Tine Baun

Baun started playing badminton since she was 7 years old. She played at Lynge, a small club in North Zealand, Denmark. She said she really liked traveling around the world and learning other cultures through sports.

Baun made his international debut in 1996 at the Denmark Open, and since finishing his last education in 1999, she started playing full time in badminton.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Baun was eliminated by Petya Nedelcheva of Bulgaria players in round 32

As for Baun's record in the BWF Super Series, she won the 2007 Japan Open, beating all Chinese-born players from the first match, including the 1st seed, Zhang Ning of China, in the quarterfinal. She also won the 2008 Singapore Super Series, beating Zhou Mi of Hongkong in the final.

She won the silver medal at the 2008 European Badminton Championships after losing from Xu Huaiwen of (Germany) in the final with rubber set.[2]

Baun also played at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing as the 6th seed. She beat Akvile Stapusaityte from Lithuania in the round of 32, but again had to "go home" early, losing to Maria Kristin Yulianti of Indonesia 21–18, 19–21, 14–21 in the round of 16.

Baun had claimed three titles in 2009, the Malaysia Open by beating the 1st seeded, Zhou Mi of Hongkong in the final, Korea Open by beating Pi Hongyan of France and Denmark Open by beating the 1st seeded, Wang Yihan of China. She played in 2009 All England Super Series as the first seed. She reached the final by beating two youngsters in the quarterfinal and semi-final, but failed to retain her title after losing to another youngster from China, Wang Yihan, in rubber set, 19–21, 23–21, 11–21.

Baun won the gold medal at the 2010 European Badminton Championships after beating Juliane Schenk of (Germany) in the final. In the 2012 European Badminton Championships, she defended her title against the same opponent.

in 2010 she won a bronze medal at the BWF World Championships held in Paris, France after in the semi-finals she lost to Wang Lin of China with score 11–21, 8–21.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she reached the quarter finals, losing to Saina Nehwal of India 2–0.[3]

After progressing no further than the quarter finals in any Super Series tournament of 2012 and 2013, she ended her career high by winning the prestigious All England Open against 18-year-old Ratchanok Inthanon of Thailand. It was her third All England title and fourth time reaching the final.

After retiring, she joined the Europe All Stars Team to participate in the Axiata Cup 2013. In the preliminary round, she was defeated by Ratchanok Inthanon from Thailand in three sets, 21–9, 13–21, 12–21.

In August 2013, Baun played at the Indian Badminton League for the Mumbai Masters team, earning a reported salary of $30,000.

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.[4]

Players Matches Results Change Won Lost Petya Nedelcheva 9 6 3 +3 Dai Yun 1 0 1 –1 Gong Ruina 2 0 2 –2 Gong Zhichao 1 0 1 –1 Li Xuerui 3 1 2 –2 Lu Lan 6 4 2 +2 Wang Lin 4 2 2 0 Wang Shixian 4 2 2 0 Wang Xin 9 0 9 –9 Wang Yihan 13 5 8 –3 Xie Xingfang 12 1 11 –10 Yao Yan 1 0 1 –1 Zhang Ning 5 1 4 –3 Zhu Lin 3 2 1 +1 Cheng Shao-chieh 3 3 0 +3 Tai Tzu-ying 4 2 2 0 Mette Sørensen 1 0 1 –1 Tracey Hallam 5 4 1 +3

Players Matches Results Change Won Lost Pi Hongyan 12 6 6 0 Juliane Schenk 11 8 3 +5 / Xu Huaiwen 11 4 7 –3 / Wang Chen 11 6 5 +1 Yip Pui Yin 5 4 1 +3 / Zhou Mi 10 3 7 –4 Saina Nehwal 10 5 5 0 P. V. Sindhu 1 1 0 +1 Lindaweni Fanetri 1 1 0 +1 Maria Kristin Yulianti 2 1 1 0 Minatsu Mitani 2 0 2 –2 Wong Mew Choo 6 5 1 +4 Mia Audina 2 0 2 –2 Sung Ji-hyun 7 6 1 +5 Carolina Marín 3 2 1 +1 Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 3 2 1 +1 Ratchanok Intanon 5 2 3 –1

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• Tine Baun at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com