Jacco Arends

Jacco Arends (born 28 January 1991) is a Dutch badminton player who specializes in doubles. Arends began playing badminton at his hometown club BC Duinwijck, and in 2009, he won European Junior Championships in mixed doubles with Selena Piek.[1] He was the bronze medalist at the 2016 European Championships,[2] and at the same year, he competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[3]

Jacco Arends
Personal information
Birth nameJacco Arends
Country Netherlands
Born (1991-01-28) 28 January 1991
Haarlem, Netherlands
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking33 (MD 9 January 2014)
12 (XD 26 November 2015)
BWF profile

Achievements

European Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Vendéspace,
La Roche-sur-Yon, France
Selena Piek Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Christinna Pedersen
17–21, 8–21 Bronze

European Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Federal Technical Centre - Palabadminton,
Milan, Italy
Selena Piek Jonas Geigenberger
Fabienne Deprez
21–16, 20–22, 21–19 Gold

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[4] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[5]

Jacco Arends and Selena Piek in action

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Scottish Open Super 100 Selena Piek Marcus Ellis
Lauren Smith
6–13 Retired Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Scottish Open Ruben Jille Jelle Maas
Robin Tabeling
11–21, 15–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Scottish Open Selena Piek Mikkel Mikkelsen
Mai Surrow
21–10, 21–10 Winner
2017 Dutch Open Selena Piek Marcus Ellis
Lauren Smith
17–21, 18–21 Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Belgian International Ruben Jille David Daugaard
Frederik Søgaard
11–21, 21–18, 21–17 Winner
2017 Spanish International Ruben Jille Keiichiro Matsui
Yoshinori Takeuchi
21–17, 21–19 Winner
2014 Belgian International Jelle Maas Mathias Christiansen
David Daugaard
10–11, 11–6, 11–8, 7–11, 9–11 Runner-up
2013 Irish Open Jelle Maas Adam Cwalina
Przemyslaw Wacha
9–21, 6–21 Runner-up
2013 Swedish Masters Jelle Maas Ruud Bosch
Koen Ridder
16–21, 21–16, 21–13 Winner
2012 Norwegian International Jelle Maas Ruud Bosch
Koen Ridder
18–21, 22–20, 17–21 Runner-up
2010 Slovak Open Jelle Maas Maurice Niesner
Till Zander
21–18, 19–21, 21–15 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Brazil International Cheryl Seinen Robin Tabeling
Selena Piek
21–16, 21–23, 17–21 Runner-up
2018 Belgian International Selena Piek Adam Hall
Julie Macpherson
21–11, 21–13 Winner
2017 Belgian International Selena Piek Scott Evans
Amanda Hogstrom
21–17, 21–9 Winner
2015 Swedish Masters Selena Piek Vitalij Durkin
Nina Vislova
21–17, 17–21, 21–14 Winner
2014 Belgian International Selena Piek Jelle Maas
Iris Tabeling
11–5, 11–10, 11–7 Winner
2013 Italian International Selena Piek Zvonimir Durkinjak
Eva Lee
21–23, 18–21 Runner-up
2013 Irish Open Selena Piek Robert Blair
Imogen Bankier
9–21, 21–19, 21–13 Winner
2013 Belgian International Selena Piek Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Lena Grebak
18–21, 21–9, 15–21 Runner-up
2011 Estonian International Selena Piek Tim Dettmann
Ilse Vaessen
21–12, 21–14 Winner
2010 Hungarian International Selena Piek Peter Kaesbauer
Johanna Goliszewski
21–15, 21–14 Winner
2010 Slovak Open Selena Piek Aliaksei Konakh
Alesia Zaitsava
21–15, 21–14 Winner
2010 Portugal International Selena Piek Zvonimir Durkinjak
Stasa Poznanovic
14–21, 21–18, 11–21 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. "Jacco Arends Profile". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. Lollike, Emma (26 April 2016). "Arends and Piek are going after a medal". www.badmintoneurope.com. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  3. "Rio Countdown: Dutch Duo Seek to Re-create Magic". olympics.bwfbadminton.com. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  4. "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
  5. "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.
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