| Location | Singapore |
|---|---|
| Venue | Singapore Indoor Stadium |
| Governing body | Singapore Badminton Association |
| Created | 1931 |
| Editions | Total: 61 (2023) Open era (1980): 29 |
| Prize money | $62,900 (2023) |
| Trophy | Clarke Cup [1] Mixed Doubles Shield |
| Website | singaporebadminton.org.sg |
| Most titles | |
| Amateur era | 9: Ong Poh Lim |
| Open era | 6: Liliyana Natsir |
| Most consecutive titles | |
| Amateur era | 5: Ong Poh Lim 5: Jessie Ong |
| Open era | 2: Kim Dong-moon 2: Ra Kyung-min 2: Tontowi Ahmad 2: Liliyana Natsir 2: Dechapol Puavaranukroh 2: Sapsiree Taerattanachai |
| Current champion | |
| Mathias Christiansen Alexandra Bøje – 2023 (First title) | |
The Singapore Open Badminton Championships is an annual badminton tournament created in 1929. [2] The Mixed Doubles was first contested in 1931. [3] The tournament was canceled between 1942 and 1946 because of World War II and discontinued from 1974 to 1986. It returned in 1987 as Konica Cup and was held until 1999. There was no competition held in 1932, 1937, 1938, 1962, 1969, 1973, 1987 to 1989, 1993, 1996 and 2000. The tournament returned in 2001 under a new sponsor. It was again canceled between 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Below is the list of the winners at the Singapore Open in mixed doubles.
In the Amateur Era, Ong Poh Lim (1950–1954, 1956, 1960–1961, 1963) holds the record for the most titles in the Mixed Doubles, winning Singapore Open nine times. He share the record for most consecutive titles of five (1950–1954) with Jessie Ong (1957–1961). The most back-to-back finals ever reached in mixed doubles was also achieved by Ong when he reached seven consecutive finals between 1950 and 1956.
Since the Open Era of badminton began in late 1979, [4] Liliyana Natsir holds the record for the most Mixed Doubles titles with six. Kim Dong-moon and Ra Kyung-min (2002–2003), Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir (2013–2014), Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai (2019 and 2022, no competition in 2020 and 2021) share the record for most consecutive victories with two.
Bold indicates active players.
| Rank | Country | Player | Amateur era | Open era | All-time | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  SGP | Ong Poh Lim | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1963 |
| 2 |  INA | Liliyana Natsir | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014 |
| 3 | SGP | Jessie Ong | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 |
| 4 | SGP | E. J. Vass | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1931, 1933, 1934 |
| SGP | J. de Souza | 3 | 0 | |||
| SGP | Wong Peng Soon | 3 | 0 | 1939, 1948, 1949 | ||
| SGP | Waileen Wong | 3 | 0 | |||
| SGP | Ong Siew Yong | 3 | 0 | 1952, 1953, 1954 | ||
 MAS | Lim Say Hup | 3 | 0 | 1957, 1958, 1959 | ||
| MAS | Sylvia Ng | 3 | 0 | 1966, 1970, 1971 | ||
 KOR | Kim Dong-moon | 0 | 3 | 1999, 2002, 2003 | ||
| KOR | Ra Kyung-min | 0 | 3 | |||
| INA | Nova Widianto | 0 | 3 | 2004, 2006, 2008 | ||
| INA | Tontowi Ahmad | 0 | 3 | 2011, 2013, 2014 | ||
| 15 | SGP | Alice Pennefather | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1947, 1950 |
| SGP | Lim Choo Eng | 2 | 0 | 1963, 1964 | ||
| MAS | Ng Boon Bee | 2 | 0 | 1970, 1971 | ||
 SWE | Maria Bengtsson | 0 | 2 | 1990, 1992 | ||
 DEN | Thomas Lund | 0 | 2 | 1991, 1994 | ||
| INA | Tri Kusharjanto | 0 | 2 | 1995, 1998 | ||
| INA | Minarti Timur | 0 | 2 | |||
 THA | Dechapol Puavaranukroh | 0 | 2 | 2019, 2022 | ||
| THA | Sapsiree Taerattanachai | 0 | 2 |
| Rank | Country | Amateur era | Open era | All-time | First title | Last title | First champions | Last champions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore (SGP) | 24.5 | 0 | 24.5 | 1931 | 1965 | E. J. Vass J. de Souza | Lindy Lin Vivien Gwee |
| 2 | Indonesia (INA) | 2 | 10 | 12 | 1967 | 2014 | Darmadi Minarni | Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir |
| 3 | Malaysia (MAS) | 4.5 | 1 | 5.5 | 1957 | 2018 | Lim Say Hup Jessie Ong | Goh Soon Huat Shevon Jemie Lai |
| Denmark (DEN) | 0.5 | 5 | 1968 | 2023 | Svend Andersen  Noriko Takagi | Mathias Christiansen Alexandra Bøje | ||
| 5 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1999 | 2016 | Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min | Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na |
 China (CHN) | 0 | 4 | 2005 | 2017 | Zhang Jun Gao Ling | Lu Kai Huang Yaqiong | ||
| 7 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1990 | 1992 | Jan-Eric Antonsson Maria Bengtsson | Pär-Gunnar Jönsson Maria Bengtsson |
| Thailand (THA) | 0 | 2 | 2019 | 2022 | Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai | |||
| 9 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2012 | Chen Hung-ling Cheng Wen-hsing | ||
| 10 | Japan (JPN) | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1968 | Svend Andersen Noriko Takagi | ||
Bold indicates active players.
