2008 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix explained

The 2008 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix was the second season of BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix with fourteen tournaments in contested. The season started with German Open in February and ended with Vietnam Open in December.

Schedule

Below is the schedule released by Badminton World Federation:^[1]

Tour	Official title	Venue	City	Date
				Start	Finish
1	German Open Grand Prix	RWE-Sporthalle	Mülheim	February 26	March 2
2	India Open Grand Prix Gold	Kotla Vijay Bhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium	Hyderabad	April 1	April 6
3	Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold	Nimibutr Stadium	Bangkok	June 24	June 29
4	U.S. Open Grand Prix	Orange County Badminton Club	Orange	July 8	July 13
5	Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold	Taipei County Shinjuang Stadium	Taipei	September 9	September 14
6	Macau Open Grand Prix Gold	Tap Seac Multi-sports Pavilion^[2]	Macau	September 30	October 5
7	Bitburger Open Grand Prix	Saarlandhalle Saarbrücken	Saarbrücken	September 30	October 5
8	Bulgaria Open Grand Prix	Sofia Sports Hall	Sofia	October 7	October 12
9	Dutch Open Grand Prix	Topsportcentrum	Almere	October 14	October 19
10	Russia Open Grand Prix	Druzhba Multipurpose Arena	Moscow	November 4	November 9
11	New Zealand Open Grand Prix	North Shore Events Centre	Auckland	November 11	November 16
12	Vietnam Open Grand Prix	Phan Dinh Phung Stadium	Ho Chi Minh City	December 2	December 7

Results

Winners

Tour	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
Germany	Lee Hyun-il	Jun Jae-youn	Lee Jae-jin Hwang Ji-man	Lee Kyung-won Lee Hyo-jung	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung
India	Boonsak Ponsana	Zhou Mi	Guo Zhendong Xie Zhongbo	Chien Yu-chin Cheng Wen-hsing	He Hanbin Yu Yang
Thailand	Lin Dan	Xie Xingfang	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen
United States	Andrew Dabeka	Lili Zhou	Howard Bach Khan Malaythong	Chang Li-ying Hung Shih-chieh	Halim Heryanto Peng Yun
Chinese Taipei	Simon Santoso	Saina Nehwal	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Chien Yu-chin Cheng Wen-hsing	Devin Lahardi Fitriawan Lita Nurlita
Macau	Taufik Hidayat	Zhou Mi	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei	Xu Chen Zhao Yunlei
Bitburger	Chetan Anand	Maria Febe Kusumastuti	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Helle Nielsen Marie Roepke	Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta
Bulgaria	Joachim Persson	Petya Nedelcheva		Jwala Gutta Shruti Kurian
Dutch	Andre Kurniawan Tedjono	Yao Jie	Fran Kurniawan Rendra Wijaya	Lena Frier Kristiansen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen
Russia	Dicky Palyama	Ella Diehl	Vitalij Durkin Alexandr Nikolaenko	Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova	Alexandr Nikolaenko Valeria Sorokina
New Zealand	Lee Tsuen Seng	Zhou Mi	Chen Hung-ling Lin Yu-Lang	Chien Yu-chin Chou Chia-Chi	Chen Hung-ling Chou Chia-Chi
Vietnam	Nguyen Tien Minh	Zhang Beiwen^[3]	Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah	Shinta Mulia Sari Yao Lei	Tontowi Ahmad Shendy Puspa Irawati

Performance by country

Tabulated below are the Grand Prix performances based on countries. Only countries who have won a title are listed:

Team	GER	IND	THA	USA	TPE	MAC	GER	BUL	NED	RUS	NZL	VIE	Total
China		2	5			2							9
Denmark					1		2	2	2				7
Indonesia					2	1	1		2			1	7
Chinese Taipei		1		1	1						3		6
India					1		2	2					5
South Korea	5												5
Russia										4			4
Hong Kong		1				1					1		3
Malaysia						1					1	1	3
United States				3									3
Netherlands									1	1			2
Singapore												2	2
Bulgaria								1					1
Canada				1									1
Thailand		1											1
Vietnam												1	1

Grand Prix Gold

India Open

• April 1–6, Kotla Vijay Bhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India.^[4]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Boonsak Ponsana	Chetan Anand	21–16, 21–12
Women's singles	Zhou Mi	Lu Lan	21–14, 21–14
Men's doubles	Guo Zhendong / Xie Zhongbo	Chan Chong Ming / Chew Choon Eng	19–21, 21–14, 21–12
Women's doubles	Chien Yu-chin / Cheng Wen-hsing	Miyuki Maeda / Satoko Suetsuna	21–17, 21–16
Mixed doubles	He Hanbin / Yu Yang	Kristof Hopp / Birgit Overzier	21–18, 21–9

