Gregory Mairs

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Gregory Mairs
Gregory and Jenny Mairs.jpg
Gregory Mairs with his partner, Jenny Mairs.
Personal information
CountryEngland
Born (1994-12-07) 7 December 1994 (age 30)
Manchester, England
Residence Loughborough, England
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Spouse
(m. 2023)
RetiredMarch 2025
HandednessLeft
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking71 (MD, 13 July 2017)
28 (XD with Jenny Mairs, 17 January 2023)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
European Mixed Team Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Aire-sur-la-Lys Mixed team
BWF profile

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

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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]

In March 2025, after 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 on 27 July 2023. [7]

Achievements

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

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016 Polish International Flag of England.svg Christopher Coles Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lu Ching-yao
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yang Po-han
16–21, 9–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2018 Turkey International Flag of England.svg Peter Briggs Flag of Indonesia.svg Leo Rolly Carnando
Flag of Indonesia.svg Daniel Marthin
14–21, 21–14, 21–23Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Estonian International Flag of England.svg Peter Briggs Flag of Singapore.svg Danny Bawa Chrisnanta
Flag of Singapore.svg Loh Kean Hean
22–20, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014 Spanish International Flag of England.svg Jenny Moore Flag of Germany.svg Marvin Seidel
Flag of Germany.svg Linda Efler
16–21, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2017 Slovenian International Flag of England.svg Jenny Moore Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Mikkelsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Mai Surrow
12–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2017 Norwegian International Flag of England.svg Jenny Moore Flag of Denmark.svg Lasse Mølhede
Flag of Denmark.svg Alexandra Bøje
21–11, 19–21, 21–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017 Irish Open Flag of England.svg Jenny Moore Flag of Ireland.svg Sam Magee
Flag of Ireland.svg Chloe Magee
21–16, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018 Estonian International Flag of England.svg Jenny Moore Flag of Germany.svg Peter Käsbauer
Flag of Germany.svg Olga Konon
14–21, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2018Slovenian International Flag of England.svg Jenny Moore Flag of Denmark.svg Kristoffer Knudsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Isabella Nielsen
13–21, 21–16, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019Estonian International Flag of England.svg Victoria Williams Flag of Singapore.svg Danny Bawa Chrisnanta
Flag of Singapore.svg Tan Wei Han
18–21, 21–14, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019Slovenian International Flag of England.svg Victoria Williams Flag of Finland.svg Anton Kaisti
Flag of Finland.svg Inalotta Suutarinen
21–16, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2022Irish Open Flag of England.svg Jenny Moore Flag of Denmark.svg Andreas Søndergaard
Flag of Denmark.svg Iben Bergstein
21–13, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2022 Bahrain International Flag of England.svg Jenny Moore Flag of Thailand.svg Ruttanapak Oupthong
Flag of Thailand.svg Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat
21–17, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2023Irish Open Flag of England.svg Jenny Mairs Flag of Singapore.svg Terry Hee
Flag of Singapore.svg Jessica Tan
17–21, 21–18, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2023 Bahrain International Flag of England.svg Jenny Mairs Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Zhihong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Jiayi
26–28, 21–16, 20–22Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2023 Welsh International Flag of England.svg Jenny Mairs Flag of Germany.svg Jan Colin Völker
Flag of Germany.svg Stine Küspert
20–22, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-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.