2008 BWF Super Series Masters Finals explained

2008 Super Series Masters Finals
Date Start:2008-12-18
Date End:2008-12-21
Prize Money:500,000
Ms:Lee Chong Wei
Country Ms:MAS
Ws:Zhou Mi
Country Ws:HKG
Md1:Koo Kien Keat
Country Md1:MAS
Md2:Tan Boon Heong
Country Md2:MAS
Wd1:Wong Pei Tty
Country Wd1:MAS
Wd2:Chin Eei Hui
Country Wd2:MAS
Xd1:Thomas Laybourn
Country Xd1:DEN
Xd2:Kamilla Rytter Juhl
Country Xd2:DEN
Venue:Likas Indoor Stadium
Location:Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Previous:2000 (Grand Prix Finals)
Next:2009 Johor Bahru

The 2008 BWF Super Series Masters Finals is the season ending tournament for 2008 BWF Super Series in badminton. It is held in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia from December 18 to December 21, 2008.

The tournament was marred with the withdrawal of China, citing tiredness and injuries to their players.[1]

Representatives by nation

Top Nations
RankNationMSWSMDWDXDTotalPlayers
1201.5227.511§
221211710§
21211710§
410101.53.55§
50001235§
61200033
70011024
80100.501.52
90001012
100100011
0100011
0100011
130000.500.51
00000.50.51
000.5000.51
Total888884058

§: Robert Blair from England was the only player who played in two categories (men's doubles and mixed doubles), while Kamilla Rytter Juhl from Denmark, Wong Pei Tty from Malaysia, Kunchala Voravichitchaikul from Thailand, Lilyana Natsir and Vita Marissa from Indonesia were the players who played in two categories (women's doubles and mixed doubles).

Performance by nation

NationGroup Phase Semifinal Final Winner
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align=left 7 4 3 3
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align=left 3 2 2 1
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align=left 1.5
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align=left 1
align=left 3.5 1
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align=left 0.5
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Men's singles

Seeds

    1. Lee Chong Wei Sony Dwi Kuncoro
  1. Joachim Persson
  2. Peter Gade
  3. Taufik Hidayat
  4. Chan Yan Kit
  5. Andrew Smith
  6. Wong Choong Hann

Group A

No.PlayersPlayedPointsMatchesGamesPoints
1 Lee Chong Wei333-06-1146-106
2311-23-4133-130
3 Wong Choong Hann311-23-4117-136
4 Chan Yan Kit311-22-5115-139

Group B

No.PlayersPlayedPointsMatchesGamesPoints
1 Sony Dwi Kuncoro333-06-3183-142
2322-15-3154-140
3 Joachim Persson311-24-5150-163
4 Andrew Smith300-32-6120-162

Results

Women's singles

Seeds

        1. Zhou Mi Tine Rasmussen Wang Chen Pi Hongyan
  1. Xu Huaiwen
  2. Wong Mew Choo
    1. Saina Nehwal Yu Hirayama

Group A

No.PlayersPlayedPointsMatchesGamesPoints
1 Wang Chen333-06-2160-108
2322-14-2111-84
3 Xu Huaiwen311-23-4113-126
4 Yu Hirayama300-31-678-114

Group B

No.PlayersPlayedPointsMatchesGamesPoints
1 Tine Rasmussen333-06-0126-80
2322-14-3133-120
3 Pi Hongyan311-22-5116-138
4 Wong Mew Choo300-32-6127-164

Results

Men's doubles

Seeds

        1. Markis Kido / Hendra Setiawan Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif / Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen
  1. Candra Wijaya / Tony Gunawan
    1. Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong Simon Mollyhus / Anders Kristiansen
  2. Robert Blair / Chris Adcock

Group A

No.PairsPlayedPointsMatchesGamesPoints
1 Jung Jae-sung
Lee Yong-dae
333-06-1138-113
2 Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif
Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari
322-14-3136-124
3 Robert Blair
Chris Adcock
311-24-4140-150
4 Simon Mollyhus
Anders Kristiansen
300-30-699-126

Group B

No.PairsPlayedPointsMatchesGamesPoints
1 Koo Kien Keat
Tan Boon Heong
333-06-1143-107
2 Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan
322-15-4173-162
3 Candra Wijaya
Tony Gunawan
311-23-4119-142
4 Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen
300-31-6120-144

Results

Women's doubles

Seeds

      1. Wong Pei Tty / Chin Eei Hui Lilyana Natsir / Vita Marissa Lena Frier Kristiansen / Kamilla Rytter Juhl
    1. Ha Jung-eun / Kim Min-jung Charmaine Reid / Nicole Grether
  1. Duanganong Aroonkesorn / Kunchala Voravichitchaikul
    1. Jo Novita / Greysia Polii Judith Meulendijks / Yao Jie

Group A

No.PairsPlayedPointsMatchesGamesPoints
1 Vita Marissa
Lilyana Natsir
333-06-1145-108
2 Ha Jung-eun
Kim Min-jung
322-15-2130-107
3 Duanganong Aroonkesorn
Kunchala Voravichitchaikul
311-22-493-117
4 Judith Meulendijks
Yao Jie
300-30-690-126

Group B

No.PairsPlayedPointsMatchesGamesPoints
1 Wong Pei Tty
Chin Eei Hui
333-06-1135-104
2 Jo Novita
Greysia Polii
322-15-2135-114
3 Lena Frier Kristiansen
Kamilla Rytter Juhl
311-22-4110-108
4 Charmaine Reid
Nicole Grether
300-30-672-126

Results

Mixed doubles

Seeds

  1. Nova Widianto / Lilyana Natsir
    1. Thomas Laybourn / Kamilla Rytter Juhl Anthony Clark / Donna Kellogg
  2. Robert Blair / Imogen Bankier
  3. Sudket Prapakamol / Saralee Thoungthongkam
  4. Songphon Anugritayawon / Kunchala Voravichitchaikul
  5. Flandy Limpele / Vita Marissa
  6. Lim Khim Wah / Wong Pei Tty

Group A

No.PairsPlayedPointsMatchesGamesPoints
1 Nova Widianto
Lilyana Natsir
333-06-2159-100
2 Sudket Prapakamol
Saralee Thoungthongkam
322-15-3139-144
3 Flandy Limpele
Vita Marissa
311-23-4120-134
4 Robert Blair
Imogen Bankier
300-31-6103-143

Group B

No.PairsPlayedPointsMatchesGamesPoints
1 Thomas Laybourn
Kamilla Rytter Juhl
333-06-2159-100
2 Anthony Clark
Donna Kellogg
322-16-3175-157
3 Lim Khim Wah
Wong Pei Tty
311-23-5136-103
4 Songphon Anugritayawon
Kunchala Voravichitchaikul
300-32-6129-161

Results

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Malaysia’s Lee tipped for Super Series after China no-show. 2008-12-17. AFP. Khaleej Times Online. 2008-12-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20120910125839/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data%2Fsports%2F2008%2FDecember%2Fsports_December453.xml&section=sports&col=. 2012-09-10. dead.