Gregory Mairs

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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

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

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 England Christopher Coles Chinese Taipei Lu Ching-yao
Chinese Taipei Yang Po-han
16–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Turkey International England Peter Briggs Indonesia Leo Rolly Carnando
Indonesia Daniel Marthin
14–21, 21–14, 21–23 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Estonian International England Peter Briggs Singapore Danny Bawa Chrisnanta
Singapore Loh Kean Hean
22–20, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Spanish International England Jenny Moore Germany Marvin Seidel
Germany Linda Efler
16–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Slovenian International England Jenny Moore Denmark Mikkel Mikkelsen
Denmark Mai Surrow
12–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Norwegian International England Jenny Moore Denmark Lasse Mølhede
Denmark Alexandra Bøje
21–11, 19–21, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Irish Open England Jenny Moore Republic of Ireland Sam Magee
Republic of Ireland Chloe Magee
21–16, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Estonian International England Jenny Moore Germany Peter Käsbauer
Germany Olga Konon
14–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Slovenian International England Jenny Moore Denmark Kristoffer Knudsen
Denmark Isabella Nielsen
13–21, 21–16, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Estonian International England Victoria Williams Singapore Danny Bawa Chrisnanta
Singapore Tan Wei Han
18–21, 21–14, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Slovenian International England Victoria Williams Finland Anton Kaisti
Finland Inalotta Suutarinen
21–16, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Irish Open England Jenny Moore Denmark Andreas Søndergaard
Denmark Iben Bergstein
21–13, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Bahrain International England Jenny Moore Thailand Ruttanapak Oupthong
Thailand Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat
21–17, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Irish Open England Jenny Mairs Singapore Terry Hee
Singapore Jessica Tan
17–21, 21–18, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Bahrain International England Jenny Mairs China Zhou Zhihong
China Yang Jiayi
26–28, 21–16, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Welsh International England Jenny Mairs Germany Jan Colin Völker
Germany Stine Küspert
20–22, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 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.

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