Korea Open (badminton)

The Korea Open is an annual badminton event that is commonly held in Seoul, South Korea. The tournament used to be 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 1991, however the 1998 tournament 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, 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 Tang Jiuhong 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 Peter Axelsson
Pär-Gunnar Jönsson
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 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 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
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 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 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 Sung Ji-hyun Lee Yong-dae
Yoo Yeon-seong
Nitya Krishinda Maheswari
Greysia Polii
2016 Qiao Bin Akane Yamaguchi 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 Weng Hongyang An Se-young Kang Min-hyuk
Seo Seung-jae
Jeong Na-eun
Kim Hye-jeong
Tan Kian Meng
Lai Pei Jing
  1. This tournament, originally to be played from 8 to 13 September, was later canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.
  2. This tournament, originally to be played from 31 August to 5 September, was later canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.[6]

Performances by nation

As of the finals of the 2022 edition
Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total
1 China 1113314950
2 South Korea 2714121247
3 Denmark 634316
4 Indonesia 415.51213.5
5 Japan 12115
6 Malaysia 314
7 Chinese Taipei 213
8 Sweden 10.51.5
9 Hong Kong 11
 India 11
 Netherlands 11
 Thailand 11
13 England 0.50.5
 United States 0.50.5
Total 2929292929145

References

  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.
  6. "Tournament updates 11 August 2021". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
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