2009 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix explained

The 2009 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix was the third season of BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix in badminton.

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 24	March 1
2	India Open Grand Prix Gold	Gachibowli Indoor Stadium	Hyderabad	March 24	March 29
3	Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold	Stadium Bandaraya Johor Bahru	Johor Bahru	June 23	June 28
4	Philippines Open Grand Prix Gold	PhilSports Complex	Manila	June 30	July 5
5	U.S. Open Grand Prix	Orange County Badminton Club	Orange	July 7	July 12
6	Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold	Nimibutr Stadium	Bangkok	July 21	July 26
7	Australian Open Grand Prix	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre	Melbourne	July 22	July 26
8	New Zealand Open Grand Prix	North Shore Events Centre	Auckland	July 28	August 1
9	Macau Open Grand Prix Gold	Tap Seac Multisports Pavilion	Macau	August 18	August 23
10	Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold	Taipei County Shinjuang Stadium	Taipei	August 25	August 30
11	Russia Open Grand Prix	Sports Hall Olympic	Vladivostok	September 23	September 27
12	Bitburger Open Grand Prix	Saarlandhalle	Saarbrücken	September 29	October 4
13	Vietnam Open Grand Prix	Phan Dinh Phung Stadium	Ho Chi Minh City	October 6	October 11
14	Dutch Open Grand Prix	Topsportcentrum	Almere	October 13	October 18
15	India Open Grand Prix	Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium	Lucknow	December 15	December 20

Results

Winners

Tour	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
German Open Grand Prix	Bao Chunlai	Wang Yihan	Lee Yong-dae / Shin Baek-cheol	Cheng Shu / Zhao Yunlei	Xu Chen / Zhao Yunlei
India Open Grand Prix Gold	Taufik Hidayat	Pi Hongyan	Choong Tan Fook / Lee Wan Wah	Ma Jin / Wang Xiaoli	Flandy Limpele / Vita Marissa
Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold	Lee Chong Wei	Wang Shixian	Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong		Zheng Bo / Ma Jin
Philippines Open Grand Prix Gold	Chen Long	Wang Xin	Mohammad Ahsan / Bona Septano	Gao Ling / Wei Yili	Zhang Nan / Lu Lu
U.S. Open Grand Prix	Taufik Hidayat	Anna Rice	Howard Bach / Tony Gunawan	Huang Ruilin / Jiang Xuelian	Howard Bach / Eva Lee
Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold	Nguyen Tien Minh	Liu Jian	Chan Peng Soon / Lim Khim Wah	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen	Songphon Anugritayawon / Kunchala Voravichitchaikul
Australian Open Grand Prix	Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka	Maria Febe Kusumastuti	Gan Teik Chai / Tan Bin Shen	Huang Chia-chi / Tang He Tian	Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama / Chau Hoi Wah
New Zealand Open Grand Prix	Chan Yan Kit	Sayaka Sato	Rupesh Kumar / Sanave Thomas	Annisa Wahyuni / Anneke Feinya Agustin	Fran Kurniawan / Pia Zebadiah Bernadet
Macau Open Grand Prix Gold	Lee Chong Wei	Wang Yihan	Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong	Du Jing / Yu Yang	He Hanbin / Yu Yang
Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold	Nguyen Tien Minh	Cheng Shao-chieh	Chen Hung-Ling / Lin Yu-Lang	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen	Valiyaveetil Diju / Jwala Gutta
Russia Open Grand Prix	Vladimir Malkov	Ella Diehl	Vladimir Ivanov / Ivan Sozonov	Valeria Sorokina / Nina Vislova	Vitalij Durkin / Nina Vislova
Bitburger Open Grand Prix	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	Juliane Schenk	Rupesh Kumar / Sanave Thomas	Helle Nielsen / Marie Roepke	Mikkel Delbo Larsen / Mie Schjoett-Kristensen
Vietnam Open Grand Prix	Nguyen Tien Minh	Fransisca Ratnasari	Luluk Hadiyanto / Joko Riyadi	Anneke Feinya Agustin / Annisa Wahyuni	Flandy Limpele / Cheng Wen-hsing
Dutch Open Grand Prix	Chetan Anand	Yao Jie	Kristof Hopp / Johannes Schottler	Valeria Sorokina / Nina Vislova	Alexander Nikolaenko / Valeria Sorokina
India Open Grand Prix		Saina Nehwal	Fauzi Adnan / Trikusuma Wardhana	Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi	Arun Vishnu / Aparna Balan

Grand Prix Gold

India Open (not to be confused with 2009 India Grand Prix which was held on 15 to 20 December 2009.)

