Matthew Grimley (born 6 February 2000) is an international badminton player from Scotland who competed at the Commonwealth Games.
Biography Grimley born in 2000, is from Glasgow and a member of the Wipperfeld Badminton Club. At the age of 6, he started playing doubles with his twin brother Christopher Grimley.
The brothers were selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England and he subsequently represented the Scottish team participating in the badminton events.
He is a three-times men's doubles champion (2021, 2024, 2025) and once mixed doubles champion (2021) at the Scottish National Badminton Championships.
Additionally, he was won titles at the Scottish Open and Irish Open.
Achievements
European Junior Championships Boys' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn, Estonia Christopher Grimley Fabien Delrue William Villeger 18–21, 15–21 Silver
BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 4 runners-up) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2019 Portugal International Christopher Grimley Chang Ko-chi Lee Fang-jen 21–16, 16–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2020 Portugal International Christopher Grimley Lucas Corvée Brice Leverdez 24–26, 22–24 Runner-up 2021 Scottish Open Christopher Grimley Junaidi Arif Muhammad Haikal 22–20, 21–16 Winner 2023 Irish Open Christopher Grimley Andreas Søndergaard Jesper Toft 22–20, 16–21, 21–17 Winner 2023 Welsh International Christopher Grimley Bjarne Geiss Jan Colin Völker 18–21, 21–16, 21–17 Winner 2024 Irish Open Christopher Grimley William Kryger Boe Christian Faust Kjær 15–21, 8–21 Runner-up 2026 Azerbaijan International Christopher Grimley Alex Green Zach Russ 19–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2026 Belgian International Christopher Grimley Robert Nebel Jeppe Søby 21–18, 21–12 Winner 2026 Dutch Open Christopher Grimley Kristoffer Kolding Calvin Lundsgaard 21–13, 21–10 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament
BWF Junior International (6 titles, 6 runners-up) Boys' singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2016 Estonian Junior International Christopher Grimley 7–11, 11–7, 11–9, 8–11, 5–11 Runner-up
Boys' doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2015 Irish Junior Open Christopher Grimley Louis Ducrot Sam McKay 14–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2016 Czech Junior International Christopher Grimley Robert Cybulski Paweł Śmiłowski 17–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2016 Estonian Junior International Christopher Grimley Adam Gozzi Carl Harrbacka 11–2, 9–11, 11–5, 11–6 Winner 2017 Irish Junior Open Christopher Grimley Nhat Nguyen Paul Reynolds 12–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2017 Czech Junior International Christopher Grimley Zach Russ Steven Stallwood 13–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2017 Estonian Junior International Christopher Grimley Georgii Karpov Mikhail Lavrikov 11–6, 11–9, 11–8 Winner 2018 Swedish Junior International Christopher Grimley Joan Monroy Carlos Piris 21–5, 21–19 Winner 2018 Hungarian Junior International Christopher Grimley Joshua Apiliga Adam Pringle 19–21, 22–20, 21–17 Winner 2018 Bulgarian Junior International Christopher Grimley Georgii Karpov Georgii Lebedev 21–12, 21–11 Winner 2018 Lithuanian Junior International Christopher Grimley Brian Holtschke Lukas Resch 21–12, 21–14 Winner
Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2016 Czech Junior International Toni Woods Christopher Grimley Ciara Torrance 19–21, 17–21 Runner-up BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament BWF Junior International Challenge tournament BWF Junior International Series tournament BWF Junior Future Series tournament
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