The 2007 German Open Grand Prix (officially known as the Yonex German Open 2007 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place in

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from 27 February to 4 March 2007. It had a total purse of $80,000.

Tournament

The 2007 German Open Grand Prix was the inaugural tournament of the 2007 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix and also part of the German Open championships which has been held since 1955. This tournament was organized by the

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and sanctioned by the

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Venue

This international tournament was held at

Innogy Sporthalle Innogy Sporthalle (formerly known as RWE Rhein-Ruhr Sporthalle or RWE-Sporthalle), is an indoor sports arena in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany. The arena is commonly used for badminton, boxing, and handball competitions. Its current name is part o ...

, Germany.

Point distribution

Below is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Grand Prix event.

Prize money

The total prize money for this tournament was US$80,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.

Men's singles

Seeds

Lin Dan Lin Dan (; born 14 October 1983) is a Chinese former professional badminton player. He is a two-time Olympic gold medallist, five-time World championship gold medalist, two-time World Cup champion, two-time Asian games gold medalist, four- ...

(champion) # Chen Yu ''(final)'' #

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 ...

''(third round)'' #

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 ...

''(third round)'' #

Ng Wei Ng Wei (; born 14 July 1981) is a former Hong Kong badminton player from Jiangsu. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics in 2000, 2004 and 2008. Ng was the bronze medalist at the 1999 Asian Junior Championships, also at the 2003 ...

''(second round)'' #

Joachim Persson Joachim Persson (born 23 May 1983) is a former badminton player from Denmark. Career Persson was born in Denmark but his family moved to Germany in his early years. He began to playing badminton in Trittau, Germany together with his parents. ...

''(quarter-finals)'' #

Sairul Amar Ayob Sairul Amar bin Ayob (born 10 September 1980) is a former male badminton player and subsequent coach from Malaysia. He won the 2005 New Zealand Open after defeating Hong Kong's Chan Yan Kit in the final. Achievements BWF Grand Prix (2 tit ...

''(first round)'' #

Björn Joppien Björn Joppien (born 30 January 1981) is a male badminton player from Germany. Career Joppien played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Kasperi Salo of Finland in the first round. In the round of 16, Joppien was ...

''(second round)'' #

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 national champion. Education Lee studied at Catholic High School, Singapore. Car ...

''(third round)'' #

Roslin Hashim Muhammad Roslin bin Hashim (born 23 October 1975) is a Malaysian former badminton player. Hashim was a gold medalists in the men's singles at the 2001 SEA Games. He is the elder brother of Muhammad Hafiz Hashim. Career 2004 Summer Olympic ...

''(third round)'' #

Park Sung-hwan Park Sung-hwan (; born September 4, 1984, in Jeju Province) is a badminton player from South Korea. Park is the top-ranked men's singles player in South Korea and has succeeded at an international level, winning individual medals at both the 2 ...

''(quarter-finals)'' #

Chan Yan Kit Chan Yan Kit (, born 10 December 1985) is a badminton player from Hong Kong. He competed at the Asian Games from 2006 to 2014. Career He competed at the 2006 IBF World Championships in men's singles and was defeated in the first round by Eric ...

''(third round)'' # Chetan Anand ''(first round)'' # John Moody ''(second round)'' #

Kasper Ødum Kasper Ødum (born 17 March 1979) is a Danish badminton player. Career Titles In 1999 he won the Bulgarian International, in 2000 the Austrian International, in 2003 the Polish Open, in 2005 the Bitburger Open International, and in 2006 the ...

''(third round)'' # Andrew Dabeka ''(first round)''

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's singles

Seeds

Xie Xingfang Xie Xingfang (born September 8, 1981) is a retired Chinese badminton player from Guangzhou, Guangdong. She is a former two-time world champion for women's singles, and former women's singles World No. 1. Her first big title was in girls' dou ...

(champion) #

Huaiwen Xu Huaiwen Xu ( zh, t=徐懷雯, p=Xú Huáiwén, s=徐怀雯; born 2 August 1975) is a German badminton player. Born in Guiyang, Guizhou, China, she decided to play for Germany because the Chinese thought that she was too short to play profession ...

''(final)'' #

Pi Hongyan Pi Hongyan ( zh, s=皮红艳, t=皮紅艷, p=Pí Hóngyàn; born 25 January 1979) is a former Chinese badminton player, who later represented France. Career Pi Hongyan is one of a number of talented Chinese-born badminton players who have emig ...

