2007 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix

The 2007 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix was the inaugural season of BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix under the new tournament structure introduced by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It was held from February 28 and ended on December 12, 2007. 12 events were planned, but India Open Grand Prix Gold was cancelled following the bomb blast in the city. The organizers decided to postpone the tournament to indefinite date.^[1] However, the President of Badminton Association of India said the tournament is likely to take place from January 7 to January 13, 2008.^[2] But BWF later confirmed the event was cancelled.^[3] Had the tournament been held, it would have been held in Kotla Vijay Bhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad from 4–9 September 2007.^[4]

Schedule[edit]

Below is the schedule released by Badminton World Federation:^[5]

Tour	Official title	Venue	City	Date		Prize money USD	Report
Tour	Official title	Venue	City	Start	Finish	Prize money USD	Report
1	German Open Grand Prix	RWE-Sporthalle	Mülheim	February 27	March 4	80,000	Report
2	New Zealand Open Grand Prix	Auckland Badminton Hall	Auckland	May 15	May 20	50,000	Report
3	Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold	Nimibutr Stadium	Bangkok	July 3	July 8	120,000	Report
4	Philippines Open Grand Prix Gold	PhilSports Complex	Manila	July 17	July 22	120,000	Report
5	U.S. Open Grand Prix	Orange County Badminton Club	Orange	August 27	September 1	50,000	Report
6	Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold	Taipei County Shinjuang Stadium	Taipei	September 18	September 23	170,000	Report
7	Macau Open Grand Prix Gold	Macau Polytechnic Institute Multisport Pavilion	Macau	October 2	October 7	120,000	Report
8	Bitburger Open Grand Prix	Saarlandhalle Saarbrücken	Saarbrücken	October 2	October 7	70,000	Report
9	Dutch Open Grand Prix	Topsportcentrum	Almere	October 16	October 21	50,000	Report
10	Vietnam Open Grand Prix	Quan Ngua Sports Palace	Hanoi	November 6	November 11	50,000	Report
11	Russian Open Grand Prix Gold	CSKA Universal Sports Hall	Moscow	December 5	December 9	125,000	Report

Grand Prix Gold

Results[edit]

Winners[edit]

Tour	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
Germany	Lin Dan	Xie Xingfang	Hwang Ji-man Lee Jae-jin	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	Zheng Bo Gao Ling
New Zealand	Andre Kurniawan Tedjono	Zhou Mi	Chan Chong Ming Hoon Thien How	Ikue Tatani Aya Wakisaka	Devin Lahardi Fitriawan Lita Nurlita
Thailand	Chen Hong	Zhu Lin	Hwang Ji-man Lee Jae-jin	Gao Ling Huang Sui	He Hanbin Yu Yang
Philippines	Lee Chong Wei	Zhou Mi	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir
United States	Lee Tsuen Seng	Jun Jae-youn	Keita Masuda Tadashi Ōtsuka	Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna	Keita Masuda Miyuki Maeda
Chinese Taipei	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	Wang Chen	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin	Flandy Limpele Vita Marissa
Macau	Chen Jin	Xie Xingfang	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen
Bitburger	Lü Yi	Wang Yihan	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	Kristof Hopp Birgit Overzier
Netherlands	Kendrick Lee Yen Hui	Li Wenyan	Yonatan Suryatama Dasuki Rian Sukmawan	Ekaterina Ananina Anastasia Russkikh	Rasmus Bonde Nissen Christinna Pedersen
Vietnam	Roslin Hashim	Zhu Jingjing	Ko Sung-hyun Kwon Yi-goo	Natalia Christine Poluakan Yulianti	Tontowi Ahmad Yulianti
Russia	Lü Yi	Wang Yihan	Kristof Hopp Ingo Kindervater	Du Jing Yu Yang	Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Kostiuczyk

Performance by countries[edit]

Tabulated below are the Grand Prix performances based on countries. Only countries who have won a title are listed:

Rank	Team	Grand Prix Gold					Grand Prix						Total
Rank	Team	THA	PHI	TPE	MAC	RUS	GER	NZL	USA	GER	NED	VIE	Total
1	China	4			4	3	4			3	1	1	20
2	Indonesia		1	3				2			1	2	9
3	Malaysia		2		1			1	1			1	6
4	South Korea	1					1		1			1	4
5	Japan							1	3				4
6	Hong Kong		1	1				1					3
7	Chinese Taipei		1	1									2
8	Russia					1				1			2
9	Denmark									1	1		2
10	Poland					1							1
11	Russia										1		1
11	Singapore										1		1

Grand Prix Gold[edit]

