Japan Open (badminton)

The Japan Open is an annual badminton tournament held in Japan. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournaments in 2007. BWF categorised Japan Open as one of the five BWF World Tour Super 750 events in the BWF events structure since 2018.^[1]

Host cities[]

Since 1989, the tournament has always been held in Tokyo.^[2]

1982: Kobe
1983: Yokohama
1984–1985, 1987: Gunma
1986: Osaka
1989–2019: Tokyo

Past winners[]

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1977	Thomas Kihlström	Lene Køppen	Flemming Delfs Steen Skovgaard	Inge Borgstrøm Lene Køppen	No competition
1981	Rudy Hartono	Hwang Sun-ai	Christian Hadinata Lius Pongoh	Atsuko Tokuda Yoshiko Yonekura	No competition
1982	Thomas Kihlström	Li Lingwei	Rudy Heryanto Hariamanto Kartono	Nora Perry Jane Webster	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry
1983	Han Jian	Han Aiping	Stefan Karlsson Thomas Kihlström	Gillian Clark Gillian Gilks	Thomas Kihlström Nora Perry
1984	Morten Frost	Zheng Yuli	Stefan Karlsson Thomas Kihlström	Karen Beckman Gillian Gilks	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks
1985	Zhao Jianhua	Wu Jianqiu	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee	Billy Gilliland Gillian Gowers
1986	Yang Yang	Li Lingwei	Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek	Lin Ying Wu Dixi	Billy Gilliland Nora Perry
1987	Xiong Guobao	Li Lingwei	Eddy Hartono Liem Swie King	Guan Weizhen Lin Ying	Lee Deuk-choon Chung Myung-hee
1988	Nick Yates	Han Aiping	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	Chung Myung-hee Chung So-young	Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee
1989	Yang Yang	Li Lingwei	Lee Sang-bok Park Joo-bong	Gillian Clark
1990	Morten Frost	Huang Hua	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	Lai Caiqin Yao Fen
1991	Ardy Wiranata	Huang Hua	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers
1992	Ardy Wiranata	Susi Susanti	Chen Hongyong Chen Kang	Chung So-young Hwang Hye-young	Thomas Lund Pernille Dupont
1993	Hariyanto Arbi	Ye Zhaoying	Chen Hongyong Chen Kang	Chung So-young Gil Young-ah	Thomas Lund Catrine Bengtsson
1994	Ardy Wiranata	Susi Susanti	Denny Kantono Ricky Subagja	Chung So-young Gil Young-ah	Jon Holst-Christensen Catrine Bengtsson
1995	Hariyanto Arbi	Susi Susanti	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	Ge Fei Gu Jun	Thomas Lund Marlene Thomsen
1996	Joko Suprianto	Ye Zhaoying		Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock	Park Joo-bong Ra Kyung-min
1997	Peter Rasmussen	Mia Audina		Ge Fei Gu Jun	Liu Yong Ge Fei
1998	Peter Gade	Gong Zhichao	Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock		Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
1999	Peter Gade	Ye Zhaoying	Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon		Liu Yong Ge Fei
2000	Ji Xinpeng	Gong Zhichao	Tony Gunawan Candra Wijaya	Huang Nanyan Yang Wei	Liu Yong Ge Fei
2001	Roslin Hashim	Zhou Mi	Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Bambang Suprianto Minarti Timur
2002	Lee Hyun-il	Zhou Mi	Chan Chong Ming Chew Choon Eng	Lee Kyung-won Ra Kyung-min	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
2003	Xia Xuanze	Camilla Martin	Eng Hian Flandy Limpele	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Zhang Jun Gao Ling
2004	Ronald Susilo	Mia Audina	Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon	Lee Kyung-won Ra Kyung-min	Nova Widianto Vita Marissa
2005	Lin Dan	Zhang Ning	Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam
2006	Lin Dan	Zhang Ning	Tony Gunawan Candra Wijaya	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Flandy Limpele Vita Marissa
2007	Lee Chong Wei	Tine Rasmussen	Tony Gunawan Candra Wijaya	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	Zheng Bo Gao Ling
2008	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	Wang Yihan	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei	Muhammad Rijal Vita Marissa
2009	Bao Chunlai	Wang Yihan	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli	Songphon Anugritayawon Kunchala Voravichitchaikul
2010	Lee Chong Wei	Jiang Yanjiao	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2011	Chen Long	Wang Yihan	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	Bao Yixin Zhong Qianxin	Chen Hung-ling Cheng Wen-hsing
2012	Lee Chong Wei	Tai Tzu-ying	Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang	Poon Lok Yan Tse Ying Suet	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying
2013		Akane Yamaguchi	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	Ma Jin Tang Jinhua	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2014		Li Xuerui	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2015	Lin Dan	Nozomi Okuhara	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	Zhao Yunlei Zhong Qianxin	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen
2016	Lee Chong Wei	He Bingjiao	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen
2017	Viktor Axelsen	Carolina Marín	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping
2018	Kento Momota	Carolina Marín		Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong
2019	Kento Momota	Akane Yamaguchi		Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping
2020	Cancelled^{[note 1]}
2021	Cancelled^{[note 2]}

^ This tournament, originally to be played from 22 to 27 September, was later postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.
^ This tournament, originally to be played from 28 September to 3 October, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.

Performances by nation[]

Pos	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	China	12	25	6	19	12	74
2	Indonesia	8	4	15		4	31
3	South Korea	1	1	9	9	8	28
4	Denmark	6	3	3	2	4	18
5	Malaysia	7		3		1	11
6	England	1		1	5	3.5	10.5
7	Japan	2	3		4		9
8	Sweden	2		2		1.5	5.5
9	Chinese Taipei		1			1	2
	Spain		2				2
	Thailand					2	2
12	Hong Kong				1		1
	Netherlands		1				1
	Scotland					1	1
	Singapore	1					1
	United States			1			1
Total		40	40	40	40	38	198

References[]

^ "BWF Launches New Events Structure". 2017-11-29.
^ "ヨネックスオープンジャパン". Retrieved 20 February 2018.

External links[]

Website of the Yonex Open
Japan Open results history from the tournament website (in Japanese)
Handbook of the 1987 Yonex Cup Japan Open Badminton Championships

[3] This tournament, originally to be played from 22 to 27 September, was later postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.

[4] This tournament, originally to be played from 28 September to 3 October, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.

[1a-1] "BWF Launches New Events Structure". 2017-11-29.

[2] "ヨネックスオープンジャパン". Retrieved 20 February 2018.

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