Macau Open Badminton Championships
| Official website | |
| Founded | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Editions | 16 (2024) |
| Location | Macau |
| Venue | Macau East Asian Games Dome (2024) |
| Prize money | US$210,000 (2024) |
| Men's | |
| Draw | 32S / 32D |
| Current champions | Ng Ka Long (singles) Chen Xujun Liu Yi (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | 2 Lee Chong Wei Lee Hyun-il |
| Most doubles titles | 3 Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong |
| Women's | |
| Draw | 32S / 32D |
| Current champions | Gao Fangjie (singles) Li Wenmei Zhang Shuxian (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | 3 P. V. Sindhu |
| Most doubles titles | 2 Gao Ling Huang Sui Jung Kyung-eun Yu Xiaohan |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Draw | 32 |
| Current champions | Guo Xinwa Chen Fanghui |
| Most titles (male) | 3 Tontowi Ahmad |
| Most titles (female) | 3 Liliyana Natsir |
| Super 300 | |
| Last completed | |
| 2024 Macau Open | |
The Macau Open Badminton Championships (Chinese: 澳門羽毛球公開賽) is an open international championship in badminton held in Macau. In the 2002 International Badminton Federation (IBF) calendar, the first badminton tournament in Macau was held as Macau Satellite. IBF then included the tournament in the Grand Prix event in 2006, after that the tournament was categorised by the Badminton World Federation as Grand Prix Gold event in 2007, which carried a total prize money of US$120,000.[1] After the new event structure updated by the BWF in 2017, the Macau Open categorized as the BWF World Tour Super 300 which began to be implemented in 2018.[2][3] The Macau Open was on hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic starting from 2020 to 2023, and will return to the BWF calendar in 2024.[4]
Previous winners
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- ^ This tournament, originally to be played from 27 October to 1 November, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Macau.
- ^ This tournament, originally to be played from 2 to 7 November, was later postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Macau.[8]
- ^ This tournament, originally to be played from 1 to 6 November, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Macau.
Performances by nation
[edit]- As of the 2024 edition
| Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China
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6 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 36 |
| 2 |  South Korea
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4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |
| 3 |  Malaysia
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2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||
| 4 |  Indonesia
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1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 5 |  Chinese Taipei
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2 | 1 | 3 | |||
 Hong Kong
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1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
 India
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3 | 3 | |||||
 Japan
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1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
 Thailand
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1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 10 |  Canada
|
2 | 2 | ||||
| 11 |  Denmark
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1 | 1 | ||||
 Netherlands
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1 | 1 | |||||
 Singapore
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1 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 80 | |
References
[edit]- ^ About Macau Open
- ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "The Macau Open returns". Badminton World Federation. 15 November 2023. Archived from the original on 19 December 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ^ "Open de Badminton de Macau 2006" (in Portuguese). Sports Bureau of Macao SAR Government. Archived from the original on 23 December 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ^ "Open de Badminton de Macau 2009" (in Portuguese). Sports Bureau of Macao SAR Government. Archived from the original on 23 December 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ^ Sukumar, Dev (4 November 2019). "Career Milestone for Thammasin – Macau Open: Review". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ "Tournament updates 11 August 2021". Badminton World Federation. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.