Thailand Open

July 3—July 8, Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.^[6]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Chen Hong	Boonsak Ponsana	21–14, 11–21, 23–21
Women's singles	Zhu Lin	Zhou Mi	20–22, 21–5, 21–4
Men's doubles	Lee Jae-jin / Hwang Ji-man	Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae	21–19, 19–21, 21–9
Mixed doubles	Gao Ling / Huang Sui	Du Jing / Yu Yang	walkover
Women's doubles	He Hanbin / Yu Yang	Han Sang-hoon / Hwang Yu-mi	21–12, 21–14
Main article: 2007 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold

Philippines Open

July 17—22, PhilSports Arena, Pasig, Philippines.^[7]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Lee Chong Wei	Chen Hong	21–9, 21–15
Women's singles	Zhou Mi	Zhu Jingjing	21–18, 21–12
Men's doubles	Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong	Guo Zhendong / Xie Zhongbo	21–8, 26–24
Women's doubles	Chien Yu-chin / Cheng Wen-hsing	Pan Pan / Tian Qing	22–20, 21–14
Mixed doubles	Nova Widianto / Liliyana Natsir	Han Sang-hoon / Hwang Yu-mi	21–17, 21–13
Main article: 2007 Philippines Open Grand Prix Gold

Chinese Taipei Open

September 18—September 23, Taipei County Shinjuang Stadium, Hsinchuang City, Taipei, Taiwan.^[8]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	Taufik Hidayat	18–21, 21–6, 21–13
Women's singles	Wang Chen	Pi Hongyan	21–18, 14–21, 26–24
Men's doubles	Markis Kido / Hendra Setiawan	Lars Paaske / Jonas Rasmussen	21–17, 21–12
Women's doubles	Chien Yu-chin / Cheng Wen-hsing	Liliyana Natsir / Vita Marissa	21–15, 17–21, 21–18
Mixed doubles	Flandy Limpele / Vita Marissa	Thomas Laybourn / Kamilla Rytter Juhl	21–18, 25–23
Main article: 2007 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold

Macau Open

October 2—October 7, Macau Polytechnic Institute Multisport Pavilion, Macau.^[9]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Chen Jin	Taufik Hidayat	19–21, 21–17, 21–18
Women's singles	Xie Xingfang	Jun Jae-youn	21–10, 21–10
Men's doubles	Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong	Choong Tan Fook / Lee Wan Wah	21–18, 17–21, 23–21
Women's doubles	Gao Ling / Huang Sui	Lee Kyung-won / Lee Hyo-jung	21–15, 21–7
Mixed doubles	Xie Zhongbo / Zhang Yawen	Fang Chieh-min / Cheng Wen-hsing	21–14, 21–16
Main article: 2007 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold

Russian Open

December 5—December 9, CSKA Universal Sports Hall, Moscow, Russia.^[10]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Lü Yi	Andre Kurniawan Tedjono	21–19, 11–21, 21–10
Women's singles	Wang Yihan	Xu Huaiwen	21–17, 16–21, 21–19
Men's doubles	Kristof Hopp / Ingo Kindervater	Shuichi Sakamato / Shintaro Ikeda	21–16, 22–20
Women's doubles	Du Jing / Yu Yang	Chien Yu-chin / Cheng Wen-hsing	21–14, 21–14
Mixed doubles	Nadieżda Kostiuczyk / Robert Mateusiak	Yu Yang / He Hanbin	25–23, 13–21, 21–13
Main article: 2007 Russian Open Grand Prix Gold

Grand Prix[edit]

German Open

February 27—March 4, RWE Rhein-Ruhr Sporthalle, Mülheim, Germany.^[11]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Lin Dan	Chen Yu	walkover
Women's singles	Xie Xingfang	Xu Huaiwen	19–21, 21–12, 21–19
Men's doubles	Lee Jae-jin / Hwang Ji-man	Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae	21–18, 22–20
Women's doubles	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen	Du Jing / Yu Yang	21–8, 21–7
Mixed doubles	Zheng Bo / Gao Ling	Xu Chen / Zhao Tingting	21–11, 21–10
Main article: 2007 German Open Grand Prix

New Zealand Open

May 15—May 20, Auckland Badminton Hall, Auckland, New Zealand.^[12]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Andre Kurniawan Tedjono	Wong Choong Hann	13–21, 21–18, 21–14
Women's singles	Zhou Mi	Chie Umezu	21–13, 21–10
Men's doubles	Chan Chong Ming / Hoon Thien How	Albertus Susanto Njoto / Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama	21–14, 20–22, 21–11
Women's doubles	Ikue Tatani / Aya Wakisaka	Meiliana Jauhari / Shendy Puspa Irawati	21–17, 15–21, 21–16
Mixed doubles	Devin Lahardi Fitriawan / Lita Nurlita	Anggun Nugroho / Nitya Krishinda Maheswari	21–16, 21–15
Main article: 2007 New Zealand Open Grand Prix