Thailand Open

• June 24–29, Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.^[5]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Lin Dan	Boonsak Ponsana	17–21, 21–15, 21–13
Women's singles	Xie Xingfang	Lu Lan	26–24, 21–7
Men's doubles	Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng	Guo Zhendong / Xie Zhongbo	21–17, Retired
Women's doubles	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen	Chin Eei Hui / Wong Pei Tty	15–21, 21–13, 21–13
Mixed doubles	Xie Zhongbo / Zhang Yawen	He Hanbin / Yu Yang	23–25, 21–10, 23–21

Chinese Taipei Open

• September 9–14, Taipei County Shinjuang Stadium, Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan)

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Simon Santoso	Roslin Hashim	21–18, 13–21, 21–10
Women's singles	Saina Nehwal	Lydia Cheah	21–8, 21–19
Men's doubles	Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen	Candra Wijaya / Tony Gunawan	22–20, 21–14
Women's doubles	Chien Yu Chin / Cheng Wen-hsing	Rani Mundiasti / Jo Novita	21–16, 21–17
Mixed doubles	Devin Lahardi / Lita Nurlita	Fang Chieh-min / Cheng Wen-hsing	14–21, 21–11, 21–19

Macau Open

• September 30–October 5, Tap Seac Multi-sports Pavilion, Macau.^[6]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Taufik Hidayat	Lee Chong Wei	21–19, 21–15
Women's singles	Zhou Mi	Julia Wong Pei Xian	21–13, 21–19
Men's doubles	Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong	Fang Chieh-min / Lee Sheng-mu	21–16, 21–18
Women's doubles	Cheng Shu / Zhao Yunlei	Ma Jin / Wang Xiaoli	21–15, 21–18
Mixed doubles	Xu Chen / Zhao Yunlei	Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama / Chau Hoi Wah	21–15, 21–16

Grand Prix

German Open

• February 26–March 2, RWE Rhein-Ruhr Sporthalle, Mülheim, Germany.^[7]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Lee Hyun-il	Sho Sasaki	22–20, 21–5
Women's singles	Jun Jae-youn	Wang Yihan	25–23, 21–10
Men's doubles	Lee Jae-jin / Hwang Ji-man	Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae	21–13, 21–19
Women's doubles	Lee Kyung-won / Lee Hyo-jung	Miyuki Maeda / Satoko Suetsuna	21–17, 21–16
Mixed doubles	Lee Yong-dae / Lee Hyo-jung	He Hanbin / Yu Yang	9–21, 27–25, 21–18

U.S. Open

• July 8–13, Orange County Badminton Club, Orange, California, United States.^[8]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Andrew Dabeka	Martin Bille Larsen	21–14, 21–9
Women's singles	Lili Zhou	Chloe Magee	23–21, 21–16
Men's doubles	Howard Bach / Khan Malaythong	Halim Heryanto / Raju Rai	21–14, 21–19
Women's doubles	Chang Li-ying / Hung Shih-chieh	Tsai Pei-ling / Yang Chia-chen	21–19, 21–14
Mixed doubles	Halim Heryanto / Peng Yun	Mike Beres / Valerie Loker	21–13, 21–16

Bitburger Open

• September 30–October 5, Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany.^[9]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Chetan Anand	Arvind Bhat	23–25, 24–22, 23–21
Women's singles	Maria Febe Kusumastuti	Aditi Mutatkar	22–24, 21–8, 23–21
Men's doubles	Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen	Kristof Hopp / Johannes Schöttler	21–11, 21–15
Women's doubles	Helle Nielsen / Marie Roepke	Shendy Puspa Irawati / Meiliana Jauhari	21–15, 21–18
Mixed doubles	Diju Valiyaveetil / Jwala Gutta	Joachim Fischer Nielsen / Christinna Pedersen	8–21, 21–17, 22–20

Bulgaria Open

• October 7–12, Sofia Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria.^[10]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Joachim Persson	Hsieh Yu-hsing	17–21, 21–19, 21–19
Women's singles	Petya Nedelcheva	Rosaria Yusfin Pungkasari	21–14, 21–12
Men's doubles	Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen	Fran Kurniawan / Wijaya Rendra	25–23, 21–16
Women's doubles	Jwala Gutta / Shruti Kurian	Shendy Puspa Irawati / Meiliana Jauhari	21–11, 21–19
Mixed doubles	Diju V. / Jwala Gutta	Fran Kurniawan / Shendy Puspa Irawati	15–21, 21–18, 21–19

