Ben Lane


Ben Lane is a badminton player from England and a former national champion in doubles.

Biography

He started playing badminton at aged nine, and in his junior career, he had won the U-17 European Championships in the boys' and mixed doubles event in 2014. Lane also won two silvers and a bronze medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships. Lane was part of the English team that won the mixed team bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.
Lane was educated at Exmouth Community College.

Family

His mother Suzanne Louis-Lane, represented England in badminton and had won the women's singles title at the National Championships in 1993 and 1994. His older brother, Alex, represented England in badminton and won the men's singles at the 2017 National Championships.

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015Regional Sport Centrum Hall,
Lubin, Poland		 Sean Vendy Alexander Bond
Joel Eipe		15–21, 24–22, 16–21 Silver

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015Regional Sport Centrum Hall,
Lubin, Poland		 Jessica Pugh Frederik Søgaard Mortensen
Sara Lundgaard		16–21, 21–23 Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (10 titles, 5 runners-up)

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Belgian International Sean Vendy Bjarne Geiss
Jan Colin Völker		21–11, 21–14 Winner
2019Kharkiv International Sean Vendy Marcus Ellis
Chris Langridge		21–19, 21–18 Winner
2019Denmark International Sean Vendy Shohei Hoshino
Yujiro Nishikawa		21–4, 20–22, 18–21 Runner-up
2019Polish Open Sean Vendy Lee Jhe-huei
Yang Po-hsuan		19–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2017Czech Open Sean Vendy Milosz Bochat
Adam Cwalina		18–21, 21–23 Runner-up
2016Iceland International Sean Vendy Christopher Coles
Adam Hall		19–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2014Slovak Open Sean Vendy Pavel Drancak
Jaromir Janacek		11–10, 11–5, 11–10 Winner

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Belgian International Jessica Pugh Mikkel Mikkelsen
Amalie Magelund		21–12, 21–15 Winner
2019Spanish International Jessica Pugh Mathias Bay-Smidt
Rikke Søby Hansen		21–13, 24–26, 21–18 Winner
2019Polish Open Jessica Pugh Thom Gicquel
Delphine Delrue		21–17, 21–15 Winner
2017Italian International Jessica Pugh Marcus Ellis
Lauren Smith		16–21, 21–19, 21–4 Winner
2016Spanish International Jessica Pugh Gaetan Mittelheisser
Emilie Lefel		21–18, 16–21, 16–21 Winner
2016Dutch International Jessica Pugh Ditte Søby Hansen
Alexander Bond		21–19, 21–23, 18–21 Runner-up
2015Slovak Open Jessica Pugh Do Tuan Duc
Pham Nhu Thao		18–21, 21–13, 21–12 Winner
2014Hungarian International Jessica Pugh Jakub Bitman
Alzbeta Basova		11–4, 11–10, 11–7 Winner