Chris Adcock

Chris Adcock (born 27 April 1989) is an English internationally elite badminton player. Adcock is currently sponsored by Yonex and YC Sports and plays for the University of Nottingham-based NBL team.

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.

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. Subsequently, Adcock reignited his mixed doubles partnership with White, whom he later married. They later won the BWF Super Series Masters Finals in 2015, and become the first British players to do so.

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

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. 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. 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.

In 2017, the Adcocks won the gold medal at the European Championships in Denmark defeating Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen in the final. They also clinched the bronze medal at the BWF World Championships in Glasgow. 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.

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.

BWF World Championships (1 Silver, 1 Bronze)

Mixed doubles

Commonwealth Games (2 Gold)

Mixed doubles

European Games (1 Silver)

Mixed doubles

European Championships (2 Gold, 3 Bronze)

Men's doubles

Mixed doubles

BWF World Junior Championships (1 Silver)

Mixed doubles

European Junior Championships (1 Gold)

Boys' doubles

BWF World Tour (2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Dutch Open	Super 100	Gabby Adcock	Robin Tabeling Selena Piek	17–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2018	Thailand Open	Super 500	Gabby Adcock	Hafiz Faizal Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja	12–21, 12–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Mixed doubles

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

     BWF Superseries Finals tournament

     BWF Superseries Premier tournament

     BWF Superseries tournament

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

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

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
2016	Bitburger Open	Gabby Adcock	Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen	16–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2015	Bitburger Open	Gabby Adcock	Robert Mateusiak Nadiezda Zieba	18–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2014	Swiss Open	Gabby Adcock	Chai Biao Tang Jinhua	21–17, 21–13	Winner
2013	Bitburger Open	Gabrielle White	Michael Fuchs Birgit Michels	19–21, 15–21	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	Irish International	Andrew Ellis	Anthony Clark Chris Langridge	21–13, 21–16	Winner
2010	Scottish International	Andrew Ellis	Marcus Ellis Peter Mills	19–21, 21–11, 15–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

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

     BWF International Challenge tournament

     BWF International Series tournament

Mixed Doubles results with Imogen Bankier against Super Series finalists, Worlds Semi-finalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.