguese Badminton Championship 2004.[17] In the year 2006, she won the Sri Lanka
International Satellite tournament; while in the year 2007, she won the Cyprus Badminton International
tournament. The same year, she also won at the Pakistan International Challenge tournament and the
Indian International Challenge tournament. Apart from these achievements, Gutta won the Nepal
International Series tournament 2008 and Yonex Dutch Open Grand Prix 2008 in the Women's Doubles
category.[17]

2010: Commonwealth Gold and breakthrough

Gutta then split with her longtime partner Shruti Kurien due to
compatibility issues. She then paired up with young Ashwini
Ponnappa from Bangalore who was called up for the national
camp just before the Commonwealth Games. She and Ponnappa
then went on to win the sensational gold medal in the women's
doubles at the New Delhi Commonwealth Games making history
of winning the first gold medal for India in the event. They beat
much higher ranked Singaporean pair of Shinta Mulia Sari and
Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa
Yao Lei in the finals 21–15, 21–19 in front of the cheering home winning gold medal for India at
crowd and set the stadium ablaze with their win. Gutta and Commonwealth Games 2010
Ponnappa then became household names after winning the medal
in front of home crowd. Since, their Gold Medal effort at the
games they brought women's doubles into limelight in the country.
After the win Gutta at a press conference stated, "It's unbelievable. I think it was long pending for me. I
am quite emotional. The feeling is yet to sink in. Ashwini played exceptionally well and we hope to
continue the good work, I want to dedicate the medal to my family who stood by me, my coaches,
especially SM Arif, Atik Jauhari and all the team members, Gopi. I owe this medal to all who helped
me,"[18] and added that "This medal will silence my critics. This is my answer to them to whatever
happened. I am very happy and everyone who has negative thoughts about me, I would like to say just
shut-up now,"[19]

2011: World Championships bronze

In 2011, they came up with one of their finest performances when the pair etched their names in history
books becoming the first Indian pair to ensure a medal at the World Badminton Championships. The pair
defeated 12th seeds Vita Marrisa and Nadya Melati of Indonesia 17–21, 21–10, 21–17 to storm into the
women's doubles semifinal before losing out to the Chinese fifth seeds in the semi-finals in London,
thereby winning a bronze in the Badminton World Championship. They had previously beaten Poon Lok
Yan and Tse Ying Suet of Hong Kong 19–21, 21–17, 21–19 in Round of 16. Also, in the second round
they had caused a big upset by beating the 2nd seeds and former World Num 1s. Cheng Wen-hsing Chien
Yu-chin of Chinese Taipei 21–18 21–18.[20] In a 2016 report published by Sportskeeda, the feat was
ranked as the fifth greatest achievement of Indian badminton.[20]

2012: London Olympics

She played women's doubles as well as mixed doubles at the 2012 London Olympics becoming the first
and the only Indian to qualify in two events in the entire history of the game.[21][22] Gutta pairing with
Ashwini Ponappa lost their opening women's doubles match against the Japanese duo of Mizuki Fujii and
Reika Kakiiwa.[23] They then went on to beat the much higher ranked Cheng Wen-hsing and Chien Yu-
chin of Chinese Taipei 25–23, 16–21, 21–18 to register their first win in the group stages.[24] Gutta and
Ashwini missed out on a quarterfinal berth by a difference of just one point, even though they beat Shinta
Mulia Sari and Lei Yao of Singapore 21–16 21–15 in their last group B match, after tying with Japan and
Taipei on the number of wins. Prior to India's final group game on Tuesday night, the World number five
Japanese pair of Mizuki Fujii and Reika Kakiiwa had shockingly lost to Chinese Taipei's Cheng Wen
Hsing and Chien Yu Chin, ranked 10th, 19–21 11–21. India lodged a formal protest with the Games
organisers to probe if the women's doubles badminton match involving Japan and Chinese Taipei was
played in the right spirit, following the elimination of medal hopes Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa but no
action was taken.[25] Following the Olympic Games, Gutta went to a temporary sabbatical from the game.

