The 2024 Canada Open (officially known as the Yonex Canada Open 2024 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at Markin-MacPhail Centre in

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, Canada, from 2 July to 7 July 2024 and has a total purse of $420,000.

Tournament

The 2024 Canada Open was the nineteenth tournament of the 2024 BWF World Tour and also part of the

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championships, which has been held since 1957. This tournament was organized by the

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and sanctioned by the

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. Started from 2023, the Canada Open has moved from the entry level of BWF World Tour Super 100 up two levels to Super 500.

Venue

This international tournament was held at the Markin-MacPhail Centre,

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, Canada.

Point distribution

Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the

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event.

Prize pool

The total prize money was US$420,000 with the distribution of the prize money in accordance with BWF regulations.

Men's singles

Seeds

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 ...

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Kodai Naraoka is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with NTT East. Born in Aomori, he started playing badminton at the age of 5 with the influence of his father. He won the silver medal at the 2023 World Championships. In his junior career, Naraoka ha ...

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Kenta Nishimoto is a Japanese badminton player. He won a silver medal in the men's singles at the 2017 Summer Universiade and a bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games. Nishimoto was part of Japan winning team at the 2012 Asian Junior Championships and at the ...

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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 ...

''(withdrew)'' # Lin Chun-yi ''(first round)'' #

Koki Watanabe is a Japanese badminton player. He graduated from the Saitama Sakae High School, and was part of the BIPROGY team since 2017. Watanabe has won a Super 500 title at the Canada Open and was the runner-up in the Super 750 at the Denmark Open. ...

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Ng Ka Long Angus Ng Ka Long (born 24 June 1994) is a Hong Kong badminton player. He has a career-high ranking of 6th in the men's singles discipline. He won the 2016 Hong Kong Super Series, the 2020 Thailand Masters and the 2023 German Open. Early l ...

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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 ...

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Women's singles

Seeds

Beiwen Zhang Beiwen Zhang (; born 12 July 1990) is a badminton player who is a singles specialist. Born in China, she previously represented Singapore and currently represents the United States. She won the women's singles title at the 2021 Pan Am Champions ...

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Nozomi Okuhara is a Japanese badminton player. A former World's number 1 in the BWF rankings for the women's singles, she is well known for her speed, agility and endurance. She won a bronze at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and gold medal at the 2017 World Champ ...

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Busanan Ongbamrungphan Busanan Ongbamrungphan (Thai: บุศนันท์ อึ๊งบำรุงพันธ์; born 22 March 1996) is a Thai badminton player who specializes in singles. She was the women's singles gold medalists at the 2015 SEA Games, and ...

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Line Kjærsfeldt Line Højmark Kjærsfeldt (born 20 April 1994) is a Danish badminton player specializing in singles. She was a gold medalists in the 2015 European Games and 2025 European Championships. In the juniors, she won a bronze medal at the 2010 BWF Worl ...

''(final)'' # Sung Shuo-yun ''(second round)'' #

Hsu Wen-chi Hsu Wen-chi (; born 28 September 1997) is a Taiwanese badminton player. She started playing badminton at age 9, and debuted at the 2013 Maldives International. She joined the Chinese Taipei national badminton team in 2014. She is the two-time Nat ...

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Mia Blichfeldt Mia Blichfeldt (born 19 August 1997) is a Danish badminton player. She won the gold medals at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the girls' singles event, and later at the 2019 Minsk European Games in the women's singles event. Career ...

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Line Christophersen Line Drost Christophersen (born 14 January 2000) is a Danish badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger tea ...

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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 ...

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Rasmus Kjær Rasmus Kjær Pedersen (born 4 October 1998) is a Danish badminton player. He won the bronze medals in the men's doubles at the 2024 and 2025 European Championships. Kjær was part of Danish winning team in the 2023 European Mixed Team Champions ...

Frederik Søgaard Frederik Søgaard Mortensen (born 25 July 1997) is a Danish badminton player. He was the bronze medalists in the 2024 and 2025 European Championships. Søgaard was part of the Denmark winning team at the 2019, 2021, 2023, and 2025 European Mixe ...

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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 ...

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Kenya Mitsuhashi is a Japanese badminton player. He was a silver medalist in the men's doubles at the 2017 Summer Universiade. Career Mitsuhashi was selected to join national junior team competed at the 2014 Asian Junior Championships, and helped the team w ...

Hiroki Okamura is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with Biprogy team. Achievements BWF World Tour (2 titles, 1 runner-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sa ...

''(semi-finals)'' # Andreas Søndergaard /

Jesper Toft Jesper Toft (born 7 February 1999) is a Danish badminton player. He won a gold medal at the 2025 European Championships in the mixed doubles and the silver medal in the men's doubles in 2024. Career Born in Dall Villaby, a small town in the A ...

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Adam Dong Adam Dong (; born 14 February 1994) is a Chinese-born Canadian badminton player. He captured the men's doubles gold medals at the 2023 Pan American Games and at the 2023 Pan Am Championships. Early life Dong was born in Suzhou, China. Befor ...

Nyl Yakura Nyl Kiyoshi Yakura (born 14 February 1993) is a Canadian badminton player. He captured two gold medals at the Pan American Games, winning the men's doubles title in 2019 and 2023, and also a silver in the mixed doubles in 2019. Yakura, who grew ...

