2016 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix explained

The 2016 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix was the tenth season of the BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix.

Schedule

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

Tour	Official title	Venue	City	Date		Prize money USD	Report
Tour	Official title	Venue	City	Start	Finish	Prize money USD	Report
1	Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold	SPICE Stadium	Penang	January 19	January 24	120,000	Report
2	Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold	Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium	Lucknow	January 26	January 31	120,000	Report
3	Thailand Masters Grand Prix Gold	Nimibutr Stadium	Bangkok	February 8	February 13	120,000	Report
4	German Open Grand Prix Gold	RWE-Sporthalle	Mulheim an der Ruhr	March 1	March 6	120,000	Report
5	Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold	St. Jakobshalle	Basel	March 15	March 20	120,000	Report
6	New Zealand Open Grand Prix Gold	North Shore Events Centre	Auckland	March 22	March 27	120,000	Report
7	China Masters Grand Prix Gold	Olympic Sport Center Xincheng Gymnasium	Jiangsu	April 19	April 24	150,000	Report
8	Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold	Taipei Arena	Taipei	June 28	July 3	200,000	Report
9	Canada Open Grand Prix	Markin MacPhail Centre	Calgary	June 28	July 3	55,000	Report
10	U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold	Los Angeles Badminton Club	El Monte	July 5	July 10	120,000	Report
11	Vietnam Open Grand Prix	Nguyen Du Stadium	Ho Chi Minh City	July 18	July 24	50,000	Report
12	Brazil Open Grand Prix	Costa Cavalcante	Foz do Iguacu	August 30	September 4	55,000	Report
13	Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold	Balikpapan Sport and Convention Center	Balikpapan	September 6	September 11	120,000	Report
14	Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold	Nimibutr Stadium	Bangkok	October 4	October 9	120,000	Report
15	Russian Open Grand Prix	Sport Hall Olympic	Vladivostok	October 4	October 9	55,000	Report
16	Chinese Taipei Masters Grand Prix	Hsin Chuang Gymnasium	Taipei City	October 11	October 16	55,000	Report
17	Dutch Open Grand Prix	Topsportcentrum	Almere	October 11	October 16	55,000	Report
18	Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold	Saarlandhalle	Saarbrücken	November 1	November 6	120,000	Report
19	Scottish Open Grand Prix	Emirates Arena	Glasgow	November 23	November 27	50,000	Report
20	Macau Open Grand Prix Gold	Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion Macau	Macau	November 29	December 4	120,000	Report
21	Korea Masters Grand Prix Gold	Olympic Memorial Civic Center	Seogwipo	December 6	December 11	120,000

