Anders Antonsen

Antonsen started his career in badminton at six years of age in Kastanievej, Viby. Together with his brother Kasper Antonsen, they learned from his father who worked at one of the badminton clubs in Denmark.[2]

He made his international debut at the 2013 Forza Denmark International tournament. In 2015, he won the European Junior Championship, defeating German player Max Weißkirchen with a score of 21–9, 15–21, 21–9 in the final.[3] In the same year, he also won several tournaments such as Dutch International, Belgian International, and Irish Open, and awarded the 2015 European Young Player of the Year.[4]

In 2016, he won his first Grand Prix, the Scottish Open Grand Prix.[5] In the same year, he also won several other tournaments such as the Spanish International, Austrian Open, and Swedish Master.[6][7]

In 2017, he won the silver medal at the European Championship after being defeated by Rajiv Ouseph of England with a tight score of 19–21, 19–21.[8] He also reached the semifinals in two Super Series tournaments, the Yonex French Open 2017 where he lost to Kenta Nishimoto from Japan with a score of 17–21, 15–21,[9] and later the Yonex-Sunrise Hong Kong Open 2017 where he was defeated by Rio Olympic 2016 gold medal winner Chen Long from China with a score of 14–21, 21–19, 17–21.[10]

In 2018, Antonsen was chosen to be part of the Danish Thomas Cup team and won a bronze medal.[11] At the Denmark Open Super 750 tournament, he managed to reach the semifinals but was defeated at that stage by Chinese Taipei player Chou Tien-chen with a score of 21–19, 11–21, 12–21.[12]

Play for the Aarhus AB, Antonsen won the National Championships title three times in a row from 2017-2019.[13] He won the BWF World Tour title at the 2019 Indonesia Masters, defeating 2018 World Champion and then World number 1 Kento Momota from Japan in the final with a score of 21–16, 14–21, 21–16.[14] He emerged as the men's singles champion and took the gold medal at the 2019 Minsk European Games beat Brice Leverdez of France in the final with the score 21–19, 14–21, 21–10.[15] At the 2019 Indonesia Open a Super 1000 tournament, Antonsen managed to step into the final round but he had to be satisfied as runner-up after losing to Chou Tien-chen with a score of 18–21, 26–24, 15–21.[16] Antonsen captured the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships in Basel, Switzerland, lost to the first seeded, the reigning champion Kento Momota in straight games 9–21, 3–21.[17]

• Anders Antonsen at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com