The 2023 India Open, officially known as the Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2023 for sponsorship reasons, was a badminton tournament that took place at the K. D. Jadhav Indoor Hall in

New Delhi New Delhi (; ) is the Capital city, capital of India and a part of the Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the Government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Parliament ...

, India, from 17 to 22 January 2023. It had a total prize pool of US$850,000. This was the first India Open to have a Super 750 status.

Tournament

The 2023 India Open was the second tournament of the 2023 BWF World Tour and was also part of the

India Open The India Open is an annual badminton event which has been held in India since 2008 and is a BWF World Tour Super 750 international badminton tournament. Its first three editions were designated as Grand Prix Gold events. In 2011, it was upgr ...

championships, which had been held since 2008. The tournament was organized by the

Badminton Association of India Badminton Association of India, is the governing body of badminton in India. The association, which was formed in 1934, is registered under the societies act. The body has been hosting annual Indian National Badminton Championships, national-l ...

with sanction from the

Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation, aka BWF, is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee. It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member ...

Venue

This international tournament was held at the K. D. Jadhav Indoor Hall in

, India.

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 750 event.

Prize money

The total prize money for this tournament was US$850,000 with the distribution of the prize money in accordance by BWF regulations.

Men's singles

Seeds

Viktor Axelsen Viktor Axelsen (born 4 January 1994) is a Danish badminton player. He is a two-time Badminton at the Summer Olympics, Olympic Champion, two-time BWF World Championships, World Champion, and four-time European Badminton Championships, European Cha ...

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Lee Zii Jia Lee Zii Jia ( zh, s=李梓嘉, poj=Lí Chú-ka, p=Lǐ Zǐjiā, born 29 March 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. He is a bronze medalist at the Olympic Games, Asian champion and All England champion. He is best known for his smash, especi ...

''(second round)'' # Loh Kean Yew ''(quarter-finals)'' # Jonatan Christie ''(semi-finals)'' # Chou Tien-chen ''(quarter-finals)'' #

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (; born 20 October 1996) is an Indonesian badminton player. He first rose to senior prominence when he won the bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games, having won a 2014 Youth Olympic bronze in 2014. At the 2020 Olympics, ...

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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 ...

''(second round)'' # Kunlavut Vitidsarn (champion)

Finals

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Women's singles

Seeds

Akane Yamaguchi is a Japanese badminton player. She was a two-time world champion who won gold medals in the women's singles at the 2021 and 2022 World Championships. She was a member of the winning Japanese team at the Asian Junior Championships in 2012 and ...

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An Se-young An Se-young (; born 5 February 2002) is a South Korean badminton player from Gwangju, who won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event. She was named 2019’s Most Promising Player of the Year and 2023's Female Pl ...

(champion) #

Chen Yufei Chen Yufei ( zh, s=陈雨菲, p=Chén Yǔfēi; born 1 March 1998) is a Chinese badminton player. She was the gold medalist in the 2020 Summer Olympics, and also at the 2025 Asian Championships. In her junior career, she won the girls' singles ...

''(quarter-finals)'' # He Bingjiao ''(semi-finals)'' # P. V. Sindhu ''(first round)'' #

Ratchanok Intanon Ratchanok Intanon (, , ; born 5 February 1995) is a Thai badminton player who became the first Thai to become No.1 in women's singles. She is known for her relaxed hitting motion and light footwork, which has been described as 'balletic' by com ...

''(second round)'' # Wang Zhiyi ''(second round)'' #

Pornpawee Chochuwong Pornpawee Chochuwong (; born 22 January 1998) is a Thai badminton player. She was the girls' singles silver medalist at the 2015 Asian and 2016 World Junior Championships. She was also part of the Thai winning teams at the 2017, 2019 and 2021 S ...

''(quarter-finals)''

Finals

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Section 2

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Section 4

Men's doubles

Seeds

# Takuro Hoki / Yugo Kobayashi ''(first round)'' # Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto ''(semi-finals)'' # Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik ''(final)'' # Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan ''(first round)'' #

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (born 13 August 2000) is an Indian badminton player. Together with his men's doubles partner Chirag Shetty, he won the gold medal at the Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, and Asian Championships. They are the only Indian ...

Chirag Shetty Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty (born 4 July 1997) is an Indian badminton player. Partnering Satwiksairaj Rankireddy in the men's doubles, he emerge victorius in the Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, and Asian Championships. They are the only Ind ...

''(second round)'' # Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen ''(second round)'' #

Ong Yew Sin Ong Yew Sin (born 30 January 1995) is a Malaysian badminton player. He won a silver medal with Teo Ee Yi at the 2023 Badminton Asia Championships and a bronze medal with Teo at the 2021 BWF World Championships. Personal life Ong Yew Sin is en ...

/ Teo Ee Yi ''(quarter-finals)'' # Marcus Fernaldi Gideon /

Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (born 2 August 1995) is an Indonesian former badminton player who was ranked world number 1 in the men's doubles by the Badminton World Federation. Considered as one of the best players of his generation, he won the men' ...

''(quarter-finals)''

Finals

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Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

# Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan ''(final)'' # Nami Matsuyama / Chiharu Shida (champions) # Kim So-yeong / Kong Hee-yong ''(second round)'' # Jeong Na-eun / Kim Hye-jeong ''(semi-finals)'' #

Jongkolphan Kititharakul Jongkolphan Kititharakul (; born 1 March 1993) is a Thai badminton player who specialized in doubles. She was the women's doubles gold medalist at the 2017 SEA Games, also part of the team that clinched the women's team gold medals in 2015, 2017 ...

Rawinda Prajongjai Rawinda Prajongjai (; born 29 June 1993) is a Thai badminton player. She was part of the national women's team that clinched the gold medal at the 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023 SEA Games; and also won the women's doubles title in 2017. Started ...

''(second round)'' #

Zhang Shuxian Zhang Shuxian ( zh, 张殊贤; ''Zhāng Shūxián''; born 2 January 2000) is a Chinese badminton player. Career Early career Zhang attended Luzhou Zilu Road School. Later, she was recommended by the city sports school to enter the Sichuan ...

/ Zheng Yu ''(quarter-finals)'' # Lee So-hee / Shin Seung-chan ''(second round)'' # Pearly Tan /

Thinaah Muralitharan Thinaah Muralitharan (born 3 January 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. An Olympian, she and Pearly Tan created history by becoming the first ever Malaysian semi-finalists at the women's doubles event at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She wo ...

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Finals

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Mixed doubles

Seeds

Zheng Siwei Zheng Siwei (; born 26 February 1997) is a Chinese badminton player specializing in doubles. He is an Olympic gold medalist, a three-time World Champion and two-time Asian Games gold medalist in the mixed doubles with his current partner Huang ...

Huang Yaqiong Huang Yaqiong (, born 28 February 1994) is a Chinese badminton player who specializes in doubles. She is an Olympic gold medalist, three-time World Champion, two-time Asian Games gold medalist, and two-time Asian Champion. She also won a silv ...

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Dechapol Puavaranukroh Dechapol Puavaranukroh (; born 20 May 1997) is a Thai badminton player. He was a gold medalist at the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event with his partner Kittinupong Kedren. Dechapol claimed doubles titles at the Badmi ...

Sapsiree Taerattanachai Sapsiree Taerattanachai (; ; born 18 April 1992) is a Thai badminton player. She claimed titles in the mixed doubles with Dechapol Puavaranukroh at the 2017 SEA Games and at the 2021 World Championships. Sapsiree and Dechapol made history as th ...

''(second round)'' # Yuta Watanabe / Arisa Higashino (champions) #

Wang Yilyu Wang Yilyu (; ; born 8 November 1994), sometimes also transliterated as Wang Yilu, Wang Yilv or Wang Yilü, is a Chinese badminton player. He is the mixed doubles Olympic Champion at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and was two-time mixed doubles As ...

Huang Dongping Huang Dongping (; born 30 April 1995) is a Chinese badminton player. She is the mixed doubles Olympic Champion at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and was three-time mixed doubles Asian Champion, winning in 2018, 2019 and 2024. Huang was ranked first ...

''(final)'' # Seo Seung-jae / Chae Yoo-jung ''(quarter-finals)'' # Tan Kian Meng / Lai Pei Jing ''(first round)'' # Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet ''(second round)'' # Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue ''(quarter-finals)''

Finals

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Section 4

Controversies

Food hygiene issues

Due to unhygienic food provided by the athletes' hotel, Chinese badminton players

and Wang Zhiyi got gastroenteritis and were forced to pull out from the tournament. Later on, Chinese women's doubles finalist Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan and mixed doubles finalist

and

both withdrew from the finals and must hand the titles to Japanese pairs due to similar issues.

References

External links

Tournament link
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