2013: Comeback and IBL

In January 2013, Gutta announced her comeback to the game and partnered Prajakta Sawant since
Ponnappa was partnering with Pradnya Gadre and had committed to continue her partnership with Gadre
so went on play with Sawant, who at that time was going through a battle against national coach Pullela
Gopichand.[26] Indian Badminton League (IBL) was announced the same year.

IBL was a franchise league commercially managed by an Indian sports rights management company,
Sporty Solutionz as commercial partners. With the brand value of US$1 million, Indian Badminton
League was the richest badminton league in the world. Gutta was one of the six marquee players and
team captains to be auctioned. The auction itself was not short of controversy. The base price of Gutta
 and Ashwini Ponnappa was halved from US$50,000 to
US$25,000, without the players' notice and Women's Doubles
event was replaced by a second Men's Singles. This left both Gutta
and Ashwini hurt and angry. Gutta was bought for US$31,000 and
captained the Delhi franchise, but the team did not reach the semis
and finished fifth. Gutta and Ponnappa after IBL confirmed on that
they were set to reunite. Gutta went on to add that the two decided
to come together because of a couple of reasons. The first was the
Indian Badminton League's organisers knocking out the women's
doubles category from the tournament, which in turn resulted in
the base prices of Gutta and Ashwini.[27]

2014: Asian and Uber Cup bronze, CWG silver

In 2014 Gutta and Ashwini won the bronze medal at Asian
Championships in April defeating 3rd seeded Thai pair of
Kunchala Voravichitchaikul and Duanganong Aroonkesorn 21–11,
21–18 en route losing out to Chinese twins Luo Ying and Luo Yu
at the semi-final stage. The pair played a key role in India's
President Pratibha Patil presenting
historic Bronze at the Uber Cup in New Delhi.[28] The duo
the Arjuna Award for the year 2011
to Gutta unleashed a giant-killing spree as they had to face much higher
ranked opponents in most of their matches and they won each,
their biggest win came when outplayed the World No. 9 team of
Greysia Polii and Nitya Krishinda Maheswari 21–18, 21–18 from Indonesia in the first doubles match of
the tie. The win took India to the semis for the first time in Uber Cup history and assured them of the
bronze medal.[29][30] They later participated at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and narrowly missed the
podium finish in the team event came up with the silver medal at the games losing put to Malaysian pair
of Vivian Hoo and Woon Khe Wei in a closely contested final. The Indian pair lost the first game 17–21,
before going down in a well-fought second game. Gutta and Ponnappa had taken the lead and looked
good to take the match into the deciding third game. It was their second medal at the games after the 2010
Gold.[31]

2015: Canada GP title and top-10 ranking

Gutta and Ashwini kick-started 2015 with a semi-final appearance at 2015 India Open Grand Prix Gold
held at Lucknow. They next appeared in the prestigious All England Open reached the 2nd round losing
out to the top seeds Tian Qing and Zhao Yunlei in straight games. The pair of Gutta and Ponnappa also re-
entered the Top-20 rankings after All England.

In May, Gutta played for India at the 2015 Sudirman Cup as they were placed in group 1D, clubbed
together with three-time winner Korea and Malaysia. The Malaysian team was buoyed by the return of
former world no. 1 Lee Chong Wei from a dope-related suspension and that made things difficult for
India. India started with a narrow 2–3 loss to Malaysia Saina Nehwal and the duo of Gutta and Ponnappa
delivered the wins. Gutta and Ashwini stole the show with their determined efforts that saw them
upsetting the world no. 11 pair of Vivian Hoo and Woon Khe Wei 21–18, 19–21, 21–15.
After the narrow defeat against Malaysia, India needed to win the tie v Korea to progress into the quarter-
finals. Parupalli Kashyap and the men's doubles pair of Pranav Chopra and Akshay Dewalkar lost both
their matches the onus was once again on Gutta and Ponnappa. They fought hard but it was not enough to
topple the Koreans. Chang Ye Na and Jung Kyung-eun won the contest 18–21, 21–12, 21–12 to seal a 3–
1 victory for Korea.[32] With defeats in both the rubbers India failed to make the quarter-finals.

