Debora Jille

Dutch badminton player (born 1999)

Badminton player

Debora Jille

Personal information

Country

Netherlands

Born

(1999-09-11) 11 September 1999 (age 24)
Nieuwegein, Netherlands

Residence

Arnhem, Netherlands

Height

1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)

Handedness

Right^[1]

Women's & mixed doubles

Highest ranking

23 (WD with Cheryl Seinen 3 January 2023)
61 (XD with Ties van der Lecq 20 December 2022)

Current ranking

29 (WD with Cheryl Seinen 16 April 2024)

Medal record

Women's badminton

Representing Netherlands
European Games
	2023 Kraków–Małopolska	Women's doubles
European Championships
	2024 Saarbrücken	Women's doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
	2019 Copenhagen	Mixed team

BWF profile

Debora Jille (born 11 September 1999) is a Dutch badminton player.^[2]

She won the silver medal at the 2023 European Games with Cheryl Seinen.^[3]

Career

Debora Jille started playing badminton when she was almost seven years old. Just like her brothers Stefan and Ruben they first started playing tennis before picking up the sport of their mother, badminton in Houten and in Amersfoort. She won the women's doubles title twice at the Dutch National Badminton Championships in 2022 and 2023 together with partner Cheryl Seinen; and also won the mixed doubles title in 2022 with Ties van der Lecq. In the Dutch Eredivisie league, she is playing for BC Duinwijck. In the German Bundesliga league, she played for TV Refrath, while in Denmark in the Elite league her club is Vendsyssel Badminton Club.

Achievements

European Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2023	Arena Jaskółka, Tarnów, Poland	Cheryl Seinen	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	7–21, 17–21	Silver	^[3]

European Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2024	Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany	Cheryl Seinen	Margot Lambert Anne Tran	15–21, 12–21	Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 5 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Dutch International	Imke van der Aar	Cisita Joity Jansen Birgit Overzier	18–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2017	Belgian International	Imke van der Aar	Selena Piek Cheryl Seinen	14–21, 16-21	Runner-up
2018	Swedish Open	Imke van der Aar	Emma Karlsson Johanna Magnusson	21–18, 11–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2019	Dutch International	Alyssa Tirtosentono	Amalie Magelund Freja Ravn	24–22, 19–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2019	Croatian International	Alyssa Tirtosentono	Hrystyna Dzhangobekova Katarina Vargová	21–13, 21–9	Winner
2019	Lithuanian International	Alyssa Tirtosentono	Christine Busch Amalie Schulz	21–18, 21–10	Winner
2021	Dutch Open	Cheryl Seinen	Johanna Magnusson Clara Nistad	21–17, 14–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2021	Irish Open	Cheryl Seinen	Chen Hsuan-yu Gronya Somerville	15–21, 21–14, 21–14	Winner
2022	Dutch Open	Cheryl Seinen	Chloe Birch Lauren Smith	5–10 retired	Winner
2023	Dutch Open	Cheryl Seinen	Julie Finne-Ipsen Mai Surrow	21–9, 21–13	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Lithuanian International	Ties van der Lecq	Georgii Karpov Viktoriia Kozyreva	21–14, 23–21	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

References

^ "Debora Jille". Badmintonline.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 May 2021.
^ "Spelers: Debora Jille". badmintonline.nl. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Zilver voor Jille/Seinen op Europese Spelen 2023" (in Dutch). Blik op nieuws. 1 July 2023. Archived from the original on 2 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.