Tine Baun

Tine Baun
Tine Baun
	File:Tine Baun.jpg Tine Baun in 2013
Personal information
Birth name	Tine Rasmussen
Country	Denmark
Born	July 21, 1979 (age 44); Hørsholm, Denmark
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Weight	71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st)
Handedness	Right
Women's singles
Highest ranking	1 (November 6, 2008)
Current ranking	Retired (in 2013)
	Representing Denmark
Women's badminton
World Championships
Sudirman Cup
European Championships
	BWF profile

Tine Baun (née Rasmussen; born July 21, 1979 in Hørsholm) is a female former badminton player from Denmark. Most notably, she won the prestigious All England Open Badminton Championships women's singles title three times in 2008, 2010, and 2013 - the last of these being her final tournament before retirement.

Career

Baun played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing to Petya Nedelcheva of Bulgaria in the round of 32.

As for Baun's record in the BWF Super Series, she won the 2007 Japan Open beating all Chinese-born players from the first match, including the 1st seed, Zhang Ning of China, in the quarterfinal. She also won the 2008 Singapore Super Series, beating Zhou Mi of Hongkong in the final.

She won the silver medal at the 2008 European Badminton Championships after losing from Xu Huaiwen of Germany in the final with rubber set.^[2]

Baun also played at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing as the 6th seed. She beat Akvile Stapusaityte from Lithuania in the round of 32, but again had to "go home" early, losing to Maria Kristin Yulianti of Indonesia 21–18, 19–21, 14–21 in the round of 16.

Tine had claimed three titles in 2009, the Malaysia Open by beating the 1st seeded, Zhou Mi of Hongkong in the final, Korea Open by beating Pi Hongyan of France and Denmark Open by beating the 1st seeded, Wang Yihan of China. She played in 2009 All England Super Series as the first seed. She reached the final by beating two youngsters in the quarterfinal and semifinal, but failed to retain her title after losing to another youngster from China, Wang Yihan, in rubber set, 19–21, 23–21, 11–21.

Baun won the gold medal at the 2010 European Badminton Championships after beating Juliane Schenk of Germany in the final. In the 2012 European Badminton Championships, she defended her title against the same opponent.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she reached the quarter finals, losing to Saina Nehwal of India 2-0.^[3]

After progressing no further than the quarter finals in any Super Series tournament of 2012 and 2013, she ended her career high by winning the prestigious All England Open against 18-year-old Ratchanok Inthanon of Thailand. It was her third All England title and fourth time of reaching the final.

After retiring, she joined the Europe All Stars Team to participate in the Axiata Cup 2013. In the preliminary round, she was defeated by Ratchanok Inthanon from Thailand in 3 sets, 21-9, 13–21, 12–21.

In August 2013, Baun played at the Indian Badminton League for the Mumbai Masters team, earning a reported salary of $30,000.

Achievements

Individual titles (11)

Year	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
2013	All England Open	Ratchanok Inthanon	21–14, 16-21, 21-10
2012	European Championships	Juliane Schenk	21–19, 16-21, 21-19
2010	European Championships	Juliane Schenk	21–19, 14-21, 21-18
2010	All England Open	Wang Yihan	21–14, 18-21, 21-19
2009	Denmark Open	Wang Yihan	21–18, 19-21, 21-14
2009	Korea Open	Pi Hongyan	21–19, 21-19
2009	Malaysia Open	Zhou Mi	21–17, 15-21, 21-16
2008	Singapore Open	Zhou Mi	21–19, 21-17
2008	All England Open	Lu Lan	21–11, 18-21, 22-20
2008	Malaysia Open	Zhu Lin	18-21, 21-19, 21-18
2007	Japan Open	Xie Xingfang	21-15, 21-17

Runner Up (5)

Year	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
2011	Hong Kong Open	Wang Xin	17-21, 14-21
2011	Singapore Open	Wang Xin	19-21, 17-21
2010	China Masters	Wang Xin	19-21, 9-21
2009	All England Open	Wang Yihan	19-21 23-21 11-21
2008	European Badminton Championships	Xu Huaiwen	21-12, 12-21, 17-21

Record against selected opponents

Results are from all international competitions since Tine Baun made her debut in 2002. The athletes listed are Super Series finalists, Worlds semifinalists, or Olympic quarterfinalists, plus those who she faced at the Olympics Games.^[4]