The 2012
Canada Open Grand Prix was the eighth grand prix gold and grand prix
tournament
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concen ...
of the
2012 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held in
Richmond Olympic Oval
The Richmond Olympic Oval () is an indoor multi-sports arena in the Canada, Canadian city of Richmond, British Columbia. The oval was built for the 2010 Winter Olympics and was originally configured with a speed skating rink. The venue has since ...
,
Richmond, British Columbia
Richmond is a city in the coastal Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada. Mainly a suburban city, it occupies almost the entirety of Lulu Island (excluding Queensborough, New Westminster, Queensborough), between the two estuarine dis ...
,
Canada
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July 10 until July 15, 2012 and had a total purse of $50,000.
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Men's singles
Seeds
# Henri Hurskainen ''(semi-final)''
# Chou Tien-chen
Chou Tien-chen (; born 8 January 1990) is a Taiwanese badminton player. He became the first local shuttler in 17 years to win the men's singles title of the Chinese Taipei Open in 2016 since Indonesian-born Fung Permadi won it in 1999. He wo ...
(champion)
# Chetan Anand ''(quarter-final)''
# 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 ...
''(semi-final)''
# Joachim Persson ''(withdrew)''
# Sattawat Pongnairat ''(quarter-final)''
# Kazumasa Sakai
is a Japanese badminton player who is single specialist. He represented Japan and won a silver medal at the 2017 Indonesia Open.
Achievements
East Asian Games
''Men's singles''
BWF World Tour
The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March ...
''(quarter-final)''
# Rune Ulsing ''(second round)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Women's singles
Seeds
# Michelle Li
Michelle Li (born November 3, 1991) is a Canadian badminton player. Li is the 2014 Commonwealth Games champion and the first Canadian to win an individual gold medal in women's singles badminton at the Commonwealth Games. She has won gold in bo ...
''(semi-final)''
# Pai Hsiao-ma ''(second round)''
# Neslihan Yigit ''(withdrew)''
# Michelle Chan Ky ''(second round)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Men's doubles
Seeds
# Juergen Koch / Peter Zauner ''(semi-final)''
# Phillip Chew / Sattawat Pongnairat ''(quarter-final)''
# Takeshi Kamura / Keigo Sonoda (champion)
# Hiroyuki Saeki / Ryota Taohata ''(final)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Women's doubles
Seeds
# Misaki Matsutomo
is a Japanese badminton player who is a doubles specialist. She won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympic women's doubles alongside Ayaka Takahashi. Despite playing doubles, she was also a finalist in girls' singles at the 2010 BWF World ...
/ Ayaka Takahashi
is a retired Japanese badminton player who was affiliated with Unisys badminton team. She is an Olympic Games gold medalist, two-time Asian Champion, two-time Asian Games silver medalist, and World Championship bronze medalist.
Playing for the ...
(champion)
# Alex Bruce / Michelle Li
Michelle Li (born November 3, 1991) is a Canadian badminton player. Li is the 2014 Commonwealth Games champion and the first Canadian to win an individual gold medal in women's singles badminton at the Commonwealth Games. She has won gold in bo ...
''(quarter-final)''
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
Mixed doubles
Seeds
# Toby Ng / Grace Gao ''(semi-final)''
# Roman Zirnwald / Elisabeth Baldauf ''(second round)''
# Lee Hock Lai / Priscilla Lun ''(quarter-final)''
# Takeshi Kamura / Koharu Yonemoto
is a retired Japanese badminton player who has been affiliated with Hokuto Bank. She was the women's doubles bronze medalist at the 2018 BWF World Championships, 2018 World Championships, and the silver medalist at the Badminton at the East Asian ...
''(final)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
References
{{Canadian Open (badminton)
Canadian Open (badminton)
Canada Open Grand Prix
Canada Open Grand Prix
Canada Open Grand Prix
Canada Open Grand Prix
Sports competitions in British Columbia
BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix