French Open (badminton)
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The French Open is an annual badminton tournament held in France since 1909 and hosted by the Fédération Française de Badminton (FFBad).
The tournament was halted between 1915 and 1934, in 1965, 1970, 1972, 1994 and 2006. Not previously considered one of the international badminton circuit's leading events, it was promoted to become part of the BWF Super Series in 2007 making the French Open one of the 12 major badminton tournaments in the world. BWF categorised French Open as one of the five BWF World Tour Super 750 events per the BWF events structure since 2018.[1]
Past winners[]
| Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
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| 1908 |  Frank Chesterton
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Margaret Larminie
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Frank Chesterton Stewart Marsden Massey
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Margaret Larminie Lavinia Clara Radeglia
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Frank Chesterton Margaret Larminie
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| 1909 | Lavinia Clara Radeglia
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George Alan Thomas Guy A. Sautter
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Margaret Larminie Muriel Bateman
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George Alan Thomas Muriel Bateman
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| 1910 | George Alan Thomas
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Lavinia Clara Radeglia Muriel Bateman
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| 1911 | Guy A. Sautter Lavinia Clara Radeglia
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| 1912 | George Alan Thomas
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Lavinia Clara Radeglia
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George Alan Thomas Lavinia Clara Radeglia
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Lavinia Clara Radeglia Muriel Bateman
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| 1914– 1934 |
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| 1935 | Ralph Nichols
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Betty Uber
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Ralph Nichols
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Betty Uber Diana Doveton
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Ralph Nichols Diana Doveton
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| 1936 |  Ian Maconachie
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Marian Horsley
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Ian Maconachie
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Margaret Tragett Marian Horsley
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Ian Maconachie Marian Horsley
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| 1937 |
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Daphne Young
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| 1938 | Daphne Young
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Ian Maconachie
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| 1949 |  Eddy L. Choong
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Eddy L. Choong
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| 1950 |
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Eddy L. Choong
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Eddy L. Choong
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| 1951 | Ong Poh Lim
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Ong Poh Lim Ismail bin Marjan
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Q. M. Allen Webber
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Eddy B. Choong Q. M. Allen Webber
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| 1952 | Eddy B. Choong
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Eddy L. Choong Eddy B. Choong
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| 1953 | Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen
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Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen A. Petersen
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Eddy B. Choong
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| 1954 | 
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Ralph Nichols
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Ralph Nichols
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| 1957 |  Ferry Sonneville
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Eddy L. Choong Ferry Sonneville
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Eddy L. Choong
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| 1958 | 
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Julie Charles
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| 1959 | Lee Kin Tat
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Lee Kin Tat
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| 1960 | Ferry Sonneville
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Ursula Smith
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Ferry Sonneville
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| 1961 | Erland Kops
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Finn Kobberø Erland Kops
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Erland Kops
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| 1962 | Charoen Wattanasin
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Bent Nielsen
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Finn Kobberø
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| 1963 |  Lee Kin Tat
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Irmgard Latz
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Irmgard Latz Imre Rietveld
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| 1964 |  Oon Chong Jin
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Imre Rietveld
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Oon Chong Teik Oon Chong Jin
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Julie Charles Imre Rietveld
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Oon Chong Jin Julie Charles
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| 1965 | No competition | ||||
| 1966 | Ang Tjin Siang
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Imre Rietveld
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Ang Tjin Siang Wong Pek Sen
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Julie Charles Imre Rietveld
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Erland Kops
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| 1967 | Lee Kin Tat
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Willi Braun
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| 1968 | Sture Johnsson
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Eva Twedberg
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Eva Twedberg
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| 1969 | Elo Hansen
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Julie Rickard
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Oon Chong Hau
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Julie Rickard
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Elo Hansen
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| 1970 | No competition | ||||
| 1971 |
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Brigitte Potthoff
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Brigitte Potthoff
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Brigitte Potthoff
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| 1972 |
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Per Walsøe
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| 1974 | David Hunt
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David Hunt
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| 1975 | 
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David Hunt
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| 1976 |
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| 1977 | David Hunt
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Duncan Bridge
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David Hunt
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| 1978 | 
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Andy Goode Richard Purser
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M. Jack
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Richard Purser
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| 1979 | Andy Goode
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Roland Maywald
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| 1980 |
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Pia Nielsen
