Jacco Arends

Jacco Arends
Personal information
Birth name Jacco Arends
Country  Netherlands
Born (1991-01-28) 28 January 1991
Haarlem, Netherlands
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Handedness Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking 33 (MD 9 January 2014)
12 (XD 26 November 2015)
Current ranking 42 (MD), 20 (XD) (13 September 2018)
BWF profile

Jacco Arends (born 28 January 1991) is a Dutch badminton player who specializes in doubles.[1] Arends began playing badminton at his hometown club BC Duinwijck and at in 2009 he won European Junior Badminton Championships in mixed doubles with Selena Piek. His current partner is Ruben Jille in men's doubles and Selena Piek in mixed doubles.[2] He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Achievements

European Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Vendéspace,
La Roche-sur-Yon, France
Netherlands Selena Piek Denmark Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Denmark 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
Netherlands Selena Piek Germany Jonas Geigenberger
Germany Fabienne Deprez
21–16, 20–22, 21–19 Gold

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 Netherlands Ruben Jille Netherlands Jelle Maas
Netherlands Robin Tabeling
11–21, 15–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Scottish Open Netherlands Selena Piek Denmark Mikkel Mikkelsen
Denmark Mai Surrow
21–10, 21–10 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Dutch Open Netherlands Selena Piek England Marcus Ellis
England Lauren Smith
17–21, 18–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) 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 Netherlands Ruben Jille Denmark David Daugaard
Denmark Frederik Søgaard
11–21, 21–18, 21–17 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Spanish International Netherlands Ruben Jille Japan Keiichiro Matsui
Japan Yoshinori Takeuchi
21–17, 21–19 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Belgian International Netherlands Jelle Maas Denmark Mathias Christiansen
Denmark David Daugaard
10–11, 11–6, 11–8, 7–11, 9–11 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Irish Open Netherlands Jelle Maas Poland Adam Cwalina
Poland Przemyslaw Wacha
9–21, 6–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Swedish Masters Netherlands Jelle Maas Netherlands Ruud Bosch
Netherlands Koen Ridder
16–21, 21–16, 21–13 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Norwegian International Netherlands Jelle Maas Netherlands Ruud Bosch
Netherlands Koen Ridder
18–21, 22–20, 17–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Slovak Open Netherlands Jelle Maas Germany Maurice Niesner
Germany Till Zander
21–18, 19–21, 21–15 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Belgian International Netherlands Selena Piek Scotland Adam Hall
Scotland Julie Macpherson
21–11, 21–13 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Belgian International Netherlands Selena Piek Republic of Ireland Scott Evans
Sweden Amanda Hogstrom
21–17, 21–9 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Swedish Masters Netherlands Selena Piek Russia Vitalij Durkin
Russia Nina Vislova
21–17, 17–21, 21–14 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Belgian International Netherlands Selena Piek Netherlands Jelle Maas
Netherlands Iris Tabeling
11–5, 11–10, 11–7 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Italian International Netherlands Selena Piek Croatia Zvonimir Durkinjak
United States Eva Lee
21–23, 18–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Irish Open Netherlands Selena Piek Scotland Robert Blair
Scotland Imogen Bankier
9–21, 21–19, 21–13 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Belgian International Netherlands Selena Piek Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Denmark Lena Grebak
18–21, 21–9, 15–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Estonian International Netherlands Selena Piek Germany Tim Dettmann
Netherlands Ilse Vaessen
21–12, 21–14 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Hungarian International Netherlands Selena Piek Germany Peter Kaesbauer
Germany Johanna Goliszewski
21–15, 21–14 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Slovak Open Netherlands Selena Piek Belarus Aliaksei Konakh
Belarus Alesia Zaitsava
21–15, 21–14 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Portugal International Netherlands Selena Piek Croatia Zvonimir Durkinjak
Croatia Stasa Poznanovic
14–21, 21–18, 11–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
     BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. "Player Profile: Jacco Arends". www.badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. "Jacco Arends Profile". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
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