Results

Winners

Tour	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
Malaysia	Lee Chong Wei	P. V. Sindhu	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	Zheng Siwei Li Yinhui
India	Srikanth Kidambi	Sung Ji-hyun	Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong	Jung Kyung-eun Shin Seung-chan	Praveen Jordan Debby Susanto
Thai Masters	Lee Hyun-il	Ratchanok Intanon	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen
Germany	Lin Dan	Li Xuerui	Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol	Huang Yaqiong Tang Jinhua	Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na
Swiss	H. S. Prannoy	He Bingjiao	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito	Wang Yilyu Chen Qingchen
New Zealand	Huang Yuxiang	Sung Ji-hyun	Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying
China Masters	Lin Dan	Li Xuerui	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	Luo Ying Luo Yu	Xu Chen Ma Jin
Taipei Gold	Chou Tien-chen	Tai Tzu-ying	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	Huang Dongping Zhong Qianxin	Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen
Canada	B. Sai Praneeth	Michelle Li	Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy	Setyana Mapasa Gronya Somerville	Do Tuan Duc Pham Nhu Thao
U.S. Gold	Lee Hyun-il	Ayumi Mine	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Shiho Tanaka Koharu Yonemoto	Yugo Kobayashi Wakana Nagahara
Vietnam	Wong Wing Ki	Yeo Jia Min	Lee Jhe-huei Lee Yang	Della Destiara Haris Rosyita Eka Putri Sari	Tan Kian Meng Lai Pei Jing
Brazil	Zulfadli Zulkiffli	Beatriz Corrales	Michael Fuchs Fabian Holzer	Barbara Bellenberg Eva Janssens	Pranaav Jerry Chopra N. Sikki Reddy
Indonesia Masters	Shi Yuqi	Busanan Ongbumrungpan	Wahyu Nayaka Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	Chae Yoo-jung Kim So-yeong	Ronald Alexander Melati Daeva Oktavianti
Thai Open	Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk	Aya Ohori	Berry Angriawan Rian Agung Saputro	Puttita Supajirakul Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Tan Kian Meng Lai Pei Jing
Russia	Zulfadli Zulkiffli	Gadde Ruthvika Shivani	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	Anastasia Chervyakova Olga Morozova	Pranaav Jerry Chopra N. Sikki Reddy
Taipei Masters	Sourabh Varma	Ayumi Mine	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	Tang Chun Man Tse Ying Suet
Netherlands	Wang Tzu-wei	Zhang Beiwen	Lee Jhe-huei Lee Yang	Setyana Mapasa Gronya Somerville	Mathias Christiansen Sara Thygesen
Bitburger	Shi Yuqi	He Bingjiao	Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen
Scotland	Anders Antonsen	Mette Poulsen	Mathias Christiansen David Daugaard	Lim Yin Loo Yap Cheng Wen	Goh Soon Huat Shevon Jemie Lai
Macau	Zhao Junpeng	Chen Yufei	Lee Jhe-huei Lee Yang	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Zhang Nan Li Yinhui
Korea Masters	Son Wan-ho	Sung Ji-hyun	Kim Jae-hwan Ko Sung-hyun	Jung Kyung-eun Shin Seung-chan	Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na

Performance by countries

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

S.no	MAS	IND	THA	GER	SUI	NZL	CHN	TPE	CAN	USA	VIE	BRA	INA	THA	RUS	TPE	NED	GER	SCO	MAC	KOR	Total
1	1		2	3	2	1	4	3					1					4		4		25
2		2	1	2		2	1			1			1								5	15
3	1	1				1					1	1		1	1			1	2			10
4	1	1			1				2			1			2	1						9
4	1				1	1				3				1		2						9
5	1	1	1								1		2	1		1						8
6					1					1							1		3			6
6								2			1						2			1		6
7			1										1	2								4
8									1								1					2
											1					1						2
												2										2
															2							2
9									1													1
									1													1
											1											1
												1										1
																	1					1

Grand Prix Gold

Malaysia Masters

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Lee Chong Wei	Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin	21–18, 21–11
Women's singles	P. V. Sindhu	Kirsty Gilmour	21–15, 21–9
Men's doubles		Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong	18–21, 21–13, 21–18
Women's doubles	Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi	Tang Yuanting / Yu Yang	21–18, 22–20
Mixed doubles	Zheng Siwei / Li Yinhui	Tan Kian Meng / Lai Pei Jing	21–14, 21–19

Syed Modi International

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Srikanth Kidambi	Huang Yuxiang	21–13, 14–21, 21–14
Women's singles	Sung Ji-hyun	Sayaka Sato	12–21, 21–18, 21–18
Men's doubles	Goh V Shem / Tan Wee Kiong	Pranaav Jerry Chopra / Akshay Dewalkar	14–21, 24–22, 21–8
Women's doubles	Jung Kyung-eun / Shin Seung-chan	Eefje Muskens / Selena Piek	21–15, 21–13
Mixed doubles	Praveen Jordan / Debby Susanto		23–25, 21–9, 21–16

