Ville Lång

Ville Lång (born 14 February 1985 in Lahti) is a male badminton player from Finland.[2] He won Finland's national championship in 2005-2012. In 2003 he won bronze at the European Junior Badminton Championships. At the 2008 Summer Olympics he reached rank 17. He has also been playing with Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei in the popular competition, All England Super Series, after getting a walkover with Indonesia's legend Sony Dwi Kuncoro. Lång lost 9-21 straight game in the third round at All England Championships 2011 to Lee Chong Wei from Malaysia. Later in the World Championships 2011, Lång met the world number one Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia again and lost 10-21 11-21 to the Malaysian in the second round. Nearly one year later that was in 2012 London Olympics, he met again the top seed from Malaysia in the first round and came out with an 8-21, 21-14, 11-21, his best performance against Lee. Ville announced his retirement on 31 January 2016.[3]

Ville Lång
Personal information
Country Finland
Born (1985-02-14) 14 February 1985
Lahti, Finland[1]
ResidenceHelsinki, Finland[1]
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
HandednessRight
Highest ranking32 (12 November 2009[1])
Current ranking80 (14 January 2016[1])
Medal record
Representing  Finland
Men's badminton
European Men's Team Championships
2014 Basel Men's team
European Junior Championships
2003 EsbjergMen's singles
BWF profile

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Boys' Singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2003 Esbjerg, Denmark Marc Zwiebler 8–15, 6–15 Bronze

BWF Grand Prix

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

Men's Singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2014 Scottish Open Wang Tzu-wei 17–21, 22–20, 21–16 Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Estonian International Lucas Claerbout 21–17, 21–19 Winner
2015 Swiss International Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin 19–21, 21–16, 11–21 Runner-up
2014 Swedish Masters Henri Hurskainen 16–21, 21–14, 21–19 Winner
2013 White Nights Eetu Heino 14–21, 21–17, 9–21 Runner-up
2013 Denmark International Viktor Axelsen 17–21, 8–21 Runner-up
2012 Estonian International Raul Must 21–8, 21–15 Winner
2011 Italian International Pablo Abian 21–13, 14–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2011 Norwegian International Emil Holst 19–21, 21–11, 21–10 Winner
2011 Dutch International Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 21–18, 15–21, 4–21 Runner-up
2011 Estonian International Raul Must 21–15, 21–14 Winner
2010 Scottish International Anand Pawar 9–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2010 Hungarian International Yuhan Tan 22–20, 21–16 Winner
2010 Finnish International Raul Must 11–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2009 Turkey International Henri Hurskainen 21–14, 21–23, 21–19 Winner
2009 Estonian International Kasper Ipsen 21–14, 21–19 Winner
2008 Norwegian International Henri Hurskainen 21–13, 21–8 Winner
2008 White Nights Jan Vondra 21–15, 21–8 Winner
2008 European Circuit Finals Marc Zwiebler 14–21, 21–19, 19–21 Runner-up
2008 Polish International Marc Zwiebler 15–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2008 Banuinvest International Raul Must 21–17, 21–18 Winner
2008 Croatian International Erwin Kehlhoffner 21–17, 21–6 Winner
2007 Hungarian International Jan O. Jorgensen 6–21, 5–21 Runner-up
2006 Scottish International Zhu Min 21–16, 14–21, 21–17 Winner
2006 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Petr Koukal 21–18, 21–15 Winner
2005 Slovak International Przemysław Wacha 15–12, 9–15, 9–15 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References
  1. "Ville LANG Player Profile". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  2. "Ville Lång". rio.sulkapallo.fi (in Finnish). Badminton Finland. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  3. "Ville Lång päätti menestyksekkään huippusulkapalloilijan uransa". Sulkapalloliitto. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
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