Jacco Arends

Jacco Arends
Personal information
Country	Netherlands
Born	(1991-01-28) 28 January 1991 (age 33) Haarlem, Netherlands
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	33 (MD with Jelle Maas 9 January 2014) 12 (XD with Selena Piek 26 November 2015)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Netherlands European Championships 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Mixed doubles European Mixed Team Championships 2019 Copenhagen Mixed team European Men's Team Championships 2020 Liévin Men's team European Junior Championships 2009 Milan Mixed doubles 2007 Völklingen Mixed team 2009 Milan Mixed team
BWF profile

Jacco Arends (born 28 January 1991) is a Dutch retired badminton player who specializes in doubles. Arends began playing badminton at his hometown club BC Duinwijck, and in 2009, he won European Junior Championships in mixed doubles with Selena Piek.[1] He was the bronze medalist at the 2016 European Championships,[2] and at the same year, he competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[3]

Career

Jacco started when he was six years old at his club Duinwijck in Haarlem. He was a junior European badminton champion in mixed doubles in 2009 with Selena Piek. They won the Scottish Open BWF Grand Prix mixed doubles event in 2017. Jacco has also won international tournaments in Slovak, Sweden, Spain and Belgium in Men's doubles and in Slovak, Hungary, Estonia, Ireland, Belgium, Sweden and Scotland in Mixed doubles. He has won seven Dutch National titles. Four in Men's doubles with Jelle Maas in 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016, and he also won three National titles in Mixed doubles with Selena Piek in 2014 - 2016. After his retirement he became a coach of the Eredivisie team at his club Duinwijck.

Jacco Arends and Selena Piek in action

Jacco Arends and Jelle Maas in action

Achievements

European Championships

Mixed doubles

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

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[4] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[5]

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Scottish Open	Super 100	Selena Piek	Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith	6–13 retired	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix

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.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Scottish Open	Ruben Jille	Jelle Maas Robin Tabeling	11–21, 15–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Dutch Open	Selena Piek	Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith	17–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2017	Scottish Open	Selena Piek	Mikkel Mikkelsen Mai Surrow	21–10, 21–10	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Slovak Open	Jelle Maas	Maurice Niesner Till Zander	21–18, 19–21, 21–15	Winner
2012	Norwegian International	Jelle Maas	Ruud Bosch Koen Ridder	18–21, 22–20, 17–21	Runner-up
2013	Swedish Masters	Jelle Maas	Ruud Bosch Koen Ridder	16–21, 21–16, 21–13	Winner
2013	Irish Open	Jelle Maas	Adam Cwalina Przemysław Wacha	9–21, 6–21	Runner-up
2014	Belgian International	Jelle Maas	Mathias Christiansen David Daugaard	10–11, 11–6, 11–8, 7–11, 9–11	Runner-up
2017	Spanish International	Ruben Jille	Keiichiro Matsui Yoshinori Takeuchi	21–17, 21–19	Winner
2018	Belgian International	Ruben Jille	David Daugaard Frederik Søgaard	11–21, 21–18, 21–17	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Portugal International	Selena Piek	Zvonimir Đurkinjak Staša Poznanović	14–21, 21–18, 11–21	Runner-up
2010	Slovak Open	Selena Piek	Aleksei Konakh Alesia Zaitsava	21–15, 21–14	Winner
2010	Hungarian International	Selena Piek	Peter Käsbauer Johanna Goliszewski	21–15, 21–14	Winner
2011	Estonian International	Selena Piek	Tim Dettmann Ilse Vaessen	21–12, 21–14	Winner
2013	Belgian International	Selena Piek	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen Lena Grebak	18–21, 21–9, 15–21	Runner-up
2013	Irish Open	Selena Piek	Robert Blair Imogen Bankier	9–21, 21–19, 21–13	Winner
2013	Italian International	Selena Piek	Zvonimir Đurkinjak Eva Lee	21–23, 18–21	Runner-up
2014	Belgian International	Selena Piek	Jelle Maas Iris Tabeling	11–5, 11–10, 11–7	Winner
2015	Swedish Masters	Selena Piek	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	21–17, 17–21, 21–14	Winner
2017	Belgian International	Selena Piek	Scott Evans Amanda Högström	21–17, 21–9	Winner
2018	Belgian International	Selena Piek	Adam Hall Julie MacPherson	21–11, 21–13	Winner
2019	Brazil International	Cheryl Seinen	Robin Tabeling Selena Piek	21–16, 21–23, 17–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Jacco Arends Profile". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
2. Lollike, Emma (26 April 2016). "Arends and Piek are going after a medal". www.badmintoneurope.com. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
3. "Rio Countdown: Dutch Duo Seek to Re-create Magic". olympics.bwfbadminton.com. 27 July 2016. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
4. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
5. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links

• Rio 2016
• Jacco Arends at BWFBadminton.com
• Jacco Arends at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
• Jacco Arends at Olympics.com
• Jacco Arends at Olympedia