• March 24–29, Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India.^[2]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Taufik Hidayat	Muhammad Hafiz Hashim	21–18, 21–19
Women's singles	Pi Hongyan	Julia Wong Pei Xian	17–21, 21–15, 21–14
Men's doubles	Choong Tan Fook / Lee Wan Wah	Hendri Kurniawan Saputra / Hendra Wijaya	21–9, 21–11
Women's doubles	Ma Jin / Wang Xiaoli	Vita Marissa / Nadya Melati	21–14, 21–13
Mixed doubles	Flandy Limpele / Vita Marissa	Diju Valiyaveetil / Jwala Gutta	21–14, 21–17

Malaysia Open

• June 23–28, Stadium Bandaraya Johor Bahru, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.^[3]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Lee Chong Wei	Chen Long	21–16, 21–9
Women's singles	Wang Shixian	Wang Xin	21–16, 18–21, 21–10
Men's doubles	Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong	Gan Teik Chai / Tan Bin Shen	21–11, 21–13
Women's doubles	Ma Jin / Wang Xiaoli	Wong Pei Tty / Chin Eei Hui	21–9, 21–11
Mixed doubles	Zheng Bo / Ma Jin	Xu Chen / Zhao Yunlei	5–5, retired

Philippines Open

• June 30–July 5, PhilSports Complex, Manila, Philippines.^[4]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Chen Long	Hu Yun	21–13, 21–6
Women's singles	Wang Xin	Zhou Mi	21–10, 12–21, 23–21
Men's doubles	Mohammad Ahsan / Bona Septano	Alvent Yulianto / Hendra Aprida Gunawan	10–21, 21–14, 21–17
Women's doubles	Gao Ling / Wei Yili	Shendy Puspa Irawati / Meiliana Jauhari	21–11, 21–11
Mixed doubles	Zhang Nan / Lu Lu	Chen Zhiben / Zhang Jinkang	22–20, 21–19

Thailand Open

• July 21–26, Nimibutr National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.^[5]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Nguyen Tien Minh	Boonsak Ponsana	21–16, 21–13
Women's singles	Liu Jian	Wang Rong	21–16, 21–18
Men's doubles	Chan Peng Soon / Lim Khim Wah	Choong Tan Fook / Lee Wan Wah	20–22, 21–14, 21–11
Women's doubles	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen	Gao Ling / Wei Yili	22–24, 21–17, 21–15
Mixed doubles	Songphon Anugritayawon / Kunchala Voravichitchaikul	Sudket Prapakamol / Saralee Thungthongkam	11–21, 21–17, 21–14

Macau Open

• August 18–23, Tap Seac Multi-sports Pavilion, Macau.^[6]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Lee Chong Wei	Wong Choong Hann	21–15, 21–19
Women's singles	Wang Yihan	Jiang Yanjiao	16–21, 22–20, 21–12
Men's doubles	Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong	Choong Tan Fook / Lee Wan Wah	21–14, 17–21, 21–12
Women's doubles	Du Jing / Yu Yang	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen	21–16, 21–11
Mixed doubles	He Hanbin / Yu Yang	Hendra Aprida Gunawan / Vita Marissa	21–14, 21–9

Chinese Taipei Open^{[7] [8] [9]}

• August 25–August 30, Taipei County Shinjuang Stadium, Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan).

