The U.S. Open Badminton Championships is an annual
badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...
tournament first held in when the American Badminton Association (now
USA Badminton
USA Badminton (USAB) is the national governing body for the sport of badminton in the United States. There are currently 66 badminton clubs registered .
History
The American Badminton Association was founded in 1936 when Donald Wilbur, Robert Mc ...
) opened the
U.S. National Badminton Championships to foreign competition. During the 1950s and 1960s it often attracted the world's top players. The 2015 Yonex
Suffolk County Community College US Open Championships, held in Brentwood, NY, attracted
Malaysia
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's superstar Lee Chong Wei as well as 9 others in the top 30 MS competitors. In 2016, the tournament was hosted in
El Monte, California
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El Monte ( Spanish for "The Mountain") is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city lies in the San Gabriel Valley, east of the city of Los Angeles.
El Monte's slogan is "Welcome to Friendly El Monte" and is historica ...
. In 2017, the tournament was hosted in
Anaheim, California
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. In 2018, the tournament will be held at
California State University, Fullerton
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.
Past winners
Performances by nation
References
External links
Hickoksports.com: U.S. Open Badminton Champions
{{Badminton competitions
Badminton tournaments in the United States
1954 establishments in the United States
Recurring sporting events established in 1954