Thailand Masters

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Lee Hyun-il	Hu Yun	21–18, 21–19
Women's singles	Ratchanok Intanon	Sun Yu	21–19, 18–21, 21–17
Men's doubles	Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan	Kim Gi-jung / Kim Sa-rang	12–21, 21–15, 21–12
Women's doubles	Tian Qing / Zhao Yunlei	Tang Yuanting / Yu Yang	11–21, 21–12, 23–21
Mixed doubles	Zheng Siwei / Chen Qingchen	Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying	21–17, 21–15

German Open

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Lin Dan	Chou Tien-chen	15–21, 21–17, 21–17
Women's singles	Li Xuerui	Wang Shixian	21–14, 21–17
Men's doubles	Ko Sung-hyun / Shin Baek-cheol	Lee Yong-dae / Yoo Yeon-seong	20–22, 21–18, 21–17
Women's doubles	Huang Yaqiong / Tang Jinhua		21–14, 21–18
Mixed doubles	Ko Sung-hyun / Kim Ha-na	Shin Baek-cheol / Chae Yoo-jung	21–19, 21–12

Swiss Open

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	H. S. Prannoy	Marc Zwiebler	21–18, 21–15
Women's singles	He Bingjiao	Wang Yihan	21–16, 21–10
Men's doubles	Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Lee Sheng-mu / Tsai Chia-hsin	21–8, 21–15
Women's doubles	Shizuka Matsuo / Mami Naito	Naoko Fukuman / Kurumi Yonao	21–16, 12–21, 21–12
Mixed doubles	Wang Yilyu / Chen Qingchen	Bodin Isara / Savitree Amitrapai	19–21, 21–16, 21–15

New Zealand Open

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Huang Yuxiang	Riichi Takeshita	21–12, 21–17
Women's singles	Sung Ji-hyun	Aya Ohori	21–15, 21–17
Men's doubles	Ko Sung-hyun / Shin Baek-cheol	Angga Pratama / Ricky Karanda Suwardi	21–18, 21–14
Women's doubles	Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota	Chang Ye-na / Lee So-hee	21–13, 21–16
Mixed doubles	Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying	Zheng Siwei / Li Yinhui	21–19, 22–20

China Masters

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Lin Dan	Chen Long	21–17, 23–21
Women's singles	Li Xuerui	Sun Yu	21–16, 19–21, 21–6
Men's doubles	Lee Yong-dae / Yoo Yeon-seong	Kim Gi-jung / Kim Sa-rang	21–17, 21–14
Women's doubles	Luo Ying / Luo Yu	Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan	16–21, 21–15, 21–18
Mixed doubles	Xu Chen / Ma Jin	Zheng Siwei / Chen Qingchen	21–17, 21–15

Chinese Taipei Open

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Chou Tien-chen	Qiao Bin	21–18, 21–17
Women's singles	Tai Tzu-ying	Wang Shixian	23–21, 21–6
Men's doubles	Li Junhui / Liu Yuchen	Chen Hung-ling / Wang Chi-lin	21–17, 17–21, 24–22
Women's doubles	Huang Dongping / Zhong Qianxin	Luo Ying / Luo Yu	21–18, 21–16
Mixed doubles	Zheng Siwei / Chen Qingchen	Tan Kian Meng / Lai Pei Jing	21–13, 21–16

U.S Open

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Lee Hyun-il	Kanta Tsuneyama	24–22, 21–8
Women's singles	Ayumi Mine	Saena Kawakami	16–21, 21–11, 21–15
Men's doubles	Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen	Takuro Hoki / Yugo Kobayashi	21–11, 22–20
Women's doubles	Shiho Tanaka / Koharu Yonemoto	Mayu Matsumoto / Wakana Nagahara	20–22, 21–15, 21–19
Mixed doubles	Yugo Kobayashi / Wakana Nagahara	Robert Mateusiak / Nadieżda Zięba	21–16, 21–18

