Matthew Clare (born 4 March 1997) is an English badminton player.[1] He graduated from the Ripon Grammar School, and now educated at the Loughborough University. He won the 2016 U-19 National Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event partnered with Ben Lane.[2] He also the member of the English junior team that won silver medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships. In 2017, he won the mixed doubles title at the Croatian International tournament with Victoria Williams, he also the third place in the men's doubles event with David King.[3]
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| Country | England | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 March 1997 Ripon, North Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 71 (MD with Max Flynn 4 May 2021) 82 (XD with Victoria Williams 12 March 2019) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Achievements edit
BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 5 runner-up) edit
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2017 | Norwegian International |  David King
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 Joel Eipe Philip Seerup
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8–21, 21–18, 19–21 |  Runner-up
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| 2019 | Belarus International | Max Flynn
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 Ou Xuanyi Zhang Nan
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15–21, 15–21 | Runner-up
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Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2017 | Croatian International | Victoria Williams
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Rasmus Rylander Susan Ekelund
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21–9, 9–21, 21–10 |  Winner
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| 2017 | Polish International | Victoria Williams
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Kristoffer Knudsen Isabella Nielsen
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13–21, 15–21 | Runner-up
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| 2018 | Welsh International | Victoria Williams
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Max Flynn  Moa Sjöö
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21–14, 21–8 | Winner
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| 2019 | Bulgarian Open | Lizzie Tolman
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 Joshua Hurlburt-Yu Josephine Wu
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16–21, 16–21 | Runner-up
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| 2019 | Welsh International | Hope Warner
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 Alexander Dunn Ciara Torrance
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14–21, 22–20, 17–21 | Runner-up
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- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References edit
- ^ "Players: Matthew Clare". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ White, Ed (18 February 2016). "Badminton: Ripon youngster Matt Clare wins doubles gold at English National Championships". Harrogate Advertiser. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ Phelan, Mark (17 April 2017). "Hald & Lehikoinen claim singles titles in Croatia". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
External links edit
- Matthew Clare at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
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