The 2009 Australian Open Grand Prix was a badminton tournament which took place at the

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, Australia on 22–26 July 2009 and had a total purse of $50,000.

Men's singles

Seeds

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 first round by Eric Pang. ...

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Andre Kurniawan Tedjono Andre Kurniawan Tedjono (born 7 December 1986) is an Indonesian badminton player who specializes in singles. Tedjono joined the PB Djarum club in 1998. Career While still in his teens Tedjono won the Indonesian (closed) national men's singles t ...

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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 ...

''(second round)'' # Andrew Smith ''(third round)'' #

Brice Leverdez Brice Leverdez (born 9 April 1986) is a French badminton player. He was a champion at the 2013 Mediterranean Games, won a silver medal at the 2015 European Games, and a bronze medal at the 2018 European Championships. Career Leverdez started p ...

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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 Notabl ...

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Anand Pawar Anand Pawar (born 18 July 1986) is a male Indian badminton player who has represented India in the Men's World Team Championships (Thomas Cup) & World Mixed Team Championships ( Sudirman Cup ) & Asian Badminton Championships. He is a Bronze Med ...

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Matthieu Lo Ying Ping Matthieu Lo Ying Ping (,born 3 August 1986) is a French badminton player. Born to a Chinese father and a French mother, He started playing badminton at aged 10 at the Union St Bruno Club in Bordeaux, 4 years later he joined Espoir de Talence Bord ...

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Finals

Women's singles

Seeds

Yip Pui Yin Yip Pui Yin (; born 6 August 1987) is a badminton player from Hong Kong. Career Yip played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim. In the women's singles event she reached the third round after beating Laura Molina of Spain an ...

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Maria Febe Kusumastuti Maria Febe Kusumastuti (born 30 September 1989) is an Indonesian badminton player from Boyolali, Central Java. Career In 2008, she won women's singles at the Bitburger Open. The next year, she won women's singles at the Australia Open after bea ...

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Anita Raj Kaur Anita Raj Kaur d/o Mohinder Singh ( pa, ਅਨੀਤਾ ਰਾਜ ਕੌਰ, Anītā rāja kaura; born 31 July 1986) is a Malaysian badminton player. In 2004, she became the first non-Chinese player to win the National Championships title. In 2 ...

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Michelle Chan Michelle Kit Ying Chan (born 19 May 1987) is a New Zealand female badminton player. Achievements Oceania Championships ''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' BWF International Challenge/Series ''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ...

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Karen Foo Kune Eileen Karen Lee Chin Foo Kune, born 29 May 1982 is a Mauritian badminton player and politician. She was the Mauritian sportswoman of the year in 2004 and 2009. She participated in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics Badminton competitions ...

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Lê Ngọc Nguyên Nhung Lê Ngọc Nguyên Nhung (born 12 February 1984) is a Vietnamese badminton player. She joined the Ho Chi Minh City team in 1996, and was a part of the National team at the 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2009 Southeast Asian Games. She was the National Ch ...

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Finals

Men's doubles

Seeds

# Rupesh Kumar K. T. /

Sanave Thomas Sanave Thomas Arattukulam (born 21 May 1980) is an Indian badminton player. He won bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in mixed team event. He was the gold medalists at the 2006 and 2010 S ...

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Gan Teik Chai James Gan Teik Chai (颜德财) (born 5 February 1983) is a Malaysian badminton player. He won the men's doubles title at the 2004 French International tournament partnered with Koo Kien Keat. He also won the 2009 Australian Open Grand Prix tou ...

Tan Bin Shen Tan Bin Shen (; born 24 January 1984) is a former badminton player from Malaysia. He assigned as Malaysia men's doubles national team coach in December 2020. Personal life In his early years, Tan favoured chess and music. Tan began to play b ...

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Akshay Dewalkar Akshay Dewalkar (born 2 July 1988) is an Indian badminton player. He was the men's doubles National Champion together with Pranav Chopra in 2013 and 2015. Dewalkar was the men's team gold medalists at the 2006 and 2016 South Asian Games, also w ...

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Tarun Kona Tarun Kona (born 17 November 1989) is an Indian badminton player. He entered the national team in 2006, and in 2011, he won the men's doubles title at the National Championships. Achievements BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up) The BWF Grand Prix ...

Arun Vishnu Arun Vishnu (born 2 August 1988) is an Indian badminton player, from Calicut, Kerala, who represents India in several international tournaments. He is partnering with Aparna Balan and Alwin Francis in mixed doubles category and men's doubles ...

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Finals

Women's doubles

Seeds

# Danielle Barry / Donna Haliday ''(semifinals)'' #

Chan Tsz Ka Chan Tsz Ka (; born 10 February 1990) is a badminton player from Hong Kong. She competed at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games. Achievements Asian Junior Championships ''Girls' doubles'' BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix has two level such ...

Tse Ying Suet Tse Ying Suet (, born 9 November 1991) is a Hong Kong badminton player. She competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's doubles event (with Poon Lok Yan). In 2012, she won the women's doubles title at the Japan Open tournament w ...

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Aparna Balan Aparna Balan (born 9 August 1986) is an Indian badminton player from Kozhikode, Kerala. She was part of the national team that won the silver medal in 2010 Commonwealth Games, also gold medals in 2004, 2006 and 2010 South Asian Games. She is 6 ...

Shruti Kurien Shruti Kurien (born 28 March 1983) is an Indian badminton player. She along with partner Jwala Gutta won the National women's doubles championship in 2000 and 2002–2008. She was the gold medalists at the 2004, 2006 and 2010 South Asian Games i ...

''(final)'' # Amanda Brown /

Susannah Leydon-Davis Susannah Leydon-Davis (born 5 February 1992) is a New Zealand badminton player. In 2014, she competed at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. Career Originally from Hamilton, Leydon-Davis attended Hillcrest High School and was Sport ...

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Finals

Mixed doubles

Seeds

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, he ...

/ Chau Hoi Wah (champion) #

Henry Tam Henry Tam (born 24 June 1988) is a former New Zealand badminton player representing New Zealand from 2004 - 2010. He competed at the Bendigo 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games and Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games. His most notable title was in 2008, w ...

/ Donna Haliday ''(final)'' #

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/ Danielle Barry ''(semifinals)'' #

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Oliver Leydon-Davis Oliver Leydon-Davis (born 10 May 1990) is a New Zealand badminton player. He won the Oceania Championships title in the mixed doubles in 2014, and in the men's doubles in 2020. Achievements Oceania Championships ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed ...

Emma Chapple Emma may refer to: * Emma (given name) Film * ''Emma'' (1932 film), a comedy-drama film by Clarence Brown * ''Emma'' (1996 theatrical film), a film starring Gwyneth Paltrow * ''Emma'' (1996 TV film), a British television film starring Kate B ...

''(quarterfinals)'' # Luke Charlesworth / Mary O'Connor ''(first round)'' #

Brock Matheson Brock Matheson (born May 28, 1987) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Born in Gananoque, Ontario, Matheson played junior hockey in Ottawa with the Kanata Stallions. Matheson then played with the Union College Dutchmen until ...

/ Amanda Brown ''(first round)'' #

Kevin Dennerly-Minturn Kevin James Dennerly-Minturn (born 18 May 1989) is a New Zealand badminton player. In 2014, he competed at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. Career Dennerly-Minturn is an Auckland player on the international circuit and is also from ...

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Finals

References

External links

Tournament link
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