The 2017 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold was the second grand prix's badminton tournament of the

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. The tournament was held at the

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on 24 – 29 January 2017 and had a total purse of $120,000.

Tournament

The 2017 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold was the eight edition of

Syed Modi International Badminton Championships The Syed Modi International Badminton Championships is an international badminton tournament, which is held annually in India. This tournament was introduced to the badminton circuit as a BWF Grand Prix event in 2009. Since then the tournament ...

. This tournament has been rate as

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level since it was sanctioned by BWF in 2009. The competition has provided a great platform for some of the younger badminton players to prove their mettle against some of the best in the world. This tournament named to commemorate the

1982 Commonwealth Games The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Australia, from 30 September to 9 October 1982. The Opening Ceremony was held at the QEII Stadium (named after Elizabeth II), in the Brisbane suburb of Nathan. The QEII Stadium was also the a ...

champion

Syed Modi Syed Modi (31 December 1962 – 28 July 1988), born as Syed Mehdi Hassan Zaidi, was an Indian badminton singles player. He was eight-time National Badminton champion (1980–1987). His most notable achievement at the international badminton ...

. This tournament inaugurated by the

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governor Ram Naik. The inaugural ceremony of the tournament presented a glittering tweet in which many international stars and dance-to-party programs.

Venue

This international tournament held at the

, India.

Point distribution

Below is the tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system.

Prize money

The total prize money for this year tournament is US$120,000.

Blood donation camp

This tournament also organized a blood donation camp in the morning session on 27 January with the help of Red Cross Society. The officers of the international umpire, coaches, officials and the U.P. Olympic Association affiliated with badminton also assist in this righteous work of blood donation.

Men's singles

Seeds

Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (;born 13 October 1990) is a Thai badminton player. He won his first career Superseries title by winning the Denmark Open on 23 October 2016, becoming the first Thai to win a men's singles title in a Superseries Premier to ...

''(withdrew)'' # Hans-Kristian Vittinghus ''(quarterfinals)'' # Srikanth Kidambi ''(semifinals)'' #

Ajay Jayaram Ajay Jayaram (born 28 September 1987) is an Indian retired badminton player from Chennai. He plays for the Mumbai Rockets in the Premier Badminton League. Jayaram is a champion of the Czech International and Dutch Open tournament. Ajay Jayara ...

''(withdrew)'' # Anders Antonsen ''(third round)'' #

H.S. Prannoy Prannoy Haseena Sunil Kumar (born 17 July 1992), also known as H. S. Prannoy, is an Indian badminton player who currently trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad. Prannoy originally hails from Thiruvananthapuram and has a ca ...

''(third round)'' # Zulfadli Zulkiffli ''(quarterfinals)'' #

Sameer Verma Sameer Verma (born 22 October 1994) is an Indian badminton player. He trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy, Hyderabad. Sameer is the brother of Indian badminton player Sourabh Verma. Career 2011 Verma won a silver medal in the Asian ...

(champion) #

B. Sai Praneeth Bhamidipati Sai Praneeth (born 10 August 1992) is an Indian badminton player. He became the first Indian male shuttler in 36 years to win a bronze medal in the BWF World Championships in 2019 after Prakash Padukone in 1983. Sai Praneeth was ho ...

''(final)'' #

Chong Wei Feng Chong Wei Feng (born 26 May 1987) is a Malaysian retired badminton player. He was drafted into the national team in 2004. His best achievement is reaching the semi-finals of the 2012 and 2013 China Open, where he was defeated by Chen Long on ...

''(third round)'' # Sourabh Varma ''(quarterfinals)'' # Emil Holst ''(quarterfinals)'' # Misha Zilberman ''(third round)'' # Parupalli Kashyap ''(withdrew)'' #

Harsheel Dani Harsheel Dani (born 12 August 1996) is an Indian male badminton player. He represented India in the Asian and BWF World Junior Championships. He also became the U-19 singles champion in the junior nationals. Currently training at the Uday Pawar ...

''(semifinals)'' # Pratul Joshi ''(second round)''

Finals

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Section 7

Section 8

Women's singles

Seeds

P. V. Sindhu Pusarla Venkata Sindhu (born 5 July 1995) is an Indian badminton player. Considered one of India's most successful sportspersons, Sindhu has won medals at various tournaments such as the Olympics and on the BWF circuit, including a gold at th ...

(champion) #

Saina Nehwal Saina Nehwal (; born 17 March 1990) is an Indian professional badminton player. A former world no. 1, she has won 24 international titles, which includes ten Superseries titles. Although she reached the world's 2nd in 2009, it was only in 2015 ...

''(withdrew)'' # Beatriz Corrales ''(quarterfinals)'' #

Fitriani Fitriani (born 27 December 1998) is an Indonesian badminton player specializing in women's singles and women's doubles discipline affiliated with Exist club. She won team silver at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games and bronze medals at the 2017 Sout ...

''(semifinals)'' # Dinar Dyah Ayustine ''(second round)'' #

Hanna Ramadini Hanna Ramadini (born 21 February 1995) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with Mutiara Cardinal Bandung club. She had been recently married with another badminton player, Arya Maulana Aldiartama. Achievements Southeast Asian Games ...

