Ruben Jille (born 11 July 1996) is a Dutch badminton player, specializing in doubles play. The righthanded Jille, started playing badminton at a small local club in Houten, the place where he grew up. He chose to join the national team in 2014.[1][2] In 2016, he was semi-finalist at the Dutch Open partnered with Jacco Arends in the men's doubles event.[3] In 2017, this partnership won its first international title at the Spanish International.[4] His sister Debora Jille is also a member of the Dutch National badminton squad.

Ruben Jille
Personal information
CountryNetherlands
Born (1996-07-11) 11 July 1996 (age 27)
Nieuwegein, Netherlands
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking28 (MD with Ties van der Lecq 3 January 2023)
55 (XD with Iris Tabeling 6 April 2017)
Current ranking104 (MD with Ties van der Lecq 12 March 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Netherlands
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Madrid Men's doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Copenhagen Mixed team
European Men's Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2020 Liévin Men's team
BWF profile

Achievements edit

European Championships edit

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Polideportivo Municipal Gallur, Madrid, Spain   Ties van der Lecq   Alexander Dunn
  Adam Hall
10–21, 20–22   Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 title) edit

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[5] 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, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[6]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Orléans Masters Super 100   Ties van der Lecq   Junaidi Arif
  Muhammad Haikal
Walkover   Winner

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up) edit

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 doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Scottish Open   Jacco Arends   Jelle Maas
  Robin Tabeling
11–21, 15–21   Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 2 runners-up) edit

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Spanish International   Jacco Arends   Keiichiro Matsui
  Yoshinori Takeuchi
21–17, 21–19   Winner
2018 Belgian International   Jacco Arends   David Daugaard
  Frederik Søgaard
11–21, 21–18, 21–17   Winner
2020 Austrian Open   Ties van der Lecq   Alexander Duun
  Adam Hall
18–21, 11–21   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Polish International   Alyssa Tirtosentono   Mikkel Mikkelsen
  Amalie Magelund
19–21, 17–21   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References edit

  1. ^ "Spelers: Ruben Jille". badmintonline.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Players: Ruben Jille". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Dag 3: Jacco Arends en Ruben Jille naar halve finales!" (in Dutch). Dutch Open. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Koppel Jacco Arends/ Ruben Jille wint Spanish International" (in Dutch). Badminton Nederland. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  5. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  6. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links edit