Chris Adcock
Adcock at the 2013 French Super Series
Personal information
Birth name	Christopher Thomas Adcock
Country	England
Born	(1989-04-27) 27 April 1989 (age 34)[1] Leicester, England[1]
Residence	Milton Keynes, England[1]
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Handedness	Left
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	9 (MD 22 May 2014) 4 (XD 24 August 2017)
Current ranking	14 (XD 17 March 2020)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Great Britain European Games 2019 Minsk Mixed doubles Representing  England World Championships 2011 London Mixed doubles 2017 Glasgow Mixed doubles Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Mixed doubles 2018 Gold Coast Mixed doubles 2014 Glasgow Mixed team 2010 Delhi Mixed team 2018 Gold Coast Mixed team European Championships 2017 Kolding Mixed doubles 2018 Huelva Mixed doubles 2012 Karlskrona Men's doubles 2012 Karlskrona Mixed doubles 2014 Kazan Men's doubles European Mixed Team Championships 2015 Leuven Mixed team 2013 Moscow Mixed team 2017 Lubin Mixed team European Men's Team Championships 2008 Almere Men's team 2014 Basel Men's team 2012 Amsterdam Men's team World Junior Championships 2007 Waitakere Mixed doubles European Junior Championships 2007 Völklingen Mixed team 2007 Völklingen Boys' doubles
BWF profile
Website	www.theadcocks.com

Christopher Thomas Adcock (born 27 April 1989) is a retired English badminton player.^[2] Adcock is currently sponsored by Yonex and YC Sports and plays for the University of Nottingham-based NBL team. He entered the National team in 2006, and later won the boys' doubles and mixed team titles at the 2007 European Junior Championships. He was a World Championships medalists winning a silver in 2011 with Imogen Bankier and a bronze in 2017 with Gabby Adcock. Together with Gabby, he also won a silver medal at the 2007 World Junior Championships, and then claimed the gold medals at the Commonwealth Games in 2014 and 2018; and at the European Championships in 2017 and 2018.

Chris Adcock also representing Great Britain competed at the 2012, 2016 Olympic Games and at the 2019 European Games. In the European Games, he and Gabby won the mixed doubles silver medal.

Career

At the 2008 Thomas Cup Chris Adcock made his debut at a major senior international tournament where he played one match in the group stage. He would continue to represent England at the 2009 Sudirman Cup where the team played sixth. His world championships debut came at the 2010 BWF World Championships where he entered Mixed doubles with Gabrielle White, but lost in the first round. He later switched Mixed Doubles partners to compete with Scottish player Imogen Bankier. They had a Cinderella run at the 2011 London Worlds where they defeated three seeded pairs before losing in the final. Chris Adcock also competes in Men's Doubles, currently pairing with fellow Englishmen Andrew Ellis. Although they qualified for the Olympics, they had a disappointing performance and lost in the first round.^[3]

In October 2012, the pair announced their decision to split, with Bankier stating her intention to return to Badminton Scotland and form a Scottish partnership.^[4] Subsequently, Adcock reignited his mixed doubles partnership with White, whom he later married.^[5] They later won the BWF Super Series Masters Finals in 2015, and become the first British players to do so.^[6]

Adcock competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, winning gold in the mixed doubles alongside his wife.^[7] In 2015, he became the champion at the Dubai World Superseries Finals in mixed doubles event.^[8] In 2016, he competed at the Summer Olympics in the mixed doubles event, but did not advance to the knockout stage.^[9]

In October 2016, the Adcocks were the semifinalist at the Denmark Open, but they lost to home duo Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen in the straight games.^[10] The Adcocks then reaching the final at the Grand Prix Gold tournament at the 2016 Bitburger Open, defeated by the Chinese pair Zheng Siwei and Chen Qingchen with the score 16–21, 21–23. At the end of 2016 BWF Season, the Adcocks were qualified to compete at the Dubai World Superseries Finals.^[11] They advanced to the final round after placed second in the group stage, won a semifinal match against Praveen Jordan and Debby Susanto of Indonesia in three games, but they lost again to Chinese paired Zheng and Cheng.^[12][13]

