German Open (badminton)

The German Open is an annual badminton tournament held in Germany since 1955 and organized by German Badminton Association or Deutscher Badminton Verband (DBV). The tournaments were not held in the year 1970, 1979 and 1998.

Known as German Badminton Championships until 1980, the tournament than allowed to known as Open Championships began 1981. The tournament currently sponsored by Yonex. While it does attract professional players, the tournament now become part of BWF Grand Prix Gold event.

Venues

• 1955 – 1962: Bonn
• 1963: Hamburg
• 1964: Lübeck
• 1965: Bochum
• 1966: Hannover
• 1967: Frankfurt
• 1968: Berlin
• 1969: Hamburg
• 1970: not held
• 1971 – 1974: Oberhausen
• 1975 – 1977: Mülheim an der Ruhr
• 1978: Oberhausen
• 1979: not held
• 1980 – 1982: Mülheim an der Ruhr
• 1983 – 1986: Duisburg
• 1987 – 1991: Düsseldorf
• 1992 – 1995: Leverkusen
• 1996 – 1997: Saarbrücken
• 1998: not held
• 1999 – 2004: Duisburg
• 2005 – Present: Mülheim an der Ruhr

Past winners

21st Century

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
2015	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	Sung Ji-hyun	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Mads Pieler Kolding Kamilla Rytter Juhl
2014	Arvind Bhat	Sayaka Takahashi	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	Robert Blair Imogen Bankier
2013	Chen Long	Wang Yihan	Hong Wei Chai Biao	Jung Kyung-eun Kim Ha-na	Shin Baek-cheol Jang Ye-na
2012	Lin Dan	Li Xuerui	Hong Wei Shen Ye	Xia Huan Tang Jinhua	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl
2011		Liu Xin	Lee Yong-dae Jung Jae-sung	Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa	Robert Blair Gabrielle White
2010	Bao Chunlai	Wang Xin	Chai Biao Zhang Nan	Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli	Yohan Hadikusuma Tse Ying Suet
2009		Wang Yihan	Lee Yong-dae Shin Baek-cheol	Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei	Xu Chen Zhao Yunlei
2008	Lee Hyun-il	Jun Jae-youn	Lee Jae-jin Hwang Ji-man	Lee Kyung-won Lee Hyo-jung	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung
2007	Lin Dan	Xie Xingfang		Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	Zheng Bo Gao Ling
2006	Chen Jin	Zhang Ning	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae		Zhang Jun Gao Ling
2005	Lin Dan	Xie Xingfang	Fu Haifeng Cai Yun	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Lee Jae-jin Lee Hyo-jung
2004			Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Zhang Dan Zhang Yawen	Carsten Mogensen Rikke Olsen
2003	Lee Hyun-il	Zhang Ning	Flandy Limpele Eng Hian	Ra Kyung-min Lee Kyung-won	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
2002	Niels Christian Kaldau	Pi Hongyan	Jonas Rasmussen Lars Paaske	Mia Audina Lotte Jonathans	Michael Søgaard Rikke Olsen
2001	Kenneth Jonassen		Michael Søgaard Jim Laugesen	Rikke Olsen Helene Kirkegaard

Performances by nation

S.No	Pos	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	1	China	9	10	4	7	3	33
2	2	Denmark	3	0	4	2	5	14
3	3	South Korea	2	2	5	3	4	16
4	4	Japan	0	1	1	2	0	4
5	5	France	0	2	0	0	0	2
6	6	Indonesia	0	0	1	0	0	1
7	6	India	0	0	1	0	0	1
8	6	Netherlands	0	0	0	1	0	1
9	6	England	0	0	0	0	1	1
10	6	Scotland	0	0	0	0	1	1

Full list

• List of German Open Men's Singles champions
• List of German Open Women's singles champions
• List of German Open Men's doubles champions
• List of German Open Women's doubles champions
• List of German Open Mixed doubles champions

External links

• Official website (German)
• Official website (English)
• Badminton.de: German Open