BWF Swiss Open Roll Of Honour: A Look At All Title Holders

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The BWF Swiss Open is an annual badminton tournament held in Switzerland. It has been held since 1955 and became one of the BWF Super Series tournaments beginning 2007. 

In 2011 the tournament was dropped down to a Grand Prix Gold event. It is a BWF World Tour Super 300 event.

China is the most successful country at BWF Swiss Open with 56 titles, closely followed by Denmark which has 55 crowns. West Germany is at distant third with 24 titles. The Netherlands and South Korea complete the top five most successful countries at BWF Swiss Open with 22.5 and 20 titles, respectively. 

Here’s a list of BWF Swiss Open title winners:

Men’s Singles

1955 – David E. L. Choong (Malaysia)

1956 – David E. L. Choong (Malaysia)

1957 – Günter Ropertz (Germany)

1958 – Günter Ropertz (Germany)

1959 – Bengt Albertsen (Denmark)

1960 – Erland Kops (Denmark)

1961 – Ole Mertz (Denmark)

1964 – Tage Nielsen (Denmark)

1965 – Tage Nielsen (Denmark)

1969 – Hubert Riedo (Switzerland)

1970 – Roy Díaz González (Mexico)

1971 – Torsten Winter (Germany)

1974 – Roy Díaz González (Mexico)

1975 – Bjarne Caspersen (Denmark)

1976 – Steen Fladberg (Denmark)

1977 – Gert Helsholt (Denmark)

1979 – Liao Kun-fu (Chinese Taipei)

1980 – Bernd Wessels (Germany)

1981 – Rob Ridder (Netherlands)

1982 – Michal Malý (Czech Republic)

1983 – Sompol Kukasemkij (Thailand)

1984 – Uwe Scherpen (Germany)

1985 – Vitaliy Shmakov (Soviet Union)

1986 – Chris Jogis (USA)

1987 – Philip Sutton (Wales)

1988 – Kwan Yoke Meng (Malaysia)

1989 – Liu Zhiheng (China)

1990 – Michael Keck (Germany)

1991 – Pär-Gunnar Jönsson (Sweden)

1992 – Joko Suprianto (Indonesia)

1993 – Fung Permadi (Indonesia)

1994 – Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen (Denmark)

1995 – Jens Olsson (Sweden)

1996 – Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen (Denmark)

1997 – Dong Jiong (China)

1998 – Peter Gade (Denmark)

1999 – Fung Permadi (Chinese Taipei)

2000 – Xia Xuanze (China)

2001 – Roslin Hashim (Malaysia)

2002 – Marleve Mainaky (Indonesia)

2003 – Lee Hyun-il (South Korea)

2004 – Lin Dan (China)

2005 – Muhammad Hafiz Hashim (Malaysia)

2006 – Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)

2007 – Chen Jin (China)

2008 – Lin Dan (China)

2009 – Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)

2010 – Chen Jin (China)

2011 – Park Sung-hwan (South Korea)

2012 – Chen Jin (China)

2013 – Wang Zhengming (China)

2014 – Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)

2015 – Srikanth Kidambi (India)

2016 – HS Prannoy (India)

2017 – Lin Dan (China)

2018 – Sameer Verma (India)

2019 – Shi Yuqi (China)

2021 – Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)

2022 – Jonatan Christie (Indonesia)

2023 – Koki Watanabe (Japan)

2024 – Lin Chun-Yi (Chinese Taipei)

2025 – Weng Hongyang (China)

BWF Swiss Open Roll Of Honour: A Look At All Title Holders
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Women’s Singles

1955 – Erna Müller (Germany)

1956 – Erna Müller (Germany)

1957 – Hannelore Schmidt (Germany)

1958 – Julie Charles (England)

1959 – Pratuang Pattabongse (Thailand)

1960 – Annette Schmidt (Denmark)

1961 – Tonny Holst-Christensen (Denmark)

1964 – June Jacques (Belgium)

1965 – Bep Verstoep (Belgium)

