New Zealand Open (badminton)

New Zealand Open
Official website
Founded1990 (1990)
Editions26 (2019)
LocationAuckland (2019)
New Zealand
VenueEventfinda Stadium (2019)
Prize moneyUS$150,000 (2019)
Men's
Draw32S / 32D
Current championsJonatan Christie (singles)
Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan (doubles)
Most singles titles3
Geoff Bellingham
Most doubles titles4
Dean Galt
Women's
Draw32S / 32D
Current championsAn Se-young (singles)
Kim So-yeong
Kong Hee-yong (doubles)
Most singles titles3
Li Feng
Most doubles titles7
Rhona Robertson
Mixed doubles
Draw32
Current championsChan Peng Soon
Goh Liu Ying
Most titles (male)3
Peter Blackburn
Most titles (female)2
Rhonda Cator
Goh Liu Ying
Tammy Jenkins
Sara Petersen
Annisa Saufika
Tung Chau Man
Super 300
Last completed
2019 New Zealand Open

The New Zealand Open in badminton is an international tournament held in New Zealand. In 2011, the New Zealand International was originally scheduled to be a Grand Prix event, but was downgraded to International Challenge level due to lack of funding. This tournament has been a part of BWF World Tour since 2018.[1]

On 6 March 2023, the Badminton World Federation announced that Badminton New Zealand has relinquished its rights to host the tournament until 2026.[2][3]

