The 2010 Australian Open Grand Prix was a badminton tournament which took place at the

Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre Melbourne Sports Centres - MSAC is an international sporting venue located in Albert Park, Victoria, Australia. The centre was opened on 24 July 1997 at a construction cost of A$65 million. The cost was funded by the State Government of Victori ...

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, Australia on 13–18 July 2010 and had a total purse of $50,000.

Men's singles

Seeds

Nguyễn Tiến Minh Nguyễn Tiến Minh (born February 12, 1983) is a Vietnamese badminton player. His best achievement to date was the bronze medal at the World Championship in 2013. Career Introduced to badminton by his father at the early age of 10, Nguy ...

(champion)

Joe Wu Joe or JOE may refer to: Arts Film and television * ''Joe'' (1970 film), starring Peter Boyle * ''Joe'' (2013 film), starring Nicolas Cage * ''Joe'' (TV series), a British TV series airing from 1966 to 1971 * ''Joe'', a 2002 Canadian animated ...

''(third round)''

Alistair Casey Alistair Casey (born 23 February 1981) is a Scotland, Scottish Capped Professional badminton player. Playing career In 2011 he went out in the first round of the World Championships but was runner up at the Mexico International and Semi Finalis ...

''(quarterfinals)''

Alamsyah Yunus Alamsyah Yunus (born 7 July 1986) is an Indonesian badminton player from JR Enkei Bekasi club. Career In 2003, Yunus has won the national junior tournament, and in 2005 he was the runner-up at the National Championships. In 2007, he competed a ...

''(semifinals)'' James Eunson ''(third round)'' Yogendran Khrishnan ''(final)'' Raj Popat ''(third round)''

Harry Wright William Henry "Harry" Wright (January 10, 1835 – October 3, 1895) was an English-born American professional baseball player, manager, and developer. He assembled, managed, and played center field for baseball's first fully professional team, t ...

''(third round)''

Finals

Women's singles

Seeds

Megumi Taruno is a Japanese female badminton player. Taruno was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, and graduated from Ishikawa Prefectural Kanazawa Koyo Kotogakko High School. She started playing badminton at aged 5, and then she joined the NTT East badminton team. ...

''(second round)''

Anita Raj Kaur Anita Raj Kaur d/o Mohinder Singh ( pa, ਅਨੀਤਾ ਰਾਜ ਕੌਰ, Anītā rāja kaura; born 31 July 1986) is a Malaysian badminton player. In 2004, she became the first non-Chinese player to win the National Championships title. In 2 ...

''(first round)''

Leanne Choo Nyuk Lian "Leanne" Choo (born 5 June 1991) is a badminton player from Australia. She is the reigning Oceania Champion in women's and mixed doubles. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, alongside former women's doubles partner, ...

''(second round)'' Karyn Velez ''(quarterfinals)''

Karen Foo Kune Eileen Karen Lee Chin Foo Kune, born 29 May 1982 is a Mauritian badminton player and politician. She was the Mauritian sportswoman of the year in 2004 and 2009. She participated in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics Badminton competitions ...

''(first round)''

Lê Ngọc Nguyên Nhung Lê Ngọc Nguyên Nhung (born 12 February 1984) is a Vietnamese badminton player. She joined the Ho Chi Minh City team in 1996, and was a part of the National team at the 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2009 Southeast Asian Games. She was the National Ch ...

''(second round)''

Misaki Matsutomo is a Japanese badminton player who is a doubles specialist. She won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympic women's doubles alongside Ayaka Takahashi. Despite playing doubles, she was also a finalist in girls' singles at the 2010 BWF World J ...

''(second round)'' Erica Pong ''(quarterfinals)''

Finals

Men's doubles

Seeds

Gan Teik Chai James Gan Teik Chai (颜德财) (born 5 February 1983) is a Malaysian badminton player. He won the men's doubles title at the 2004 French International tournament partnered with Koo Kien Keat. He also won the 2009 Australian Open Grand Prix tou ...

Tan Bin Shen Tan Bin Shen (; born 24 January 1984) is a former badminton player from Malaysia. He assigned as Malaysia men's doubles national team coach in December 2020. Personal life In his early years, Tan favoured chess and music. Tan began to play b ...

''(semifinals)''

Oliver Leydon-Davis Oliver Leydon-Davis (born 10 May 1990) is a New Zealand badminton player. He won the Oceania Championships title in the mixed doubles in 2014, and in the men's doubles in 2020. Achievements Oceania Championships ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed ...

/ Henry Tam ''(quarterfinals)'' Saliya Gunaratne / Chad Whitehead ''(semifinals)'' Ross Smith /

Glenn Warfe Glenn Warfe (born 19 January 1984) is an Australian badminton player. He competed for Australia at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. Achievements Oceania Championships ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' BWF International Challenge/Series ...

''(second round)''

Finals

Women's doubles

Seeds

Ayaka Takahashi is a retired Japanese badminton player who was affiliated with Unisys badminton team. She is an Olympic Games gold medalist, two-time Asian Champion, two-time Asian Games silver medalist, and World Championship bronze medalist. Playing for the ...

''(quarterfinals)'' Danielle Barry / Donna Haliday ''(second round)''

Kate Wilson-Smith Kate Nicole Wilson-Smith (born 9 January 1979) is a female badminton player from Australia. Wilson-Smith competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Jane Crabtree. They were defeated by Pernille Harde ...

''(second round)'' Leisha Cooper / Ann-Louise Slee ''(second round)''

Finals

Mixed doubles

Seeds

Henry Tam / Donna Haliday ''(second round)'' Raj Veeran /

Renuga Veeran Renuga Veeran (born 20 June 1986) is an Australian badminton player. She has represented both Malaysia and Australia internationally as a badminton player. As part of the Australian Olympic Team,Shintaro Ikeda is a male badminton player from Japan. Career Ikeda won the bronze medal in the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's doubles with Shuichi Sakamoto. They were defeated in semifinals by Jung Jae-sung and Lee Yong-dae of South Korea, 16–21 ...

Reiko Shiota is a Japanese badminton player, affiliated with the Sanyo electric team. Shiota was the bronze medallist at the 2007 World Championships in the women's doubles event partnered with Kumiko Ogura. She also won the silver and bronze medals at the ...

''(withdrew)''

/ Danielle Barry ''(first round)'' James Eunson /

Stephanie Cheng Stephanie Cheng (born 10 October 1984) is a Hong Kong cantopop singer. She debuted under Go East Entertainment with the song "Grown Up" in 2003 and has since released more than six albums and EPs. She is best known for her song "Traffic Light" ...

''(second round)'' Michael Fowke / Susannah Leydon-Davis ''(first round)'' Yogendran Khrishnan /

''(quarterfinals)''

Finals

References

External links

Tournament link
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