Gutta and Ashwini then participated in the 2015 U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold and the pair seeded 4th
reached the semi-finals losing out to Japanese pair of Ayane Kurihara and Naru Shinoya 17–21, 11–
21.[33][34] En route to semis they did not lose a single game and defeated Turkish pair of Neslihan Yiğit
and Özge Bayrak 21–10, 21–18 and in the quarter-finals defeated German seventh seeds Johanna
Goliszewski and Carla Nelte 21–17, 21–14.[35]

The pair next participated in the 2015 Canada Open Grand Prix and seeded third went on to win the title
defeating top seeded Dutch pair of Eefje Muskens and Selena Piek 21–19, 21–16. It was the pairs first
title since coming back together after the 2012 Olympics.[36] The win was commended by the Indian
media as the duo were the only women's doubles pair from the country to win a Grand Prix title. Gutta
expressed her concerns for lack of support for doubles in the country and prompted the association and
the government to promote doubles.[37] Gutta told NDTV in an interview, "We though big wins would
wake up concerned people but it hasn't happened yet. We are still confident of representing India at an
international level but here, extra support is needed as we can't afford it on our own.[38]

Continuing their good form Gutta and Ponnappa reached the quarter-final stage of the 2015 BWF World
Championships. The pair received a bye in the first round and defeated Hsieh Pei-chen and Wu Ti-jung of
Chinese Taipei in straight sets. In the last 16 clash the pair stunned world no. 6 pair of Reika Kakiiwa and
Miyuki Maeda from Japan 21–15, 18–21, 21–19. The pair missed out on the bronze medal after losing
out to another Japanese pair of Naoko Fukuman and Kurumi Yonao.[39]

The quarter-final finish at the World Championships helped Gutta and Ponnappa jump 2 places in the
BWF World Ranking, and they entered the top 10 for the first time in their career. With this Gutta thus
became the first player to be ranked in the Top-10 of the world rankings in both the doubles category.[40]

2016: PBL & Second Uber Cup Bronze

Gutta began her 2016 with the Premier Badminton League, where she represented Hyderabad Hunters
alongside Lee Chong Wei and Parupalli Kashyap.[41][42] She played in the mixed doubles alongside
Indonesian Markis Kido and Danish Carsten Mogensen. The team couldn't qualify for the knock-out
stage, finishing fifth in the standings.[43]

In May, Gutta was part of the Indian team for the 2016 Thomas & Uber Cup held at Kunshan, China. The
Indian women's team was put into Group- D alongside Japan, Germany and Australia.[44] The India team
beat Germany and Australia 5–0 before losing out to Japan to finish second in the group. In the quarter-
finals they came back from a 0–1 deficit after Saina Nehwal lost the first singles to beat Thailand 3–1.[45]
Gutta and Ponnappa won their match in straight sets to secure a semifinal berth and the team's second
consecutive bronze medal. The Indian team was however beaten by eventual champions China in the
semifinal stage.[46]
Performance in mixed doubles

Early years
Gutta has won titles in the Jakarta Satellite tournament and Welsh International tournament in the year
2005, Sri Lanka International Satellite tournament, Cyprus Badminton International tournament and
Indian International Challenge tournament in the year 2007, and Nepal International Series tournament,
Bitburger Open Grand Prix tournament and KLRC Bulgaria Open Grand Prix tournament in the year
2008.

Success and top-10 breakthrough

Their breakthrough came when Gutta and her partner
Valiyaveetil Diju became the first Indian badminton mixed
doubles pair to win a Grand Prix Gold title. They defeated
Indonesia's Hendra Aprida Gunawan and Vita Marissa 24–22,
21–18 in the Chinese Taipei Open final. In the quarterfinal,
the world No. 7 pair and third seed in the tournament,
defeated Korean pair Shin Baek-cheol and Yoo Hyun-Young
and in the semi-final Diju and Gutta prevailed over
Malaysians Goh Liu Ying and Chan Peng Soon 21–11, 17–21,
24–22. Gutta and Diju won the Chinese Taipei
Open in 2009 becoming the first Indian
But the biggest achievement came in the same year where she pair to win Grand Prix Gold Event.
and Diju again reached the quarters of the 2009 BWF World
Championships and became the first Indians to do so
repeating the feat at The Championships the following year. The Championships were held at Hyderabad,
India. The duo, seeded 8th, got a bye in the first round followed by a walkover in the second. In the third
round they defeated 12th seed Polish pair of Robert Mateusiak and Nadieżda Kostiuczyk 21–11 22–20 in
a 31-minute clash. In the quarterfinal they went down to defending champions and second seeds Nova
Widianto and Liliyana Natsir of Indonesia. The Indian pair was beaten 16–21, 14–21 in 27 minutes.

