Jacco Arends

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. He was the bronze medalist at the 2016 European Championships, and at the same year, he competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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.

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 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 Gold

BWF World Tour 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.

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