Brice Leverdez

Brice Leverdez
Brice Leverdez
	Leverdez in 2017
Personal information
Country	France
Born	9 April 1986 (age 38); La Garenne-Colombes, France
Residence	Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Years active	2005–present
Handedness	Right
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	19 (MS 12 July 2018); 49 (MD 26 June 2014)
Current ranking	40 (MS 31 January 2023)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing France
European Games
European Championships
European Men's Team Championships
Mediterranean Games
European Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Brice Leverdez (born 9 April 1986) is a French badminton player.^[1]^[2] He was a champion at the 2013 Mediterranean Games, won a silver medal at the 2015 European Games, and a bronze medal at the 2018 European Championships.

Career

Leverdez started playing badminton at aged 12, and continued after that at the club, then in 2008, he joined France national badminton team.^[1] In 2005, he won bronze medal at the European Junior Badminton Championships in boys' doubles event partnered with Matthieu Lo Ying Ping.^[3] He won French National Badminton Championships in men's singles event from 2008 to 2015.^[4]^[5] In 2012, he competed in men's singles event at the Summer Olympic Games held in London. During group stage, he had defeated Edwin Ekiring 21-12, 21-11, but was defeated by Wong Wing Ki 21-11, 21-16. He finished second place in group stage, and did not advance.^[6] In 2013, he won gold medal at the Mediterranean Games in men's singles event.^[7] In 2016, he won silver medal at the European Men's Team Championships in men's team event.^[4] In the same year, he competed at the Summer Olympic Games held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In the group stage, he defeating Raul Must 21-18, 18-21, 21-12, and defeated by Jan Ø. Jørgensen 21-11, 21-18. He did not advance to the final stage after finished second in group stage.^[8]

In February, Leverdez won his ninth National Championships title.^[9] He qualified to represent France at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus. He finished as the runner-up and won a silver medal after being defeated by Anders Antonsen in the final with the score 19–21, 21–14, 10–21.^[10]

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus	Anders Antonsen	19–21, 21–14, 10–21	Silver

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain	Viktor Axelsen	7–21, 9–21	Bronze

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Mersin University Hall, Mersin, Turkey	Pablo Abián	21–17, 23–21	Gold

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	De Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands	Matthieu Lo Ying Ping	Rasmus Bonde Kasper Henriksen	15–11, 8–15, 7–15^[11]	Bronze

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 singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	U.S. Open	Rajiv Ouseph	17–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2010	Canada Open	Taufik Hidayat	15–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2013	Scottish Open	Henri Hurskainen	21–8, 16–21, 21–16	Winner

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Ecuador International	Fernandes Ricardo	21–17, 21–16	Winner
2007	Carebaco International	Raju Rai	21–12, 21–17	Winner
2008	Welsh International	Kieran Merrilees	21–15, 18–21, 21–19	Winner
2010	Canadian International	Kęstutis Navickas	16–21, 21–18, 14–21	Runner-up
2011	Kharkiv International	Dmytro Zavadsky	9–21, 21–14, 21–14	Winner
2011	Belgian International	Andre Kurniawan Tedjono	21–7, 13–21, 21–11	Winner
2012	Spanish Open	Gabriel Ulldahl	21–14, 22–24, 21–18	Winner
2013	Tahiti International	Matthieu Lo Ying Ping	21–14, 21–6	Winner
2013	Swiss International	Vladimir Malkov	22–20, 21–14	Winner
2013	Puerto Rico International	Daniel Paiola	21–17, 21–14	Winner
2014	Polish Open	Rasmus Fladberg	21–6, 21–16	Winner
2015	Italian International	Marc Zwiebler	21–17, 14–21, 26–24	Winner
2020	Portugal International	Lucas Corvée	21–10, 21–12	Winner

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Swiss International	Lucas Corvée	Daniel Benz Chan Kwong Beng	16–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2013	Puerto Rico International	Lucas Corvée	Laurent Constantin Matthieu Lo Ying Ping	21–14, 21–12	Runner-up
2020	Portugal International	Lucas Corvée	Christopher Grimley Matthew Grimley	26–24, 24–22	Winner

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