The same year they went on to reach the finals of the BWF Super Series Masters Finals, an annual
tournament held at the end of every year where only the top players with the most points from that
calendar year's twelve events of the BWF Super Series compete. They beat Robert Mateusiak and
Nadieżda Kostiuczyk again in straight-games 21–19 21–11. In the final the Indian pair went down to
World Championship bronze medallists Christinna Pedersen and Joachim Fischer Nielsen from Denmark
21–14, 21–18. By reaching the tournament finals they became the first Indians to reach the feat in any of
the 5 disciplines.

In 2010 the pair reached the quarter-finals of the World Championships for the second consecutive year
beaten by Koreans Ha Jung-eun and Ko Sung-hyun 21–16, 21–19 having beaten the English pair of
Gabrielle White and Chris Adcock and Malaysians Liu Ying and Peng Soon in straight games and
overcoming Yao Lei and Chayut Triyachart from Indonesia in the pre-quarters in three games. The pair
also won the 2010 India Open Grand Prix Gold for their second Grand Prix Gold title beating Lei and
Triyachart in three games.[47] In 2011 Gutta and Diju reached the quarter-finals or better at three
tournaments including two Super Series Premieres events at Denmark Open and China Masters where
they reached the semi-finals, their first since 2009. They beat second seeded Chinese pair of Tao Jiaming
and Tian Qing in the first round 5–21, 21–14, 21–18.[48]

2012 Olympics and sabbatical

Gutta and Diju reached two quarter-finals in 2012 at the Victor Korea Superseries Premier Singapore
Open Superseries before competing at 2012 Summer Olympics. Pairing with Diju, Gutta lost her opening
match 16–21, 12–21 in just 25 minutes at the Wembley Arena in London Olympics. The pair also lost
their next two matches and thus could not qualify for the knockout stage. Despite having enjoyed great
success in the Mixed Doubles category, she has shifted her focus on to Women's Doubles event since her
sabbatical.[49] In March 2016, Gutta announced a comeback to the mixed category. She stated in her
interview that she missed the titles she "used to win with V Diju". She confirmed that she would not play
alongside Diju but was a looking for a suitable partner and would start playing in April.[50]

2016: Comeback to mixed doubles

In an interview in August 2016, Gutta shared her plans of returning to the mixed doubles competition,
without disclosing a probable partner.[51]

Personal life and other works

During her badminton career, Gutta began dating fellow badminton player Chetan Anand. The couple
married on 17 July 2005 and got divorced on 29 June 2011. Her divorce gained unwanted media attention
and speculation arose about an affair with ex-cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin which was never
confirmed due to lack of any proof and constant denials from Gutta herself. Azharuddin confirmed filing
his divorce but denied that it had anything to do with Gutta.[52]

Azhar had also hinted that these stories had been planted by people in the Badminton Association of
India, who wanted to tarnish his image since he tried to contest for the presidents' elections. He said,
"These are planted stories and motivated by people, who are against me in the Badminton Association of
India. They are so upsetting."[53] In 2013, Gutta said in an interview, "I learnt a lot from the marriage but
we weren't growing as a couple. A part of me forgot that I too was a part of the sport. I was satisfied
thinking that his victories were our victories."[54]

Gutta has supported some social causes, including women empowerment issues, anti-tobacco and anti-
zoo campaigns.[55] She has also been involved in many other campaigns including the Ice Bucket
Challenge,[56] Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.[57][58] Gutta also launched the Indian Badminton League's (IBL)
school programme 'Shuttle Express' in Pune for school children. Speaking during the briefing, Gutta said:
"I am really happy to be here with the kids who are playing not only to win the Shuttle Express but to be
the next badminton champion for India. Wishing everyone all the best and I know the Pune participants
will make everyone proud."[59]

