The 2009
India Open Grand Prix also known as Jaypee Cup Syed Modi Memorial India Grand Prix was a badminton tournament which took place at
Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium in
Lucknow
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,
India
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from 15 to 20 December 2009. It is the first time this tournament was ranked as
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event with a total purse of $50,000.
It was the last tournament of the
2009 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix The 2009 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix was the third season of BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix in badminton.
Schedule
Below is the schedule released by Badminton World Federation:
Results
Winners
Grand Prix Gold
;India Open (not ...
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Men's singles
Seeds
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Chetan Anand (champion)
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Arvind Bhat
Arvind Bhat (born 7 June 1979) is a male badminton player from Bangalore, India.
Career
Arvind started his career in Youth centre at the age of 11 in 1991. He proved his mettle at a young age by winning many age group level events at the state ...
''(third round)''
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Andre Kurniawan Tedjono ''(quarter-finals)''
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Parupalli Kashyap
Parupalli Kashyap (born 8 September 1986) is an Indian badminton player. A former World No.6, he trains at Gopichand Badminton Academy. He was awarded the Arjuna Award by the Government of India in 2012.
He created history by reaching the q ...
''(quarter-finals)''
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Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka
Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka (born 22 October 1988) is a retired Indonesian badminton player. He is a men's singles specialist from PB. Djarum, a badminton club in Kudus, Central Java and has joined the club since 2005. He retired in 2018 due to l ...
''(final)''
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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 Notab ...
''(quarter-finals)''
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Anand Pawar ''(withdrew)''
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R. M. V. Gurusaidutt
Rajah Menuri Venkata Gurusaidutt or R. M. V. Gurusaidutt or Gurusai Dutt born (on 1 March 1990) to RMV Bharadwaj and RM Anjana is a badminton player from India. He trains at the Hyderabad's Gopichand Badminton Academy. He won the gold medal at t ...
''(semi-finals)''
Finals
Women's singles
Seeds
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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 ...
(champion)
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Maria Febe Kusumastuti ''(semi-finals)''
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Maja Tvrdy ''(second round)''
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Aditi Mutatkar ''(final)''
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Fransisca Ratnasari ''(quarter-finals)''
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Jeanine Cicognini ''(semi-finals)''
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Trupti Murgunde ''(quarter-finals)''
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Sayali Gokhale ''(first round)''
Finals
Men's doubles
Seeds
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Akshay Dewalkar /
Jishnu Sanyal ''(final)''
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Tarun Kona /
Arun Vishnu ''(semi-finals)''
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Mohammad Reza Kheradmandi
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Ali Shahhosseini ''(quarter-finals)''
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Alwin Francis /
Sanker Gopan ''(semi-finals)''
Finals
Women's doubles
Seeds
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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 ...
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Shruti Kurien ''(quarter-finals)''
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Jwala Gutta /
Ashwini Ponnappa
Ashwini Ponnappa Machimanda (born 18 September 1989) is an Indian badminton player who represents the country at the international badminton circuit in both the women's and mixed doubles disciplines. She had a successful partnership with Jwal ...
''(withdrew)''
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Misaki Matsutomo /
Ayaka Takahashi (champion)
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P. Jyotshna
Jyotshna Polavarapu (born 22 December 1988) is an Indian badminton player. She plays both doubles and mixed doubles. She partnered Pradnya Gadre earlier for women's doubles events. She was trained at the Gopichand Badminton Academy, and reached ...
''(second round)''
Finals
Mixed doubles
Seeds
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Valiyaveetil Diju /
Jwala Gutta ''(withdrew)''
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Arun Vishnu /
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 ...
(champion)
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Tarun Kona /
Shruti Kurien ''(final)''
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Akshay Dewalkar /
Pradnya Gadre ''(semi-finals)''
Finals
References
External links
Tournament link
Syed Modi International Badminton Championships
India
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2009 in Indian sport
Sport in Lucknow
December 2009 sports events in India
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