Pusarla Venkata Sindhu is an Indian badminton player. Considered one of India's most successful sportspersons, Sindhu has won medals at various tournaments such as the Olympics and on the BWF circuit, including a gold at the 2019 World Championships. She is the first and only Indian to become the badminton world champion and only the second individual athlete from India to win two consecutive medals at the Olympic Games. She rose to a career-high world ranking of no. 2 in April 2017.
Ratchanok Intanon is a Thai badminton player who became the first Thai to become No.1 in women's singles. She is known for her relaxed hitting motion and light footwork, which has been described as 'balletic' by commentators such as Gillian Clark. She became the world champion in women's singles in 2013.
Tai Tzu-ying is a Taiwanese badminton player. At the age of 22, she achieved world no.1 in the BWF women's singles ranking in December 2016, and has held that title for 214 weeks, the longest in BWF history. Tai was the women's singles silver medalist in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and the 2021 BWF World Championships. She was gold medalist in the 2017 Summer Universiade and the 2018 Asian Games. She was the champion of BWF Super Series Finals/BWF World Tour Finals a record four times. She was thrice the champion of the All England Open, and of the Asian Championships.
Nozomi Okuhara is a Japanese badminton player. A former World's number 1 in the BWF rankings for the women's singles, she is well known for her speed, agility and endurance. She won a bronze at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and gold medal at the 2017 World Championships.
Akane Yamaguchi is a Japanese badminton player. She was a two-time world champion who won gold medals in the women's singles at the 2021 and 2022 World Championships. She was a member of the winning Japanese team at the Asian Junior Championships in 2012 and won the World Junior Championships in 2013 and 2014, the Asian Junior Championships in 2014, and the Asian Championships in 2019.
The Girls Singles tournament of the 2013 BWF World Junior Championships was held from October 29 until November 3. The winner of last edition was Nozomi Okuhara.
The 2015 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold was the ninth grand prix gold and grand prix tournament of the 2015 BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. The tournament was held in Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan July 14–19, 2015 and had a total purse of $200,000.
He Bingjiao is a Chinese badminton player. She won the silver medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics and 2019 Asian Championships. She also won the bronze medals at the 2018 and 2021 World Championships, 2017 and 2024 Asian Championships as well at the 2022 Asian Games. She was part of the Chinese winning team at the 2021 and 2023 Sudirman Cup, 2020 and 2024 Uber Cup, and also at the 2016 Asia Team Championships. In addition, she was the gold medalists in the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.
Chen Yufei is a Chinese badminton player. She is the reigning Olympic champion. In her junior career, she won the girls' singles titles at the 2016 Asian and the World Junior Championships. At the same year, Chen clinched her first senior title at the Macau Open. She won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Championships and was awarded as the Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year in 2017. On 17 December 2019, she reached a career-high BWF World Ranking as world number 1, and finished the year as the year-end no.1. Other achievements include winning the World Tour Finals in 2019 and silver medals at the 2022 World Championships and Asian Games.
The 2018 Japan Open was a badminton tournament which took place at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo, Japan, from 11 to 16 September 2018 and had a total prize of $700,000.
The 2018 Denmark Open was a badminton tournament which took place at Odense Sports Park in Odense, Denmark, from 16 to 21 October 2018 and had a total prize of $775,000.
The 2018 Hong Kong Open was a badminton tournament which took place at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Hong Kong from 13 to 18 November 2018 and had a total prize of $400,000.
The 2019 Indonesia Masters was a badminton tournament that took place at the Istora Gelora Bung Karno in Indonesia from 22 to 27 January 2019 and had a total purse of $350,000.
The 2019 German Open was a badminton tournament that took place at the Innogy Sporthalle in Mülheim, Germany, from 26 February to 3 March 2019 and had a total prize of $150,000.
The 2019 Japan Open was a BWF World Tour 750 event which took place at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo, Japan, from 23 to 28 July 2019. It had a total purse of $750,000.
The 2019 Fuzhou China Open was a badminton tournament which took place at Haixia Olympics Sports Center in Fuzhou, Fujian, China, from 5 to 10 November 2019 and had a total prize of $700,000.
The 2019 Hong Kong Open was a badminton tournament which took place at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Hong Kong from 12 to 17 November 2019 and had a total prize of $400,000.
The 2022 All England Open was a badminton tournament that took place at Utilita Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, England, from 16 to 20 March 2022 and had a total prize pool of $990,000.
The 2022 Malaysia Open was a badminton tournament that took place at the Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 28 June to 3 July 2022 and had a total prize of US$675,000. This was the first edition to take place since 2019.
The 2022 Japan Open was a badminton tournament which took place at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan, from 30 August to 4 September 2022 and had a total purse of $750,000.
Tai Tzu-ying (quarter-final)
Busanan Ongbamrungphan (quarter-final)
Nozomi Okuhara (champion)
Neslihan Yiğit (third round)
Sun Yu (semi-final)
Iris Wang (third round)
Stefani Stoeva (fourth round)
Line Kjærsfeldt (third round)
Liang Xiaoyu (third round)
Kim Hyo-min (fourth round)
Lucie Černá (third round)
Hanna Ramadhini (quarter-final)
Christin Tsai (fourth round)
Evgeniya Kosetskaya (third round)
