Eric Pang

Eric Pang
Personal information
Country  Netherlands
Born (1982-01-30) January 30, 1982
Groningen, the Netherlands
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb; 12.4 st)
Handedness Right
Men's singles
Highest ranking 22 (October 10th, 2009)
Current ranking 156 (December 10th, 2015[1])

Eric Pang (born January 30, 1982 in Groningen) is a Dutch male badminton player, who became European Youth Champion in 2001. He won the National Dutch Championships seven times between 2009 and 2015.

As a part of the BC Amersfoort team Pang reached the final of the European Cup 2007 held in Amersfoort. Together with Lotte Bruil-Jonathans, Yao Jie, Larisa Griga, Dicky Palyama and Chris Bruil. The final was lost against the team of NL Primorje. In the semi finals they were too strong for CB Rinconada.

Eric Pang won the Norwegian International in 2005 and the Spanish Open in 2010. In 2012 Eric Pang won the Yonex Dutch Open Grand Prix beating his compatriot Dicky Palyama in the final with 21-14, 21-15.

Achievements

Career performances (3 titles, 10 runners-up)

Outcome Year Tournament Opponent in final Score
Runner-Up 2013 Canada Open Grand Prix Malaysia Chung Seang Tan 21-15, 11-21, 16-21
Runner-Up 2013 Velo Dutch International Challenge Denmark Viktor Axelsen 22-24, 12-21
Runner-Up 2013 Belgian International Challenge Indonesia Andre Kurniawan Tedjono 17-21, 11-21
Winner 2012 Dutch Open Grand Prix Netherlands Dicky Palyama 21-14, 21-10
Runner-Up 2010 Belgian International Challenge Germany Marc Zwiebler 15-21, 17-21
Winner 2010 Spanish International Challenge Denmark Rune Ulsing 21-12, 21-19
Runner-Up 2009 Dutch Open Grand Prix India Chetan Anand 12-21, 15-21
Runner-Up 2009 Bitburger Open Grand Prix Denmark Jan Ø. Jørgensen 21-12, 13-21, 15-21
Runner-Up 2009 Velo Dutch International Challenge Netherlands Dicky Palyama 11-21, 21-14, 15-21
Runner-Up 2005 Irish International Challenge India Chetan Anand 15-8, 6-15, 7-15
Winner 2005 Norwegian International Challenge Denmark Kasper Oedum 15-7, 7-15, 15-10
Runner-Up 2005 US Open Grand Prix Chinese Taipei Hsieh Yu-hsing 21-12, 13-21, 15-21
Runner-Up 2003 Velo Dutch International Challenge France Arief Rasidi 11-15, 13-15
     Grand Prix tournament
     International Challenge tournament

References


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