Gregory Mairs

Gregory Mairs
Gregory Mairs with his partner, Jenny Mairs.
Personal information
Country	England
Born	(1994-12-07) 7 December 1994 (age 30) Manchester, England
Residence	Loughborough, England
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Spouse	Jenny Mairs ​ (m. 2023)​
Retired	March 2025
Handedness	Left
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	71 (MD, 13 July 2017) 28 (XD with Jenny Mairs, 17 January 2023)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing   England European Mixed Team Championships 2023 Aire-sur-la-Lys Mixed team
BWF profile

Gregory Mairs (born 7 December 1994) is a former professional English badminton player.

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, partnering with Jenny Moore. ^[3] The following year, Mairs successfully defended the title, this time as a husband and wife team. ^[4]

In March 2025, after having reached the quarter-finals in the All England Open he announced his retirement through his YouTube channel, Badminton Insight. ^{[5] [6]}

Personal life

He married his mixed doubles partner Jenny Moore (now Jenny Mairs) on 27 July 2023. ^[7]

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. "Greg and Jenny Mairs announce retirement from international tournaments". Badminton Europe. 10 March 2025. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
6. "Mairs' retirement on hold again as they reach All England last eight". The Telegraph & Argus. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
7. "Jenny Moore on Instagram: "27.07.2023 - The best day ever ❤️"". Instagram. Retrieved 12 August 2023.

External links

• Gregory Mairs at BWF Badminton.com
• Gregory Mairs at BWF .TournamentSoftware.com (archived, alternate link )