Mathias Bay-Smidt (born 19 March 1996) is a Danish badminton player.[1] In 2014, he won his first senior international title at the Finnish International tournament in the men's doubles event partnered with Frederik Søgaard.[2] In 2016, he won the Czech International tournament in the mixed doubles event partnered with Alexandra Bøje after fight through the qualification round, with the eight matches played.[3]

Mathias Bay-Smidt
Personal information
CountryDenmark
Born (1996-03-19) 19 March 1996 (age 28)
Odder, Denmark
ResidenceAarhus, Denmark
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Denmark
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Lubin Boys' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Lubin Mixed team
BWF profile

Achievements edit

European Junior Championships edit

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Regional Sport Centrum Hall,
Lubin, Poland
  Frederik Søgaard   Ben Lane
  Sean Vendy
15–21, 21–19, 18–21   Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up) edit

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[4] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[5]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 SaarLorLux Open Super 100   Lasse Mølhede   Di Zijian
  Wang Chang
17–21, 15–21   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Swiss Open Super 300   Rikke Søby Hansen   Rinov Rivaldy
  Pitha Haningtyas Mentari
21–18, 12–21, 21–16   Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 8 runners-up) edit

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Finnish International   Frederik Søgaard   Kasper Antonsen
  Oliver Babic
25–23, 15–21, 21–17   Winner
2016 Slovenia International   Frederik Søgaard   Joshua Magee
  Sam Magee
9–21, 22–20, 18–21   Runner-up
2016 Czech International   Frederik Søgaard   Lu Ching-yao
  Yang Po-han
17–21, 22–20, 15–21   Runner-up
2018 Portugal International   Frederik Søgaard   Lu Chen
  Ye Hong-wei
21–23, 18–21   Runner-up
2018 Italian International   Lasse Mølhede   Vitalij Durkin
  Nikolai Ukk
21–11, 21–11   Winner
2019 Swedish Open   Lasse Mølhede   Bastian Kersaudy
  Julien Maio
21–12, 21–15   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Czech International   Alexandra Bøje   Vasily Kuznetsov
  Ekaterina Bolotova
21–19, 21–15   Winner
2016 Norwegian International   Alexandra Bøje   Anton Kaisti
  Jenny Nyström
12–21, 12–21   Runner-up
2017 Swedish International   Alexandra Bøje   Mikkel Mikkelsen
  Mai Surrow
18–21, 14–21   Runner-up
2017 Czech Open   Alexandra Bøje   Bastian Kersaudy
  Léa Palermo
12–21, 21–8, 21–18   Winner
2019 Finnish Open   Rikke Søby Hansen   Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto
  Lisa Ayu Kusumawati
20–22, 21–15, 14–21   Runner-up
2019 Spanish International   Rikke Søby Hansen   Ben Lane
  Jessica Pugh
13–21, 26–24, 18–21   Runner-up
2019 Scottish Open   Rikke Søby Hansen   Mathias Christiansen
  Alexandra Bøje
21–23, 16–21   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References edit

  1. ^ "Players: Mathias Bay-Smidt". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Heino King of Helsinki". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Smith on 10 match unbeaten run with Prague win". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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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