William Villeger

William Villeger

Personal information
Born	(2000-10-22) 22 October 2000 (age 25) Martigues, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Sport
Country	France
Sport	Badminton
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	28 (MD with Fabien Delrue, 20 December 2022) 33 (XD with Anne Tran, 17 January 2023)
Current ranking	74 (MD with Julien Maio, 3 March 2026)
BWF profile
Medal record Men's badminton Representing   France European Mixed Team Championships 2021 Vantaa Mixed team European Men's Team Championships 2020 Liévin Men's team European Junior Championships 2018 Tallinn Boys' doubles 2018 Tallinn Mixed team

William Villeger (born 22 October 2000) is a French badminton player affiliated with ASPTT Strasbourg club. ^{[1] [2]} He won the European junior championships in boys' doubles event in 2018 and won another gold in team event too. ^{[3] [4]}

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn, Estonia	Fabien Delrue	Christopher Grimley Matthew Grimley	21–18, 21–15	Gold

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, ^[5] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. ^[6]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2026	German Open	Super 300	Julien Maio	Chen Boyang Liu Yi	21–17, 15–21, 12–21	Runner-up	[7]

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

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Latvia International	Fabien Delrue	Emil Lauritzen Mads Muurholm	21–12, 21–17	Winner
2023	Estonian International	Julien Maio	Shuntaro Mezaki Haruya Nishida	19–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2023	Portugal International	Julien Maio	Kazuhiro Ichikawa Daiki Umayahara	16–21, 21–15, 21–13	Winner
2024	Réunion Open	Julien Maio	Prakash Raj Gouse Shaik	21–9, 21–14	Winner
2024	Mauritius International	Julien Maio	Malik Bourakkadi Marvin Datko	18–21, 21–10, 21–6	Winner
2024	Belgian International	Julien Maio	Ties van der Lecq Brian Wassink	17–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2024	Turkey International	Julien Maio	Éloi Adam Léo Rossi	21–15, 17–21, 21–13	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Dutch International	Vimala Hériau	Mathias Thyrri Elisa Melgaard	14–21, 21–16, 12–21	Runner-up
2019	Czech International	Sharone Bauer	Jakub Bitman Alžběta Bášová	15–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2019	Norwegian International	Sharone Bauer	Mads Emil Christensen Emma Karlsson	19–21, 21–16, 12–21	Runner-up
2021	Portugal International	Sharone Bauer	Callum Hemming Jessica Pugh	18–21, 21–19, 15–21	Runner-up
2021	Austrian International	Sharone Bauer	Choong Hon Jian Toh Ee Wei	21–16, 9–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2021	Polish International	Anne Tran	Paweł Śmiłowski Wiktoria Adamek	21–15, 21–17	Winner
2021	Welsh International	Anne Tran	Callum Hemming Jessica Pugh	21–15, 17–21, 21–16	Winner
2024	Réunion Open	Flavie Vallet	Julien Maio Léa Palermo	21–23, 12–21	Runner-up
2024	Mauritius International	Flavie Vallet	Julien Maio Léa Palermo	11–21, 14–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Boys' doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Spanish Junior International	Fabien Delrue	Maxime Briot Kenji Lovang	21–14, 16–21, 24–22	Winner
2018	Danish Junior Cup	Fabien Delrue	Maxime Briot Kenji Lovang	15–21, 21–15, 21–23	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Hungarian Junior International	Marig Brouxel	Robert Cybulski Wiktoria Dąbczyńska	11–7, 7–11, 4–11, 11–4, 7–11	Runner-up
2017	Three borders Junior International	Melanie Potin	Julien Scheiwiller Jenjira Stadelmann	19–21, 9–21	Runner-up

  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

  BWF Junior International Series tournament

  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References

1. "William Villeger biography". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 16 November 2022– via Tournamentsoftware.com.
2. Lolmede, Edgar (22 August 2020). "Entretien avec William Villeger, jeune badiste spécialiste du double" (in French). Retrieved 14 October 2021.
3. "Euro Juniors : la France au sommet" (in French). Fédération Française de Badminton. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
4. Sommer, Emilie (17 April 2020). "Villeger: I like to take the time". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
5. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
6. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
7. Liew, Vincent (1 March 2026). "Christo Popov Wins German Open". BadmintonPlanet.com. Retrieved 3 March 2026.