Richard Eidestedt

Richard Eidestedt (born 20 June 1987) is an English male badminton player, and currently plays for Sweden.^[1][2] In 2008, he won the Irish, Le Volant d'Or, and Scotland International tournaments in the men's doubles event partnered with Andrew Ellis.^[3][4][5] In 2016, he and Nico Ruponen had to battle through the qualification round at the Orleans International tournament before reach the finals, finally they won the men's doubles title after beat Hardianto and Haryanto of Indonesia.^[6]

Richard Eidestedt
Personal information
Country	England Sweden
Born	(1987-06-20) 20 June 1987 (age 37)
Men's Doubles & Mixed Doubles
Highest ranking	29 (MD) 21 Jan 2010 216 (XD) 26 Aug 2010
BWF profile

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Swedish International	Nico Ruponen	Konstantin Abramov Alexandr Zinchenko	17-21, 20-22	Runner-up
2016	Italian International	Nico Ruponen	Jones Ralfy Jansen Josche Zurwonne	17-21, 18-21	Runner-up
2016	Orleans International	Nico Ruponen	Hardianto Kenas Adi Haryanto	13-21, 21-12, 21-19	Winner
2015	Norwegian International	Andy Hartono Tandaputra	Soren Gravholt Nikolaj Overgaard	21-23, 17-21	Runner-up
2008	Scotland International	Andrew Ellis	Chris Langridge David Lindley	21-19 16-21 21-16	Winner
2008	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Andrew Ellis	Wouter Claes Frédéric Mawet	21-12, 21-12	Winner
2008	Irish International	Andrew Ellis	Martin Delfs Morten Kronborg	21-13, 21-16	Winner
2007	Spanish Open	Robin Middleton	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	4-21, 10-21	Runner-up
2006	Welsh International	Andrew Ellis	Matthew Hughes Martyn Lewis	9-21, 16-21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Players: Richard Eidestedt". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
2. "Meet the Bristol Jets' first ever NBL squad, looking to really establish themselves in season one". www.bristol-sport.co.uk. Bristol Sport. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
3. "Ouseph wins singles and Ellis & Eidestedt take doubles in Ireland". www.badmintonengland.co.uk. Badminton England. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
4. "Eidestedt and Ellis triumph in Toulouse". www.badmintonengland.co.uk. Badminton England. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
5. "English duo take Glasgow titles". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
6. "Maiden title for Eidestedt & Ruponen in Orleans". badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

External links

• Richard Eidestedt at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com