The Maldives International is an open international

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tournament in

Maldives Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...

organized by the Badminton Association of Maldives and sanctioned by the

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and

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. This tournament has been an International Challenge level before it went into hiatus in 2014. This tournament held at the Malé sports complex, and offered world ranking points with total prize money US$15,000. In 2010, India won two titles from the men's and women's singles event. Anand Pawar won the men's singles title after defeated

Dinuka Karunaratne Edirimuni Dinuka Nishan Perera Karunaratne ( Sinhala: දිනුක කරුණාරත්න; Tamil: தினுக கருணாரத்ன; born 6 October 1987) is a Sri Lankan badminton player. Personal life His father Louie Karuna ...

of Sri Lanka with the score 21–14, 21–18, while his compatriot

Trupti Murgunde Trupti Murgunde (born 3 June 1982) is an Indian Badminton player who plays singles & doubles. She is a Dhyan Chand Awardee. The shuttler, who was born in Pune, has won the 2009 National Championship for women after remaining runners up for 3 ...

won the women's singles title after Ann Venice Alcala Malvinne of Philippines retired with a hamstring injury at the score 21–10, 11–3. The men's doubles title goes to Pakistani Kashif Ali Sulehri and

Rizwan Azam Rizwan Azam (born 2 February 1985) is a Pakistani badminton player who also play in the Australian circuit, and was the National champion in both Pakistan and Australia. Azam was the men's doubles bronze medalists at the South Asian Games in 20 ...

, and the Japanese pair Chinami Okui and Yukie Sumida won the women's doubles title. Kennevic Asuncion and Karyn Velez won the mixed doubles title outlasted Sri Lanka's Udara Nayanajith and Renu Chandrika Hettiarachchige, 24–22, 17–21, 21–13. In 2011,

Pablo Abián Pablo Abián Vicén (; born 12 June 1985) is a Spanish badminton player. He was the men's singles gold medalists at the 2015 European Games, 2018 and 2022 Mediterranean Games. Olympic Games 2008 (Beijing, China) He competed in badminton ...

of Spain with his fast movement on the court, excellent physics, and speed of strokes managed to win the men's singles title. The 15 years old,

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 ...

produced a stunning performance to win the women's singles title. She beat

Carolina Marín Carolina María Marín Martín (born 15 June 1993) is a Spanish professional badminton player. She is an Olympic Champion, three-time World Champion, six-time European Champion, and the former World's No. 1 in BWF rankings for the women's si ...

in the third round and

Agnese Allegrini Agnese Allegrini (born 3 July 1982, in Rome) is a badminton player from Italy. Biography Allegrini played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships and reached the second round, where she lost to Eriko Hirose of Japan. She played at the 2008 ...

in the semi-final. The men's, women's, and mixed doubles title goes to Singapore ( Ashton Chen Yong Zhao and

Derek Wong Zi Liang Derek Wong (born Wong Zi Liang, traditional Chinese: 黃梓良, 13 January 1989) is a retired Singaporean badminton player. Wong is a two-time Olympian, who took part at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, where he was flag bearer in the latter ...

), Japan ( Miki Komori and Nao Miyoshi) and Canada (

Toby Ng Tobias Ng (born 8 October 1985) is a Canadian badminton player. Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Ng's father is from Hong Kong and his mother from Macau. He started playing badminton at the Kensington Community Centre, when he was ...

and Grace Gao) respectively. In 2012, K. Srikanth emerged as the title winner by ending the men's singles final set in three games with a margin of 13–21, 21–11 and 21–16 of

Zulfadli Zulkiffli Zulfadli bin Zulkiffli (born 11 February 1993) is a former Malaysian badminton player. He was the boys' singles gold medalists at the 2011 Asian and World Junior Championships, also at the Commonwealth Youth Games. In 2018, Zulkiffli was fo ...

. Japan won three titles from the women's singles, men's doubles and women's doubles event. Raj Popat of Wales and Devi Tika Permatasari of Indonesia emerged as the winner of the mixed doubles title after defeating Sri Lanka’s Hasitha Chanaka and Kavindi Ishandika Sirimannage. In 2013, Indonesia managed to put 6 representatives in the final round, and won two titles in the men's singles and women's doubles event after created All Indonesian finals. Hanna Ramadini lost to

Michelle Li Michelle Li (born November 3, 1991) is a Canadian badminton player from Markham, Ontario. Li is the 2014 Commonwealth Games champion and the first Canadian to win an individual gold medal in women's singles badminton at the Commonwealth Games. S ...

of Canada in the women's singles final and Arya Maulana Aldiartama/

Alfian Eko Prasetya Alfian Eko Prasetya (born 4 August 1994) is an Indonesian badminton player specializes in doubles, affiliated with Jaya Raya Jakarta badminton club. He was the mixed doubles gold medalist at the 2011 BWF World Junior Championships partnered with ...

defeated by the Taiwanese pair Tien Tzu-chieh and

Wang Chi-lin Wang Chi-lin (; born 18 January 1995) is a Taiwanese badminton player who specializes in doubles. He is the 2020 Olympics men's doubles champion. Career In 2021, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he and his partner Lee Yang Lee Yang (; born 12 ...

. Indian pair K. Nandagopal and

Maneesha Kukkapalli Kukkapalli Maneesha (born 29 April 1995) is an Indian badminton player who currently plays women's and mixed doubles. She partners Sanyogita Ghorpade for women's doubles events and previously partnered with J. Meghana, P. V. Sindhu. For mixed d ...

clinched the mixed doubles title after registering a straight-game victory over Kim Dae-sung and Oh Bo-kyung of South Korea.

Previous winners

Maldives International Challenge

Maldives International Series

Maldives Future Series

Performances by nation

Maldives International Challenge

Maldives International Series

Maldives Future Series

References

External links

Badminton Association of Maldives
{{Badminton competitions Badminton tournaments in the Maldives Recurring sporting events established in 2010