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Nguyen Tien Minh	Wong Choong Hann	21–11, 21–14
Women's singles	Cheng Shao-chieh	Bae Seung-Hee	17–21, 21–12, 21–15
Men's doubles	Chen Hung-Ling / Lin Yu-Lang	Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama / Wong Wai Hong	14–21, 21–12, 21–19
Women's doubles	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen	Vita Marissa / Mona Santoso	21–14, 21–9
Mixed doubles	Valiyaveetil Diju / Jwala Gutta	Hendra Aprida Gunawan / Vita Marissa	23–21, 21–18

Grand Prix

German Open

• February 24–March 1, RWE Rhein-Ruhr Sporthalle, Mülheim, Germany.^[10]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Bao Chunlai	Gong Weijie	21–18, 21–14
Women's singles	Wang Yihan	Zhu Lin	20–22, 21–13, 21–11
Men's doubles	Lee Yong-dae / Shin Baek-cheol	Kenichi Hayakawa / Kenta Kazuno	21–13, 21–16
Women's doubles	Cheng Shu / Zhao Yunlei	Pan Pan / Tian Qing	18–21, 21–13, 21–16
Mixed doubles	Xu Chen / Zhao Yunlei	Zheng Bo / Ma Jin	21–18, 23–21

U.S. Open

• July 7–12, Orange County Badminton Club, Los Angeles, United States.^[11]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Category
Men's singles	Taufik Hidayat	Hsueh Hsuan-yi	21–15, 21–16
Women's singles	Anna Rice	Mona Santoso	21–17, 21–9
Men's doubles	Howard Bach / Tony Gunawan	Jürgen Koch / Peter Zauner	21–12, 21–9
Women's doubles	Huang Ruilin / Jiang Xuelian	Chen Ying / Peng Yun	14–21, 21–15, 21–11
Mixed doubles	Howard Bach / Eva Lee	Alvin Lau / Jiang Xuelian	21–13, 21–12

Australian Open

• July 22–26, Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia.^[12]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka	Alamsyah Yunus	21–17, 21–18
Women's singles	Maria Febe Kusumastuti	Yip Pui Yin	21–18, 21–19
Men's doubles	Gan Teik Chai / Tan Bin Shen	Rupesh Kumar / Sanave Thomas	21–13, 21–11
Women's doubles	Huang Chia-chi / Tang He Tian	Aparna Balan / Shruti Kurian	21–13, 21–9
Mixed doubles	Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama / Chau Hoi Wah	Henry Tam / Donna Haliday	21–11, 21–5

New Zealand Open

• July 28–August 1, North Shore Events Centre, Auckland, New Zealand.^[13]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Chan Yan Kit	Wong Wing Ki	21–9, 21–9
Women's singles	Sayaka Sato	Maria Febe Kusumastuti	21–10, 21–16
Men's doubles	Rupesh Kumar / Sanave Thomas	Hirokatsu Hashimoto / Noriyasu Hirata	21–16, 15–21, 21–13
Women's doubles	Annisa Wahyuni / Anneke Feinya Agustin	Chan Tsz Ka / Tse Ying Suet	21–19, 21–17
Mixed doubles	Fran Kurniawan / Pia Zebadiah Bernadet	Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama / Chau Hoi Wah	21–13, 21–19

Russian Open

• September 22–27, Sport Hall Olympic, Vladivostok, Russia.^[14]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Vladimir Malkov	Brice Leverdez	21–17, 11–21, 21–8
Women's singles	Ella Diehl	Tatjana Bibik	21–17, 16–21, 21–11
Men's doubles	Vladimir Ivanov / Ivan Sozonov	Alexandr Nikolaenko / Vitalij Durkin	21–19, 21–19
Women's doubles	Valeria Sorokina / Nina Vislova	Tatjana Bibik / Olga Golovanova	21–8, 22–20
Mixed doubles	Vitalij Durkin / Nina Vislova	Alexandr Nikolaenko / Valeria Sorokina	21–16, 21–16