''(semi-finals)'' #

Petya Nedelcheva Petya Nedelcheva (; born 30 July 1983) is a Bulgarian badminton player. She was born in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. At the Bulgarian National Badminton Championships she won more than 20 titles. Career A right-handed Nedelcheva became a professi ...

''(semi-finals)'' #

Tine Rasmussen Tine Baun (née Rasmussen; born 21 July 1979) is a Danish former badminton player. Most notably, she won the All England Open Badminton Championships women's singles title three times in 2008, 2010, and 2013 – the last of these being her fina ...

''(withdrew)'' #

Huang Chia-chi Huang Chia-chi ( zh, s=黃嘉琪, p=Huáng Jiāqí; born 26 January 1979) is a Taiwanese badminton player who competed for the Chinese Taipei at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. Huang later represented Australia in the international tourname ...

''(quarter-finals)'' #

Hwang Hye-youn Hwang Hye-youn (; born April 3, 1985, in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province) is a retired female badminton player from South Korea. Hwang started playing badminton at 7, at her local elementary school. Hwang who educated at the Pocheon High School, com ...

''(quarter-finals)'' # Susan Hughes ''(second round)''

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Men's doubles

Seeds

Jung Jae-sung Jung Jae-sung (also spelled Chung Jae-sung; ; ; 25 August 1982 – 9 March 2018) was a South Korean professional badminton player who specialized in men's doubles. Together with his partner Lee Yong-dae, Jung spent forty weeks as World No. 1 in ...

Lee Yong-dae Lee Yong-dae (; ; born 11 September 1988) is a South Korean professional badminton player who had been successful in both men's and mixed doubles. He reached world number 1 ranking with 4 different partners, Jung Jae-sung, Ko Sung-hyun and Yoo Ye ...

''(final)'' #

Albertus Susanto Njoto Albertus Susanto Njoto (; born 27 October 1976) is a badminton player from Indonesia. He moved to Hong Kong due to tight competition in Indonesia. In Hong Kong, he partnered with another Indonesian, Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama, in men's doubles. ...

Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama (; born 6 April 1977) is a badminton player from Indonesia. He is a younger brother of Olympic gold medalist from Indonesia, Alan Budikusuma. He moved to Hong Kong due to tight competition in Indonesia. In Hong Kong, h ...

''(semi-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 Pal ...

''(first round)'' # Ashley Brehaut / Aji Basuki Sindoro ''(withdrew)'' #

Hwang Ji-man Hwang Ji-man (; ; born 8 July 1984) is a badminton player from South Korea. Career Hwang started playing badminton when he was in Miryang elementary school, and when he was 17, Hwang was chosen to represent the National Junior team. Hwang play ...

/ Lee Jae-jin (champions) #

Shen Ye Shen Ye (; born 11 March 1987) is a male Chinese badminton player. Achievements Asian Championships ''Men's doubles'' Summer Universiade ''Men's doubles'' World Junior Championships ''Boys' doubles'' Asian Junior Championships ...

Xu Chen Xu Chen (; born 29 November 1984) is a badminton player from China. In 2010, he (along with his partner Guo Zhendong) was ranked within the top 10 men's badminton doubles in the world. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the mixed doubl ...

''(second round)'' #

Guo Zhendong Guo Zhendong (; born 4 August 1984) is a badminton player from China. , he (along with his partner Xu Chen) was ranked within the top 10 male badminton doubles teams in the world. He competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. Career A men's ...

He Hanbin He Hanbin (; born 10 January 1986) is a retired badminton player from China. Career A doubles specialist, He won men's doubles at the Austrian International tourney with Guo Zhendong in 2007. Most of his accomplishments, however, have come ...

''(second round)'' #

Sigit Budiarto Sigit Budiarto (born 24 November 1975) is a male badminton player from Indonesia noted for his reflexes and deft handling of the racket. A men's doubles specialist, he won numerous international titles between 1995 and 2005, most of them in pa ...

Fran Kurniawan Fran Kurniawan Teng (born 1 April 1985) is an Indonesian badminton player from PB Djarum who specializes in doubles. In 2011, he became the determinant for the Indonesian team to qualified from the group stage at the 2011 Sudirman Cup. In the e ...

