2011 German Open Grand Prix Gold Explained

Dates:2 – 6 March 2011
Level:3A
Prize Money:120000
Venue:RWE-Sporthalle
Location:Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Ms:Lin Dan
Country Ms:CHN
Ws:Liu Xin
Country Ws:CHN
Md1:Jung Jae-sung
Country Md1:KOR
Md2:Lee Yong-dae
Country Md2:KOR
Wd1:Mizuki Fujii
Country Wd1:JPN
Wd2:Reika Kakiiwa
Country Wd2:JPN
Xd1:Robert Blair
Country Xd1:SCO
Xd2:Gabrielle White
Country Xd2:ENG
Previous:2010
Next:2012

The 2011 German Open Grand Prix Gold was a badminton tournament which took place at the RWE-Sporthalle in Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany on 2–6 March 2011 and had a total purse of $120,000.[1] This is for the first time this tournament was graded as a Grand Prix Gold event, where before rate as Grand Prix event with a total pursue of $80,000.[2]

Men's singles

Seeds

  1. Lin Dan (champion)
  2. Chen Jin (final)
  3. Boonsak Ponsana (semifinals)
  4. Park Sung-hwan (semifinals)
  5. Hu Yun (first round)
  6. Marc Zwiebler (second round)
  7. Son Wan-ho (quarterfinals)
  8. Wang Zhengming (third round)
  9. Dicky Palyama (third round)
  10. Kazushi Yamada (third round)
  11. Sho Sasaki (withdrew)
  12. Brice Leverdez (third round)
  13. Wong Wing Ki (third round)
  14. Hans-Kristian Vittinghus (third round)
  15. Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (second round)
  16. Carl Baxter (first round)

Top half

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 4

Women's singles

Seeds

  1. Juliane Schenk (quarterfinals)
  2. Bae Youn-joo (first round)
  3. Yip Pui Yin (first round)
  4. Ella Diehl (first round)
  5. Liu Xin (champion)
  6. Yao Jie (first round)
  7. Petya Nedelcheva (first round)
  8. Eriko Hirose (first round)

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

Men's doubles

Seeds

  1. Ko Sung-hyun / Yoo Yeon-seong (semifinals)
  2. Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae (champion)
  3. Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong (semifinals)
  4. Hirokatsu Hashimoto / Noriyasu Hirata (second round)
  5. Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari / Ong Soon Hock (second round)
  6. Ingo Kindervater / Johannes Schöttler (first round)
  7. Gan Teik Chai / Tan Bin Shen (second round)
  8. Chris Adcock / Andrew Ellis (first round)

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

  1. Miyuki Maeda / Satoko Suetsuna (quarterfinals)
  2. Duanganong Aroonkesorn / Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (quarterfinals)
  3. Petya Nedelcheva / Anastasia Russkikh (withdrew)
  4. Valeri Sorokina / Nina Vislova (quarterfinals)
  5. Mizuki Fujii / Reika Kakiiwa (champion)
  6. Lotte Jonathans / Paulien van Dooremalen (second round)
  7. Shizuka Matsuo / Mami Naito (semifinals)
  8. Sandra Marinello / Birgit Michels (second round)

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

  1. Sudket Prapakamol / Saralee Thoungthongkam (first round)
  2. Robert Mateusiak / Nadiezda Zieba (quarterfinals)
  3. Songphon Anugritayawon / Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (semifinals)
  4. Michael Fuchs / Birgit Michels (first round)
  5. Yoo Yeon-seong / Kim Min-jung (first round)
  6. Robert Blair / Gabrielle White (champion)
  7. Chris Adcock / Imogen Bankier (semifinals)
  8. Valeriy Atrashchenkov / Elena Prus (withdrew)

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: YONEX German Open 2011 . Deutscher Badminton-Verband e.V. . 25 July 2019 . German.
  2. News: Goldener Status . . 6 October 2010 . 25 July 2019 . German.