Previous winners

Year Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles
1990 Nicholas Hall Stephanie Spicer Dean Galt
Nicholas Hall
Rhona Robertson
Lynne Scutt
Brent Chapman
Tammy Jenkins
1991 Wei Yan Anna Lao Peter Blackburn
Darren McDonald
Rhonda Cator
Anna Lao
Peter Blackburn
Lisa Campbell
1992 Dean Galt Julie Still Andrew Compton
Dean Galt
Tammy Jenkins
Rhona Robertson
Grant Walker
Sheree Jefferson
1993 Rhona Robertson Dean Galt
Kerrin Harrison
Liao Yue Jin
Rhona Robertson
Dean Galt
Liao Yue Jin
1994 Oliver Pongratz Song Yang Michael Helber
Michael Keck
Lisa Campbell
Amanda Hardy
Peter Blackburn
Rhonda Cator
1995 Tam Kai Chuen Chan Siu Kwong
He Tim
Tammy Jenkins
Rhona Robertson
He Tim
Chan Oi Ni
1996 Li Feng Chow Kin Man
Ma Che Kong
Tam Kai Chuen
Tung Chau Man
1997 Nicholas Hall Liu Kwok Wa
Ma Che Kong
Ma Che Kong
Tung Chau Man
1998 Geoffrey Bellingham Dean Galt
Daniel Shirley
Dean Galt
Tammy Jenkins
2000 Rhona Robertson John Gordon
Daniel Shirley
Masami Yamazaki
Keiko Yoshitomi
Peter Blackburn
Rhonda Cator
2002 Kim Ji-hyun Nicole Gordon
Sara Runesten-Petersen
Daniel Shirley
Sara Runesten-Petersen
2003 Shōji Satō Lenny Permana Ashley Brehaut
Travis Denney
Nicole Gordon
Rebecca Gordon
Travis Denney
Kate Wilson-Smith
2004[4] Andrew Smith Huang Chia-chi Suichi Nakao
Suichi Sakamoto
Rebecca Gordon
Rachel Hindley
Craig Cooper
Lianne Shirley
2005[5] Sairul Amar Ayob Adriyanti Firdasari Boyd Cooper
Travis Denney
Rebecca Bellingham
Rachel Hindley
Daniel Shirley
Sara Runesten-Petersen
2006[6] Lee Tsuen Seng Huang Chia-chi Eng Hian
Rian Sukmawan
Jiang Yanmei
Li Yujia
Hendri Saputra
Li Yujia
2007[7] Andre Kurniawan Tedjono Zhou Mi Chan Chong Ming
Hoon Thien How
Ikue Tatani
Aya Wakisaka
Devin Lahardi Fitriawan
Lita Nurlita
2008[8] Lee Tsuen Seng Chen Hung-ling
Lin Yu-lang
Chien Yu-chin
Chou Chia-chi
Chen Hung-ling
Chou Chia-chi
2009[9] Chan Yan Kit Sayaka Sato Rupesh Kumar
Sanave Thomas
Anneke Feinya Agustin
Annisa Wahyuni
Fran Kurniawan
Pia Zebadiah Bernadet
2010 no competition
2011 Riichi Takeshita Sayaka Sato Danny Bawa Chrisnanta
Hendra Wijaya
Yuriko Miki
Koharu Yonemoto
Danny Bawa Chrisnanta
Vanessa Neo
2012 no competition
2013 Riichi Takeshita Deng Xuan Angga Pratama
Rian Agung Saputro
Ou Dongni
Tang Yuanting
Praveen Jordan
Vita Marissa
2014 Wang Tzu-wei Nozomi Okuhara Selvanus Geh
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
Tang Hetian
Renuga Veeran
Alfian Eko Prasetya
Annisa Saufika
2015 Lee Hyun-il Saena Kawakami Huang Kaixiang
Zheng Siwei
Xia Huan
Zhong Qianxin
Zheng Siwei
Chen Qingchen
2016 Huang Yuxiang Sung Ji-hyun Ko Sung-hyun
Shin Baek-cheol
Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota
Chan Peng Soon
Goh Liu Ying
2017 Lee Cheuk Yiu Ratchanok Intanon Chen Hung-ling
Wang Chi-lin
Vivian Hoo
Woon Khe Wei
Ronald Alexander
Annisa Saufika
2018 Lin Dan Sayaka Takahashi Ayako Sakuramoto
Yukiko Takahata
Wang Chi-lin
Lee Chia-hsin
2019 Jonatan Christie An Se-young Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan
Kim So-yeong
Kong Hee-yong
Chan Peng Soon
Goh Liu Ying
2020 Cancelled[note 1]
2021 Cancelled[note 2]
2022 Cancelled[note 3]
2023–
2026
Cancelled[note 4]
  1. ^ This tournament, originally to be played from 20 to 25 October, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.
  2. ^ This tournament, originally to be played from 4 to 9 May, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.
  3. ^ This tournament, originally to be played from 22 to 27 November, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.
  4. ^ This tournament, originally to be played on 8–13 August, was later cancelled because Badminton New Zealand has relinquished its hosting rights of the HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300 New Zealand Open for the next four years.[2]

Performances by countries

Winning countries
Pos Country MS WS MD WD XD Total
1  New Zealand 7 7 6 11 7 38
2  Australia 5 3 3 4 15
3  Japan 3 5 1 5 14
4  Indonesia 2 1 4 1 5 13
5  Hong Kong 4 2 3 3 12
6  Chinese Taipei 2 1 3 1 2 9
7  China 2 1 1 2 1 7
 Malaysia 3 1 1 2 7
9  South Korea 1 3 1 1 6
10  Singapore 1 1 2 4
11  Germany 1 1 2
12  England 1 1
 India 1 1
 Thailand 1 1
Total 26 26 26 26 26 130

References

  1. ^ "Annual Report: 2011". www.oceaniabadminton.org. Badminton Oceania. p. 27. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Tournament Update – Cancellations". Badminton World Federation. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  3. ^ Burke, Patrick (6 March 2023). "Badminton's New Zealand Open cancelled for next four years as "no longer feasible"". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  4. ^ NZ Open 2004
  5. ^ NZ Open 2005
  6. ^ 2006 New Zealand Open
  7. ^ NZ Open 2007
  8. ^ NZ Open 2008
  9. ^ NZ Open 2009