Hans-Kristian Vittinghus


Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus is a Danish badminton player. He joined the Denmark winning team at the 2016 Thomas Cup in Kunshan, China.

Career

Junior

He won 4 junior national titles, 2 in singles in 2003 and 2005 and 2 in men's doubles in 1999 and 2003.
As a part of the Danish Under 19 national team, he won the gold medal at the Under 19 European Team Championships. He also won a bronze medal in the individual event in men's singles.

Senior

After becoming a senior player in the summer of 2005, he won his first international title in November 2006, beating former world no. 1, M. Roslin Hashim in the final of the Norwegian International Championships. Since then he has recaptured the title in Norway twice, in 2009 and 2010.
He also won the Turkiye International in 2007, Dutch International in 2008 & 2011, Spanish Open in 2009 & 2013, Irish International in 2010, Belgian International in 2014 and Denmark International in 2019.
He also plays in the Danish Badminton League. He plays as the first singles for Højbjerg Badminton. Hans-Kristian Vittinghus started playing badminton at the age of five in Solrød Strand Badmintonklub.
In November 2015, he won the Scottish Grand Prix in Glasgow, Scotland against English Rajiv Ouseph as the no.1 seed, 21-19, 11-21, 21-16.
In June 2016, he beat Ihsan Maulana Mustofa of Indonesia to win the first Thomas Cup trophy for Denmark. He later won his first BWF Super Series title the Australian Open Super Series, beating Jeon Hyeok-jin from Korea 21-16, 19-21, 21-11.

Personal life

Vittinghus married Norwegian dressage rider Selina Hundstuen Solberg on 11 September 2016.

Achievements

European Championships

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2017Sydbank Arena, Kolding, Denmark Rajiv Ouseph21–18, 21–23, 16–21 Bronze

European Junior Championships

Boys' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2005De Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands Dieter Domke10–15, 7–15 Bronze

BWF Superseries (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2016Australian Open Jeon Hyeok-jin21–16, 19–21, 21–11 Winner
2014Dubai World Superseries Finals Chen Long16–21, 10–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation since 2007.
Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2015Scottish Open Rajiv Ouseph21–19, 11–21, 21–16 Winner
2015U.S. Open Lee Chong Wei20–22, 12–21 Runner-up
2014German Open Arvind Bhat22–24, 21–19, 11–21 Runner-up
2013London Grand Prix Gold Tian Houwei20–22, 16–21 Runner-up
2011Bitburger Open Wang Zhengming21–18, 21–10 Winner
2010Bitburger Open Chen Long3–21, 21–12, 9–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (11 titles, 1 runner-up)

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2019Denmark International Kai Schäfer21–16, 21–18 Winner
2014Belgian International Marc Zwiebler11–8, 10–11, 11–9, 11–9 Winner
2013Spanish Open Joachim Persson21–9, 21–16 Winner
2011Denmark International Jan Ø. Jørgensen15–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2011Dutch International Ville Lang18–21, 21–15, 21–4 Winner
2010Irish International Pablo Abian21–13, 14–21, 23–21 Winner
2010Norwegian International Henri Hurskainen21–16, 19–21, 21–8 Winner
2009Spanish Open Kashyap Parupalli21–10, 21–16 Winner
2009Norwegian International Marc Zwiebler15–21, 21–18, 21–19 Winner
2008Dutch International Wu Yunyong21–12, 21–18 Winner
2007Turkiye International Petr Koukal23–21, 21–15 Winner
2006Norwegian International Muhammad Roslin Hashim22–20, 6–21, 21–16 Winner