Hans-Kristian Vittinghus

He won 4 junior national titles, 2 in singles in 2003 and 2005 and 2 in men's doubles in 1999 and 2003. As a part of the Danish Under 19 national team, he won the gold medal at the Under 19 European Team Championships. He also won a bronze medal in the individual event in men's singles.

After becoming a senior player in the summer of 2005, he won his first international title in November 2006, beating former world no. 1, M. Roslin Hashim in the final of the Norwegian International Championships. Since then he has recaptured the title in Norway twice, in 2009 and 2010.

He also won the Turkiye International in 2007, Dutch International in 2008 & 2011,[2] Spanish Open in 2009 and 2013, Irish International in 2010, Belgian International in 2014 and Denmark International in 2019.

He also plays in the Danish Badminton League. He plays as the first singles for Højbjerg Badminton. Hans-Kristian Vittinghus started playing badminton at the age of five in Solrød Strand Badmintonklub.

In November 2015, he won the Scottish Grand Prix in Glasgow, Scotland against English Rajiv Ouseph as the no.1 seed, 21–19, 11–21, 21–16.[3]

In June 2016, he beat Ihsan Maulana Mustofa of Indonesia to win the first Thomas Cup trophy for Denmark. He later won his first BWF Super Series title the Australian Open Super Series, beating Jeon Hyeok-jin from Korea 21–16, 19–21, 21–11.[4]

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Sydbank Arena, Kolding, Denmark	Rajiv Ouseph	21–18, 21–23, 16–21	Bronze

Boys' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	De Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands	Dieter Domke	10–15, 7–15	Bronze

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[7] 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.[8]

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2020 (II)	Thailand Open	Super 1000	Viktor Axelsen	11–21, 7–21	Runner-up

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[9] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.[10] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Dubai World Superseries Finals	Chen Long	16–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2016	Australian Open	Jeon Hyeok-jin	21–16, 19–21, 21–11	Winner

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Bitburger Open	Chen Long	3–21, 21–12, 9–21	Runner-up
2011	Bitburger Open	Wang Zhengming	21–18, 21–10	Winner
2013	London Grand Prix Gold	Tian Houwei	20–22, 16–21	Runner-up
2014	German Open	Arvind Bhat	22–24, 21–19, 11–21	Runner-up
2015	U.S. Open	Lee Chong Wei	20–22, 12–21	Runner-up
2015	Scottish Open	Rajiv Ouseph	21–19, 11–21, 21–16	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Norwegian International	Muhammad Roslin Hashim	22–20, 6–21, 21–16	Winner
2007	Turkiye International	Petr Koukal	23–21, 21–15	Winner
2008	Dutch International	Wu Yunyong	21–12, 21–18	Winner
2009	Norwegian International	Marc Zwiebler	15–21, 21–18, 21–19	Winner
2009	Spanish Open	Kashyap Parupalli	21–10, 21–16	Winner
2010	Norwegian International	Henri Hurskainen	21–16, 19–21, 21–8	Winner
2010	Irish International	Pablo Abián	21–13, 14–21, 23–21	Winner
2011	Dutch International	Ville Lång	18–21, 21–15, 21–4	Winner
2011	Denmark International	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	15–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2013	Spanish Open	Joachim Persson	21–9, 21–16	Winner
2014	Belgian International	Marc Zwiebler	11–8, 10–11, 11–9, 11–9	Winner
2019	Denmark International	Kai Schäfer	21–16, 21–18	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament