Jillie Cooper Explained

Jillie Cooper
Birth Date:9 May 1988
Birth Place:Edinburgh, Scotland[1]
Residence:Glasgow, Scotland
Height:1.78 m
Weight:70 kg
Handedness:Right
Coach:Yvette Yun Luo
John Quinn
Event:Women's Doubles & Mixed Doubles
Highest Ranking:27 (WD) 31 Oct 2013
39 (XD) 7 Mar 2013
Bwf Id:3C34D6CF-B1DB-4E20-B152-9A9835435266

Jillie Cooper (born 9 May 1988) is a professional badminton player (BWF player id: 53127) who plays for Scotland.[2] [3]

Career

Cooper began her professional career in 2007. She first started playing senior international tournaments when she got to round '1/32' in the Scottish Open 2003 with her doubles partner in November 2003. Since then she had entered many other competitions building up to quarter and semi final stages. More recently she had become the winner of women's doubles for the first time in November 2008 in the Scottish Open, exactly 5 years after her first start there. Cooper then went on to win the Welsh International doubles and mixed Doubles titles one week after her Scottish Open success in December 2008.[4]

As a mixed doubles player, she had reached semi finals stages in 5 competitions to date and the final of Belgian International in September 2008 (29 November 2008). Cooper was also a member of Team Scotland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.[1]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013Czech International Kirsty Gilmour Imogen Bankier
Petya Nedelcheva
6–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2012Welsh International Kirsty Gilmour Lauren Smith
Gabrielle White
7–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2012Czech International Kirsty Gilmour Heather Olver
Kate Robertshaw
16–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2010Banuinvest International Emma Mason Shinta Mulia Sari
Lei Yao
6–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2008Welsh International Mariana Agathangelou Ilse Vaessen
Rachel van Cutsen
17–21, 21–19, 21–16 Winner
2008Scotland International Mariana Agathangelou Emelie Lennartsson
Emma Wengberg
21–17, 21–13 Winner
2008Spanish Open Nathalie Descamps Shendy Puspa Irawati
Meiliana Jauhari
10–21, 10–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014Romanian International Martin Campbell Bastian Kersaudy
Teshana Vignes Waran
21–14, 21–15 Winner
2008Welsh International Watson Briggs Jorrit de Ruiter
Ilse Vaessen
21–19, 21–18 Winner
2008Belgian International Watson Briggs Vitalij Durkin
Nina Vislova
13–21, 9–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jillie Cooper Biography. results.glasgow2014.com. Glasgow 2014 . 15 September 2016.
  2. Web site: Players: Jillie Cooper . bwfbadminton.com . . 15 September 2016.
  3. Web site: Jillie Cooper . badmintonscotland.org.uk . . 15 September 2016.
  4. Web site: Players: Jillie Cooper . bwf.tournamentsoftware.com . . 15 September 2016.