Marcus Ellis

Marcus Ellis (born 14 September 1989) is a British badminton player.[1] He was the men's doubles champion in the 2016 English National Badminton Championships.[2] Ellis and Chris Langridge won a bronze medal in the men's doubles at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, also gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. At the 2019 Minsk European Games, Ellis captured two gold medals; in the men's doubles with Langridge and in the mixed doubles event with Lauren Smith.

Marcus Ellis
Personal information
CountryEngland
Born (1989-09-14) 14 September 1989
Huddersfield, England
ResidenceSt Albans, England
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
HandednessRight
CoachPeter Jeffrey
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking14 (MD 23 February 2017)
7 (XD 21 June 2018)
Current ranking22 (MD), 9 (XD) (17 March 2020)
BWF profile

Personal life

Marcus Ellis, the youngest son of Sheila and John Ellis, was born on 14 September 1989 in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.[3] He has an elder brother James. Ellis started playing badminton aged seven when his father took him to the Colne Valley Leisure Centre in Slaithwaite.[4]

Ellis was first educated at Clough Head Junior School in Huddersfield, before attending Colne Valley High School, a state comprehensive school in the village of Linthwaite.[5] He attended high school with Alex Smithies, now the goalkeeper for Huddersfield Town Football Club.[1] He then studied for 6 months at Huddersfield New College before deciding to move away from Huddersfield at the age of 17 so he may train at the National Badminton Centre in Milton Keynes.[4]

Ellis lived in St Albans.[6]

Career

In the early years of his professional career, Ellis teamed up with a number of players in the doubles, such as Tom Wolfenden and Peter Mills in the men's doubles, and Gabby Adcock and Mariana Agathangelou in the mixed.[7] He won the men's doubles at the Denmark International in 2013 with Paul van Rietvelde.[8]

In September 2014, he teamed up with Chris Langridge. They won their first men's doubles title in December 2014 in the Italian Open,[9] and their first title in the English National Badminton Championships in February 2015, which they won again in 2016. They also won the Welsh International in 2015.[10] They were defeated in the 2016 European Championships in La Roche-sur-Yon in the semi-finals to gain a bronze.[11] They have also won medals in the European Team Championships a silver in the Mixed Team in 2015,[12] and a bronze medal in the Men's Team in 2016.[13]

During the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Ellis and Langridge were ranked No. 22 in the world, but they managed to win a bronze, the first medal in badminton men's doubles won by a British team at the Olympics.[14]

In 2017, he won his first Grand Prix tournament title at the Dutch Open in the mixed doubles event with Lauren Smith.[15]

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games held on the Gold Coast, Australia, Ellis captured three medals – he won a gold in the men's doubles with Chris Langridge, which is England's first men's badminton double title at the Games in 40 years;[16] a silver in the mixed doubles with Lauren Smith; and also a bronze in the mixed team event.[17][18][19] At the 2018 European Championships held in Huelva, Spain, he finished in the semi final, and settled for a bronze medal in the mixed doubles event with Smith after lose a match to Danish pair Mathias Christiansen and Christinna Pedersen in the rubber games.[20]

Ellis qualified to represent Great Britain at the 2019 European Games, played in the men's doubles with Chris Langridge and in the mixed doubles with Lauren Smith. Competed as the second seeds in the men's and mixed doubles event, he reached the finals in both events.[21] In the men's doubles, Ellis and Langridge managed to claim the gold medal after beat the top seeds from Denmark Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in straight games 21–17, 21–10.[22] He secured his second gold in the mixed doubles with Smith after beat their teammates the top seeds Chris Adcock and Gabrielle Adcock with the score 21–14, 21–9.[23]

Ellis opened the 2020 season by achieved his biggest triumph as in just his second tournament of the season, he won his first Super 300 event in Thailand Masters partnered with Lauren Smith.[24] He and Smith then reached in to the quarter finals of Spain Masters and semi finals of All England Open. In October, Ellis and Chris Langridge won the men's doubles title at the 2020 Denmark Open, became the first English men's doubles pair in 45 years to win the Denmark Open.[25]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Riocentro - Pavilion 4, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Chris Langridge Chai Biao
Hong Wei
21–18, 19–21, 21–10 Bronze

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast, Australia Chris Langridge Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Chirag Shetty
21–13, 21–16 Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast, Australia Lauren Smith Chris Adcock
Gabrielle Adcock
21–19, 17–21, 16–21 Silver

European Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus Chris Langridge Kim Astrup
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
21–17, 21–10 Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus Lauren Smith Chris Adcock
Gabrielle Adcock
21–14, 21–9 Gold

European Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France Chris Langridge Mads Conrad-Petersen
Mads Pieler Kolding
19–21, 14–21 Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Palacio de Deportes de Huelva, Huelva, Spain Lauren Smith Mathias Christiansen
Christinna Pedersen
16–21, 21–19, 12–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour (9 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[26] 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.[27]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Canada Open Super 100 Chris Langridge Mark Lamsfuß
Marvin Emil Seidel
19–21, 21–18, 22–20 Winner
2018 SaarLorLux Open Super 100 Chris Langridge Aaron Chia
Soh Wooi Yik
21–23, 21–18, 21–19 Winner
2018 Scottish Open Super 100 Chris Langridge David Daugaard
Frederik Søgaard
23–21, 21–16 Winner
2020 Denmark Open Super 750 Chris Langridge Vladimir Ivanov
Ivan Sozonov
20–22, 21–17, 21–18 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Swiss Open Super 300 Lauren Smith Mark Lamsfuß
Isabel Herttrich
20–22, 19–21 Runner-up
2018 Canada Open Super 100 Lauren Smith Mark Lamsfuß
Isabel Herttrich
21–13, 21–4 Winner
2018 Spain Masters Super 300 Lauren Smith Niclas Nøhr
Sara Thygesen
19–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2018 Dutch Open Super 100 Lauren Smith Thom Gicquel
Delphine Delrue
21–15, 21–15 Winner
2018 SaarLorLux Open Super 100 Lauren Smith Lu Kai
Chen Lu
19–21, 21–18, 21–10 Winner
2018 Scottish Open Super 100 Lauren Smith Jacco Arends
Selena Piek
13–6 retired Winner
2019 Syed Modi International Super 300 Lauren Smith Rodion Alimov
Alina Davletova
18–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2020 Thailand Masters Super 300 Lauren Smith Hafiz Faizal
Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
21–16, 13–21, 21–16 Winner

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Dutch Open Gabrielle White Mads Pieler Kolding
Kamilla Rytter Juhl
15–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2017 Dutch Open Lauren Smith Jacco Arends
Selena Piek
21–17, 21–18 Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (16 titles, 14 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Belgian International Peter Mills Ruud Bosch
Koen Ridder
28–30, 12–21 Runner-up
2009 Irish International Peter Mills Mads Conrad-Petersen
Mads Pieler Kolding
18–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2010 Czech International Peter Mills Chris Langridge
Robin Middleton
9–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2010 Bulgarian International Peter Mills Martin Campbell
Angus Gilmour
21–14, 21–10 Winner
2010 Norwegian International Peter Mills Ingo Kindervater
Johannes Schöttler
17–21, 21–23 Runner-up
2010 Scottish International Peter Mills Chris Adcock
Andrew Ellis
21–19, 11–21, 21–15 Winner
2011 Scottish International Peter Mills Vladimir Ivanov
Ivan Sozonov
19–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2011 Irish International Peter Mills Adam Cwalina
Michał Łogosz
15–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2012 Portugal International Paul van Rietvelde Zvonimir Đurkinjak
Nikolaj Overgaard
12–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2012 Belgian International Paul van Rietvelde Adam Cwalina
Koen Ridder
18–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2012 Welsh International Paul van Rietvelde Peter Briggs
Harley Towler
16–21, 21–9, 21–16 Winner
2013 Italian International Paul van Rietvelde Kim Astrup
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
25–23, 16–21, 21–19 Winner
2014 Italian International Chris Langridge Michael Fuchs
Johannes Schoettler
21–11, 21–19 Winner
2015 White Nights Chris Langridge Koo Kien Keat
Tan Boon Heong
10–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2015 Welsh International Chris Langridge Adam Cwalina
Przemysław Wacha
21–16, 16–21, 21–16 Winner
2016 Austrian Open Chris Langridge Kenya Mitsuhashi
Yuta Watanabe
21–14, 21–16 Winner
2017 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Chris Langridge Lu Chia-hung
Lu Chia-pin
21–14, 21–17 Winner
2019 Azerbaijan International Chris Langridge Mark Lamsfuß
Marvin Emil Seidel
17–21, 21–23 Runner-up
2019 Kharkiv International Chris Langridge Ben Lane
Sean Vendy
19–21, 18–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Norwegian International Heather Olver Robin Middleton
Mariana Agathangelou
21–19, 21–17 Winner
2009 Belgian International Heather Olver Wouter Claes
Nathalie Descamps
21–9, 25–23 Winner
2011 Irish International Heather Olver Dave Khodabux
Selena Piek
21–19, 21–17 Winner
2012 Portugal International Gabrielle White Zvonimir Đurkinjak
Staša Poznanović
21–17, 15–21, 24–22 Winner
2012 Spanish Open Gabrielle White Ronan Labar
Emilie Lefel
21–9, 21–13 Winner
2012 Belgian International Gabrielle White Chris Langridge
Heather Olver
9–21, 21–10, 21–17 Winner
2012 Czech International Gabrielle White Chris Langridge
Heather Olver
20–22, 7–6 retired Runner-up
2012 Scottish International Gabrielle White Ruud Bosch
Selena Piek
21–16, 21–16 Winner
2012 Welsh International Gabrielle White Chris Langridge
Heather Olver
22–20, 21–16 Winner
2013 French International Alyssa Lim Robert Blair
Imogen Bankier
17–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2017 Italian International Lauren Smith Ben Lane
Jessica Pugh
21–16, 19–21, 4–21 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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