2000 World Badminton Grand Prix

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The 2000 World Badminton Grand Prix was the 18th edition of the World Badminton Grand Prix finals. The tournament had originally been planned to take place in 2000, but was rescheduled for 2001. Finally, it was held in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, from August 8 to August 12, 2001.

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Brunei Southeast Asian coastal sovereign state

Brunei, officially the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace, is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its coastline with the South China Sea, the sovereign state is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak. It is separated into two parts by the Sarawak district of Limbang. Brunei is the only sovereign state completely on the island of Borneo; the remainder of the island's territory is divided between the nations of Malaysia and Indonesia. Brunei's population was 423,196 in 2016.

The prize money was USD250,000.

Final results

CategoryWinnersRunners-upScore
Men's singles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xia Xuanze Flag of Indonesia.svg Marleve Mainaky 7–4, 7–5, 2–7, 8–6
Women's singles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Mi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gong Zhichao 7–5, 5–7, 7–1, 7–0
Men's doubles Flag of Indonesia.svg Candra Wijaya & Tony Gunawan Flag of Indonesia.svg Halim Heryanto & Sigit Budiarto 7–5, 8–6, 7–2
Women's doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Nanyan & Yang Wei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jiang Xuelian & Chen Lin 8–6, 7–3, 3–7, 7–3
Mixed doubles Flag of Denmark.svg Jens Eriksen & Mette Schjoldager Flag of Indonesia.svg Tri Kusharyanto & Minarti Timur 8–7, 7–4, 7–4

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