In 2013, she made her film debut with a cameo appearance in a song from the Telugu-language film
Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde.[60][61] Jwala describes herself as atheist.[62][63]
Gutta was reportedly dating Tamil film actor Vishnu Vishal. Both of them posted pictures on their social
media, confirming the same, for the New Year 2020. On her birthday in 2020, the couple got engaged.[64]
They were married on 22 April 2021, in Hyderabad.[65]

In the media

"Life is all about love. It's a score in badminton, but in both, one begins from scratch, is what I
believe in." – Jwala in an interview with the Hindustan Times.[54]

Gutta has been listed as the most inspirational sportswomen from India on numerous occasions.[66] Her
outspoken nature has often attracted controversies from various groups. According to Gutta, such
controversies do not bother her as she had been taught to speak up for whats right and take a stand for
herself and others too. "My father (Kranti) told me at a young age to fight for what I believed in. I've
never learnt to butter up people," stated Gutta in an interview with Hindustan Times. "Controversies don't
bother me. I'm not the one who instigates them. But when your name gets dragged into it, you can't keep
quiet," she said. She said she is targeted because she speaks her mind.[54] S. M. Arif Gutta's coach said,
"This girl, she is there with me since she was 4 years old, from that age she is there with me and one thing
about her is that she is the laziest person as far as the training is concerned and as far as the court is
concerned you keep her for the whole long day and she will be happy, otherwise her genes might be
helping her out."[67]

Gutta has spoken against body shaming in sports.[68] In an interview she said, "I don't understand this
image thing. What's wrong in liking clothes or dressing up? In India, there is this image that if you dress
shabbily, you are a serious sportsperson. If you care about dressing up, you aren't one. People are under
the impression I lead an exciting life but honestly, all I do is sleep, eat and practice".[54] Gutta is also a
celebrity endorser and has been associated with several brands and services, also appearing on the covers
of numerous magazines.[69][70]

In January 2020, Gutta taunted Saina Nehwal for joining the current ruling party BJP, however Twitter
users criticised her comment.[71]

IBL row
A controversy had erupted during the 25 August tie of the Indian Badminton League when the Delhi
Smashers had threatened to pull out from the lot match against Banga Beats over the last-minute
replacement of injured Hu Yun of Hong Kong, with Denmark's Jan Ø. Jørgensen. As the team captain for
Smashers, Gutta was involved in a lengthy discussion, which was resolved after Beats agreed to drop
Jorgensen. Gutta was then served a 14-day showcause notice by BAI for her conduct during the tie,
which was delayed by half an hour. In what was dubbed a surprise decision, the Badminton Association
of India's disciplinary committee recommended a life ban on Gutta for the same.[72]

BAI president Akhilesh Das Gupta had said that if Gutta tenders an unconditional apology, her case may
be reconsidered. However, she said that she would not apologise as asked by the BAI. Her camp made
note two potential reasons for the harsh stand taken by BAI; first, Gutta had been vocal against the
women's doubles event being taken off the competition in IBL, a decision that had created quite a stir
before the tournament, and second, the coming together of Gutta and Ponnappa for the women's doubles
(who did not train at Pullela Gopichand's academy).[73] On the advice of her coach, S. M. Arif, Gutta
filed a defamation suit against BAI for going to the press without issuing her a ban notice. "This is
cruellest joke on badminton and on a player of Gutta's calibre," Arif said adding that she committed no
mistake and hence there is no question of an apology. He said that the BAI had repeatedly insulted the
player who has brought laurels to the country.[74]

Blaming Gopichand, the chief national coach, for "not supporting her" in the fiasco, Gutta said she tried
to resolve the issue by talking to everyone in the administration even before the show cause notice was
issued. She spoke with the press saying, "I love to play [...] No one on this earth can stop me from
playing. In fact, no one should stop anyone from playing. I never thought that they [BAI] would stoop
down to this level."[75]

