The Arctic Open is a yearly badminton tournament that started in 1990. It has become more popular and was made a Super 500 event to bring in more fans. Even though the tournament has been around for a long time, no Indian badminton player has won a title. Denmark has won the most titles, with 34.5 total wins. England and Russia are tied for second place, each with 10 titles, while Indonesia, China, and Japan have also won several times.
List of title winners across different categories in Arctic Open
Arctic Open: Men’s Singles Winners
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1990 | Morten Frost |
| 1991 | Liu Jun |
| 1992 | Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen |
| 1993 | Peter Espersen |
| 1996 | Rikard Magnusson |
| 2002 | Kasperi Salo |
| 2003 | Kasperi Salo |
| 2004 | Hidetaka Yamada |
| 2005 | Joachim Persson |
| 2006 | Joachim Persson |
| 2007 | Joachim Persson |
| 2008 | Martin Bille Larsen |
| 2009 | Peter Mikkelsen |
| 2010 | Raul Must |
| 2012 | Rajiv Ouseph |
| 2013 | Rajiv Ouseph |
| 2014 | Emil Holst |
| 2015 | Vladimir Malkov |
| 2016 | Kanta Tsuneyama |
| 2017 | Rasmus Gemke |
| 2018 | Leong Jun Hao |
| 2019 | Kunlavut Vitidsarn |
| 2023 | Lee Zii Jia |
| 2024 | Chou Tien-chen |
Arctic Open: Women’s Singles Winners
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1990 | Pernille Nedergaard |
| 1991 | Tang Jiuhong |
| 1992 | Pernille Nedergaard |
| 1993 | Camilla Martin |
| 1996 | Joanne Muggeridge |
| 2002 | Anu Weckström |
| 2003 | Huaiwen Xu |
| 2004 | Jiang Yanmei |
| 2005 | Susan Hughes |
| 2006 | Petra Overzier |
| 2007 | Li Wenyan |
| 2008 | Elizabeth Cann |
| 2009 | Juliane Schenk |
| 2010 | Anastasia Prokopenko |
| 2012 | Yao Jie |
| 2013 | Carolina Marín |
| 2014 | Line Kjærsfeldt |
| 2015 | Beatriz Corrales |
| 2016 | Anna Thea Madsen |
| 2017 | Shiori Saito |
| 2018 | Gregoria Mariska Tunjung |
| 2019 | Julie Dawall Jakobsen |
| 2023 | Han Yue |
| 2024 | Han Yue |
Arctic Open: Men’s Doubles Winners
| Year | Winners |
|---|---|
| 1990 | Imay Hendra/Bagus Setiadi |
| 1991 | Chen Kang/Chen Hongyong |
| 1992 | Peter Axelsson/Pär-Gunnar Jönsson |
| 1993 | Christian Jakobsen/Henrik Svarrer |
| 1996 | Ian Pearson/James Anderson |
| 2002 | Evgenij Isakov/Andrei Zholobov |
| 2003 | Victor Maljutin/Mikhail Kell |
| 2004 | Evgenij Isakov/Sergey Ivlev |
| 2005 | Henrik Andersson/Fredrik Bergström |
| 2006 | Jonas Rasmussen/Peter Steffensen |
| 2007 | Frédéric Mawet/Wouter Claes |
| 2008 | Fran Kurniawan/Rendra Wijaya |
| 2009 | Chen Hung-ling/Lin Yu-lang |
| 2010 | Sébastien Vincent/Laurent Constantin |
| 2012 | Vladimir Ivanov/Ivan Sozonov |
| 2013 | Nelson Heg/Teo Ee Yi |
| 2014 | Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen |
| 2015 | Andrew Ellis/Peter Mills |
| 2016 | Mathias Christiansen/David Daugaard |
| 2017 | Liao Min-chun/Su Cheng-heng |
| 2018 | Akbar Bintang Cahyono/Muhammad Reza Isfahani |
| 2019 | Muhammad Shohibul Fikri/Bagas Maulana |
| 2023 | Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen |
| 2024 | Goh Sze Fei/Nur Izzuddin |
Arctic Open: Women’s Doubles Winners
| Year | Winners |
|---|---|
| 1990 | Christine Magnusson/Maria Bengtsson |
| 1991 | Nettie Nielsen/Gillian Clark |
| 1992 | Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen/Marlene Thomsen |
| 1993 | Marlene Thomsen/Camilla Martin |
| 1996 | Kelly Morgan/Joanne Muggeridge |
| 2002 | Elin Bergblom/Johanna Persson |
| 2003 | Kamila Augustyn/Nadieżda Kostiuczyk |
| 2004 | Neli Boteva/Petya Nedelcheva |
| 2005 | Sandra Marinello/Kathrin Piotrowski |
| 2006 | Ekaterina Ananina/Anastasia Russkikh |
| 2007 | Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen/Christinna Pedersen |
| 2008 | Lena Frier Kristiansen/Kamilla Rytter Juhl |
| 2009 | Valeria Sorokina/Nina Vislova |
| 2010 | Barbara Matias/Élisa Chanteur |
| 2012 | Alex Bruce/Michelle Li |
| 2013 | Imogen Bankier/Petya Nedelcheva |
| 2014 | Line Damkjær Kruse/Marie Røpke |
| 2015 | Heather Olver/Lauren Smith |
| 2016 | Misato Aratama/Akane Watanabe |
| 2017 | Misato Aratama/Akane Watanabe |
| 2018 | Asumi Kugo/Megumi Yokoyama |
| 2019 | Erina Honda/Nozomi Shimizu |
| 2023 | Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning |
| 2024 | Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning |
Arctic Open: Mixed Doubles Winners
| Year | Winners |
|---|---|
| 1990 | Thomas Lund/Pernille Dupont |
| 1991 | Henrik Svarrer/Maria Bengtsson |
| 1992 | Jan Paulsen/Fiona Elliott |
| 1993 | Jan-Eric Antonsson/Astrid Crabo |
| 1996 | James Anderson/Emma Chaffin |
| 2002 | Konstantin Dobrev/Petya Nedelcheva |
| 2003 | Thomas Laybourn/Julie Houmann |
| 2004 | Andrei Konakh/Olga Konon |
| 2005 | Robert Mateusiak/Nadieżda Kostiuczyk |
| 2006 | Jonas Rasmussen/Britta Andersen |
| 2007 | Tim Dettmann/Annekatrin Lillie |
| 2008 | Fran Kurniawan/Shendy Puspa Irawati |
| 2009 | Vitalij Durkin/Nina Vislova |
| 2010 | Mikkel Delbo Larsen/Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen |
| 2012 | Chris Adcock/Imogen Bankier |
| 2013 | Anders Skaarup Rasmussen/Lena Grebak |
| 2014 | Anders Skaarup Rasmussen/Lena Grebak |
| 2015 | Anatoliy Yartsev/Evgeniya Kosetskaya |
| 2016 | Mathias Christiansen/Lena Grebak |
| 2017 | Tseng Min-hao/Hu Ling-fang |
| 2018 | Alfian Eko Prasetya/Marsheilla Gischa Islami |
| 2019 | Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto/Lisa Ayu Kusumawati |
| 2023 | Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping |
| 2024 | Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping |
The Arctic Open remains an exciting tournament, showcasing badminton talent from around the world. While some countries continue to dominate, there’s always hope that new champions will rise in the years to come.
