Juliane Schenk

Juliane Schenk (born 26 November 1982) is a German badminton player. In March 2014 she retired from international play.

Career In 2001, she won the European Junior Championships in women's singles. 2003 saw her win the women's doubles with Nicole Grether in two tournaments, the Irish International and the Bitburger Open.

Schenk played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing in women's singles to Tracey Hallam of Great Britain in the round of 32. She also won the German championship in the women's doubles with Grether for the first time.

She also competed in women's doubles with partner Grether. They defeated Michelle Edwards and Chantal Botts of South Africa in the first round but were defeated by Ann-Lou Jørgensen and Rikke Olsen of Denmark in the round of 16.

She won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Badminton Championships.

In 2008, Schenk competed in the Beijing Olympics. She narrowly lost her first round match against Indonesian Maria Kristin Yulianti who later won the bronze medal.

Schenk nearly reached a bronze medal in the World Championship in Hyderabad in women's singles but lost to French Pi Hongyan in the final set, 19:21. It would have been another medal for German women after the shared bronze medals of Xu Huaiwen and Petra Overzier in 2006.

In 2010 European Badminton Championships, Schenk beat 1st seed Pi Hongyan to proceed to the final. She settled for silver after losing to Tine Rasmussen in three sets. In 2012 European Badminton Championships, she lost to Baun again in the final. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she reached the last 16, being beaten by Ratchanok Intanon.

Schenk became an independent professional player in June, having severed ties with the German Badminton Association (DBV). Despite being left in the lurch, Schenk showed great determination to reach the Indonesian Open final in June. She did that with just one training session. In the first inaugural edition of the Indian Badminton League, held from 14 August 2013 to 31 August, Schenk joined Pune Pistons with a reported salary of $90,000.

Schenk also signed a contract with the Xiamen Tefang Badminton Club to compete in the 2013–2014 China Badminton Super League. She was beaten by Sun Yu from Guangzhou Huizhou Weihao 11–8 and 11–5, and later at the end of the year she was beaten by Wang Yihan 12–10, 6–11, 11–6.

In early 2014 in the China Badminton Super League, Schenk was beaten by Wang Shixian representing Jiangsu, 11–5, 11–5. Schenk had announced on her website earlier in the year that she was intent on getting out of the top ten so that she could avoid paying fines for missing Superseries Premier events. She retired the first round in 2014 Malaysia Super Series Premier against Minatsu Mitani and had a walkover to Beiwen Zhang in 2014 All England Super Series Premier. She told the Rheinische Post that she would be working as a personal trainer, that she was studying at the University of Cologne, and that she was writing a book.

At the end of April, she lost to Liu Xin in China Badminton League.

Achievements

BWF World Championships Women's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2011 Wembley Arena, London, England Cheng Shao-chieh 18–21, 6–21 Bronze Bronze

European Championships Women's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2006 Maaspoort Sports and Events, Den Bosch, Netherlands Mia Audina 14–21, 16–21 Bronze Bronze 2008 Messecenter, Herning, Denmark Tine Rasmussen 6–21, 21–16, 13–21 Bronze Bronze 2010 Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England Tine Rasmussen 19–21, 21–14, 18–21 Silver Silver 2012 Telenor Arena, Karlskrona, Sweden Tine Baun 19–21, 21–16, 19–21 Silver Silver

Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2004 Queue d’Arve Sport Center,Geneva, Switzerland Nicole Grether Ann-Lou Jørgensen Rikke Olsen 12–15, 10–15 Bronze Bronze 2006 Maaspoort Sports and Events,Den Bosch, Netherlands Nicole Grether Donna Kellogg Gail Emms 12–21, 10–21 Silver Silver

European Junior Championships Girls' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2001 Spała Olympic Center, Spała, Poland Kamila Augustyn 11–2, 11–9 Gold Gold

Girls' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2001 Spała Olympic Center, Spała, Poland Carina Mette Kamila Augustyn Nadieżda Kostiuczyk 2–15, 7–15 Silver Silver

BWF Superseries The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2009 Superseries Finals Wong Mew Choo 15–21, 7–21 Runner-up 2011 Japan Open Wang Yihan 16–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2012 India Open Li Xuerui 21–14, 17–21, 8–21 Runner-up 2012 Singapore Open Cheng Shao-chieh 21–11, 26–24 Winner 2012 Denmark Open Saina Nehwal 17–21, 8–21 Runner-up 2013 India Open Ratchanok Intanon 20–22, 14–21 Runner-up 2013 Indonesia Open Li Xuerui 16–21, 21–18, 17–21 Runner-up Superseries tournament Superseries Premier tournament Superseries Finals tournament

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. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2005 Thessaloniki Grand Prix Xu Huaiwen 2–11, 5–11 Runner-up 2007 Bitburger Open Wang Yihan 21–16, 10–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2009 Bitburger Open Yu Hirayama 21–18, 21–10 Winner 2010 German Open Wang Xin 17–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2010 Canada Open Zhu Lin 19–21, 21–17, 10–21 Runner-up 2010 Dutch Open Yao Jie 21–13, 14–21, 21–15 Winner 2012 German Open Li Xuerui 19–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2012 Bitburger Open Yao Jie 21–10, 15–21, 25–23 Winner 2013 German Open Wang Yihan 14–21, 13–21 Runner-up

