The Korea Open (Korean: 코리아오픈) is an annual badminton event that is commonly held in Seoul, South Korea. The tournament used to be known as Korea Open Super Series because it became one of the BWF Super Series tournaments beginning with 2007. BWF categorised Korea Open as one of the seven BWF World Tour Super 500 events in the BWF events structure since 2018.[1]
| Official website | |
| Founded | 1991 |
|---|---|
| Editions | 31 (2024) |
| Location | Mokpo (2024) South Korea |
| Venue | Mokpo Indoor Stadium (2024) |
| Prize money | US$420,000 |
| Men's | |
| Draw | 32S / 32D |
| Current champions | Lu Guangzu (singles) Leo Rolly Carnando Bagas Maulana (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | 4 Peter Gade |
| Most doubles titles | 6 Lee Yong-dae |
| Women's | |
| Draw | 32S / 32D |
| Current champions | Kim Ga-eun (singles) Jeong Na-eun Kim Hye-jeong (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | 3 Bang Soo-hyun |
| Most doubles titles | 4 Chung So-young Gil Young-ah Yang Wei |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Draw | 32 |
| Current champions | Chen Tang Jie Toh Ee Wei |
| Most titles (male) | 6 Kim Dong-moon |
| Most titles (female) | 7 Ra Kyung-min |
| Super 500 | |
| Last completed | |
| 2024 Korea Open | |
The tournament has been organised since 1991. However, the 1998 tournament was canceled due to the poor economic conditions in the country.[2]
History of host cities
edit| City[3][4][5] | Years host |
|---|---|
| Seoul | 1991–1999, 2006–2015, 2017–2018 |
| Jeju City | 2000–2001 |
| Yeosu | 2002, 2023 |
| Incheon | 2003, 2005, 2019 |
| Chungju | 2004 |
| Seongnam | 2016 |
| Suncheon | 2022 |
| Mokpo | 2024 |
Past winners
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- ^ This tournament, originally to be played from 8 to 13 September, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.
- ^ This tournament, originally to be played from 31 August to 5 September, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.[6]
Performances by nation
edit- As of the 2024 edition
| Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China
|
12 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 53 |
| 2 |  South Korea
|
2 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 50 |
| 3 |  Denmark
|
7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | |
| 4 |  Indonesia
|
4 | 1 | 6.5 | 1 | 2 | 14.5 |
| 5 |  Japan
|
1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
 Malaysia
|
3 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 7 |  Chinese Taipei
|
2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 8 |  India
|
1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 9 |  Sweden
|
1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | |||
| 10 |  Hong Kong
|
1 | 1 | ||||
 Netherlands
|
1 | 1 | |||||
 Thailand
|
1 | 1 | |||||
| 13 |  England
|
0.5 | 0.5 | ||||
 United States
|
0.5 | 0.5 | |||||
| Total | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 155 |
References
edit- ^ "BWF Launches New Events Structure". 2017-11-29.
- ^ "The Korean Association Cancel The Open". Archived from the original on 2006-12-14. Retrieved 2007-05-17.
- ^ "Grand Prix - Korea Open". Archived from the original on 2006-12-14. Retrieved 2007-05-17.
- ^ Badminton Korea Association. "Tournament Search: Korea Open". koreabadminton.org. Retrieved 3 February 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Korea Open 2016 Prospectus" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-25.
- ^ "Tournament updates 11 August 2021". Badminton World Federation. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.