Singapore Open (badminton)

This article is about the badminton event. For other uses, see Singapore Open (disambiguation).

Singapore Open

Official website
Founded	1929;96 years ago (1929)
Editions	74 (2025)
Location	Singapore
Venue	Singapore Indoor Stadium (2025)
Prize money	US$1,000,000 (2025)
Men's
Draw	32S / 32D
Current champions	Kunlavut Vitidsarn (singles) Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik (doubles)
Most singles titles	7, Wong Peng Soon
Most doubles titles	9, Ong Poh Lim
Women's
Draw	32S / 32D
Current champions	Chen Yufei (singles) Kim Hye-jeong Kong Hee-yong (doubles)
Most singles titles	7, Helen Heng
Most doubles titles	8, Helen Heng
Mixed doubles
Draw	32
Current champions	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Supissara Paewsampran
Most titles (male)	9, Ong Poh Lim
Most titles (female)	6, Liliyana Natsir
Super 750
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Last completed
2024 Singapore Open
Ongoing
2025 Singapore Open

The Singapore Open is a badminton event held annually in Singapore since 1929. In 2023, the Badminton World Federation categorized the Singapore Open as one of the six BWF World Tour Super 750 events within its tournament structure. ^[1]

In 1929, the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) was formed to promote the sport and organize competitions. The first official annual open championships were held in the same year and the best players were selected to represent Singapore in regional tournaments. ^[2] In 1957, it became an open invitation championship and was held annually until 1973. ^{[3] [4]} In 1987–1989, the tournament was known as the Konica Cup, an invitation-only championship for Asian players, and in 1990, it joined the International Badminton Federation Grand Prix circuit for the first time. ^[5] In 2007, the Singapore Open became part of the BWF Super Series. ^[6] In 2018, it was designated as one of the seven BWF World Tour Super 500 events. ^[7]

Championship venues

The tournament has historically been held at six main venues and is now held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.

Years active	Venue	Location
1929	Old Chinese Chin Woo Athletic Association Hall	City Hall
	Singapore Chinese Girls' School Hall	Somerset
1930–1934	Singapore Volunteer Corps Drill Hall	City Hall
1934–1951	Clerical Union Hall	Balestier
1952–1989	Singapore Badminton Hall	Geylang
1990–present	Singapore Indoor Stadium	Kallang

