The Kaohsiung Masters 2025 badminton tournament is slated to get underway from 23 to 28 September 2025.
This will be the twenty-sixth tournament of the 2025 BWF World Tour. The tournament is a part of the BWF World Tour tournaments and is leveled in BWF Tour Super 100.
The third edition of Kaohsiung Masters will take place at Kaohsiung Arena in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
This tournament was organized by Chinese Taipei Badminton Association and sanctioned by the BWF.
Kaohsiung Masters 2025: Top Seeds
Men’s Singles
- Panitchaphon Teeraratsakul (Thailand)
- Kantaphon Wangcharoen (Thailand)
- Huang Ping-hsien (Chinese Taipei)
- Prahdiska Bagas Shujiwo (Indonesia)
- Koo Takahashi (Japan)
- Wang Po-wei (Chinese Taipei)
- Kok Jing Hong (Malaysia)
- Misha Zilberman (Israel)
Women’s Singles
- Hsu Wen-chi (Chinese Taipei)
- Nozomi Okuhara (Japan)
- Huang Ching-ping (Chinese Taipei)
- Huang Yu-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
- Isharani Baruah (India)
- Chinese Taipei Liang Ting-yu (Chinese Taipei)
- Devika Sihag (India)
- Hina Akechi (Japan)
Men’s Doubles
- Pruthvi Roy / K. Sai Pratheek (India)
- Chen Zhi-ray / Lin Yu-chieh (Chinese Taipei)
- He Zhi-wei / Huang Jui-hsuan (Chinese Taipei)
- Lai Po-yu / Tsai Fu-cheng (Chinese Taipei)
- Indonesia Raymond Indra / Nikolaus Joaquin
- Chia Wei Jie / Lwi Sheng Hao (Malaysia)
- Chiang Chien-wei / Wu Hsuan-yi (Chinese Taipei)
- Kakeru Kumagai / Hiroki Nishi (Japan)
Women’s Doubles
- Ornnicha Jongsathapornparn / Sukitta Suwachai (Thailand)
- Laksika Kanlaha / Phataimas Muenwong (Thailand)
- Ong Xin Yee / Carmen Ting (Malaysia)
- Chen Yan-fei / Sun Liang-ching (Chinese Taipei)
- Lin Xiao-min / Wang Yu-qiao (Chinese Taipei)
- Lin Chih-chun / Lin Wan-ching (Chinese Taipei)
- Teng Chun-hsun / Yang Chu-yun (Chinese Taipei)
- Lee Chih-chen / Lin Yen-yu (Chinese Taipei)
Mixed Doubles
- Jimmy Wong / Lai Pei Jing (Malaysia)
- Wu Guan-xun / Lee Chia-hsin (Chinese Taipei)
- Wu Hsuan-yi / Yang Chu-yun (Chinese Taipei)
- Akira Koga / Yuho Imai (Japan)
- Supak Jomkoh / Ornnicha Jongsathapornparn (Thailand)
- Chinese Taipei Lai Po-yu / Lin Xiao-min (Chinese Taipei)
- Liew Xun / Ho Lo Ee (Malaysia)
- Chou Yu-hsiang / Liao Yuan-chi (Chinese Taipei)
Kaohsiung Masters 2025: Schedule
- Tuesday, September 23: Qualification rounds
- Wednesday, September 24: Round of 32
- Thursday, September 25: Round of 16
- Friday, September 26: Quarter-finals
- Saturday, September 27: Semi-finals
- Sunday, September 28: Finals
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Kaohsiung Masters 2025: Points Distribution
Here is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Tour Super 100 event:
| Position | Points |
|---|---|
| Winner | 5,500 |
| Runner-up | 4,680 |
| 3rd / 4th | 3,850 |
| 5th – 8th | 3,030 |
| 9th – 16th | 2,110 |
| 17th – 32nd | 1,290 |
| 33rd – 64th | 510 |
| 65th – 128th | 240 |
| 129th – 256th | 100 |
Kaohsiung Masters 2025: Prize Money
The tournament carries a total prize money of US$110,000. Here is the breakdown of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations:
| Round | Singles | Doubles |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | $8,250 | $8,690 |
| Finals | $4,180 | $4,180 |
| Semi-finals | $1,595 | $1,540 |
| Quarter-finals | $660 | $797.5 |
| Last 16 | $385 | $412.5 |
