Singapore Open (badminton)

The Singapore Open is a badminton event that has been held in Singapore annually since 1929. Badminton World Federation categorized Singapore Open as one of the seven BWF World Tour Super 500 events in the BWF events structure since 2018.^[1]

In 1929, the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) was established to promote the sport and organise competitions. Its first official annual open championships was held in that same year with the best players chosen to represent Singapore in the regional tournaments.^[2] In 1960, it became an open invitation championships and was held annually until 1973.^[3] In 1987–1989, the tournament was known as the Konica Cup, an invitation championships exclusively for Asian players, and in 1990, for the first time entered the International Badminton Federation Grand Prix circuit.^[4] In 2007, Singapore Open was part of the BWF Super Series event.^[5]

Previous winners[]

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1960	Billy Ng				Ong Poh Lim
1961	Lee Kin Tat		Robert Lim		Ong Poh Lim
1962			Ong Poh Lim		Not held
1963	Teh Kew San		Tan Yee Khan Ng Boon Bee		Ong Poh Lim
1964	Billy Ng		Tan Yee Khan Ng Boon Bee
1965			Tan Yee Khan Ng Boon Bee
1966	Yew Cheng Hoe		Yew Cheng Hoe Eddy Choong		Billy Ng Sylvia Ng
1967	Tan Aik Huang	Minarni	Tan Yee Khan Ng Boon Bee	Retno Koestijah Minarni	Darmadi Minarni
1968	Tan Aik Huang	Noriko Takagi	Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan	Hiroe Yuki Noriko Takagi	Svend Andersen Noriko Takagi
1969	Rudy Hartono		Rudy Hartono		Not held
1970	Muljadi	Minarni	Indra Gunawan	Minarni Retno Koestijah	Ng Boon Bee Sylvia Ng
1971	Ippei Kojima	Sylvia Ng	Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata	Rosalind Singha Ang	Ng Boon Bee Sylvia Ng
1972	Iie Sumirat	Intan Nurtjahja	Tan Aik Huang Tan Aik Mong	Intan Nurtjahja Regina Masli	Johan Wahjudi Regina Masli
1973	Iie Sumirat		Johan Wahjudi Tjun Tjun	Theresia Widiastuti	Not held
1974– 1986	Not held
1987	Misbun Sidek	Elizabeth Latief	Liem Swee King Bobby Ertanto	Hwang Hye-young Chung Myung-hee	Not held
1988	Yang Yang	Li Lingwei	Shinji Matsuura Shuji Matsuno	Zhou Lei
1989	Zhao Jianhua	Han Aiping	Razif Sidek Jalani Sidek	Lin Ying Guan Weizhen
1990	Foo Kok Keong	Tang Jiuhong	Eddy Hartono Rudy Gunawan	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	Jan-Eric Antonsson Maria Bengtsson
1991	Bambang Suprianto	Huang Hua	Park Joo-bong Kim Moon-soo	Chung Myung-hee Chung So-young	Thomas Lund Pernille Dupont
1992	Zhao Jianhua	Ye Zhaoying	Chen Kang Chen Hongyong	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	Pär-Gunnar Jönsson Maria Bengtsson
1993	Not held
1994	Ardy Wiranata	Ra Kyung-min	Ricky Subagja Rexy Mainaky	Ge Fei Gu Jun	Thomas Lund Marlene Thomsen
1995	Joko Suprianto	Lim Xiaoqing	Ricky Subagja Rexy Mainaky	Ge Fei Gu Jun	Tri Kusharjanto Minarti Timur
1996	Not held
1997	Hariyanto Arbi	Mia Audina	Candra Wijaya Sigit Budiarto	Ge Fei Gu Jun	Bambang Suprianto Rosalina Riseu
1998	Hendrawan	Ye Zhaoying	Candra Wijaya Sigit Budiarto	Ge Fei Gu Jun	Tri Kusharjanto Minarti Timur
1999	Hariyanto Arbi	Ye Zhaoying	Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah	Huang Nanyan Yang Wei	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
2000	Not held
2001	Taufik Hidayat	Zhang Ning	Tony Gunawan Halim Haryanto	Zhang Jiewen Wei Yili	Jens Eriksen Mette Schjoldager
2002	Chen Hong	Zhou Mi	Flandy Limpele Eng Hian	Huang Nanyan Yang Wei	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
2003	Chen Hong	Zhang Ning	Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
2004	Kenneth Jonassen		Luluk Hadiyanto Alvent Yulianto	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir
2005	Taufik Hidayat		Candra Wijaya Sigit Budiarto	Zhang Dan Zhang Yawen	Zhang Jun Gao Ling
2006	Peter Gade	Pi Hongyan	Flandy Limpele Sigit Budiarto	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir
2007	Boonsak Ponsana	Zhang Ning	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	Zhang Yawen Wei Yili	Flandy Limpele Vita Marissa
2008	Lee Chong Wei	Tine Rasmussen	Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari	Du Jing Yu Yang	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir
2009	Bao Chunlai	Zhou Mi	Anthony Clark Nathan Robertson	Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting	Zheng Bo Ma Jin
2010	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	Saina Nehwal	Fang Chieh-min Lee Sheng-mu	Shinta Mulia Sari Yao Lei	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl
2011	Chen Jin	Wang Xin	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir
2012	Boonsak Ponsana	Juliane Schenk	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	Bao Yixin Zhong Qianxin	Chen Hung-ling Cheng Wen-hsing
2013	Tommy Sugiarto	Wang Yihan	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir
2014	Simon Santoso	Wang Yihan	Cai Yun Lu Kai	Bao Yixin Tang Jinhua	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir
2015	Kento Momota	Sun Yu	Angga Pratama Ricky Karanda Suwardi	Ou Dongni Yu Xiaohan	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2016	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	Ratchanok Intanon	Fu Haifeng Zhang Nan	Nitya Krishinda Maheswari Greysia Polii	Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na
2017	B. Sai Praneeth	Tai Tzu-ying	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Kamilla Rytter Juhl Christinna Pedersen	Lu Kai Huang Yaqiong
2018	Chou Tien-chen	Sayaka Takahashi	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	Yukiko Takahata Ayako Sakuramoto	Goh Soon Huat Shevon Jemie Lai
2019	Kento Momota	Tai Tzu-ying	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai
2020	Cancelled^{[note 1]}
2021	Cancelled^{[note 2]}

