The India Open is an annual badminton event which has been staged in India since 1973. It is a BWF World Tour Super 750 international badminton tournament. Its first three editions were designated as Grand Prix Gold events. In 2011, it was upgraded to the BWF Superseries tournament.
The BWF India Open provides world’s top shuttlers to showcase their prowess and collect crucial points to climb the BWF rankings as well as earn lucrative prize money.
Let us have a look at the winners of the prestigious India Open.
BWF India Open full list of title winners
Men’s Singles
- 1973 – Svend Pri ( Denmark)
- 1979 – Dhany Sartika (Indonesia)
- 1981 – Prakash Padukone (India)
- 1983 – Morten Frost (Denmark)
- 1985 – Stephen John Baddeley (England)
- 1997 – Heryanto Arbi (Indonesia)
- 2008 – Boonsak Ponsana (Thailand)
- 2009 – Taufik Hidayat (Indonesia)
- 2010 – Alamsyah Yunus (Indonesia)
- 2011 – Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)
- 2012 – Son Wan- ho (Korea)
- 2013 – Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)
- 2014 – Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)
- 2015 – Srikanth Kidambi (India)
- 2016 – Kento Momota (Japan)
- 2017 – Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
- 2018 – Shi Yuqi (China)
- 2019 – Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
- 2022 – Lakshya Sen (India)
- 2023 – Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thailand)
- 2024 – Shi Yuqi (China)
Women’s Singles
- 1973 – Eva Twedberg ( Sweden)
- 1979 – Maria Fransisca (Indonesia)
- 1981 – Zheng Yuli (China)
- 1983 – Yoo Sang-hee(Korea)
- 1985 – Helen Troke (England)
- 1997 – Cindana Hartono Kusuma(Indonesia)
- 2008 – Zhou MI (Hongkong)
- 2009 – Pi Hongyan (France)
- 2010 – Saina Nehwal (India)
- 2011 – Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (Thailand)
- 2012 – Li Xuerui (China)
- 2013 – Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand)
- 2014 – Wang Shixian(China)
- 2015 – Saina Nehwal (India)
- 2016 – Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand)
- 2017 – PV Sindhu (India)
- 2018 – Beiwen Zhang (USA)
- 2019 – Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand)
- 2022 – Busanan Ongbamrungphan (Thailand)
- 2023 – An Se Young (Korea)
- 2024 – Tai Tzu-ying (Chinese Tapei)
Men’s Doubles
- 1973 – Elliot Stuart/Derek Talbot ( England)
- 1979 – Rudy Heryanto/Hariamanto Kartono (Indonesia)
- 1981 – Stefan Karlsson/Thomas Kihlström (Sweden)
- 1983 – Jesper Helledie/Jens Peter Nierhoff(Denmark)
- 1985 – Kim Moon-soo/Park Joo-bong (Korea)
- 1997 – Ade Lukas/Ade Sutrisna(Indonesia)
- 2008 – Guo Zhendong/Xie Zhongbo (China)
- 2009 – Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah(Malaysia)
- 2010 – Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif/Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari (Malaysia)
- 2011 – Hirokatsu Hashimoto/Noriyasu Hirata (Japan)
- 2012 – Bodin Isara/Maneepong Jongjit (Thailand)
- 2013 – Liu Xiaolong/Qiu Zihan (China)
- 2014 – Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen(Denmark)
- 2015 – Chai Biao/Hong Wei (China)
- 2016 – Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Indonesia)
- 2017 – Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Indonesia)
- 2018 – Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Indonesia)
- 2019 – Lee Yang/ Wang Chi-lin (Chinese Taipei)
- 2022 – Satwiksairraj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty (India)
- 2023 – Liang Weikeng/ Wang Cheng (China)
- 2024 – Kang Min-hyuk/ Seo Seung-jae (South Korea)
Women’s Doubles
- 1973 – Eva Twedberg/Joke van Beusekom ( Sweden/Netherland)
- 1979 – Ivana Lie/Maria Fransisca (Indonesia)
- 1981 – Nora Perry/Jane Webster (England)
- 1983 – Kim Yun-ja/Yoo Sang-hee(Korea)
- 1985 – Hwang Sun-ai/Kang Haeng-suk (Korea)
- 1997 – Etty Tantri/Cynthia Tuwankotta(Indonesia)
- 2008 – Cheng Wen-hsing/Chien Yu-chin (Chinese Taipei)
- 2009 – Ma Jin/Wang Xiaoli(China)
- 2010 – Shinta Mulia Sari/Yao Lei (Singapore)
- 2011 – Miyuki Maeda/Satoko Suetsuna (Japan)
- 2012 – Jung Kyung-eun/Kim Ha-na (Korea)
- 2013 – Miyuki Maeda/Satoko Suetsuna (Japan)
- 2014 – Tang Yuanting/Yu Yang (China)
- 2015 – Misaki Matsutomo/ Ayaka Takahashi (Japan)
- 2016 – Misaki Matsutomo/ Ayaka Takahashi (Japan)
- 2017 – Shiho Tanaka/Koharu Yonemoto (Japan)
- 2018 – Greysia Polii/Apriyani Rahayu (Indonesia)
- 2019 – Greysia Polii/Apriyani Rahayu (Indonesia)
- 2022 – Benyapa Aimsaard/Nuntakarn Aimsaard (Thailand)
- 2023 – Nami Matsuyama/ Chiharu Shida (Japan)
- 2024 – Mayu Matsumoto/ Wakana Nagahara
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Mixed Doubles
- 1973 – Eva Twedberg/Elliot Stuart ( Sweden/England)
- 1979 – Hariamanto Kartono/Maria Fransisca (Indonesia)
- 1981 – Nora Perry/Ray Stevens (England)
- 1983 – No Competetion
- 1985 – Steve Baddeley/Gillian Gowers (England)
- 1997 – Imam Tohari/Emma Ermawati(Indonesia)
- 2008 – He Hanbin /Yu Yang (China)
- 2009 – Flandy Limpele/Vita Marissa(Indonesia)
- 2010 – Valiyaveetil Diju/Jwala Gutta (India)
- 2011 – Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir (Indonesia)
- 2012 – Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir (Indonesia)
- 2013 – Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir (Indonesia)
- 2014 – Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen (Denmark)
- 2015 – LIU Cheng/ Bao Yixin (China)
- 2016 – Lu Kai/ Huang Yaqiong (China)
- 2017 – Lu Kai/ Huang Yaqiong (China)
- 2018 – Mathias Christiansen/ Christinna Pedersen (Denmark)
- 2019 – Wang Yiju /Huang Dongping (China)
- 2022 – Terry Hee /Tan Wei Han (Singapore)
- 2023 – Yuta Watanabe/ Arisa Higashino (Japan)
- 2024 – Dechapol Puavaranukroh/ Sapsiree Taerattanachai