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Liselotte Blumer
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Pia Nielsen
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| 1981 | Steve Baddeley
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 Svetlana Belyasova
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Andy Goode Steve Baddeley
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Svetlana Belyasova
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Nigel Tier
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| 1982 | 
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 Denyse Julien
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Johanne Falardeau
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Johanne Falardeau
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| 1983 | Vimal Kumar
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Partho Ganguli
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Stefan Frey
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| 1984 |
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| 1985 | Kim Brodersen
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Kim Brodersen
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Lilian Johansson
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| 1986 | Kerrin Harrison
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Kerrin Harrison Glenn Stewart
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Anne Meniane
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| 1987 | Ib Frederiksen
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 Kim Yun-ja
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Lee Deuk-choon Kim Moon-soo
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Chung Myung-hee Hwang Hye-young
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Park Joo-bong Kim Yun-ja
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| 1988 | Icuk Sugiarto
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Hwang Hye-young
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Park Joo-bong Sung Han-kuk
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Park Joo-bong Chung So-young
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| 1989 |  Xiong Guobao
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Li Lingwei
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Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi
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Zhou Lei
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Wang Pengren Shi Fangjing
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| 1990 | Foo Kok Keong
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Hwang Hye-young
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Park Joo-bong Kim Moon-soo
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Chung Myung-hee Hwang Hye-young
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Kim Moon-soo Chung So-young
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| 1991 | Jaimie Dawson
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Doris Piché
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Yap Yee Hup Yap Yee Guan
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Katrin Schmidt Kerstin Ubben
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Michael Keck
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| 1992 |
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Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi
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Rhonda Cator Anna Lao
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Liu Jianjun Wang Xiaoyuan
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| 1993 | Hendrawan
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Yao Yan
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Denny Kantono Antonius Ariantho
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Yao Fen Lin Yanfen
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Aryono Miranat Eliza Nathanael
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| 1994 | No competition | ||||
| 1995 | George Rimarcdi
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 Elena Rybkina
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Sigit Budiarto
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Margit Borg Maria Bengtsson
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Thomas Stavngaard Anne Søndergaard
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| 1996 | Kenneth Jonassen
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Marina Andrievskaya
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Michael Keck
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Nicole van Hooren
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Jesper Larsen Majken Vange
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| 1997 | Chris Bruil
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 Kelly Morgan
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Tony Gunawan
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Cynthia Tuwankotta Etty Tantri
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Peter Jeffrey Sarah Hardaker
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| 1998 | Niels Christian Kaldau
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Aparna Popat
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 Tsai Hui-min Chen Li-chin
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Lotte Jonathans
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| 1999 | Chen Gang
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 Zhou Mi
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Anthony Clark Ian Sullivan
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Qin Yiyuan Gao Ling
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Chen Gang Qin Yiyuan
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| 2000 |
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 Takako Ida
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Keita Masuda Tadashi Otsuka
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Hong Qian
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Chan Chong Ming Joanne Quay
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| 2001 | Abhinn Shyam Gupta
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Brenda Beenhakker
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Vincent Laigle Svetoslav Stoyanov
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Erica van den Heuvel Nicole van Hooren
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Chris Bruil Lotte Jonathans
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| 2002 | Luo Yigang
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Xie Xingfang
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Cheng Rui Wang Wei
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Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting
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Zheng Bo Zhang Yawen
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| 2003 | Marc Zwiebler
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Pi Hongyan
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Joachim Fischer Nielsen Carsten Mogensen
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Yoshiko Iwata Miyuki Tai
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Jörgen Olsson
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| 2004 | Chen Jin
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Gan Teik Chai Koo Kien Keat
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Du Jing Yu Yang
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Xie Zhongbo Yu Yang
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| 2005 | Stanislav Pukhov
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Anders Kristiansen
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Weny Rahmawati
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Nabil Lasmari Eny Widiowati
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| 2006 | No competition | ||||
| 2007 | Lee Chong Wei
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Xie Xingfang
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Cai Yun Fu Haifeng
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Wei Yili Zhang Yawen
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Flandy Limpele Vita Marissa
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| 2008 | Peter Gade
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Wang Lin
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Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan
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Du Jing Yu Yang
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He Hanbin Yu Yang
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| 2009 | Lin Dan
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Wang Yihan
