Wikipedia / Martin Dew
Wikipedia / Martin Dew
Martin Dew (born 16 August 1958) is a former English male badminton player who specialized in doubles.
Career
Dew won two medals in the World Championships, a silver medal in 1983 for men's doubles and a bronze medal in 1987 for mixed doubles. He shared the mixed doubles title at the All-England Championships twice with Gillian Gilks (1982 and 1984). Dew is also one of the most successful players ever in the European Badminton Championships with four titles, one of them in men's doubles and three in mixed doubles.
He is one of the very few elite players to have completed a Ph.D during his playing career. He gained a Ph.D in 1984 from Hatfield University in the subject of Numerical Optimisation in cooperation with Rolls Royce aeroengines.
Achievements
World Championships
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
10–15, 10–15 | Silver |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing, China | 7–15, 8–15 | Bronze |
World Cup
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 15–8, 9–15, 15–8 | Gold | |||
Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia | Gillian Gilks | Christian Hadinata Ivana Lie | 15–4, 3–15, 10–15 | Bronze | |
Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia | Gillian Gilks | 8–15, 7–15 | Bronze |
Commonwealth Games
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
10–15, 15–17 | Silver |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
Chandler Sports Hall, Brisbane, Australia | 18–13, 15–3 | Gold |
European Championships
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
9–15, 3–15 | Silver | ||||
Preston Guild Hall, Preston, Lancashire, England | Mike Tredgett | 15–8, 15–10 | Gold |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
Sporthalle, Böblingen, West Germany | 15–12, 15–5 | Gold | |||
Guild Hall, Preston, England | Gillian Gilks | 15–5, 17–15 | Gold | ||
Fyrishallen, Uppsala, Sweden | Gillian Gilks | 15–6, 15–8 | Gold |
IBF World Grand Prix (26 titles, 19 runners-up)
The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
1983 | 13–18, 10–15 | Runner-up | |||
1983 | Mike Tredgett | 8–15, 15–12, 15–8 | Winner | ||
Mike Tredgett | 10–15, 13–15 | Runner-up | |||
1983 | Scandinavian Cup | Mike Tredgett | 15–12, 16–18, 11–15 | Runner-up | |
1983 | Jens Peter Nierhoff Jesper Helledie | 15–7, 6–15, 14–15 | Runner-up | ||
1984 | Steve Baddeley | Thomas Kihlström Stefan Karlsson | 6–15, 6–15 | Runner-up | |
1984 | German Open | Mike Tredgett | 15–9, 7–15, 18–17 | Winner | |
All England Open | Mike Tredgett | Rudy Heryanto Hariamanto Kartono | 11–15, 6–15 | Runner-up | |
1985 | Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek | 16–18, 15–12, 3–15 | Runner-up | ||
1985 | Scandinavian Cup | Dipak Tailor | Steen Fladberg Jesper Helledie | 12–15, 9–15 | Runner-up |
1986 | Scandinavian Cup | Dipak Tailor | Steen Fladberg Jesper Helledie | 9–15, 18–15, 7–15 | Runner-up |
1986 | Carlton-Intersport-Cup | Dipak Tailor | Steen Fladberg Jesper Helledie | 15–9, 18–14 | Winner |
1986 | Dipak Tailor | 9–15, 3–15 | Runner-up | ||
1986 | English Masters | Dipak Tailor | Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi | 15–11, 5–15, 11–15 | Runner-up |
1987 | Dipak Tailor | 15–3, 17–15 | Winner | ||
1987 | German Open | Dipak Tailor | 12–15, 10–15 | Runner-up |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
1983 | 5–15, 2–15 | Runner-up | |||
