The 2020 SaarLorLux Open was a badminton tournament which took place at

Saarlandhalle Saarlandhalle is a 5,500-capacity multi-purpose indoor arena located in Saarbrücken, Germany. Originally opened in 1967 with funds from Saarland Sporttoto for sports competitions, it was later converted to multi-purpose indoor arena. The Ludwigs ...

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, from 27 October to 1 November 2020 and had a total prize of $90,000.

Tournament

The 2020 SaarLorLux Open was the only Super 100 tournament of the 2020 BWF World Tour and also part of the

SaarLorLux Open The Hylo Open, formerly known as the BMW Badminton Cup, BMW Open International, Bitburger Masters, Bitburger Open and SaarLorLux Open, is an international badminton tournament held at the Saarlandhalle in Saarbrücken, Germany, since 1988. It was ...

championships, which had been held since 1988. This tournament was organized by German Badminton Association and sanctioned by the BWF.

Venue

This international tournament was held at

Saarland Saarland (, ; ) is a state of Germany in the southwest of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and the smallest in ...

Point distribution

Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Tour Super 100 event.

Prize money

The total prize money for this tournament was US$90,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.

Men's singles

Seeds

Rasmus Gemke Rasmus Gemke (born 11 January 1997) is a Danish badminton player. He was awarded the 2012 Badminton Denmark Comet of the Year. He was part of the Danish national U-19 team to win bronze at the 2015 European Junior Badminton Championships in Lubi ...

''(third round)'' #

Lakshya Sen Lakshya Sen (born 16 August 2001) is an Indian badminton player. He's a former World Junior No. 1. Sen is a bronze medalist at the World Championships, a gold medalist at the Thomas Cup, a silver medalist at the Asian Games and a gold and si ...

''(withdrew)'' # Mark Caljouw ''(final)'' #

Brice Leverdez Brice Leverdez (born 9 April 1986) is a French badminton player. He was a champion at the Badminton at the 2013 Mediterranean Games, 2013 Mediterranean Games, won a silver medal at the Badminton at the 2019 European Games – Men's singles, 2015 ...

''(third round)'' # Hans-Kristian Vittinghus ''(second round)'' # Subhankar Dey ''(withdrew)'' #

Pablo Abián Pablo Abián Vicén (; born 12 June 1985) is a Spanish badminton player. He was the men's singles gold medalists at the 2015 European Games, 2018 and 2022 Mediterranean Games. Olympic Games 2008 (Beijing, China) He competed in badminton at ...

''(third round)'' # Toby Penty ''(third round)''

Finals

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Women's singles

Seeds

Carolina Marín Carolina María Marín Martín (born 15 June 1993) is a Spanish badminton player. She is an Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, Olympic Champion, three-time BWF World Championships, World Champion, and eight-time Europea ...

''(semi-finals)'' # Mia Blichfeldt ''(withdrew)'' #

Kirsty Gilmour Kirsty Gilmour (born 21 September 1993) is a Scottish badminton player who has represented both Scotland and Great Britain. Career Gilmour won the silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, losing out to Michelle Li of Canada in the final a ...

(champion) # Line Kjærsfeldt ''(semi-finals)'' # Qi Xuefei ''(quarter-finals)'' #

Yvonne Li Yvonne Li (born 30 May 1998) is a German badminton player. She won bronze medals at the 2015 European Junior Badminton Championships, 2015 and 2017 European Junior Badminton Championships, 2017 European Junior Championships in the girls' doubles ...

''(final)'' # Lianne Tan ''(quarter-finals)'' # Julie Dawall Jakobsen ''(quarter-finals)''

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Men's doubles

Seeds

Kim Astrup Kim Astrup Sørensen (born 6 March 1992) is a Danish badminton player. He was the men's doubles gold medalists at the 2018 European Championships and the 2023 European Games with his partner Anders Skaarup Rasmussen. He also won the bronze medal ...

Anders Skaarup Rasmussen Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (born 15 February 1989) is a Danish badminton player. Rasmussen won the men's doubles title at the 2018 European Championships and at the 2023 European Games partnered with Kim Astrup. He also won the bronze medal at th ...

''(withdrew)'' #

Mark Lamsfuß Mark Lamsfuß (born 19 April 1994) is a German badminton player and plays for the BC Wipperfeld. He and his partner, Isabel Lohau won a bronze medal in mixed doubles at the 2022 BWF World Championships. Career Lamsfuß started playing badminto ...

