| Location | Singapore |
|---|---|
| Venue | Singapore Indoor Stadium |
| Governing body | Singapore Badminton Association |
| Created | 1931 |
| Editions | Total: 63 (2024) Open era (since 1980): 33 |
| Prize money | $62,900 (2024) |
| Trophy | Women's Doubles Shield |
| Website | singaporebadminton.org.sg |
| Most titles | |
| Amateur era | 8: Helen Heng |
| Open era | 5: Yang Wei |
| Most consecutive titles | |
| Amateur era | 8: Helen Heng |
| Open era | 4: Ge Fei 4: Gu Jun |
| Current champion | |
| Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan – 2024 (Second title) | |
The Singapore Open Badminton Championships is an annual badminton tournament created in 1929. [1] The Women's Doubles was first contested in 1931. [2] 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, 1934 to 1940, 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 women's doubles.
In the Amateur Era, Helen Heng (1948–1955) holds the record for the most titles in the Women's Doubles, winning Singapore Open eight times. She also holds the record for most consecutive titles of eight, from 1948 to 1955.
Since the Open Era of badminton began in late 1979, [3] Yang Wei (1999, 2002–2004, 2006) holds the record for the most Women's Doubles titles with five. Ge Fei and Gu Jun (1994–1995 and 1997–1998, no competition in 1996) share the record for most consecutive victories with four.
Bold indicates active players.
| Rank | Country | Player | Amateur era | Open era | All-time | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  SGP | Helen Heng | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 |
| 2 |  CHN | Yang Wei | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 |
| 3 | SGP | Mary Sim | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 |
| CHN | Ge Fei | 0 | 4 | 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998 | ||
| CHN | Gu Jun | 0 | 4 | |||
| CHN | Zhang Jiewen | 0 | 4 | 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006 | ||
| 7 | SGP | Ong Siew Eng | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1941, 1947, 1948 |
| SGP | Baby Low | 3 | 0 | 1953, 1954, 1955 | ||
| SGP | Lau Hui Huang | 3 | 0 | 1956, 1957, 1958 | ||
| SGP | Nancy Lim | 3 | 0 | |||
| CHN | Zhang Yawen | 0 | 3 | 2005, 2007, 2009 | ||
| 12 | SGP | Nancy Ang | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1959, 1961 |
| SGP | Jessie Ong | 2 | 0 | |||
 MAS | Sylvia Tan | 2 | 0 | 1963, 1964 | ||
| SGP | Lim Choo Eng | 2 | 0 | 1965, 1969 | ||
 INA | Retno Koestijah | 2 | 0 | 1967, 1970 | ||
| INA | Minarni | 2 | 0 | |||
 KOR | Chung Myung-hee | 0 | 2 | 1987, 1991 | ||
 ENG | Gillian Clark | 0 | 2 | 1990, 1992 | ||
| ENG | Gillian Gowers | 0 | 2 | |||
| CHN | Huang Nanyan | 0 | 2 | 1999, 2002 | ||
| CHN | Wei Yili | 0 | 2 | 2001, 2007 | ||
| CHN | Tian Qing | 0 | 2 | 2011, 2013 | ||
| CHN | Zhao Yunlei | 0 | 2 | |||
| CHN | Bao Yixin | 0 | 2 | 2012, 2014 | ||
| CHN | Chen Qingchen | 0 | 2 | 2023, 2024 | ||
| CHN | Jia Yifan | 0 | 2 |
| Rank | Country | Amateur era | Open era | All-time | First title | Last title | First champions | Last champions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (CHN) | 0 | 23 | 23 | 1988 | 2024 | Shi Wen Zhou Lei | Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan |
| 2 | Singapore (SGP) | 20 | 1 | 21 | 1931 | 2010 | Maude Lewis Alice Pennefather | Shinta Mulia Sari Yao Lei |
| 3 | Indonesia (INA) | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1966 | 2022 | Nurhaena Tan Tjoen Ing | Apriyani Rahayu Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti |
| 4 | Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1960 | 1971 | Cecilia Samuel Tan Gaik Bee | Rosalind Singha Ang Teoh Siew Yong |
| 5 |  Japan (JPN) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1968 | 2019 | Noriko Takagi Hiroe Yuki | Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara |
| 6 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1987 | 1991 | Chung Myung-hee Hwang Hye-young | Chung Myung-hee Chung So-young |
| England (ENG) | 0 | 2 | 1990 | 1992 | Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers | |||
| 8 |  Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2017 | Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl | ||
Bold indicates active players.
Italic indicates players who never won the championship.
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