Iran Fajr International

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The Iran Fajr International in badminton is an international open held in Tehran, Iran and a part of the Fajr decade festival. [1] This tournament is one of the eldest tournament in the Western Asia which was formerly known as Ten Days of Dawn in commemoration of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, a ten-day celebration of Ruhollah Khomeini's return to Iran. [2]

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Previous winners

YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doublesRef
1991 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Liwen no competition Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Yi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Yonghong
no competitionno competition [3] [4]
1992 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Jun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Jun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zeng Yu
[5]
1993 Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Sung Han-kook Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Kim Moon-soo
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Park Joo-bong
[6]
1994 Flag of Malaysia.svg Rosslean Hasham [7]
1995 Flag of Malaysia.svg Ismail Saman Flag of Malaysia.svg Khoo Boo Hock
Flag of Malaysia.svg Lee Chee Leong
[8] [9]
1996 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Hong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Changqing
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Jun
[10]
1997 Flag of Iran.svg Morteza Validarvi Flag of Iran.svg Ali Reza Shafiee
Flag of Iran.svg Saed Bahador Zakizadeh
[11]
1998 Flag of Iran.svg Morteza Validarvi Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Saule Kustavletova Flag of Iran.svg Ali Reza Shafiee
Flag of Iran.svg Saed Bahador Zakizadeh
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Saule Kustavletova
Flag of Turkmenistan (1997-2001).svg Victoria Yefremova
[12]
1999 Flag of Iran.svg Saed Bahador Zakizadeh Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Nargiz Mekchtiyeva Flag of Iran.svg Ali Shahhosseini
Flag of Iran.svg Afshin Bozorgzadeh
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Nargiz Mekchtiyeva
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Sevinghe Akchundova
[13]
2000Not held
2001 Flag of Japan.svg Shōji Satō Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Nargiz Mekchtiyeva Flag of Japan.svg Shōji Satō
Flag of Japan.svg Sho Sasaki
Flag of Iran.svg Setayesh Afshordi
Flag of Iran.svg Behnaz Przamanbin
no competition [14]
2002 Flag of Iran.svg Golam Reza Bagheri Flag of Iran.svg Behnaz Pirzamanbin Flag of Iran.svg Ali Shahhosseini
Flag of Iran.svg Farhad Soleimani
[15]
2003 Flag of Japan.svg Shōji Satō Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Saule Kustavletova Flag of Japan.svg Yuichi Ikeda
Flag of Japan.svg Shōji Satō
Flag of Armenia.svg Ruzanna Hakobyan
Flag of Armenia.svg Anna Nazaryan
[16]
2004 Flag of Singapore.svg Li Li Flag of Hong Kong.svg Liu Kwok Wa
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Albertus Susanto Njoto
Flag of Singapore.svg Jiang Yanmei
Flag of Singapore.svg Li Yujia
[17]
2005 Flag of Singapore.svg Erwin Djohan Flag of Singapore.svg Erwin Djohan
Flag of Singapore.svg Hendra Wijaya
Flag of Singapore.svg Frances Liu
Flag of Singapore.svg Shinta Mulia Sari
[18]
2006 Flag of Pakistan.svg Wajid Ali Chaudhry Flag of Sweden.svg Behnaz Pirzamanbein Flag of Iran.svg Ali Shahhoseini
Flag of Iran.svg Golam Reza Bagheri
Flag of Turkey.svg Gülcin Köse
Flag of Turkey.svg Nursel Aydoğmuş
[19]
2007 Flag of Algeria.svg Nabil Lasmari Flag of Portugal.svg Ana Moura Flag of Iran.svg Ali Shahhoseini
Flag of Iran.svg Nikzad Shiri
Flag of Iran.svg Negin Amiripour
Flag of Iran.svg Sahar Zamanian
[20]
2008 Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif Flag of Italy.svg Agnese Allegrini Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif
Flag of Malaysia.svg Indra Mawan Vountus
Flag of Malaysia.svg Norshahliza Baharum
Flag of Malaysia.svg Lim Yin Loo
[21]
2009 Flag of Iran.svg Mohammad Reza Kheradmandi Flag of Turkey.svg Aprilsasi Putri Lejarsar Variella Flag of Iran.svg Mohammad Reza Kheradmandi
Flag of Iran.svg Ali Shahhosseini
Flag of Turkey.svg Ezgi Epice
Flag of Turkey.svg Aprilsasi Putri Lejarsar Variella
[22]
2010 Flag of India.svg B. Sai Praneeth Flag of Japan.svg Rie Eto Flag of India.svg B. Sai Praneeth
Flag of India.svg Pranav Chopra
Flag of Japan.svg Rie Eto
Flag of Japan.svg Yu Wakita
[23]
2011 Flag of Indonesia.svg Tommy Sugiarto Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicole Grether Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohd Razif Abdul Rahman
Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohd Razif Abdul Latif
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Achini Ratnasiri
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Upuli Weerasinghe
[24]
2012 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Niluka Karunaratne Flag of Turkey.svg Neslihan Yiğit Flag of Indonesia.svg Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Flag of Indonesia.svg Agripina Prima Rahmanto Putra
