Matthew Clare

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Matthew Clare
Personal information
CountryEngland
Born (1997-03-04) 4 March 1997 (age 27)
Ripon, North Yorkshire, England
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking71 (MD with Max Flynn 4 May 2021)
82 (XD with Victoria Williams 12 March 2019)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
European Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Lubin Mixed team
BWF profile

Matthew Clare (born 4 March 1997) is an English badminton player. [1] He graduated from the Ripon Grammar School, and was educated at the Loughborough University. He won the 2016 U-19 National Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event partnered with Ben Lane. [2] He also the member of the English junior team that won silver medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships. In 2017, he won the mixed doubles title at the Croatian International tournament with Victoria Williams, he also the third place in the men's doubles event with David King. [3]

Contents

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 5 runner-up)

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017 Norwegian International Flag of England.svg David King Flag of Denmark.svg Joel Eipe
Flag of Denmark.svg Philip Seerup
8–21, 21–18, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Belarus International Flag of England.svg Max Flynn Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ou Xuanyi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Nan
15–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017 Croatian International Flag of England.svg Victoria Williams Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Rylander
Flag of Denmark.svg Susan Ekelund
21–9, 9–21, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017 Polish International Flag of England.svg Victoria Williams Flag of Denmark.svg Kristoffer Knudsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Isabella Nielsen
13–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2018 Welsh International Flag of England.svg Victoria Williams Flag of England.svg Max Flynn
Flag of Sweden.svg Moa Sjöö
21–14, 21–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Bulgarian Open Flag of England.svg Lizzie Tolman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Joshua Hurlburt-Yu
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Josephine Wu
16–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019Welsh International Flag of England.svg Hope Warner Flag of Scotland.svg Alexander Dunn
Flag of Scotland.svg Ciara Torrance
14–21, 22–20, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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References

  1. "Players: Matthew Clare". Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  2. White, Ed (18 February 2016). "Badminton: Ripon youngster Matt Clare wins doubles gold at English National Championships". Harrogate Advertiser. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  3. Phelan, Mark (17 April 2017). "Hald & Lehikoinen claim singles titles in Croatia". Badminton Europe . Retrieved 24 September 2017.