Mark Caljouw


Mark Caljouw is a Dutch badminton player. He started playing badminton aged eight, at BC Randstad in Rijswijk.

Career

He was selected to join the national team in 2008, and made a debut in international senior tournament in 2012.
Caljouw competed at the 2013 European Junior Championships in Ankara, Turkey, winning a silver medal in the boys' singles event, and also a bronze medal in the mixed team event. He was selected by Badminton Europe to join the Player Development Plan "Future Stars". Caljouw won the men's singles National Championships title in 2017, beating defending champion Erik Meijs in the semi-finals and first seeded Nick Fransman in the final. He defended the title in 2018, after beating Fransman, and also in 2019 beating youngster Joran Kweekel in the final.
He reached the semi-finals of the Dutch Open and the Scottish Open both twice in 2017 & 2018. In 2017, he also reached the semi-final of the Bitburger Open in Germany. In 2018 he won his first big title the Orleans Masters then a BWF Tour 100 event, after defending the title he won the previous year when the event was still an International Challenge event. In 2018, he also reached the final of the US Open, an BWF Tour 300 event. In 2019 he won the Austrian Open.

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Boys' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2013ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara, Turkey Fabian Roth17–21, 14–21 Silver

BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Men's singles
YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResult
2018U.S. OpenSuper 300 Lee Dong-keun21–14, 17–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2018Orleans MastersSuper 100 Rasmus Gemke10–21, 21–18, 21–8 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2019Kharkiv International Ade Resky Dwicahyo21–15, 21–10 Winner
2019Austrian Open Li Shifeng8–21, 23–21, 21–9 Winner
2017Orleans International Lucas Corvée21–6, 18–21, 21–11 Winner
2013Norwegian International Kasper Lehikoinen17–21, 16–21 Runner-up