With Gade claiming his 5th european title this year amazingly he is still unbeaten at the European Championships since his first entry in 1998. I managed to dig up some old results : EC 1998 Sofia World Ranking no.2 already at the time, Kenneth Jonassen no.17 R1: Peter Gade, DEN - Vladislav Druzchenko, UKR 15-12, 17-15 (43min) R2: Peter Gade, DEN - Michal Logosz, POL 15-6, 15-7 (26min) R3: Peter Gade, DEN - Thomas Wapp, SUI 15-8, 15-6 (25min) QF: Peter Gade, DEN - Daniel Ericsson, SWE 15-7, 15-4 (29min) SF: Peter Gade, DEN - Peter Rasmussen, DEN Walkover FN: Peter Gade, DEN - Kenneth Jonassen, DEN 15-8, 15-4 (34min) EC 2000 Glasgow R1: Peter Gade, DEN - Bye R2: Peter Gade, DEN - Pavel Uvarov, RUS 15-12, 15-3 R3: Peter Gade, DEN - Dicky Palyama, NED 15-5, 17-16 QF: Peter Gade, DEN - Tomas Johansson, SWE 15-1, 11-15, 15-5 SF: Peter Gade, DEN - Richard Vaughan, WAL 15-3, 15-4 FN: Peter Gade, DEN - Poul Erik Høyer, DEN 5-15, 11-15 EC 2002 Malmö No entry (injured) EC 2004 Geneva R1: Peter Gade, DEN - Jan Vondra, CZE 15-3, 15-9 (37min) R2: Peter Gade, DEN - Stanislav Pukhov, RUS 15-6, 15-3 (33min) R3: Peter Gade, DEN - Vladislav Druzchenko, UKR 15-6, 15-3 (27min) QF: Peter Gade, DEN - Jim Ronny Andersen, NOR 15-4, 15-2 (31min) SF: Peter Gade, DEN - Anders Boesen, DEN (3) 15-6, 15-2 (34min) FN: Peter Gade, DEN - Kenneth Jonassen, DEN (1) 15-9, 15-10 (67min) EC 2006 Den Bosch R1: Peter Gade, DEN - Konstantin Khlestov, BUL 21-7, 21-8 (20min) R2: Peter Gade, DEN - Georgi Petrov, BUL 21-15, 21-9 (22min) R3: Peter Gade, DEN - Nicholas Kidd, ENG 21-4, 21-10 (25min) QF: Peter Gade, DEN - Dicky Palyama, NED 21-12, 21-18 (36min) SF: Peter Gade, DEN - Joachim Persson, DEN 24-22, 21-10 (36min) FN: Peter Gade, DEN - Kenneth Jonassen, DEN 21-19, 21-18 (43min) EC 2008 Herning No entry (injured) EC 2010 Manchester R1: Bye R2: Peter Gade, DEN - Kieran Merriless, SCO 21-7, 21-18 (32min) R3: Peter Gade, DEN - Raul Must, EST 21-15, 19-21, 21-18 (69min) QF: Peter Gade, DEN - Carl Baxter, ENG 21-14, 21-11 (36min) SF: Peter Gade, DEN - Marc Zwiebler, GER 18-21, 21-12, 21-17 (78min) FN: Peter Gade, DEN - Jan Jorgensen, DEN 21-14, 21-11 (42min)
Thanks for compiling the list with all the results, when you look at the results, he hasn't really been close to losing!
Very good work Demolidor, thanks for sharing hey what a surprise I see Michal Logosz used to play singles ? Indeed easy wins in general for Gade, he's really the European King
To be world ranked number 2 in 1998 and 12 years later be world ranked number 4, down a spot from the previous update, I think it says more about PG . Unless you want to comment on how sad the state of men's singles worldwide is . Perhaps this can be corrected? "Konstantin Khlestov, BUL": BUL should have been RUS
dont get me wrong, PG was and still is (sort of) one of my favorite. its just that the rest of europe is not quite, that's all
Perhaps it's a mix between the Good level of PG and the lack of world class MS in Europe. Only Denmark can produce very good ms players..
I would say yes. When I look at the rankings I see 2 players who can challenge for the big tournaments, then 4 further quality players who will make the QF every time & beyond that there isn't many (if at all) who is going to challenge that. Take Ponsana & Minh at 6 & 7 - Good players, I am a fan of each of their individual styles, but they are 6 & 7 in the world & can anyone really imagine them actually winning an AE or WC......? I can't And that it just the top ten, anyone outside there it is just a distant dream. The fact that the top players have been at the top, perhaps is testament to their class, but also a telling factor of the lower quality of the rest. Take Gade as a case in point, in 2004 he was far better than he is now, he was quicker, could attack more. Now even though his level has dropped in the intervening 6 years he is still in the top 3-4.....No one has taken his place.
Of course ... especially when looking at the scores . But I don't think it's very different from previous decades on a worldwide scale. Interestingly before 1997/8 KJ had the upperhand but Hoyer Larsen probably would have beaten him in 1996 as well had PG been entered then. Only confirmed danish entries in 1996 I could find were Hoyer Larsen and Peter Rasmussen ... edit: untill now . Did a little more digging and the '96 entries were: Poul-Erik Hoyer Larsen, Peter Rasmussen, Søren B. Nielsen and Martin Lundgaard Hansen (yep the doubles player).
i agree with james regarding the european level, peter gade has been quoted many times urging the "younger generation" to step up i guess the top 5 is really in a class of their own 6-10 isn't at that level yet either... 1 MAS[MAS] Chong Wei LEE5015281791.0613 2 CHN[CHN] Dan LIN5090671424.589 3 CHN[CHN] Jin CHEN515926800012 4 DEN[DEN] Peter Hoeg GADE692666775.1815 5 INA[INA] Taufik HIDAYAT1033762291.714 6 VIE[VIE] Tien Minh NGUYEN1410757344.79416 7 THA[THA] Boonsak PONSANA1195956591.7513 8 CHN[CHN] Chunlai Bao512745574011 9 DEN[DEN] Jan O Jorgensen5443153764.507215 10 CHN[CHN] Long CHEN757875374014 ohhh and PG is and always be my favourite player i started playing badminton because i saw a video on the internet of him play and making trick shots inspired me soo much let's hope there will be a new generation in the european scene to take up the torch (not just the danes)
If you met him in person, you like him even more and will root for him, Peter is a very nice guy, never say no pic taking, autograph and talking to. I met him in Anaheim.
Jan is still a bit inexperienced i think... but recently he's playing a lot better similar progress with boonsak but i really see the potential in jan as well haven't seen andrew smith play yet but i'll take your word for it =)
<<Off Topic>> Andrew is Young, he plays well. The only drawback is that he has the same nervous temperament than Anthony Clark, he easily becomes sad and bad :s
