Israel Open (badminton)

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The Israel Open, formerly called Hatzor International, in badminton is an international open held in Israel since 1975. It was held annually from 1975 to 1982, but between 1983 and 2005 the competition was held only thrice. The competition was resumed in 2006 under a new name Hatzor International, after the club which host the event at Kibbutz Hatzor. Israeli National Badminton Championships started in 1977.

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Previous winners

YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doubles
1975 Flag of Israel.svg Victor Yusim No competition Flag of Israel.svg Victor Yusim
Flag of Israel.svg Michael Schneidman
No competition
1976 Flag of Israel.svg Michael Schneidman Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tineke Hof Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tineke Hof
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Devora Geffen
No competition
1977 Flag of Israel.svg Victor Yusim Flag of Sweden.svg Eva Unglick Flag of Sweden.svg Eva Unglick
Flag of Israel.svg Chaya Grunstein
1978 Flag of Israel.svg Chaya Grunstein Flag of Israel.svg Chaya Grunstein
Flag of Israel.svg Carole Silman
Flag of Israel.svg Michael Rapaport
Flag of Israel.svg Carole Silman
1979 Flag of Sweden.svg Eva Unglick Flag of Sweden.svg Eva Unglick
Flag of Israel.svg Chaya Grunstein
Flag of Israel.svg Nissim Duk
Flag of Israel.svg Eva Unglick
1980 Flag of Israel.svg Yitzhak Serrouya Flag of Germany.svg Elka Kalb Flag of Israel.svg Nissim Duk
Flag of Israel.svg Yitzhak Serrouya
Flag of Germany.svg Elka Kalb
Flag of Israel.svg Irit Ben Shushan
Flag of Israel.svg Michael Rapaport
Flag of Israel.svg Eva Unglick
1981 Flag of Austria.svg Johann Ratheyser Flag of Austria.svg Adelhid Losek Flag of Austria.svg Johann Rathyser
Flag of Austria.svg Gerard Hofegger
Flag of Sweden.svg Eva Unglick
Flag of Israel.svg Irit Ben Shushan
Flag of Austria.svg Johann Ratheyser
Flag of Austria.svg Adelheid Losek
1982 Flag of England.svg Andrew Downes Flag of England.svg Lisa Salmon Flag of England.svg David Spurling
Flag of England.svg Stuart Spurling
Flag of England.svg Lisa Salmon
Flag of England.svg J. Downes
Flag of England.svg David Spurling
Flag of England.svg H. Blake
1983–
1989
No competition
1990 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Stephane Renault Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Christelle Mol Flag of Portugal.svg Ricardo Fernandes
Flag of Portugal.svg Marco Vasconcelos
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Christelle Mol
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Virginie Delvingt
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Stephane Renault
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Elodie Mansuy
1991–
1997
No competition
1998 [1] Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg Aivaras Kvedarauskas Flag of Israel.svg Svetlana Zilberman Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg Aivaras Kvedarauskas
Flag of Israel.svg Nir Yusim
Flag of Israel.svg Svetlana Zilberman
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Diana Koleva
Flag of Israel.svg Leon Pugatch
Flag of Israel.svg Svetlana Zilberman
1999 [2] Flag of Bulgaria.svg Boris Kessov Flag of Bulgaria.svg Neli Boteva Flag of Bulgaria.svg Boris Kessov
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Georgi Petrov
No competition Flag of Bulgaria.svg Ljuben Panov
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Diana Koleva
2000–
2005
No competition
2006 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Koukal Flag of Slovenia.svg Maja Tvrdy Flag of Slovenia.svg Luka Petric
Flag of Slovenia.svg Mateuz Srekl
No competition Flag of Slovenia.svg Luka Petric
Flag of Slovenia.svg Maja Tvrdy
2007 [3] Flag of Japan.svg Sho Sasaki Flag of England.svg Tracey Hallam Flag of Germany.svg Jochen Cassel
Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Tesche
Flag of Ukraine.svg Valeriy Atrashenkov
Flag of Ukraine.svg Elena Prus
2008–
2012
No competition
2013 [4] Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Malkov Flag of Portugal.svg Telma Santos Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Malkov
Flag of Russia.svg Vadim Novoselov
Flag of Russia.svg Olga Golovanova
Flag of Russia.svg Viktoriia Vorobeva
Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Malkov
Flag of Russia.svg Viktoriia Vorobeva
