The 2017 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold was the second grand prix's badminton tournament of the 2017 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium in

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on 24 – 29 January 2017 and had a total purse of $120,000.

Tournament

The 2017 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold was the eighth edition of

Syed Modi International Badminton Championships The Syed Modi International Badminton Championships is an international badminton tournament held annually in India. It was introduced to the badminton circuit as a BWF Grand Prix event in 2009. Since then the tournament has been annually held ...

. This tournament has been rated as

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level since it was sanctioned by

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in 2009. The competition has provided a great platform for some of the younger badminton players to prove their mettle against some of the best in the world. This tournament named to commemorate the

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champion

Syed Modi Syed Modi (31 December 1962 – 28 July 1988), born as Syed Mehdi Hassan Zaidi, was an Indian badminton singles player. He was eight-time National Badminton champion (1980–1987). His most notable achievement at the international badminton c ...

. This tournament inaugurated by the

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governor

Ram Naik Ram Naik (born 17 April 1934) is a veteran Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party who served as the 19th Governor of Uttar Pradesh. Political career Ram Naik was a member of the 13th Lok Sabha and was Minister of Oil and Natural Gas ...

. The inaugural ceremony of the tournament presented a glittering tweet in which many international stars and dance-to-party programs.

Venue

This international tournament held at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium,

, India.

Point distribution

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

Prize money

The total prize money for this year tournament is US$120,000.

Blood donation camp

This tournament also organized a blood donation camp in the morning session on 27 January with the help of Red Cross Society. The officers of the international umpire, coaches, officials and the U.P. Olympic Association affiliated with badminton also assist in this righteous work of blood donation.

Men's singles

Seeds

Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (;born 13 October 1990) is a Thai badminton player. He won his first career Superseries title by winning the Denmark Open on 23 October 2016, becoming the first Thai to win a men's singles title in a Superseries Premier ...

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Hans-Kristian Vittinghus Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus (born 16 January 1986) is a retired Danish badminton player. He was a member of the winning Denmark team at the 2016 Thomas Cup in Kunshan, China. Career Junior He won 4 junior national titles, 2 in singles ...

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Srikanth Kidambi Srikanth Kidambi (born 7 February 1993) is an Indian badminton player. Known for his powerful smashes and quick footwork, he became the first Indian male to reach the World No. 1 ranking in the BWF World Rankings in April 2018. He made history ...

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Ajay Jayaram Ajay Jayaram (born 28 September 1987) is an Indian retired badminton player from Chennai. He plays for the Mumbai Rockets in the Premier Badminton League. Jayaram is a champion of the Czech International and Dutch Open tournament. Ajay Jaya ...

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Anders Antonsen Anders Antonsen (born 27 April 1997) is a Danish badminton player. He is a three-time World Championships medalist, two-time European Champion, and he has been ranked as high as No. 2 in the men’s singles discipline of BWF World Ranking. He ...

''(third round)'' # H.S. Prannoy ''(third round)'' #

Zulfadli Zulkiffli Zulfadli bin Zulkiffli (born 11 February 1993) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was the boys' singles gold medalist at the 2011 Asian and World Junior Championships, also at the Commonwealth Youth Games. In 2018, Zulkiffli was found guil ...

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Sameer Verma Sameer Verma (born 22 October 1994) is an Indian badminton player. He trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy, Hyderabad. Sameer is the brother of Indian badminton player Sourabh Verma. Career 2011 Verma won a silver medal in the boys ...

(champion) # B. Sai Praneeth ''(final)'' #

Chong Wei Feng Chong Wei Feng (born 26 May 1987) is a Malaysian retired badminton player. He was drafted into the national team in 2004. His best achievement is reaching the semi-finals of the 2012 and 2013 China Open, where he was defeated by Chen Long on ...

