Mads Christophersen

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Mads Christophersen
Personal information
Birth nameMads Christophersen
CountryDenmark
Born (1997-08-24) 24 August 1997 (age 26)
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  Denmark
European Men's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Łódź Men's team
BWF profile

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

Career[edit]

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[edit]

BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runners-up)[edit]

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

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2021 Orléans Masters Super 100 France Toma Junior Popov 21–23, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Abu Dhabi Masters Super 100 Netherlands Mark Caljouw 21–19, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 4 runners-up)[edit]

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2018 Swedish Open India Siddharth Pratap Singh 11–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Dutch International India Harsheel Dani 21–15, 12–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Polish International Bulgaria Ivan Rusev 21–6, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 Irish Open Malaysia Yeoh Seng Zoe 18–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Welsh International Czech Republic Jan Louda 21–12, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Luxembourg Open Denmark Magnus Johannesen 14–21, 21–15, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Nantes International France Christo Popov 21–8, 11–21, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Dutch Open France Christo Popov 23–25, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Scottish Open India Sankar Subramanian 21–16, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Popov and the Christophersens make great strides". badmintoneurope.com. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  2. ^ "Siddharth Pratap Singh beats Mads Christophersen to claim Swedish Open Junior International Series title". Firstpost. 2018-01-23. 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. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  4. ^ "European Team Championships: Denmark Stretch Dominance". bwfthomasubercups.bwfbadminton.com. 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.

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