The 2025 German Open (officially known as the Yonex German Open 2025 for sponsorship reasons), was a badminton tournament that took place at the Westenergie Sporthalle,

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, Germany, from 25 February to 2 March 2025 and had a total prize of US$240,000.

Tournament

The 2025 German Open was the fifth tournament of the

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and was part of the German Open championships, which have been held since 1955. This tournament was organized by Vermarktungsgesellschaft Badminton Deutschland (VBD) mbH for the

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with sanction from the

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Venue

This tournament was held at the Westenergie Sporthalle in

, Germany.

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 is US$240,000 with the distribution of the prize money in accordance with 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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Loh Kean Yew Loh Kean Yew LKY (born 26 June 1997) is a Singaporean badminton player. He is the former men's singles world champion, winning the title at the 2021 BWF World Championships – Men's singles, 2021 BWF World Championships, becoming the first Si ...

''(final)'' #

Toma Junior Popov Toma Junior Popov (born 29 September 1998) is a French badminton player. Partnered with his brother Christo Popov, he won the men's doubles gold at the 2025 European Championships. He competed at the 2018 Mediterranean Games and claimed the men ...

''(semi-finals)'' #

Christo Popov Christo Popov (born 8 March 2002) is a French badminton player who affiliate with Fos club. He won the men's doubles gold at the 2025 European Championships with his brother Toma Junior Popov. He also won a silver in the men's singles and a bron ...

''(second round)'' #

Jason Teh Jason Teh Jia Heng (born 25 August 2000) is a Singaporean badminton player. He won a bronze medal for Singapore as part of the team at the 2022 Asia Team Championships, 2022 Commonwealth Games, as well at the 2019, 2021, and the 2023 SEA Games ...

''(quarter-finals)'' #

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 ...

''(second round)'' # Wang Zhengxing ''(quarter-finals)'' # Brian Yang ''(second round)''

Finals

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Women's singles

Seeds

Yeo Jia Min Yeo Jia Min (; born 1 February 1999) is a Singaporean badminton player. She is a former World Junior No.1 and the first Singaporean in either the junior or senior categories to made it to the top of the BWF's ranking system. Early life and ed ...

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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 ...

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

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 ...

''(semi-finals)'' #

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 ...

''(first round)'' #

Nguyễn Thùy Linh Nguyễn Thùy Linh (born 20 November 1997) is a Vietnamese badminton player. She started her career by leaving her hometown in Phú Thọ Province, train at the Hanoi badminton club, and later joined Da Nang club. She represented her country a ...

''(final)'' #

Julie Dawall Jakobsen Julie Dawall Jakobsen (born 25 March 1998) is a Danish badminton player. She was the bronze medalists in the 2024 and 2025 European Championships. In her junior, Jakobsen won the gold medals in the girls' doubles at the 2015 European Junior Cha ...

''(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 ...

''(first round)''

Finals

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Men's doubles

Seeds

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 ...

''(semi-finals)'' #

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 ...

''(quarter-finals)'' #

Junaidi Arif Wan Muhammad Arif Shaharuddin bin Wan Junaidi (born 6 June 2002) is a Malaysian badminton player. He won the 2021 Austrian Open and Ukraine International tournaments in the men's doubles event partnered with Muhammad Haikal. Career 2021 ...

Yap Roy King Yap Roy King ( zh, t=葉睿慶, p=Yè Ruìqìng; born 10 February 2001) is a Malaysian badminton player. He won two silver medals at the 2023 SEA Games, in the men's team event as well as the mixed doubles event. Career Yap made his internati ...

''(quarter-finals)'' #

Lee Fang-chih Lee Fang-chih (; born 20 September 1997) is a Taiwanese badminton player. He plays men's doubles with his twin brother Lee Fang-jen. Achievements World University Games ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' BWF World Tour (2 runners-up) T ...

Lee Fang-jen Lee Fang-jen (; born 20 September 1997) is a Taiwanese badminton player. He plays men's doubles with his twin brother Lee Fang-chih. Achievements BWF World Tour (2 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and imple ...

''(quarter-finals)'' #

''(final)'' # 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 ...

''(first round)'' #

Kim Won-ho Kim Won-ho (; born 2 June 1999) is a South Korean badminton player. He was the silver medalists in the Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles, mixed doubles at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2022 Asian Games – M ...

Seo Seung-jae Seo Seung-jae (; born 4 September 1997) is a South Korean badminton player. He is the first South Korean player in 24 years to have won two gold medals in a single edition of the BWF World Championships, by winning the mixed and men's doubles e ...

(champions) #

Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub (born 19 July 1993) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was one of the players that helped the Malaysian team to win gold at the 2011 BWF World Junior Championships. Career In 2013, he won the gold medals in the men's sin ...

Tan Wee Kiong Tan Wee Kiong (; born 21 May 1989) is a Malaysian badminton player in the doubles event. He had a partnership with Goh V Shem, which began at the 2014 Thomas Cup. Together, Tan and Goh won the gold medal in the men's doubles and the mixed t ...

''(first round)''

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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 ...

''(final)'' # Sung Shuo-yun / Yu Chien-hui ''(first round)'' # Polina Buhrova / Yevheniia Kantemyr ''(first round)'' #

Julie MacPherson Julie Claire MacPherson (born 17 November 1997) is a Scottish badminton player who competes in international level events both for Scotland and Great Britain. She affiliates with club SV Fun-Ball Dortelweil She has won the Scottish National C ...

/ Ciara Torrance ''(quarter-finals)'' #

Chen Qingchen Chen Qingchen (; born 23 June 1997) is a Chinese badminton player who specializes in doubles. She is an Olympic champion, four-time World Champion, two-time Asian Games gold medalist, and two-time Asian Champion. With partner Jia Yifan, Che ...

/ Wang Tingge ''(second round)'' #

Li Wenmei Li Wenmei (; born 2 November 1999) is a Chinese badminton player from Maoping, Hubei. She began to play badminton at the age of seven and entered the Hubei team training centre in June 2010 as the singles player. She was selected to join the sec ...

/ Wang Yiduo ''(semi-finals)'' # Meilysa Trias Puspitasari /

Rachel Allessya Rose Rachel Allessya Rose (born 30 June 2004) is an Indonesian badminton player. She was part of Indonesia squad that won a bronze medal in the 2022 World Junior Championships and a silver medal in the girls' doubles event. Career 2022 Rose and ...

''(second round)'' #

Nazlıcan İnci Nazlıcan İnci (born 6 March 2000) is a Turkish badminton player. Teamed-up with Bengisu Erçetin, they grab the silver medal at the European U17 Badminton Championships, U17 European Championships in 2016. She won her first senior international ...

Bengisu Erçetin Bengisu Erçetin (born 1 January 2001) is a Turkish badminton player. Erçetin won the gold medal at the 2018 European Junior Championships, 2022 Mediterranean Games, and the silver medal at the 2018 Mediterranean Games partnered with Nazlıcan ...

''(second round)''

Finals

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Mixed doubles

Seeds

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 ...

''(first round)'' #

Hoo Pang Ron Hoo Pang Ron (; born 29 March 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. He began to play badminton at the age of ten, and started competing or playing competitively when he was eighteen. Paired with Cheng Su Yin, he entered the mixed doubles top 20 ...

/ Cheng Su Yin ''(second round)'' # Chen Cheng-kuan / Hsu Yin-hui ''(second round)'' #

Mads Vestergaard Mads Vestergaard (born 11 March 2002) is a Danish badminton player who specialises in doubles play. He claimed two bronze medals at the 2025 European Championships in the mixed and men's doubles. Vestergaard was part of Danish winning team in th ...

/ Christine Busch ''(second round)'' #

Terry Hee Terry Hee Yong Kai (; born 6 July 1995) is a Singaporean badminton player. In mixed doubles with Jessica Tan, Hee won his first World Tour title at the 2022 India Open. Hee together with Jessica Tan also won the gold medal in the mixed doubl ...

/ Jin Yujia ''(first round)'' #

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

Ye Hong-wei Ye Hong-wei (; born 1 November 1999) is a Taiwanese badminton player. He was the mixed doubles gold medalist in the 2021 World University Games partnered with Lee Chia-hsin. Achievements World University Games ''Mixed doubles'' BWF Wor ...

/ Nicole Gonzales Chan ''(second round)'' #

Dhruv Kapila Dhruv Kapila (born 1 February 2000) is an Indian badminton player. He won the gold at the 2019 South Asian Games in the men's, mixed doubles and team events. He was part of the team that won the 2022 Thomas Cup. Achievements South Asian Ga ...

/ Tanisha Crasto ''(semi-finals)''

Finals

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References

External links

Tournament link

Official website

German Open Official
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