BWF India Open: List Of All Champions

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The India Open is an annual badminton event which has been held in India since 2008 and 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 a BWF Superseries tournament.

The BWF categorised India Open as one of the seven BWF World Tour Super 500 events as per the event structure since 2018. The India Open has been upgraded to a BWF World Tour Super 750 event as of 2023.

BWF India Open: List Of All Champions

Men’s Singles

Year Winner Country
1973 Svend Pri Denmark
1974–1978 No competition
1979 Dhany Sartika Indonesia
1980 No competition
1981 Prakash Padukone India
1982 Lius Pongoh Indonesia
1983 Morten Frost Denmark
1984 No competition
1985 Steve Baddeley England
1986–1996 No competition
1997 Heryanto Arbi Indonesia
1998–2007 No competition
2008 Boonsak Ponsana Thailand
2009 Taufik Hidayat Indonesia
2010 Alamsyah Yunus Indonesia
2011 Lee Chong Wei Malaysia
2012 Son Wan-ho South Korea
2013 Lee Chong Wei Malaysia
2014 Wang Shixian China
2015 Srikanth Kidambi India
2016 Kento Momota Japan
2017 Viktor Axelsen Denmark
2018 Shi Yuqi China
2019 Viktor Axelsen Denmark
2020 Cancelled
2021 Cancelled
2022 Lakshya Sen India
2023 Kunlavut Vitidsarn Thailand
2024 Shi Yuqi China
2025 Viktor Axelsen Denmark

Women’s Singles

Year Winner Country
1973 Eva Twedberg Sweden
1974–1978 No competition
1979 Tjan So Gwan Indonesia
1980 No competition
1981 Zheng Yuli China
1982 Jane Webster England
1983 Yoo Sang-hee South Korea
1984 No competition
1985 Helen Troke England
1986–1996 No competition
1997 Cindana Hartono Kusuma Indonesia
1998–2007 No competition
2008 Zhou Mi Hong Kong
2009 Pi Hongyan France
2010 Saina Nehwal India
2011 Porntip Buranaprasertsuk Thailand
2012 Li Xuerui China
2013 Ratchanok Intanon Thailand
2014
2015 Saina Nehwal India
2016 Ratchanok Intanon Thailand
2017 P. V. Sindhu India
2018 Beiwen Zhang United States
2019 Ratchanok Intanon Thailand
2020 Cancelled
2021 Cancelled
2022 Busanan Ongbamrungphan Thailand
2023 An Se-young South Korea
2024 Tai Tzu-ying Chinese Taipei
2025 An Se-young South Korea

Men’s Doubles 

Year Winners Country
1973 Elliot Stuart / Derek Talbot England
1974–1978 No competition
1979 Rudy Heryanto / Hariamanto Kartono Indonesia
1980 No competition
1981 Stefan Karlsson / Thomas Kihlström Sweden
1982 Gillian Clark / Gillian Gilks England
1983 Jesper Helledie / Jens Peter Nierhoff Denmark
1984 No competition
1985 Kim Moon-soo / Park Joo-bong South Korea
1986–1996 No competition
1997 Ade Lukas / Ade Sutrisna Indonesia
1998–2007 No competition
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 Shiho Tanaka / Koharu Yonemoto Japan
2018 Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu Indonesia
2019 Lee Yang / Wang Chi-lin Chinese Taipei
2020 Cancelled
2021 Cancelled
2022 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty India
2023 Liang Weikeng / Wang Chang China
2024 Kang Min-hyuk / Seo Seung-jae South Korea
2025 Goh Sze Fei / Nur Izzuddin Malaysia

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Women’s Doubles

Year Winners Country
1973 Eva Twedberg / Joke van Beusekom Sweden / Netherlands
1974–1978 No competition
1979 Ivanna Lie / Tjan So Gwan Indonesia
1980 No competition
1981 Nora Perry / Jane Webster England
1982 Karen Chapman / Billy Gilliland England / Scotland
1983 Kim Yun-ja / Yoo Sang-hee South Korea
1984 No competition
1985 Hwang Sun-ai / Kang Haeng-suk South Korea
1986–1996 No competition
1997 Etty Tantri / Cynthia Tuwankotta Indonesia
1998–2007 No competition
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 South Korea
2013 Miyuki Maeda / Satoko Suetsuna Japan
2014 Tang Yuanting / Yu Yang China
2015 Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi Japan
2016 Lu Kai / Huang Yaqiong China
2017
2018 Mathias Christiansen / Christinna Pedersen Denmark
2019 Wang Yilyu / Huang Dongping China
2020 Cancelled
2021 Cancelled
2022 Benyapa Aimsaard / Nuntakarn Aimsaard Thailand
2023 Nami Matsuyama / Chiharu Shida Japan
2024 Mayu Matsumoto / Wakana Nagahara Japan
2025 Arisa Igarashi / Ayako Sakuramoto Japan

Mixed Doubles 

Year Winners Country
1973 Elliot Stuart / Nora Perry England
1974–1978 No competition
1979 Hariamanto Kartono / Tjan So Gwan Indonesia
1980 No competition
1981 Ray Stevens / Nora Perry England
1982
1983 No competition
1984 No competition
1985 Steve Baddeley / Gillian Gowers England
1986–1996 No competition
1997 Imam Tohari / Emma Ermawati Indonesia
1998–2007 No competition
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
2013
2014 Joachim Fischer Nielsen / Christinna Pedersen Denmark
2015 Liu Cheng / Bao Yixin China
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020 Cancelled
2021 Cancelled
2022 Terry Hee / Tan Wei Han Singapore
2023 Yuta Watanabe / Arisa Higashino Japan
2024 Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Sapsiree Taerattanachai Thailand
2025 Jiang Zhenbang / Wei Yaxin China