Indonesian Masters

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Shi Yuqi	Huang Yuxiang	21–12, 11–0 retired
Women's singles	Busanan Ongbumrungpan	Goh Jin Wei	21–15, 21–13
Men's doubles	Wahyu Nayaka / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	Han Chengkai / Zhou Haodong	21–16, 21–18
Women's doubles	Chae Yoo-jung / Kim So-yeong	Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai	21–18, 22–20
Mixed doubles	Ronald Alexander / Melati Daeva Oktavianti	Tan Kian Meng / Lai Pei Jing	21–16, 21–17

Thailand Open

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	21–15, 21–16
Women's singles	Aya Ohori	Busanan Ongbumrungpan	25–23, 21–8
Men's doubles	Berry Angriawan / Rian Agung Saputro	Takuto Inoue / Yuki Kaneko	17–21, 21–14, 21–18
Women's doubles	Puttita Supajirakul / Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Mayu Matsumoto / Wakana Nagahara	21–12, 21–17
Mixed doubles	Tan Kian Meng / Lai Pei Jing	Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet	21–16, 22–20

Bitburger Open

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Shi Yuqi	Sourabh Varma	21–19, 22–20
Women's singles	He Bingjiao	Nitchaon Jindapol	21–11, 21–18
Men's doubles	Ong Yew Sin / Teo Ee Yi	Michael Fuchs / Johannes Schoettler	21–16, 21–18
Women's doubles	Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan	Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai	21–12, 21–19
Mixed doubles	Zheng Siwei / Chen Qingchen	Chris Adcock / Gabby Adcock	21–16, 23–21

Macau Open

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Zhao Junpeng	Chou Tien-chen	21–11, 21–19
Women's singles	Chen Yufei	Chen Xiaoxin	21–13, 21–18
Men's doubles	Lee Jhe-huei / Lee Yang	Lu Kai / Zhang Nan	17–21, 21–18, 21–19
Women's doubles	Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan	Anggia Shitta Awanda / Ni Ketut Mahadewi Istirani	21–15, 21–13
Mixed doubles	Zhang Nan / Li Yinhui	Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet	21–19, 21–15

Korea Masters

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Son Wan-ho	Liew Daren	21–13, 21–16
Women's singles	Sung Ji-hyun	Lee Jang-mi	21–8, 21–10
Men's doubles	Kim Jae-hwan / Ko Sung-hyun	Lee Jhe-huei / Lee Yang	21–19, 21–18
Women's doubles	Jung Kyung-eun / Shin Seung-chan	Chae Yoo-jung / Kim So-yeong	21–14, 21–14
Mixed doubles	Ko Sung-hyun / Kim Ha-na		21–19, 21–16

Grand Prix

Canada Open

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	B. Sai Praneeth	Lee Hyun-il	21–12, 21–10
Women's singles	Michelle Li	Zhang Beiwen	Walkover
Men's doubles	Manu Attri / B. Sumeeth Reddy	Adrian Liu / Toby Ng	21–8, 21–14
Women's doubles	Setyana Mapasa / Gronya Somerville	Heather Olver / Lauren Smith	21–15, 21–16
Mixed doubles	Do Tuan Duc / Pham Nhu Thao	Nico Ruponen / Amanda Hogstrom	21–9, 10–21, 21–13

Vietnam Open

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Wong Wing Ki		21–12, 14–21, 21–13
Women's singles	Yeo Jia Min	Ayumi Mine	21–14, 21–17
Men's doubles	Lee Jhe-huei / Lee Yang	Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong	18–21, 21–14, 21–7
Women's doubles		Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah / Rizki Amelia Pradipta	21–11, 21–15
Mixed doubles	Tan Kian Meng / Lai Pei Jing	Alfian Eko Prasetya / Annisa Saufika	21–16, 21–11

Brazil Open

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Zulfadli Zulkiffli	Anand Pawar	18–21, 21–11, 21–17
Women's singles	Beatriz Corrales	Airi Mikkelä	21–13, 21–11
Men's doubles	Michael Fuchs / Fabian Holzer	Jones Ralfy Jansen / Josche Zurwonne	21–19, 21–18
Women's doubles	Barbara Bellenberg / Eva Janssens	Bianca de Oliveira Lima / Naira Beatriz Vier	21–7, 21–10
Mixed doubles	Pranaav Jerry Chopra / N. Sikki Reddy	Toby Ng / Rachel Honderich	21–15, 21–16

