The China Open ( zh, 中国羽毛球公开赛) is an annual
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 teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...
tournament held in People's Republic of China. It became part of the
BWF Super Series
The BWF Super Series was a series of Badminton World Federation#Grade 2, Grade 2 badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It was launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007 in badminton, 2007.
Since 2011, ...
tournaments in
2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
Events
January
* January 1
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.
BWF categorised China Open as one of the three
BWF World Tour Super 1000 events in the BWF events structure since
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
.
Locations
Four cities have been chosen to host the tournament.
*2002–2007:
Guangzhou
Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about nor ...
*2008–2013:
Shanghai
Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...
*2014–2017:
Fuzhou
Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian, China. The city lies between the Min River (Fujian), Min River estuary to the south and the city of Ningde to the north. Together, Fuzhou and Ningde make up the Eastern Min, Mindong linguistic and cultural regi ...
*2018–2019, 2023–present:
Changzhou
Changzhou is a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu, China. It was previously known as Yanling, Lanling, and Jinling. Located on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, Changzhou borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the west, Zhen ...
Past winners
Multiple winners
Below is the list of the most successful players in the China Open:
Men's Singles
Women's Singles
Performances by nation
References
{{Badminton competitions
BWF World Tour
1986 establishments in China
Recurring sporting events established in 1986