Gregory Mairs

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

Gregory Mairs
Personal information
CountryEngland
Born (1994-12-07) 7 December 1994
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
2023 Aire-sur-la-Lys Mixed team
BWF profile

Career

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

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

Achievements

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

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

  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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