Arnaud Merklé

Arnaud-Sylvain-André Merklé (; born 25 April 2000) is a French badminton player from Staffelfelden. He was the boys singles European Junior Champion in 2018, and also part of the national junior team that clinched the mixed team title in 2017 and 2018. He participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and reached the boys' singles bronze medal match losing to Kodai Naraoka of Japan in the rubber game.

Career In 2022, Merklé reached his first BWF World Tour final at the Syed Modi International. The final match between Merklé and his compatriot Lucas Claerbout was called off after Merklé tested positive for COVID-19. Both players were later awarded as runner-up with 5.950 ranking point.

In 2025, Merklé won the Swedish Open in January, and then the Polish Open in March.

Achievements

European Championships Men's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2026 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain Anders Antonsen 18–21, 13–21 Bronze Bronze

European Junior Championships Boys' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2017 Centre Sportif Régional d'Alsace, Mulhouse, France Toma Junior Popov 14–21, 15–21 Silver Silver 2018 Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn, Estonia Christo Popov 21–7, 21–14 Gold Gold

BWF World Tour (2 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, 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.

Men's singles Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result 2022 Syed Modi International Super 300 Lucas Claerbout Withdrew Runner-up 2025 Vietnam Open Super 100 Panitchaphon Teeraratsakul 16–21, 10–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (13 titles, 2 runners-up) Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2018 Bulgarian Open Toma Junior Popov 20–22, 12–21 Runner-up 2019 Estonian International Joran Kweekel 21–8, 21–16 Winner 2019 German International Max Weißkirchen 22–20, 21–12 Winner 2021 Slovenian International Panji Ahmad Maulana 21–8, 21–10 Winner 2021 Austrian Open Panji Ahmad Maulana 21–11, 8–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2021 Welsh International Siril Verma 21–14, 11–21, 21–15 Winner 2022 Uganda International Harshit Aggarwal 21–15, 18–21, 21–16 Winner 2023 Nantes International Jason Christ Alexander 21–18, 21–16 Winner 2023 Réunion Open Huang Yu-kai 21–19, 21–19 Winner 2025 Swedish Open Jeppe Bruun 19–21, 21–16, 21–16 Winner 2025 Polish Open Joakim Oldorff 21–15, 21–17 Winner 2025 Denmark Challenge Ting Yen-chen 21–15, 13–21, 22–20 Winner 2025 Dutch Open Gustav Björkler 20–22, 21–15, 21–15 Winner 2025 Irish Open Daniil Dubovenko 21–14, 26–24 Winner 2025 Scottish Open Joakim Oldorff 21–7, 21–17 Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament