Matthew Grimley

Matthew Grimley
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born6 February 2000[1]
Sport
SportBadminton
ClubWipperfeld BC
Coached byIngo Kindervater / Robert Blair
BWF profile
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tallinn Boys' doubles

Matthew Grimley (born 6 February 2000) is an international badminton player from Scotland who competed at the Commonwealth Games.[2]

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.[3]

The brothers were selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England[4] and he subsequently represented the Scottish team[5] 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.[6][7]

Additionally, he was won titles at the Scottish Open and Irish Open.[8]

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn, Estonia Scotland Christopher Grimley France Fabien Delrue
France William Villeger 		18–21, 15–21 Silver Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Portugal International Scotland Christopher Grimley Chinese Taipei Chang Ko-chi
Chinese Taipei Lee Fang-jen 		21–16, 16–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2020 Portugal International Scotland Christopher Grimley France Lucas Corvée
France Brice Leverdez 		24–26, 22–24 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 Scottish Open Scotland Christopher Grimley Malaysia Junaidi Arif
Malaysia Muhammad Haikal 		22–20, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Irish Open Scotland Christopher Grimley Denmark Andreas Søndergaard
Denmark Jesper Toft 		22–20, 16–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Welsh International Scotland Christopher Grimley Germany Bjarne Geiss
Germany Jan Colin Völker 		18–21, 21–16, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2024 Irish Open Scotland Christopher Grimley Denmark William Kryger Boe
Denmark Christian Faust Kjær 		15–21, 8–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2026 Azerbaijan International Scotland Christopher Grimley England Alex Green
England Zach Russ 		19–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  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 Scotland Christopher Grimley 7–11, 11–7, 11–9, 8–11, 5–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Boys' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Irish Junior Open Scotland Christopher Grimley France Louis Ducrot
Republic of Ireland Sam McKay 		14–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Czech Junior International Scotland Christopher Grimley Poland Robert Cybulski
Poland Paweł Śmiłowski 		17–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Estonian Junior International Scotland Christopher Grimley Sweden Adam Gozzi
Sweden Carl Harrbacka 		11–2, 9–11, 11–5, 11–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Irish Junior Open Scotland Christopher Grimley Republic of Ireland Nhat Nguyen
Republic of Ireland Paul Reynolds 		12–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Czech Junior International Scotland Christopher Grimley England Zach Russ
England Steven Stallwood 		13–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Estonian Junior International Scotland Christopher Grimley Russia Georgii Karpov
Russia Mikhail Lavrikov 		11–6, 11–9, 11–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Swedish Junior International Scotland Christopher Grimley Spain Joan Monroy
Spain Carlos Piris 		21–5, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Hungarian Junior International Scotland Christopher Grimley Scotland Joshua Apiliga
Scotland Adam Pringle 		19–21, 22–20, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Bulgarian Junior International Scotland Christopher Grimley Russia Georgii Karpov
Russia Georgii Lebedev 		21–12, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Lithuanian Junior International Scotland Christopher Grimley Germany Brian Holtschke
Germany Lukas Resch 		21–12, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Czech Junior International Scotland Toni Woods Scotland Christopher Grimley
Scotland Ciara Torrance 		19–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Matthew Grimley". Badminton Ranks. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  2. ^ "Matthew GRIMLEY Profile". BWF. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  3. ^ "Matthew Grimley profile". Team Scotland. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  4. ^ "Matthew and Christopher Grimley: Badminton brothers from Glasgow aiming for Commonwealth Games glory". The Scotsman. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  5. ^ "Nine-strong Badminton squad to represent Team Scotland in Birmingham". Badminton Scotland. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  6. ^ "Scottish National Championships". Badminton Scotland. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  7. ^ "Scotland". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  8. ^ "Scottish Open: Christopher and Matthew Grimley win doubles at home event". BBC Sport. 29 November 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
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