{{Short description|Danish badminton player (born 1996)}} {{Infobox badminton player | name = Mathias Bay-Smidt | image = | image_size = | caption = | nickname = | birth_name = | country = Denmark | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|3|19}} | birth_place = [[Odder]], Denmark | height = 1.91 m | weight = | event = Men's & mixed doubles | years_active = | handedness = Right | coach = | highest_ranking ={{ubl|48 (MD with [[Lasse Mølhede]] 26 November 2019)|46 (XD with [[Rikke Søby Hansen]] 10 March 2020)}} | date_of_highest_ranking = | current_ranking = | date_of_current_ranking = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[badminton]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{DEN}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[European Junior Badminton Championships|European Junior Championships]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[2015 European Junior Badminton Championships|2015 Lubin]] | Boys' doubles }} {{MedalBronze | 2015 Lubin | Mixed team }} | bwfbadminton_id = 83680 | bwf_id = 339CDDFA-7B64-4917-8246-CEF708551287 }}

'''Mathias Bay-Smidt''' (born 19 March 1996) is a Danish [[badminton]] player.<ref>{{cite web|title= Players: Mathias Bay-Smidt |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/player/83680/mathias-bay-smidt |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |access-date=2 October 2016}}</ref> In 2014, he won his first senior international title at the [[Finnish International (badminton)|Finnish International]] tournament in the men's doubles event partnered with [[Frederik Søgaard]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Heino King of Helsinki |url=http://www.badmintoneurope.com/cms/default.aspx?clubid=4685&cmsid=239&pageid=5381&m=1765421 |publisher=[[Badminton Europe]] |access-date=23 January 2017}}</ref> In 2016, he won the [[Czech International]] tournament in the mixed doubles event partnered with [[Alexandra Bøje]] after fight through the qualification round, with the eight matches played.<ref>{{cite web|title=Smith on 10 match unbeaten run with Prague win |url=http://www.badmintoneurope.com/cms/default.aspx?clubid=4685&m=3913811&cmsid=239&pageid=5381 |publisher=[[Badminton Europe]] |access-date=23 January 2017}}</ref>

== Achievements ==

=== European Junior Championships === ''Boys' doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#AABBCC" | align="center" | [[2015 European Junior Badminton Championships|2015]] | align="left" | Regional Sport Centrum Hall,<br />[[Lubin]], Poland | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Frederik Søgaard]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ben Lane]]<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Sean Vendy]] | align="left" | 15–21, 21–19, 18–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze''' |}

=== BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up) === The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,<ref>{{cite web |last=Alleyne |first=Gayle |title=BWF Launches New Events Structure |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |date=19 March 2017 |access-date=29 November 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201164159/http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ |archive-date=1 December 2017}}</ref> 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&nbsp;1000, Super&nbsp;750, Super&nbsp;500, Super&nbsp;300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super&nbsp;100.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sukumar |first=Dev |title=Action-Packed Season Ahead! |url=http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ |publisher=Badminton World Federation |date=10 January 2018 |access-date=15 January 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113162925/http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ |archive-date=13 January 2018}}</ref>

''Men's doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Level ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- | align="center" | [[2019 SaarLorLux Open#Finals 3|2019]] | align="left" | [[SaarLorLux Open]] | align="left" | Super 100 | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Lasse Mølhede]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Di Zijian]]<br />{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Chang (badminton)|Wang Chang]] | align="left" | 17–21, 15–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |}

''Mixed doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Level ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- | align="center" | [[2019 Swiss Open (badminton)#Finals 5|2019]] | align="left" | [[Swiss Open (badminton)|Swiss Open]] | align="left" | Super 300 | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Rikke Søby Hansen]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} [[Rinov Rivaldy]]<br />{{flagicon|INA}} [[Pitha Haningtyas Mentari]] | align="left" | 21–18, 12–21, 21–16 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |}

=== BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 8 runners-up) === ''Men's doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2014 | align="left" | [[Finnish International (badminton)|Finnish International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Frederik Søgaard]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Kasper Antonsen]]<br />{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Oliver Babic]] | align="left" | 25–23, 15–21, 21–17 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2016 | align="left" | [[Slovenia International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Frederik Søgaard | align="left" | {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Joshua Magee]]<br />{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Sam Magee]] | align="left" | 9–21, 22–20, 18–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2016 | align="left" | [[Czech International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Frederik Søgaard | align="left" | {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Lu Ching-yao]]<br />{{flagicon|TPE}} [[Yang Po-han]] | align="left" | 17–21, 22–20, 15–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2018 | align="left" | [[Portugal International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Frederik Søgaard | align="left" | {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Lu Chen (badminton)|Lu Chen]]<br />{{flagicon|TPE}} [[Ye Hong-wei]] | align="left" | 21–23, 18–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2018 | align="left" | [[Italian International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Lasse Mølhede]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vitalij Durkin]]<br />{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Nikolai Ukk]] | align="left" | 21–11, 21–11 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2019 | align="left" | [[Swedish Open (badminton)|Swedish Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Lasse Mølhede | align="left" | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Bastian Kersaudy]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Julien Maio]] | align="left" | 21–12, 21–15 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |}

''Mixed doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2016 | align="left" | [[Czech International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Alexandra Bøje]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vasily Kuznetsov (badminton)|Vasily Kuznetsov]]<br />{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ekaterina Bolotova]] | align="left" | 21–19, 21–15 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2016 | align="left" | [[Norwegian International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Alexandra Bøje | align="left" | {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Anton Kaisti]]<br />{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jenny Nyström (badminton)|Jenny Nyström]] | align="left" | 12–21, 12–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2017 | align="left" | [[Swedish Masters International Badminton Championships|Swedish International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Alexandra Bøje | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Mikkel Mikkelsen (badminton)|Mikkel Mikkelsen]]<br />{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Mai Surrow]] | align="left" | 18–21, 14–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2017 | align="left" | Czech Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Alexandra Bøje | align="left" | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Bastian Kersaudy]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Léa Palermo]] | align="left" | 12–21, 21–8, 21–18 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2019 | align="left" | [[Finnish Open (badminton)|Finnish Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Rikke Søby Hansen]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} [[Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto]]<br />{{flagicon|INA}} [[Lisa Ayu Kusumawati]] | align="left" | 20–22, 21–15, 14–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2019 | align="left" | [[Spanish International (badminton)|Spanish International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Rikke Søby Hansen | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ben Lane]]<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jessica Pugh]] | align="left" | 13–21, 26–24, 18–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2019 | align="left" | [[Scottish Open (badminton)|Scottish Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Rikke Søby Hansen | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Mathias Christiansen]]<br />{{flagicon|DEN}} Alexandra Bøje | align="left" | 21–23, 16–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |} : {{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Challenge]] tournament : {{Color box|#D5D5D5|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Series]] tournament : {{Color box|#E9E9E9|border=darkgray}} [[BWF Future Series]] tournament

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{BWFB|83680}} * {{BWFT|339CDDFA-7B64-4917-8246-CEF708551287|member_id=83680}}

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