Francesca Corbett
Francesca Corbett (born June 3, 2005) is an American badminton player from Foster City, California.
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| Nickname(s) | Frankie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Francesca Autumn Corbett | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 3, 2005 Foster City, California, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 171 (WS, 11 October 2022) 39 (WD with Allison Lee, 24 October 2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 39 (WD with Allison Lee, 24 October 2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Corbett has been competing in badminton since she was six. She is ranked as USA U19 number 5 in girls' singles and number 1 in girls' doubles with her partner Allison Lee. She won the girls' singles and doubles gold medals at the U11 Pan Am Junior Championships in 2015, U13 Pan Am Junior Championships in 2017, and U15 Pan Am Junior Championships in 2019.[1]
In late 2019, she qualified to represent the USA in February 2020 for the Pan Am Male & Female Cup in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, by winning her first adult national title in the women's doubles. Team USA took second place with Corbett besting one of Brazil's women's singles players.[2] USA Badminton reported on a tournament in late 2019 concerning Corbett and Lee on winning a national adult tournament: "With this victory, the young duo became the youngest pair to ever be crowned National Adult Champions in USA Badminton history."[3]
In late June 2021, Corbett competed in the USA Badminton Junior National Championships. She won gold in girls' doubles with Lee (U19), gold in the mixed doubles with her partner Samuel Li (U17), and bronze in girls' singles (U19).[4] Corbett also qualified to represent Team USA in the XXIX Pan Am Junior Championships in Acapulco, Mexico, beginning July 15, 2021.[5]
On the final day of the XXIX Pan Am Junior Championships 2021 in Acapulco, Mexico, Team USA had a 3-0 win in the finals against Brazil to take first place in the team event. Corbett and Lee were selected as the women’s doubles entrant for the team event, and went 3-0. Corbett teamed with Bhaavya Manikonda to go a perfect 4-0 in the tournament to help lead Team USA to the team gold medal. Corbett and Lee won First Place Gold in Women's Doubles U19 at the XXIX Pan Am Junior Championships on July 23. Corbett and partner Samuel Li also picked up Bronze in Mixed Doubles earlier in the week.[6] In 2022, she won another silver medal at the Pan Am Championships, one year later a bronze medal, both again in the women's doubles. 2023 she also reached the doubles final of the Mexican International as well as the final of the World Junior Championships.
Achievements
Pan Am Championships
Women's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2021 | Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, Guatemala City, Guatemala |
 Allison Lee |
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12–21, 7–21 |  Silver |
| 2022 | Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández, San Salvador, El Salvador |
Allison Lee |
Catherine Choi Josephine Wu |
18–21, 13–21 |  Bronze |
| 2023 | G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport, Kingston, Jamaica |
Allison Lee |
Catherine Choi Josephine Wu |
14–21, 18–21 | Silver |
World Junior Championships
Girls' doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2023 | The Podium, Spokane, United States | Allison Lee |
 Maya Taguchi Aya Tamaki |
21–12, 13–21, 15–21 | Silver |
Pan Am Junior Championships
Girls' doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2021 | Hotel Mundo Imperial, Acapulco, Mexico |
Allison Lee |
Joline Siu Kalea Sheung |
21–12, 21–5 |  Gold |
BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2021 | Guatemala International | Allison Lee |
 Ana Pamela González Karolina Orellana |
21–12, 21–4 |  Winner |
| 2023 | Mexican International | Allison Lee |
Sayaka Hobara Yui Suizu |
11–21, 21–23 |  Runner-up |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References
- "Corbett: A badminton gold standard". smdailyjournal.com. July 31, 2019. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
- "U.S. teams earn spots on the podium at Pan Am Team Continental Championships 2020". teamusa.org. February 17, 2020. Archived from the original on February 26, 2020.
- "Underdog Junior Women's Doubles Pair Crowned National Champions". June 9, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
- "2021 U.S. Junior National Championships - Francesca Corbett". tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
- "XXIX Pan Am Junior Championships – Team and Individual Athletes". usabadminton.org. June 30, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
- "Calem Filipek and Frankie Corbett proving Olympics aren't the only games in town". smdailyjournal.com. July 20, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.