Mads Vestergaard

Mads Vestergaard (born 11 March 2002) is a Danish badminton player who specialises in doubles play.^[1] He claimed two bronze medals at the 2025 European Championships in the mixed and men's doubles. Vestergaard was part of Danish winning team in the 2024 European Men's Team Championships and 2025 European Mixed Team Championships.

Mads Vestergaard
Personal information
Country	Denmark
Born	(2002-03-11) 11 March 2002 (age 23)
Men's & Mixed doubles
Highest ranking	26 (MD with Daniel Lundgaard, 26 November 2024) 18 (XD with Christine Busch, 15 April 2025)
Current ranking	26 (with Daniel Lundgaard) 18 (with Christine Busch) (15 April 2025)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Denmark European Championships 2025 Horsens Men's doubles 2025 Horsens Mixed doubles European Men's Team Championships 2024 Łódź Men's team European Mixed Team Championships 2025 Baku Mixed team European Junior Championships 2020 Lahti Boys' doubles 2020 Lahti Mixed team 2018 Tallinn Mixed team 2018 Tallinn Boys' doubles 2018 Tallinn Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Vestergaard was the champion in the boys' doubles at the 2020 European Junior Championships. He also helps the Danish team to win the mixed team title at that competition.

Career

Vestergaard began playing badminton in Beder-Malling Idrætsforening, where his parents also played. At the age of 10, he moved with his family to Højbjerg, where he enrolled in a local badminton club.^[2]

Vestergaard won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles and a silver medal in the women's team event at the 2018 European Junior Championships.^[3] Two years later in 2020 European junior championships, he won the gold medal with partner William Kryger Boe in boys' doubles and another gold in the team event.

Vestergaard and Busch won their first BWF 100 title at the 2023 Abu Dhabi Masters after defeating the Singaporean pair Jessica Tan and Terry Hee in a rubber set. Shortly after that, the four met again at the 2023 Guwahati Masters, and this time, Busch and Vestergaard had to accept defeat.^[4][5]

Achievements

European Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2025	Forum, Horsens, Denmark	Daniel Lundgaard	Christo Popov Toma Junior Popov	21–19, 18–21, 23–25	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2025	Forum, Horsens, Denmark	Christine Busch	Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue	17–21, 18–21	Bronze

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn, Estonia	Mads Muurholm	Fabien Delrue William Villeger	14–21, 16–21	Bronze
2020	Pajulahti Sports Institute, Lahti, Finland	William Kryger Boe	Egor Kholkin Georgii Lebedev	21–15, 22–20	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn, Estonia	Christine Busch	Fabien Delrue Juliette Moinard	19–21, 17–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[6] 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.^[7]

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Abu Dhabi Masters	Super 100	Christine Busch	Terry Hee Jessica Tan	20–22, 21–17, 21–18	Winner
2023	Guwahati Masters	Super 100	Christine Busch	Terry Hee Jessica Tan	19–21, 11–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (12 titles, 6 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Turkey International	Mikkel Stoffersen	Serdar Koca Serhat Salim	21–19, 21–8	Winner
2021	Portugal International	Emil Lauritzen	Mads Pieler Kolding Frederik Søgaard	17–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2021	Lithuanian International	Emil Lauritzen	Danylo Bosniuk Oleksandar Shmundyak	21–23, 21–12, 21–18	Winner
2021	Hungarian International	Emil Lauritzen	Rory Easton Zach Russ	18–21, 21–13, 21–13	Winner
2022	Ukraine Open	Emil Lauritzen	Chia Wei Jie Low Hang Yee	21–19, 20–22, 21–23	Runner-up
2023	Polish Open	Daniel Lundgaard	Chang Ko-chi Po Li-wei	22–20, 16–21, 21–19	Winner
2023	Mexican International	Daniel Lundgaard	Bjarne Geiss Jan Colin Völker	22–24, 21–19, 21–17	Winner
2023	Belgian International	Daniel Lundgaard	Andreas Søndergaard Jesper Toft	13–21, 24–26	Runner-up
2023	Scottish Open	Daniel Lundgaard	Andreas Søndergaard Jesper Toft	21–15, 11–21, 21–15	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Turkey International	Sofie Nyvang	Mikkel Stoffersen Susan Ekelund	17–21, 21–18, 13–21	Runner-up
2021	Lithuanian International	Clara Løber	Dmitriy Panarin Kamila Smagulova	21–12, 21–16	Winner
2021	Hungarian International	Clara Løber	Rory Easton Annie Lado	18–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2022	Czech Open	Christine Busch	Chiu Hsiang-chieh Lin Xiao-min	21–12, 21–16	Winner
2023	Estonian International	Christine Busch	Malik Bourakkadi Leona Michalski	21–13, 21–10	Winner
2023	Polish Open	Christine Busch	Jesper Toft Clara Graversen	21–15, 21–13	Winner
2023	Denmark Masters	Christine Busch	N. Sikki Reddy Rohan Kapoor	16–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2023	Nantes International	Christine Busch	Tanisha Crasto K. Sai Pratheek	14–21, 21–14, 21–17	Winner
2023	Scottish Open	Christine Busch	Jesper Toft Clara Graversen	21–15, 21–19	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (2 titles)

Boys' doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Slovenia Junior International	William Kryger Boe	Jakob Houe Mads Juel Møller	21–18, 21–13	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Slovenia Junior International	Clara Løber	Marcus Rindshøj Mette Werge	21–11, 26–28, 21–11	Winner

  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

  BWF Junior International Series tournament

  BWF Junior Future Series tournament