Vladimir Alexandrovich Ivanov (Russian: Владимир Александрович Иванов; born 3 July 1987) is a Russian badminton player. He was the champion at the 2014 and 2021 European Championships,[2][3] and also the 2016 All England Open partnering with Ivan Sozonov. They made history by becoming the first Russian pair to win the men's doubles title in each of those events.[4] Ivanov competed at the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Summer Olympics.[1][5][6]
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Birth name | Владимир Александрович Иванов | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kusa, Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1] | 3 July 1987||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Men's singles & doubles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 28 (MS 11 April 2013) 7 (MD with Ivan Sozonov 7 December 2017) 70 (XD with Ashwini Ponnappa 3 September 2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 37 (MD with Ivan Sozonov 8 November 2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2015 | Baku Sports Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan |
Ivan Sozonov | Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen |
8–21, 13–21 | Silver |
2019 | Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus |
Ivan Sozonov | Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen |
17–21, 17–21 | Bronze |
Men's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2014 | Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia | Rajiv Ouseph | 23–25, 21–13, 8–21 | Bronze |
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2014 | Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia |
Ivan Sozonov | Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding |
21–13, 21–16 | Gold |
2016 | Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France |
Ivan Sozonov | Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen |
19–21, 21–15, 16–17 retired | Bronze |
2018 | Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain |
Ivan Sozonov | Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding |
11–21, 21–19, 19–21 | Bronze |
2021 | Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine |
Ivan Sozonov | Mark Lamsfuß Marvin Seidel |
Walkover | Gold |
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2013 | Tennis Academy, Kazan, Russia |
Ivan Sozonov | Ko Sung-hyun Lee Yong-dae |
21–13, 13–21, 13–21 | Silver |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2013 | Tennis Academy, Kazan, Russia |
Nina Vislova | Kim Gi-jung Kim So-young |
22–20, 19–21, 17–21 | Bronze |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2005 | De Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands |
Olga Kozlova | Rasmus Bonde Christinna Pedersen |
10–15, 8–15 | Bronze |
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[7] 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.[8]
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2019 | Dutch Open | Super 100 | Ivan Sozonov | Mark Lamsfuß Marvin Seidel |
21–19, 21–16 | Winner |
2020 | Denmark Open | Super 750 | Ivan Sozonov | Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge |
22–20, 17–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Russian Open | Super 100 | Kim Min-kyung | Rohan Kapoor Kuhoo Garg |
21–19, 21–17 | Winner |
The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[9] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.[10] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2016 | All England Open | Ivan Sozonov | Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa |
21–23, 21–18, 21–16 | Winner |
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.
Men's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2012 | U.S. Open | Takuma Ueda | 22–20, 21–17 | Winner |
2013 | Russian Open | Kenta Nishimoto | 21–17, 15–21, 21–14 | Winner |
2014 | Russian Open | Riichi Takeshita | 18–21, 21–5, 21–17 | Winner |
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2008 | Russian Open | Ivan Sozonov | Vitalij Durkin Aleksandr Nikolaenko |
11–21, 15–21 | Runner-up |
2009 | Russian Open | Ivan Sozonov | Vitalij Durkin Aleksandr Nikolaenko |
21–19, 21–19 | Winner |
2010 | Russian Open | Ivan Sozonov | Vitalij Durkin Aleksandr Nikolaenko |
21–17, 10–21, 21–18 | Winner |
2012 | Russian Open | Ivan Sozonov | Vitalij Durkin Aleksandr Nikolaenko |
21–18, 21–15 | Winner |
2012 | Macau Open | Ivan Sozonov | Lee Sheng-mu Tsai Chia-hsin |
21–14, 17–21, 16–21 | Runner-up |
2013 | Thailand Open | Ivan Sozonov | Shin Baek-choel Yoo Yeon-seong |
21–18, 15–21, 14–21 | Runner-up |
2013 | Russian Open | Ivan Sozonov | Andrey Ashmarin Vitalij Durkin |
21–16, 21–19 | Winner |
2015 | Syed Modi International | Ivan Sozonov | Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen |
9–21, 20–22 | Runner-up |
2015 | German Open | Ivan Sozonov | Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding |
20–22, 19–21 | Runner-up |
2015 | Russian Open | Ivan Sozonov | Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong |
22–20, 21–19 | Winner |
2015 | Bitburger Open | Ivan Sozonov | Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding |
18–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
2015 | U.S. Grand Prix | Ivan Sozonov | Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong |
14–21, 17–21 | Runner-up |
2016 | Russian Open | Ivan Sozonov | Konstantin Abramov Alexandr Zinchenko |
21–15, 21–14 | Winner |
2017 | Russian Open | Ivan Sozonov | Chooi Kah Ming Low Juan Shen |
11–6, 11–9, 11–5 | Winner |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2016 | Russian Open | Valeria Sorokina | Pranaav Jerry Chopra N. Sikki Reddy |
17–21, 19–21 | Runner-up |
Men's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2011 | Polish Open | Pablo Abian | 14–21, 12–21 | Runner-up |
2011 | Guatemala International | Ivan Sozonov | 16–21, 21–9, 18–21 | Runner-up |
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2009 | White Nights | Ivan Sozonov | Vitalij Durkin Aleksandr Nikolaenko |
17–21, 11–21 | Runner-up |
2009 | Bulgarian International | Ivan Sozonov | Kasper Faust Henriksen Anders Kristiansen |
11–21, 11–21 | Runner-up |
2009 | Hungarian International | Ivan Sozonov | Adam Cwalina Wojciech Szkudlarczyk |
17–21, 21–13, 26–28 | Runner-up |
2010 | Polish International | Ivan Sozonov | Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama Wong Wai Hong |
21–17, 14–21, 21–14 | Winner |
2010 | Kharkiv International | Ivan Sozonov | Adam Cwalina Michał Łogosz |
26–28, 15–21 | Runner-up |
2010 | Italian International | Ivan Sozonov | Anthony Clark Chris Langridge |
14–21, 19–21 | Runner-up |
2010 | Turkey International | Ivan Sozonov | Adam Cwalina Michał Łogosz |
21–12, 21–18 | Winner |
2011 | Polish Open | Ivan Sozonov | Adam Cwalina Michał Łogosz |
23–21, 21–17 | Winner |
2011 | Kharkiv International | Ivan Sozonov | Adam Cwalina Michał Łogosz |
19–21, 21–19, 21–16 | Winner |
2011 | Guatemala International | Ivan Sozonov | Adrian Liu Derrick Ng |
21–13, 21–16 | Winner |
2011 | Brazil International | Ivan Sozonov | Adam Cwalina Michał Łogosz |
16–21, 21–14, 24–22 | Winner |
2011 | Scottish International | Ivan Sozonov | Marcus Ellis Peter Mills |
21–19, 21–19 | Winner |
2011 | Italian International | Ivan Sozonov | Vitalij Durkin Aleksandr Nikolaenko |
21–16, 21–15 | Winner |
2012 | Swedish Masters | Ivan Sozonov | Jorrit de Ruiter Dave Khodabux |
21–16, 21–9 | Winner |
2012 | Polish Open | Ivan Sozonov | Adam Cwalina Michał Łogosz |
21–11, 21–13 | Winner |
2012 | Finnish Open | Ivan Sozonov | Nikolaj Nikolaenko Nikolai Ukk |
21–10, 21–16 | Winner |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2019 | Italian International | Ekaterina Bolotova | Kim Sa-rang Eom Hye-won |
21–12, 18–21, 21–15 | Winner |