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Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli
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Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir
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| 2010 | Taufik Hidayat
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Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen
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Duanganong Aroonkesorn Kunchala Voravichitchaikul
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Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam
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| 2011 | Lee Chong Wei
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Wang Xin
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 Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae
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Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang
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Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen
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| 2012 | Liew Daren
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Minatsu Mitani
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Lee Yong-dae Ko Sung-hyun
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Ma Jin Tang Jinhua
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Xu Chen Ma Jin
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| 2013 | Jan Ø. Jørgensen
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Wang Shixian
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Markis Kido Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
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Bao Yixin Tang Jinhua
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Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
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| 2014 | Chou Tien-chen
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Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen
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Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang
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Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir
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| 2015 | Lee Chong Wei
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 Carolina Marín
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Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong
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Huang Yaqiong Tang Jinhua
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Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na
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| 2016 | Shi Yuqi
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He Bingjiao
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Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen
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Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan
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Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen
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| 2017 | Srikanth Kidambi
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Tai Tzu-ying
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Lee Jhe-huei Lee Yang
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Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu
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Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir
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| 2018 | Chen Long
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Akane Yamaguchi
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Han Chengkai Zhou Haodong
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Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara
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Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong
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| 2019 | An Se-young
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Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
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Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan
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Praveen Jordan Melati Daeva Oktavianti
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| 2020 | Cancelled[note 1] | ||||
| 2021 | Kanta Tsuneyama
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Akane Yamaguchi
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Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol
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Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan
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Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino
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- ^ This tournament, originally to be played from 20 to 25 October, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in France.
Performances by nation[]
- As of the 2021 edition
| Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total | |
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| 1 | England
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15 | 26 | 18 | 28 | 23 | 110 |
| 2 | China
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9 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 50 |
| 3 | Denmark
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11 | 5 | 11.5 | 2.5 | 12 | 42 |
| France
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6 | 9 | 8 | 11.5 | 7.5 | 42 | |
| 5 | Malaya Malaysia
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13 | 1 | 11.5 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 30.5 |
| 6 | Indonesia
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7 | 8.5 | 2 | 7.5 | 25 | |
| 7 | West Germany Germany
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3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 |
| South Korea
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4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 20 | ||
| 9 | Netherlands
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1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | |
| 10 |  Scotland
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2 | 4 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 10 | |
| 11 | Japan
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1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Taiwan Chinese Taipei
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1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| 12 | Sweden
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1 | 3 | 1 | 2.5 | 1 | 8.5 |
| 14 | India
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5 | 1 | 1.5 | 7.5 | ||
| 15 | Canada
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1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Irish Free State Ireland
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3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |||
| 17 | Thailand
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1 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 4.5 | |
| 18 | Belgium
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 4 |
| Soviet Union Russia
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1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 20 | New Zealand
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1 | 1.5 | 1 | 3.5 | ||
| 21 | Australia
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1 | 1 | 0.5 | 2.5 | ||
| Singapore
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2 | 0.5 | 2.5 | ||||
| 23 | Wales
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1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 24 | Hong Kong
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1 | 1 | ||||
| Pakistan
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1 | 1 | |||||
| Spain
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1 | 1 | |||||
| Switzerland
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0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | ||||
| Yugoslavia
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1 | 1 | |||||
| 29 | Bulgaria
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0.5 | 0.5 | ||||
| Total | 88 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 440 |
References[]
- ^ "BWF Launches New Events Structure". 2017-11-29.
- Badminton Europe: Fédération Française de Badminton (PDF)
- Badminton.de: French Open
- Smash: French Open
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to French Open (badminton). |
- Official website (in English)
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