Jenny Wallwork
English badminton player
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Jennifer "Jenny" Wallwork (born 17 January 1987 in Bolton) is an English badminton player who has achieved international success in both the women's events and the mixed doubles event, including a Commonwealth Silver medal in 2010.[2] She represented her country 42 times, being the highest ranking female player for 4 years.[3]
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| Birth name | Jenny Wallwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 January 1987 Bolton, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 5 (12 September 2010[1]) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Wallwork won the mixed doubles Bulgarian International in 2004, the Scottish Open in 2005, and the Dutch Open in 2006.[4] She won the Swedish International mixed doubles in 2012.[5] She won the women's doubles at the Irish International in 2005.[4] Her mother, Jill played badminton for England, and her father, Brian is a coach for the sport.[4]
In 2011, Jenny won both the mixed and women's doubles at the English National Championships[6] but 2013 she quit professional badminton after saying she was undervalued and ignored by the governing body Badminton England.[3][7]
In 2023, she won her sixth national doubles title at the English National Badminton Championships, at the David Ross Sports Village in Nottingham. It was her first national title since 2012.[8]
Record against selected opponents
Mixed Doubles results with Nathan Robertson against Super Series finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.[9]
Xu Chen & Ma Jin 0–3- Zhang Nan & Zhao Yunlei 0–2
- Zheng Bo & Ma Jin 0–1
Chen Hung-ling & Cheng Wen-hsing 1–3- Lee Sheng-mu & Chien Yu-chin 1–0
Joachim Fischer Nielsen & Christinna Pedersen 0–2- Thomas Laybourn & Kamilla Rytter Juhl 1–4
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Chris Adcock & Imogen Bankier 1–0- Anthony Clark & Donna Kellogg 0–1
Tontowi Ahmad & Liliyana Natsir 1–2- Fran Kurniawan & Pia Zebadiah Bernadet 1–0
- Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir 0–1
Koo Kien Keat & Wong Pei Tty 0–2
Robert Mateusiak & Nadieżda Zięba 1–2
Songphon Anugritayawon & Kunchala Voravichitchaikul 1–1- Sudket Prapakamol & Saralee Thungthongkam 1–1
