Juliane Schenk

Juliane Schenk (born 26 November 1982) is a German badminton player. In March 2014 she retired from international play.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Career

In 2001, she won the European Junior Championships in women's singles. 2003 saw her win the women's doubles with Nicole Grether in two tournaments, the Irish International and the Bitburger Open.

Schenk played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing in women's singles to Tracey Hallam of Great Britain in the round of 32. She also won the German championship in the women's doubles with Grether for the first time.

She also competed in women's doubles with partner Grether. They defeated Michelle Edwards and Chantal Botts of South Africa in the first round but were defeated by Ann-Lou Jørgensen and Rikke Olsen of Denmark in the round of 16.

She won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Badminton Championships.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2008, Schenk competed in the Beijing Olympics. She narrowly lost her first round match against Indonesian Maria Kristin Yulianti who later won the bronze medal.

Schenk nearly reached a bronze medal in the World Championship in Hyderabad in women's singles but lost to French Pi Hongyan in the final set, 19:21. It would have been another medal for German women after the shared bronze medals of Xu Huaiwen and Petra Overzier in 2006.

In 2010 European Badminton Championships, Schenk beat 1st seed Pi Hongyan to proceed to the final. She settled for silver after losing to Tine Rasmussen in three sets. In 2012 European Badminton Championships, she lost to Baun again in the final. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she reached the last 16, being beaten by Ratchanok Intanon.

Schenk became an independent professional player in June, having severed ties with the German Badminton Association (DBV). Despite being left in the lurch, Schenk showed great determination to reach the Indonesian Open final in June. She did that with just one training session. In the first inaugural edition of the Indian Badminton League, held from 14 August 2013 to 31 August, Schenk joined Pune Pistons with a reported salary of $90,000.

Schenk also signed a contract with the Xiamen Tefang Badminton Club to compete in the 2013–2014 China Badminton Super League. She was beaten by Sun Yu from Guangzhou Huizhou Weihao 11–8 and 11–5, and later at the end of the year she was beaten by Wang Yihan 12–10, 6–11, 11–6.

In early 2014 in the China Badminton Super League, Schenk was beaten by Wang Shixian representing Jiangsu, 11–5, 11–5. Schenk had announced on her website earlier in the year that she was intent on getting out of the top ten so that she could avoid paying fines for missing Superseries Premier events. She retired the first round in 2014 Malaysia Super Series Premier against Minatsu Mitani and had a walkover to Beiwen Zhang in 2014 All England Super Series Premier. She told the Rheinische Post that she would be working as a personal trainer, that she was studying at the University of Cologne, and that she was writing a book.

At the end of April, she lost to Liu Xin in China Badminton League.

Achievements

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Schenk at 2010 BWF World Championships

BWF World Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Wembley Arena, London, England	Template:Flagicon Cheng Shao-chieh	18–21, 6–21	Bronze Bronze

European Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Maaspoort Sports and Events, Den Bosch, Netherlands	Template:Flagicon Mia Audina	14–21, 16–21	Bronze Bronze
2008	Messecenter, Herning, Denmark	Template:Flagicon Tine Rasmussen	6–21, 21–16, 13–21	Bronze Bronze
2010	Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England	Template:Flagicon Tine Rasmussen	19–21, 21–14, 18–21	Silver Silver
2012	Telenor Arena, Karlskrona, Sweden	Template:Flagicon Tine Baun	19–21, 21–16, 19–21	Silver Silver

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Queue d’Arve Sport Center, Geneva, Switzerland	Template:Flagicon Nicole Grether	Template:Flagicon Ann-Lou Jørgensen Template:Flagicon Rikke Olsen	12–15, 10–15	Bronze Bronze
2006	Maaspoort Sports and Events, Den Bosch, Netherlands	Template:Flagicon Nicole Grether	Template:Flagicon Donna Kellogg Template:Flagicon Gail Emms	12–21, 10–21	Silver Silver

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Spała Olympic Center, Spała, Poland	Template:Flagicon Kamila Augustyn	11–2, 11–9	Gold Gold

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Spała Olympic Center, Spała, Poland	Template:Flagicon Carina Mette	Template:Flagicon Kamila Augustyn Template:Flagicon Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	2–15, 7–15	Silver Silver

