Chris Adcock
| Chris Adcock | |
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Adcock at the 2013 French Super Series | |
| Personal information | |
| Birth name | Christopher Adcock |
| Country |
 England |
| Born |
27 April 1989[1] Leicester, England[1] |
| Residence | Milton Keynes, England[1] |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] |
| Handedness | Left |
| Highest ranking | 5 (12 March 2015[1]) |
| Current ranking | 7 (4 February 2016[1]) |
Medal record
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| BWF profile | |
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Chris Adcock (born 27 April 1989 in Leicester, England) is an internationally elite badminton player.[2]
Career
At the 2008 Thomas Cup Chris Adcock made his debut at a major senior international tournament where he played one match in the group stage. He would continue to represent England at the 2009 Sudirman Cup where the team played sixth. Adcock's world championship debut came at the 2010 Paris Worlds where he entered mixed doubles with Gabrielle White, but lost in the first round. He later switched Mixed Doubles partners to compete with Scottish player Imogen Bankier. They had a Cinderella run at the 2011 London Worlds where they defeated three seeded pairs before losing in the final. Chris Adcock also competes in Men's Doubles, currently pairing with fellow Englishmen Andrew Ellis.
Although they qualified for the Olympics, they had a disappointing performance and lost in the first round.[3]
In October 2012, the pair announced their decision to split, with Bankier stating her intention to return to Badminton Scotland and form a Scottish partnership.[4]
Subsequently, Adcock reignited his mixed doubles partnership with Gabrielle White, whom he later married.[5] They later won the BWF Super Series Masters Finals in 2015 and become the first British players to do so.[6]
Adcock competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, winning gold in the mixed doubles alongside his wife.
Adcock is currently sponsored by Yonex and YC Sports and plays for the Nottingham University-based NBL team.
Achievements
Mixed Doubles with Gabrielle Adcock
| Year | Tournament | Opponent in the Final | Score | Result |
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| 2015 | Super Series Finals |  Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na |
21-14, 21-17 | Winner |
| 2015 | Bitburger Open |  Robert Mateusiak Nadiezda Zieba |
18-21, 17-21 | Runner-up |
| 2014 | French Open |  Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir |
9-21, 16-21 | Runner-up |
| 2013 | Hong Kong Open |  Liu Cheng Bao Yixin |
21-14, 24-22 | Winner |
| 2013 | Bitburger Open |  Michael Fuchs Birgit Michels |
19-21, 15-21 | Runner-up |
Notes:
- Super Series Premier / Finals tournaments
- Super Series tournaments
- Grand Prix Gold tournaments
- Grand Prix tournaments
Record against selected opponents
Mixed Doubles results with Imogen Bankier against Super Series finalists, Worlds Semi-finalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.[7]
- Tao Jiaming & Tian Qing 1–0
- Xu Chen & Ma Jin 0–3
- Zhang Nan & Zhao Yunlei 2–5
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Chen Hung-ling & Cheng Wen-hsing 1–0 -
Thomas Laybourn & Kamilla Rytter Juhl 0–1 - Michael Fuchs & Birgit Michels 0–1
- Tantowi Ahmad & Lilyana Natsir 1–3
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Shintaro Ikeda & Reiko Shiota 2–0 - Robert Mateusiak & Nadiezda Zieba 0–1
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Aleksandr Nikolaenko & Valeria Sorokina 0–1 -
/ Robert Blair & Gabrielle White 1–1 -
Songphon Anugritayawon & Kunchala Voravichitchaikul 1–1 - Sudket Prapakamol & Saralee Thoungthongkam 0–3
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chris Adcock. |
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Chris ADCOCK Player Profile". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ↑ "Christopher Adcock". Badminton England. 27 April 1989. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- ↑ "BBC Sport". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ↑ "Bankier splits from Adcock". sportinglife.com. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ↑ "Chris Adcock and Gabby White renew mixed doubles partnership". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ↑ "World Superseries Finals: Adcocks win mixed doubles title". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ↑ "tournamentsoftware.com". tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
World rankings: Top ten badminton players as of December 8, 2016 | |
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