Past winners

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1929	E. J. Vass	No competition
1930		No competition	Lim Chek Heng Seah Eng Liat	No competition
1931		Alice Pennefather	Lim Boon Guan Wee Eng Siang	Maude Lewis Alice Pennefather	E. J. Vass J. de Souza
1932			Koh Keng Siang See Gim Hock	No competition
1933	Koh Keng Siang	Ong Siew Eng	Charlie Chua Yeo Kian Ann	Chow Han Hua Sheh Sai Ming	E. J. Vass J. de Souza
1934	E. J. Vass	Alice Pennefather	Chan Chim Bock Seah Eng Hee	No competition
1935	Leow Kim Fatt	No competition	Leow Kim Fatt Lim Boon Guan		Seah Eng Hee Aileen Wong
1936	Tan Chong Tee	Ong Siew Eng	Seah Eng Hee Tan Chong Tee		Leow Kim Fatt Tan Kim Lui
1937		Alice Pennefather			No competition
1938	Wong Peng Soon	Waileen Wong	Chan Chim Bock Wong Peng Soon
1939			Wee Boon Hai Wong Chong Teck		Wong Peng Soon Waileen Wong
1940	Tan Chong Tee	Y. Yasuda	Chia Chin Soon Ahmad Mattar		Tan Chong Tee Lee Shao Meng
1941	Wong Peng Soon	Ong Siew Eng	Wee Boon Hai Wong Chong Teck	Chan Keng Boon Ong Siew Eng	S. A. Durai Yoong Sook Lian
1942– 1946	No competition
1947	Wong Peng Soon	Chung Kon Yoong	Wong Chong Teck Wong Peng Soon	Ng Sai Noi Ong Siew Eng	Quek Keng Chuan Alice Pennefather
1948		Ong Siew Eng	Teoh Peng Hooi Wong Peng Soon	Helen Heng Ong Siew Eng	Wong Peng Soon Waileen Wong
1949		Helen Heng		Helen Heng Mary Sim
1950	Cheong Hock Leng		Ismail Marjan Ong Poh Lim		Ong Poh Lim Alice Pennefather
1951	Wong Peng Soon				Ong Poh Lim Mary Sim
1952	Ong Poh Lim				Ong Poh Lim Ong Siew Yong
1953				Helen Heng Baby Low
1954
1955					Teoh Peng Hooi Lau Hui Huang
1956	Omar Ibrahim	Nancy Lim		Lau Hui Huang Nancy Lim	Ong Poh Lim Mary Quintal
1957	Seah Lye Huat		Johnny Heah Lim Say Hup		Lim Say Hup Jessie Ong
1958	Omar Ibrahim
1959		Long Soo Chin	Ong Poh Lim Omar Yahya	Nancy Ang Jessie Ong
1960	Billy Ng	Tan Gaik Bee	Bobby Chee Khoo Eng Huah	Cecilia Samuel Tan Gaik Bee	Ong Poh Lim Jessie Ong
1961	Lee Kin Tat	Helen Ong	Robert Lim Lim Wei Lon	Nancy Ang Jessie Ong
1962	Wee Choon Seng	Prathin Pattabongs	Ong Poh Lim Wee Choon Seng	Vivien Gwee Helen Ong	No competition
1963	Teh Kew San	Sylvia Tan	Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan	Sylvia Tan Tan Yee Chin	Ong Poh Lim Lim Choo Eng
1964	Billy Ng			Lai Siew York Sylvia Tan	Tan Boon Liat Lim Choo Eng
1965	Omar Manap	Lai Siew York		Lim Choo Eng Luanne Lim	Lindy Lin Vivien Gwee
1966	Yew Cheng Hoe	Nurhaena	Eddy Choong Yew Cheng Hoe	Nurhaena Tan Tjoen Ing	Billy Ng Sylvia Ng
1967	Tan Aik Huang	Minarni	Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan	Retno Koestijah Minarni	Darmadi Minarni
1968		Noriko Takagi		Noriko Takagi Hiroe Yuki	Svend Andersen Noriko Takagi
1969	Rudy Hartono	Lim Choo Eng	Rudy Hartono Indratno	Aishah Attan Lim Choo Eng	No competition
1970	Muljadi	Intan Nurtjahja	Indra Gunawan Indratno	Retno Koestijah Minarni	Ng Boon Bee Sylvia Ng
1971	Ippei Kojima	Sylvia Ng	Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata	Rosalind Singha Ang Teoh Siew Yong
1972	Iie Sumirat	Intan Nurtjahja	Tan Aik Huang Tan Aik Mong	Regina Masli Intan Nurtjahja	Johan Wahjudi Regina Masli
1973		Thongkam Kingmanee	Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi	Theresia Widiastuti Sri Wiyanti	No competition
1974– 1986	No competition
1987	Misbun Sidek	Elizabeth Latief	Bobby Ertanto Liem Swee King	Chung Myung-hee Hwang Hye-young	No competition
1988	Yang Yang	Li Lingwei	Shuji Matsuno Shinji Matsuura	Shi Wen Zhou Lei
1989	Zhao Jianhua	Han Aiping	Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek	Guan Weizhen Lin Ying
1990	Foo Kok Keong	Tang Jiuhong	Rudy Gunawan Eddy Hartono	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	Jan-Eric Antonsson Maria Bengtsson
1991	Bambang Suprianto	Huang Hua	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	Chung Myung-hee Chung So-young	Thomas Lund Pernille Dupont
