Thomas Laybourn

Thomas Laybourn

Personal information
Country	Denmark
Born	(1977-09-30) 30 September 1977 Copenhagen, Denmark
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Handedness	Right
Mixed doubles
Highest ranking	1 (in XD)
Current ranking	20 (12 January 2013)
BWF profile

Thomas Laybourn (born 30 September 1977) is a male badminton player from Denmark.

Laybourn won the 2006 European Badminton Championships in mixed doubles with partner Kamilla Rytter Juhl.^[1] He also competed at the 2006 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles (with Kamilla Rytter Juhl), and were defeated in the quarterfinals by Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms 21-14, 21-17.

His biggest success was the title in the World Championship in 2009 in mixed doubles with partner Kamilla Rytter Juhl in Hyderabad (India). It was the first Danish World Championship win since 2003 when Paaske and Rasmussen won the men's doubles competition.

Record Against Selected Opponents

Mixed Doubles results with Kamilla Rytter Juhl against Super Series finalists, Worlds Semi-finalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.^[2]

He Hanbin & Yu Yang 0–1
Tao Jiaming & Zhang Yawen 0–2
Zhang Nan & Zhao Yunlei 1–0
Zheng Bo & Ma Jin 1–3
Zheng Bo & Gao Ling 0–4
Zhang Jun & Gao Ling 1–0
Xu Chen & Ma Jin 1–2
Chen Hung-ling & Cheng Wen-hsing 0–1
Jens Eriksen & Mette Schjoldager 2–0
Joachim Fischer Nielsen & Christinna Pedersen 1–3
Nathan Robertson & Gail Emms 3–4
Anthony Clark & Donna Kellogg 1–1
Nathan Robertson & Jenny Wallwork 4–1
/ Chris Adcock & Imogen Bankier 1–0
Michael Fuchs & Birgit Michels 2–2
Valiyaveetil Diju & Jwala Gutta 3–0
Flandy Limpele & Vita Marissa 1–2
/ Hendra Setiawan & Anastasia Russkikh 1–0
Nova Widianto & Lilyana Natsir 5–10
Tantowi Ahmad & Lilyana Natsir 1–3
Hendra Aprida Gunawan & Vita Marissa 2–1
Ko Sung-hyun & Ha Jung-eun 1–2
Lee Yong-dae & Lee Hyo-jung 1–4
Koo Kien Keat & Wong Pei Tty 2–1
Robert Mateusiak & Nadiezda Zieba 4–0
Hendri Kurniawan Saputra & Li Yujia 4–0
Sudket Prapakamol & Saralee Thoungthongkam 4–1

References

↑ "2006 European Championships winners". tournamentsoftware.com.
↑ "tournamentsoftware.com". tournamentsoftware.com. 22 September 2006.

External links

World Badminton Champions in Mixed Doubles

1977: Steen Skovgaard (DEN) & Lene Køppen (DEN)
1980: Christian Hadinata (INA) & Imelda Wiguno (INA)
1983: Thomas Kihlström (SWE) & Nora Perry (ENG)
1985: Park Joo-bong (KOR) & Yoo Sang-hee (KOR)
1987: Wang Pengren (CHN) & Shi Fangjing (CHN)
1989: Park Joo-bong (KOR) & Chung Myung-hee (KOR)
1991: Park Joo-bong (KOR) & Chung Myung-hee (KOR)
1993: Thomas Lund (DEN) & Catrine Bengtsson (SWE)
1995: Thomas Lund (DEN) & Marlene Thomsen (DEN)
1997: Liu Yong (CHN) & Ge Fei (CHN)
1999: Kim Dong-moon (KOR) & Ra Kyung-min (KOR)
2001: Zhang Jun (CHN) & Gao Ling (CHN)
2003: Kim Dong-moon (KOR) & Ra Kyung-min (KOR)
2005: Nova Widianto (INA) & Lilyana Natsir (INA)
2006: Nathan Robertson (ENG) & Gail Emms (ENG)
2007: Nova Widianto (INA) & Lilyana Natsir (INA)
2009: Thomas Laybourn (DEN) & Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN)
2010: Zheng Bo (CHN) & Ma Jin (CHN)
2011: Zhang Nan (CHN) & Zhao Yunlei (CHN)
2013: Tontowi Ahmad (INA) & Lilyana Natsir (INA)
2014: Zhang Nan (CHN) & Zhao Yunlei (CHN)

BWF Super Series Masters Finals mixed doubles champions

2008: Thomas Laybourn & Kamilla Rytter Juhl 2009: Joachim Fischer Nielsen & Christinna Pedersen 2010: Zhang Nan & Zhao Yunlei 2011: Zhang Nan & Zhao Yunlei 2012: Joachim Fischer Nielsen & Christinna Pedersen 2013: Joachim Fischer Nielsen & Christinna Pedersen

World rankings · Top ten badminton players as of April 23, 2015

Men's singles

1. Chen L () 2. J Ø Jørgensen () 3. Lin D () 4. S Kidambi () 5. Shon W-h () 6. V Axelsen () 7. K Momota () 8. Chou T-c () 9. Wang ZM () 10. T Sugiarto ()

Women's singles

1. S Nehwal () 2. C Marín () 3. Li XR () 4. Wang SX () 5. Tai T-y () 6. Sung J-h () 7. R Intanon () 8. Wang YH () 9. Sun Y () 10. N Okuhara ()

Men's doubles

1. Lee Y-d / Yoo Y-s () 2. M Boe / C Mogensen () 3. M Ahsan / H Setiawan () 4. Lee S-m / Tsai C-h () 5. H Endo / K Hayakawa () 6. Chai B / Hong W () 7. Liu XL / Qiu ZH () 8. Fu HF / Zhang N () 9. M Conrad-Petersen / M Pieler Kolding () 10. Ko S-h / Shin B-c ()

Women's doubles

1. M Matsutomo / A Takahashi () 2. Tian Q / Zhao YL () 3. Luo Ying / Luo Yu () 4. Wang XL / Yu Y () 5. K Rytter Juhl / C Pedersen () 6. R Kakiiwa / M Maeda () 7. N K Maheswari / G Polii () 8. E Muskens / S Piek () 9. Lee S H / Shin S C () 10. Jung K-e / Kim H-n ()

Mixed doubles

1. Zhang N / Zhao YL () 2. J Fischer Nielsen / C Pedersen () 3. Xu C / Ma J () 4. Liu C / Bao YX () 5. T Ahmad / L Natsir () 6. Lu K / Huang YQ () 7. C Adcock / G Adcock () 8. Ko S-h / Kim H-n () 9. M Pieler Kolding / K Rytter Juhl () 10. M Fuchs / B Michels ()