Mads Christophersen

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Mads Christophersen
Personal information
Birth nameMads Christophersen
CountryDenmark
Born (1997-08-24) 24 August 1997 (age 27)
Denmark
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
HandednessRight
Men's singles
Highest ranking41 (November 2023)
Current ranking50 (26 May 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
European Men's Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Łódź Men's team
BWF profile

Mads Christophersen (born 24 August 1997) is a Danish badminton player. [1]

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Career

In January 2018, Mads Christophersen competed in the Swedish Open. In the men's singles final, he was defeated by Siddharth Pratap Singh with a score of 0-2 (15–21, 11–21), finishing as the runner-up. [2]

Mads had to settle for second place in his first BWF championship at the 2021 Orléans Masters after losing to Toma Junior Popov. [3]

In 2024 in Łódź, Mads became part of the Danish men's national badminton team that won the gold medal at the 2024 team badminton championship. [4]

Achievements

BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [5] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. [6]

Men's singles

YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResult
2021 Orléans Masters Super 100 Flag of France.svg Toma Junior Popov 21–23, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2023 Abu Dhabi Masters Super 100 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mark Caljouw 21–19, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner

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

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2018 Swedish Open Flag of India.svg Siddharth Pratap Singh 11–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Dutch International Flag of India.svg Harsheel Dani 21–15, 12–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Polish International Flag of Bulgaria.svg Ivan Rusev 21–6, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgRunner-up
2021 Irish Open Flag of Malaysia.svg Yeoh Seng Zoe 18–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2022 Welsh International Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Louda 21–12, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2022 Luxembourg Open Flag of Denmark.svg Magnus Johannesen 14–21, 21–15, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2022 Nantes International Flag of France.svg Christo Popov 21–8, 11–21, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2022 Dutch Open Flag of France.svg Christo Popov23–25, 10–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2023 Scottish Open Flag of India.svg Sankar Subramanian 21–16, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2024 Belgian International Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Julien Carraggi 16–21, 21–12, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2024Dutch Open Flag of India.svg Ayush Shetty 21–10, 21–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. "Popov and the Christophersens make great strides". badmintoneurope.com. Archived from the original on 2024-05-30. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  2. "Siddharth Pratap Singh beats Mads Christophersen to claim Swedish Open Junior International Series title". Firstpost. 2018-01-23. Archived from the original on 2018-07-07. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  3. "Orleans Masters: Toma Junior Popov clinches men's singles title". The Times of India. 2021-03-28. ISSN   0971-8257. Archived from the original on 2024-05-30. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  4. "European Team Championships: Denmark Stretch Dominance". bwfthomasubercups.bwfbadminton.com. Archived from the original on 2024-05-05. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  5. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  6. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.