1992	Zhao Jianhua	Ye Zhaoying	Chen Hongyong Chen Kang	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	Pär-Gunnar Jönsson Maria Bengtsson
1993	No competition
1994	Ardy Wiranata	Ra Kyung-min	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	Ge Fei Gu Jun	Thomas Lund Marlene Thomsen
1995	Joko Suprianto	Lim Xiaoqing			Tri Kusharjanto Minarti Timur
1996	No competition
1997	Hariyanto Arbi	Mia Audina	Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya	Ge Fei Gu Jun	Bambang Suprianto Rosalina Riseu
1998	Hendrawan	Ye Zhaoying			Tri Kusharjanto Minarti Timur
1999	Hariyanto Arbi		Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah	Huang Nanyan Yang Wei	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
2000	No competition
2001	Taufik Hidayat	Zhang Ning	Tony Gunawan Halim Haryanto	Wei Yili Zhang Jiewen	Jens Eriksen Mette Schjoldager
2002	Chen Hong	Zhou Mi	Eng Hian Flandy Limpele	Huang Nanyan Yang Wei	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
2003		Zhang Ning	Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen
2004	Kenneth Jonassen		Luluk Hadiyanto Alvent Yulianto		Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir
2005	Taufik Hidayat		Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya	Zhang Dan Zhang Yawen	Zhang Jun Gao Ling
2006	Peter Gade	Pi Hongyan	Sigit Budiarto Flandy Limpele	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir
2007	Boonsak Ponsana	Zhang Ning	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	Wei Yili Zhang Yawen	Flandy Limpele Vita Marissa
2008	Lee Chong Wei	Tine Rasmussen	Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari	Du Jing Yu Yang	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir
2009	Bao Chunlai	Zhou Mi	Anthony Clark Nathan Robertson	Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting	Zheng Bo Ma Jin
2010	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	Saina Nehwal	Fang Chieh-min Lee Sheng-mu	Shinta Mulia Sari Yao Lei	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl
2011	Chen Jin	Wang Xin	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir
2012	Boonsak Ponsana	Juliane Schenk	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	Bao Yixin Zhong Qianxin	Chen Hung-ling Cheng Wen-hsing
2013	Tommy Sugiarto	Wang Yihan	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir
2014	Simon Santoso		Cai Yun Lu Kai	Bao Yixin Tang Jinhua
2015	Kento Momota	Sun Yu	Angga Pratama Ricky Karanda Suwardi	Ou Dongni Yu Xiaohan	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2016	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	Ratchanok Intanon	Fu Haifeng Zhang Nan	Nitya Krishinda Maheswari Greysia Polii	Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na
2017	B. Sai Praneeth	Tai Tzu-ying	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Lu Kai Huang Yaqiong
2018	Chou Tien-chen	Sayaka Takahashi	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	Ayako Sakuramoto Yukiko Takahata	Goh Soon Huat Shevon Jemie Lai
2019	Kento Momota	Tai Tzu-ying	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai
2020	Cancelled [note 1]
2021	Cancelled [note 2]
2022	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting	P. V. Sindhu	Leo Rolly Carnando Daniel Marthin	Apriyani Rahayu Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai
2023		An Se-young	Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Mathias Christiansen Alexandra Bøje
2024	Shi Yuqi		He Jiting Ren Xiangyu		Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong
2025	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	Chen Yufei	Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik	Kim Hye-jeong Kong Hee-yong	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Supissara Paewsampran

