Estonian International

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Estonian International Women's singles finalists in 2020 YONEX Estonian International 2020, womens finalists.jpg
Estonian International Women's singles finalists in 2020

The Estonian International in badminton is an international open held in Estonia since 2004 and is thereby one of the most recent international badminton tournaments in the world.

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The tournament is now classified as BWF International Series (formerly Future Series) and admitted to the European Badminton Circuit. As many other international championships in badminton, that usually carry the name of the main sponsor, it is designed as Estonia Kalev International.

Previous winners

YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doubles
2004 [1] Flag of Japan.svg Yuichi Ikeda Flag of Estonia.svg Kati Tolmoff Flag of Greece.svg Theodoros Velkos
Flag of Greece.svg George Patis
Flag of Estonia.svg Kati Tolmoff
Flag of England.svg Solenn Pasturel
Flag of Finland.svg Ilkka Nyqvist
Flag of Finland.svg Leena Löytömäki
2005 [2] Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Jean-Michel Lefort Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Benoit Azzopard
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Baptiste Carême
Flag of Estonia.svg Piret Hamer
Flag of Estonia.svg Helen Klaos
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Jean-Michel Lefort
Flag of Lithuania.svg Akvilė Stapušaitytė
2006 Flag of Lithuania.svg Kęstutis Navickas Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Ashmarin
Flag of Russia.svg Anton Nazarenko
Flag of Germany.svg Claudia Vogelgsang
Flag of Germany.svg Caren Hückstädt
Flag of Poland.svg Adam Cwalina
Flag of Poland.svg Malgorzata Kurdelska
2007 [3] Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Nielsen Flag of Finland.svg Tuomas Nuorteva
Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Vikman
Flag of Spain.svg Lucia Tavera
Flag of Spain.svg Sandra Chirlaque
Flag of Russia.svg Anton Nazarenko
Flag of Russia.svg Evgenia Antipova
2008No competition
2009 [4] Flag of Finland.svg Ville Lång Flag of Russia.svg Tatjana Bibik Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Kawamae
Flag of Japan.svg Shōji Satō
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cai Jiani
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Rong Schafer
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cai Jiani
2010Cancelled
2011 [5] Flag of Finland.svg Ville Lång Flag of New Zealand.svg Michelle Chan Flag of Germany.svg Peter Käsbauer
Flag of Germany.svg Josche Zurwonne
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Iris Tabeling
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Arends
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek
2012 [6] Flag of the Netherlands.svg Judith Meulendijks Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Laurent Constantin
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Sébastien Vincent
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dave Khodabux
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek
2013 [7] Flag of Japan.svg Kento Momota Flag of Denmark.svg Line Kjærsfeldt Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Laurent Constantin
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Matthieu Lo Ying Ping
Flag of Russia.svg Irina Khlebko
Flag of Russia.svg Ksenia Polikarpova
Flag of Finland.svg Anton Kaisti
Flag of Finland.svg Jenny Nyström
2014 [8] Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Fladberg Flag of Russia.svg Evgeniya Kosetskaya Flag of Russia.svg Nikita Khakimov
Flag of Russia.svg Vasily Kuznetsov
Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Chervaykova
Flag of Russia.svg Nina Vislova
Flag of Russia.svg Vitalij Durkin
Flag of Russia.svg Nina Vislova
2015 [9] Flag of Finland.svg Anton Kaisti Flag of Russia.svg Olga Arkhangelskaya Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Laurent Constantin
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Matthieu Lo Ying Ping
Flag of Russia.svg Victoria Dergunova
Flag of Russia.svg Olga Morozova
Flag of Denmark.svg Kasper Antonsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Amanda Madsen
2016 [10] Flag of Finland.svg Ville Lång Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lianne Tan Flag of Germany.svg Jones Ralfy Jansen
Flag of Germany.svg Josche Zurwonne
Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Chervyakova
Flag of Russia.svg Olga Morozova
Flag of Russia.svg Alexandr Zinchenko
Flag of Russia.svg Olga Morozova
2017 [11] Flag of Estonia.svg Raul Must Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Delphine Lansac Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Bastian Kersaudy
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Julien Maio
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Mariya Mitsova
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Petya Nedelcheva
Flag of Russia.svg Rodion Alimov
Flag of Russia.svg Alina Davletova
2018 [12] Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Lucas Claerbout Flag of Israel.svg Ksenia Polikarpova Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Parakhodin
Flag of Russia.svg Nikolai Ukk
Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Bolotova
Flag of Russia.svg Alina Davletova
Flag of Germany.svg Peter Käsbauer
Flag of Germany.svg Olga Konon
2019 [13] Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Arnaud Merklé Flag of Japan.svg Asuka Takahashi Flag of England.svg Peter Briggs
Flag of England.svg Gregory Mairs
Flag of Denmark.svg Julie Finne-Ipsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Mai Surrow
Flag of Singapore.svg Danny Bawa Chrisnanta
Flag of Singapore.svg Tan Wei Han
2020 [14] Flag of Japan.svg Hashiru Shimono Flag of Japan.svg Natsuki Nidaira Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chiang Chien-wei
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Ye Hong-wei
Flag of Japan.svg Rena Miyaura
Flag of Japan.svg Saori Ozaki
Flag of Japan.svg Yujiro Nishikawa
Flag of Japan.svg Saori Ozaki
2021 [15] Cancelled [note 1]
2022 [16] Flag of France.svg Alex Lanier Flag of Estonia.svg Kristin Kuuba Flag of Thailand.svg Ruttanapak Oupthong
Flag of Thailand.svg Sirawit Sothon
Flag of Thailand.svg Chasinee Korepap
Flag of Thailand.svg Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat
Flag of Thailand.svg Ratchapol Makkasasithorn
Flag of Thailand.svg Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat
2023 [17] [18] Flag of Japan.svg Yushi Tanaka Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Huang Yu-hsun Flag of Japan.svg Shuntaro Mezaki
Flag of Japan.svg Haruya Nishida
Flag of the United States.svg Paula Lynn Cao Hok
Flag of the United States.svg Lauren Lam
Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Vestergaard
Flag of Denmark.svg Christine Busch
2024 [19] Flag of Finland.svg Joakim Oldorff Flag of France.svg Rosy Oktavia Pancasari Flag of Singapore.svg Loh Kean Hean
Flag of Singapore.svg Nicholas Low Sheng Yan
Flag of Turkey.svg Bengisu Erçetin
Flag of Turkey.svg Nazlıcan İnci
Flag of Germany.svg Jones Ralfy Jansen
Flag of Germany.svg Thuc Phuong Nguyen
  1. This tournament, originally to be played from 14 to 17 January, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Estonia.

Performances by nation

As of the 2024 edition
PosNationMSWSMDWDXDTotal
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 335415
2Flag of France.svg  France 4250.511.5
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4221110
4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 6129
5Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 151.57.5
6Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 21126
7Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2125
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1225
9Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1113
10Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 112
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 112
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 112
13Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 10.51.5
Flag of England.svg  England 10.51.5
15Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 11
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 11
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 11
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 11
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 11
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 11
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 11
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 11
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 11
Total181818181890

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