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2019 BWF World Tour
The 2019 BWF World Tour (officially known as the 2019 HSBC BWF World Tour for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of the BWF World Tour of badminton, a circuit of 26 tournaments which led up to the World Tour Finals tournament. The 27 tournaments were divided into five levels: Level 1 was the said World Tour Finals, Level 2 called Super 1000 (three tournaments), Level 3 called Super 750 (five tournaments), Level 4 called Super 500 (seven tournaments) and Level 5 called Super 300 (11 tournaments). Each of these tournaments offered different ranking points and prize money. The highest points and prize pool were offered at the Super 1000 level (including the World Tour Finals). One other category of tournament, the BWF Tour Super 100 (level 6), also offered BWF World Tour ranking points. BWF Tour Super 100 was an important part of the pathway and entry point for players into the BWF World Tour tournaments. When the 10 Level 6 grade tournaments of the BWF Tour Super 100 were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 BWF World Tour
The 2018 BWF World Tour, officially known as the 2018 HSBC BWF World Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the first season of the BWF World Tour of badminton, a circuit of 26 tournaments which led up to the World Tour Finals tournament. It replaced the BWF Super Series and BWF Grand Prix, which was held from 2007 to 2017. It had 27 tournaments, which were divided into five levels: Level 1 was the said World Tour Finals, Level 2 called Super 1000 (three tournaments), Level 3 called Super 750 (five tournaments), Level 4 called Super 500 (seven tournaments), and Level 5 called Super 300 (11 tournaments). Each of these tournaments offered different ranking points and prize money. The highest points and prize pool were offered at the Super 1000 level (including the World Tour Finals). One other category of tournament, the BWF Tour Super 100 (level 6), also offered BWF World Tour ranking points. BWF Tour Super 100 was an important part of the pathway and entry point for players into t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Indonesia Open (badminton)
The 2019 Indonesia Open (officially known as the BLIBLI Indonesia Open 2019 for sponsorship reasons) was a BWF World Tour 1000 event which took place at the Istora Gelora Bung Karno in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 16 to 21 July 2019. It had a total purse of $1,250,000. Tournament The 2019 Indonesia Open was the fourteenth tournament of the 2019 BWF World Tour and also part of the Indonesia Open championships, which has been held since 1982. This tournament was organized by Badminton Association of Indonesia and sanctioned by the BWF. Venue This international tournament was held at the Istora Gelora Bung Karno in Jakarta, Indonesia. Point distribution Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 1000 event. Prize money The total prize money for this year's tournament was US$1,250,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations. Men's singles Seeds # Kento Momota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tai Tzu-ying
Tai Tzu-ying (; born 20 June 1994) is a Taiwanese badminton player. At the age of 22, she achieved world no.1 in the BWF women's singles ranking in December 2016, and has held that title for 214 weeks, the longest in BWF history.See also: Number one ranked players timeline. Tai was the women's singles silver medalist in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and the 2021 BWF World Championships. She was gold medalist in the 2017 Summer Universiade and the 2018 Asian Games. She was the champion of BWF Super Series Finals/ BWF World Tour Finals a record four times (2014, 2016, 2020, 2023). She was thrice the champion of the All England Open (2017, 2018, 2020), and of the Asian Championships (2017, 2018, 2023). Career Tai's career began when she was in elementary school, as she was influenced by her father who was a firefighter and the director of Kaohsiung city's badminton committee. Tai started playing badminton in the fourth or fifth grade of elementary school, and in the sixth grad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lin Dan
Lin Dan (; born 14 October 1983) is a Chinese former professional badminton player. He is a two-time Olympic gold medallist, five-time World championship gold medalist, two-time World Cup champion, two-time Asian games gold medalist, four-time Asian Champion, as well as a six-time All England champion. He led China to victory 5 times at the Sudirman Cup, 6 times at the Thomas Cup and 3 times at the Asian games men's team event. Widely regarded as the greatest badminton player of all time, by the age of 28 Lin had completed the "Super Grand Slam", having won the full set of all nine major titles in the badminton world of his time: Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cup, Thomas Cup, Sudirman Cup, Year-end Finals, Asian Games, and Asian Championships, becoming the third player to achieve this feat after Ge Fei and Gu Jun, and only male player to ever achieve this feat. Of the 9 major events, he had won at least 2 of each events except the Year-end Finals where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Malaysia Open (badminton)
The 2019 Malaysia Open (officially known as the Celcom Axiata Malaysia Open 2019 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at Axiata Arena in Malaysia from 2 to 7 April 2019 and had a total purse of $700,000. Tournament The 2019 Malaysia Open was the ninth tournament of the 2019 BWF World Tour and also part of the Malaysia Open (badminton), Malaysia Open championships, which had been held since 1937. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Association of Malaysia with sanction from the Badminton World Federation, BWF. Venue This international tournament was held at Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Point distribution Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF World Ranking, BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 750 event. Prize money The total prize money for this tournament was US$700,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations. Men's singles Seeds # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaysia Open (badminton)
