Arctic Open

Last updated
Arctic Open
Official website
Founded1990;34 years ago (1990)
Editions23 (2023)
Location Vantaa
Finland
Venue Energia Areena (2023)
Prize money US$420,000 (2023)
Men's
Draw32S / 32D
Current champions Lee Zii Jia (singles)
Kim Astrup
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (doubles)
Most singles titles3
Joachim Persson
Most doubles titles2
Kim Astrup
Evgenij Isakov
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Women's
Draw32S / 32D
Current champions Han Yue (singles)
Liu Shengshu
Tan Ning (doubles)
Most singles titles2
Pernille Nedergaard
Most doubles titles4
Misato Aratama
Petya Nedelcheva
Marlene Thomsen
Akane Watanabe
Mixed doubles
Draw32
Current champions Feng Yanzhe
Huang Dongping
Most titles (male)2
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Most titles (female)3
Lena Grebak
Super 500
Last completed
2023 Arctic Open

The Arctic Open (until 2013 known as Finnish International), is an international open badminton tournament held in Finland since 1990. It was halted in 1994, 1995, and between 1997 and 2001. In 2013, it was held for the fourth time in the Energia Areena in Vantaa. In 2014, the second international tournament in Finland launched as Finnish International, then this tournament changed its title to Finnish Open. From 2023 onwards, this will be a BWF World Tour Super 500 tournament, titled Arctic Open. [1]

