Alex Lanier
Results
| China Masters | 11/21 07:00 | 8 |
Ka Long Angus NG
v
Alex Lanier 
|
L | 2-1 | |
| China Masters | 11/20 03:10 | 7 |
Alex Lanier v
Tien Chen Chou
|
W | 2-1 | |
| Kumamoto Masters | 11/13 10:40 | 5 |
Shi Feng Li
v
Alex Lanier
|
L | 2-1 | |
| Denmark Open | 10/19 16:45 | 2 |
Alex Lanier v
Koki Watanabe
|
L | 0-2 | |
| Denmark Open | 10/18 19:20 | 3 |
Alex Lanier v
Kean Yew Loh
|
W | 2-1 | |
| Denmark Open | 10/17 15:10 | 4 |
Viktor Axelsen
v
Alex Lanier
|
- | away | |
| Denmark Open | 10/15 12:30 | 5 |
Ka Long Angus NG
v
Alex Lanier
|
W | 0-2 | |
| Arctic Open | 10/11 17:10 | 3 |
Alex Lanier v
Tien Chen Chou
|
L | 1-2 | |
| Arctic Open | 10/10 10:50 | 4 |
Alex Lanier v
Nhat Nguyen
|
W | 2-0 | |
| Arctic Open | 10/09 10:50 | 5 |
Anders Antonsen
v
Alex Lanier
|
W | 1-2 | |
| Korea Open | 08/28 01:45 | 5 |
Ka Long Angus NG
v
Alex Lanier
|
L | 2-1 | |
| Japan Open | 08/25 02:20 | 1 |
Alex Lanier v
Tien Chen Chou
|
W | 2-0 |
Wikipedia - Alex Lanier
Alex Lanier (born 26 January 2005) is a French badminton player. He was a boys' singles gold medalist at the 2022 European Junior Championships, and a bronze medalist at the 2023 World Junior Championships. He became the first ever French player to win a BWF World Tour Super 750 tournament.
History
Alex Lanier started playing badminton at the age of 3 and later joined the Dives-sur-Mer badminton club. In 2019, he left the Dives-sur-Mer, to join the club of Strasbourg, to compete in the French interclub division. In 2020, he joined INSEP at the age of only 15.
In June 2021, he competed in the Lithuanian International tournament and won his first international title in the final by defeating Canada's player B. R. Sankeerth. Afterwards, he managed to advance to the final at the Latvia International, but lost to India's Meiraba Luwang Maisnam. He bounced back at the Italian International and won his second international title by defeating Czech player Jan Louda.
In 2022, he clinched the boys' singles title at the European Junior Championships. In October, he secured his first win on a World Tour event at the age of only 17, as he defeated Japanese Takuma Obayashi at the Canada Open.
In 2023, Lanier won a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships.
In 2024, Lanier won the Japan Open title at a young age 19 years old. He defeated seeded player en-route to the final. The 19-year-old did it in sensational fashion, taking down world No.1 Shi Yu Qi 17-21 21-16 21-18 in the semifinals of DAIHATSU Japan Open 2024 – his first Super 750 tournament – on Saturday. By winning the Japan Open, he became the first ever French player to win a BWF World Tour Super 750 event.