Eventually, the Delhi High Court put a stay on BAI's decision to not allow Gutta to play at international
tournaments. Justice V.K. Jain told the BAI: "You must allow her to play.".[76] During the controversy
Gutta received overwhelming support from fans and fellow sports-persons. Several former players
described the Badminton Association of India disciplinary committee's recommendation of a life ban on
the player as "ridiculous" and "harsh".[77] Former national coach U. Vimal Kumar said the HC order has
shown Indian badminton in bad light. S.M. Arif, was even harsher saying, "The emphasis on her apology
rather than the misconduct attributed to her shows clearly that the BAI has gone off the rails,"[78] Gutta
also received support from Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily, who wrote a letter to Sports Minister
Jitendra Singh, saying that Gutta was being treated unfairly and if it continued then the Petroleum sector
may be forced to reconsider its association with BAI at various levels. He warned the Sports Ministry be
fair to Gutta or lose funding.[79] The Sports Minister responded to Moily's letter saying that he would
examine her case and extend all the support to her.[80]

The long-standing deadlock between Gutta and the Association ended with the national federation
dropping all the charges against her. The impasse was reported to have ended in New Delhi when Gutta
met BAI president Akhilesh Das after the 78th Senior National Championships where she had emerged as
the doubles champion alongside Ponnappa. "I am very happy with the decision BAI has taken. I will be
playing as a part of the Indian team in future tournaments too. It will be an honour to represent the
country as always," Gutta was quoted as saying to the Times of India.[81]

Awards
In 2011, Gutta was awarded the Arjuna award by the Indian Government, India's second highest sporting
honour for her achievements as a badminton player.

Career highlights

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles
 Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
Tian Qing
Wembley Arena, London, Ashwini 14–21, 16–
2011 Zhao
England Ponnappa 21 Bronze
Yunlei

Commonwealth Games
Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result

Vivian Kah
Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Ashwini Mun Hoo 17–21,
2014
Scotland Ponnappa Woon Khe 21–23 Silver
Wei
Shinta Mulia
Siri Fort Sports Complex, Ashwini 21–16,
2010 Sari Gold
New Delhi, India Ponnappa 21–19
Yao Lei

Asian Championships
Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result

Gimcheon Indoor Luo

Ashwini 12–21, 7–
2014 Stadium, Ying
Ponnappa 21 Bronze
Gimcheon, South Korea Luo Yu

South Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result

Multipurpose Hall SAI- N. Sikki

Ashwini
2016 SAG Centre, Reddy 21–9, 21–17
Ponnappa Gold
Shillong, India K. Maneesha

B. R.
Sugathadasa Indoor
Shruti Kurien Meenakshi 18–21, 23–21,
2006 Stadium,
Aparna 21–12 Gold
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Balan

Fathima
Rodham Hall, Islamabad, Nazneen
2004 Shruti Kurien 15–6, 15–3
Pakistan Manjusha Gold
Kanwar

Mixed doubles
 Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result

Sugathadasa Indoor Thomas

21–11, 21–
2006 Stadium, V. Diju Kurien
13 Gold
Colombo, Sri Lanka Aparna Balan

Marcos
Rodham Hall, Islamabad, Jaseel P. Bristow
2004 15–6, 15–3
Pakistan Ismail Manjusha Gold
Kanwar

BWF Superseries
Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result

Joachim Fischer
Superseries V. 14–21, 18– Runner-
2009 Nielsen
Finals Diju 21 up
Christinna Pedersen

BWF Superseries Finals tournament

BWF Superseries Premier tournament
BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result

Ashwini Eefje Muskens

2015 Canada Open 21–19, 21–16 Winner
Ponnappa Selena Piek

Ashwini Shinta Mulia Sari 11–21, 21–9, Runner-

2010 India Open
Ponnappa Yao Lei 15–21 up

Shendy Puspa
Bulgarian
2008 Shruti Kurien Irawati 21–11, 21–19 Winner
Open
Meiliana Jauhari

Mixed doubles
 Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result

V. Chayut Triyachart 23–21, 20–22,

2010 India Open Winner
Diju Yao Lei 21–7

Hendra Aprida
Chinese Taipei V. Winner
2009 Gunawan 23–21, 21–18
Open Diju
Vita Marissa

V. Flandy Limpele Runner-

2009 India Open 14–21, 17–21
Diju Vita Marissa up

Fran Kurniawan
V. 15–21, 21–18,
2008 Bulgarian Open Shendy Puspa Winner
Diju 21–19
Irawati

