The 2007 Dutch Open Grand Prix was a badminton tournament which took place in

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from 16 to 21 October 2007. It had a total purse of $50,000.

Tournament

The 2007 Dutch Open Grand Prix was the ninth tournament of the

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and also part of the Dutch Open championships which has been held since 1931. This tournament was organized by the

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and sanctioned by the BWF.

Venue

This international tournament was held at Topsportcentrum in

Point distribution

Below is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the

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event.

Prize money

The total prize money for this tournament was US$50,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.

Men's singles

Seeds

Przemysław Wacha Przemysław Wacha (; born 31 January 1981) is a Polish badminton player. Career Wacha played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the first round to Wong Choong Hann of Malaysia. He won the bronze medal at the 2008 E ...

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Lee Tsuen Seng Lee Tsuen Seng (born 26 April 1979) is a former badminton player from Malaysia. He was part of the Malaysian team that won silver in the 2002 Thomas & Uber Cup. He also won a silver medal in men's singles at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Achi ...

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Dicky Palyama Dicky Palyama (born March 26, 1978 in Gouda) is a male badminton player from the Netherlands. Early career After winning four junior titles in the Netherlands between 1994 and 1996, Dicky took the European junior U19 title in 1997. His first succ ...

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Kendrick Lee Yen Hui Kendrick Lee Yen Hui (; born 8 October 1984) is a Singaporean former badminton player. Lee was ranked fourteen, his highest ranking, in 2007. He was a two-time Singaporean National Badminton Championships, national champion. Career Lee was a t ...

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Roslin Hashim Muhammad Roslin bin Hashim (born 23 October 1975) is a former Malaysian badminton player. He is the elder brother of Muhd Hafiz Hashim. Career 2004 Summer Olympics Hashim played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing ...

''(quarter-finals)'' # Andrew Smith ''(second round)'' # Sairul Amar Ayob ''(quarter-finals)'' #

Anup Sridhar Anup Sridhar (born 11 April 1983) is a retired Indian badminton player. Career Anup Sridhar is India's Thomas Cup captain. He completed his education from Jain University,https://www.jainuniversity.ac.in/Notable-Alumni/Anup-Sridhar.php Notab ...

''(third round)''

Finals

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Women's singles

Seeds

Yao Jie Yao Jie (; born 10 April 1977) is a Chinese-born badminton player who now resides in the Netherlands. Yao is one of a number of badminton players who have emigrated from China, in part, because the depth of badminton talent in that country h ...

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Juliane Schenk Juliane Schenk (born 26 November 1982) is a German badminton player. In March 2014 she retired from international play. Career In 2001, she won the European Junior Championships in women's singles. 2003 saw her win the women's doubles with Nic ...

''(semi-finals)'' # Li Li ''(semi-finals)'' #

Judith Meulendijks Judith Meulendijks (born 26 September 1978, Helmond) is a former badminton player from the Netherlands. Career Meulendijks started playing badminton at the BC Phoenix in her hometown and then she went to BC Geldrop. In her junior career, she won ...

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Sara Persson Sara Lisa Sofia Persson (born 23 September 1980) is a Swedish badminton player. Persson won the women's singles title at the Swedish National Championships in 2002 representing Täby Badmintonförening (now Göteborgs BK), and repeating it cons ...

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Saina Nehwal Saina Nehwal (; born 17 March 1990) is an Indian professional badminton player. A former world no. 1, she has won 24 international titles, which includes ten Superseries titles. Although she reached the world's 2nd in 2009, it was only in 2015 ...

''(quarter-finals)'' # Adriyanti Firdasari ''(second round)'' #

Anu Nieminen Anu Kristiina Nieminen (born 16 December 1977; née Weckström) is a Finnish badminton player. Born in Helsinki, Nieminen has joined the national team in 1994. She is one of the best badminton players in Finland, having won twelve times National ...

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Finals

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Men's doubles

Seeds

Hendri Saputra Hendri Kurniawan Saputra (born 12 May 1981) is an Indonesian-born Singaporean retired badminton player. Career Saputra and his brother, Hendra Wijaya, joined the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) in 2000 and both became Singapore citizen ...

/ Hendra Wijaya ''(semi-finals)'' #

Vitalij Durkin Vitalij Valerievich Durkin (russian: Виталий Валерьевич Дуркин; born 2 September 1979) is a Russian badminton player. In 2015, he competed at the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. Achievements BWF Grand Prix The BWF ...

/ Aleksandr Nikolaenko ''(semi-finals)'' #

Howard Bach Howard Bach (born February 22, 1979) is a Vietnamese-American male badminton player from the United States. He was the 2005 world champion in the men's doubles with Tony Gunawan. Early life He was born in Vietnam, Howard Bach came to the U.S. ...

Khan Malaythong Khan "Bob" Malaythong (born 10 April 1981 in Vientiane, Laos) is an American badminton player. He qualified for the U.S. badminton team as a doubles competitor at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Malaythong moved to the United States at age 8. Malaytho ...

