Jenny Mairs

Jenny Mairs
Jenny Mairs with her partner, Gregory Mairs
Personal information
Full nameJennifer Mairs
Birth nameJennifer Moore
CountryEngland
Born (1995-08-31) 31 August 1995
Chester, Cheshire, England
ResidenceLoughborough, England
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Spouse
(m. 2023)
RetiredMarch 2025
HandednessLeft
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking50 (WD, 7 July 2017)
28 (XD with Gregory Mairs, 17 January 2023)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  England
European Mixed Team Championships
2023 Aire-sur-la-Lys Mixed team
BWF profile

Jennifer Mairs (née Moore; born 31 August 1995) is a former professional English badminton player.[1][2]

Career

In 2023, Moore won her first national doubles title (partnering Gregory Mairs) at the English National Badminton Championships, held at the David Ross Sports Village in Nottingham.[3] The following year, Mairs successfully defended the title, this time as a husband and wife team.[4]

In March 2025, after reached the quarter-finals in the All England Open she announced her retirement through her YouTube channel, Badminton Insight.[5][6]

Personal life

She married her mixed doubles partner Gregory Mairs on 27 July 2023.[7]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 11 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Polish International Victoria Williams Cemre Fere
Ebru Tunalı
7–11, 11–4, 8–11, 6–11 Runner-up
2017 Slovenian International Victoria Williams Olga Arkhangelskaya
Natalia Rogova
20–22, 17–21 Runner-up
2017 Polish International Victoria Williams K. Maneesha
Arathi Sara Sunil
21–19, 24–22 Winner
2017 Irish Open Victoria Williams Émilie Lefel
Anne Tran
16–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2018 Estonian International Jessica Hopton Ekaterina Bolotova
Alina Davletova
10–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2019 Slovenian International Victoria Williams Pooja Dandu
Sanjana Santosh
21–14, 22–20 Winner
2019 Belarus International Victoria Williams Yu Xiaohan
Zhang Shuxian
12–21, 15–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Spanish International Gregory Mairs Marvin Seidel
Linda Efler
16–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2017 Slovenian International Gregory Mairs Mikkel Mikkelsen
Mai Surrow
12–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2017 Norwegian International Gregory Mairs Lasse Mølhede
Alexandra Bøje
21–11, 19–21, 21–11 Winner
2017 Irish Open Gregory Mairs Sam Magee
Chloe Magee
21–16, 21–13 Winner
2018 Estonian International Gregory Mairs Peter Käsbauer
Olga Konon
14–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2018 Slovenian International Gregory Mairs Kristoffer Knudsen
Isabella Nielsen
13–21, 21–16, 21–14 Winner
2022 Irish Open Gregory Mairs Andreas Søndergaard
Iben Bergstein
21–13, 21–16 Winner
2022 Bahrain International Gregory Mairs Ruttanapak Oupthong
Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat
21–17, 21–16 Winner
2023 Irish Open Gregory Mairs Terry Hee
Jessica Tan
17–21, 21–18, 15–21 Runner-up
2023 Bahrain International Gregory Mairs Zhou Zhihong
Yang Jiayi
26–28, 21–16, 20–22 Runner-up
2023 Welsh International Gregory Mairs Jan Colin Völker
Stine Küspert
20–22, 16–21 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Jenny Moore biography". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Jenny Moore". National Badminton League. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  3. ^ "English National Badminton Championships 2023". Badminton England. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  4. ^ "English National Badminton Championships 2024 Day Two Wrap". Badminton England. 4 February 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Greg and Jenny Mairs announce retirement from international tournaments". Badminton Europe. 10 March 2025. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  6. ^ "Mairs' retirement on hold again as they reach All England last eight". The Telegraph & Argus. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  7. ^ "Jenny Moore on Instagram: "27.07.2023 - The best day ever ❤️"". Instagram. Retrieved 12 August 2023.