Zvonimir Đurkinjak

Zvonimir Đurkinjak (born 2 June 1988) is a Croatian badminton player who plays for the Medvedgrad 1998 badminton club.[1]

Zvonimir Đurkinjak
Personal information
Country Croatia
Born (1988-06-02) 2 June 1988
Zagreb, Croatia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking74 (MS 25 January 2019)
52 (MD 20 October 2011)
41 (XD 26 May 2011)
Current ranking116 (MS 13 August 2019)
BWF profile

Career

Đurkinjak started playing badminton when he was 10.[2] At the Croatian National Badminton Championships he won the men's singles and mixed doubles title nine times from 2005, and eight times in the men's doubles event from 2004.[3] He won gold medal at the Mersin 2013 Mediterranean Games in the men's doubles event partnered with Zvonimir Hölbling.[4] In 2015, he competed at the European Games in the men's singles and doubles event.[2]

Achievements

Mediterranean Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Mersin University Hall, Mersin, Turkey Zvonimir Hölbling Emre Arslan
Hüseyin Oruç
21–15, 21–9 Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2017 Bulgarian Open Lakshya Sen 21–18, 12–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2017 Croatian International Kasper Lehikoinen 14–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2015 Czech Open Marc Zwiebler 24–26, 11–21 Runner-up
2014 Hungarian International Kasper Dinesen 11–9, 9–11, 3–11, 4–11 Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Croatian International Zvonimir Hölbling Igor Cimbur
Samatcha Tovannakasem
21–17, 21–18 Winner
2016 Croatian International Filip Špoljarec Patrick Bjerregaard
Mikkel Normann
21–14, 21–19 Winner
2016 Romanian International Zvonimir Hölbling Ong Yew Sin
Teo Ee Yi
13–21, 9–21 Runner-up
2015 Slovenian International Zvonimir Hölbling Johannes Pistorius
Marvin Emil Seidel
21–14, 16–21, 21–10 Winner
2015 Romanian International Zvonimir Hölbling Milosz Bochat
Pawel Pietryja
11–9, 11–8, 11–7 Winner
2014 Hungarian International Zvonimir Hölbling Andreas Berthelsen
Kasper Dinesen
10–11, 11–9, 10–11, 11–4, 11–5 Winner
2014 Slovenian International Zvonimir Hölbling Nikita Khakimov
Vasily Kuznetsov
21–15, 21–18 Winner
2014 Romanian International Zvonimir Hölbling Bastian Kersaudy
Gaetan Mittelheisser
21–12, 21–13 Winner
2013 Croatian International Zvonimir Hölbling Christopher Rusdianto
Trikusuma Wardhana
14–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2012 Hungarian International Zvonimir Hölbling Ruud Bosch
Jim Middelburg
21-17, 19-21, 16-21 Runner-up
2012 Slovenian International Zvonimir Hölbling Andreas Heinz
Jones Rafli Jansen
17-21, 21-17, 21-12 Winner
2012 Portugal International Nikolaj Overgaard Marcus Ellis
Paul van Rietvelde
21-12, 22-20 Winner
2012 Croatian International Zvonimir Hölbling Jacco Arends
Jelle Maas
16–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2011 Hungarian International Zvonimir Hölbling Lukasz Moren
Wojciech Szkudlarczyk
21-18, 21-18 Winner
2010 Slovenian International Zvonimir Hölbling Ruud Bosch
Koen Ridder
17-21, 15-21 Runner-up
2010 Portugal International Zvonimir Hölbling Martin Kragh
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
18-21, 14-21 Runner-up
2010 Croatian International Zvonimir Hölbling Joe Morgan
James Phillips
14-21, 21-19, 20-22 Runner-up
2009 Turkiye International Zvonimir Hölbling Joel Johansson-Berg
Imam Sodikin
Walkover Runner-up
2008 Slovak Open Jakub Bitman Magnús Ingi Helgason
Helgi Jóhannesson
11–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2008 Croatian International Jakub Bitman K. T. Rupesh Kumar
Sanave Thomas
9–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2007 Slovak International Jakub Bitman Ivan Sozonov
Anton Ivanov
Walkover Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Croatian International Mateja Čiča Alex Vlaar
Mariya Mitsova
21–18, 21–11 Winner
2015 Croatian International Mateja Čiča Alexander Bond
Ditte Soby Hansen
21–17, 21–13 Winner
2013 Italian International Eva Lee Jacco Arends
Selena Piek
23–21, 21–18 Winner
2013 Slovenian International Staša Poznanović Jones Rafli Jansen
Cisita Joity Jansen
21–12, 21–18 Winner
2012 Hungarian International Staša Poznanović Jakub Bitman
Alzbeta Basova
21-16, 21-18 Winner
2012 Slovenia International Staša Poznanović Hannes Kaesbauer
Kira Kattenbeck
21–9, 21–13 Winner
2012 Portugal International Staša Poznanović Marcus Ellis
Gabrielle White
17-21, 21-15, 22-24 Runner-up
2012 Croatian International Staša Poznanović Jacco Arends
Ilse Vaessen
20-22, 21-17, 16-21 Runner-up
2011 Spanish Open Staša Poznanović Mikkel Delbo Larsen
Mie Schjott-Kristensen
17-21, 19-21 Runner-up
2011 Croatian International Staša Poznanović Kim Astrup Sorensen
Line Kjaersfeldt
21-13, 21-13 Winner
2010 Slovenia International Staša Poznanović Mao Hong
Natalia Pocztowiak
21-15, 13-21, 17-21 Runner-up
2010 Croatian International Staša Poznanović Roman Zirnwald
Simone Prutsch
21-12, 24-22 Winner
2010 Portuguese International Staša Poznanović Jacco Arends
Selena Piek
21-14, 18-21, 21-11 Winner
2009 Croatian International Staša Poznanović Konstantin Dobrev
Maya Dobreva
21-13, 17-21, 21-9 Winner
2008 Slovenian International Staša Poznanović Vladimir Metodiev
Gabriela Banova
Walkover Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

National championships

  • 2004 – men's doubles with Luka Zdenjak
  • 2005 – mixed doubles with Andrea Žvorc
  • 2006 – men's doubles with Luka Zdenjak & mixed doubles with Staša Poznanović
  • 2007 – men's singles, men's doubles with Luka Zdenjak & mixed doubles with Staša Poznanović
  • 2008 – men's doubles with Luka Zdenjak & mixed doubles with Staša Poznanović
  • 2009 – men's singles
  • 2010 – men's singles & mixed doubles with Staša Poznanović
  • 2011 – men's singles & mixed doubles with Staša Poznanović
  • 2012 – men's singles & mixed doubles with Staša Poznanović
  • 2013 – men's singles, men's doubles with Filip Špoljarec & mixed doubles with Staša Poznanović
  • 2014 – men's singles, men's doubles with Filip Špoljarec & mixed doubles with Matea Čiča
  • 2015 – men's singles & men's doubles with Filip Špoljarec
  • 2016 – men's singles & men's doubles with Filip Špoljarec

References

  1. "Players: Zvonimir Durkinjak". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  2. "Athletes: Zvonimir Durkinjak". www.baku2015.com. Baku 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. "Zvonimir Đurkinjak". www.badminton-zagreb.hr (in Croatian). Badminton Zagreb. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  4. "Đurkinjak i Holbling osvojili zlato". www.hoo.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
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