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Matthew Clare

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Matthew Clare
Personal information
CountryEngland
Born (1997-03-04) 4 March 1997 (age 27)
Ripon, North Yorkshire, England
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking71 (MD with Max Flynn 4 May 2021)
82 (XD with Victoria Williams 12 March 2019)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  England
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Lubin Mixed team
BWF profile

Matthew Clare (born 4 March 1997) is an English badminton player.[1] He graduated from the Ripon Grammar School, and was educated at the Loughborough University. He won the 2016 U-19 National Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event partnered with Ben Lane.[2] He also the member of the English junior team that won silver medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships. In 2017, he won the mixed doubles title at the Croatian International tournament with Victoria Williams, he also the third place in the men's doubles event with David King.[3]

Achievements

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BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 5 runner-up)

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Norwegian International England David King Denmark Joel Eipe
Denmark Philip Seerup
8–21, 21–18, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Belarus International England Max Flynn China Ou Xuanyi
China Zhang Nan
15–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Croatian International England Victoria Williams Denmark Rasmus Rylander
Denmark Susan Ekelund
21–9, 9–21, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Polish International England Victoria Williams Denmark Kristoffer Knudsen
Denmark Isabella Nielsen
13–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Welsh International England Victoria Williams England Max Flynn
Sweden Moa Sjöö
21–14, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Bulgarian Open England Lizzie Tolman Canada Joshua Hurlburt-Yu
Canada Josephine Wu
16–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Welsh International England Hope Warner Scotland Alexander Dunn
Scotland Ciara Torrance
14–21, 22–20, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Players: Matthew Clare". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  2. ^ White, Ed (18 February 2016). "Badminton: Ripon youngster Matt Clare wins doubles gold at English National Championships". Harrogate Advertiser. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  3. ^ Phelan, Mark (17 April 2017). "Hald & Lehikoinen claim singles titles in Croatia". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
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