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| Country | Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1997-04-27)27 April 1997 (age 28) Aarhus, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2013–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Kasper Antonsen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Career record | 354 wins, 122 losses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 2 (27 September 2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 2 (4 November 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anders Antonsen (born 27 April 1997) is a Danishbadminton player. He is a four-time World Championships medalist, two-time European Champion, and the current world’s no. 2 in the men’s singles discipline of theBWF World Ranking, which has been his highest ranking to date.
He won the gold medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the boys singles event, and at the same year was awarded the European Young Player of the Year. Together with the national team, he won theEuropean Men's Team Championships in 2016 and 2018; alsoEuropean Mixed Team Championships in 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023. Antonsen was the champion at the2019 Minsk European Games,2021 European Championships, the silver medalist at the2017 European Championships, and the2019 World Championships, and the bronze medalist at the2021,2023, and2025 World Championships
Antonsen started his career in badminton at six years of age in Kastanievej,Viby. Together with his brotherKasper Antonsen, they learned from his father who worked at one of the badminton clubs in Aarhus called AB.[2]
He made his international debut at the 2013 Forza Denmark International tournament. In 2015, he won theEuropean Junior Championship, defeating German playerMax 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 asDutch International,Belgian International, andIrish Open, and awarded the 2015 European Young Player of the Year.[4]
In 2016, he won his first Grand Prix, theScottish Open Grand Prix.[5] In the same year, he also won several other tournaments such as theSpanish International,Austrian Open, andSwedish Master.[6][7]
In 2017, he won the silver medal at theEuropean Championship after being defeated byRajiv Ouseph of England with a tight score of 19–21, 19–21.[8] He also reached the semi-finals in twoSuperseries tournaments, the2017 French Open where he lost toKenta Nishimoto from Japan with a score of 17–21, 15–21,[9] and later theHong Kong Open where he was defeated by 2016 Rio Olympics gold medal winnerChen Long from China with a score of 14–21, 21–19, 17–21.[10]
In 2018, Antonsen was chosen to be part of the DanishThomas Cup team and won a bronze medal.[11] At theDenmark Open Super 750 tournament, he managed to reach the semi-finals but was defeated at that stage by Chinese Taipei playerChou Tien-chen with a score of 21–19, 11–21, 12–21.[12]
Play for the Aarhus AB, Antonsen won theNational Championships title three times in a row from 2017–2019.[13] He won theBWF World Tour title at the2019 Indonesia Masters, defeating 2018 World Champion and then World number 1Kento 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 the2019 Minsk European Games beatBrice Leverdez of France in the final with the score 21–19, 14–21, 21–10.[15] At the2019 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 the2019 World Championships in Basel, Switzerland, lost to the first seeded, the reigning championKento Momota in straight games 9–21, 3–21.[17]
Antonsen won the end of the season2020 BWF World Tour Finals beatingViktor Axelsen in the finals.[18]
In 2021, Antonsen participated at theEuropean Mixed Team Championships in Finland, and helped the team win the gold medal.[19] At the MayEuropean Championships, he was crowned as the men's singles champion, after organizers decided to cancel the finals, due to his opponent,Viktor Axelsen, tested positive for COVID-19.[20]
Antonsen clinched a bronze medal after he lost in the semifinals of the2021 World Championships toLoh Kean Yew, the eventual World Champion, in straight games, 21–23, 14–21.[21]
Starting off the season in 2022, Antonsen managed to avenge his loss to Loh Kean Yew in the World Championships semi-finals, winning against the reigning world champion in the first round of theAll England Open, in rubber games, 21–15, 18–21, 21–13.[22] He then lost in the next round toLakshya Sen, in straight games, 16–21, 18–21.[23]
On 30 April, Antonsen won silver at theEuropean Championships losing to compatriot Viktor Axelsen (17–21, 15–21) in the finals inMadrid, Spain.[24] Antonsen was very upset over the quality of his own play, saying audiences nearly deserved an apology.[25]
Antonsen then pulled out of the Asian leg of tournaments, the Indonesia Masters, the Indonesia Open, the Malaysian Open, the Malaysian Masters and the Singapore Open, citing injuries.[26]
In 2024, Antonsen managed to claim four BWF World Tour title, including his first ever Super 1000 event, in theMalaysia Open, beatingShi Yuqi in the final.[27] Two week after his victory in the Malaysia, he won theIndonesia Masters beating Brian Yang in the final.[28] In April, he crowned as European champions by winning his secondEuropean Championships title.[29] At theIndonesia Open finals in June, the "Istora boy" was beaten by Shi Yuqi in rubber game.[30] Antonsen made his second appearance at the Olympics in the2024 Paris Olympics, but his journey was stopped in the quarter-finals.[31][32] On 24 August 2024, Antonsen announced on his social media that his coaching agreement withJoachim Persson had been terminated as Persson was seen placing bets on matches. Since then, he appointed his brotherKasper Antonsen, as his new head coach starting from October.[33] He won the home soilDenmark Open title, beating Koki Watanabe in the final in straight game.[34] He then captured his fourth World Tour title of the year in theChina Masters.[35] Antonsen qualified to compete in the year-end finals tournament theBWF World Tour Finals, and finished runners-up to Shi Yuqi.[36] He concluded the season as World number 2 in the BWF World ranking.