1969 – Brigitte Steden (Germany)

1970 – Ingrid Wieltschnig (Austria)

1971 – Josée Carrel (Switzerland)

1974 – Barbara Lord (South Africa)

1975 – Liselotte Blumer (Switzerland)

1976 – Yu Yuk-geor (Chinese Taipei)

1977 – Liselotte Blumer (Switzerland)

1979 – Liselotte Blumer (Switzerland)

1980 – Liselotte Blumer (Switzerland)

1981 – Liselotte Blumer (Switzerland)

1982 – Eline Coene (Netherlands)

1983 – Eline Coene (Netherlands)

1984 – Liselotte Blumer (Switzerland)

1985 – Tatyana Litvinenko (Soviet Union)

1986 – Monique Hoogland ( Netherland)

1987 – Astrid van der Knaap (Netherland)

1988 – Christine Skropke (Germany)

1989- Tang Jiuhong (China)

1990 – Diana Koleva (Bulgaria)

1991 – Elena Rybkina (Russia)

1992 – Astrid van der Knaap (Netherland)

1993- Yuliani Santosa (Indonesia)

1994 – Camilla Martin (Denmark)

1995 – Camilla Martin (Denmark)

1996 – Camilla Martin (Denmark)

1997 – Camilla Martin (Denmark)

1998 – Camilla Martin (Denmark)

1999 – Cindana Hartono Kusuma (Indonesia)

2000 – Dai Yun (China)

2001 – Pi Hongyan (France)

2002 – Mia Audina (Netherland)

2003 – Zhang Ning (China)

2004 – Gong Ruina (China)

2005 – Pi Hongyan (France)

2006 – Huaiwen Xu (Germany)

2007 – Zhang Ning (China)

2008 – Xie Xingfang (China)

2009 – Wang Yihan (China)

2010 – Wang Shixian (China)

2011 – Saina Nehwal (India)

2012 – Saina Nehwal (India)

2013 – Wang Shixian (China)

2014 – Wang Yihan (China)

2015 – Sun Yu (China)

2016 – He Bingjiao (China)

2017 – Chen Xiaoxin (China)

2018 – Sayaka Takahashi (Japan)

2019 – Chen Yufei (China)

2021 – Carolina Marín (Spain)

2022 – PV Sindhu (India)

2023 – Pornpawee Chochuwong (Thailand)

2024 – Carolina Marin (Spain)

2025 – Chen Yufei (China)

Men’s Doubles

1955 – David E. L. Choong/L .T. Lee (Malaysia)

1956 – David E. L. Choong/L .T. Lee (Malaysia)

1957 – Günter Ropertz /Hans Eschweiler(Germany)

1958 – Tom Heden /H. Jimajorch (USA/Netherlands)

1959 – Bengt Albertsen/Arne Rasmussen (Denmark)

1960 – Erland Kops/Knud E. Jepsen (Denmark)

1961 – Ole Mertz/Bjørn Holst-Christensen(Denmark)

1964 -Tage Nielsen/Heinz Honegger (Denmark/Switzerland)

1965 -Tage Nielsen/Heinz Honegger (Denmark/Switzerland)

1969 -Kurt Achtleitner/Karl Buchart (Austria)

1970 -Herman Fröhlich/Roy Díaz González (Austria/Mexico)

1971 – Torsten winter/Hugo Wilmes (Germany)

1974 -Ricardo Jaramillo/Jorge Palazuelos (Mexico)

1975 – William Kerr/Kenneth Parsons (South Africa)

1976 -Claus Andersen/Hans Olaf Birkholm (Denmark)

1977 – Peter Holm/Hans Olaf Birkholm (Denmark)

1979 – Gerd Kattau/Olaf Rosenow (Germany)

1980 – Bernd wessels/ Gunther Bludau (Germany)

1981 – Kenn H. Nielsen/ Jens Peter Nierhoff (Denmark)

1982 -Bas von Barnau Sijthoff/Ed Romeijn (Netherland)