Italic indicates players who never won the championship.
The 2005 IBF World Championships was held in Anaheim, southern California, United States, from August 15 to August 21, 2005.
Wong Peng Soon, was a Malayan/Singaporean badminton player who reigned as a top player in Malaya from the 1930s to the 1950s when it was a single nation. Noted for his smooth but powerful strokes and graceful footwork, he won the singles title seven times in Singapore and eight times in Malaya during this period, as well as being the top player in the All England, the Danish Open, the Indian and Philippines championships to name a few.
Thomas Laybourn is a retired badminton player from Denmark. He is a World Champion, two times European Champion and was ranked as world number 1 in the mixed doubles in January 2011.
Liliyana Natsir is an Indonesian former badminton player who specialized in doubles. She is one of the standout front court player, with dexterousness and skill in controlling and executing the shuttlecock. Natsir has tremendous record over more than two decade by winning a gold and a silver from the Olympic Games, and four gold medals at the BWF World Championships. Her achievements are recognized worldwide, and was inducted in the BWF Hall of Fame in 2022.
Pia Zebadiah Bernadet is an Indonesian badminton player. She is the sister of men's doubles world and Olympic champion Markis Kido.
The BWF World Championships, formerly known as IBF World Championships, and also known as the World Badminton Championships, is a badminton tournament sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The tournament is one of the most prestigious in badminton, offering the most ranking points, together with the Summer Olympics badminton tournaments which was introduced in 1992. The winners of this tournament are also crowned as "World Champions" of the sport, and are awarded a gold medal.
Ismail bin Marjan was a badminton player from Malaya/Singapore who had won many individual and doubles titles at local, regional and international competitions throughout the 1940s and 1950s. He was best known for his doubles prowess as he partnered Ong Poh Lim to win several major honors in Asia and Europe. Ismail was the first Malay to have won the prestigious Thomas Cup.
Alice Edith Wilhelmina Pennefather was a Singaporean sportwoman who excelled in various sports such as badminton, field hockey, netball, and tennis. In 2016, she was inducted into the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame, maintained by the Singapore Council of Women's Organisations.
The 1931 Singapore Open, also known as the 1931 Singapore Badminton Championships, took place from 11 July – 5 December 1931 at the S.V.C Drill Hall in City Hall, Singapore. The ties were played over a few months with the first round ties for the junior event being played on the 11th of July while senior events begin on the 18th of July and the last few ties were played on the 5th of December. It was the first time that the women's singles and doubles, mixed doubles, boys' singles and inter-club events were added to the calendar.
Helen Heng Siak Neo was a Singaporean badminton player who won numerous titles in the late 1940s to the mid 1950s. She was Singapore's badminton star of the 1950s and was the youngest winner of the Malaysia Open women's singles and doubles titles when she won it at the age of 15. Helen was also the most successful female shuttler in Singapore Open history with 15 titles and the first female player from Singapore to participate in the Uber Cup as part of the Malayan team in 1956.
Edwin Joseph Vass, was a Singaporean badminton player who reigned supreme in Singapore and Malaya from the 1920s to the mid-1930s. He was regarded as one of Singapore's badminton pioneers and the nation first high-level badminton champion. Known for his courtcraft, mastery of strokes and precise shot placement, he won the Singapore Open singles title five times and remained unbeaten in that event up until his retirement. Vass's rivals during his active playing career were See Gim Hock and Selangor's A. S. Samuel, a semi-finalist at the All England in 1939.
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