Gregory Mairs

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Gregory Mairs (born 7 December 1994) is an English badminton player.

Gregory Mairs
Personal information
CountryEngland
Born (1994-12-07) 7 December 1994 (age 29)
Manchester, England
ResidenceLoughborough, England
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
HandednessLeft
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking71 (MD, 13 July 2017)
28 (XD with Jenny Mairs, 9 April 2023)
Current ranking41 (XD with Jenny Mairs, 2 April 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  England
European Mixed Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Aire-sur-la-Lys Mixed team
BWF profile

Career edit

Mairs started playing badminton at the age of six in Weaverham Leisure Centre.[1][2]

In 2023, he won his second national doubles title at the English National Badminton Championships, at the David Ross Sports Village in Nottingham, partenering Jenny Moore.[3] The following year, Mairs successfully defended the title, this time as a husband and wife team.[4]

Personal life edit

He married his mixed doubles partner Jenny Moore on 27 July 2023.[5]

Achievements edit

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 9 runners-up) edit

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Polish International   Christopher Coles   Lu Ching-yao
  Yang Po-han
16–21, 9–21   Runner-up
2018 Turkey International   Peter Briggs   Leo Rolly Carnando
  Daniel Marthin
14–21, 21–14, 21–23   Runner-up
2019 Estonian International   Peter Briggs   Danny Bawa Chrisnanta
  Loh Kean Hean
22–20, 21–18   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Spanish International   Jenny Moore   Marvin Seidel
  Linda Efler
16–21, 12–21   Runner-up
2017 Slovenian International   Jenny Moore   Mikkel Mikkelsen
  Mai Surrow
12–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2017 Norwegian International   Jenny Moore   Lasse Mølhede
  Alexandra Bøje
21–11, 19–21, 21–11   Winner
2017 Irish Open   Jenny Moore   Sam Magee
  Chloe Magee
21–16, 21–13   Winner
2018 Estonian International   Jenny Moore   Peter Käsbauer
  Olga Konon
14–21, 12–21   Runner-up
2018 Slovenian International   Jenny Moore   Kristoffer Knudsen
  Isabella Nielsen
13–21, 21–16, 21–14   Winner
2019 Estonian International   Victoria Williams   Danny Bawa Chrisnanta
  Tan Wei Han
18–21, 21–14, 15–21   Runner-up
2019 Slovenian International   Victoria Williams   Anton Kaisti
  Inalotta Suutarinen
21–16, 21–17   Winner
2022 Irish Open   Jenny Moore   Andreas Søndergaard
  Iben Bergstein
21–13, 21–16   Winner
2022 Bahrain International   Jenny Moore   Ruttanapak Oupthong
  Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat
21–17, 21–16   Winner
2023 Irish Open   Jenny Mairs   Terry Hee
  Jessica Tan
17–21, 21–18, 15–21   Runner-up
2023 Bahrain International   Jenny Mairs   Zhou Zhihong
  Yang Jiayi
26–28, 21–16, 20–22   Runner-up
2023 Welsh International   Jenny Mairs   Jan Colin Völker
  Stine Küspert
20–22, 16–21   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References edit

  1. ^ "Gregory Mairs biography". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Greg Mairs". Loughborough Sport. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  3. ^ "English National Badminton Championships 2023". Badminton England. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  4. ^ "English National Badminton Championships 2024 Day Two Wrap". Badminton England. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Jenny Moore on Instagram: "27.07.2023 - The best day ever ❤️"". Instagram. Retrieved 12 August 2023.

External links edit