Ashwini Ponnappa Machimanda is an Indian badminton player who represents the country at the international badminton circuit in both the women's and mixed doubles disciplines. She had a successful partnership with Jwala Gutta as the pair has won many medals in international events including a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games and bronze medals at the Uber Cup and the Asian Badminton Championships. They were consistently ranked among the top 20 in the BWF World Ranking reaching as high as no. 10. Ponnappa and Gutta also won the bronze medal at the BWF World Championships in 2011, becoming the first Indian pair and women and only the second overall to win a medal at the World Championships.
Shin Seung-chan is a South Korean doubles specialist badminton player. She won the women's doubles bronze medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and 2014 BWF World Championships. Shin clinched the women's and mixed doubles gold at the 2015 Summer Universiade, also in the team event in 2013 and 2015.
Lauren Smith is an English badminton player. She competed for England in the women's doubles and mixed team events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a bronze and silver medal respectively. In 2016, she represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The 2015 U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold is the seventh grand prix gold and grand prix tournament of the 2015 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament will be held in Suffolk County Community College, New York, United States June 16 until June 21, 2015 and has a total purse of $120,000.
Selena Piek is a Dutch badminton player who specializes in doubles. Her current partner is Cheryl Seinen for women's doubles and Robin Tabeling for mixed doubles. She won the 2014 and 2015 editions of Dutch National Badminton Championships with Eefje Muskens. She has also won the mixed doubles national championships title since 2012 with three different partners. Piek was the gold medalist at the 2019 European Games in the women's doubles event with Cheryl Seinen.
The 2015 Dutch Open Grand Prix will be the third grand prix and grand prix gold tournament of the 2015 BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. The tournament will be held in Topsportcentrum, Almere, Netherlands October 6–11, 2015 and had a total purse of $50,000.
The 2015 Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold was the fortieth grand prix gold and grand prix tournament of the 2015 BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. The tournament was held in Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany October 27 until November 1, 2015 and had a total purse of $120,000.
Stefani Stoeva is a Bulgarian badminton player specializing in doubles. Her current partner is her older sister, Gabriela Stoeva. They competed at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. The duo together have won gold medals in the 2015 European Games and three successive European Championships in 2018, 2021 and 2022 editions. Stefani Stoeva has also won some individual titles in women's singles competition.
The 2016 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold was the first grand prix's badminton tournament of the 2016 BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. The tournament was held at the SPICE Indoor Stadium in Penang, Malaysia from 19–24 January 2016 and had a total purse of $120,000.
The 2015 Brasil Open Grand Prix was the nineteenth grand prix's badminton tournament of the 2015 BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. The tournament was held at the Riocentro Pavilion 4 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on November 24–29, 2015 and had a total purse of $50,000. This tournament also serves as the test event for the 2016 Summer Olympics, thus using the Olympic tournament format.
The 2016 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold was the second grand prix's badminton tournament of the 2016 BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was the 8th edition of the Syed Modi International Badminton Championships. The tournament was held at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium in Lucknow, India on 26 – 31 January 2016 and had a total purse of $120,000.
The 2016 German Open Grand Prix Gold was the fourth Grand Prix's badminton tournament of the 2016 BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was the 59th edition of the German Open. The tournament was held at the RWE-Sporthalle in Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany on 1–6 March 2016 and had a total purse of $120,000.
The 2016 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold was the fifth Grand Prix's badminton tournament of the 2016 BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. The tournament was held at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland on 15–20 March 2016 and had a total purse of $120,000.
Puttita Supajirakul is a Thai badminton player who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was part of Thailand's gold medals-winning team at the 2015, 2017 and 2019 Southeast Asian Games in the women's team event. She was also the women's doubles champion at the 2016 Thailand Open.
Jacco Arends is a Dutch retired badminton player who specializes in doubles. Arends began playing badminton at his hometown club BC Duinwijck, and in 2009, he won European Junior Championships in mixed doubles with Selena Piek. He was the bronze medalist at the 2016 European Championships, and at the same year, he competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Ayane Kurihara is a Japanese former badminton player. She began playing badminton at age 9, and played competitively from then on. She became a member of the Japan national badminton team at the age of 19. Her current partner is Naru Shinoya for women's doubles and Kohei Gondo for mixed doubles. Kurihara competed with her former partner Kenta Kazuno in the mixed doubles at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Cheryl Seinen is a Dutch badminton player. She has won women's doubles events in Romania, Slovakia and the Netherlands, and has also won mixed doubles events in Scandinavia. Seinen was the gold medalist at the 2019 European Games in the women's doubles event with Selena Piek. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
The 2016 Dutch Open Grand Prix will be the 17th grand prix's badminton tournament of the 2016 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament will be held at Topsportcentrum in Almere in the Netherlands 11–16 October 2016 and had a total purse of $55,000.
Wang Rong is a Chinese female badminton player and in 2010 she started representing Macau.
Zhang Zhibo is a Chinese female badminton player and in 2008 she started representing Macau.
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