Joachim Fischer
V. 8–21, 21–17, 22–
2008 Bitburger Open Nielsen Winner
Diju 20
Christinna Pedersen

BWF International Challenge/Series/Satellite

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result

Shruti Anjali Kalita

2008 Nepal International 21–6, 21–8 Winner
Kurien Jyotshna Polavarapu

Tata Open India Shruti Jyotshna Polavarapu

2007 21–11, 21–8 Winner
International Kurien Aparna Balan

Renu Chandrika
Pakistan Shruti 21–13, 21– Winner
2007 Hettiarachchige
International Kurien 14
Thilini Jayasinghe

Shruti Kati Tolmoff 21–12, 21–

2007 Cyprus International Winner
Kurien Ragna Ingolfsdottir 13

Shruti Jung Youn-kyung 18–21, 19–

2006 India Satellite
Kurien Kim Min-jung 21 Runner-up
Shruti Haw Chiou Hwee 21–15, 14–
2006 Sri Lanka Satellite Winner
Kurien Lim Yin Loo 21, 22–20

Syed Modi Shruti Wong Mew Choo Winner

2004 15–5, 17–15
International Kurien Anita Raj Kaur

Le Volant d'Or de Shruti Anastasia Russkikh

2004 11–15, 6–15
Toulouse Kurien Petya Nedelcheva Runner-up

Mixed doubles
Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
J. B. S.
2008 Nepal International V. Diju Vidyadhar 21–12, 21–15
Shruti Kurien Winner

Tata Open India Rupesh Kumar

2007 V. Diju 21–14, 21–16
International Aparna Balan Winner

Christian John
Chetan Skovgaard
2007 Cyprus International 21–14, 22–20
Anand Maria Kaaberbol Winner
Thorberg

Chan Peng Soon

Chetan 21–10, 15–21,
2006 Sri Lanka Satellite Haw Chiou
Anand 21–18 Winner
Hwee

Watson Briggs 12–15, 15–2,

2005 Welsh International V. Diju
Imogen Bankier 15–9 Winner

Trần Thanh Hải

2005 Jakarta Satellite V. Diju 15–1, 15–3
Ngô Hải Vân Winner

J. B. S. Sandesh Chouta 15–10, 11–15,

2001 India Satellite
Vidyadhar B. R. Meenakshi 15–9 Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF events

Result Year Tournament Partner

Quarter-Finals 2009 BWF World Championships V. Diju

Quarter-Finals 2010 BWF World Championships V. Diju

Bronze Medal 2011 BWF World Championships Ashwini Ponnappa

Bronze Medal 2014 Uber Cup Women's Team

Quarter-Finals 2015 BWF World Championships Ashwini Ponnappa

Bronze Medal 2016 Uber Cup Women's Team

Others

Result Year Tournament Partner

Bronze Medal 2006 Commonwealth Games Mixed Team

Gold Medal 2010 Commonwealth Games Ashwini Ponnappa

Silver Medal 2010 Commonwealth Games Mixed Team

Bronze Medal 2014 Badminton Asia Championships Ashwini Ponnappa

Silver Medal 2014 Commonwealth Games Ashwini Ponnappa

Notes
a. Telugu: గుత్తా జ్వాల, romanized: Guttā Jvāla;[3][4] family names traditionally precede personal
names in Telugu naming customs

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External links
Jwala Gutta (https://bwfbadminton.com/player/50884) at BWFBadminton.com
Jwala Gutta (https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/player-profil
e/D28DF6CB-3B5B-42DB-8347-5519A0117429) at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
(alternate link (https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/find.aspx?
a=8&oid=209B123F-AA87-41A2-BC3E-CB57133E64CC&q=50884)) (archived)
Jwala Gutta (https://olympics.com/en/athletes/jwala-gutta) at Olympics.com
Jwala Gutta (https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/125116) at Olympedia
Jwala Gutta (https://web.archive.org/web/20220101/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/4186
1) at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived) (2002–2010)
Jwala Gutta (https://web.archive.org/web/20220101/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/6719
4) at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived) (2014)
Jwala Gutta (https://web.archive.org/web/1/http://melbourne2006.com.au/Participants/Partici
pants?ID=109383) at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
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