BWF French Open 2025: Points And Prize Money

The BWF French Open 2025 gets underway from October 21- 26 in Paris. This will be the 95th edition of the tournament. It is a BWF World Tour Super 750 event.

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Hosted by the Fédération Française de Badminton (FFBad), the French Open is an annual badminton tournament held in France since 1909.

The BWF French Open 2025 will be staged at the Glaz Arena, Cesson-Sévigné, France (near Rennes).

The tournament was halted between 1915 and 1934, in 1965, 1970, 1972, 1994 and 2006. Not previously considered one of the international badminton circuit’s leading events, it was promoted to become part of the BWF Super Series in 2007 making the French Open one of the 12 major badminton tournaments in the world.

BWF categorised French Open as one of the five BWF World Tour Super 750 events per the BWF events structure since 2018.

BWF French Open 2025: Top Seeds

Men’s Singles

Shi Yuqi — China
Kunlavut Vitidsarn — Thailand
Alex Lanier — France
Christo Popov — France
Li Shifeng — China
Chou Tien‑Chen — Chinese Taipei
Jonatan Christie — Indonesia
Anders Antonsen — Denmark

Women’s Singles

An Se-young — South Korea
Wang Zhiyi — China
Gregoria Mariska Tunjung — Indonesia
Akane Yamaguchi — Japan
Chen Yufei — China
Pornpawee Chochuwong — Thailand
Putri Kusuma Wardani — Indonesia
Han Yue — China

Men’s Doubles

Kim Won-ho / Seo Seung-jae — South Korea
Man Wei Chong / Kai Wun Tee — Malaysia
Goh Sze Fei / Nur Izzuddin — Malaysia
Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Fikri — Indonesia
Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen — Denmark
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty — India
Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik — Malaysia
Liang Wei Keng / Wang Chang — China

Women’s Doubles

Liu Shengshu / Tan Ning — China
Yuki Fukushima / Mayu Matsumoto — Japan
Rin Iwanaga / Kie Nakanishi — Japan
Li Yijing / Luo Xumin — China
Baek Ha‑na / Lee So‑hee — South Korea
Kim Hye‑Jeong / Kong Hee‑Yong — South Korea
Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan — China
Pearly Tan / Thinaah Muralitharan — Malaysia

Mixed Doubles

Jiang Zhenbang / Wei Yaxin — China
Feng Yanzhe / Huang Dongping — China
D. Puavaranukroh / S. Paewsampran — Thailand
Chen Tangjie / Toh Ee Wei — China / Malaysia
Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue — France
Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet — Hong Kong
H. Midorikawa / Natsu Saito — Japan
Goh Soon Huat / Lai Shevon Jemie — Malaysia

BWF French Open 2025: Schedule

The tournament will run for six days, from the Round of 32 through to the Finals. All times are local time (Central European Summer Time, UTC+2).

Date	Day	Round	Start Time (Local)
October 21	Tuesday	Round of 32 (Top Half)	10:00 AM
October 22	Wednesday	Round of 32 (Bottom Half)	10:00 AM
October 23	Thursday	Round of 16	10:00 AM & 5:00 PM (Two Sessions)
October 24	Friday	Quarter-Finals	10:00 AM & 5:00 PM (Two Sessions)
October 25	Saturday	Semi-Finals	10:00 AM & 5:00 PM (Two Sessions)
October 26	Sunday	Finals	11:00 AM

BWF French Open 2025: Points Distribution

Position	Points
Winner	11,000
Runner-up	9,350
Semi-finalist	7,700
Quarter-finalist	6,050
Last 16 (R2)	4,320
Last 32 (R1)	2,660

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BWF French Open 2025: Prize Money

The total prize money for French Open 2025 is US$950,000. This is an increase from the $850,000 prize pool offered in the previous editions, underscoring the tournament’s elevated status on the BWF World Tour.

Singles

Round	Prize Money (US$)	Percentage of Total Prize Money
Winner (Champion)	$66,500	$7.00\%$
Runner-up (Finalist)	$32,300	$3.40\%$
Semi-finals (Top 4)	$13,300	$1.40\%$
Quarter-finals (Top 8)	$5,225	$0.55\%$
Round of 16 (Top 16)	$2,850	$0.30\%$
Round of 32 (First Round)	$950	$0.10\%$

Doubles

Round	Prize Money (US$) Per Pair	Percentage of Total Prize Money
Winner (Champions)	$70,300	$7.40\%$
Runner-up (Finalists)	$33,250	$3.50\%$
Semi-finals (Top 4)	$13,300	$1.40\%$
Quarter-finals (Top 8)	$5,937.50	$0.625\%$
Round of 16 (Top 16)	$3,087.50	$0.325\%$
Round of 32 (First Round)	$950	$0.10\%$