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Jwala Gutta - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!

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Updated on January 07, 2026

Explore Jwala Gutta net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! Indian tennis doubles athlete who represented the country in the 2012 Olympic Games. She’s been credited with helping develop this sport within her home country and was an integral part of the very first Indian doubles team ever to be ranked among the top 10. In this article, we will discover how old is Jwala Gutta? Who is Jwala Gutta dating now & how much money does Jwala Gutta have?

NameJwala Gutta
First NameJwala
Last NameGutta
OccupationBadminton Player
BirthdaySeptember 7
Birth Year1983
Place of BirthWardha
Home TownMaharashtra
Birth CountryIndia
Birth SignVirgo
Full/Birth Name
ParentsYelan Gutta, Kranti Gutta
SiblingsInsi Gutta
SpouseVishnu Vishal , Chetan Anand
Children(s)Not Available

Jwala Gutta Biography

Jwala Gutta is one of the most popular and richest Badminton Player who was born on September 7, 1983 in Wardha, Maharashtra, India. She as well as She and Ashwini Ponnappa have often played as partners. have played a lot of times as the same team.

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 freedom fighters and Leftists from Peddapuliveru in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur district. Her mother, Yelan Gutta, was born in China and is a granddaughter of a Gandhian named Tseng. 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. Gutta has a younger sister, Insi Gutta.

Jwala Gutta గుత్తా జ్వాల (born 7 September 1983) is an Indian professional badminton player. Beginning in the late 1990s, she 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.

The couple was together for a while. Chetan Anand between 2005 and the year 2011. She has a sister called Insi.

Famous for her aggressive net game She’s won Gold medals from the South Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.

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 Jwala 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.

Jwala Gutta Net Worth

Jwala is one of the richest Badminton Player from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jwala Gutta's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

When she started playing badminton, she was 6 years old. She was a winner of several junior championships prior to going pro.

Net Worth$5 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeBadminton Player
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

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. The divorce gathered huge and unwanted media attention and speculations about an affair with ex-cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin also came up, but was never confirmed due to lack of any proof of the news and constant denials from Jwala herself. Azharuddin. confirmed filing the divorce but denied that it had anything to do with Jwala

Jwala 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.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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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. Further, she reached the Final Rounds of the Scottish International tournament 2004 and 40th Portuguese Badminton Championship 2004. 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, Jwala won the Nepal International Series tournament 2008 and Yonex Dutch Open Grand Prix 2008 in the Women’s Doubles category.

Who is Jwala Gutta Dating?

According to our records, Jwala Gutta married to Vishnu Vishal , Chetan Anand . As of January 13, 2024, Jwala Gutta’s is not dating anyone.

Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Jwala Gutta. You may help us to build the dating records for Jwala Gutta!

She has been listed several times among the top most inspiring sportswomen of India. She was awarded the Arjuna Award, India’s second highest sporting award for her achievements. Gutta was married to badminton player Chetan Anand from 2005-2011. She told ESPN that she was contemplating retirement, after entering negotiations for a coaching role for BAI in May 2017.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Jwala Gutta height 5 ft 10 in Jwala weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Height5 ft 10 in
WeightNot Known
Body MeasurementsUnder Review
Eye ColorNot Available
Hair ColorNot Available
Feet/Shoe SizeNot Available

Jwala 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, Jwala (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 Jwala Gutta and Shruti Kurien won the Women’s Doubles National title for seven years in succession, from 2002 to 2008.

But the biggest achievement came in the same year where she 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 Nadiezda 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 Lilyana Natsir of Indonesia. The Indian pair was beaten 16–21, 14–21 in 27 minutes.

Facts & Trivia

Jwala Ranked on the list of most popular Badminton Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Jwala Gutta celebrates birthday on September 7 of every year.

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. 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.

What is the Jwala Gutta famous for?

Gutta is the first badminton player of Indian to qualify for two events in the Olympics–women’s doubles with Ponnappa and mixed doubles with V. Diju at London. Gutta is known for her skilled left-handed stroke-play and is one of the very few doubles players to use a forehand service.

Does Jwala Gutta have a child?

The couple have a son born in 2017. Jwala Gutta, a doubles specialist, is a two-time Olympian and won the 2010 Commonwealth Games women’s doubles gold medal with Ashwini Ponnappa.

Who is Gutta Jwala husband?

Husband

What is the age of Jwala Gutta?

39 years (September 7, 1983)

What is the height of Jwala Gutta?

5′ 10″

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