Joachim Persson

Joachim Persson (born 23 May 1983) is a Danish badminton player.

Career Persson was born in Denmark but his family moved to Germany in his early years. He began to playing badminton in Trittau, Germany together with his parents. As German player, he helped the German team to win the mixed team title at the 2001 European Junior Championships, also won a silver medal in the singles event. In 2002, he moved back to Denmark and started to practice at Brøndby.

He played the 2006 IBF World Championships in men's singles and he was defeated in the third round by Lee Chong Wei 21–16, 21–12. Joachim Persson reached the finals of the Denmark Open Super Series 2008 and lost in the finals to compatriot Peter Gade.

In 2004 he won the Irish International, in 2005 the Finnish International Championships and the V Italian International, and in 2006 the Austrian International, the Swedish International and the Finnish International Championships.

In 2019, he was banned from badminton tournaments for 18 months and has been ordered to pay costs of US$4,500, guilty of four violations of the code of conduct in relation to betting wagering and irregular match results.

Achievements

European Championships Men's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2006 Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands Peter Gade 20–22, 10–21 Bronze Bronze 2008 Messecenter, Herning, Denmark Kenneth Jonassen 13–21, 16–21 Silver Silver

European Junior Championships Boys' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2001 Spała Olympic Center, Spała, Poland Eric Pang 13–15, 3–15 Silver Silver

BWF Superseries (2 runners-up) The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2008 Denmark Open Peter Gade 18–21, 21–17, 14–21 Runner-up 2010 French Open Taufik Hidayat 16–21, 11–21 Runner-up Superseries tournament Superseries Premier tournament Superseries Finals tournament

BWF Grand Prix (1 title) The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2008 Bulgarian Open Hsieh Yu-hsin 17–21, 21–19, 21–19 Winner BWF Grand Prix tournament BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles, 7 runners-up) Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2002 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Kasper Ødum 4–15, 5–15 Runner-up 2004 Croatian International Hidetaka Yamada 15–4, 8–15, 13–15 Runner-up 2004 Irish International Per-Henrik Croona 15–8, 15–9 Winner 2005 Finnish International Przemysław Wacha 15–4, 15–17, 15–9 Winner 2005 Italian International Przemysław Wacha 15–17, 15–9, 15–9 Winner 2006 Austrian International Przemysław Wacha 21–15, 21–10 Winner 2006 Swedish Masters Przemysław Wacha 17–21, 22–20, 21–19 Winner 2006 Finnish International Kasper Ødum 13–21, 21–17, 21–17 Winner 2007 Finnish International Vladislav Druzchenko 21–14, 21–18 Winner 2011 Morocco International Pablo Abián 19–21, 21–17, 19–21 Runner-up 2012 Czech International Kim Bruun 21–11, 21–10 Winner 2013 Spanish Open Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 9–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2013 Canadian International Eric Pang 22–24, 16–21 Runner-up 2014 Spanish Open Rasmus Fladberg 21–12, 21–13 Winner 2014 Kharkiv International Rasmus Fladberg 7–11, 4–11, 9–11 Runner-up 2014 Czech International Marc Zwiebler 13–21, 18–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament

Record Against Selected Opponents Includes results from all competitions 2002–present.

Chen Yu 0–4 Bao Chunlai 0–4 Xia Xuanze 0–1 Lin Dan 0–5 Du Pengyu 2–1 Chen Jin 0–1 Chou Tien-chen 0–2 Hsieh Yu-hsing 1–0 Petr Koukal 5–2 Kenneth Jonassen 0–4 Peter Gade 1–2 Jan Ø. Jørgensen 2–2 Marc Zwiebler 2–3 Taufik Hidayat 1–4 Sony Dwi Kuncoro 1–2 Simon Santoso 1–0 Tommy Sugiarto 1–1 Sho Sasaki 4–0 Kenichi Tago 0–2 Park Sung-hwan 0–1 Shon Seung-mo 1–1 Lee Hyun-il 0–5 Shon Wan-ho 0–2 Lee Chong Wei 0–5 Przemysław Wacha 7–1 Boonsak Ponsana 0–2 Nguyễn Tiến Minh 0–2