Flag of Japan.svg Rie Eto
Flag of Japan.svg Yu Wakita
[25]
2013 Flag of Indonesia.svg Riyanto Subagja Flag of Indonesia.svg Wahyu Nayaka
Flag of Indonesia.svg Ade Yusuf Santoso
Flag of Malaysia.svg Amelia Alicia Anscelly
Flag of Malaysia.svg Soong Fie Cho
[26]
2014 Flag of India.svg Sourabh Varma Flag of Malaysia.svg Tee Jing Yi Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chen Hung-ling
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lu Chia-pin
[27]
2015 Flag of Austria.svg David Obernosterer Flag of Bulgaria.svg Linda Zetchiri Flag of Malaysia.svg Tai An Khang
Flag of Malaysia.svg Yew Hong Kheng
Flag of Turkey.svg Özge Bayrak
Flag of Turkey.svg Neslihan Yiğit
[28]
2016Cancelled [29]
2017 Flag of Indonesia.svg Panji Ahmad Maulana Flag of Russia.svg Ksenia Polikarpova Flag of India.svg Arjun M. R.
Flag of India.svg Ramchandran Shlok
Flag of Singapore.svg Ren-ne Ong
Flag of Singapore.svg Crystal Wong
no competition [30]
2018 Flag of Vietnam.svg Phạm Cao Cường Flag of Malaysia.svg Thinaah Muralitharan Flag of India.svg Alwin Francis
Flag of India.svg K. Nandagopal
Flag of Iran.svg Setayesh Abdolkarimi
Flag of Iran.svg Haleh Hamedanchi
[31]
2019 Flag of Thailand.svg Kunlavut Vitidsarn Flag of Thailand.svg Supanida Katethong Flag of Indonesia.svg Adnan Maulana
Flag of Indonesia.svg Ghifari Anandaffa Prihardika
Flag of Indonesia.svg Nita Violina Marwah
Flag of Indonesia.svg Putri Syaikah
[32]
2020 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Xiaodong Sheng Flag of the United States.svg Crystal Pan Flag of Iran.svg Soroush Eskandari
Flag of Iran.svg Amir Jabbari
Flag of Iran.svg Nasim Safaei
Flag of Iran.svg Hannaneh Yaghoubzadeh
[33]
2021Cancelled [note 1] [34]
2022 Flag of India.svg Meiraba Luwang Maisnam Flag of India.svg Tasnim Mir Flag of Indonesia.svg Abiyyu Fauzan Majid
Flag of Indonesia.svg Ferdian Mahardika Ranialdy
Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Malkova
Flag of Russia.svg Anastasiia Shapovalova
no competition [35]
2023 Flag of Indonesia.svg Syabda Perkasa Belawa Flag of India.svg Tanya Hemanth Flag of the Philippines.svg Christian Bernardo
Flag of the Philippines.svg Alvin Morada
Flag of Indonesia.svg Jesita Putri Miantoro
Flag of Indonesia.svg Febi Setianingrum
Flag of Malaysia.svg Chen Tang Jie
Flag of Malaysia.svg Toh Ee Wei
[36]
2024 Flag of Vietnam.svg Nguyễn Hải Đăng Flag of Hong Kong.svg Lo Sin Yan Flag of India.svg Krishna Prasad Garaga
Flag of India.svg K. Sai Pratheek
Flag of Brazil.svg Jaqueline Lima
Flag of Brazil.svg Sâmia Lima
Flag of India.svg Sathish Kumar Karunakaran
Flag of India.svg Aadya Variyath
[37]
  1. This tournament, originally to be played from 3 to 7 February, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran.

Performances by nation

As of the 2024 edition
PosNationMSWSMDWDXDTotal
1Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 518519
2Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 3243113
3Flag of India.svg  India 324110
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 44210
5Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 31228
6Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 12137
7Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 336
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 336
9Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 213
10Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 20.52.5
11Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 112
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 112
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 112
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 112
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 112
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 112
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 22
18Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 11
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 11
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 11
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 11
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 11
Flag of France.svg  France 11
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 11
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 11
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 11
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 11
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 11
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 11
30Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 0.50.5
Total282429242107

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  13. 1999 winners
  14. 2001 winners
  15. 2002 winners
  16. 2003 winners
  17. 2004 winners
  18. 2005 winners
  19. 2006
  20. 2007 winners
  21. 2008 winners
  22. 2009 winners
  23. 2010 winners
  24. 2011 winners
  25. 2012 winners
  26. 2013 winners
  27. 2014 winners
  28. 2015 winners
  29. 2016
  30. 2017 winners
  31. 2018 winners
  32. 2019 winners
  33. 2020 winners
  34. 2021
  35. 2022 winners
  36. 2023 winners
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