1983 – Frank Van Dongen / Ivan Kristanto (Netherland)

1984 – Rolf Rüsseler/Volker Eiber (Germany)

1985 -Rolf Rüsseler/Volker Eiber (Germany)

1986 -Ronny Michels/Hendrik Rozemeijer (Netherland)

1987 -Billy Gilliland/Andy Goode (Scotland/England)

1988 – Oong Beng Teong/ Cheah Soon Kit (Malaysia)

1989 – Oong Beng Teong/ Cheah Soon Kit (Malaysia)

1990 – Stefan Frey/Stephan Kuhl (Germany)

1991 – Pär-Gunnar Jönsson/Stellan Osterberg (Sweden)

1992 – Jan-Eric Antonsson/Stellan Osterberg (Sweden)

1993 – Pär-Gunnar Jönsson/Peter Axelsson (Sweden)

1994 – Pär-Gunnar Jönsson/Peter Axelsson (Sweden)

1995 – Jon Holst-Christensen/Thomas Lund (Denmark)

1996 – Jon Holst-Christensen/Thomas Lund (Denmark)

1997 – Lee Dong-Soo/Yoo Yong – sung (South Korea)

1998 – Zhang Wei /Zhang Jun (China)

1999 – Jens Eriksen/Jesper Larsen (Denmark)

2000 – Ha Tae-kwon/Kim Dong- Moon (South Korea)

2001 – Michael Søgaard/Jim Laugesen (Denmark)

2002 – Lee Dong-Soo/Yoo Yong – sung (South Korea)

2003 – Flandy Limpele/Eng Hian (England)

2004 – Fu Haifeng/Cai Yun (China)

2005 -Candra Wijaya / Sigit Budiarto (Indonesia)

2006 -Chan Chong Ming /Koo kien Keat (Malaysia)

2007 – Koo kien Keat/ Tan Boon Heong (Malaysia)

2008 – Jung Jae-sung/Lee Yong-dae (South Korea)

2009 – Koo kien Keat/ Tan Boon Heong (Malaysia)

2010 – Ko Sung-Hyun/ Yoo Yeon-Seong (South Korea)

2011 -Ko Sung-Hyun/ Yoo Yeon-Seong (South Korea)

2012 – Naoki Kawamae/ Shoji Sato (Japan)

2013 – Chai Biao/ Hong Wei (China)

2014 – Chai Biao/ Hong Wei (China)

2015 – Cai Yun/ Lu Kai (China)

2016 – Kim Astrup / Anders Rasmussen (Denmark)

2017 – Chai Biao/ Hong Wei (China)

2018 – Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen (Denmark)

2019 – Fajar Alfian/ Muhammad Rian Ardianto (Indonesia)

2021 – Kim Astrup / Anders Rasmussen (Denmark)

2022 – Fajar Alfian/ Muhammad Rian Ardianto (Indonesia)

2023 – Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/ Chirag Shetty (India)

2024 – Ben Lane/Sean Vardy (England)

2025 –Kittinupong Kedren/Dechapol Puavaranukroh (Thailand)

Women’s Doubles

1955 – Not Held

1956 – Not Held

1957 – Hannelore Schmidt/ Gisela Ellermann (Germany)

1958 – Not Held

1959 – Not Held

1960 – Ute Seelbach/ Irmgard Latz (Germany)

1961 – Not Held

1964 – Bep Verstoep/June Vander Willigen (Belgium)

1965 – Bep Verstoep/June Jacques (Belgium)

1966 – Vreni Schkolzinger/U. Wanner (Switzerland)

1969 – Brigitte Potthoff/June Jacques (Germany/Belgium)

1970 – Ingrid Wieltschnig/June Jacques(Austria/Belgium)

1971 -Josée Carrel/Mireille Drapel (Switzerland)

1974 – Barbara Lord/Deirdre Tyghe (South Africa)

1975 -Tonny Pannemans/Ann Parsons (Netherland/South Africa)

