2011 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix explained

The 2011 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix was the fifth season of BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix.

Schedule

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

Tour	Official title	Venue	City	Date		Report
				Start	Finish
1	German Open Grand Prix Gold	RWE-Sporthalle	Mülheim	March 1	March 6	Report
2	Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold	St. Jakobshalle	Basel	March 15	March 20	Report
3	Australian Open Grand Prix Gold	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre	Melbourne	April 5	April 10	Report
4	Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold	Sultan Abdul Halim Stadium	Alor Setar	May 3	May 8	Report
5	Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold	CU Sport Complex	Bangkok	June 7	June 12	Report
6	Russia Open Grand Prix	Sports Hall Olympic	Vladivostok	June 28	July 3	Report
7	U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold	Orange County Badminton Club	Orange	July 11	July 16	Report
8	Canada Open Grand Prix	Richmond Oval	Richmond	July 19	July 24	Report
9	Vietnam Open Grand Prix	Phan Dinh Phung Stadium	Ho Chi Minh City	August 22	August 28	Report
10	Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold	Taipei County Shinjuang Stadium	Taipei	September 6	September 11	Report
11	Indonesia Masters Grand Prix Gold	GOR Bulutangkis Palaran	Samarinda	September 27	October 2	Report
12	Dutch Open Grand Prix	Topsportcentrum	Almere	October 11	October 16	Report
13	Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold	Saarlandhalle	Saarbrücken	November 1	November 6	Report
14	Macau Open Grand Prix Gold	Cotai Arena	Macau	November 29	December 4	Report
15	Korea Grand Prix Gold	Hanium Culture Sports Center^[2]	Hwasun	December 6	December 11	Report
16	India Open Grand Prix Gold	Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium	Lucknow	December 20	December 25	Report

Results

Winners

Tour	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
Germany	Lin Dan	Liu Xin	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa	Robert Blair Gabrielle White
Swiss	Park Sung-hwan	Saina Nehwal	Ko Sung-hyun Yoo Yeon-seong	Ha Jung-eun Kim Min-jung	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen
Australia	Sho Sasaki	Liu Xin	Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa	Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito	Songphon Anugritayawon Kunchala Voravichitchaikul
Malaysia	Lee Chong Wei	Wang Xin	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir
Thailand	Chen Long	Li Xuerui	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	Lee Sheng-mu Chien Yu-chin
Russia	Zhou Wenlong	Lu Lan	Naoki Kawamae Shoji Sato	Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova	Alexandr Nikolaenko Valeria Sorokina
U.S.	Sho Sasaki	Tai Tzu-ying	Ko Sung-hyun Lee Yong-dae	Ha Jung-eun Kim Min-jung	Lee Yong-dae Ha Jung-eun
Canada	Marc Zwiebler	Cheng Shao-chieh		Cheng Shu Bao Yixin	Michael Fuchs Birgit Michels
Vietnam	Nguyen Tien Minh	Fu Mingtian	Angga Pratama Ryan Agung Saputra	Anneke Feinya Agustin Nitya Krishinda Maheswari	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova
Chinese Taipei	Tommy Sugiarto	Sung Ji-hyun	Ko Sung-hyun Yoo Yeon-seong	Ha Jung-eun Kim Min-jung	Ko Sung-hyun Eom Hye-won
Indonesia	Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka	Chen Xiaojia	Mohammad Ahsan Bona Septano	Vivian Hoo Kah Mun Woon Khe Wei	He Hanbin Bao Yixin
Netherlands	Hsueh Hsuan-yi	Yao Jie	Adam Cwalina Michał Łogosz	Duanganong Aroonkesorn Kunchala Voravichitchaikul	Songphon Anugritayawon Kunchala Voravichitchaikul
Bitburger	Hans-Kristian Vittinghus	Li Xuerui	Bodin Issara Maneepong Jongjit	Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying
Macau	Lee Hyun-il	Wang Shixian	Chai Biao Guo Zhendong	Jung Kyung-eun Kim Ha-na	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir
Korea		Sung Ji-hyun		Eom Hye-won Jang Ye-na
India	Taufik Hidayat	Ratchanok Inthanon	Naoki Kawamae Shōji Satō	Shinta Mulia Sari Yao Lei	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam

Performance by countries

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

Team	GER	SUI	AUS	MAS	THA	RUS	USA	CAN	VIE	TPE	INA	NED	GER	MAC	KOR	IND	Total
	1	3			1		3	1		4				2	5		20
	2		1	1	3	2		1			2		1	2			15
	1		3	1		1	1						1			1	9
				1					2	1	2			1		1	8
			1									2	1			2	6
					1		1	1				1					4
				2							1		1				4
						2			1								3
		1											1				2
								2									2
									1							1	2
		1															1
												1					1
												1					1
									1								1
	0.5																0.5
	0.5																0.5

Grand Prix Gold

German Open

• RWE-Sporthalle, Mülheim, Germany, March 1–6, 2011.^[3]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Lin Dan	Chen Jin	21–19, 21–11
Women's singles	Liu Xin	Ayane Kurihara	21–13, 15–21, 21–9
Men's doubles	Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae	Kim Ki-jung / Kim Sa-rang	21–19, 18–21, 21–11
Women's doubles	Mizuki Fujii / Reika Kakiiwa	Ha Jung-eun / Kim Min-jung	21–16, 21–14
Mixed doubles	Robert Blair / Gabrielle White	Shintaro Ikeda / Reiko Shiota	16–21, 21–16, 21–15

Swiss Open

• St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland, March 15–20, 2011.^[4]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Park Sung-hwan	Lee Hyun-il	17–21, 21–9, 21–17
Women's singles	Saina Nehwal	Sung Ji-hyun	21–13, 21–14
Men's doubles	Ko Sung-hyun / Yoo Yeon-seong	Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae	21–17, 21–16
Women's doubles	Ha Jung-eun / Kim Min-jung	Jung Kyung-eun / Kim Ha-na	21–12, 21–13
Mixed doubles	Joachim Fischer Nielsen / Christinna Pedersen	Nathan Robertson / Jenny Wallwork	23–21, 21–14

Australian Open

• Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia, April 5–10, 2011.^[5]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Sho Sasaki	Wong Choong Hann	21–11, 12–21, 21–19
Women's singles	Liu Xin	Porntip Buranaprasertsuk	21–14, 21–9
Men's doubles	Hiroyuki Endo / Kenichi Hayakawa	Naoki Kawamae / Shoji Sato	21–17, 21–18
Women's doubles	Shizuka Matsuo / Mami Naito	Chin Eei Hui / Wong Pei Tty	21–18, 21–11
Mixed doubles	Songphon Anugritayawon / Kunchala Voravichitchaikul	Hirokatsu Hashimoto / Mizuki Fujii	21–15, 21–9

Malaysia Open

• Sultan Abdul Halim Stadium, Alor Setar, Malaysia, May 3–8, 2011.^[6]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Lee Chong Wei	Bao Chunlai	21–9, 21–19
Women's singles	Wang Xin	Saina Nehwal	13–21, 21–8, 21–14
Men's doubles	Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong	Alvent Yulianto / Hendra Aprida Gunawan	21–16, 21–7
Women's doubles	Miyuki Maeda / Satoko Suetsuna	Shizuka Matsuo / Mami Naito	21–18, 21–13
Mixed doubles	Tantowi Ahmad / Lilyana Natsir	Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying	18–21, 21–15, 21–19

Thailand Open

• CU Sport Complex, Bangkok, Thailand, June 7–12, 2011.^[7]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Chen Long	Lee Hyun-il	21–8, 21–19
Women's singles	Li Xuerui	Jiang Yanjiao	14–21, 21–14, 21–14
Men's doubles	Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae	Alvent Yulianto Chandra / Hendra Aprida Gunawan	24–22, 21–14
Women's doubles	Tian Qing / Zhao Yunlei	Cheng Shu / Bao Yixin	21–7, 21–8
Mixed doubles	Lee Sheng-mu / Chien Yu-chin	Nova Widianto / Vita Marissa	21–10, 23–21

U.S. Open

• Orange County Badminton Club, Orange, California, United States, July 11–16, 2011.^[8]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Sho Sasaki	Nguyễn Tiến Minh	21–17, 21–18
Women's singles	Tai Tzu-ying	Sayaka Sato	21–16, 19–21, 21–6
Men's doubles	Ko Sung-hyun / Lee Yong-dae	Howard Bach / Tony Gunawan	21–9, 21–19
Women's doubles	Ha Jung-eun / Kim Min-jung	Jung Kyung-eun / Kim Ha-na	14–21, 22–20, 21–18
Mixed doubles	Lee Yong-dae / Ha Jung-eun	Chen Hung-ling / Cheng Wen-hsing	21–19, 21–13

