Oliver Leydon-Davis

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Oliver Leydon-Davis
Personal information
CountryNew Zealand
Born (1990-05-10) 10 May 1990 (age 31)
Hamilton, New Zealand
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking37 (MD 28 June 2010)
43 (XD 27 February 2014)
Current ranking60 (MD), 61 (XD) (2 March 2021)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  New Zealand
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Ballarat Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2020 Ballarat Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2010 Invercargill Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2012 Ballarat Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2015 North Harbour Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2015 North Harbour Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Ballarat Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Hamilton Mixed doubles
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Invercargill Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2012 Ballarat Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Ballarat Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Auckland Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Melbourne Mixed team
Oceania Men's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Ballarat Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Auckland Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Invercargill Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Hamilton Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2020 Ballarat Men's team
BWF profile

Oliver Leydon-Davis (born 10 May 1990) is a New Zealand badminton player.[1][2] He won the Oceania Championships title in the mixed doubles in 2014,[3] and in the men's doubles in 2020.[4]

Achievements[]

Oceania Championships[]

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Stadium Southland,
Invercargill, New Zealand 		New Zealand Henry Tam Australia Ross Smith
Australia Glenn Warfe 		19–21, 12–21 Silver Silver
2012 Ken Kay Badminton Hall,
Ballarat, Australia 		New Zealand Kevin Dennerly-Minturn Australia Ross Smith
Australia Glenn Warfe 		17–21, 18–21 Silver Silver
2014 Ken Kay Badminton Hall,
Ballarat, Australia 		New Zealand Kevin Dennerly-Minturn Australia Matthew Chau
Australia Sawan Serasinghe 		15–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze
2015 X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre,
North Harbour, New Zealand 		New Zealand Kevin Dennerly-Minturn Australia Matthew Chau
Australia Sawan Serasinghe 		21–10, 16–21, 13–21 Silver Silver
2020 Ken Kay Badminton Stadium,
Ballarat, Australia 		New Zealand Abhinav Manota Australia Matthew Chau
Australia Sawan Serasinghe 		18–21, 21–9, 21–14 Gold Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Ken Kay Badminton Hall,
Ballarat, Australia 		New Zealand Susannah Leydon-Davis Australia Matthew Chau
Australia Jacqueline Guan 		21–19, 21–13 Gold Gold
2015 X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre,
North Harbour, New Zealand 		New Zealand Danielle Tahuri Australia Robin Middleton
Australia Leanne Choo 		12–21, 14–21 Silver Silver
2018 Eastlink Badminton Stadium,
Hamilton, New Zealand 		New Zealand Susannah Leydon-Davis Australia Sawan Serasinghe
Australia Setyana Mapasa 		12–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 10 runners-up)[]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Nouméa International New Zealand Henry Tam New Zealand Kevin Dennerly-Minturn
New Zealand 		21–17, 22–24, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Canterbury International New Zealand Bjorn Seguin United States
United States Arnold Setiadi 		19–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Tahiti International New Zealand Australia Ross Smith
Australia Glenn Warfe 		11–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Altona International New Zealand Kevin Dennerly-Minturn Australia Ross Smith
Australia Glenn Warfe 		17–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Auckland International New Zealand Kevin Dennerly-Minturn England
New Zealand Tjitte Weistra 		21–18, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Internacional Mexicano New Zealand Kevin Dennerly-Minturn Mexico Job Castillo
Mexico Antonio Ocegueda 		17–21, 21–12, 21–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Norwegian International Denmark Lasse Mølhede India Akshay Dewalkar
India Tarun Kona 		21–18, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Dutch International Denmark Lasse Mølhede Netherlands Jim Middelburg
Netherlands 		18–21, 21–10, 24–22 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Swedish Open Denmark Lasse Mølhede Scotland Martin Campbell
Scotland Patrick Machugh 		21–17, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 North Harbour International New Zealand Kevin Dennerly-Minturn New Zealand
New Zealand 		21–13, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Austrian International Denmark Lasse Mølhede Chinese Taipei
Chinese Taipei 		23–25, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Dutch International New Zealand Abhinav Manota Denmark
Denmark 		16–21, 21–15, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Hellas Open New Zealand Abhinav Manota France
France Julien Maio 		18–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Bulgarian Open New Zealand Abhinav Manota France Eloi Adam
France Julien Maio 		21–10, 16–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Canterbury International New Zealand New Zealand
New Zealand Donna Haliday 		19–21, 21–19, 25–23 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Norwegian International New Zealand Susannah Leydon-Davis New Zealand Daniel Shirley
New Zealand 		11–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Yonex / K&D Graphics International New Zealand Susannah Leydon-Davis Canada Nyl Yakura
Canada Kristen Tsai 		11–21, 8–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Sydney International New Zealand Anona Pak Philippines Peter Gabriel Magnaye
Philippines 		9–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References[]

  1. ^ "Players: Oliver Leydon-Davis". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Athletes: Oliver Leydon-Davis". www.olympic.org.nz. New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  3. ^ Sukumar, Dev (17 February 2014). "2014 Oceania Championships: Tho, Kessler Win Singles Titles". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Manota retains his title at Oceania Championships". www.thecourier.com.au. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.

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