Bitburger Open

• September 29–October 4, Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany.^[15]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	Eric Pang	12–21, 21–13, 21–15
Women's singles	Juliane Schenk	Yu Hirayama	21–18, 21–10
Men's doubles	Rupesh Kumar / Sanave Thomas	Chris Adcock / Andrew Ellis	17–21, 22–20, 24–22
Women's doubles	Helle Nielsen / Marie Roepke	Line Damkjaer Kruse / Mie Schjoett-Kristensen	18–21, 21–19, 21–19
Mixed doubles	Mikkel Delbo Larsen / Mie Schjoett-Kristensen	Ruud Bosch / Paulien van Dooremalen	21–17, 21–16

Vietnam Open

• October 6–11, Phan Dinh Phung Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.^[16]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Nguyen Tien Minh	Chong Wei Feng	21–7, 19–21, 21–14
Women's singles	Fransisca Ratnasari	Tai Tzu-ying	21–19, 15–21, 21–13
Men's doubles	Luluk Hadiyanto / Joko Riyadi	Hoon Thien How / Ong Soon Hock	21–19, 22–20
Women's doubles	Anneke Feinya Agustin / Annisa Wahyuni	Savitree Amitrapai / Vacharaporn Munkit	21–14, 21–13
Mixed doubles	Flandy Limpele / Cheng Wen-hsing	Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying	25–23, 21–19

Dutch Open

• October 13–18, Topsportcentrum, Almere, Netherlands.^[17]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Chetan Anand	Eric Pang	21–12, 21–15
Women's singles	Yao Jie	Judith Meulendijks	21–11, 21–12
Men's doubles	Kristof Hopp / Johannes Schottler	Michael Fuchs / Ingo Kindervater	21–15, 21–16
Women's doubles	Valeria Sorokina / Nina Vislova	Sandra Marinello / Birgit Overzier	21–13, 21–17
Mixed doubles	Alexander Nikolaenko / Valeria Sorokina	Vitalij Durkin / Nina Vislova	13–21, 21–16, 21–12

India Grand Prix

• December 15–20, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow, India.^[18]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Chetan Anand	Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka	21–17, 19–21, 21–16
Women's singles	Saina Nehwal	Aditi Mutatkar	21–17, 21–13
Men's doubles	Fauzi Adnan / Trikusuma Wardhana	Akshay Dewalkar / Jishnu Sanyal	27–25, 23–25, 21–15
Women's doubles	Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi	Nadya Melati / Devi Tika Permatasari	21–14, 15–21, 21–15
Mixed doubles	Arun Vishnu / Aparna Balan	Tarun Kona / Shruti Kurien-Kanetkar	21–14, 17–21, 21–19

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tournament Calendar – 2009. Badminton World Federation. bwfbadminton.org. 7 December 2013.
2. Web site: India Open 2009. tournamentsoftware.com.
3. Web site: Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold 2009. tournamentsoftware.com.
4. Web site: Philippine Grand Prix Gold 2009. tournamentsoftware.com.
5. Web site: Thailand Grand Prix Gold 2009. tournamentsoftware.com.
6. Web site: Macau Grand Prix Gold 2009. tournamentsoftware.com.
7. Web site: Hong Kong won a Men's Doubles Silver Medal in Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold (Badminton). Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China. 12 November 2017.
8. News: Paul. Rajes. Badminton: Choong Hann comes up short in second straight final. 12 November 2017. The Star Online. 31 August 2009.
9. News: Chee. Yingfan. CHINESE TAIPEI OPEN 2009 – Double Delight for Home Crowd. 12 November 2017. Badzine.net. 30 August 2009.
10. Web site: German Open 2009. tournamentsoftware.com.
11. Web site: 2009 US Open. tournamentsoftware.com.
12. Web site: 2009 Australian Open Grand Prix. tournamentsoftware.com.
13. Web site: New Zealand Open Grand Prix 2009. tournamentsoftware.com.
14. Web site: Russian Grand Prix 2009. tournamentsoftware.com.
15. Web site: Bitburger Open 2009. tournamentsoftware.com.
16. Web site: Vietnam Open GP 2009. tournamentsoftware.com.
17. Web site: Dutch Open 2009. tournamentsoftware.com.
18. Web site: India Grand Prix 2009. tournamentsoftware.com.