Mathias Bay-Smidt

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

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]

Achievements

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European Junior Championships

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Boys' doubles

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

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

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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 Denmark Lasse Mølhede China Di Zijian
China Wang Chang
17–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Swiss Open Super 300 Denmark Rikke Søby Hansen Indonesia Rinov Rivaldy
Indonesia Pitha Haningtyas Mentari
21–18, 12–21, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

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

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Finnish International Denmark Frederik Søgaard Denmark Kasper Antonsen
Denmark Oliver Babic
25–23, 15–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Slovenia International Denmark Frederik Søgaard Republic of Ireland Joshua Magee
Republic of Ireland Sam Magee
9–21, 22–20, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Czech International Denmark Frederik Søgaard Chinese Taipei Lu Ching-yao
Chinese Taipei Yang Po-han
17–21, 22–20, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Portugal International Denmark Frederik Søgaard Chinese Taipei Lu Chen
Chinese Taipei Ye Hong-wei
21–23, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Italian International Denmark Lasse Mølhede Russia Vitalij Durkin
Russia Nikolai Ukk
21–11, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Swedish Open Denmark Lasse Mølhede France Bastian Kersaudy
France Julien Maio
21–12, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Czech International Denmark Alexandra Bøje Russia Vasily Kuznetsov
Russia Ekaterina Bolotova
21–19, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Norwegian International Denmark Alexandra Bøje Finland Anton Kaisti
Finland Jenny Nyström
12–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Swedish International Denmark Alexandra Bøje Denmark Mikkel Mikkelsen
Denmark Mai Surrow
18–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Czech Open Denmark Alexandra Bøje France Bastian Kersaudy
France Léa Palermo
12–21, 21–8, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Finnish Open Denmark Rikke Søby Hansen Indonesia Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto
Indonesia Lisa Ayu Kusumawati
20–22, 21–15, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Spanish International Denmark Rikke Søby Hansen England Ben Lane
England Jessica Pugh
13–21, 26–24, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Scottish Open Denmark Rikke Søby Hansen Denmark Mathias Christiansen
Denmark Alexandra Bøje
21–23, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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  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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