Jan Louda | |
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Personal information | |
Country | Czech Republic |
Born | Plzeň, Czech Republic [1] | 25 April 1999
Handedness | Left |
Men's singles | |
Career record | 246 wins, 121 losses |
Highest ranking | 39 (1 August 2023) |
Current ranking | 54 (9 April 2024) |
BWF profile |
Jan Louda (born 25 April 1999) is a Czech badminton player. [2] [3]
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. [4]
Men's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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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 | Mexico International | Danylo Bosniuk | 21–10, 22–24, 21–15 | Winner |
2023 | Czech Open | Andi Fadel Muhammad | 21–17, 21–13 | Winner |
Boys' singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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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 |
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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 |
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