The Malaysia Open () is an annual badminton tournament that has been held since 1937. It has been played in various locations such as Johor Bahru, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Penang, Selangor, and Kuantan. The event's annual pattern was interrupted three times: from 1942 to 1946, because of World War II, from 1969 to 1982, and from 2020 to 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It became one of the BWF Super Series tournaments from 2007 BWF Super Series, 2007 to 2017 BWF Super Series, 2017 known as the Malaysia Super Series. Badminton World Federation, BWF categorised Malaysia Open as one of the five BWF World Tour#Tournaments, BWF World Tour Super 750 events in the BWF events structure since 2018 Malaysia Open (badminton), 2018. Since 2023, it became a Super 1000 tournament. Host cities Since 2003, Malaysia Open has been held in cities across Malaysia. Past winners Performances by nation Multiple winners Men's Singles Women's Singles See also * List of Mala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolina Marín
Carolina María Marín Martín (born 15 June 1993) is a Spanish badminton player. She is an Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, Olympic Champion, three-time BWF World Championships, World Champion, and eight-time European Champion. She once held the No. 1 BWF World Ranking in women's singles for a total of 66 weeks. She has won the World Championships in 2014 BWF World Championships – Women's singles, 2014, 2015 BWF World Championships – Women's singles, 2015, and 2018 BWF World Championships – Women's singles, 2018, becoming the second women's singles player after Han Aiping to win the title three times. Marín is the only player in history to win at least seven gold medals in a single discipline of any continental championship (individual events), having won every European Badminton Championships, European Championships title since 2014 European Badminton Championships, 2014, and a Badminton at the European Games, European Games title in Badminton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 China Open (badminton)
The 2019 China Open (officially known as the Victor China Open 2019 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at Olympic Sports Center Xincheng Gymnasium in Changzhou, Jiangsu, China, from 17 to 22 September 2019 and had a total prize of $1,000,000. Tournament The 2019 China Open was the eighteenth tournament of the 2019 BWF World Tour and also part of the China Open championships, which have been held since 1986. This tournament was organized by Chinese Badminton Association and sanctioned by the BWF. Venue This international tournament was held at Olympic Sports Center Xincheng Gymnasium in Changzhou, Jiangsu, China. Point distribution Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 1000 event. Prize money The total prize money for this tournament was US$1,000,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations. Men's singles Seeds # K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Open (badminton)
The China Open ( zh, 中国羽毛球公开赛) is an annual badminton tournament held in People's Republic of China. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournaments in 2007. BWF categorised China Open as one of the three BWF World Tour Super 1000 events in the BWF events structure since 2018. Locations Four cities have been chosen to host the tournament. *2002–2007: Guangzhou *2008–2013: Shanghai *2014–2017: Fuzhou *2018–2019, 2023–present: Changzhou Changzhou is a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu, China. It was previously known as Yanling, Lanling, and Jinling. Located on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, Changzhou borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the west, Zhen ... Past winners Multiple winners Below is the list of the most successful players in the China Open: Men's Singles Women's Singles Performances by nation References {{Badminton competitions BWF World Tour 1986 establishments in China Recu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayaka Hirota
is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with Gifu Bluvic team. She and her partner Yuki Fukushima won the 2017 Most Improved Player of the Year award. Hirota and Fukushima were ranked world No. 1 at the BWF World Ranking on 21 June 2018. Awards and nominations Achievements BWF World Championships ''Women's doubles'' Asian Games ''Women's doubles'' Asian Championships ''Women's doubles'' BWF World Tour (11 titles, 8 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Women's doubles'' BWF Superseries (1 title, 2 runners-up) The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuki Fukushima
is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with Gifu Bluvic. She and her partner Sayaka Hirota won the 2017 Most Improved Player of the Year award. The duo were ranked as world No. 1 at the BWF World Ranking in 21 June 2018. Awards and nominations Achievements BWF World Championships ''Women's doubles'' Asian Games ''Women's doubles'' Asian Championships ''Women's doubles'' BWF World Tour (12 titles, 10 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Women's doubles'' BWF Superseries (1 title, 1 runner-up) The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (born 2 August 1995) is an Indonesian former badminton player who was ranked world number 1 in the men's doubles by the Badminton World Federation. Considered as one of the best players of his generation, he won the men's doubles titles at the All England Open in 2017 and 2018; the World Superseries Finals in 2017; and the Asian Games in 2018. He was also featured in the Indonesia winning team at the SEA Games in 2015; the Asia Team Championships in 2018 and 2020; and the Thomas Cup in 2020. Together with his then partner Marcus Fernaldi Gideon, they were awarded the BWF Best Male Players of the Year for two consecutive years after collecting seven Superseries titles in 2017 and eight World Tour titles in 2018. Sukamuljo and Gideon are often referred to as "the Minions" because of their below average height as well as their fast and agile playing style, jumping and bouncing just like the Minions in the film ''Despicable Me''. Early and personal life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
