Singaporean National Badminton Championships

Singaporean National Badminton Championships is an annual badminton tournament held in Singapore since 1961.[1]

History

In 1961, Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) started a local championships[1] to find talents to represent Singapore in regional and international competitions after the previous championships became an open invitation championships in 1957.[2]

Past winners

Year Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles
1961[3] Mohammed Sadali Lim Choo Eng Ong Poh Lim
Lim Say Wan
Helen Ong
Vivian Gwee
Ong Poh Lim
Jessie Ong
1962[4] Wee Choon Seng Lim Choo Eng Ong Poh Lim
Lim Wei Lon
Luanne Lim
Regina Richards
Lim Say Wan
Lim Choo Eng
1963[5] Lim Wei Lon Prathin Pattabongs Ong Poh Lim
Wee Choon Seng
Luanne Lim
Woo Ti Soo
Ong Poh Lim
Luanne Lim
1964[6] Wong Tew Ghee Lim Choo Eng Ronnie Oon
Cheong Cheng Swee
Lim Choo Eng
Joyce Chuah
Tan Boon Liat
Nancy Sng
1965[7][8] Wong Tew Ghee Lim Choo Eng Ronnie Oon
Cheong Cheng Swee
Lim Choo Eng
Soh Chwee Liam
Lindy Lin
Vivien Gwee
1966[9] Ismail Ibrahim Aishah Attan Wee Choon Seng
Lindy Lin
Aishah Attan
Lucy Chow
Lindy Lin
Vivien Gwee
1967[10][11][12][13] Wee Choon Seng Lim Choo Eng Ronnie Oon
Cheong Cheng Swee
Nancy Sng
Woo Ti Soo
Lindy Lin
Lim Choo Eng
1968[14] Lee Kin Tat Lim Choo Eng Ronnie Oon
Cheong Cheng Swee
Aishah Attan
Lucy Chow
Ismail Ibrahim
Lim Choo Eng
1969[15] Yeo Ah Seng Lim Choo Eng Ronnie Oon
Cheong Cheng Swee
Lim Choo Eng
Aishah Attan
Yeo Ah Seng
Margaret Ashworth
1970[16] Wee Kin Lim Choo Eng Lee Wah Chin
Yeo Ah Seng
Leong Kay Sine
Leong Kay Peng
Choo Sin Hua
Nancy Sng
1971[17] Wee Kin Lim Choo Eng Low Kee Wah
Ng Chor Yau
Lim Choo Eng
Aishah Attan
unknown
1972[18] Yeo Ah Seng Leong Kay Sine Yeo Ah Seng
Syed Ahmad Bakar
Leong Kay Sine
Leong Kay Peng
Richard Chee
Aishah Attan
1973[19] Syed Ahmad Bakar Lim Choo Eng Yeo Ah Seng
Ng Chor Yau
Lim Choo Eng
Cindy Cheong
Yeo Ah Seng
Lim Choo Eng
1974[20] Lee Ah Ngo Leong Kay Sine Lee Ah Ngo
Kok Peng Hon
Leong Kay Sine
Leong Kay Peng
Tan Khee Wee
Leong Kay Peng
1975[21][22] Ng Chor Yau Leong Kay Sine Lee Wah Chin
Kok Peng Hon
Leong Kay Sine
Leong Kay Peng
Tan Khee Wee
Leong Kay Peng
1976[23] Lee Ah Ngo Irene Lee Tan Eng Han
Tan Khee Wee
Peh Ah Bee
Faridah Noh
Wee Choon Seng
Peh Ah Bee
1977[24] Tan Ban Chew Cindy Cheong Kok Peng Hon
Tan Eng Han
Tan Chor Khiang
Leong Kay Sine
Tan Khee Wee
Leong Kay Sine
1978[25][26] Wong Shoon Keat Cindy Cheong Kok Peng Hon
Tan Eng Han
Leong Kay Sine
Tay Hoe See
unknown
1979[27][28][29][30] Lee Ah Ngo Cindy Cheong Wong Shoon Keat
Tan Eng Han
Cindy Cheong
Juliana Lee
unknown
1980[31][32][33] Lee Ah Ngo Tay Hoe See Wong Shoon Keat
Chin Soon Chye
Leong Kay Sine
Tay Hoe See
no competition
1981[34][35][36] Wong Shoon Keat Tay Hoe See Tan Eng Han
Tan Khee Wee
Leong Kay Sine
Juliana Lee
no competition
1982[37][38][39] Wong Shoon Keat Tay Hoe See Tan Eng Han
Tan Khee Wee
Ho Kam Meng
Amy Goh
no competition
1983[40][41][42] Wong Shoon Keat Irene Lee Chia Hong Chong
Kamaruddin Musa
Irene Lee
Choy Leng Siong
no competition
1984[43][44] Lau Wing Cheok Irene Lee Wong Shoon Keat
Wong Shoon Soo
Irene Lee
Choy Leng Siong
no competition
1985[45][46] Hamid Khan Choy Leng Siong Hamid Khan
Lau Wing Cheok
Irene Lee
Choy Leng Siong
no competition
1986[47] Lau Wing Cheok Choy Leng Siong Hamid Khan
Lau Wing Cheok
Choy Leng Siong
Soo Chiew Ming
no competition