Dutch Open

• October 14–19, Topsportcentrum, Almere, Netherlands.^[11]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Andre Kurniawan Tedjono	Chetan Anand	21–15, 11–21, 21–19
Women's singles	Yao Jie	Linda Zechiri	21–14, 21–13
Men's doubles	Fran Kurniawan / Rendra Wijaya	Rupesh Kumar / Sanave Thomas	21–18, 21–18
Women's doubles	Lena Frier Kristiansen / Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Shendy Puspa Irawati / Meiliana Jauhari	21–16, 25–23
Mixed doubles	Joachim Fischer Nielsen / Christinna Pedersen	Fran Kurniawan / Shendy Puspa Irawati	21–17, 21–9

Russian Open

• November 4–9, Druzhba Multipurpose Arena, Moscow, Russia.^[12]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Dicky Palyama	Stanislav Pukhov	21–12, 21–18
Women's singles	Ella Diehl	Larisa Griga	21–10, 17–21, 21–12
Men's doubles	Vitalij Durkin / Alexandr Nikolaenko	Vladimir Ivanov / Ivan Sozonov	21–11, 21–15
Women's doubles	Valeria Sorokina / Nina Vislova	Petya Nedelcheva / Dimitria Popstoykova	21–18, 21–8
Mixed doubles	Aleksandr Nikolaenko / Valeria Sorokina	Vitalij Durkin / Nina Vislova	21–19, 21–19

New Zealand Open

• November 11–16, North Shore Events Centre, Auckland, New Zealand.^[13]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Lee Tsuen Seng	Sairul Amar Ayob	24–22, 21–17
Women's singles	Zhou Mi	Rachel Hindley	21–10, 21–15
Men's doubles	Chen Hung-ling / Lin Yu-Lang	Fernando Kurniawan / Lingga Lie	22–20, 21–10
Women's doubles	Chien Yu-chin / Chou Chia-Chi	Haw Chiou Hwee / Lim Pek Siah	21–8, 21–15
Mixed doubles	Chen Hung-ling / Chou Chia-Chi	Hsieh Yu-hsing / Chien Yu-chin	21–18, 22–20

Vietnam Open

• December 2–7, Phan Dinh Phung Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Nguyen Tien Minh	Chan Yan Kit	24–22, 21–18
Women's singles	Zhang Beiwen	Xing Aiying	11–21, 21–19, 22–20
Men's doubles	Choong Tan Fook / Lee Wan Wah	Fran Kurniawan / Wijaya Rendra	21–14, 21–10
Women's doubles	Shinta Mulia Sari / Yao Lei	Shendy Puspa Irawati / Meiliana Jauhari	16–21, 21–19, 21–11
Mixed doubles	Tontowi Ahmad / Shendy Puspa Irawati	Riky Widianto / Vanessa Neo Yu Yan	21–17, 21–9

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tournament Calendar – 2008. Badminton World Federation. 6 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20120808183726/http://www.bwfbadminton.org/tournamentcalendar.aspx?id=103&year=2008. 8 August 2012.
2. Web site: Open de Badminton de Macau 2008 . www.sport.gov.mo . 28 February 2021 . pt . live . https://archive.today/20151029030925/http://www.sport.gov.mo/pt/macaosport/type/show/id/238 . 29 October 2015 .
3. Web site: VN's top badminton player triumphs at open tourney . 12 July 2019.
4. Web site: India Open 2008 . tournamentsoftware.com . 20 April 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080512055834/http://www.internationalbadminton.org/INDIA.html . 12 May 2008 . dead .
5. Web site: Thailand Grand Prix Gold 2008. tournamentsoftware.com. 27 June 2008 .
6. Web site: Macau Grand Prix Gold 2008. tournamentsoftware.com. 2 October 2008 .
7. Web site: German Open 2008 . tournamentsoftware.com . 28 February 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080227215321/http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/%28S%28qw1wdf55kmzpgh45ggte2z55%29%29/sport/tournament.aspx?id=18939 . 27 February 2008 . live .
8. Web site: 2008 US Open Grand Prix. tournamentsoftware.com. 15 September 2008 .
9. Web site: Bitburger Open 2008. tournamentsoftware.com. 2 October 2008 .
10. Web site: Bulgarian Grand Prix 2008. tournamentsofware.com. 9 October 2008 .
11. Web site: Dutch Open 2008 . tournamentsoftware.com . 9 October 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081009073836/http://tournamentsoftware.com/%28S%28bxuvr255whtusabulxih4455%29%29/sport/tournament.aspx?id=24403 . 9 October 2008 . live .
12. Web site: Russian Grand Prix 2008. tournamentsoftware.com. 9 November 2008 .
13. Web site: 2008 New Zealand Open. tournamentsoftware.com. 16 November 2008 .