/ Marvin Emil Seidel ''(first round)'' #

Ben Lane Ben Lane (born 13 July 1997) is an English badminton player. He won the men's doubles silver medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, 2023 European Games, and also a bronze medal in the European Championships. Personal life Ben's mother Su ...

Sean Vendy Sean Vendy (born 18 May 1996) is a badminton player from England. He started playing badminton at aged 5 in Orkney, then moved to England at 7. He became part of the England national badminton team in May 2015. In 2022, he partnered with Ben La ...

''(withdrew)'' # Alexander Dunn / Adam Hall ''(quarter-finals)'' # Jones Ralfy Jansen / Peter Käsbauer ''(semi-finals)'' #

Christopher Grimley Christopher Grimley (born 6 February 2000) is a Scottish badminton player who competes in international level events. His doubles partner is his twin brother Matthew Grimley. Christopher has competed at the Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Ol ...

/ Matthew Grimley ''(first round)'' # Eloi Adam / Julien Maio ''(quarter-finals)'' # Daniel Lundgaard /

Mathias Thyrri Mathias Thyrri Jørgensen (born 26 August 1997) is a Danish badminton player, specializing in doubles play. Career 2023 In July, at the Canada Open, Thyrri and his partner, Amalie Magelund, faced a tough defeat in the mixed doubles final af ...

''(final)''

Finals

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Section 2

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Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

Gabriela Stoeva Gabriela Stoeva (; born 15 July 1994) is a Bulgarian badminton player specializing in doubles. Her current partner is her younger sister, Stefani Stoeva. The pair is the four-time European Champion and two-time European Games gold medalist as wel ...

Stefani Stoeva Stefani Stoeva (; born 23 September 1995) is a Bulgarian badminton player specializing in doubles. Her current partner is her older sister, Gabriela Stoeva. They competed at the 2016, 2020 and the 2024 Summer Olympics. The duo together have won ...

(champions) #

Maiken Fruergaard Maiken Fruergaard Sørensen (born 11 May 1995) is a Danish badminton player, specializing in doubles play. As a junior player, she was the gold medalists at the 2013 European Junior Championships in the team and mixed doubles events, and in 2014 ...

/ Sara Thygesen ''(semi-finals)'' # Émilie Lefel / Anne Tran ''(quarter-finals)'' # Linda Efler / Isabel Herttrich ''(quarter-finals)'' # Alexandra Bøje / Mette Poulsen ''(quarter-finals)'' #

Amalie Magelund Amalie Magelund Krogh (born 13 May 2000) is a Danish badminton player, specializing in doubles play. She won the gold medal in the mixed doubles at the 2025 European Championships. As a junior player, she was a silver medalist at the 2018 Europ ...

/ Freja Ravn ''(final)'' # Jenny Moore /

Victoria Williams Victoria Williams (born December 23, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, although she has resided in Southern California throughout her musical career. Diagnosed with multi ...

''(withdrew)'' #

Debora Jille Debora Jille (born 11 September 1999) is a Dutch badminton player. Partnered with Cheryl Seinen, she won the bronze medals at the 2023 European Games and 2024 European Championships. She also won the bronze medal at the 2025 European Champions ...

Cheryl Seinen Cheryl Seinen (born 4 August 1995) is a Dutch badminton player. She won the women's doubles gold medal at the 2019 European Games with Selena Piek, and later the silver medal in 2023 with Debora Jille. She also won two individual bronze medals at ...

''(semi-finals)''

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

# Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue ''(withdrew)'' # Robin Tabeling /

Selena Piek Selena Piek (born 30 September 1991) is a Dutch badminton player who specializes in doubles. She won the gold medals at the European Games in 2019 in the women's doubles, and in 2023 in the mixed doubles. She was part of the Badminton Europe At ...

''(semi-finals)'' #

/ Isabel Herttrich ''(final)'' # Mathias Christiansen / Alexandra Bøje (champions) # Ronan Labar / Anne Tran ''(semi-finals)'' # Adam Hall / Julie MacPherson ''(second round)'' #

Tournament

Venue

Point distribution

Prize money

Men's singles

Seeds

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's singles

Seeds

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Men's doubles

Seeds

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

References

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