1976 – Yu Yuk-Geor / Lim Sheou (Chinese Taipei)

1977 – Hanke de kort/Inge Rozemeijer (Netherland)

1979 – Pia Nielsen /Jette Boyer (Denmark)

1980 – Lone Smidt Nielsen/Lisbeth Lauridsen (Denmark)

1981 – Susanne Ejlertsen/Liselotte Gøttsche (Denmark)

1982 – Paula Kloet/Grace Kakiay (Netherland)

1983 – Eline Coene/Jeanette van Driel (Netherland)

1984 – Monique Hoogland/Erica Van Dijk (Netherland)

1985 – Tatyana Litvinenko/Elena Rybkina (Soviet Union)

1986 – Monique Hoogland/Paula Kloet (Netherland)

1987 – Katrin Schmidt/ Heidemarie Krickhaus (Germany)

1988 – Paula Rip-Kloet/ Maaike de Boer (Netherland)

1989 – Huang Hua/ Tang Jiuhong (China)

1990 – Monika Cassens/ Petra Michalowsky (East Germany)

1991 – Katrin Schmitt/ Catrine Bengtsson (Germany)

1992 – Maria Bengtsson/ Catrine Bengtsson (Sweden)

1993 – Gillian Clark/ Joanne Goode (England)

1994 – Lotte Olsen/ Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen (Denmark)

1995 – Helene Kirkegaard/ Rikke Olsen(Denmark)

1996 – Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen/ Marlene Thomsen(Denmark)

1997 – Ge Fei/Gu Jun (China)

1998 – Ge Fei/Gu Jun (China)

1999 – Mette Sørensen/Rikke Olsen (Denmark)

2000 – Qin Yiyuan/ Gao Ling (China)

2001 – Ra Kyung-min/ Lee Kyung-won (South Korea)

2002 – Ra Kyung-min/ Lee Kyung-won (South Korea)

2003 – Yang Wei/ Zhang Jiewen (China)

2004 – Gao Ling/ Huang Sui (China)

2005 – Lee Kyung-won/ Lee Hyo-jung(South Korea)

2006 – Du Jing/ Yu Yang(China)

2007 – Zhao Tingting/ Yang Wei(China)

2008 – Yang Wei/ Zhang Jiewen(China)

2009 – Du Jing/ Yu Yang(China)

2010 – Tian Qing/Yu Yang (China)

2011 – Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen (Denmark)

2012 – Xia Huan/ Tang Jinhua (China)

2013 – Jung Kyung-eun/ Kim Ha-na (South Korea)

2014 – Bao Yixin/Tang Jinhua (China)

2015 – Bao Yixin/Tang Yuanting (China)

2016 – Shizuka Matsuo/ Mami Naito (Japan)

2017 – Chen Qingchen/ Jia Yifan (China)

2018 – Ayako Sakuramoto/Yukiko Takahata (Japan)

2019 – Chang Ye-na/ Jung Kyung-eun (South Korea)

2021 – Pearly Tan Koong Le/ Thinaah Muralitharan (Malaysia)

2022 – Gabriela Stoeva/ Stefani Stoeva (Bulgaria)

2023 – Rena Miyaura/ Ayako Sakuramoto (Japan)

2024 – Lanny Tria Mayasari/Ribka Sugiarto (Indonesia)

2025 –Jia Yifan/Zhang Shuxian (China)

Mixed Doubles

1955 – Not Held

1956 – T. Haberfeld/ D. Hegar (Switzerland)

1957 – Kurt Veller/ Gisela Ellermann (Germany)

1958 – Bob Loo/ Noëlle Ailloud (Netherland/France)

1959 – Arne Rasmussen/ Hannelore Schmidt (Denmark/Germany)

1960 – Erland Kops/ Annette Schmidt (Denmark)

1961 – Bjørn Holst-Christensen (Denmark)

1964 – Herman Moens/Bep Verstoep (Belgium)

1965 – Bernard Carrel/Josée Carrel(Switzerland)

