The Canada Open (French : Open du Canada) in badminton is an international open held in Canada since 1957. The tournament is traditionally held every year in September.
In 1957 the Canadian Badminton Federation decided to open the Canadian National Championships and they were combined with the Canadian Open until 1961. In 1962 they were divided and held as separate tournaments. 2008 and 2009 the championships were held as Canadian International. From 2023 onwards, this will be a Super 500 tournament. [1]
Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1957 | David Fraser McTaggart | Judy Devlin | Don K. Smythe H. "Budd" Porter | Sue Devlin Judy Devlin | Bob Williams Ethel Marshall |
1958 | Jean Miller | Marjorie Shedd Joan Hennessy | William Purcell Marjorie Shedd | ||
1959 | Tan Joe Hok | Judy Devlin | Lim Say Hup Teh Kew San | Sue Devlin Judy Devlin | Don P. Davis Judy Devlin |
1960 | Marjorie Shedd | Lois Alston Beulah Armendariz | Finn Kobberø Jean Miller | ||
1961 | Erland Kops | Finn Kobberø Jörgen Hammergaard Hansen | Marjorie Shedd Dorothy Tinline |
Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Canada | 7 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 60 |
2 | England | 9 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 11.5 | 46.5 |
3 | Denmark | 10 | 3 | 6.5 | 4 | 5 | 28.5 |
4 | South Korea | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 28 |
5 | Japan | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2.5 | 22.5 |
6 | Malaysia | 5 | 9 | 1.5 | 15.5 | ||
United States | 5 | 1.5 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 15.5 | ||
8 | Indonesia | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | |
9 | China | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
10 | Sweden | 1 | 2 | 3.5 | 1 | 7.5 | |
11 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
Thailand | 3 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 7 | ||
13 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
15 | Australia | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
Hong Kong | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Scotland | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
18 | Netherlands | 2 | 0.5 | 2.5 | |||
19 | Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | ||||
20 | Austria | 1 | 1 | ||||
Finland | 1 | 1 | |||||
France | 1 | 1 | |||||
Vietnam | 1 | 1 | |||||
24 | Ireland | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||||
Total | 58 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 55 | 287 |
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