1987[48] Lau Wing Cheok Choy Leng Siong Hamid Khan
Lau Wing Cheok
Irene Lee
Choy Leng Siong
no competition
1988[49][50] Lau Wing Cheok Zarinah Abdullah Hamid Khan
Lau Wing Cheok
Choy Leng Siong
Soo Chiew Ming
no competition
1989[51] Hamid Khan Zarinah Abdullah Wong Shoon Keat
Steven Oh
Irene Lee
Choy Leng Siong
no competition
1990[52] Hamid Khan Irene Lee Hamid Khan
Wong Shoon Keat
Irene Lee
Choy Leng Siong
no competition
1991[53] Hamid Khan Zarinah Abdullah Hamid Khan
Jimmy Wong
Irene Lee
Choy Leng Siong
Hamid Khan
Zarinah Abdullah
1992[54] Donald Koh Zarinah Abdullah Hamid Khan
Lim Boon Leng
Irene Lee
Choy Leng Siong
Tan Sian Peng
Choy Leng Siong
1993 Hamid Khan Irene Lee Hamid Khan
Lim Boon Leng
Chin Yen Li
Chin Yen Peng
unknown
1994[55] Hamid Khan Ong Ai Li Hamid Khan
Lim Boon Leng
Chin Yen Peng
Ong Ai Li
Lau Wing Cheok
Koh Ee Boon
1995[56][57] Hamid Khan Zanetta Lee Yu Hamid Khan
Wong Shoon Keat
Zanetta Lee Yu
Chin Yen Peng
Patrick Lau Kim Pong
Chin Yen Peng
1996[58] Tan Sian Peng Zarinah Abdullah Tan Sian Peng
Patrick Lau Kim Pong
Zarinah Abdullah
Irene Lee
Tan Sian Peng
Irene Lee
1997[59] Tan Sian Peng Zarinah Abdullah Tan Sian Peng
Patrick Lau Kim Pong
Zarinah Abdullah
Fatimah Kumin Lim
Patrick Lau Kim Pong
Chin Yen Peng
1998[60][61] Patrick Lau Kim Pong Zarinah Abdullah Tan Sian Peng
Patrick Lau Kim Pong
Zarinah Abdullah
Fatimah Kumin Lim
Patrick Lau Kim Pong
Irene Lee
1999[62] Patrick Lau Kim Pong Fatimah Kumin Lim Tan Sian Peng
Patrick Lau Kim Pong
Fatimah Kumin Lim
Foo Shui Yen
Patrick Lau Kim Pong
Fatimah Kumin Lim
2000[63] Kendrick Lee Yen Hui Fatimah Kumin Lim Tan Sian Peng
Patrick Lau Kim Pong
Fatimah Kumin Lim
Foo Shui Yen
Tan Sian Peng
Fatimah Kumin Lim
2001–2003 Not held
2004[64] Ronald Susilo Colleen Goh Li En Kendrick Lee Yen Hui
Gerald Ho Hee Teck
Vanessa Neo Yu Yan
Kimberley Lau May Ee
Ronald Susilo
Xiao Luxi
2005[65] Kendrick Lee Yen Hui Jiang Yanmei Ronald Susilo
Kendrick Lee Yen Hui
Jiang Yanmei
Xiao Luxi
Chua Yong Joo
Jiang Yanmei
2006[66] Derek Wong Zi Liang Jill Vanessa Poo Derek Wong Zi Liang
Chua Yong Joo
Colleen Goh Li En
Karen Yuen Ka Ying
Derek Wong Zi Liang
Lim Tien Juan
2007[67] Ronald Susilo Xing Aiying Hendra Wijaya
Hendri Kurniawan Saputra
Yao Lei
Liu Fan
Hendri Kurniawan Saputra
Li Yujia
2008–2011 Not held
2012[68] Ashton Chen Yong Zhao Liang Xiaoyu Hendra Wijaya
Hendri Kurniawan Saputra
no competition Liu Yi
Thng Ting Ting
2013[69] Huang Chao Xing Aiying Liu Yi
Terry Yeo Zhao Jiang
Fu Mingtian
Shinta Mulia Sari
Liu Yi
Fu Mingtian
2014–2018 Not held
2019[70] Loh Kean Yew Yeo Jia Min Rizky Hidayat Ismail
Albert Saputra
Lim Ming Hui
Citra Putri Sari Dewi
Danny Bawa Chrisnanta
Tan Wei Han
2020[71] Jason Teh Jaslyn Hooi Yue Yann Terry Hee
Loh Kean Hean
Jin Yujia
Crystal Wong
Terry Hee
Crystal Wong
2021[72] Jason Teh Jaslyn Hooi Yue Yann Terry Hee
Loh Kean Hean
Bernice Lim Zhi Rui
Lim Ming Hui
Terry Hee
Elaine Chua
2022[73] Vega Vio Nirwanda Nur Insyirah Khan Albert Saputra
Jason Wong Guang Liang
Jin Yujia
Crystal Wong
Wesley Koh Eng Keat
Crystal Wong
2023[74] Vega Vio Nirwanda Nur Insyirah Khan Nge Joo Jie
Johann Prajogo
Grace Chua Hui Zhen
Megan Lee Xinyi
Bimo Adi Prakoso
Liang Yun
2024[75] Vega Vio Nirwanda Lim Ming Hui Kubo Junsuke
Howin Wong Jia Hao
Liang Yun
Lim Ming Hui
Bimo Adi Prakoso
Elaine Chua
2025[76] Vega Vio Nirwanda Joelle Chee Jie Ya Howin Wong Jia Hao
Loh Kean Hean
Ong Ren-Ne
Thng Ting Ting
Nge Joo Jin
Heng Xiao En

