Robert Summers (badminton)

Summers was born in Kimberley, Northern Cape. Introduced to the sport of badminton by his mother as a 4-year-old, he became a part of local club just three years later.

Summers represented his country at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. He won the African Championship in men's doubles with his partner Jarred Elliott in 2023, defeating top two seeded pairs from Algeria in semifinal and final.^[2] Both went on to also secure a bronze medal in the African Games a month later.^[3]

Summers pursued a law degree and plans to open his own law firm in future. He attended University of the Free State.^[4][5]

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Borteyman Sports Complex, Accra, Ghana	Jarred Elliott	Godwin Olofua Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	18–21, 16–21	Bronze

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	John Barrable Hall, Benoni, South Africa	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	19–21, 17–21	Bronze

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	MTN Arena, Kampala, Uganda	Jarred Elliott	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	16–21, 14–21	Bronze
2023	John Barrable Hall, Benoni, South Africa	Jarred Elliott	Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi Adel Hamek	21–13, 21–17	Gold

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Botswana International	Cameron Coetzer	20–22, 21–15, 14–21	Runner-up
2021	South Africa International	Aman Sanjay Farogh	21–15, 16–21, 12–21	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Botswana International	Jarred Elliott	Artur Niyazov Dmitriy Panarin	21–19, 13–21, 21–6	Winner
2021	South Africa International	Jarred Elliott	Caden Kakora Robert White	21–15, 9–21, 21–15	Winner
2022	Zambia International	Jarred Elliott	Mwanza Edward Timothy Kafunda	21–9, 21–10	Winner
2022	Botswana International	Jarred Elliott	Artur Niyazov Dmitriy Panarin	20–22, 14–21	Runner-up
2023	South Africa International	Jarred Elliott	Caden Kakora Robert White	15–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2024	South Africa International	Dorian James	Matthew Abela Maxim Grinblat	21–10, 19–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2025	South Africa International	Caden Kakora	Avinash Srinivas Ephraim Stephem Sam	walkover	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2024	South Africa International	Anri Schoonees	Caden Kakora Johanita Scholtz	12–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2025	Botswana International	Amy Ackerman	Caden Kakora Johanita Scholtz	21–10, 16–21, 21–13	Winner
2025	South Africa International	Amy Ackerman	Amer Mohammed Nabiha Shariff	16–21, 15–9 retired	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

Boys' singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	South Africa Junior International	Caden Kakora	21–14, 21–15	Winner

Boys' doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	South Africa Junior International	Caden Kakora	Emile Paulus Ryan Armand Swart	21–12, 21–16	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	South Africa Junior International	Megan De Beer	Emile Paulus Jabulile Geninda	21–10, 21–10	Winner

  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

  BWF Junior International Series tournament

  BWF Junior Future Series tournament