Tage Madsen

Tage Madsen (1919–2004) was a Danish badminton player. He won the All England Championships, considered the unofficial World Badminton Championships, in the men's singles in 1939.^[1][2] Tage also won 6 titles in all 3 available disciplines in Denmark Open from 1938-1939 and 1946-1948.^[3]

Tage Madsen
Personal information
Country	Denmark
Born	(1919-02-01)1 February 1919
Died	2004(2004-00-00) (aged 84–85)
Career title(s)	1939 All England

Achievements

International tournaments (9 titles, 4 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1938	Welsh International	A. S. Samuel	15–13, 15–9	Winner
1939	All England Open	Ralph Nichols	10–15, 18–13, 15–7	Winner
1939	Denmark Open	Ralph Nichols	15–10, 15–9	Winner

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1938	Denmark Open	Carl Frøhlke	Gunnar Holm Jan Schmidt	15–12, 15–6	Winner
1939	Denmark Open	Carl Frøhlke	Ralph Nichols Raymond M. White	6–15, 3–15	Runner-up
1947	Denmark Open	Carl Frøhlke	Preben Dabelsteen Jørn Skaarup	15–18, 15–11, 13–18	Runner-up
1947	All England Open	Poul Holm	Preben Dabelsteen Jørn Skaarup	4–15, 15–12, 15–4	Winner
1948	Denmark Open	Børge Frederiksen	Preben Dabelsteen Jørn Skaarup	7–15, 15–13, 15–9	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1946	Denmark Open	Kirsten Thorndahl	Poul Holm Marie Ussing	15–9, 15–7	Winner
1947	Denmark Open	Kirsten Thorndahl	Poul Holm Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen	6–15, 15–4, 15–9	Winner
1947	All England Open	Kirsten Thorndahl	Poul Holm Tonny Ahm	13–15, 15–13, 12–15	Runner-up
1948	Denmark Open	Kirsten Thorndahl	Jørn Skaarup Tonny Ahm	18–13, 8–15, 15–7	Winner
1949	Denmark Open	Kirsten Thorndahl	Chan Kon Leong Tonny Ahm	15–9, 12–15, 2–15	Runner-up