Alex Lanier
| Orleans Masters | 04/05 12:30 | 5 |
Alex Lanier v
Anders Antonsen
|
W | 2-1 | |
| Orleans Masters Qual | 04/04 12:50 | 3 |
Alex Lanier v
Lucas Claerbout
|
W | 2-0 | |
| Orleans Masters Qual | 04/04 08:10 | 4 |
Jia Heng Jason Teh
v
Alex Lanier
|
W | 0-2 | |
| Spain Masters Qual | 03/28 13:05 | 3 |
Alex Lanier v
Priyanshu Rajawat
|
L | 1-2 | |
| Spain Masters Qual | 03/28 09:20 | 4 |
Alex Lanier v
Meiraba Luwang Maisnam
|
W | 2-0 | |
| Polish Open | 03/26 12:00 | - |
Alex Lanier v
Kalle Koljonen
|
W | 2-0 | |
| Polish Open | 03/26 07:20 | - |
Alex Lanier v
Magnus Johannesen
|
W | 2-1 | |
| Polish Open | 03/25 15:20 | - |
Collins Valentine Filimon
v
Alex Lanier
|
W | 0-2 | |
| Polish Open | 03/25 10:00 | - |
Alex Lanier v
Attri/B. Sumeeth
|
W | 2-0 | |
| Polish Open | 03/24 15:30 | - |
Alex Lanier v
Keita Makino
|
W | 2-1 | |
| German Open | 03/08 15:20 | 5 |
Hans-Kristian Vittinghus
v
Alex Lanier
|
L | 2-0 | |
| German Open Qual | 03/07 10:15 | 3 |
Alex Lanier v
Nikki Luttikhuis
|
W | 2-0 | |
| German Open Qual | 03/07 08:30 | 4 |
Tobias Kuenzi
v
Alex Lanier
|
W | 0-2 | |
| Euro Mixed Team Champs | 02/15 15:00 | - |
Alex Lanier v
Ivan Rusev
|
W | 2-0 | |
| Estonian Int. | 01/15 08:20 | - |
Yushi Tanaka
v
Alex Lanier
|
L | 2-1 | |
| 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 | - |
Pauline Price
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 |
Wikipedia - Alex Lanier
Alex Lanier (born 26 January 2005) is a French badminton player. He was a gold medalist in the 2025 European Championships. He became the first ever French player to win a BWF World Tour Super 750 tournament. In the juniors, Lanier was a boys' singles gold medalist at the 2022 European Junior Championships, and a bronze medalist at the 2023 World Junior Championships.
History
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 number 1 Shi Yuqi 17-21 21-16 21-18 in the semi-finals of Japan Open. By winning the Japan Open, he became the first ever French player to win a BWF World Tour Super 750 event.
Despite an early losses at the Malaysia and India Opens in January, Lanier went on to win his maiden title in 2025 at the Orleans Masters. He then entered to top 10 men's singles at the BWF World ranking on 11 March 2025. In his debut at the All England Open, he managed to reach the semi-finals losing to Lee Chia-hao. He managed to win the 2025 European Championships title, becoming the first ever French men's singles player to win the title.