1969 – Roger Vanmeerbeek/ June Jacques (Belgium)

1970 – Herman Fröhlich/Ingrid Wieltschnig(Austria)

1971 – Torsten Winter/Jelmini (Germany/Switzerland)

1974 – Roy Díaz González/ Deirdre Tyghe (Mexico/South Africa)

1975- Kenneth Parsons/ Ann Parsons(South Africa)

1976 – Hans Olaf Birkholm/ Birthe Ratsach(Denmark)

1977 – Peter Holm/ Birthe Ratsach(Denmark)

1979 – Peter Holm/ Pia Nielsen(Denmark)

1980 – Per Nygaard/ Bente Terkelsen(Denmark)

1981 – Rob Ridder/ Marjan Ridder (Netherland)

1982 – Guus van der Vlught/ Paula Kloet(Denmark)

1983 – Bas von Barnau Sijthoff/ Jeanette van Driel(Denmark)

1984 – Michael Fischedick/ Susanne Altmann (Germany)

1985 – Vitaliy Shmakov/ Elena Rybkina(Soviet Union)

1986 – Alex Meijer/ Paula Kloet(Netherland)

1987 – Alex Meijer/ Monique Hoogland(Netherland)

1988 – Ralf Rausch/ Christine Skropke(Germany)

1989 – Kim Moon-soo/ Chung So-young (South Korea)

1990 – Bernd Schwitzgebel/ Petra Michalowsky (West Germany/East Germany)

1991 – Michael Keck/ Anne-Katrin Seid (Germany)

1992 – Mikael Rosén/ Maria Bengtsson (Sweden)

1993- Pär-Gunnar Jönsson/ Maria Bengtsson(Sweden)

1994 – Peter Axelsson/ Marlene Thomsen (Sweden/Denmark)

1995 – Thomas Lund/ Marlene Thomsen (Denmark)

1996 – Jan-Eric Antonsson/ Astrid Crabo(Sweden)

1997 – Liu Yong/Ge Fei (China)

1998 -Michael Søgaard/Rikke Olsen(Denmark)

1999 – Simon Archer/ Joanne Goode (England)

2000- Kim Dong-moon/ Ra Kyung-min (South Korea)

2001 – Jens Eriksen/ Mette Schjoldager(Denmark)

2002 – Kim Dong-moon/ Ra Kyung-min(South Korea)

2003 – Jens Eriksen/ Mette Schjoldager(Denmark)

2004 – Kim Dong-moon/ Ra Kyung-min(South Korea)

2005 – Nathan Robertson/ Gail Emms (England)

2006 – Nathan Robertson/ Gail Emms (England)

2007 – Lee Yong-dae/ Lee Hyo-Jung(South Korea)

2008 – He Hanbin/ Yu Yang (China)

2009 – Zheng Bo/ Ma Jin(China)

2010 -Lee Yong-dae/ Lee Hyo-Jung(South Korea)

2011 – Joachim Fischer Nielsen/ Christinna Pedersen (Denmark)

2012 – Tontowi Ahmad/ Liliyana Natsir (Indonesia)

2013 – Joachim Fischer Nielsen/ Christinna Pedersen (Denmark)

2014 – Chris Adcock/ Gabby Adcock (England)

2015 – Lu Kai/ Huang Yaqiong (China)

2016 – Wang Yilyu/ Chen Qingchen (China)

2017 – Dechapol Puavaranukroh/ Sapsiree Taerattanachai (Thailand)

2018 – Mark Lamsfuß/ Isabel Lohau(Germany)

2019 – Mathias Bay-Smidt/ Rikke Søby Hansen (Denmark)

2021 – Thom Gicquel/ Delphine Delrue (France)

2022 – Mark Lamsfuß/ Isabel Lohau(Germany)

2023 – Jiang Zhenbang/ Wei Yaxin (China)

2024 – Goh Soon Huat/Lai Shevon Jemie (Malaysia)

2025 –Feng Yanzhe/Wei Yaxin (China)

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