Most successful players

Below is the list of the most successful players ever in the competition:

Rank Player MS WS MD WD XD Total
1 Lim Choo Eng 10 5 4 19
2 Hamid Khan 7 10 1 18
3 Irene Lee 5 9 2 16
4 Choy Leng Siong 3 10 1 14
5 Leong Kay Sine 3 8 1 12
6 Patrick Lau Kim Pong 2 5 4 11
Zarinah Abdullah 7 3 1 11
7 Wong Shoon Keat 4 6 10
Tan Sian Peng 2 5 3 10
10 Lau Wing Cheok 4 4 1 9

Below is the list of the most successful player(s) in each discipline (listed according to their last title):

Category Player Total Year
MS Hamid Khan 7 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995
WS Lim Choo Eng 10 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973
MD Hamid Khan 10 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 (with Lau Wing Cheok), 1990, 1995 (with Wong Shoon Keat), 1991 (with Jimmy Wong), 1992, 1993, 1994 (with Lim Boon Leng)
WD Choy Leng Siong 10 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 (with Irene Lee), 1986, 1988 (with Soo Chiew Ming)
XD Lim Choo Eng 4 1962 (with Lim Say Wan), 1967 (with Lindy Lin), 1968 (with Ismail Ibrahim), 1973 (with Yeo Ah Seng)
Patrick Lau Kim Pong 1995, 1997 (with Chin Yen Peng), 1998 (with Irene Lee), 1999 (with Fatimah Kumin Lim)

MS: Men's singles; WS: Women's singles; MD: Men's doubles; WD: Women's doubles; XD: Mixed doubles

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