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Kristof Hopp Kristof Hopp (born 14 July 1978 in Kiel) is a male badminton player from Germany. In 2008, he won the bronze medal at the European Championships in the men's doubles event with Ingo Kindervater. At the same year, he competed at the Summer Olympics ...

Ingo Kindervater Ingo Kindervater (born 1 January 1979) is a retired badminton player from Germany and now the Head of Performance for Badminton Scotland. Career Ingo was the men's doubles bronze medallist at the 2008 European Championships partnered with Krist ...

''(quarter-finals)'' # Michael Fuchs /

Roman Spitko Roman Spitko (born 18 November 1978) is a German badminton player. Career Spitko played the 2006 IBF World Championships in men's singles, defeating Carlos Longo of Spain in the first round. In the round of 32, he was defeated by Dicky Palyama ...

''(quarter-finals)'' # Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki /

Rian Sukmawan Rian Sukmawan (21 November 1985 – 27 February 2016) was a professional badminton player from Indonesia. Career Sukmawan was a doubles specialist. In 2006, he won the men's doubles at the Dutch and New Zealand Opens with fellow countryman ...

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Robert Adcock Robert Adcock (born 9 August 1986) is an English badminton player. In 2005, he won the boys' and mixed doubles title at the English National Junior Championships partnered with Edward Foster and Jennifer Wallwork repeating the success with the s ...

Robin Middleton Robin Middleton (born 8 February 1985) is an English badminton player currently representing Australia. He was one of the UK's leading badminton players. Born in Leeds in 1985, his interests include cricket, sky diving, and botany. He holds a 2. ...

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Tim Dettmann Tim Dettmann (born 10 May 1982) is a German badminton player. At the 2006/07 European Circuit, he won the Bulgarian and Finnish International tournaments and became the runner-up at the Poland in the mixed doubles event. He also the runner-up a ...

Johannes Schöttler Johannes Schöttler (also spelled Schoettler, born 27 August 1984) is a German badminton player. He competed for Germany in the men's doubles at the 2012 Summer Olympics with Ingo Kindervater and 2016 Summer Olympics with Michael Fuchs. Achi ...

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Finals

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Women's doubles

Seeds

Jiang Yanmei Jiang Yanmei (Simplified Chinese: 江彦媚; born 28 February 1981) is a Chinese-born Singaporean badminton player. She competed at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics; 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games; and also 2006 Asian Games. Early life B ...

Li Yujia Li Yujia (Simplified Chinese: 李羽佳; born 18 January 1983) is a Chinese-born Singaporean badminton player who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the women's and mixed doubles event. Born in Jingzhou, Hubei in 1983, she moved to Singapo ...

''(semi-finals)'' # Ekaterina Ananina /

Anastasia Russkikh Anastasia Vladimirovna Russkikh (russian: Анастасия Владимировна Русских; born 20 May 1983) is an international badminton player from Gatchina, Russia. She entered her first tournament at age 9 in Sweden and finished ...

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Valeria Sorokina Valeria Mihailovna Sorokina (russian: Валерия Михайловна Сорокина; born 29 March 1984) is a badminton player from Russia. Together with her doubles partner Nina Vislova, she is the first Russian Olympic medalist in badmin ...

Nina Vislova Nina Gennadyevna Vislova (russian: Нина Геннадьевна Вислова; born 4 October 1986) is a badminton player from Russia. Along with her doubles partner Valeria Sorokina, Vislova is the first Russian Olympic medalist in badminton ...

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Élodie Eymard Élodie is a French feminine given name, a variant of ''Alodia'', possibly a Gothic name with elements ''Ala'' "other, foreign"(?) and '' od'' "wealth, heritage". The given name was popularized via veneration of Saint Alodia, a 9th-century chil ...

Weny Rahmawati Weny Rasidi (born 9 October 1983; née Rahmawati) is a French badminton player. Career Rahmawati is a former badminton player from Suryanaga Surabaya, Indonesia. She came to France to join the national team as a sparring partner at the age of ...

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Mixed doubles

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Kathrin Piotrowski Kathrin Piotrowski is a retired German badminton player. At the age of 16, she was one of the youngest Bundesliga players ever. She has won five German championship titles and five international titles on her account. She also has three Germa ...

''(semi-finals)'' # Hendra Wijaya /

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Birgit Overzier Birgit Michels ( Overzier; born 28 September 1984) is a German badminton player. She competed for Germany at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the mixed doubles. In 2008, she competed with Kristof Hopp, and in 2012 she competed with Michae ...

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Suzanne Rayappan Suzanne Rayappan (born 18 May 1981) is a professional badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "si ...

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Svetoslav Stoyanov Svetoslav Stoyanov ( bg, Светослав Стоянов) (born 10 July 1976) is a male badminton player originally from Bulgaria, but later competed for France. Stoyanov competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles ...

''(withdrew)'' # Aleksandr Nikolaenko /

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References

External links

Tournament Link
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