Christopher Grimley

Career

Early career Christopher Grimley started to know about badminton at the age of six because his parents playing this sport. He used to attend Lourdes Primary School before he got the chance to move to the Glasgow School of Sport, based at Bellahouston Academy. The twins have already won a host of titles and are the Scottish National U–13 doubles champions in 2012. They also hold the doubles titles for Glasgow, the West of Scotland and the East of Scotland. Christopher also won the Glasgow U–13 singles title.

2017–2018 In 2017, Christopher and Matthew reached the round of 16 at the 2017 BWF World Junior Championships. The twins then won the silver medal at the 2018 European Junior Championships.

2019–2020 In 2019, Christopher and Matthew were at least in the final four in six tournaments, and finished as runner-up at the Portugal International tournament.

In March 2020, the twins ranked as number 60 in BWF World ranking.

Achievements

European Junior Championships Boys' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn, Estonia Matthew Grimley Fabien Delrue William Villeger 18–21, 15–21 Silver Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 4 runners-up) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2019 Portugal International Matthew Grimley Chang Ko-chi Lee Fang-jen 21–16, 16–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2020 Portugal International Matthew Grimley Lucas Corvée Brice Leverdez 24–26, 22–24 Runner-up 2021 Scottish Open Matthew Grimley Junaidi Arif Muhammad Haikal 22–20, 21–16 Winner 2023 Irish Open Matthew Grimley Andreas Søndergaard Jesper Toft 22–20, 16–21, 21–17 Winner 2023 Welsh International Matthew Grimley Bjarne Geiss Jan Colin Völker 18–21, 21–16, 21–17 Winner 2024 Irish Open Matthew Grimley William Kryger Boe Christian Faust Kjær 15–21, 8–21 Runner-up 2026 Azerbaijan International Matthew Grimley Alex Green Zach Russ 19–21, 17–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2020 Portugal International Eleanor O'Donnell Adam Pringle Rachel Andrew 21–18, 21–6 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (11 titles, 6 runners-up) Boys' singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2016 Estonian Junior International Matthew Grimley 11–7, 7–11, 9–11, 11–8, 11–5 Winner 2018 Swedish Junior International Lukas Resch 21–19, 19–21, 21–17 Winner 2018 Hellas Junior International Zach Russ 23–21, 22–20 Winner 2018 Cyprus Junior International Nguyễn Hải Đăng 14–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2018 Lithuanian Junior International Lukas Resch 21–19, 21–11 Winner

Boys' doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2015 Irish Junior Open Matthew Grimley Louis Ducrot Sam McKay 14–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2016 Czech Junior International Matthew Grimley Robert Cybulski Paweł Śmiłowski 17–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2016 Estonian Junior International Matthew Grimley Adam Gozzi Carl Harrbacka 11–2, 9–11, 11–5, 11–6 Winner 2017 Irish Junior Open Matthew Grimley Nhat Nguyen Paul Reynolds 12–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2017 Czech Junior International Matthew Grimley Zach Russ Steven Stallwood 13–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2017 Estonian Junior International Matthew Grimley Georgii Karpov Mikhail Lavrikov 11–6, 11–9, 11–8 Winner 2018 Swedish Junior International Matthew Grimley Joan Monroy Carlos Piris 21–5, 21–19 Winner 2018 Hungarian Junior International Matthew Grimley Joshua Apiliga Adam Pringle 19–21, 22–20, 21–17 Winner 2018 Bulgarian Junior International Matthew Grimley Georgii Karpov Georgii Lebedev 21–12, 21–11 Winner 2018 Lithuanian Junior International Matthew Grimley Brian Holtschke Lukas Resch 21–12, 21–14 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2016 Danish Junior Cup Ciara Torrance Rasmus Kjær Irina Amalie Andersen 21–11, 7–21, 23–25 Runner-up 2016 Czech Junior International Ciara Torrance Matthew Grimley Toni Woods 21–19, 21–17 Winner BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament BWF Junior International Challenge tournament BWF Junior International Series tournament BWF Junior Future Series tournament