Chinese Taipei Open

• Taipei County Shinjuang Stadium, Taipei, Republic of China, September 6–11, 2011.^[9]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Tommy Sugiarto	Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk	21–15, 15–21, 21–17
Women's singles	Sung Ji-hyun	Ratchanok Inthanon	22–20, 21–14
Men's doubles	Ko Sung-hyun / Yoo Yeon-seong	Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae	23–21, 21–17
Women's doubles	Ha Jung-eun / Kim Min-jung	Greysia Polii / Meiliana Jauhari	17–21, 21–18, 2–0 Retired
Mixed doubles	Ko Sung-hyun / Eom Hye-won	Tontowi Ahmad / Lilyana Natsir	24–22, 16–21, 21–17

Indonesia Open

• Gor Bulutangkis Palaran Samarinda, Samarinda, Indonesia, September 27–October 2, 2011.^[10]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka	Tommy Sugiarto	21–16, 21–17
Women's singles	Chen Xiaojia	Pi Hongyan	19–21, 21–15, 21–17
Men's doubles	Mohammad Ahsan / Bona Septano	Hiroyuki Endo / Kenichi Hayakawa	21–13, 21–14
Women's doubles	Vivian Hoo Kah Mun / Woon Khe Wei	Bao Yixin / Zhong Qianxin	19–21, 21–19, 21–18
Mixed doubles	He Hanbin / Bao Yixin	Xu Chen / Ma Jin	21–19, 1–4 Retired

Bitburger Open

• Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany, November 1–6, 2011.^[11]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Hans-Kristian Vittinghus	Wang Zhengming	21–18, 21–10
Women's singles	Li Xuerui	Yao Jie	21–8, 21–9
Men's doubles	Bodin Issara / Maneepong Jongjit	Liu Xiaolong / Qiu Zihan	21–14, 21–16
Women's doubles	Mizuki Fujii / Reika Kakiiwa	Emelie Lennartsson / Emma Wengberg	21–8, 21–11
Mixed doubles	Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying	Thomas Laybourn / Kamilla Rytter Juhl	21–18, 14–21, 27–25

Macau Open

• Cotai Arena, The Venetian, Macau, November 29–December 4, 2011.^[12]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Lee Hyun-il	Du Pengyu	17–21, 21–11, 21–18
Women's singles	Wang Shixian	Han Li	21–14, 21–14
Men's doubles	Chai Biao / Guo Zhendong	Ko Sung-hyun / Yoo Yeon-seong	21–19, 21–19
Women's doubles	Jung Kyung-eun / Kim Ha-na	Eom Hye-won / Jang Ye-na	8–4 Retired
Mixed doubles	Tontowi Ahmad / Lilyana Natsir	Chen Hung-ling / Cheng Wen-hsing	Walkover

Korea Open

• Hwasun Indoor Stadium, Hwasun, South Korea, December 6–11, 2011.^[13]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Lee Hyun-il	Shon Wan-ho	21–18, 21–16
Women's singles	Sung Ji-hyun	Han Li	21–18, 21–16
Men's doubles	Ko Sung-hyun / Yoo Yeon-seong	Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae	21–15, 24–22
Women's doubles	Eom Hye-won / Jang Ye-na	Shinta Mulia Sari / Yao Lei	21–15, 21–16
Mixed doubles	Yoo Yeon-seong / Jang Ye-na	Kim Ki-jung / Jung Kyung-eun	21–17, 21–19

India Open

• Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow, India, December 20–25, 2011.^[14]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Taufik Hidayat	Sourabh Varma	21–15, 21–18
Women's singles	Ratchanok Inthanon	Porntip Buranaprasertsuk	Walkover
Men's doubles	Naoki Kawamae / Shōji Satō	Andrei Adistia / Christopher Rusdianto	21–17, 12–21, 23–21
Women's doubles	Shinta Mulia Sari / Yao Lei	Miyuki Maeda / Satoko Suetsuna	21–17, 21–18
Mixed doubles	Sudket Prapakamol / Saralee Thungthongkam	Muhammad Rizal / Debby Susanto	16–21, 21–18, 21–11

Grand Prix

Russian Open

• Sports Hall Olympic, Vladivostok, Russia, June 28–July 3, 2011.^[15]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Zhou Wenlong	Tian Houwei	21–18, 21–15
Women's singles	Lu Lan	Chen Xiaojia	20–22, 21–15, 23–21
Men's doubles	Naoki Kawamae / Shoji Sato	Hiroyuki Endo / Kenichi Hayakawa	21–18, 21–17
Women's doubles	Valeria Sorokina / Nina Vislova	Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi	22–20, 21–18
Mixed doubles	Alexandr Nikolaenko / Valeria Sorokina	Shintaro Ikeda / Reiko Shiota	21–18, 21–14

Canada Open

• Richmond Oval, Richmond, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 19–24, 2011.^[16]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Marc Zwiebler	Taufik Hidayat	21–13, 25–23
Women's singles	Cheng Shao-chieh	Pi Hongyan	21–15, 21–11
Men's doubles	Ko Sung-hyun / Lee Yong-dae	Liu Xiaolong / Qiu Zihan	21–18, 21–16
Women's doubles	Cheng Shu / Bao Yixin	Cheng Wen-hsing / Chien Yu-chin	21–13, 23–21
Mixed doubles	Michael Fuchs / Birgit Michels	Chen Hung-ling / Cheng Wen-hsing	21–10, 23–21

Vietnam Open

• Phan Dinh Phung Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, August 22–28, 2011.^[17]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Nguyen Tien Minh	Sho Sasaki	21–13, 21–17
Women's singles	Fu Mingtian	Kaori Imabeppu	21–18, 16–21, 21–8
Men's doubles	Angga Pratama / Ryan Agung Saputra	Danny Bawa Chrisnanta / Chayut Triyachart	21–12, 16–21, 21–19
Women's doubles	Anneke Feinya Agustin / Nitya Krishinda Maheswari	Shinta Mulia Sari / Yao Lei	23–21, 26–24
Mixed doubles	Vitalij Durkin / Nina Vislova	Chung Eui-seok / Yoo Hyun-young	21–16, 21–13

Dutch Open

• Topsportcentrum Almere, Almere, Netherlands, October 11–16, 2011.^[18]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Hsueh Hsuan-yi	Chou Tien-chen	18–21, 21–15, 21–16
Women's singles	Yao Jie	Pusarla Venkata Sindhu	21–16, 21–17
Men's doubles	Adam Cwalina / Michał Łogosz	Ingo Kindervater / Johannes Schoettler	21–19, 19–21, 21–14
Women's doubles	Duanganong Aroonkesorn / Kunchala Voravichitchaikul	Shinta Mulia Sari / Yao Lei	21–10, 21–16
Mixed doubles	Songphon Anugritayawon / Kunchala Voravichitchaikul	Sudket Prapakamol / Saralee Thungthongkam	21–17, 24–22

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tournament Calendar – 2011. Badminton World Federation. bwfbadminton.org. 7 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20120808054926/http://www.bwfbadminton.org/tournamentcalendar.aspx?id=103&year=2011. 2012-08-08. dead.
2. Web site: 2011 화순빅터 코리아배드민턴그랑프리골드국제배드민턴선수권대회 . www.bka.kr . 16 December 2020 . ko.
3. Web site: German Open Grand Prix Gold 2011. tournamentsoftware.com. 2011-04-04.
4. Web site: Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold 2011. tournamentsoftware.com. 2011-04-04.
5. Web site: Australian Open Grand Prix Gold 2011. tournamentsoftware.com. 2011-04-10.
6. Web site: Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold 2011. tournamentsoftware.com. 2011-05-08.
7. Web site: Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold 2011. tournamentsoftware.com. 2011-06-12.
8. Web site: 2011 US Open Grand Prix Gold. tournamentsoftware.com. 2011-07-17.
9. Web site: Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold 2011. tournamentsoftware.com. 2011-09-11.
10. Web site: Indonesia Open GP Gold 2011. tournamentsoftware.com. 2011-10-03.
11. Web site: Bitburger Open 2011. tournamentsoftware.com.
12. Web site: Macau Open. tournamentsoftware.com. 2011-12-05.
13. Web site: 2011 Korea Grand Prix Gold. tournamentsoftware.com. 2011-12-11.
14. Web site: India Open Grand Prix Gold. tournamentsoftware.com. 2011-12-25.
15. Web site: Russian Open Grand Prix 2011. tournamentsoftware.com. 2011-07-10.
16. Web site: 2011 Canada Open. tournamentsoftware.com. 2011-07-25.
17. Web site: Vietnam Grand Prix Open 2011. tournamentsoftware.com. 2011-09-01.
18. Web site: Dutch Open 2011. tournamentsoftware.com. 2011-10-17.