Korea Open (badminton)

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The Korea Open is an annual badminton event that is commonly held in Seoul, South Korea. The tournament used to be known as Korea Open Super Series because it became one of the BWF Super Series tournaments beginning with 2007. BWF categorised Korea Open as one of the seven BWF World Tour Super 500 events in the BWF events structure since 2018. [1]

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The tournament is organised since 1991, however the 1998 tournament was canceled due to the poor economic conditions in the country. [2]

History of host cities

City [3] [4] [5] Years host
Seoul 1991–1999, 2006–2015, 2017–2018
Jeju City 2000–2001
Yeosu 2002, 2023
Incheon 2003, 2005, 2019
Chungju 2004
Seongnam 2016
Suncheon 2022

Past winners

YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doubles
1991 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Wenkai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Hua Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Kim Moon-soo
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Park Joo-bong
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Chung So-young
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Hwang Hye-young
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Park Joo-bong
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Chung Myung-hee
1992 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tang Jiuhong Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Lund
Flag of Denmark.svg Pernille Dupont
1993 Flag of Indonesia.svg Joko Suprianto Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Bang Soo-hyun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Zhanzhong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Yumin
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Chung So-young
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Gil Young-ah
Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Lund
Flag of Sweden.svg Catrine Bengtsson
1994 Flag of Indonesia.svg Ardy Wiranata Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Axelsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Pär-Gunnar Jönsson
Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Søgaard
Flag of England.svg Gillian Gowers
1995 Flag of Indonesia.svg Hariyanto Arbi Flag of Indonesia.svg Susi Susanti Flag of Indonesia.svg Rexy Mainaky
Flag of Indonesia.svg Ricky Subagja
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Gil Young-ah
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Jang Hye-ock
Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Lund
Flag of Denmark.svg Marlene Thomsen
1996 Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Kim Hak-kyun Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Bang Soo-hyun Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Park Joo-bong
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Ra Kyung-min
1997 Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ye Zhaoying Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Ha Tae-kwon
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Kang Kyung-jin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ge Fei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gu Jun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Yong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ge Fei
1998No competition
1999 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Fung Permadi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Mi Flag of Indonesia.svg Eng Hian
Flag of Indonesia.svg Flandy Limpele
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Nanyan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Wei
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Kim Dong-moon
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Ra Kyung-min
2000 Flag of Denmark.svg Peter Gade Flag of Denmark.svg Camilla Martin Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Lee Dong-soo
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Yoo Yong-sung
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Chung Jae-hee
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Ra Kyung-min
2001 Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Ha Tae-kwon
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Kim Dong-moon
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Nanyan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Wei
2002 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Dan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Ning Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gao Ling
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Sui
2003 Flag of Denmark.svg Kenneth Jonassen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mia Audina Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Ra Kyung-min
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Lee Kyung-won
2004 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xia Xuanze Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Ning Flag of Indonesia.svg Luluk Hadiyanto
Flag of Indonesia.svg Alvent Yulianto
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Wei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Jiewen
2005 Flag of Denmark.svg Peter Gade Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Jun Jae-youn Flag of Denmark.svg Jens Eriksen
Flag of Denmark.svg Martin Lundgaard Hansen
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Lee Hyo-jung
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Lee Kyung-won
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Lee Jae-jin
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Lee Hyo-jung
2006 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Bao Chunlai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lu Lan Flag of the United States.svg Tony Gunawan
Flag of Indonesia.svg Candra Wijaya
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Wei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Jiewen
Flag of Indonesia.svg Nova Widianto
Flag of Indonesia.svg Liliyana Natsir
2007 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Dan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xie Xingfang Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Jung Jae-sung
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Lee Yong-dae
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gao Ling
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Sui
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Bo
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gao Ling
2008 Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Lee Hyun-il Flag of Hong Kong.svg Zhou Mi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cai Yun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fu Haifeng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Du Jing
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Yang
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Lee Yong-dae
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Lee Hyo-jung
2009 Flag of Denmark.svg Peter Gade Flag of Denmark.svg Tine Rasmussen Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Boe
Flag of Denmark.svg Carsten Mogensen
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chien Yu-chin
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Cheng Wen-hsing
2010 Flag of Malaysia.svg Lee Chong Wei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Shixian Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Jung Jae-sung
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Lee Yong-dae
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cheng Shu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhao Yunlei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg He Hanbin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Yang
2011 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Dan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Yihan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Xiaoli
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Yang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Nan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhao Yunlei
2012 Flag of Malaysia.svg Lee Chong Wei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Shixian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cai Yun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fu Haifeng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tian Qing
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhao Yunlei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Chen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Jin
2013 Flag of South Korea.svg Sung Ji-hyun Flag of South Korea.svg Ko Sung-hyun
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Yong-dae
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Xiaoli
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Yang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Nan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhao Yunlei
2014 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Long Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Yihan Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Boe
Flag of Denmark.svg Carsten Mogensen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Bao Yixin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tang Jinhua
2015 Flag of South Korea.svg Sung Ji-hyun Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Yong-dae
Flag of South Korea.svg Yoo Yeon-seong
Flag of Indonesia.svg Nitya Krishinda Maheswari
Flag of Indonesia.svg Greysia Polii
2016 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qiao Bin Flag of Japan.svg Akane Yamaguchi Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Kyung-eun
Flag of South Korea.svg Shin Seung-chan
Flag of South Korea.svg Ko Sung-hyun
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Ha-na
2017 Flag of Indonesia.svg Anthony Sinisuka Ginting Flag of India.svg P. V. Sindhu Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Boe
Flag of Denmark.svg Carsten Mogensen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Yaqiong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Xiaohan
Flag of Indonesia.svg Praveen Jordan
Flag of Indonesia.svg Debby Susanto
2018 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chou Tien-chen Flag of Japan.svg Nozomi Okuhara Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyuki Endo
Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Watanabe
Flag of Japan.svg Misaki Matsutomo
Flag of Japan.svg Ayaka Takahashi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg He Jiting
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Du Yue
2019 Flag of Japan.svg Kento Momota Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg He Bingjiao Flag of Indonesia.svg Fajar Alfian
Flag of Indonesia.svg Muhammad Rian Ardianto
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim So-yeong
Flag of South Korea.svg Kong Hee-yong
Flag of Thailand.svg Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Flag of Thailand.svg Sapsiree Taerattanachai
2020Cancelled [note 1]
2021Cancelled [note 2]
2022 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Weng Hongyang Flag of South Korea.svg An Se-young Flag of South Korea.svg Kang Min-hyuk
Flag of South Korea.svg Seo Seung-jae
Flag of South Korea.svg Jeong Na-eun
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Hye-jeong
Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Kian Meng
Flag of Malaysia.svg Lai Pei Jing
2023 Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Antonsen Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Flag of India.svg Chirag Shetty
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Qingchen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jia Yifan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Feng Yanzhe
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Dongping
  1. This tournament, originally to be played from 8 to 13 September, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.
  2. This tournament, originally to be played from 31 August to 5 September, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea. [6]

Performances by nation

As of the finals of the 2023 edition
NationMSWSMDWDXDTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 11133151052
2Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2814121248
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 734317
4Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 415.51213.5
5Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 12115
6Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 314
7Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 213
8Flag of India.svg  India 112
9Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 10.51.5
10Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 11
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 11
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 11
13Flag of England.svg  England 0.50.5
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0.50.5
Total3030303030150

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