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Superseries Finals	Template:Flagicon Wong Mew Choo	15–21, 7–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2011	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Wang Yihan	16–21, 14–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2012	India Open	Template:Flagicon Li Xuerui	21–14, 17–21, 8–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2012	Singapore Open	Template:Flagicon Cheng Shao-chieh	21–11, 26–24	Template:Gold1 Winner
2012	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Saina Nehwal	17–21, 8–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2013	India Open	Template:Flagicon Ratchanok Intanon	20–22, 14–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2013	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Li Xuerui	16–21, 21–18, 17–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

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BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Thessaloniki Grand Prix	Template:Flagicon Xu Huaiwen	2–11, 5–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2007	Bitburger Open	Template:Flagicon Wang Yihan	21–16, 10–21, 17–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2009	Bitburger Open	Template:Flagicon Yu Hirayama	21–18, 21–10	Template:Gold1 Winner
2010	German Open	Template:Flagicon Wang Xin	17–21, 18–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2010	Canada Open	Template:Flagicon Zhu Lin	19–21, 21–17, 10–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2010	Dutch Open	Template:Flagicon Yao Jie	21–13, 14–21, 21–15	Template:Gold1 Winner
2012	German Open	Template:Flagicon Li Xuerui	19–21, 18–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2012	Bitburger Open	Template:Flagicon Yao Jie	21–10, 15–21, 25–23	Template:Gold1 Winner
2013	German Open	Template:Flagicon Wang Yihan	14–21, 13–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Bitburger Open	Template:Flagicon Nicole Grether	Template:Flagicon Ikue Tatani Template:Flagicon Aya Wakisaka	Walkover	Template:Gold1 Winner

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BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Morocco International	Template:Flagicon Carolina Marín	17–21, 13–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2010	Belgian International	Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Cann	21–7, 21–5	Template:Gold1 Winner
2010	Spanish Open	Template:Flagicon Judith Meulendijks	21–16, 21–12	Template:Gold1 Winner
2009	Norwegian International	Template:Flagicon Rachel van Cutsen	21–12, 19–21, 21–11	Template:Gold1 Winner
2009	Finnish International	Template:Flagicon Judith Meulendijks	21–13, 21–13	Template:Gold1 Winner
2009	Dutch International	Template:Flagicon Petya Nedelcheva	21–12, 21–16	Template:Gold1 Winner
2009	Austrian International	Template:Flagicon Petya Nedelcheva	20–22, 21–8, 22–20	Template:Gold1 Winner
2008	Italian International	Template:Flagicon Larisa Griga	15–21, 21–13, 21–17	Template:Gold1 Winner
2008	Belgian International	Template:Flagicon Susan Hughes	21–12, 21–18	Template:Gold1 Winner
2008	European Circuit Finals	Template:Flagicon Kati Tolmoff	21–16, 21–14	Template:Gold1 Winner
2008	Polish International	Template:Flagicon Petya Nedelcheva	21–16, 21–7	Template:Gold1 Winner
2008	White Nights	Template:Flagicon Xu Huaiwen	15–21, 21–15, 19–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2007	Italian International	Template:Flagicon Sara Persson	21–16, 21–6	Template:Gold1 Winner
2007	Norwegian International	Template:Flagicon Larisa Griga	21–12, 21–17	Template:Gold1 Winner
2007	Turkey International	Template:Flagicon Petya Nedelcheva	14–21, 21–12 retired	Template:Gold1 Winner
2007	Spanish Open	Template:Flagicon Judith Meulendijks	21–19, 12–21, 21–14	Template:Gold1 Winner
2006	Finnish International	Template:Flagicon Li Wenyan	21–19, 14–21, 17–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2006	Austrian International	Template:Flagicon Sara Persson	21–19, 21–13	Template:Gold1 Winner
2006	Dutch International	Template:Flagicon Petra Overzier	21–18, 19–21, 18–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2005	Norwegian International	Template:Flagicon Petra Overzier	11–6, 13–11	Template:Gold1 Winner
2005	Belgian International	Template:Flagicon Xu Huaiwen	4–11, 1–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2005	Irish International	Template:Flagicon Ella Karachkova	3–11, 8–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Turkey International	Template:Flagicon Nicole Grether	Template:Flagicon Diana Dimova Template:Flagicon Petya Nedelcheva	Walkover	Template:Gold1 Winner
2007	Spanish Open	Template:Flagicon Nicole Grether	Template:Flagicon Natalie Munt Template:Flagicon Joanne Nicholas	21–11, 20–22, 25–23	Template:Gold1 Winner
2006	Dutch International	Template:Flagicon Nicole Grether	Template:Flagicon Kamilla Rytter Juhl Template:Flagicon Lena Frier Kristiansen	21–8, 21–12	Template:Gold1 Winner
2005	Norwegian International	Template:Flagicon Nicole Grether	Template:Flagicon Lim Pek Siah Template:Flagicon Ang Li Peng	15–8, 15–6	Template:Gold1 Winner
2005	Belgian International	Template:Flagicon Nicole Grether	Template:Flagicon Michaela Peiffer Template:Flagicon Birgit Overzier	15–6, 15–1	Template:Gold1 Winner
2005	Dutch International	Template:Flagicon Nicole Grether	Template:Flagicon Elin Bergblom Template:Flagicon Johanna Persson	15–4, 15–9	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Irish International	Template:Flagicon Nicole Grether	Template:Flagicon Liza Parker Template:Flagicon Suzanne Rayappan	15–0, 15–1	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Scottish International	Template:Flagicon Nicole Grether	Template:Flagicon Kumiko Ogura Template:Flagicon Reiko Shiota	15–8, 11–15, 12–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2003	Mauritius International	Template:Flagicon Nicole Grether	Template:Flagicon Seiko Yamada Template:Flagicon Shizuka Yamamoto	15–9, 15–4	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Bitburger International	Template:Flagicon Nicole Grether	Template:Flagicon Kamila Augustyn Template:Flagicon Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	15–9, 10–15, 15–12	Template:Gold1 Winner
2002	Irish International	Template:Flagicon Nicole Grether	Template:Flagicon Ella Tripp Template:Flagicon Joanne Wright	4–11, 11–8, 7–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2002	Scottish International	Template:Flagicon Nicole Grether	Template:Flagicon Yuan Wemyss Template:Flagicon Kirsteen McEwan	Walkover	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2002	Dutch International	Template:Flagicon Carina Mette	Template:Flagicon Tine Høy Template:Flagicon Karina Sørensen	7–4, 7–8, 2–7, 8–7, 7–5	Template:Gold1 Winner

