Rachel Honderich


Rachel Honderich is a Canadian badminton player from Toronto, Ontario. She has been one of the top ranked women's individual and doubles player on the continent and a contender in major international competitions. She is a vice-national champion in women's singles and has won several international titles since 2010. She won her first senior international title at the 2014 Czech International tournament in the women's doubles partnered with Michelle Li. Honderich clinched the silver and bronze medals at the 2015 Pan American Games in the women's singles and doubles respectively. At the 2017 Pan American Championships, she crowned double titles, won the women's singles and mixed doubles event. She competed at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. Honderich won her first gold medal at the Pan American Games in the women's doubles partnered with Kristen Tsai in 2019 Lima.

Achievements

Pan American Games

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2015Atos Markham Pan Am Centre, Toronto, Canada Michelle Li15–21, 9–21 Silver
2019Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru Michelle Li11–21, 19–21 Silver

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015Atos Markham Pan Am Centre,
Toronto, Canada
Michelle Li Eva Lee
Paula Lynn Obanana
11–21, 8–21 Bronze
2019Polideportivo 3,
Lima, Peru
Kristen Tsai Keui-Ya Chen
Jamie Hsu
21–10, 21–9 Gold

Pan Am Championships

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2014Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada Michelle Li13–21, 16–21 Silver
2017Sports City Coliseum, Havana, Cuba Brittney Tam21–8, 12–21, 21–7 Gold
2018Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala Michelle Li15–21, 16–21 Silver

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium,
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Kristen Tsai Michelle Tong
Josephine Wu
17–21, 21–17, 21–14 Gold
2019Gimnasio Olímpico,
Aguascalientes, Mexico
Kristen Tsai Catherine Choi
Josephine Wu
21–15, 27–25 Gold

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Sports City Coliseum,
Havana, Cuba
Toby Ng Nyl Yakura
Brittney Tam
21–13, 21–14 Gold

BWF Grand Prix (2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation since 2007.
Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2014U.S. Grand Prix Beiwen Zhang11–21, 13–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Brasil Open Toby Ng Pranaav Jerry Chopra
N. Sikki Reddy
15–21, 16–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (10 titles, 5 runners-up)

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2018Brazil International Sabrina Jaquet21–15, 15–21, 21–14 Winner
2017Jamaica International Martina Repiská15–21, 21–19, 21–15 Winner
2016Yonex / K&D Graphics International Beiwen Zhang13–21, 12–21 Runner-up

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Yonex / K&D Graphics International Kristen Tsai Setyana Mapasa
Gronya Somerville
21–14, 9–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2019Hungarian International Kristen Tsai Emma Karlsson
Johanna Magnusson
21–16, 21–16 Winner
2019Belgian International Kristen Tsai Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva
16–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2019Kharkiv International Kristen Tsai Chloe Birch
Lauren Smith
14–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2019Brazil International Kristen Tsai Émilie Lefel
Anne Tran
21–18, 17–21, 21–19 Winner
2018Yonex / K&D Graphics International Kristen Tsai Hung Shih-han
Yu Chien-hui
21–19, 21–15 Winner
2018Brazil International Jamie Subandhi Jennie Gai
Jamie Hsu
21–15, 21–10 Winner
2017Yonex / K&D Graphics International Kristen Tsai Leanne Choo
Renuga Veeran
21–12, 21–15 Winner
2017Jamaica International Leanne Choo Mikaylia Haldane
Katherine Wynter
21–2, 21–8 Winner
2014Czech International Michelle Li Irina Khlebko
Elena Komendrovskaja
21–12, 21–17 Winner

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Jamaica International Toby Ng Dennis Coke
Katherine Wynter
21–9, 21–8 Winner
2015Mercosul International Kevin Li Phillip Chew
Jamie Subandhi
11–21, 17–21 Runner-up