Jacco Arends
Personal information
CountryNetherlands
Born (1991-01-28) 28 January 1991
Haarlem, Netherlands
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking33 (MD with Jelle Maas 9 January 2014)
12 (XD with Selena Piek 26 November 2015)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Netherlands
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Mixed doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Copenhagen Mixed team
European Men's Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2020 Liévin Men's team
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Milan Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2007 Völklingen Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2009 Milan Mixed team
BWF profile

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.[1] He was the bronze medalist at the 2016 European Championships,[2] and at the same year, he competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[3]

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.

Jacco Arends and Selena Piek in action
Jacco Arends and Jelle Maas in action

Achievements

European Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Vendéspace,
La Roche-sur-Yon, France		 Netherlands Selena Piek Denmark Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Denmark 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		 Netherlands Selena Piek Germany Jonas Geigenberger
Germany 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,[4] 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.[5]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Scottish Open Super 100 Netherlands Selena Piek England Marcus Ellis
England Lauren Smith		 6–13 retired 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 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 Netherlands Ruben Jille Netherlands Jelle Maas
Netherlands Robin Tabeling		 11–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Dutch Open Netherlands Selena Piek England Marcus Ellis
England Lauren Smith		 17–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Scottish Open Netherlands Selena Piek Denmark Mikkel Mikkelsen
Denmark Mai Surrow		 21–10, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) 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 Netherlands Jelle Maas Germany Maurice Niesner
Germany Till Zander		 21–18, 19–21, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Norwegian International Netherlands Jelle Maas Netherlands Ruud Bosch
Netherlands Koen Ridder		 18–21, 22–20, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Swedish Masters Netherlands Jelle Maas Netherlands Ruud Bosch
Netherlands Koen Ridder		 16–21, 21–16, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Irish Open Netherlands Jelle Maas Poland Adam Cwalina
Poland Przemysław Wacha		 9–21, 6–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Belgian International Netherlands Jelle Maas Denmark Mathias Christiansen
Denmark David Daugaard		 10–11, 11–6, 11–8, 7–11, 9–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Spanish International Netherlands Ruben Jille Japan Keiichiro Matsui
Japan Yoshinori Takeuchi		 21–17, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Belgian International Netherlands Ruben Jille Denmark David Daugaard
Denmark Frederik Søgaard		 11–21, 21–18, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Portugal International Netherlands Selena Piek Croatia Zvonimir Đurkinjak
Croatia Staša Poznanović		 14–21, 21–18, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Slovak Open Netherlands Selena Piek Belarus Aleksei Konakh
Belarus Alesia Zaitsava		 21–15, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Hungarian International Netherlands Selena Piek Germany Peter Käsbauer
Germany Johanna Goliszewski		 21–15, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Estonian International Netherlands Selena Piek Germany Tim Dettmann
Netherlands Ilse Vaessen		 21–12, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Belgian International Netherlands Selena Piek Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Denmark Lena Grebak		 18–21, 21–9, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Irish Open Netherlands Selena Piek Scotland Robert Blair
Scotland Imogen Bankier		 9–21, 21–19, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Italian International Netherlands Selena Piek Croatia Zvonimir Đurkinjak
United States Eva Lee		 21–23, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Belgian International Netherlands Selena Piek Netherlands Jelle Maas
Netherlands Iris Tabeling		 11–5, 11–10, 11–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Swedish Masters Netherlands Selena Piek Russia Vitalij Durkin
Russia Nina Vislova		 21–17, 17–21, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Belgian International Netherlands Selena Piek Republic of Ireland Scott Evans
Sweden Amanda Högström		 21–17, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Belgian International Netherlands Selena Piek Scotland Adam Hall
Scotland Julie MacPherson		 21–11, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Brazil International Netherlands Cheryl Seinen Netherlands Robin Tabeling
Netherlands Selena Piek		 21–16, 21–23, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Jacco Arends Profile". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Lollike, Emma (26 April 2016). "Arends and Piek are going after a medal". www.badmintoneurope.com. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "Rio Countdown: Dutch Duo Seek to Re-create Magic". olympics.bwfbadminton.com. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  4. ↑ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  5. ↑ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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