Nico Ruponen

Nico Ruponen
Personal information
Birth nameNico Mikael Ruponen
CountrySweden
Born (1989-02-03) 3 February 1989
Täby, Stockholms län, Sweden
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
HandednessLeft
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking248 (MS 22 October 2009)
47 (MD 19 January 2017)
21 (XD 15 December 2016)
BWF profile

Nico Mikael Ruponen (born 3 February 1989) is a Swedish badminton player.[2][3] In 2012, he won the Kharkiv International in the mixed doubles event partnered with Amanda Högström.[4] In 2016, he and Richard Eidestedt had to battle through the qualification round at the Orleans International tournament before reach the finals, finally they won the men's doubles title after beat Hardianto and Haryanto of Indonesia.[5] He also became the runner-up at the 2016 Canada Open Grand Prix tournament in the mixed doubles event with Högström.[6]

Achievements

BWF Grand Prix

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.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Canada Open Amanda Högström Đỗ Tuấn Đức
Phạm Như Thảo 		9–21, 21–10, 13–21 Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Orleans International Richard Eidestedt Hardianto
Kenas Adi Haryanto 		13–21, 21–12, 21–19 Winner
2016 Italian International Richard Eidestedt Jones Ralfy Jansen
Josche Zurwonne 		17–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2017 Swedish International Richard Eidestedt Konstantin Abramov
Alexandr Zinchenko 		17–21, 20–22 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Kharkiv International Amanda Högström Gaëtan Mittelheisser
Émilie Lefel 		23-21, 10-21, 21-16 Winner
2014 Finnish Open Amanda Högström Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Lena Grebak 		24-22, 19-21, 13-21 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Nico Ruponen (SWE)". National Badminton League. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Players: Nico Ruponen". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Nico Ruponen" (in Swedish). Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Nico Ruponen och Amanda Högström vann i Kharkov" (in Swedish). Täby BM - Badminton. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Maiden title for Eidestedt & Ruponen in Orleans". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Vietnamese pair clinch Canada Open badminton title". VietnamBreakingNews. Retrieved 23 January 2017.


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