The 2019 Korea Open was a badminton tournament which took place at
Incheon Airport Skydome
Incheon International Airport (IIA; ) (sometimes referred to as Seoul–Incheon International Airport) is the largest airport in South Korea. It is the primary airport serving the Seoul Capital Area and one of the largest and busiest airport ...
in
Incheon
Incheon (; ; or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시, 仁川廣域市), is a city located in northwestern South Kore ...
,
South Korea, from 24 to 29 September 2019 and had a total purse of $400,000.
Tournament
The 2019 Korea Open was the nineteenth tournament of the
2019 BWF World Tour
The 2019 BWF World Tour (officially known as the 2019 HSBC BWF World Tour for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of the BWF World Tour of badminton, a circuit of 26 tournaments which led up to the World Tour Finals tournament. The 27 tour ...
and also part of the
Korea Open championships, which have been held since 1991. This tournament was organized by the
Badminton Korea Association
Badminton Korea Association (BKA, 대한배드민턴협회; ''Daehan baedeuminteon hyeobhoe'') is the national governing body for the sport of badminton in South Korea.
History
Badminton was spread in Korea after Liberation Day and was not org ...
with sanction from the
BWF.
Venue
This international tournament was held at
Incheon Airport Skydome
Incheon International Airport (IIA; ) (sometimes referred to as Seoul–Incheon International Airport) is the largest airport in South Korea. It is the primary airport serving the Seoul Capital Area and one of the largest and busiest airport ...
in
Incheon
Incheon (; ; or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시, 仁川廣域市), is a city located in northwestern South Kore ...
,
South Korea.
Point distribution
Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the
BWF points system for the
BWF World Tour Super 500 event.
Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$400,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.
Men's singles
Seeds
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Kento Momota (champion)
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Chou Tien-chen
Chou Tien-chen (Chinese: 周天成; 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 i ...
''(final)''
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Shi Yuqi ''(withdrew)''
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Jonatan Christie ''(quarter-finals)''
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Anders Antonsen ''(second round)''
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Chen Long ''(first round)''
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Viktor Axelsen ''(second round)''
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Anthony Sinisuka Ginting ''(second round)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Women's singles
Seeds
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Akane Yamaguchi
is a Japanese badminton player who is the reigning two-time World Champion, winning gold in the women's singles at the 2021 and 2022 World Championships. She was on the winning Japanese team at the Asian Junior Championships in 2012 and won var ...
''(first round)''
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Chen Yufei
Chen Yufei (; born 1 March 1998) is a Chinese badminton player. She is the reigning Olympic champion. She won the girls' singles junior titles at the 2016 Asian and the World Junior Championships. At the same year, Chen clinched her first se ...
''(quarter-finals)''
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Tai Tzu-ying ''(semi-finals)''
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Nozomi Okuhara ''(quarter-finals)''
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P. V. Sindhu
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu (born 5 July 1995) is an Indian badminton player. Considered one of India's most successful sportspersons, Sindhu has won medals at various tournaments such as the Olympics and on the BWF circuit, including a gold at th ...
''(first round)''
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Ratchanok Intanon ''(final)''
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He Bingjiao (champion)
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Saina Nehwal ''(first round)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Men's doubles
Seeds
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Marcus Fernaldi Gideon /
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo ''(quarter-finals)''
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Mohammad Ahsan /
Hendra Setiawan ''(withdrew)''
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Li Junhui /
Liu Yuchen ''(semi-finals)''
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Takeshi Kamura /
Keigo Sonoda
is a Japanese badminton player. He affiliated with the YKK AP Yatsushiro, before joining the Tonami team in 2010. Sonoda was part of the national team that won the 2014 Thomas Cup. He captured his first Superseries title at the 2016 Hong Kong O ...
''(final)''
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Hiroyuki Endo /
Yuta Watanabe
is a Japanese professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball in the United States for the George Washington Colonials, becoming the first Japanese-born student at ...
''(second round)''
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Fajar Alfian /
Muhammad Rian Ardianto (champions)
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Han Chengkai /
Zhou Haodong ''(first round)''
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Kim Astrup /
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen ''(second round)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Women's doubles
Seeds
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Mayu Matsumoto /
Wakana Nagahara ''(second round)''
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Misaki Matsutomo /
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 ...
''(quarter-finals)''
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Yuki Fukushima /
Sayaka Hirota ''(second round)''
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Chen Qingchen /
Jia Yifan ''(quarter-finals)''
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Greysia Polii /
Apriyani Rahayu ''(second round)''
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Lee So-hee /
Shin Seung-chan ''(final)''
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Du Yue /
Li Yinhui ''(quarter-finals)''
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Kim So-yeong /
Kong Hee-yong (champions)
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Mixed doubles
Seeds
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Zheng Siwei /
Huang Yaqiong ''(final)''
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Wang Yilü /
Huang Dongping ''(first round)''
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Yuta Watanabe
is a Japanese professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball in the United States for the George Washington Colonials, becoming the first Japanese-born student at ...
/
Arisa Higashino ''(quarter-finals)''
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Dechapol Puavaranukroh /
Sapsiree Taerattanachai (champions)
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Chan Peng Soon /
Goh Liu Ying ''(first round)''
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Seo Seung-jae /
Chae Yoo-jung ''(semi-finals)''
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Praveen Jordan /
Melati Daeva Oktavianti ''(quarter-finals)''
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Tang Chun Man /
Tse Ying Suet ''(first round)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
References
External links
Tournament Link
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