Debora Jille

Debora Jille (born 11 September 1999) is a Dutch badminton player. Partnered with Cheryl Seinen, she won the bronze medals at the 2023 European Games and 2024 European Championships. She also won the bronze medal at the 2025 European Championships with Sara Thygesen. Jille is a member of the BWF Athletes' Commission serving from 2025 to 2029.

Career Debora Jille started playing badminton when she was almost seven years old. Just like her brothers Stefan and Ruben they first started playing tennis before picking up the sport of their mother, badminton in Houten and in Amersfoort. She won the women's doubles title twice at the Dutch National Badminton Championships in 2022 and 2023 together with partner Cheryl Seinen; and also won the mixed doubles title in 2022 with Ties van der Lecq. In the Dutch Eredivisie league, she is playing for BC Duinwijck. In the German Bundesliga league, she played for TV Refrath, while in Denmark in the Elite league her club is Vendsyssel Badminton Club.

Achievements

European Games Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2023 Arena Jaskółka,Tarnów, Poland Cheryl Seinen Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva 7–21, 17–21 Silver Silver

European Championships Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2024 Saarlandhalle,Saarbrücken, Germany Cheryl Seinen Margot Lambert Anne Tran 15–21, 12–21 Bronze Bronze 2025 Forum,Horsens, Denmark Sara Thygesen Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva 14–21, 10–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 6 runners-up) Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2017 Dutch International Imke van der Aar Cisita Joity Jansen Birgit Overzier 18–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2017 Belgian International Imke van der Aar Selena Piek Cheryl Seinen 14–21, 16-21 Runner-up 2018 Swedish Open Imke van der Aar Emma Karlsson Johanna Magnusson 21–18, 11–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2019 Dutch International Alyssa Tirtosentono Amalie Magelund Freja Ravn 24–22, 19–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2019 Croatian International Alyssa Tirtosentono Hrystyna Dzhangobekova Katarina Vargová 21–13, 21–9 Winner 2019 Lithuanian International Alyssa Tirtosentono Christine Busch Amalie Schulz 21–18, 21–10 Winner 2021 Dutch Open Cheryl Seinen Johanna Magnusson Clara Nistad 21–17, 14–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2021 Irish Open Cheryl Seinen Chen Hsuan-yu Gronya Somerville 15–21, 21–14, 21–14 Winner 2022 Dutch Open Cheryl Seinen Chloe Birch Lauren Smith 5–10 retired Winner 2023 Dutch Open Cheryl Seinen Julie Finne-Ipsen Mai Surrow 21–9, 21–13 Winner 2024 Scottish Open Sara Thygesen Chloe Birch Estelle van Leeuwen 21–14, 10–21, 21–8 Winner 2026 Slovenia Open Meerte Loos Aditi Bhatt Shravani Walekar 21–19, 21–14 Winner 2026 Italian Open Kirsten de Wit Lisa Curtin Yulia Tang 19–21, 20–22 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2019 Lithuanian International Ties van der Lecq Georgii Karpov Viktoriia Kozyreva 21–14, 23–21 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament