Anton Kaisti

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Anton Kaisti
Personal information
CountryFinland
Born (1992-05-17) 17 May 1992 (age 32)
Helsinki, Finland
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
HandednessRight
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking139 (MS 20 April 2017)
101 (MD 15 January 2015)
43 (XD 16 November 2017)
Current ranking144 (MD), 77 (XD) (29 November 2022)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
European Men's Team Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Basel Men's team
BWF profile

Anton Kaisti (born 17 May 1992) is a Finnish badminton player. He joined Finish national badminton team since 2007, then in 2014 he won a bronze medal at the European Men's Team Championships in Basel. [1]

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In 2013, he won mixed doubles event in Estonian International, Bulgaria Eurasia Open, Irish International, and Turkey International. He became the runner-up at the Irish International in men's singles event. In 2014, he won Norwegian International in men's doubles and mixed doubles. In 2015, for the first time of him won the men's singles event through Estonian International tournament. [2] In 2016, he won Iceland International in mixed doubles with his partner from the Netherlands Cheryl Seinen. [3]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (13 titles, 5 runners-up)

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2013 Irish International Flag of Denmark.svg Kian Andersen 17–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Estonian International Flag of England.svg Toby Penty 21–16, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014 Norwegian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Koen Ridder Flag of Poland.svg Miłosz Bochat
Flag of Poland.svg Maciej Dąbrowski
21–13, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013 Estonian International Flag of Finland.svg Jenny Nyström Flag of France.svg Bastian Kersaudy
Flag of France.svg Anne Tran
21–18, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Bulgarian Eurasia Open Flag of Bulgaria.svg Gabriela Stoeva Flag of Germany.svg Marvin Seidel
Flag of Germany.svg Yvonne Li
19–21, 21–9, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Irish International Flag of Finland.svg Jenny Nyström Flag of France.svg Jordan Corvée
Flag of France.svg Marie Batomene
20–22, 21–17, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Turkey International Flag of Bulgaria.svg Gabriela Stoeva Flag of Russia.svg Vasily Kuznetsov
Flag of Russia.svg Viktoriia Vorobeva
21–9, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014 Norwegian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Cheryl Seinen Flag of Sweden.svg Filip Michael Duwall Myhren
Flag of Sweden.svg Emma Wengberg
21–15, 17–21, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2016 Iceland International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Cheryl Seinen Flag of Poland.svg Paweł Pietryja
Flag of Poland.svg Aneta Wojtkowska
22–20, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2016Norwegian International Flag of Finland.svg Jenny Nyström Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Bay-Smidt
Flag of Denmark.svg Alexandra Bøje
21–12, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2016 Finnish International Flag of Finland.svg Jenny Nyström Flag of Denmark.svg Philip Seerup
Flag of Denmark.svg Irina Amalie Andersen
11–6, 12–14, 11–7, 15–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017 Portugal International Flag of Finland.svg Jenny Nyström Flag of France.svg Thom Gicquel
Flag of France.svg Delphine Delrue
19–21, 21–19, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017 Dutch International Flag of Finland.svg Jenny Nyström Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jim Middelburg
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Myke Halkema
21–18, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018 Bulgarian Open Flag of Finland.svg Inalotta Suutarinen Flag of Bulgaria.svg Alex Vlaar
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Mariya Mitsova
17–21, 21–17, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Slovenian International Flag of Finland.svg Inalotta Suutarinen Flag of England.svg Gregory Mairs
Flag of England.svg Victoria Williams
16-21, 17-21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2020 Austrian Open Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Alžběta Bášová Flag of Denmark.svg Jeppe Bay
Flag of Denmark.svg Sara Lundgaard
16–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2022 Swedish Open Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Alžběta Bášová Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Kræmer
Flag of Denmark.svg Amalie Cecilie Kudsk
21–19, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2024Finnish International Flag of Finland.svg Oona Tapola Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Wei Liang
Flag of Malaysia.svg Wong Kha Yan
19–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
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  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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References

  1. "Players: Anton Kaisti". Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  2. "Surprise victory for Anton Kaisti in Tallinn". Badminton Europe . Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  3. "Hall lands first international title in Iceland". Badminton Scotland . Retrieved 21 August 2016.