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BWF Korea Open 2025: Points And Prize Money Breakdown

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The Korea Open 2025 will get rolling from from 23 to 28 September in which the top shuttlers of the world will battle out to collect crucial points. 

This will be the tournament of the BWF World Tour 2025 and the 32nd edition of the tournament. 

Korea Open 2025, a Super 500 event, will take place at the Suwon Gymnasium in Suwon, South Korea. 

The tournament is part of the Korea Open championships that has been held since 1991. 

The Korea Open used to be known as Korea Open Super Series because it became one of the BWF Super Series tournaments beginning with 2007. BWF categorised Korea Open as one of the seven BWF World Tour Super 500 events in the BWF events structure since 2018.

Korea Open 2025: Top Seeds

Men’s Singles 

  1. Anders Antonsen (Denmark)
  2. Li Shifeng (China)
  3. Chou Tien-chen (Chinese Taipei)
  4. Jonatan Christie (Indonesia)
  5. Loh Kean Yew (Singapore)
  6. Kodai Naraoka (Japan)
  7. Kenta Nishimoto (Japan)
  8. Weng Hongyang (China)

Women’s Singles

  1. An Se-young (South Korea)
  2. Akane Yamaguchi (Japan)
  3. Pornpawee Chochuwong (Thailand)
  4. Putri Kusuma Wardani (Indonesia)
  5. Tomoka Miyazaki (Japan)
  6. Supanida Katethong (Thailand)
  7. Sim Yu-jin (South Korea)
  8. Gao Fangjie (China)

Men’s Double

  1. Kim Won-ho / Seo Seung-jae (South Korea)
  2. Liang Weikeng / Wang Chang (China)
  3. Chen Boyang / Liu Yi (China)
  4. Takuro Hoki / Yugo Kobayashi (Japan)
  5. Lee Jhe-huei / Yang Po-hsuan (Chinese Taipei)
  6. Kang Min-hyuk / Ki Dong-ju (South Korea)
  7. Huang Di / Liu Yang (China) 
  8. Leo Rolly Carnando / Bagas Maulana (Indonesia)

Women’s Doubles

  1. Rin Iwanaga / Kie Nakanishi (Japan)
  2. Kim Hye-jeong / Kong Hee-yong (South Korea)
  3. Baek Ha-na / Lee So-hee (South Korea)
  4. Yuki Fukushima / Mayu Matsumoto (Japan)
  5. Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan (China)
  6. China Li Yijing / Luo Xumin (China)
  7. Hsieh Pei-shan / Hung En-tzu (Chinese Taipei)
  8. Yeung Nga Ting / Yeung Pui Lam (Hong Kong)

Mixed Doubles 

  1. Feng Yanzhe / Huang Dongping (China)
  2. Jiang Zhenbang / Wei Yaxin (China)
  3. Chen Tang Jie / Toh Ee Wei (Malaysia)
  4. Guo Xinwa / Chen Fanghui (China)
  5. Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai (Malaysia)
  6. Hiroki Midorikawa / Natsu Saito (Japan)
  7. Cheng Xing / Zhang Chi (China)
  8. Jafar Hidayatullah / Felisha Pasaribu (Indonesia)

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Korea Open 2025: Schedule

All time local.

Date Time (KST) Event
Tuesday, Sep 23 10:00 AM Qualifying rounds
4:00 PM Round of 32 (Men’s Doubles / Women’s Doubles)
Wednesday, Sep 24 10:00 AM Round of 32 (all remaining categories)
Thursday, Sep 25 10:00 AM Round of 16
Friday, Sep 26 12:00 PM Quarterfinals
Saturday, Sep 27 11:00 AM Semifinals
Sunday, Sep 28 11:00 AM Finals

Korea Open 2025: Points Distribution

Here is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 500 event:

Position Points
Winner 9,200
Runner-up 7,800
3rd/4th 6,420
5th–8th 5,040
9th–16th 3,600
17th–32nd 2,220
33rd–64th 880
65th–128th 430

Korea Open 2025: Prize Money

The tournament carries total prize money of  US$475,000. Here is the prize money breakdown in accordance with BWF regulations:

Round Singles Doubles
Winner $35,625 $37,525
Finalist $18,050 $18,050
Semi-finals $6,887.50 $6,650
Quarter-finals $2,850 $3,443.75
Last 16 $1,662.50 $1,781.25