The Orléans Masters championships is an open badminton tournament held in France. This tournament is organized by the Cercle Laïque des Tourelles Orléans (CLTO) Badminton and held in the Palais des Sports in Orléans.[1]

Orléans Masters
Official website
Founded1994; 30 years ago (1994)
Editions12 (2024)
LocationOrléans
France
VenuePalais des Sports
Prize moneyUS$210,000 (2024)
Men's
Draw32S / 32D
Current championsYushi Tanaka (singles)
Choong Hon Jian
Muhammad Haikal (doubles)
Most singles titles2
Mark Caljouw
Toma Junior Popov
Most doubles titles2
Adam Cwalina
Przemysław Wacha
Women's
Draw32S / 32D
Current championsTomoka Miyazaki (singles)
Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari
Rachel Allessya Rose (doubles)
Most singles titles2
Beatriz Corrales
Most doubles titles3
Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva
Mixed doubles
Draw32
Current championsCheng Xing
Zhang Chi
Most titles (male)3
Mathias Christiansen
Most titles (female)2
Imogen Bankier
Lena Grebak
Super 300
Last completed
2024 Orléans Masters
Lena Grebak (center) and Mathias Christiansen of Denmark, pictured after retaining mixed doubles title in 2016.

This tournament began as a regional event in 1994, and later included as national event in 1999.[2] In 2012, this tournament known as French International as a part of European circuit and sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation as International Series. The French International upgraded its level as International Challenge in 2013, and changed its name to Orléans International in 2015, to avoid confusion with the already established French Open held in Paris.[3][4]

In June 2017, the Badminton World Federation has accepted the candidacy of CLTO to organized of a higher ranking tournament. Thus, from 2018 and for a period of four years, the Orléans International becomes the Orléans Masters and enters the very restricted circle of the 30 best badminton tournaments in the world as BWF Tour Super 100 level with a total prize money $65,000, equivalent to the old Grand Prix level tournaments prior to the World Tour.[3] From 2023 onwards, this is a Super 300 tournament.[5]

Past winners

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Year Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles
2012   Anand Pawar   Judith Meulendijks   Peter Käsbauer
  Josche Zurwonne
  Judith Meulendijks
  Johanna Goliszewski
  Peter Käsbauer
  Johanna Goliszewski
2013   Rajiv Ouseph   Beatriz Corrales   Adam Cwalina
  Przemysław Wacha
  Rie Eto
  Yu Wakita
  Robert Blair
  Imogen Bankier
2014   Pablo Abián   Imogen Bankier
  Petya Nedelcheva
2015   Dmytro Zavadsky   Natalia Koch Rohde   Matthew Nottingham
  Harley Towler
  Gabriela Stoeva
  Stefani Stoeva
  Mathias Christiansen
  Lena Grebak
2016   Emil Holst   Goh Jin Wei   Richard Eidestedt
  Nico Ruponen
  Heather Olver
  Lauren Smith
2017   Mark Caljouw   Kirsty Gilmour   Liao Min-chun
  Su Cheng-heng
  Asumi Kugo
  Megumi Yokoyama
  Mark Lamsfuß
  Isabel Herttrich
2018   Shiori Saito   Mark Lamsfuß
  Marvin Seidel
  Gabriela Stoeva
  Stefani Stoeva
  Niclas Nøhr
  Sara Thygesen
2019   Koki Watanabe   Saena Kawakami   Lee Yang
  Wang Chi-lin
  Chloe Birch
  Lauren Smith
  Thom Gicquel
  Delphine Delrue
2020 Cancelled[note 1]
2021   Toma Junior Popov   Busanan Ongbamrungphan   Ben Lane
  Sean Vendy
  Jongkolphan Kititharakul
  Rawinda Prajongjai
  Mathias Christiansen
  Alexandra Bøje
2022   Putri Kusuma Wardani   Ruben Jille
  Ties van der Lecq
  Gabriela Stoeva
  Stefani Stoeva
  Terry Hee
  Tan Wei Han
2023   Priyanshu Rajawat   Carolina Marín   Chen Boyang
  Liu Yi
  Rena Miyaura
  Ayako Sakuramoto
  Chen Tang Jie
  Toh Ee Wei
2024   Yushi Tanaka   Tomoka Miyazaki   Choong Hon Jian
  Muhammad Haikal
  Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari
  Rachel Allessya Rose
  Cheng Xing
  Zhang Chi

Performances

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As of 2024 edition
Pos Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total
1   Japan 2 3 3 8
2   Denmark 1 1 4 6
3   England 1 2 2 5
4   Germany 2 0.5 2 4.5
  Netherlands 2 1 1 0.5 4.5
6   Spain 1 3 4
7   Bulgaria 3.5 3.5
  Scotland 1 0.5 2 3.5
9   France 2 1 3
  Malaysia 1 1 1 3
11   China 1 1 2
  Chinese Taipei 2 2
  India 2 2
  Indonesia 1 1 2
  Poland 2 2
  Thailand 1 1 2
17   Singapore 1 1
  Sweden 1 1
  Ukraine 1 1
Total 12 12 12 12 12 60

See also

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Note

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  1. ^ This tournament, originally to be played from 24 to 29 March, was later cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic in France.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Røsler, Manuel; Parmentier, Fanny (6 April 2012). "A French premiere". www.badmintoneurope.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Orléans Masters Badminton: Le CLTO badminton d'Orléans réunit chaque année l'élite mondiale du badminton". www.orleans-metropole.fr (in French). 16 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b Renaudeau, Joel (19 February 2019). "Tournoi international d'Orléans 2019". lnaqbad.fr (in French). Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  4. ^ Poulet-Sevestre, Julie (7 February 2016). "L'Orléans International Challenge de badminton arrive". www.larep.fr (in French). Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  5. ^ "BWF World Tour Hosts 2023-2026 Announced". Badminton World Federation. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  6. ^ "BWF Sanctioned Tournaments Suspended – 16 March – 12 April". Badminton World Federation. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
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