World Badminton Grand Prix Finals

The World Badminton Grand Prix Finals was an annual badminton tournament organized by the International Badminton Federation (IBF) to crown the best badminton player of the year. The tournament only invited the top eight players in the year-end world rankings. The tournament started in 1983, with the last tournament held in 2001 (delayed from 2000).

Location

Year No. Host City Country
1983 I Jakarta  Indonesia
1984 II Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia
1985 III Tokyo Japan
1986 IV Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia
1987 V Hong Kong Hong Kong
1988 VI Hong Kong Hong Kong
1989 VII Singapore  Singapore
1990 VIII Bali  Indonesia
1991 IX Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia
Year No. Host City Country
1992 X Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia
1993 XI Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia
1994 XII Bangkok  Thailand
1995 XIII Singapore  Singapore
1996 XIV Bali  Indonesia
1997 XV Jakarta  Indonesia
1998 XVI Brunei  Brunei
1999 XVII Brunei  Brunei
2000 XVIII Brunei  Brunei

* Held in 2001.

Past winners

Year Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles
1983 Luan Jin Li Lingwei
1984 Morten Frost Han Aiping
1985 Han Jian Li Lingwei
1986 Yang Yang Jalani Sidek
Razif Sidek 		Hwang Hye-young
Chung Myung-hee 		Nigel Tier
Gillian Gowers
1987 Xiong Guobao Li Yongbo
Tian Bingyi 		Guan Weizhen
Lin Ying 		Stefan Karlsson
Maria Bengtsson
1988 Zhang Qingwu Han Aiping Jalani Sidek
Razif Sidek 		Wang Pengren
Shi Fangjing
1989 Xiong Guobao Tang Jiuhong Rosiana Tendean
Erma Sulistianingsih 		Eddy Hartono
Verawaty Fadjrin
1990 Eddy Kurniawan Susi Susanti Eddy Hartono
Rudy Gunawan 		Lai Caiqin
Yao Fen 		Thomas Lund
Pernille Dupont
1991 Zhao Jianhua Jalani Sidek
Razif Sidek 		Hwang Hye-young
Chung Myung-hee
1992 Rashid Sidek Ricky Subagja
Rexy Mainaky 		Lin Yanfen
Yao Fen
1993 Joko Suprianto Rudy Gunawan
Bambang Suprianto 		Finarsih
Lili Tampi 		Thomas Lund
Catrine Bengtsson
1994 Ardy Wiranata Ricky Subagja
Rexy Mainaky 		Ge Fei
Gu Jun 		Thomas Lund
Marlene Thomsen
1995 Joko Suprianto Ye Zhaoying Cheah Soon Kit
Yap Kim Hock 		Trikus Heryanto
Minarti Timur
1996 Fung Permadi Susi Susanti Ricky Subagja
Rexy Mainaky 		Michael Søgaard
Rikke Olsen
1997 Sun Jun Ye Zhaoying Candra Wijaya
Sigit Budiarto 		Liu Yong
Ge Fei
1998 Zhang Ning Denny Kantono
Antonius Ariantho 		Kim Dong-moon
Ra Kyung-min
1999 Peter Gade Ye Zhaoying Candra Wijaya
Tony Gunawan
2000 Xia Xuanze Zhou Mi Huang Nanyan
Yang Wei 		Jens Eriksen
Mette Schjoldager

Performances by nation

Top Nations
Rank Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total
1  China 10 12 1 10 2 35
2  Indonesia 4 6 9 3 2 24
3  Denmark 2 0 0 0 6.5 8.5
4  Malaysia 1 0 5 0 0 6
5  South Korea 0 0 0 2 2 4
6  Sweden 0 0 0 0 1.5 1.5
7  Chinese Taipei 1 0 0 0 0 1
 England 0 0 0 0 1 1
Total 18 18 15 15 15 81

See also

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