Jan Louda

Jan Louda
Personal information
Country	Czech Republic
Born	(1999-04-25) 25 April 1999 (age 25) Plzeň, Czech Republic [1]
Residence	Plzeň, Czech Republic [2]
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [2]
Handedness	Left
Men's singles
Career record	246 wins, 121 losses
Highest ranking	39 (1 August 2023)
Current ranking	63 (23 July 2024)
BWF profile

Jan Louda (born 25 April 1999) is a Czech badminton player. ^{[3] [4]}

Career

Louda started playing badminton at a small age of 5, when his father introduced him to the sport of badminton. In his career so far, he has won international titles in Czech Republic, Mexico, Slovakia and Ukraine. ^[1] He will represent Czech Republic at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the men's singles discipline. ^[5]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 6 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Kharkiv International	Ade Resky Dwicahyo	21–14, 21–18	Winner
2019	Slovenia International	Karan Rajan Rajarajan	17–21, 21–11, 19–21	Runner-up
2020	Slovak Open	Johnnie Torjussen	21–18, 12–21, 21–15	Winner
2021	Spanish International	Pablo Abián	20–22, 22–20, 14–21	Runner-up
2021	Hellas International	Lee Shun Yang	14–21, 22–24	Runner-up
2021	Czech Open	Ng Tze Yong	16–21, 21–16, 27–25	Winner
2021	Italian International	Alex Lanier	12–21, 21–18, 11–21	Runner-up
2022	Polish International	Yushi Tanaka	13–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2022	Welsh International	Mads Christophersen	13–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2023	Mexican International	Danylo Bosniuk	21–10, 22–24, 21–15	Winner
2023	Czech Open	Andi Fadel Muhammad	21–17, 21–13	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (5 titles, 2 runners-up)

Boys' singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Czech Junior International	Mathias Jørgensen	21–14, 21–18	Winner
2016	Czech Junior International	Daniel Nikolov	10–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2016	Slovak Junior International	Azmy Qowimuramadhoni	21–17, 21–15	Winner
2017	Polish Junior International	Danylo Bosniuk	21–13, 18–21, 22–20	Winner

Boys' doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Slovak Junior International	Michal Hubáček	Aleksander Jabłoński Paweł Śmiłowski	19–21, 21–12, 21–10	Winner
2015	Czech Junior International	Petr Beran	Aleksander Jabłoński Paweł Śmiłowski	25–27, 17–21	Runner-up
2016	Polish Junior International	Petr Beran	Thom Gicquel Léo Rossi	28–26, 21–16	Winner

  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

  BWF Junior International Series tournament

  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References

1. Langrock, Annika (17 September 2018). "I want to be one of the Top 50 players in the world". Badminton Europe . Retrieved 14 April 2024.
2. "Louda Jan". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 28 July 2024.
3. "Jan Louda". Czech Olympic Committee . Retrieved 14 April 2024.
4. "Jan Louda". Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 14 April 2024.
5. "Úspěch badmintonistů je blízko. Louda, Švábíková, Mendrek s Král míří na OH". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). 13 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.