^ This tournament, originally to be played from 7 to 12 April, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore.^[6]
^ This tournament, originally to be played from 1 to 6 June, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore.^[7]

Performances by nation[]

As of 2019 tournament; 1962, 1969, 1973 and 1987–1989 had no mixed doubles tournament.

	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	Indonesia	16	6	18	6	12	58
2	China	7	17	5	21	4	54
3	Malaysia	10	4	11	4	4	33
4	Singapore	2	3	2	5	5	17
5	Denmark	2	1	2	1	4.5	10.5
5	Japan	3	2	2	3	0.5	10.5
6	South Korea		1	1	2	4	8
7	Thailand	2	3			1	6
8	Chinese Taipei	1	2	1		1	5
9	England			2	2		4
10	Sweden		1			2	3
11	India	1	1				2
12	France		1				1
	Germany		1				1
	Hong Kong		1				1
Total		44	44	44	44	38	215

Note[]

References[]

^ "BWF Launches New Events Structure". 19 November 2017.
^ "Badminton in Singapore". Singapore Infopedia. 2016.
^ "SBA may again stage Singapore Open". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. The Straits Times. 25 February 1989. p. 23. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
^ "Singapore on GP list". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. The Straits Times. 18 October 1989. p. 31. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
^ Singapore Super Series: Past Champions Archived 19 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ "BWF Announces Revamped Tournament Calendar for 2020". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
^ "SINGAPORE OPEN 2021 CANCELLED". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

External links[]

[7] This tournament, originally to be played from 7 to 12 April, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore.^[6]

[9] This tournament, originally to be played from 1 to 6 June, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore.^[7]

[1] "BWF Launches New Events Structure". 19 November 2017.

[2] "Badminton in Singapore". Singapore Infopedia. 2016.

[3] "SBA may again stage Singapore Open". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. The Straits Times. 25 February 1989. p. 23. Retrieved 28 December 2021.

[4] "Singapore on GP list". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. The Straits Times. 18 October 1989. p. 31. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

[5] Singapore Super Series: Past Champions Archived 19 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[6] "BWF Announces Revamped Tournament Calendar for 2020". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.

[8] "SINGAPORE OPEN 2021 CANCELLED". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

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