Ella Diehl


Ella Aleksandrovna Diehl, is a badminton player from Russia.

Career

She was selected to join the national team in 1995. She had won girls' doubles silver medal at the 1995 European Junior Championships, and also one silver and two bronze in 1997 in team, girls' singles and doubles respectively.
In her home country Russia, she has won 14 national titles as of 2009. In 2000 and 2008, she competed at the Summer Olympics.
Diehl played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim. In the women's singles event she reached the second round before losing to Salakjit Ponsana of Thailand.
In October 2005 Diehl won the women's doubles event at the Scottish International Open in Glasgow, and two weeks later followed this up by winning the women's singles event at the Irish International in Lisburn. The next year she won the Irish International again.
In 2010 Diehl won the bronze medal at the European Individual Championships in Manchester, and in June 2010 claimed the European Tour circuit finals gold medal, beating Susan Egelstaff in the final in three sets. 2010 also saw Diehl beat current world champion Lu Lan of China to reach the semi final of Swiss Open.

Achievements

European Championships

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2010Manchester Evening News Arena,
Manchester, England
Tine Rasmussen14–21, 16–21 Bronze

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1997Nymburk, Czech Republic Judith Meulendijks7–11, 4–11 Bronze

Girls' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1997Nymburk, Czech Republic Zhanna Chornenkaja Jane Jacoby
Britta Andersen
6–15, 12–15 Bronze
1995Nitra, Slovakia Natalia Djachkova Joanne Wright
Donna Kellogg
No data Silver

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation since 2007.
Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2010Russian Open Ayane Kurihara19–21, 19-21 Runner-up
2009Russian Open Tatjana Bibik21–17, 16–21, 21–11 Winner
2008Russian Open Larisa Griga21–10, 17–21, 21–12 Winner
2006Bulgaria Open Petya Nedelcheva21–19, 19–21, 16-21 Runner-up
2006U.S. Open Lee Joo Hyun11-6 Retired Winner
2005Russian Open Nina Vislova4–11, 11–5, 4–11 Runner-up

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2006U.S. Open Marina Yakusheva Valeria Sorokina
Nina Vislova
15–21, 18-21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2013White Nights Olga Konon17–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2013Portugal International Ksenia Polikarpova16–21, 21–16, 21–19 Winner
2010European Circuit Finals Susan Egelstaff20–22, 21–13, 21–16 Winner
2009Scottish International Susan Egelstaff18–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2009White Nights Elena Prus21–10, 21–10 Winner
2009Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Jill Pittard21–8, 21–13 Winner
2008Czech International Judith Meulendijks21–14, 21–13 Winner
2006Italian International Sara Persson12–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2006Scotland International Petya Nedelcheva21–18, 7–21, 21–18 Winner
2006Belgian International Petra Overzier16–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2006Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Ekaterina Ananina23–21, 21–16 Winner
2005Irish International Juliane Schenk11–3, 11–8 Winner
2005Scottish International Judith Meulendijks11–6, 11–8 Winner
2005Spanish International Nanna Brosolat Jensen11–4, 11–1 Winner
2005Polish International Petya Nedelcheva9–11, 7–11 Runner-up
2004Russian International Tatjana Bibik11–5, 11–6 Winner
2004Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Sara Persson7–11, 13–10, 11–3 Winner
2004Portugal International Tracey Hallam11–7, 4–11, 9–11 Runner-up
2003Welsh International Susan Hughes11–6, 11–5 Winner
2000Russian International Elena Nozdran11–8, 11–8 Winner
2000La Chaux-de-Fonds International Maja Pohar11–4, 11–2 Winner
1999Welsh International Marina Yakusheva3–11, 7–11 Runner-up
1999Portugal International Sonya McGinn11–5, 13–10 Winner
1999Austrian International Ginny Severien11–4, 11–4 Winner
1998Slovak International Markéta Koudelková11–2, 11–3 Winner
1998Czech International Sandra Dimbour11–9, 11–7 Winner
1998Portugal International Tanya Woodward11–4, 1–11, 6–11 Runner-up

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2005Italian International Marina Yakusheva Valeria Sorokina
Nina Vislova
15–2, 8–15, 5–15 Runner-up
2003Welsh International Anastasia Russkikh Laura Choinet
Perrine Lebuhanic
15–1, 15–4 Winner
2001Austrian International Anastasia Russkikh Britta Andersen
Lene Mørk
12–15, 15–7, 17–16 Winner
2000Russian International Anastasia Russkikh Irina Ruslyakova
Marina Yakusheva
8–15, 10–15 Runner-up
1996Amor International Nadezhda Chervyakova Elena Sukhareva
Marina Yakusheva
7–15, 5–15 Runner-up

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2005Spanish International Jean-Michel Lefort Andrew Bowman
Kirsteen McEwan
15–3, 15–9 Winner
2000La Chaux-de-Fonds International Pavel Uvarov Andrej Pohar
Maja Pohar
15–8, 15–5 Winner