''(third round)'' # Sourabh Varma ''(quarterfinals)'' #

Emil Holst Emil Holst (born 9 January 1991) is a Danish badminton player. He competed at the 2015 European Games and won a silver medal in the men's singles. Achievements European Games ''Men's singles'' European Junior Championships ''Boys' sing ...

''(quarterfinals)'' #

Misha Zilberman Misha Zilberman (; ; born 25 January 1989) is an Olympic badminton player. Born in Russia, he competed for Israel at the 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, coming in 33rd, 14th, and 15th respectively, with his 2024 results still to be ...

''(third round)'' #

Parupalli Kashyap Parupalli Kashyap (born 8 September 1986) is an Indian former badminton player. A former World No. 6, he is a coach at Gopichand Badminton Academy. He was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2012. He became the first male player from India to reac ...

''(withdrew)'' #

Harsheel Dani Harsheel Dani (born 12 August 1996) is an Indian male badminton player. He represented India in the Asian and BWF World Junior Championships. He also became the U-19 singles champion in the junior nationals. Currently training at the Uday Pawar ...

''(semifinals)'' # Pratul Joshi ''(second round)''

Finals

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Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Women's singles

Seeds

# P. V. Sindhu (champion) #

Saina Nehwal Saina Nehwal (; born 17 March 1990) is an Indian 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 that she was ...

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Beatriz Corrales Beatriz Corrales Ocaña (; born 3 December 1992) is a Spanish badminton player. She was the women's singles bronze medalist at the 2015 European Games, and the silver medalist at the 2018 Mediterranean Games. Achievements European Games ...

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Fitriani Fitriani (born 27 December 1998) is an Indonesian badminton player specializing in women's singles and women's doubles discipline affiliated with Exist club. She won team silver at the 2019 SEA Games and bronze medals at the 2017 SEA Games and ...

''(semifinals)'' # Dinar Dyah Ayustine ''(second round)'' # Hanna Ramadini ''(semifinals)'' # Ruthvika Shivani Gadde ''(withdrew)'' #

Ksenia Polikarpova Ksenia Olegovna Polikarpova (, ; born 11 March 1990) is a Russian-Israeli Olympic badminton player. In 2009, she won a bronze medal at the 2009 European Junior Badminton Championships, European Junior Championships in Milan, Italy. She also won ...

''(second round)''

Finals

Top half

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Section 2

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Section 3

Section 4

Men's doubles

Seeds

Mathias Boe Mathias Boe (born 11 July 1980) is a Danish former badminton player. He was the gold medalist at the 2015 European Games, two time European champions winning in 2012 and 2017, and the silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Boe was a part ...

Carsten Mogensen Carsten Mogensen (born 24 July 1983) is a former badminton player from Denmark. He was the gold medalist at the Badminton at the 2015 European Games, 2015 European Games, two time European Badminton Championships, European champions winning in 2 ...

(champion) # Mathias Christiansen / David Daugaard ''(quarterfinals)'' # Manu Attri / B. Sumeeth Reddy ''(second round)'' #

Fajar Alfian Fajar Alfian (born 7 March 1995) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with the SGS PLN Bandung. He won the men's doubles silver medal at the 2018 Asian Games, the bronze medals at the 2017 SEA Games, 2019 and 2022 World Championships. H ...

Muhammad Rian Ardianto Muhammad Rian Ardianto (born 13 February 1996) is an Indonesian badminton player. Born in Bantul, Yogyakarta SR, Ardianto plays for the Jaya Raya Jakarta club at national events. He won the men's doubles silver medal at the 2018 Asian Games, th ...

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Hendra Setiawan Hendra Setiawan (born 25 August 1984) is an Indonesian retired badminton player. He is an Olympic Games gold medalist, four-time World Champion, two-time Asian Games gold medalist, and two-time All England champion. With these achievements, Se ...

Tan Boon Heong Tan Boon Heong (, born 18 September 1987) is a former World No.1 Malaysian professional badminton player in the men's doubles event. Career 2004-2006 Tan was previously paired with Hoon Thien How, with whom he won the World Junior Cham ...