Antonsen opened the 2025 season by competing in theMalaysia Open. As a title holder, he unable to defend his title to last year finalist Shi Yuqi, losing the final match in straight games.[37] After several early exits, Antonsen reached his second final inThailand Open but lost the match against home favourite,Kunlavut Vitidsarn.[38] In June, Antonsen beat Shi Yuqi in the semifinals ofIndonesia Open[39] and won against Chou Tien Chen again in the final, repeating the feat he did back in 2019.[40] Later on the year, Antonsen made the final inKorea Open and won his second title of the year inFrench Open.[41][42]
Antonsen has an older brother,Kasper Antonsen, who is a Danish former badminton national player, and has trained with his brother since they were young.[2]
Antonsen co-hosts a podcast together with fellow Danish badminton playerHans-Kristian Vittinghus, calledThe Badminton Experience, where they cover many different topics on badminton, ranging from players and technical aspects of the game. They also host Q&A sessions from time to time,[43][44] and sometimes, they invite other badminton players to come on the podcasts as guests, to share their experience and answer questions from the hosts. Notable players that have been on the podcast includeLee Zii Jia,[45]Greysia Polli,[46]Anthony Sinisuka Ginting[47] and former Danish Men's singles playerPeter Gade.[48]
Besides recording podcast episodes with Vittinghus, Antonsen also has a YouTube channel, where he uploads his vlogs, mainly about his training and tour life on the BWF circuit. His YouTube channel has 101,000 subscribers as of July 2022.[49]
Men's singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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| 2019 | St. Jakobshalle,Basel, Switzerland | 9–21, 3–21 | Silver | [17] | |
| 2021 | Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín,Huelva, Spain | 21–23, 14–21 | Bronze | [21] | |
| 2023 | Royal Arena,Copenhagen, Denmark | 23–25, 12–21 | Bronze | ||
| 2025 | Adidas Arena,Paris, France | 17–21, 15–21 | Bronze | [50] |
Men's singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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| 2019 | Falcon Club,Minsk, Belarus | 21–19, 14–21, 21–10 | Gold | [15] |
Men's singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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| 2017 | Sydbank Arena,Kolding, Denmark | 19–21, 19–21 | Silver | [8] | |
| 2021 | Palace of Sports,Kyiv, Ukraine | Walkover | Gold | [20] | |
| 2022 | Polideportivo Municipal Gallur,Madrid, Spain | 17–21, 15–21 | Silver | [24] | |
| 2024 | Saarlandhalle,Saarbrücken, Germany | 21–18, 21–13 | Gold | [29] |
Boys' singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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| 2015 | Regional Sport Centrum Hall,Lubin, Poland | 21–9, 15–21, 21–9 | Gold | [3] |
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[51] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by theBadminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is 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.[52]
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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| 2019 | Indonesia Masters | Super 500 | 21–16, 14–21, 21–16 | [14] | ||
| 2019 | Spain Masters | Super 300 | 14–21, 11–21 | |||
| 2019 | Indonesia Open | Super 1000 | 18–21, 26–24, 15–21 | [16] | ||
| 2020 | Indonesia Masters | Super 500 | 21–17, 15–21, 9–21 | |||
| 2020 | Denmark Open | Super 750 | 18–21, 21–19, 21–12 | |||
| 2020 | BWF World Tour Finals | World Tour Finals | 21–16, 5–21, 21–17 | [18] | ||
| 2021 | Indonesia Masters | Super 750 | 17–21, 11–21 | |||
| 2023 | Singapore Open | Super 750 | 16–21, 13–21 | |||
| 2023 | Korea Open | Super 500 | 11–21, 21–11, 21–19 | |||
| 2024 | Malaysia Open | Super 1000 | 21–14, 21–13 | [27] | ||
| 2024 | Indonesia Masters | Super 500 | 18–21, 21–13, 21–18 | [28] | ||
| 2024 | Indonesia Open | Super 1000 | 9–21, 21–12, 14–21 | [30] | ||
| 2024 | Denmark Open | Super 750 | 21–15, 21–16 | [34] | ||
| 2024 | China Masters | Super 750 | 21–15, 21–13 | [35] | ||
| 2024 | BWF World Tour Finals | World Tour Finals | 18–21, 14–21 | [36] | ||
| 2025 | Malaysia Open | Super 1000 | 8–21, 15–21 | [37] | ||
| 2025 | Thailand Open | Super 500 | 16–21, 21–17, 9–21 | [38] | ||
| 2025 | Indonesia Open | Super 1000 | 22–20, 21–14 | [40] | ||
| 2025 | Korea Open | Super 500 | 10–21, 21–15, 17–21 | [41] | ||
| 2025 | French Open | Super 750 | 21-12, 21-19 | [42] |
The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, theGrand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by theBadminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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| 2016 | Scottish Open | 22–20, 21–15 | [5] |
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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| 2015 | Dutch International | 21–11, 22–20 | |||
| 2015 | Belgian International | 21–18, 21–17 | |||
| 2015 | Polish International | 12–21, 18–21 | |||
| 2015 | Irish Open | 21–18, 22–20 | |||
| 2016 | Swedish Masters | 21–12, 21–10 | |||
| 2016 | Austrian Open | 21–9, 21–17 | |||
| 2016 | Spanish International | 14–21, 22–20, 21–18 | [6] |
Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of1 October 2024.[53]
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