Andreas Søndergaard (born 3 May 1998) is a Danish badminton player.
Career Søndergaard studied from Ikast Sports College in a small town of Ikast in Central Denmark Region. In 2018, he moved to Værløse in Danish Capital Region to pursue his dream of becoming a top badminton prospect from his country. He is considered to be a late bloomer, as his biggest successes came only in 2024 when he won the National Championships and most prominently a silver medal at the European Badminton Championships with partner Jesper Toft. En route to the final, they defeated seeded pairs of the tournament, including the second seed Rasmus Kjær and Frederik Søgaard, their compatriots. Following his performance, he was welcomed to join Denmark's elite men's doubles badminton program.
Achievements
European Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2024 Saarlandhalle,Saarbrücken, Germany Jesper Toft Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 16–21, 15–21 Silver
BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 8 runners-up) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Welsh International Mikkel Stoffersen Max Flynn Callum Hemming 26–28, 17–21 Runner-up 2019 Norwegian International Steve Olesen Lee Fang-chih Lee Fang-jen 21–17, 16–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2022 Luxembourg Open Jesper Toft Putra Erwiansyah Patra Harapan Rindorindo 21–15, 23–21 Winner 2022 Hungarian International Mads Thøgersen Lin Yu-chieh Su Li-wei 12–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2022 Welsh International Jesper Toft Rasmus Kjær Frederik Søgaard 19–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2023 Belgian International Jesper Toft Daniel Lundgaard Mads Vestergaard 21–13, 26–24 Winner 2023 Scottish Open Jesper Toft Daniel Lundgaard Mads Vestergaard 15–21, 21–11, 15–21 Runner-up 2023 Irish Open Jesper Toft Christopher Grimley Matthew Grimley 20–22, 21–16, 17–21 Runner-up 2024 Nantes International Jesper Toft Rory Easton Alex Green 21–18, 15–21, 21–19 Winner 2025 Czech Open Rasmus Espersen Yuto Noda Shunya Ota 21–16, 21–14 Winner
Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2022 Irish Open Iben Bergstein Gregory Mairs Jenny Moore 13–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2023 Portugal International Iben Bergstein Joshua Hurlburt-Yu Rachel Honderich 21–19, 22–20 Winner 2023 Luxembourg Open Iben Bergstein Patrick Scheiel Franziska Volkmann 23–25, 17–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament
References