Robert Blair (badminton)


Robert Blair is a Scottish badminton player.
Blair was born in Scotland, but after attending Loughborough University in Leicestershire, he competed for England from 2001 until 2010, except at the Olympic Games, where Scotland and England are both parts of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team. His main motivation for changing nation was the prospect of medals at the Commonwealth Games.
On 16 December 2010 Badminton England and Badminton Scotland announced that Blair would be returning to Scotland. The reason for Blair's return to Scotland remain unclear, but reports suggest a falling-out with members of the Badminton England setup was central to the decision.

Career

Blair competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Natalie Munt. They defeated Tadashi Ohtsuka and Shizuka Yamamoto of Japan in the first round but lost to Nova Widianto and Vita Marissa of Indonesia in the round of 16.
Blair reached the men's doubles final at the 2006 IBF World Championships together with Anthony Clark, losing the final against Fu Haifeng and Cai Yun.

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2006Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Anthony Clark Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng		9–21, 13–21 Silver

Commonwealth Games

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland Imogen Bankier Chan Peng Soon
Lai Pei Jing		21–17, 21–11 Bronze

World Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2006German Open Anthony Clark Jung Jae-sung
Lee Yong-dae		11–15, 6–15 Runner-up
2005Thessaloniki World Grand Prix Anthony Clark Michael Fuchs
Roman Spitko		15–6, 15–9 Winner

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014Scottish Open Imogen Bankier Niclas Nohr
Sara Thygesen		21–18, 21–14 Winner
2014German Open Imogen Bankier Ko Sung-hyun
Kim Ha-na		21–15, 21–18 Winner
2013Scottish Open Imogen Bankier Chris Langridge
Heather Olver		21–16, 21–14 Winner
2011German Open Gabrielle White Shintaro Ikeda
Reiko Shiota		16–21, 21–16, 21–15 Winner
2010German Open Imogen Bankier Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama
Tse Ying Suet		5–15 Retired Runner-up
2007Bitburger Open Imogen Bankier Kristof Hopp
Birgit Overzier		17–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2006Dutch Open Jenny Wallwork Flandy Limpele
Vita Marissa		21–18, 21–18 Winner
2006Swiss Open Natalie Munt Nathan Robertson
Gail Emms		17–14, 7–15, 2–15 Runner-up
2005Thessaloniki World Grand Prix Natalie Munt Anthony Clark
Donna Kellogg		4–15, 15–6, 13–15 Runner-up
2004Indonesia Open Natalie Munt Zhang Jun
Gao Ling		9–15, 9–15 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015Swiss International Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth Bodin Issara
Savitree Amitrapai		18–21, 25–23, 21–18 Winner
2014Spanish Open Imogen Bankier Robert Mateusiak
Agnieszka Wojtkowska		21–13, 14–21, 21–16 Winner
2014Orleans International Imogen Bankier Niclas Nohr
Sara Thygesen		21–13, 19–21, 21–18 Winner
2014Swedish Masters Imogen Bankier Peter Kaesbauer
Isabel Herttrich		24–22, 14–21, 21–16 Winner
2013Irish Open Imogen Bankier Jacco Arends
Selena Piek		21–9, 19–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2013Bulgarian International Imogen Bankier Robert Mateusiak
Agnieszka Wojtkowska		21–17, 21–15 Winner
2013Kharkiv International Imogen Bankier Kim Astrup
Maria Helsbol		20–22, 21–9, 21–18 Winner
2013French International Imogen Bankier Marcus Ellis
Alyssa Lim		21–17, 21–17 Winner
2007Scottish Open Imogen Bankier Alexandr Nikolaenko
Nina Vislova		15–21, 22–20, 21–9 Winner
2001Scottish Open Natalie Munt William Milroy
Denyse Julien		8–6, 7–1, 8–6 Winner

Record against selected opponents

Mixed Doubles results with Gabrielle White against Super Series finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.