''(semifinals)'' # Ruthvika Shivani Gadde ''(withdrew)'' #

Ksenia Polikarpova Ksenia Olegovna Polikarpova (russian: Ксения Олеговна Поликарпова, he, קסניה פוליקרפובה; born 11 March 1990) is Russian-Israeli Olympic badminton player. In 2009, she won a bronze medal at the European ...

''(second round)''

Finals

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Men's doubles

Seeds

# Mathias Boe /

Carsten Mogensen Carsten Mogensen (born 24 July 1983) is a former badminton player from Denmark. He was the gold medalist at the 2015 European Games, two time European champions winning in 2012 and 2017, and the silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Moge ...

(champion) # Mathias Christiansen / David Daugaard ''(quarterfinals)'' #

Manu Attri Manu Attri (born 31 December 1992) is an Indian badminton player who currently plays men's and mixed doubles. He partners with Jishnu Sanyal for men's doubles events and previously partnered with B. Sumeeth Reddy. For mixed doubles events, he p ...

/ B. Sumeeth Reddy ''(second round)'' # Fajar Alfian /

Muhammad Rian Ardianto Muhammad Rian Ardianto (born 13 February 1996) is an Indonesian badminton player. Born in Bantul, Yogyakarta SR, Ardianto plays for the Jaya Raya Jakarta club at national events. He won the men's doubles silver medal at the 2018 Asian Games, th ...

''(semifinals)'' # Hendra Setiawan / Tan Boon Heong ''(quarterfinals)'' #

Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Danny Bawa Chrisnanta (born 30 December 1988) is a retired Singaporean badminton player. Career Danny competed at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games, where he captured a bronze medal in the mixed team and a silver medal in the men's doubles ...

/ Hendra Wijaya ''(quarterfinals)'' #

Berry Angriawan Berry Angriawan (born 3 October 1991) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with Djarum club. He was part of Indonesia winning team at the 2016 Asia Team Championships and at the 2017 SEA Games. Career 2023 In September, Angriawan a ...

Hardianto Hardianto (born 28 February 1993) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with Mutiara Cardinal Bandung club. Career In September 2023, Hardianto and his partner Ade Yusuf Santoso lost at the first round of Indonesia Masters Super 100 I ...

''(semifinals)'' #

Lu Ching-yao Lu Ching-yao (; born 7 June 1993) is a Taiwanese badminton player. He was the silver medalist at the 2011 Asian Junior Championships, and 2015 Summer Universiade. He won his first senior international title at the 2014 Singapore International ...

/ Yang Po-han ''(final)''

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

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Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

# Kamilla Rytter Juhl / Christinna Pedersen (champion) # Chow Mei Kuan / Lee Meng Yean ''(quarterfinals)'' # Lim Yin Loo / Yap Cheng Wen ''(semifinals)'' #

Meghana Jakkampudi Meghana Jakkampudi (born 28 December 1995) is an Indian badminton player. She was the gold medalists at the 2019 South Asian Games The 2019 South Asian Games, officially the XIII South Asian Games, was a major multi-sport event which was or ...

Poorvisha S Ram Poorvisha S. Ram (born 24 January 1995) is an Indian badminton player who specializes in doubles and mixed doubles. As of February 2020, she is ranked 48 in doubles. She had attained career best ranking of 30 in November 2018. She was previousl ...

''(quarterfinals)''

Finals

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Section 2

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Section 4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

# Joachim Fischer Nielsen / Christinna Pedersen ''(semifinals)'' #

Pranaav Jerry Chopra Pranaav Jerry Chopra (born 6 September 1992) is an Indian badminton player. He joined the India national badminton team in 2007. In the year 2018, at the Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Queensland, he won the gold medal in mixed team as b ...

/ N. Sikki Reddy (champion) # Terry Hee Yong Kai /

Tan Wei Han Jessica Tan Wei Han (; born 16 July 1993) is a Singaporean badminton player. Together with Terry Hee, they won their first BWF World Tour title as a duo at the 2022 India Open. Tan along with Hee also won the gold medal in the mixed doubles even ...

''(quarterfinals)'' #

Evgenij Dremin Evgenij Nikolaevich Dremin (russian: Евгений Николаевич Дремин; born 24 February 1981) is a Russian badminton player. Achievements BWF World Tour The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented ...

Evgenia Dimova Evgenia Aleksandrovna Dimova (russian: Евгения Александровна Димова; born 29 April 1982) is a Russian badminton player. Achievements BWF World Tour The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and imple ...

''(quarterfinals)'' # Mathias Christiansen /

Sara Thygesen Sara Thygesen (born 20 January 1991) is a Danish badminton player, specializing in doubles. She started playing badminton at Gårslev in 2002. She got an award for the best female athlete of the year 2007 in her hometown Fredericia. In 2014, she ...

''(semifinals)'' # Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai ''(quarterfinals)'' # B. Sumeeth Reddy / Ashwini Ponnappa ''(final)'' # Yogendran Khrishnan /

Prajakta Sawant Prajakta Sawant (born 28th October, 1992) is a badminton player from India. She was the national women's doubles champion in 2010 and 2011 and also won the mixed doubles title in 2010. In 2013, she won the Bangladesh International tournament par ...

''(quarterfinals)''

Finals

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References

External links

Tournament Link

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