Tom Bacher

Tom Bacher
Personal information
Country	Denmark
Born	(1941-11-16)16 November 1941
Died	4 October 2017(2017-10-04) (aged 75)
Retired	1974
Handedness	Right
Medal record Men's badminton Representing   Denmark Thomas Cup 1973 Jakarta Men's team

Tom Bacher (born 16 November 1941) was a former Danish badminton player. He was a Danish international from the mid 1960s until the mid 1970s. ^[1] His greatest achievement was winning the 1970 All England Badminton Championships doubles title with Poul Petersen. ^[2]

Leaderships roles and death

Although he is successful as players, he is more well-known for his managerial and leadership roles after he retired when he won Scottish Open in 1974 with Punch Gunalan. Tom was appointed as International Badminton Federation executive board members, deputy seat of IBF councils and became the IBF vice presidents from 1987 until 2003. Tom received the Herbert Scheele Trophy for extensive contribution to the badminton world and received an honorary vice presidents role in 2009. ^[3] Besides his contribution for IBF, Tom also a former Badminton Europe presidents from 2004 until 2010. ^[4] Tom died on 4 October 2017 due to unsuccessful emergency heart surgery. ^[4]

Achievements

International tournaments (10 titles, 8 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1963	Norwegian International	Ingemar Eliasson		Winner
1963	Dutch Open	Bendt Rose	15–17, 15–9, 15–8	Winner
1966	Austrian International	Gottfried Seemann	15–2, 15–8	Winner
1968	Dutch Open	Erland Kops	8–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1969	Denmark Open	Svend Pri	5–15, 7–15	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1963	Norwegian International	Svend Pri	Bengt-Ake Jonsson Ingemar Eliasson	14–17, 7–15	Runner-up
1967	Nordic Championships	Jørgen Mortensen	Henning Borch Erland Kops	5–15, 16–18	Runner-up
1968	Dutch Open	Erland Kops	Alan Parsons William Kerr	15–4, 15–10	Winner
1968	Norwegian International	Klaus Kaagaard	Kurt Johnsson Sture Johnsson	15–9, 15–7	Winner
1968	Austrian International	Poul Petersen	Klaus Katzor Edgar Michalowski	15–3, 15–1	Winner
1969	German Open	Poul Petersen	Henning Borch Jørgen Mortensen	3–15, 15–10, 6–15	Runner-up
1969	Dutch Open	Erland Kops	Chavalert Chumkum Sangob Rattanusorn	15–9, 1–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1970	All England Open	Poul Petersen	David Eddy Roger Powell	15–11, 15–0	Winner
1970	Belgian International	Poul Petersen	David Horton Elliot Stuart	15–5, 10–15, 1–15	Runner-up
1972	Austrian International	Poul Petersen	Franz Beinvogl Siegfried Betz	15–5, 15–3	Winner
1974	Scottish Open	Punch Gunalan	Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett	15–9, 15–8	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1968	Norwegian International	Jette Føge	Klaus Kaagaard Lonny Funch	2–15, 15–13, 7–15	Runner-up
1968	Austrian International	Bente Jeppesen	Hermann Fröhlich Lore König	13–15, 15–3, 15–5	Winner

References

1. "Tom Bacher". Badminton Denmark.
2. Davis, Pat (1983). Guinness Book of Badminton. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN   0-85112-271-X.
3. Alleyne, Gayle (5 October 2017). "BWF Salutes Tom Bacher". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
4. Thrane, John (17 November 2021). "Tom Bacher ville være fyldt 80 år den 16. November 2021". badmintonmuseet.dk (in Danish). Badminton Museet. Retrieved 14 May 2025.