Estonian Int. | 01/14 14:40 | - | Magnus Johannesen v Alex Lanier | W | 0-2 | |
Estonian Int. | 01/14 08:20 | - | Alex Lanier v Joran Kweekel | W | 2-1 | |
Estonian Int. | 01/13 15:40 | - | Joakim Oldorff v Alex Lanier | W | 0-2 | |
Estonian Int. | 01/13 10:40 | - | Zhen Yi Ong v Alex Lanier | W | 0-2 | |
Welsh Int. | 12/03 11:20 | - | Alex Lanier v Mads Christophersen | L | 1-2 | |
Welsh Int. | 12/02 17:20 | - | Alex Lanier v Pablo Abian | W | 2-0 | |
Welsh Int. | 12/02 10:40 | - | Niluka Karunaratne v Alex Lanier | W | 0-2 | |
Welsh Int. | 12/01 10:20 | - | Alex Lanier v Seng Zoe Yeoh | W | 2-0 | |
Irish Open | 11/18 10:20 | - | Yu Jen Chi v Alex Lanier | L | 2-0 | |
Irish Open | 11/17 15:00 | - | Alex Lanier v Joran Kweekel | W | 2-1 | |
Irish Open | 11/17 10:00 | - | Pablo Abian v Alex Lanier | W | 0-2 | |
Canada Open | 10/02 19:40 | 1 | Takuma Obayashi v Alex Lanier | W | 1-2 | |
Canada Open | 10/01 19:20 | 2 | Arnaud Merkle v Alex Lanier | W | 1-2 | |
Canada Open | 09/30 22:20 | 3 | Ygor Coelho v Alex Lanier | W | 0-2 | |
Canada Open | 09/30 00:00 | 4 | Adrian King-Sun Mar v Alex Lanier | W | 0-2 | |
Canada Open | 09/27 10:00 | 5 | Alex Lanier v Kevin Cordon | - | Walkover | |
Belgian Int. | 09/15 12:30 | - | Christo Popov v Alex Lanier | L | 2-0 | |
Belgian Int. | 09/15 07:40 | - | Danylo Bosniuk v Alex Lanier | W | 0-2 | |
Denmark Masters Qual | 06/09 08:10 | - | Alex Lanier v Iliyan Stoynov | - | Walkover | |
Thomas Cup | 05/11 12:40 | - | Alex Lanier v Sifeddine Larbaoui | W | 2-0 | |
Thomas Cup | 05/09 03:00 | - | Shi Feng Li v Alex Lanier | L | 2-0 | |
European Championships | 04/26 09:00 | - | Viktor Axelsen v Alex Lanier | L | 2-0 | |
Orleans Masters Qual | 03/29 09:40 | - | Alex Lanier v Chan Yin Chak | L | 1-2 | |
Portugal Int. | 03/11 15:00 | - | Alex Lanier v Joonas Korhonen | W | 2-0 | |
Estonian Int. | 01/16 08:20 | - | Jing Hong Kok v Alex Lanier | W | 0-2 | |
Estonian Int. | 01/15 14:20 | - | Harshit Aggarwal v Alex Lanier | W | 0-2 | |
Estonian Int. | 01/15 08:40 | - | Alex Lanier v Niluka Karunaratne | - | Retired | |
Estonian Int. | 01/14 16:10 | - | Andi Fadel Muhammad v Alex Lanier | W | 0-2 | |
Italian Int. | 12/19 08:40 | - | Alex Lanier v Jan Louda | W | 2-1 | |
Italian Int. | 12/18 15:20 | - | Alex Lanier v Karan R Rajarajan | W | 2-0 |
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.
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 Yuqi 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.