1. This tournament, originally to be played from 7 to 12 April, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore. ^[8]
2. This tournament, originally to be played from 1 to 6 June, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore. ^[9]

Multiple winners

Below is the list of the most successful players in the Singapore Open:

Name	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
Ong Poh Lim	4		9		9	22
Helen Heng		7		8		15
Wong Peng Soon	7		4		3	14
E. J. Vass	5				3	8
Alice Pennefather		4		1	2	7
Ismail Marjan			7			7
Jessie Ong				2	5	7
Ng Boon Bee			5		2	7
Ong Siew Eng		4		3		7
Liliyana Natsir					6	6
Nancy Lim		3		3		6
Tan Chong Tee	3		2		1	6
Lim Choo Eng		1		2	2	5
Lim Say Hup			2		3	5
Mary Sim				4	1	5
Tan Yee Khan			5			5
Waileen Wong		2			3	5
Yang Wei				5		5
Zhang Ning		5				5
Ge Fei				4		4
Gu Jun				4		4
Lau Hui Huang				3	1	4
Minarni		1		2	1	4
Ra Kyung-min		1			3	4
Seah Eng Hee			3		1	4
Sigit Budiarto			4			4
Sylvia Ng		1			3	4
Sylvia Tan		2		2		4
Zhang Jiewen				4		4
Baby Low				3		3
Billy Ng	2				1	3
Cai Yun			3			3
Candra Wijaya			3			3
Dechapol Puavaranukroh					3	3
Flandy Limpele			2		1	3
Fu Haifeng			3			3
Hendra Setiawan			3			3
Intan Nurtjahja		2		1		3
J. de Souza					3	3
Kim Dong-moon					3	3
Leow Kim Fatt	1		1		1	3
Noriko Takagi		1		1	1	3
Nova Widianto					3	3
Omar Ibrahim	3					3
Ong Siew Yong					3	3
Tan Aik Huang	2		1			3
Teoh Peng Hooi			2		1	3
Tontowi Ahmad					3	3
Wong Chong Teck			3			3
Ye Zhaoying		3				3
Zhang Yawen				3		3
Zhao Yunlei				2	1	3
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting	2					2
Bambang Suprianto	1				1	2
Bao Yixin				2		2
Boonsak Ponsana	2					2
Chan Chim Bock			2			2
Chen Hong	2					2
Chung Myung-hee				2		2
Gillian Clark				2		2
Gillian Gowers				2		2
Hariyanto Arbi	2					2
Helen Ong		1		1		2
Huang Nanyan				2		2
Iie Sumirat	2					2
Indratno			2			2
Jens Eriksen			1		1	2
Johan Wahjudi			1		1	2
Johnny Heah			2			2
Kamilla Rytter Juhl				1	1	2
Kento Momota	2					2
Koh Keng Siang	1		1			2
Lai Siew York		1		1		2
Lim Boon Guan			2			2
Lu Kai			1		1	2
Maria Bengtsson					2	2
Minarti Timur					2	2
Mohammad Ahsan			2			2
Nancy Ang				2		2
Nurhaena		1		1		2
Regina Masli				1	1	2
Retno Koestijah				2		2
Rexy Mainaky			2			2
Ricky Subagja			2			2
Rudy Hartono	1		1			2
Sapsiree Taerattanachai					2	2
Sony Dwi Kuncoro	2					2
Tai Tzu-ying		2				2
Tan Gaik Bee		1		1		2
Taufik Hidayat	2					2
Thomas Lund					2	2
Tian Qing				2		2
Tri Kusharjanto					2	2
Vivien Gwee				1	1	2
Wang Yihan		2				2
Wee Boon Hai			2			2
Wee Choon Seng	1		1			2
Wei Yili				2		2
Yew Cheng Hoe	1		1			2
Zhang Nan			1		1	2
Zhao Jianhua	2					2
Zhou Mi		2				2
Huang Yaqiong					2	2
Chen Qingchen				2		2
Jia Yifan				2		2
An Se-young		2				2

Female players who change their surname after marriage:

^1 – Alice Patterson later known as Alice Pennefather

^2 – Ong Siew Eng later known as Mrs. Chionh Hiok Chor

^3 – Mary Heng later known as Mary Sim

^5 – Noriko Takagi later known as Noriko Nakayama

Players who won titles representing different nations:

^4 – Flandy Limpele won two titles with Indonesia and one with England

^6 – Zhou Mi won one title with China and one with Hong Kong

Performances by nation

As of the 2025 tournament

Pos	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	Straits Settlements   Singapore	28	24	24.5	21	24.5	122
2	Indonesia	18	6	19	7	12	62
3	China	8	18	6	23	5	60
4	Malaya   Malaysia	10	5	14.5	4	5.5	39
5	Japan	3	3	3	3	0.5	12.5
6	Denmark	2	1	2	1	5.5	11.5
7	South Korea		3	1	3	4	11
8	Thailand	3	3			3	9
9	Chinese Taipei	1	2	1		1	5
10	England			2	2		4
11	India	1	2				3
	Sweden		1			2	3
13	France		1				1
	Germany		1				1
	Hong Kong		1				1
Total		74	71	73	64	63	345

See also

• List of Singapore Open men's singles champions
• List of Singapore Open women's singles champions
• List of Singapore Open men's doubles champions
• List of Singapore Open women's doubles champions
• List of Singapore Open mixed doubles champions

References

1. "BWF World Tour Hosts 2023-2026 Announced". Badminton World Federation. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
2. "Badminton in Singapore". Singapore Infopedia. 2016.
3. "SBA 'Open'" . Singapore Standard. 28 August 1957.
4. "SBA may again stage Singapore Open". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. The Straits Times. 25 February 1989. p. 23. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
5. "Singapore on GP list". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. The Straits Times. 18 October 1989. p. 31. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
6. Singapore Super Series: Past Champions Archived 19 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
7. "BWF Launches New Events Structure". 19 November 2017.
8. "BWF Announces Revamped Tournament Calendar for 2020". Badminton World Federation. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
9. "Singapore Open 2021 Cancelled". Badminton World Federation. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

External links

• Official website
• Smash: Singapore Open