''(semi-finals)''

Finals

Top half

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Section 2

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Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

# Yang Wei /

Zhang Jiewen Zhang Jiewen (; born 4 January 1981) is a Chinese former badminton player. Career One of China's most successful women's doubles specialists, Zhang has won some thirty international titles, the vast majority of them in partnership with Yang ...

(champions) #

Du Jing Du Jing (; born 23 June 1984) is a former Chinese badminton player from Anshan, Liaoning. Career A doubles specialist, Du and her regular partner Yu Yang have steadily emerged as one of the world's elite women's doubles teams since 2004. They ...

/ Yu Yang ''(final)'' # Lee Hyo-jung /

Lee Kyung-won Lee Kyung-won (; ; born 21 January 1980 in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province) is a badminton player from South Korea. Lee was the women's doubles gold medallist at the 2002 Asian Games. She competed at the Olympic Games in 2000, 2004, and 2008, ...

''(semi-finals)'' #

Diana Dimova Diana Dimova (; born 7 August 1984) is a Bulgarian badminton player. At the Bulgarian National Badminton Championships she won 13 titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles events. Achievements BWF International Challenge/Series ''Women's ...

''(first round)'' #

Hwang Yu-mi Hwang Yu-mi (; born 18 March 1983) is a South Korean former badminton player. She competed at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. Career In 2003, she won the silver medal at the Asian Championships in the women's doubles event. Hwang compete ...

/ Kim Min-jung ''(semi-finals)'' # Pan Pan /

Tian Qing Tian Qing (; born 19 August 1986) is a Chinese badminton player specializing in doubles. Career Tian Qing started to practice badminton with her father Tian Jianyi who also a badminton coach in Anhua Sports School at aged 7. In 1998, she mov ...

''(quarter-finals)'' #

Lim Pek Siah Lim Pek Siah (born 10 August 1979) is a Malaysian former badminton player, who now works as a national badminton coach. Lim had won the women's doubles silver medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ( Malay: ), offic ...

Joanne Quay Joanne Quay Swee Ling (born 17 March 1980) is a Malaysian former badminton player. Quay was the gold medalist at the 1998 World Junior Championships in the mixed doubles event partnered with Chan Chong Ming. She and Chan also won the silver med ...

''(second round)'' #

Natalie Munt Natalie Munt (born 8 November 1977) is a badminton player from the United Kingdom who currently resides in Watford. She participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), an ...

Joanne Nicholas Joanne Nicholas (née Wright, born 10 October 1977) is a female badminton player from the United Kingdom. She attended Churchtown Primary School, Stanley High School and King George V College ("KGV"), all in Southport, Merseyside. Wright c ...

''(second round)''

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

Nathan Robertson Nathan James Robertson (born 30 May 1977) from Cotgrave in Nottinghamshire is a retired English badminton player who has achieved international success in both the men's events and the mixed doubles event. He was educated at Dayncourt School Spe ...

Gail Emms Gail Elizabeth Emms MBE (born 23 July 1977) is a retired English badminton player who has achieved international success in doubles tournaments. A badminton player since the age of four, Emms was first chosen to represent England in 1995 and r ...

''(quarter-finals)'' #

Svetoslav Stoyanov Svetoslav Stoyanov () (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 with partner Victoria Wright (badmint ...

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 child ...

''(second round)'' #

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 ...

/ Kathrin Piotrowski ''(quarter-finals)'' #

Daniel Shirley Daniel A. Shirley (born 13 April 1979) is a male badminton player from New Zealand. Career Shirley competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Sara Petersen. They defeated Philippe Bourret and Denyse Julien ...

''(quarter-finals)'' #

Zhao Tingting Zhao Tingting (; born 28 November 1982) is a Chinese badminton player from Nantong, Jiangsu. Career A doubles specialist, Zhao has often been a "utility player" on China's national team, winning international tournaments with a variety of comp ...

''(final)'' #

Zheng Bo Zheng Bo (; born 26 November 1983) is a badminton player from Hunan, China. Career A doubles specialist, Zheng won men's doubles at the 2003 Indonesia Open with Sang Yang. Zheng and Sang also secured the winning point against Denmark in the ...

Gao Ling Gao Ling (; born 14 March 1979) is a Chinese former badminton player. Career Noted for her consistency, anticipation, forecourt prowess, and sporting smile, Gao is one of the most successful doubles players in the history of women's badminton ...

(champions) #

/ Lee Hyo-jung ''(semi-finals)'' #

/ Yu Yang ''(second round)''

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

References

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