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2005 Bitburger Open Nicole Grether Ikue Tatani Aya Wakisaka Walkover Winner BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2011 Morocco International Carolina Marín 17–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2010 Belgian International Elizabeth Cann 21–7, 21–5 Winner 2010 Spanish Open Judith Meulendijks 21–16, 21–12 Winner 2009 Norwegian International Rachel van Cutsen 21–12, 19–21, 21–11 Winner 2009 Finnish International Judith Meulendijks 21–13, 21–13 Winner 2009 Dutch International Petya Nedelcheva 21–12, 21–16 Winner 2009 Austrian International Petya Nedelcheva 20–22, 21–8, 22–20 Winner 2008 Italian International Larisa Griga 15–21, 21–13, 21–17 Winner 2008 Belgian International Susan Hughes 21–12, 21–18 Winner 2008 European Circuit Finals Kati Tolmoff 21–16, 21–14 Winner 2008 Polish International Petya Nedelcheva 21–16, 21–7 Winner 2008 White Nights Xu Huaiwen 15–21, 21–15, 19–21 Runner-up 2007 Italian International Sara Persson 21–16, 21–6 Winner 2007 Norwegian International Larisa Griga 21–12, 21–17 Winner 2007 Turkey International Petya Nedelcheva 14–21, 21–12 retired Winner 2007 Spanish Open Judith Meulendijks 21–19, 12–21, 21–14 Winner 2006 Finnish International Li Wenyan 21–19, 14–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2006 Austrian International Sara Persson 21–19, 21–13 Winner 2006 Dutch International Petra Overzier 21–18, 19–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2005 Norwegian International Petra Overzier 11–6, 13–11 Winner 2005 Belgian International Xu Huaiwen 4–11, 1–11 Runner-up 2005 Irish International Ella Karachkova 3–11, 8–11 Runner-up

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2007 Turkey International Nicole Grether Diana Dimova Petya Nedelcheva Walkover Winner 2007 Spanish Open Nicole Grether Natalie Munt Joanne Nicholas 21–11, 20–22, 25–23 Winner 2006 Dutch International Nicole Grether Kamilla Rytter Juhl Lena Frier Kristiansen 21–8, 21–12 Winner 2005 Norwegian International Nicole Grether Lim Pek Siah Ang Li Peng 15–8, 15–6 Winner 2005 Belgian International Nicole Grether Michaela Peiffer Birgit Overzier 15–6, 15–1 Winner 2005 Dutch International Nicole Grether Elin Bergblom Johanna Persson 15–4, 15–9 Winner 2003 Irish International Nicole Grether Liza Parker Suzanne Rayappan 15–0, 15–1 Winner 2003 Scottish International Nicole Grether Kumiko Ogura Reiko Shiota 15–8, 11–15, 12–15 Runner-up 2003 Mauritius International Nicole Grether Seiko Yamada Shizuka Yamamoto 15–9, 15–4 Winner 2003 Bitburger International Nicole Grether Kamila Augustyn Nadieżda Kostiuczyk 15–9, 10–15, 15–12 Winner 2002 Irish International Nicole Grether Ella Tripp Joanne Wright 4–11, 11–8, 7–11 Runner-up 2002 Scottish International Nicole Grether Yuan Wemyss Kirsteen McEwan Walkover Runner-up 2002 Dutch International Carina Mette Tine Høy Karina Sørensen 7–4, 7–8, 2–7, 8–7, 7–5 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament

Record against selected opponents Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Petya Nedelcheva 11 9 2 +7 Gong Ruina 3 0 3 –3 Li Xuerui 7 1 6 –5 Lu Lan 1 0 1 –1 Wang Lin 3 2 1 +1 Wang Shixian 9 3 6 –3 Wang Xin 4 1 3 –2 Wang Yihan 10 2 8 –6 Xie Xingfang 4 0 4 –4 Zhang Ning 5 0 5 –5 Zhu Lin 4 0 4 –4 Cheng Shao-chieh 9 4 5 –1 Tai Tzu-ying 4 3 1 +2 Tine Baun 11 3 8 –5 Camilla Martin 3 0 3 –3 Tracey Hallam 4 2 2 0 Pi Hongyan 14 4 10 –6

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Petra Overzier 2 2 0 +2 Xu Huaiwen 7 1 6 –5 Wang Chen 4 0 4 –4 Yip Pui Yin 8 5 3 +2 Zhou Mi 4 1 3 –2 Saina Nehwal 13 5 8 –3 P. V. Sindhu 2 2 0 +2 Lindaweni Fanetri 2 2 0 +2 Maria Kristin Yulianti 1 0 1 –1 Minatsu Mitani 2 0 2 –2 Wong Mew Choo 2 0 2 –2 Mia Audina 3 0 3 –3 Bae Yeon-ju 10 8 2 +6 Sung Ji-hyun 7 4 3 +1 Carolina Marín 2 0 2 –2 Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 3 2 1 +1 Ratchanok Intanon 9 3 6 –3