In 2017, the Adcocks won the gold medal at the European Championships in Denmark defeating Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen in the final.^[14] They also clinched the bronze medal at the BWF World Championships in Glasgow.^[15] In 2018, he competed at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, and defend the mixed doubles gold with his wife, also claimed the mixed team bronze.^[16][17]

In 2019, he qualified to represent Great Britain at the 2019 European Games, played in the mixed doubles with his wife. Competed as the top seeds the duo advance to the final stage, they were defeated by their compatriot Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith in straight games 14–21, 9–21, and settle for a silver medal.^[18] Badminton England reported his retirement on 27 May 2021. The 2020 Denmark Open was his last tournament.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Wembley Arena, London, England	Imogen Bankier	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	15–21, 7–21	Silver
2017	Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Gabby Adcock	Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen	15–21, 21–23	Bronze

Commonwealth Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Gabby Adcock	Chris Langridge Heather Olver	21–9, 21–12	Gold
2018	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast, Australia	Gabby Adcock	Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith	19–21, 21–17, 21–16	Gold

European Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus	Gabby Adcock	Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith	14–21, 9–21	Silver

European Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Telenor Arena, Karlskrona, Sweden	Andrew Ellis	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	11–21, 14–21	Bronze
2014	Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia	Andrew Ellis	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	16–21, 21–19, 8–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Telenor Arena, Karlskrona, Sweden	Imogen Bankier	Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Zięba	17–21, 21–17, 19–21	Bronze
2017	Sydbank Arena, Kolding, Denmark	Gabby Adcock	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen	21–17, 18–21, 21–19	Gold
2018	Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain	Gabby Adcock	Mathias Christiansen Christinna Pedersen	21–18, 17–21, 21–18	Gold

BWF World Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Waitakere Trust Stadium, Waitakere City, New Zealand	Gabrielle White	Lim Khim Wah Ng Hui Lin	25–23, 20–22, 19–21	Silver

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Hermann-Neuberger-Halle, Völklingen, Germany	Peter Mills	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	21–16, 21–15	Gold

BWF World Tour (3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[19] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[20]

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Thailand Open	Super 500	Gabby Adcock	Hafiz Faizal Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja	12–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2019	Dutch Open	Super 100	Gabby Adcock	Robin Tabeling Selena Piek	17–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2020	Denmark Open	Super 750	Gabby Adcock	Mark Lamsfuß Isabel Herttrich	21–18, 11–21, 14–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[21] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.^[22] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Hong Kong Open	Gabrielle White	Liu Cheng Bao Yixin	21–14, 24–22	Winner
2014	French Open	Gabby Adcock	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir	9–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2015	Dubai World Superseries Finals	Gabby Adcock	Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na	21–14, 21–17	Winner
2016	Dubai World Superseries Finals	Gabby Adcock	Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen	12–21, 12–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 4 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Bitburger Open	Andrew Ellis	Rupesh Kumar Sanave Thomas	21–17, 20–22, 22–24	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Bitburger Open	Gabrielle White	Michael Fuchs Birgit Michels	19–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2014	Swiss Open	Gabby Adcock	Chai Biao Tang Jinhua	21–17, 21–13	Winner
2015	Bitburger Open	Gabby Adcock	Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Zięba	18–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2016	Bitburger Open	Gabby Adcock	Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen	16–21, 21–23	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 2 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Scottish International	Andrew Ellis	Marcus Ellis Peter Mills	19–21, 21–11, 15–21	Runner-up
2010	Irish International	Andrew Ellis	Anthony Clark Chris Langridge	21–13, 21–16	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Portugal International	Gabrielle White	Zhang Yi Cai Jiani	14–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2010	Scottish International	Imogen Bankier	Till Zander Gitte Koehler	21–10, 21–12	Winner
2010	Irish International	Imogen Bankier	Christian John Skovgaard Britta Andersen	21–13, 21–11	Winner
2010	Italian International	Imogen Bankier	Gert Kunka Amanda Hogstrom	21–14, 21–15	Winner
2012	Finnish Open	Imogen Bankier	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen Sara Thygesen	22–24, 21–12, 21–13	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Mixed doubles results with Imogen Bankier against Super Series finalists, Worlds Semi-finalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.^[23]