2014 [5] Flag of Ukraine.svg Artem Pochtarev Flag of Ukraine.svg Gennadiy Natarov
Flag of Ukraine.svg Artem Pochtarev
No competition Flag of Ukraine.svg Gennadiy Natarov
Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuliya Kazarinova
2015 [6] Flag of England.svg Sam Parsons Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zuzana Pavelkova Flag of Israel.svg Alexander Bass
Flag of Israel.svg Daniel Chislov
Flag of Israel.svg Alina Pugach
Flag of Israel.svg Yuval Pugach
Flag of Israel.svg Ariel Shainski
Flag of Belarus.svg Krestina Silich
2016 [7] Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lukas Zevl Flag of Slovenia.svg Ana Marija Setina Flag of Israel.svg Yonathan Levit
Flag of Israel.svg Ariel Shainski
Flag of Russia.svg Irina Shorokhova
Flag of Russia.svg Kristina Virvich
2017 [8] Flag of Slovenia.svg Miha Ivanič Flag of Russia.svg Anastasiia Semenova Flag of Israel.svg Alexander Bass
Flag of Israel.svg Shai Geffen
Flag of Russia.svg Ksenia Evgenova
Flag of Russia.svg Anastasiia Semenova
Flag of Israel.svg Yonathan Levit
Flag of Russia.svg Yulia Vasilyeva
2018 [9] Flag of India.svg Kaushal Dharmamer Flag of Israel.svg Ksenia Polikarpova Flag of Israel.svg Ariel Shainski
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lukas Zevl
Flag of Israel.svg Ksenia Polikarpova
Flag of Belarus.svg Krestina Silich
Flag of Ukraine.svg Mykhaylo Makhnovskiy
Flag of Ukraine.svg Anastasiya Prozorova
2019 [10] Flag of Germany.svg Felix Hammes Flag of Germany.svg Felix Hammes
Flag of Germany.svg Christopher Klauer
Flag of Israel.svg Heli Neiman
Flag of Israel.svg Ksenia Polikarpova
Flag of Israel.svg May Bar Netzer
Flag of Israel.svg Shery Rotshtein
2020 [11] Cancelled [lower-alpha 1]
2021 [12] Cancelled [lower-alpha 2]
2022 [13] Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Kicklitz Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Dounia Pelupessy Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Greco
Flag of Italy.svg David Salutt
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Aline Müller
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Caroline Racloz
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Minh Quang Pham
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Caroline Racloz
2023 [14] Cancelled [lower-alpha 3]
2024 [16] Cancelled [lower-alpha 4]
  1. This tournament, originally to be played from 21 to 24 October, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel.
  2. This tournament, originally to be played from 27 to 30 October, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel.
  3. This tournament, originally to be played on 26–28 October, was later cancelled due to 2023 Israel–Hamas war. [15]
  4. This tournament, originally to be played on 23–26 October, was later cancelled due to 2023 Israel–Hamas war.

Performances by nation

As of the 2022 edition
RankNationMSWSMDWDXDTotal
1Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 641066.532.5
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 11131.57.5
3Flag of England.svg  England 221117
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2120.55.5
5Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 12115
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1135
7Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1110.514.5
8Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 11114
Flag of France.svg  France 11114
10Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 210.53.5
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 21.53.5
12Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 213
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1113
14Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 112
15Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 0.511.5
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 10.51.5
17Flag of India.svg  India 11
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 11
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 11
Total212021161896

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  1. 1998 winners
  2. 1999 winners
  3. 2007 winners
  4. 2013 winners
  5. 2014 winners
  6. 2015 winners
  7. 2016 winners
  8. 2017 winners
  9. 2018 winners
  10. 2019 winners
  11. Israel Open 2020 (Cancelled)
  12. Israel Open 2021(Cancelled)
  13. 2022 winners
  14. YONEX Israel Open 2023 (Cancelled)
  15. "Tournament Cancellation". Badminton World Federation. 11 October 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  16. YONEX Israel Open 2024 (Cancelled)