1983 | Scandinavian Cup | 15–13, 15–12 | Winner | ||
1983 | Gillian Gilks | 15–10, 17–16 | Winner | ||
1983 | 5–15, 15–10, 15–6 | Winner | |||
1983 | Gillian Gilks | Christian Hadinata Ivana Lie | 17–18, 9–15 | Runner-up | |
1983 | Dutch Masters | Gillian Gilks | Mike Tredgett Karen Chapman | 15–4, 15–10 | Winner |
1983 | English Masters | Gillian Gilks | Mike Tredgett Karen Chapman | 15–5, 15–8 | Winner |
1984 | Gillian Gilks | Mike Tredgett Karen Chapman | 15–5, 12–15, 15–11 | Winner | |
Gillian Gilks | 15–8, 15–3 | Winner | |||
1984 | Scandinavian Cup | Gillian Gilks | Dipak Tailor Gillian Gowers | 17–14, 15–3 | Winner |
1984 | Dutch Open | Gillian Gilks | Billy Gilliland Gillian Gowers | 17–14, 13–15, 15–6 | Winner |
1984 | Indonesia Open | Gillian Gilks | Christian Hadinata Ivana Lie | 12–15, 7–15 | Runner-up |
1984 | Malaysia Open | Nigel Tier Gillian Gowers | 15–6, 15–5 | Winner | |
1984 | Dutch Masters | Gillian Gilks | 15–10, 14–17, 15–10 | Winner | |
1984 | English Masters | Gillian Gilks | Billy Gilliland Gillian Gowers | 18–15, 15–7 | Winner |
1984 | Japan Open | Gillian Gilks | Thomas Kihlström Maria Bengtsson | 5–15, 15–3, 18–16 | Winner |
1985 | German Open | Gillian Gilks | Nigel Tier Gillian Gowers | 12–15, 15–4, 15–13 | Winner |
1985 | Indonesia Open | Gillian Gilks | Nigel Tier Gillian Gowers | 15–12, 15–0 | Winner |
1985 | Japan Open | Gillian Gilks | Billy Gilliland Gillian Gowers | 10–15, 15–18 | Runner-up |
1985 | Gillian Gilks | Billy Gilliland Gillian Gowers | 15–8, 15–10 | Winner | |
1985 | Gillian Gilks | Dipak Tailor Nora Perry | 8–15, 15–8, 10–15 | Runner-up | |
1985 | Gillian Gilks | Billy Gilliland Gillian Gowers | 15–10, 18–16 | Winner | |
1986 | German Open | Gillian Gilks | 15–10, 17–18, 10–15 | Runner-up | |
1986 | Carlton Intersport Cup | Gillian Gilks | Nigel Tier Gillian Gowers | 15–12, 15–4 | Winner |
1986 | Scandinavian Cup | Gillian Gilks | Lee Deuk-choon Chung Myung-hee | 17–16, 12–15, 15–7 | Winner |
1986 | Denmark Open | Gillian Gilks | 15–10, 15–11 | Winner | |
1987 | German Open | Gillian Gilks | Dipak Tailor Gillian Clark | 15–12, 15–7 | Winner |
1987 | Gillian Gilks | 18–14, 18–14 | Winner | ||
1988 | German Open | Gillian Gilks | 15–9, 14–18, 4–15 | Runner-up |
International tournaments (7 titles, 6 runners-up)
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
1981 | English Masters | 15–9, 2–15, 15–10 | Winner | ||
1981 | 15–6, 11–15, 15–9 | Winner | |||
1982 | Mike Tredgett | 15–6, 11–15, 15–11 | Winner | ||
1982 | Mike Tredgett | 15–9, 7–15, 14–18 | Runner-up | ||
1982 | Mike Tredgett | Billy Gilliland Dan Travers | 11–15, 15–5, 17–15 | Winner |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
1981 | 4–15, 18–14 | Runner-up | |||
1981 | Bell’s Open | Billy Gilliland Nora Perry | 16–17, 10–15 | Runner-up | |
1982 | Mike Tredgett Nora Perry | 10–15, 2–15 | Runner-up | ||
All England Open | Gillian Gilks | Billy Gilliland Karen Chapman | 15–10, 14–17, 15–7 | Winner | |
1982 | Gillian Gilks | Billy Gilliland Karen Chapman | 5–15, 15–8, 15–10 | Winner | |
1982 | Dutch Open | Gillian Gilks | 17–14, 14–17, 15–8 | Winner | |
1982 | Gillian Gilks | Thomas Kihlström Nora Perry | 11–15, 9–15 | Runner-up | |
1982 | Victor Cup | Gillian Gilks | Thomas Kihlström Nora Perry | 15–9, 9–15, 9–15 | Runner-up |
References
Pat Davis: The Encyclopaedia of Badminton. Robert Hale, London, 1987, pp.38–39,
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