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Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Players	Matches	Results		Difference
		Won	Lost
Template:Flagicon Petya Nedelcheva	11	9	2	+7
Template:Flagicon Gong Ruina	3	0	3	–3
Template:Flagicon Li Xuerui	7	1	6	–5
Template:Flagicon Lu Lan	1	0	1	–1
Template:Flagicon Wang Lin	3	2	1	+1
Template:Flagicon Wang Shixian	9	3	6	–3
Template:Flagicon Wang Xin	4	1	3	–2
Template:Flagicon Wang Yihan	10	2	8	–6
Template:Flagicon Xie Xingfang	4	0	4	–4
Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	5	0	5	–5
Template:Flagicon Zhu Lin	4	0	4	–4
Template:Flagicon Cheng Shao-chieh	9	4	5	–1
Template:Flagicon Tai Tzu-ying	4	3	1	+2
Template:Flagicon Tine Baun	11	3	8	–5
Template:Flagicon Camilla Martin	3	0	3	–3
Template:Flagicon Tracey Hallam	4	2	2	0
Template:Flagicon Pi Hongyan	14	4	10	–6

Players	Matches	Results		Difference
		Won	Lost
Template:Flagicon Petra Overzier	2	2	0	+2
Template:Flagicon Xu Huaiwen	7	1	6	–5
Template:Flagicon Wang Chen	4	0	4	–4
Template:Flagicon Yip Pui Yin	8	5	3	+2
Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi	4	1	3	–2
Template:Flagicon Saina Nehwal	13	5	8	–3
Template:Flagicon P. V. Sindhu	2	2	0	+2
Template:Flagicon Lindaweni Fanetri	2	2	0	+2
Template:Flagicon Maria Kristin Yulianti	1	0	1	–1
Template:Flagicon Minatsu Mitani	2	0	2	–2
Template:Flagicon Wong Mew Choo	2	0	2	–2
Template:Flagicon Mia Audina	3	0	3	–3
Template:Flagicon Bae Yeon-ju	10	8	2	+6
Template:Flagicon Sung Ji-hyun	7	4	3	+1
Template:Flagicon Carolina Marín	2	0	2	–2
Template:Flagicon Porntip Buranaprasertsuk	3	2	1	+1
Template:Flagicon Ratchanok Intanon	9	3	6	–3

External links

• Pictures of Juliane Schenk at Badmintonfotos.de