2014 Korea Grand Prix Explained

2014 Korea Grand Prix
Dates:4–9 November
Level:3B
Prize Money:50,000
Venue:Jeonju Indoor Badminton Court
Location:Jeonju, South Korea
Ms:Lee Dong-keun
Country Ms:KOR
Ws:Nozomi Okuhara
Country Ws:JPN
Md1:Lee Yong-dae
Country Md1:KOR
Md2:Yoo Yeon-seong
Country Md2:KOR
Wd1:Lee So-hee
Country Wd1:KOR
Wd2:Shin Seung-chan
Country Wd2:KOR
Xd1:Choi Sol-gyu
Country Xd1:KOR
Xd2:Shin Seung-chan
Country Xd2:KOR
Previous:2013
Next:2015

The 2014 Korea Grand Prix was the sixteenth badminton tournament of the 2014 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held in Jeonju Indoor Badminton Court, Jeonju, South Korea from 4 until 9 November 2014 and had a total purse of $50,000.[1] This tournament hosted by the Badminton Korea Association, and organized by Jeonbuk National Badminton Association, with the sanctioned from the BWF. The sponsor of this tournament was the Jeollabuk-do, Jeonju city; Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Korea Sports Council; and the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation.[2] At the end of the tournament, the host country won four from five titles, and also made a record to win the three consecutive doubles events (men's, women's, and mixed) for the eighth consecutive time. The women's singles title goes to Japanese player.[3]

Men's singles

Seeds

  1. Lee Dong-keun (champion)
  2. Daren Liew (first round)
  3. Riichi Takeshita (third round)
  4. Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif (third round)
  5. Lee Hyun-il (finals)
  6. Wang Tzu-wei (third round)
  7. Kazumasa Sakai (semifinals)
  8. Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin (quarterfinals)
  9. Shih Kuei-chun (third round)
  10. Goh Soon Huat (third round)
  11. Wan Chia-hsin (third round)
  12. Fikri Ihsandi Hadmadi (second round)
  13. Tan Kian Meng (quarterfinals)
  14. Kenta Nishimoto (third round)
  15. Ai Wei Jian (first round)
  16. Park Sung-min (first round)

Finals

Women's singles

Seeds

  1. Pai Hsiao-ma (first round)
  2. Tee Jing Yi (first round)
  3. Maria Febe Kusumastuti (first round)
  4. Kaori Imabeppu (quarterfinals)
  5. Kana Ito (semifinals)
  6. Nozomi Okuhara (champion)
  7. Sayaka Sato (finals)
  8. Yang Li Lian (second round)

Finals

Men's doubles

Seeds

  1. Lee Yong-dae / Yoo Yeon-seong (champion)
  2. Ko Sung-hyun / Shin Baek-choel (finals)
  3. Liao Min-chun / Tseng Min-hao (first round)
  4. Hiroyuki Saeki / Ryota Taohata (semifinals)
  5. Kenta Kazuno / Kazushi Yamada (first round)
  6. Choi Sol-kyu / Kang Ji-wook (quarterfinals)
  7. Kim Dae-sun / Kim Duck-young (first round)
  8. Takuto Inoue / Yuki Kaneko (quarterfinals)

Finals

Women's doubles

Seeds

  1. Lee So-hee / Shin Seung-chan (champion)
  2. Suci Rizky Andini / Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah (first round)
  3. Amelia Alicia Anscelly / Soong Fie Cho (first round)
  4. Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota (quarterfinals)
  5. Chang Ye-na / Yoo Hae-won (finals)
  6. Go Ah-ra / Kim So-yeong (semifinals)
  7. Choi Hye-in / Kim Ha-na (first round)
  8. Eom Hye-won / Jung Kyung-eun (quarterfinals)

Finals

Mixed doubles

Seeds

  1. Ko Sung-hyun / Kim Ha-na (first round)
  2. Tan Aik Quan / Lai Pei Jing (second round)
  3. Liao Min-chun / Chen Hsiao-huan (second round)
  4. Wong Fai Yin / Chow Mei Kuan (quarterfinals)
  5. Shin Baek-choel / Chang Ye-na (finals)
  6. Choi Sol-gyu / Shin Seung-chan (champion)
  7. Chan Peng Soon / Ng Hui Lin (second round)
  8. Ong Jian Guo / Lee Meng Yean (withdrew)

Finals

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 2014 전주 빅터 코리아오픈 그랑프리 . 배드민턴타임즈. 16 July 2017. Korean.
  2. News: 2014 전주 빅터 코리아그랑프리국제배드민턴선수권대회 . 배드민턴데일리. 16 July 2017. Korean.
  3. News: -코리아배드민턴- 이용대-유연성, 신백철-고성현 꺾고 우승(종합2보) . Yonhap. 16 July 2017. Korean.