Location | Singapore |
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Venue | Singapore Indoor Stadium |
Governing body | Singapore Badminton Association |
Created | 1931 |
Editions | Total: 69 (2023) Open era (1980): 32 |
Prize money | $59,500 (2023) |
Trophy | Women's Singles Shield |
Website | singaporebadminton.org.sg |
Most titles | |
Amateur era | 7: Helen Heng |
Open era | 5: Zhang Ning |
Most consecutive titles | |
Amateur era | 7: Helen Heng |
Open era | 3: Zhang Ning |
Current champion | |
An Se-young – 2023 (First title) |
The Singapore Open Badminton Championships is an annual badminton tournament created in 1929. [1] The Women's Singles 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 1935, 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 singles.
In the Amateur era, Helen Heng (1949–1955) holds the record for the most titles in the Women's Singles, winning Singapore Open seven times. Helen also holds the record for most consecutive titles with seven from 1949 to 1955.
Since the Open era of badminton began in late 1979, [3] Zhang Ning (2001, 2003–2005, 2007) holds the record for the most Women's Singles titles with five. Zhang also holds the record for most consecutive victories with three.
Bold indicates active players.
Rank | Country | Player | Amateur era | Open era | All-time | Years |
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1 | ![]() | Helen Heng | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 |
2 | ![]() | Zhang Ning | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 |
3 | ![]() | Alice Pennefather | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1931, 1932, 1934, 1937 |
![]() | Ong Siew Eng | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1933, 1936, 1941, 1948 | |
5 | ![]() | Nancy Lim | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1956, 1957, 1958 |
![]() | Ye Zhaoying | 0 | 3 | 1992, 1998, 1999 | ||
7 | ![]() | Waileen Wong | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1938, 1939 |
![]() | Sylvia Tan | 2 | 0 | 1963, 1964 | ||
![]() | Intan Nurtjahja | 2 | 0 | 1970, 1972 | ||
![]() ![]() | Zhou Mi | 0 | 2 | 2002, 2009 | ||
![]() | Wang Yihan | 0 | 2 | 2013, 2014 | ||
![]() | Tai Tzu-ying | 0 | 2 | 2017, 2019 |
Rank | Country | Amateur era | Open era | All-time | First title | Last title | First champion | Last champion |
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1 | ![]() | 24 | 0 | 24 | 1931 | 1969 | Alice Pennefather | Lim Choo Eng |
2 | ![]() | 0 | 17 | 17 | 1988 | 2015 | Li Lingwei | Sun Yu |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1966 | 1997 | Nurhaena | Mia Audina |
4 | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1960 | 1971 | Tan Gaik Bee | Sylvia Ng |
5 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1940 | 2018 | Y. Yasuda | Sayaka Takahashi |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1962 | 2016 | Prathin Pattabongse | Ratchanok Intanon | |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2017 | 2019 | Tai Tzu-ying | |
![]() | 0 | 2 | 2010 | 2022 | Saina Nehwal | P. V. Sindhu | ||
![]() | 0 | 2 | 1994 | 2023 | Ra Kyung-min | An Se-young | ||
10 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2008 | Tine Rasmussen | ||
![]() | 0 | 1 | 2006 | Pi Hongyan | ||||
![]() | 0 | 1 | 2012 | Juliane Schenk | ||||
![]() | 0 | 1 | 2009 | Zhou Mi | ||||
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1995 | Lim Xiaoqing |
Bold indicates active players.
Italic indicates players who never won the championship.
Rank | Country | Player | Amateur era | Open era | All-time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Helen Heng | 9 | 0 | 9 |
2 | ![]() | Alice Pennefather | 7 | 0 | 7 |
![]() | Ong Siew Eng | ||||
4 | ![]() | Zhang Ning | 0 | 6 | 6 |
![]() ![]() | Zhou Mi | ||||
6 | ![]() | Baby Low | 5 | 0 | 5 |
7 | ![]() | Nancy Lim | 4 | 0 | 4 |
![]() | Tai Tzu-ying | 0 | 4 | ||
9 | ![]() | Long Soo Chin | 3 | 0 | 3 |
![]() | Jessie Ong | ||||
![]() | Ye Zhaoying | 0 | 3 | ||
12 | ![]() | E. da Silva | 2 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | Waileen Wong | ||||
![]() | Helen Ong | ||||
![]() | Intan Nurtjahja | ||||
![]() | Lai Siew York | ||||
![]() | Aishah Attan | ||||
![]() | Lim Choo Eng | ||||
![]() | Sylvia Tan | ||||
![]() | Thongkam Kingmanee | ||||
![]() | Huang Hua | 0 | 2 | ||
![]() | Lee Young-suk | ||||
![]() ![]() | Mia Audina | ||||
![]() | Gong Zhichao | ||||
![]() | Xie Xingfang | ||||
![]() | Wang Yihan | ||||
![]() | Li Xuerui | ||||
![]() | Sun Yu |
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