Mathias Bay-Smidt

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
Country	Denmark
Born	(1996-03-19) 19 March 1996 (age 28) Odder, Denmark
Residence	Aarhus, Denmark
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	48 (MD with Lasse Mølhede 26 November 2019) 46 (XD with Rikke Søby Hansen 10 March 2020)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Denmark European Junior Championships 2015 Lubin Boys' doubles 2015 Lubin Mixed team
BWF profile

Achievements

European Junior Championships

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)

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)

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

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.

External links

• Mathias Bay-Smidt at BWFBadminton.com
• Mathias Bay-Smidt at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)