2007 German Open Grand Prix Explained

Dates:
Number Edition:50th
Level:3B
Prize Money:80000
Venue:Innogy Sporthalle
Location:Mülheim, Germany
Ms:Lin Dan
Country Ms:CHN
Ws:Xie Xingfang
Country Ws:CHN
Md1:Lee Jae-jin
Country Md1:KOR
Country-Flagvar1:1997
Md2:Hwang Ji-man
Country Md2:KOR
Country-Flagvar2:1997
Wd1:Yang Wei
Country Wd1:CHN
Wd2:Zhang Jiewen
Country Wd2:CHN
Xd1:Zheng Bo
Country Xd1:CHN
Xd2:Gao Ling
Country Xd2:CHN
Previous:2006
Next:2008

The 2007 German Open Grand Prix (officially known as the Yonex German Open 2007 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place in Mülheim from 27 February to 4 March 2007. It had a total purse of $80,000.

Tournament

The 2007 German Open Grand Prix was the inaugural tournament of the 2007 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix and also part of the German Open championships which has been held since 1955. This tournament was organized by the German Badminton Association and sanctioned by the BWF.

Venue

This international tournament was held at Innogy Sporthalle in Mülheim, Germany.

Point distribution

Below is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Grand Prix event.[1]

Prize money

The total prize money for this tournament was US$80,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.[2]

EventWinnerFinalistSemi-finalsQuarter-finalsLast 16
Men's singles$6,400 $3,200 $1,600 $800 $320
Women's singles$5,520 $2,640 $1,440 $720 rowspan="4"
Men's doubles$5,760 $3,200 $1,920 $1,120
Women's doubles$4,880 $3,200 $1,760 $880
Mixed doubles$4,880 $3,200 $1,760 $880

Men's singles

Seeds

  1. Lin Dan (champion)
  2. Chen Yu (final)
  3. Lee Tsuen Seng (third round)
  4. Przemysław Wacha (third round)
  5. Ng Wei (second round)
  6. Joachim Persson (quarter-finals)
  7. Sairul Amar Ayob (first round)
  8. Björn Joppien (second round)
  9. Kendrick Lee Yen Hui (third round)
  10. Roslin Hashim (third round)
  11. Park Sung-hwan (quarter-finals)
  12. Chan Yan Kit (third round)
  13. Chetan Anand (first round)
  14. John Moody (second round)
  15. Kasper Ødum (third round)
  16. Andrew Dabeka (first round)

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

Women's singles

Seeds

  1. Xie Xingfang (champion)
  2. Huaiwen Xu (final)
  3. Pi Hongyan (semi-finals)
  4. Petya Nedelcheva (semi-finals)
  5. Tine Rasmussen (withdrew)
  6. Huang Chia-chi (quarter-finals)
  7. Hwang Hye-youn (quarter-finals)
  8. Susan Hughes (second round)

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

Men's doubles

Seeds

  1. Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae (final)
  2. Albertus Susanto Njoto / Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama (semi-finals)
  3. Michael Fuchs / Roman Spitko (first round)
  4. Ashley Brehaut / Aji Basuki Sindoro (withdrew)
  5. Hwang Ji-man / Lee Jae-jin (champions)
  6. Shen Ye / Xu Chen (second round)
  7. Guo Zhendong / He Hanbin (second round)
  8. Sigit Budiarto / Fran Kurniawan (semi-finals)

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

  1. Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen (champions)
  2. Du Jing / Yu Yang (final)
  3. Lee Hyo-jung / Lee Kyung-won (semi-finals)
  4. Diana Dimova / Petya Nedelcheva (first round)
  5. Hwang Yu-mi / Kim Min-jung (semi-finals)
  6. Pan Pan / Tian Qing (quarter-finals)
  7. Lim Pek Siah / Joanne Quay (second round)
  8. Natalie Munt / Joanne Nicholas (second round)

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

  1. Nathan Robertson / Gail Emms (quarter-finals)
  2. Svetoslav Stoyanov / Élodie Eymard (second round)
  3. Ingo Kindervater / Kathrin Piotrowski (quarter-finals)
  4. Daniel Shirley / Joanne Quay (quarter-finals)
  5. Xu Chen / Zhao Tingting (final)
  6. Zheng Bo / Gao Ling (champions)
  7. Lee Yong-dae / Lee Hyo-jung (semi-finals)
  8. He Hanbin / Yu Yang (second round)

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Overview Ranking. Bwfbadminton.org. Badminton World Federation. 2013-08-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20100814200157/http://www.bwfbadminton.org/page.aspx?id=15370. 2010-08-14. dead.
  2. Web site: Prize money distribution . International Badminton Federation . 12 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071211185451/http://www.german-open-badminton.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Sonstiges/Preisgeldverteilung_dt_01.pdf . 11 December 2007 . live .