South Africa International

The South Africa International is an international badminton tournament held in South Africa organised by Badminton South Africa, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) and Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA). Since 2018, this tournament has been a BWF Future Series.

Previous winners

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles	Ref
1996	Johan Kleingeld	Michelle Claire Edwards	Johan Kleingeld Gavin Polmans	Vanessa van der Walt Annalize van Staden	Johan Kleingeld Michelle Claire Edwards	[1]
1997			Anton Kriel Nico Meerholz	Lina Fourie Tracey Thompson	Johan Kleingeld Lina Fourie	[2]
1998	Jonas Rasmussen	Lina Fourie	Kenneth Jonassen Jonas Rasmussen	Meagen Burnett Michelle Claire Edwards	Jonas Rasmussen Meagen Burnett	[3]
1999	Johan Kleingeld	Meagen Burnett	Johan Kleingeld Anton Kriel	Chantal Botts Linda Montignies	Johan Kleingeld Karen Coetzer	[4]
2000	Dean Potgieter	Michelle Claire Edwards	Anton Kriel Nico Meerholz	No competition	Anton Kriel Michelle Claire Edwards	[5]
2001	Denis Constantin		Stephan Beeharry Denis Constantin	Chantal Botts Michelle Claire Edwards	Johan Kleingeld Karen Coetzer	[6]
2002	Richard Vaughan		Chris Dednam Johan Kleingeld		Chris Dednam Antoinette Uys	[7]
2003	Shoji Sato	Pi Hongyan	Kristof Hopp Thomas Tesche	Chikako Nakayama Keiko Yoshitomi	Travis Denney Kate Wilson-Smith	[8]
2004	No competition
2005	Nikhil Kanetkar	Grace Daniel	Chris Dednam Roelof Dednam	Chantal Botts Michelle Claire Edwards	Dorian James Michelle Claire Edwards	[9]
2006	Richard Vaughan	Trupti Murgunde	Dorian James Willem Viljoen
2007	Kaveh Mehrabi	Lucía Tavera		Jade Morgan Annari Viljoen	Chris Dednam Annari Viljoen	[10]
2008	Daniel Paiola	Stacey Doubell			Chris Dednam Michelle Claire Edwards	[11]
2009	Ali Shahhosseini	Michelle Claire Edwards		Michelle Claire Edwards Annari Viljoen	Dorian James Michelle Claire Edwards	[12]
2010	Kaveh Mehrabi	Agnese Allegrini	Chris Dednam Roelof Dednam	Özge Bayrak Öznur Çalışkan	Chris Dednam Annari Viljoen	[13]
2011	Pedro Martins	Özge Bayrak	Dorian James Willem Viljoen	Özge Bayrak Neslihan Yiğit		[14]
2012	Alistair Casey	Stacey Doubell	Andries Malan Willem Viljoen	Michelle Claire Edwards Annari Viljoen	Willem Viljoen Annari Viljoen	[15]
2013	Jacob Maliekal	Telma Santos	Aatish Lubah Julien Paul	Elme de Villiers Sandra Halilović	Abdelrahman Kashkal Hadia Hosny	[16]
2014	Luka Wraber	Cemre Fere	Farzin Khanjani Mohamad Reza Khanjani	Cemre Fere Ebru Tunalı	Cameron Coetzer Michelle Butler-Emmett	[17]
2015	Howard Shu	Telma Santos	Soroush Eskandari Farzin Khanjani	Cemre Fere Ebru Yazgan	Andries Malan Jennifer Fry	[18]
2016	Jacob Maliekal	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	Abdelrahman Abdelhakim Ahmed Salah	Michelle Butler-Emmett Jennifer Fry	Anatoliy Yartsev Evgeniya Kosetskaya	[19]
2017	Maxime Moreels	Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka	Tarun Kona Saurabh Sharma		Andries Malan Jennifer Fry	[20]
2018	Azmy Qowimuramadhoni	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan	Ade Resky Dwicahyo Azmy Qowimuramadhoni	Lehandre Schoeman Johanita Scholtz		[21]
2019	Luka Wraber	Kate Foo Kune	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	Katharina Fink Yasmine Hamza	Adham Hatem Elgamal Doha Hany	[22]
2020	Cancelled [note 1]					[23]
2021	Farogh Sanjay Aman	Johanita Scholtz	Jarred Elliott Robert Summers	Amy Ackerman Johanita Scholtz	Robert White Deidre Laurens	[24]
2022	Hung Chun-chung	Lee Yu-hsuan	Lee Wen-che Liu Yu-che	Cheng Husan-ying Tsai Li-yu	Cheng Yu-yen Lee Yu-hua	[25]
2023	Nadeem Dalvi	Kate Ludik	Caden Kakora Robert White	Amy Ackerman Deidre Laurens	Robert White Deidre Laurens	[26]
2024	Ben Hammond	Johanita Scholtz	Matthew Abela Maxim Grinblat		Caden Kakora Johanita Scholtz	[27]
2025	Phan Phúc Thịnh	Lee Yu Hsuan	Avinash Srinivas Ephraim Stephen Sam		Amer Mohammed Nabiha Shariff	[28]

1. This tournament, originally to be played from 3 to 6 December, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa.

Performances by nation

As of the 2025 edition

Pos	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	South Africa	6	12	15	18.5	21.5	73
2	Turkey	0	2	0	4	0	6
	Chinese Taipei	1	2	1	1	1	6
3	India	2	2	1	0	0	5
	Iran	3	0	2	4	0	5
	Mauritius	1	2	2	0	0	5
7	Egypt	0	0	1	0	2	3
	Portugal	1	2	0	0	0	3
9	Denmark	1	0	1	0	0.5	2.5
10	Austria	2	0	0	0	0	2
	Azerbaijan	1	0	1	0	0	2
	England	2	0	0	0	0	2
	Italy	0	1	0	1	0	2
	Japan	1	0	0	1	0	2
	Nigeria	0	2	0	0	0	2
	Russia	0	1	0	0	1	2
	Wales	2	0	0	0	0	2
18	Algeria	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Australia	0	0	0	0	1	1
	Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Brazil	1	0	0	0	0	1
	France	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Germany	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Scotland	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	0	0	1
	United States	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Saudi Arabia	0	0	0	0	1	1
	Vietnam	1	0	0	0	0	1
28	Israel	0	0	0.5	0	0	0.5
	Malta	0	0	0.5	0	0	0.5
	Serbia	0	0	0	0.5	0	0.5
Total		28	28	28	27	28	139

References

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16. "South Africa International 2013 FS winners". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
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18. "South Africa International 2015 IS winners". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
19. "South Africa International 2016 IS winners". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
20. "South Africa International 2017 IS winners". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
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22. "South Africa International 2019 FS winners". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
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24. "South Africa International 2021 FS winners". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
25. "South Africa International 2022 FS winners". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
26. "South Africa International 2023 FS winners". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
27. "South Africa International 2024 FS winners". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
28. "AQUASPRINGS South Africa International 2025 winners". BWF Badminton. Retrieved 21 November 2025.

External links

• Badminton South Africa
• Badminton Confederation of Africa