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2020 BWF season (Grade 2)

Level 1 (World Tour Finals)

Level 2 (Super 1000)

Level 3 (Super 750)

Level 4 (Super 500)

Level 5 (Super 300)

Level 6 (Super 100)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Viktor Axelsen</span> Danish badminton player (born 1994)

Viktor Axelsen is a Danish badminton player. He is a two-time Olympic Champion, two-time World Champion, and four-time European Champion. He has held the No. 1 BWF World Ranking in men's singles for a total of 183 weeks, and he is the current world No. 3. Throughout his career, Axelsen has won every single major title in both team and individual events at least once, except for Sudirman Cup. Known for his powerful smashes and solid defence, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest badminton players of all time.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Akane Yamaguchi</span> Japanese badminton player (born 1997)

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Srikanth Kidambi</span> Indian badminton player (born 1993)

Srikanth Kidambi is an Indian badminton player. A former world no. 1, Kidambi was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, in 2018. and the Arjuna award in 2015. In 2021, he became the first Indian to reach the World Championship final in the men's singles discipline.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jonatan Christie</span> Indonesian badminton player (born 1997)

Leonardus Jonatan Christie is an Indonesian badminton player specializing in the singles discipline affiliated with the Tangkas Specs club. He is the reigning All England Open men's singles champion, having won the 2024 edition of the tournament. He won the men's singles title at the 2017 SEA Games and at the 2018 Asian Games. Christie was part of Indonesia's winning team at the 2020 Thomas Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anthony Sinisuka Ginting</span> Indonesian badminton player (born 1996)

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting nicknamed Badminton's giantkiller is an Indonesian badminton player. He first rose to senior prominence when he won the bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games, having won a 2014 Youth Olympic bronze in 2014. At the 2020 Olympics, he won bronze in the men's singles event, becoming the first Youth Olympic badminton medalist to win a medal at the Olympics. Ginting was part of Indonesia's winning team at the 2020 Thomas Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kento Momota</span> Japanese badminton player (born 1994)

Kento Momota is a former Japanese badminton player. He has won several major badminton tournaments including two World Championships titles, two Asian Championships titles, and one All England title. Momota has received a Guinness World Records certificate for "The most badminton men's singles titles in a season", for his achievements by winning 11 titles in the 2019 season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zheng Siwei</span> Chinese badminton player (born 1997)

Zheng Siwei is a Chinese badminton player specializing in doubles. He is an Olympic gold medalist, a three-time World Champion and two-time Asian Games gold medalist in the mixed doubles with his current partner Huang Yaqiong. He helped the national team clinch the 2018 Thomas Cup and also 2019 and 2023 Sudirman Cups.

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shi Yuqi</span> Chinese badminton player (born 1996)

Shi Yuqi is a Chinese badminton player who is currently the world number one in the men's singles. Shi won his first Superseries title in the 2016 French Open. At the 2017 All England Open, he defeated 6-time champion Lin Dan to reach the final, and repeated the same feat again at the 2018 All England Open, where he outclassed Lin Dan in the tournament final. He also won a silver medal at the 2018 World Championships.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chen Yufei</span> Chinese badminton player (born 1998)

Chen Yufei is a Chinese badminton player. She won the gold medal in Badminton singles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Loh Kean Yew</span> Singaporean badminton player

Loh Kean Yew OLY is a Singaporean badminton player. He is the former men's singles world champion, winning the title at the 2021 BWF World Championships, becoming the first Singaporean to achieve this feat.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kunlavut Vitidsarn</span> Thai badminton player (born 2001)

Kunlavut Vitidsarn is a Thai badminton player. He is the current men's singles World Champion as he won the gold medal at the 2023 World Championships, and a silver medalist at the 2024 Olympic Games. He was also three-times World Junior champion, winning in 2017, 2018 and 2019. He is nicknamed the "Three-Game God" because his playing style requires him to play three games long and always win in the end.

Zheng Yu is a Chinese badminton player from the Jiangsu province team. She started playing badminton in 2003, claimed the Jiangsu province title in the singles and doubles category in 2006 and 2007, then was selected to join the national team for the first time in 2010. She was part of the national junior team that won the mixed team gold medals at the 2011 Asian and 2012 World Junior Championships. She won her first senior international title at the BWF Super 500 tournament 2020 Malaysia Masters partnered with Li Wenmei.

Zhang Shuxian is a Chinese badminton player.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 Yonex Thailand Open</span> 2021 badminton tournament in Thailand

The Yonex Thailand Open was a badminton tournament which took place at the Impact Arena in Thailand from 12 to 17 January 2021. It had a total purse of $1,000,000.

References

  1. TOTAL BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2020
  2. Barfoot & Thompson BWF World Junior Mixed Team Championships 2020
  3. Barfoot & Thompson BWF World Junior Championships 2020
  4. VICTOR Oceania Championships 2020
  5. VICTOR Oceania Men's and Women's Team Championships 2020
  6. All Africa Men's & Women;s Team Championships 2020
  7. All Africa Individual Championships 2020
  8. 2020 European Men's & Women's Team Championships
  9. Badminton Asia Team Championships 2020
  10. Male & Female Pan Am Team Continental Championships 2020
  11. 2020 European Championships
  12. Badminton Asia Championships 2020
  13. XXIV Pan Am Individual Championships 2020
  14. Badminton Asia Junior Team Championships 2020
  15. Badminton Asia Junior Championships 2020
  16. XXIX Pan Am Junior Team Championships 2020
  17. XXIX Pan Am Junior Championships 2020
  18. All Africa Under 19 Individual Championships 2020
  19. 2020 European Junior Team Championships
  20. 2020 European Junior Championships
  21. Badminton Asia Senior Championships 2020
  22. HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2020
  23. YONEX All England Open 2020
  24. BLIBLI Indonesia Open 2020
  25. VICTOR China Open 2020
  26. CELCOM AXIATA Malaysia Open 2020
  27. DAIHATSU YONEX Japan Open 2020
  28. DANISA Denmark Open 2020
  29. Fuzhou China Open 2020
  30. PERODUA Malaysia Masters 2020
  31. DAIHATSU Indonesia Masters 2020
  32. YONEX-SUNRISE India Open 2020
  33. Singapore Open 2020
  34. TOYOTA Thailand Open 2020
  35. Korea Open 2020
  36. YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Open 2020
  37. Princess Sirivannavari Thailand Masters 2020
  38. Barcelona Spain Masters 2020
  39. YONEX German Open 2020
  40. YONEX Swiss Open
  41. Barfoot & Thompson New Zealand Open 2020
  42. CROWN GROUP Australian Open 2020
  43. YONEX US Open 2020
  44. YONEX Taipei Open 2020
  45. Macau Open 2020
  46. Syed Modi India International 2020
  47. GWANGJU Korea Masters 2020
  48. Lingshui China Masters 2020
  49. Orleans Masters 2020
  50. YONEX Canada Open 2020
  51. Russian Open 2020
  52. Hyderabad Open 2020
  53. YONEX Akita Masters 2020
  54. Vietnam Open 2020
  55. Indonesia Masters 2020 Super 100
  56. YONEX Dutch Open 2020
  57. SaarLorLux Open 2020
  58. Premier Badminton League Official Website
  59. 2020 FISU World University Badminton Championships