Korea Open (badminton)

The Korea Open is an annual badminton event that is commonly held in Seoul, South Korea. The tournament is now known as Korea Open Super Series because it became one of the BWF Super Series tournaments beginning with 2007. BWF categorised Korea Open as one of the seven BWF World Tour Super 500 events in the BWF events structure since 2018.^[1]

The tournament is organised since , however the was canceled due to the poor economic conditions in the country.^[2]

History of host cities[]

City^[3]^[4]^[5]	Years host
Seoul	1991–1999, 2006–2015, 2017–2018
Jeju City	2000–2001
Yeosu	2002, 2021–2023
Incheon	2003, 2005, 2019
Chungju	2004
Seongnam	2016
Suncheon	2022

Past winners[]

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1991	Wu Wenkai	Huang Hua	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	Chung So-young Hwang Hye-young	Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee
1992	Wu Wenkai	Tang Jiuhong	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	Chung So-young Hwang Hye-young	Thomas Lund Pernille Dupont
1993	Joko Suprianto	Bang Soo-hyun	Zheng Yumin Huang Zhanzhong	Chung So-young Gil Young-ah	Thomas Lund Catrine Bengtsson
1994	Ardy Wiranata	Bang Soo-hyun	Peter Axelsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	Chung So-young Gil Young-ah	Michael Søgaard Gillian Gowers
1995	Hariyanto Arbi	Susi Susanti	Ricky Subagja Rexy Mainaky	Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock	Thomas Lund Marlene Thomsen
1996	Kim Hak-kyun	Bang Soo-hyun	Ricky Subagja Rexy Mainaky	Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock	Park Joo-bong Ra Kyung-min
1997	Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen	Ye Zhaoying	Ha Tae-kwon Kang Kyung-jin	Ge Fei Gu Jun	Liu Yong Ge Fei
1998	No competition
1999	Fung Permadi	Zhou Mi	Flandy Limpele Eng Hian	Huang Nanyan Yang Wei	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
2000	Peter Gade	Camilla Martin	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	Ra Kyung-min Chung Jae-hee
2001	Peter Gade	Camilla Martin	Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon	Huang Nanyan Yang Wei
2002	Lin Dan	Zhang Ning		Gao Ling Huang Sui
2003	Kenneth Jonassen	Mia Audina		Ra Kyung-min Lee Kyung-won
2004	Xia Xuanze	Zhang Ning	Luluk Hadiyanto Alvent Yulianto	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen
2005	Peter Gade	Jun Jae-youn	Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen	Lee Kyung-won Lee Hyo-jung	Lee Jae-jin Lee Hyo-jung
2006	Bao Chunlai	Lu Lan	Tony Gunawan Candra Wijaya	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir
2007	Lin Dan	Xie Xingfang	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Zheng Bo Gao Ling
2008	Lee Hyun-il	Zhou Mi	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	Du Jing Yu Yang	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung
2009	Peter Gade	Tine Rasmussen	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Chien Yu-chin Cheng Wen-hsing	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung
2010	Lee Chong Wei	Wang Shixian	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei	He Hanbin Yu Yang
2011	Lin Dan	Wang Yihan	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2012	Lee Chong Wei	Wang Shixian	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	Xu Chen Ma Jin
2013	Lee Chong Wei	Sung Ji-hyun	Lee Yong-dae Ko Sung-hyun	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2014	Chen Long	Wang Yihan	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Bao Yixin Tang Jinhua
2015	Chen Long	Sung Ji-hyun	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	Nitya Krishinda Maheswari Greysia Polii
2016	Qiao Bin	Akane Yamaguchi	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	Jung Kyung-eun Shin Seung-chan	Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na
2017	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting	P. V. Sindhu	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Huang Yaqiong Yu Xiaohan	Praveen Jordan Debby Susanto
2018	Chou Tien-chen	Nozomi Okuhara	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	He Jiting Du Yue
2019	Kento Momota	He Bingjiao	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai
2020	Cancelled^{[note 1]}
2021	Cancelled^{[note 2]}
2022

^ This tournament, originally to be played from 8 to 13 September, was later postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.
^ This tournament, originally to be played from 31 August to 5 September, was later postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.^[6]

Performances by nation[]

	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	China	10	13	3	14	9	49
2	South Korea	2	6	13	11	12	44
3	Denmark	6	3	4		3	16
4	Indonesia	4	1	5.5	1	2	13.5
5	Japan	1	2	1	1		5
6	Chinese Taipei	2			1		3
6	Malaysia	3					3
8	Sweden			1		0.5	1.5
9	Hong Kong		1				1
	Netherlands		1				1
	India		1				1
	Thailand					1	1
13	England					0.5	0.5
13	United States			0.5			0.5
	Total	28	28	28	28	28	140

References[]

^ "BWF Launches New Events Structure". 2017-11-29.
^ "The Korean Association Cancel The Open". Archived from the original on 2006-12-14. Retrieved 2007-05-17.
^ "Grand Prix - Korea Open". Archived from the original on 2006-12-14. Retrieved 2007-05-17.
^ Badminton Korea Association. "Tournament Search: Korea Open". koreabadminton.org. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
^ "Korea Open 2016 Prospectus" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-25.
^ "Tournament updates 11 August 2021". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

External links[]

[6] This tournament, originally to be played from 8 to 13 September, was later postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.

[Cancelled11August-8] This tournament, originally to be played from 31 August to 5 September, was later postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.^[6]

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

[2] "The Korean Association Cancel The Open". Archived from the original on 2006-12-14. Retrieved 2007-05-17.

[3] "Grand Prix - Korea Open". Archived from the original on 2006-12-14. Retrieved 2007-05-17.

[4] Badminton Korea Association. "Tournament Search: Korea Open". koreabadminton.org. Retrieved 3 February 2015.

[5] "Korea Open 2016 Prospectus" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-25.

[Cancelled11August-7] "Tournament updates 11 August 2021". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

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