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]

Anton Kaisti
Personal information
CountryFinland
Born (1992-05-17) 17 May 1992 (age 31)
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  Finland
European Men's Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Basel Men's team
BWF profile

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 edit

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

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2013 Irish International   Kian Andersen 17–21, 17–21   Runner-up
2015 Estonian International   Toby Penty 21–16, 21–16   Winner

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Norwegian International   Koen Ridder   Miłosz Bochat
  Maciej Dąbrowski
21–13, 21–14   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Estonian International   Jenny Nyström   Bastian Kersaudy
  Anne Tran
21–18, 21–10   Winner
2013 Bulgarian Eurasia Open   Gabriela Stoeva   Marvin Seidel
  Yvonne Li
19–21, 21–9, 21–18   Winner
2013 Irish International   Jenny Nyström   Jordan Corvée
  Marie Batomene
20–22, 21–17, 21–13   Winner
2013 Turkey International   Gabriela Stoeva   Vasily Kuznetsov
  Viktoriia Vorobeva
21–9, 21–15   Winner
2014 Norwegian International   Cheryl Seinen   Filip Michael Duwall Myhren
  Emma Wengberg
21–15, 17–21, 21–14   Winner
2016 Iceland International   Cheryl Seinen   Paweł Pietryja
  Aneta Wojtkowska
22–20, 21–18   Winner
2016 Norwegian International   Jenny Nyström   Mathias Bay-Smidt
  Alexandra Bøje
21–12, 21–12   Winner
2016 Finnish International   Jenny Nyström   Philip Seerup
  Irina Amalie Andersen
11–6, 12–14, 11–7, 15–13   Winner
2017 Portugal International   Jenny Nyström   Thom Gicquel
  Delphine Delrue
19–21, 21–19, 21–12   Winner
2017 Dutch International   Jenny Nyström   Jim Middelburg
  Myke Halkema
21–18, 21–18   Winner
2018 Bulgarian Open   Inalotta Suutarinen   Alex Vlaar
  Mariya Mitsova
17–21, 21–17, 16–21   Runner-up
2019 Slovenian International   Inalotta Suutarinen   Gregory Mairs
  Victoria Williams
16-21, 17-21   Runner-up
2020 Austrian Open   Alžběta Bášová   Jeppe Bay
  Sara Lundgaard
16–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2022 Swedish Open   Alžběta Bášová   Kristian Kræmer
  Amalie Cecilie Kudsk
21–19, 21–16   Winner
2024 Finnish International   Oona Tapola   Tan Wei Liang
  Wong Kha Yan
19–21, 16–21   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References edit

  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.

External links edit