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Previous winners

YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doubles
1990 Flag of Denmark.svg Morten Frost Flag of Denmark.svg Pernille Nedergaard Flag of Indonesia.svg Imay Hendra
Flag of Indonesia.svg Bagus Setiadi
Flag of Sweden.svg Christine Magnusson
Flag of Sweden.svg Maria Bengtsson
Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Lund
Flag of Denmark.svg Pernille Dupont
1991 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Jun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tang Jiuhong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Kang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Hongyong
Flag of Denmark.svg Nettie Nielsen
Flag of England.svg Gillian Clark
Flag of Denmark.svg Henrik Svarrer
Flag of Sweden.svg Maria Bengtsson
1992 Flag of Denmark.svg Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen Flag of Denmark.svg Pernille Nedergaard Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Axelsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Pär-Gunnar Jönsson
Flag of Denmark.svg Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Marlene Thomsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Paulsen
Flag of England.svg Fiona Elliott
1993 Flag of Denmark.svg Peter Espersen Flag of Denmark.svg Camilla Martin Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Jakobsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Henrik Svarrer
Flag of Denmark.svg Marlene Thomsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Camilla Martin
Flag of Sweden.svg Jan-Eric Antonsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Astrid Crabo
1994–
1995
No competition
1996 Flag of Sweden.svg Rikard Magnusson Flag of England.svg Joanne Muggeridge Flag of England.svg Ian Pearson
Flag of England.svg James Anderson
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Kelly Morgan
Flag of England.svg Joanne Muggeridge
Flag of England.svg James Anderson
Flag of England.svg Emma Chaffin
1997–
2001
No competition
2002 [2] Flag of Finland.svg Kasperi Salo Flag of Finland.svg Anu Weckström Flag of Russia.svg Evgenij Isakov
Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Zholobov
Flag of Sweden.svg Elin Bergblom
Flag of Sweden.svg Johanna Persson
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Konstantin Dobrev
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Petya Nedelcheva
2003 [3] Flag of Germany.svg Huaiwen Xu Flag of Russia.svg Victor Maljutin
Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Kell
Flag of Poland.svg Kamila Augustyn
Flag of Poland.svg Nadieżda Kostiuczyk
Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Laybourn
Flag of Denmark.svg Julie Houmann
2004 [4] Flag of Japan.svg Hidetaka Yamada Flag of Singapore.svg Jiang Yanmei Flag of Russia.svg Evgenij Isakov
Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Ivlev
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Neli Boteva
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Petya Nedelcheva
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Andrei Konakh
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Olga Konon
2005 [5] Flag of Denmark.svg Joachim Persson Flag of Scotland.svg Susan Hughes Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Andersson
Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Bergström
Flag of Germany.svg Sandra Marinello
Flag of Germany.svg Kathrin Piotrowski
Flag of Poland.svg Robert Mateusiak
Flag of Poland.svg Nadieżda Kostiuczyk
2006 [6] Flag of Germany.svg Petra Overzier Flag of Denmark.svg Jonas Rasmussen
Flag of Denmark.svg Peter Steffensen
Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Ananina
Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Russkikh
Flag of Denmark.svg Jonas Rasmussen
Flag of Denmark.svg Britta Andersen
2007 [7] Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Wenyan Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Frédéric Mawet
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Wouter Claes
Flag of Denmark.svg Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen
Flag of Denmark.svg Christinna Pedersen
Flag of Germany.svg Tim Dettmann
Flag of Germany.svg Annekatrin Lillie
2008 [8] Flag of Denmark.svg Martin Bille Larsen Flag of England.svg Elizabeth Cann Flag of Indonesia.svg Fran Kurniawan
Flag of Indonesia.svg Rendra Wijaya
Flag of Denmark.svg Lena Frier Kristiansen
Flag of Denmark.svg Kamilla Rytter Juhl
Flag of Indonesia.svg Fran Kurniawan
Flag of Indonesia.svg Shendy Puspa Irawati
2009 [9] Flag of Denmark.svg Peter Mikkelsen Flag of Germany.svg Juliane Schenk Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chen Hung-ling
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Yu-lang
Flag of Russia.svg Valeria Sorokina
Flag of Russia.svg Nina Vislova
Flag of Russia.svg Vitalij Durkin
Flag of Russia.svg Nina Vislova
2010 [10] Flag of Estonia.svg Raul Must Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Prokopenko Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Sébastien Vincent
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Laurent Constantin
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Barbara Matias
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Élisa Chanteur
Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Delbo Larsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen
2011No competition
2012 [11] Flag of England.svg Rajiv Ouseph Flag of the Netherlands.svg Yao Jie Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Ivanov
Flag of Russia.svg Ivan Sozonov
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alex Bruce
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michelle Li
Flag of England.svg Chris Adcock
Flag of Scotland.svg Imogen Bankier
2013 [12] Flag of Spain.svg Carolina Marín Flag of Malaysia.svg Nelson Heg
Flag of Malaysia.svg Teo Ee Yi
Flag of Scotland.svg Imogen Bankier
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Petya Nedelcheva
Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Flag of Denmark.svg Lena Grebak
2014 [13] Flag of Denmark.svg Emil Holst Flag of Denmark.svg Line Kjærsfeldt Flag of Denmark.svg Kim Astrup
Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Flag of Denmark.svg Line Damkjær Kruse
Flag of Denmark.svg Marie Røpke
2015 [14] Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Malkov Flag of Spain.svg Beatriz Corrales Flag of England.svg Andrew Ellis
Flag of England.svg Peter Mills
Flag of England.svg Heather Olver
Flag of England.svg Lauren Smith
Flag of Russia.svg Anatoliy Yartsev
Flag of Russia.svg Evgeniya Kosetskaya
2016 [15] Flag of Japan.svg Kanta Tsuneyama Flag of Denmark.svg Anna Thea Madsen Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Christiansen
Flag of Denmark.svg David Daugaard
Flag of Japan.svg Misato Aratama
Flag of Japan.svg Akane Watanabe
Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Christiansen
Flag of Denmark.svg Lena Grebak
2017 [16] Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Gemke Flag of Japan.svg Shiori Saito Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Liao Min-chun
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Su Cheng-heng
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Tseng Min-hao
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hu Ling-fang
2018 [17] Flag of Malaysia.svg Leong Jun Hao Flag of Indonesia.svg Gregoria Mariska Tunjung Flag of Indonesia.svg Akbar Bintang Cahyono
Flag of Indonesia.svg Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani
Flag of Japan.svg Asumi Kugo
Flag of Japan.svg Megumi Yokoyama
Flag of Indonesia.svg Alfian Eko Prasetya
Flag of Indonesia.svg Marsheilla Gischa Islami
2019 [18] Flag of Thailand.svg Kunlavut Vitidsarn Flag of Denmark.svg Julie Dawall Jakobsen Flag of Indonesia.svg Muhammad Shohibul Fikri
Flag of Indonesia.svg Bagas Maulana
Flag of Japan.svg Erina Honda
Flag of Japan.svg Nozomi Shimizu
Flag of Indonesia.svg Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto
Flag of Indonesia.svg Lisa Ayu Kusumawati
2020 [19] Cancelled [note 1]
2021 [20] Cancelled [note 2]
2022 [21] Cancelled [note 3]
2023 Flag of Malaysia.svg Lee Zii Jia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Han Yue Flag of Denmark.svg Kim Astrup
Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Shengshu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tan Ning
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Feng Yanzhe
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Dongping
  1. This tournament, originally to be played from 2 to 5 April, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland.
  2. This tournament, originally to be played from 16 to 19 September, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland.
  3. This tournament, originally to be played from 28 September to 1 October, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland.

Performances by nation

As of the 2023 edition
PosNationMSWSMDWDXDTotal
1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 10655.5834.5
2Flag of England.svg  England 2222210
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1142210
4Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 1438
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 131117
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2147
7Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1221.56.5
8Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3115
9Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 213
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 213
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 213
12Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1.512.5
13Flag of France.svg  France 112
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 112
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 10.50.52
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 22
17Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 11
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 11
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 11
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 11
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 11
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 11
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 11
24Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 0.50.5
Total2323232323115

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