U.S. Open

August 27—September 1, Orange County Badminton Club, Orange, California, United States.^[13]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Lee Tsuen Seng	Yousuke Nakanishi	21–14, 21–10
Women's singles	Jun Jae-youn	Lee Yun-hwa	21–18, 21–16
Men's doubles	Tadashi Ohtsuka / Keita Masuda	Howard Bach / Khan Malaythong	21–18, 21–11
Women's doubles	Miyuki Maeda / Satoko Suetsuna	Aki Akao / Tomomi Matsuda	16–21, 21–14, 21–15
Mixed doubles	Keita Masuda / Miyuki Maeda	Howard Bach / Eva Lee	19–21, 21–11, 21–19
Main article: 2007 U.S. Open Grand Prix

Bitburger Open

October 2—October 7, Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany.^[14]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Lü Yi	Lee Tsuen Seng	23–21, 19–21, 21–15
Women's singles	Wang Yihan	Juliane Schenk	16–21, 21–10, 21–17
Men's doubles	Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen	Robert Blair / David Lindley	21–17, 21–15
Women's doubles	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen	Joanne Nicholas / Natalie Munt	21–11, 21–10
Mixed doubles	Kristof Hopp / Birgit Overzier	Robert Blair / Imogen Bankier	21–17, 21–17
Main article: 2007 Bitburger Open Grand Prix

Dutch Open

October 16—October 21, Topsportcentrum Almere, Almere, Netherlands.^[15]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Lee Yen Hui Kendrick	Przemysław Wacha	20–22, 21–11, 21–18
Women's singles	Li Wenyan	Judith Meulendijks	21–18, 21–19
Men's doubles	Rian Sukmawan / Yonatan Suryatama Dasuki	Rendra Wijaya / Fran Kurniawan	21–13, 21–12
Women's doubles	Anastasia Russkikh / Ekaterina Ananina	Nina Vislova / Valeria Sorokina	20–22, 21–15, 21–13
Mixed doubles	Rasmus Bonde Nissen / Christinna Pedersen	Hendri Kurniawan Saputra / Li Yujia	21–16, 21–14
Main article: 2007 Dutch Open Grand Prix

Vietnam Open

November 6—November 11, Quan Ngua Sports Palace, Hanoi, Vietnam.^[16]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Roslin Hashim	Andre Kurniawan Tedjono	21–12, 23–21
Women's singles	Zhu Jingjing	Yu Hirayama	21–10, 21–10
Men's doubles	Kwon Yi-goo / Ko Sung-hyun	Kang Myeong-won / Cho Gun-woo	21–17, 21–12
Women's doubles	Nathalia Christine Poluakan / Yulianti Cj	Chau Hoi Wah / Louisa Koon Wai Chee	21–19, 21–15
Mixed doubles	Yulianti Cj / Tontowi Ahmad	Chau Hoi Wah / Hui Wai Ho	21–11, 21–13
Main article: 2007 Vietnam Open Grand Prix

References[edit]

^ "YONEX SUNRISE INDIA OPEN 2007 - Tournament postponed". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-08-29.
^ "Indian Open badminton postponed". The Hindu. Chennai, India. August 28, 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-29.
^ "India Open - Cancelled". Badzine.net. 26 September 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "India Open 2007". Badminton Association of India. tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
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^ "2007 Vietnam Open". Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2008.

[1] "YONEX SUNRISE INDIA OPEN 2007 - Tournament postponed". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-08-29.

[2] "Indian Open badminton postponed". The Hindu. Chennai, India. August 28, 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-29.

[3] "India Open - Cancelled". Badzine.net. 26 September 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] "India Open 2007". Badminton Association of India. tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 24 August 2007.

[5] "Tournament Calendar – 2008". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

[6] "Thailand Open 2007". Badminton Association of Thailand. tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2 July 2007.

[7] "Philippines Open 2007". Badminton Pilipinas. tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 14 July 2007.

[8] "Chinese Taipei Open 2007". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 23 September 2007.

[9] "2007 Macao Open". Retrieved 7 October 2007.^{[permanent dead link]}

[10] "Russian Open Grand Prix Gold 2007". National badminton federation of Russia. tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 6 December 2007.

[11] "German Open 2007". German Badminton Association. tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 5 April 2008.

[12] "NZ Open 2007". Badminton New Zealand. tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2 July 2007.

[13] "2007 US Open Grand Prix". USA Badminton. tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 24 August 2007.

[14] "Bitburger Open 2007". DBV. tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 3 October 2007.

[15] "Dutch Open 2007". Nederlandse Badminton Bond. tournamentsoftware.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2007. Retrieved 7 October 2007.

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