Michael Fuchs
Personal information
Country	Germany
Born	(1982-04-22) 22 April 1982 (age 41)[1] Würzburg, West Germany
Residence	Saarbrücken, Germany
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Years active	2001
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	15 (MD) 6 (XD)
Current ranking	Retired
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Germany European Championships 2012 Karlskrona Men's doubles 2010 Manchester Men's doubles European Mixed Team Championships 2013 Moscow Mixed team 2011 Amsterdam Mixed team 2015 Leuven Mixed team European Men's Team Championships 2012 Amsterdam Men's team 2006 Thessalonica Men's team 2016 Kazan Men's team 2014 Basel Men's team 2010 Warsaw Men's team 2008 Almere Men's team
BWF profile

Michael Fuchs (born 22 April 1982) is a retired international level badminton player from Germany.^[2]

Michael Fuchs concentrates on doubles badminton competing with Johannes Schöttler in Men's and with Birgit Michels in the Mixed event. Fuchs and Michels have risen as high as sixth in the world rankings for their event. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Fuchs and Michels reached the quarter finals.

Achievements

European Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England	Ingo Kindervater	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	10–21, 12–21	Bronze
2012	Telenor Arena, Karlskrona, Sweden	Oliver Roth	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	11–21, 11–21	Silver

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[3] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.^[4] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	French Open	Birgit Michels	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam	15–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2014	Japan Open	Birgit Michels	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	12–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2014	Australian Open	Birgit Michels	Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na	16–21, 17–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Thessaloniki Grand Prix	Roman Spitko	Robert Blair Anthony Clark	6–15, 9–15	Runner-up
2009	Dutch Open	Ingo Kindervater	Kristof Hopp Johannes Schöttler	15–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2015	Scottish Open	Johannes Schöttler	Andrew Ellis Peter Mills	21–15, 21–18	Winner
2016	Brasil Open	Fabian Holzer	Jones Ralfy Jansen Josche Zurwonne	21–19, 21–18	Winner
2016	Bitburger Open	Johannes Schöttler	Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi	16–21, 18–21	Runner up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	U.S. Open	Birgit Michels	Lee Sheng-mu Chien Yu-chin	21–19, 21–14	Winner
2010	Bitburger Open	Birgit Michels	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	20–22, 9–21	Runner-up
2011	Canada Open	Birgit Michels	Chen Hung-ling Cheng Wen-hsing	21–10, 23–21	Winner
2013	London Grand Prix Gold	Birgit Michels	Chris Langridge Heather Olver	21–19, 21–14	Winner
2013	Bitburger Open	Birgit Michels	Chris Adcock Gabrielle White	21–19, 21–15	Winner
2015	U.S. Grand Prix	Birgit Michels	Choi Sol-gyu Eom Hye-won	12–21, 14–21	Runner up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF / IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Italian International	Tim Dettmann	Arnd Vetters Franklin Wahab	0–7, 3–7, 1–7	Runner-up
2004	Czech International	Roman Spitko	Mike Beres William Milroy	12–15, 13–15	Runner-up
2005	Dutch International	Roman Spitko	Kristof Hopp Ingo Kindervater	8–15, 6–15	Runner-up
2005	Belgian International	Roman Spitko	Kristof Hopp Ingo Kindervater	6–15, 10–15	Runner-up
2005	Irish International	Roman Spitko	Mihail Popov Svetoslav Stoyanov	15–9, 5–15, 9–15	Runner-up
2006	Swedish International	Roman Spitko	Anders Kristiansen Simon Mollyhus	21–16, 15–21, 21–16	Winner
2006	Dutch International	Roman Spitko	Kristof Hopp Ingo Kindervater	10–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2007	Belgian International	Roman Spitko	Kristof Hopp Ingo Kindervater	27–25, 15–21, 7–21 retired	Runner-up
2007	Irish International	Roman Spitko	Khan Malaythong Howard Bach	15–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2008	Norwegian International	Ingo Kindervater	Ruud Bosch Koen Ridder	21–18, 19–21, 21–8	Winner
2010	Belgian International	Oliver Roth	Ingo Kindervater Johannes Schöttler	Walkover	Runner-up
2011	Morocco International	Oliver Roth	Ingo Kindervater Johannes Schöttler	15–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2014	Italian International	Johannes Schöttler	Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge	11–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2015	Guatemala International	Johannes Schöttler	Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy	21–17, 21–13	Winner
2015	USA International	Johannes Schöttler	Lin Chia-yu Wu Hsiao-lin	21–16, 21–23, 19–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Norwegian International	Annekatrin Lillie	Till Zander Gitte Köhler	23–21, 21–12	Winner
2008	Scotland International	Annekatrin Lillie	Robert Adcock Heather Olver	21–16, 21–12	Winner
2010	Belgian International	Birgit Michels	Johannes Schöttler Sandra Marinello	22–20, 21–19	Winner
2010	Norwegian International	Birgit Michels	Evgenij Dremin Anastasia Russkikh	22–20, 21–10	Winner
2011	Morocco International	Birgit Michels	Toby Ng Grace Gao	21–15, 21–16	Winner
2011	Kharkiv International	Birgit Michels	Chayut Triyachart Yao Lei	21–18, 21–14	Winner
2012	Bulgarian International	Birgit Michels	Peter Käsbauer Isabel Herttrich	21–9, 21–13	Winner
2012	Norwegian International	Birgit Michels	Jorrit de Ruiter Samantha Barning	21–16, 21–23, 19–21	Runner-up
2013	Dutch International	Birgit Michels	Sam Magee Chloe Magee	21–14, 18–21, 21–17	Winner
2015	Guatemala International	Birgit Michels	Ronan Labar Émilie Lefel	21–15, 21–16	Winner
2015	Czech International	Birgit Michels	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	18–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2015	USA International	Birgit Michels	Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Vanessa Neo	21–16, 21–17	Winner
2016	White Nights	Birgit Michels	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	21–9, 21–12	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

Record Against Selected Opponents

Mixed Doubles results with Birgit Michels against Super Series finalists, Worlds Semi-finalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.^[5]