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Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Danny Bawa Chrisnanta (born 30 December 1988) is an Indonesian-born Singaporean former badminton player and coach. Career Danny competed at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games, where he captured a bronze medal in the mixed team and a silver m ...

/ Hendra Wijaya ''(quarterfinals)'' #

Berry Angriawan Berry Angriawan (born 3 October 1991) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with PB Djarum, Djarum club. He was part of Indonesia winning team at the 2016 Badminton Asia Team Championships, 2016 Asia Team Championships and at the Badminton ...

/ Hardianto ''(semifinals)'' # Lu Ching-yao / Yang Po-han ''(final)''

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

Kamilla Rytter Juhl Kamilla Rytter Juhl (born 23 November 1983) is a retired Danish badminton player. Juhl is an Olympic silver medalist, World Championship gold medalist and seven times European champion as well. Career Rytter Juhl played as a left-handed doub ...

Christinna Pedersen Christinna Pedersen (born 12 May 1986) is a Danish badminton player. Career Christinna Pedersen is a right-handed doubles specialist. From 2008 onwards, Pedersen paired with Joachim Fischer Nielsen in mixed doubles. The pair gained two Euro ...

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Chow Mei Kuan Chow Mei Kuan (; born 23 December 1994) is a Malaysian retired badminton player. She started playing badminton at the age of 7 in her primary school. Chow made a debut in the international senior tournament in 2012. She won gold medals at the ...

Lee Meng Yean Lee Meng Yean (born 30 March 1994) is a Malaysian badminton player. Together with Chow Mei Kuan, she won the 2018 Syed Modi International and achieved a career-high ranking of 10 in women's doubles. Career She was the 2011 Asian Junior Ba ...

''(quarterfinals)'' # Lim Yin Loo /

Yap Cheng Wen Yap Cheng Wen (; born 4 January 1995) is a Malaysian badminton player. In 2016, she won the Scottish Open tournament in the women's doubles event partnered with Lim Yin Loo. Achievements SEA Games ''Women's doubles'' BWF World Tour ...

''(semifinals)'' # Meghana Jakkampudi / Poorvisha S Ram ''(quarterfinals)''

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

Joachim Fischer Nielsen Joachim Fischer Nielsen (born 23 November 1978) is a Danish retired badminton player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the mixed doubles with teammate Christinna Pedersen. He retired from the international tournament in th ...

''(semifinals)'' # Pranaav Jerry Chopra / N. Sikki Reddy (champion) # Terry Hee Yong Kai / Tan Wei Han ''(quarterfinals)'' # Evgenij Dremin /

Evgenia Dimova Evgenia Aleksandrovna Dimova (; born 29 April 1982) is a Russian badminton player. Achievements BWF World Tour The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanc ...

''(quarterfinals)'' # Mathias Christiansen / Sara Thygesen ''(semifinals)'' #

Goh Soon Huat Goh Soon Huat (; born 27 June 1990) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was a part of the Malaysia team that won bronze in the men's team event at the Incheon 2014 Asian Games. He switched to mixed doubles and paired up with Shevon Jemie Lai ...

Shevon Jemie Lai Shevon Jemie Lai (; born 8 August 1993) is a Malaysian badminton player. Career Lai started playing badminton at her primary school SJKC Kuen Cheng 2, then in 2011 she joined the Malaysia national badminton team. She competed at the BWF World ...

''(quarterfinals)'' # B. Sumeeth Reddy /

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 ...

''(final)'' # Yogendran Khrishnan /

Prajakta Sawant Prajakta Sawant (born 28 October 1992) is a badminton player from India. She was the national women's doubles champion in 2010 and 2011 and also won the mixed doubles title in 2010. In 2013, she won the Bangladesh International tournament partn ...

''(quarterfinals)''

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

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Section 4

References

External links

Tournament Link

Badmintonindia.org
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