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Chen Zhi-ray Chen or Ch'en may refer to: People *Chen (surname) (陳 / 陈), a common Chinese surname *Chen (singer) (born 1992), member of the South Korean-Chinese boy band EXO * Chen Chen (poet) (born 1989), Chinese-American poet * (), a Hebrew first na ...

Lin Yu-chieh LIN or LIN may refer to: People *Lin (surname) (normally ), a Chinese surname * Lin (''The King of Fighters''), Chinese assassin character *Lin Chow Bang, character in Fat Pizza *Lin (NouerA) (Chinese name Lin Hanzhong Korean name Lim Hanjung), a ...

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Peeratchai Sukphun Peeratchai Sukphun (; born 31 August 2004) is a Thai badminton player. He won the men's doubles title at the 2024 U.S. Open. Achievements SEA Games ''Men's doubles'' BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up) The BWF World Tour, which was a ...

/ Pakkapon Teeraratsakul ''(second round)''

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Women's doubles

Seeds

Rin Iwanaga is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with the Biprogy team. She won the silver medal at the 2022 Asian Championships partnering Kie Nakanishi. Iwanaga and Nakanishi claimed their first World Tour title at the 2023 Syed Modi Internationa ...

Kie Nakanishi is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with the Biprogy team. She won the silver medal at the 2022 Asian Championships with her partner Rin Iwanaga. The duo reached a career-high ranking of world number 5 on 5 November 2024. Kie was part of ...

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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 Sara Thygesen (born 20 January 1991) is a Danish badminton player, specializing in doubles. She started playing badminton at Gårslev in 2002. She got an award for the best female athlete of the year 2007 in her hometown Fredericia. In 2014, she ...

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Treesa Jolly Treesa Jolly (born 27 May 2003) is an Indian badminton player. She is a part of the national team and is the nation's number one WD pair with Gayatri Gopichand. She won the bronze at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. She helped win the 2024 Asia ...

/ Gayatri Gopichand ''(quarter-finals)'' # Laksika Kanlaha /

Phataimas Muenwong Phataimas Muenwong (; born 5 July 1995) is a Thai badminton player. Career Muenwong studied at the Rattana Bundit University, and competed at the 2015 and 2017 Summer Universiade. She plays in the women's doubles with her partner Chayanit Cha ...

''(semi-finals)'' # Annie Xu / Kerry Xu ''(second round)'' # Francesca Corbett /

Allison Lee Allison Herren Lee is an American attorney and former government official who served as a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from 2019 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, Lee briefly served as acting chair of the SE ...

''(second round)'' # Rui Hirokami /

Yuna Kato is a Japanese badminton player. Career 2022: First World Tour title and world No. 25 ranking In 2022, Yuna Kato partnered with Rui Hirokami in women's doubles. On the BWF World Tour, they were runners-up at two tournaments: the Taipei Open ...

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Keng Shuliang Keng or KENG may refer to: *Keng (surname), or Geng, a Chinese surname *Keng (artist), a Chinese artist known for their work drawing Aero *Keng, Kermanshah, a village in Iran *KENG (FM) KENW-FM (89.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a public ...

/ Zhang Chi ''(quarter-finals)''

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Mixed doubles

Seeds

Mathias Christiansen Mathias Christiansen (born 20 February 1994) is a Danish badminton player who joined the national team in July 2013. He was the silver medalists in the 2018 European Badminton Championships, 2018 and 2024 European Badminton Championships, 2024 Eu ...

Alexandra Bøje Alexandra Bøje (born 6 December 1999) is a Danish badminton player. She won her first senior international title at the 2016 Czech International in the mixed doubles event partnered with Mathias Bay-Smidt after fight through the qualification r ...

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Dejan Ferdinansyah Dejan Ferdinansyah (born 21 January 2000) is an Indonesian badminton player who is affiliated with the Djarum club. Career Ferdinansyah has been affiliated with the PB Djarum club since 2019. In that same year, he partnered with Serena Kani a ...

Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja (born 28 December 1993) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with PB Djarum since 2007. She was the 2011 Indonesia National and World Junior Champions in the mixed doubles event. For her achievements, Widjaja w ...

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Vinson Chiu Vinson Chiu ( ; born August 8, 1998) is an American badminton player. He won a silver medal with his partner Joshua Yuan in the men's doubles at the 2022 Pan Am Championships. Chiu also won a silver and a bronze at the 2016 Pan Am Junior Cham ...

Jennie Gai Jennie Gai (; born February 25, 2001) is an American badminton player who competes in international level events. She was a gold medalist at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, and silver medalists in the 2023 Pan American Games. Personal life Ga ...

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''(quarter-finals)'' # Pakkapon Teeraratsakul /

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/ Yang Jiayi ''(first round)'' #

Praveen Jordan Praveen Jordan (born 26 April 1993) is an Indonesian badminton player who specialises in doubles. He is a two-time All England Open Badminton Championships, All England Open champion in mixed doubles, winning in 2016 with Debby Susanto and in 2 ...

Serena Kani Serena Kani (born 7 September 1999) is an Indonesian badminton player. She is trained at the Djarum club, and has joined the club since 2012. Kani was part of the Indonesia team that won silver medal at the 2015 BWF World Junior Championships, 20 ...

Tournament

Venue

Point distribution

Prize pool

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

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Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

References

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