Ville Lång


Ville Lång is a male badminton player from Finland. He won Finland's national championship in 2005-2012. In 2003 he won bronze at the European Junior Badminton Championships. At the 2008 Summer Olympics he reached rank 17. He has also been playing with Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei in the popular competition, All England Super Series, after getting a walkover with Indonesia's legend Sony Dwi Kuncoro. Lång lost 9-21 straight game in the third round at All England Championships 2011 to Lee Chong Wei from Malaysia. Later in the World Championships 2011, Lång met the world number one Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia again and lost 10-21 11-21 to the Malaysian in the second round. Nearly one year later that was in 2012 London Olympics, he met again the top seed from Malaysia in the first round and came out with an 8-21, 21-14, 11-21, his best performance against Lee. Ville announced his retirement on 31 January 2016.

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Boys' Singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2003Esbjerg, Denmark Marc Zwiebler8–15, 6–15 Bronze

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation since 2007.
Men's Singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2014Scottish Open Wang Tzu-wei17–21, 22–20, 21–16 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2016Estonian International Lucas Claerbout21–17, 21–19 Winner
2015Swiss International Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin19–21, 21–16, 11–21 Runner-up
2014Swedish Masters Henri Hurskainen16–21, 21–14, 21–19 Winner
2013White Nights Eetu Heino14–21, 21–17, 9–21 Runner-up
2013Denmark International Viktor Axelsen17–21, 8–21 Runner-up
2012Estonian International Raul Must21–8, 21–15 Winner
2011Italian International Pablo Abian21–13, 14–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2011Norwegian International Emil Holst19–21, 21–11, 21–10 Winner
2011Dutch International Hans-Kristian Vittinghus21–18, 15–21, 4–21 Runner-up
2011Estonian International Raul Must21–15, 21–14 Winner
2010Scottish International Anand Pawar9–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2010Hungarian International Yuhan Tan22–20, 21–16 Winner
2010Finnish International Raul Must11–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2009Turkey International Henri Hurskainen21–14, 21–23, 21–19 Winner
2009Estonian International Kasper Ipsen21–14, 21–19 Winner
2008Norwegian International Henri Hurskainen21–13, 21–8 Winner
2008White Nights Jan Vondra21–15, 21–8 Winner
2008European Circuit Finals Marc Zwiebler14–21, 21–19, 19–21 Runner-up
2008Polish International Marc Zwiebler15–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2008Banuinvest International Raul Must21–17, 21–18 Winner
2008Croatian International Erwin Kehlhoffner21–17, 21–6 Winner
2007Hungarian International Jan O. Jorgensen6–21, 5–21 Runner-up
2006Scottish International Zhu Min21–16, 14–21, 21–17 Winner
2006Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Petr Koukal21–18, 21–15 Winner
2005Slovak International Przemysław Wacha15–12, 9–15, 9–15 Runner-up