Russian Open

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Zulfadli Zulkiffli	Siril Verma	16–21, 21–19, 21–10
Women's singles	Gadde Ruthvika Shivani	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	21–10, 21–13
Men's doubles		Konstantin Abramov / Alexandr Zinchenko	21–15, 21–14
Women's doubles	Anastasia Chervyakova / Olga Morozova		21–14, 22–20
Mixed doubles	Pranaav Jerry Chopra / N. Sikki Reddy	Vladimir Ivanov / Valeria Sorokina	21–17, 21–19

Chinese Taipei Masters

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Sourabh Varma	Liew Daren	12–10, 12–10, 3–3 Retired
Women's singles	Ayumi Mine	Saena Kawakami	12–10, 7–11, 11–9, 12–10
Men's doubles	Fajar Alfian / M. Rian Ardianto	Chen Hung-ling / Wang Chi-lin	11–6, 11–6, 11–13, 9–11, 12–10
Women's doubles	Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota	Shiho Tanaka / Koharu Yonemoto	12–10, 11–5, 11–7
Mixed doubles	Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet	Ryota Taohata / Koharu Yonemoto	11–3, 11–7, 14–12

Dutch Open

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Wang Tzu-wei	Ajay Jayaram	21–10, 17–21, 21–18
Women's singles	Zhang Beiwen	Hsu Ya-ching	21–11, 21–19
Men's doubles	Lee Jhe-huei / Lee Yang	Mathias Christiansen / David Daugaard	21–17, 21–17
Women's doubles	Setyana Mapasa / Gronya Somerville	Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva	17–21, 21–17, 21–16
Mixed doubles	Mathias Christiansen / Sara Thygesen	Soren Gravholt / Maiken Fruergaard	21–18, 20–22, 21–16

Scottish Open

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Anders Antonsen	Soong Joo Ven	22–20, 21–14
Women's singles	Mette Poulsen	Sabrina Jaquet	21–18, 17–21, 21–14
Men's doubles	Mathias Christiansen / David Daugaard	Adam Hall / Peter Mills	15–21, 21–19, 21–15
Women's doubles	Lim Yin Loo / Yap Cheng Wen	Amelia Alicia Anscelly / Teoh Mei Xing	21–17, 21–13
Mixed doubles	Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai	Pranaav Jerry Chopra / N. Sikki Reddy	13–21, 21–18, 21–16

Notes and References

Web site: Tournament Calendar – 2016. Badminton World Federation. bwfbadminton.org. 3 October 2016.

S.no	MAS	IND	THA	GER	SUI	NZL	CHN	TPE	CAN	USA	VIE	BRA	INA	THA	RUS	TPE	NED	GER	SCO	MAC	KOR	Total
1	1		2	3	2	1	4	3					1					4		4		25
2		2	1	2		2	1			1			1								5	15
3	1	1				1					1	1		1	1			1	2			10
4	1	1			1				2			1			2	1						9
4	1				1	1				3				1		2						9
5	1	1	1								1		2	1		1						8
6					1					1							1		3			6
6								2			1						2			1		6
7			1										1	2								4
8									1								1					2
											1					1						2
												2										2
															2							2
9									1													1
									1													1
											1											1
												1										1
																	1					1

S.no	MAS	IND	THA	GER	SUI	NZL	CHN	TPE	CAN	USA	VIE	BRA	INA	THA	RUS	TPE	NED	GER	SCO	MAC	KOR	Total
1	1		2	3	2	1	4	3					1					4		4		25
2		2	1	2		2	1			1			1								5	15
3	1	1				1					1	1		1	1			1	2			10
4	1	1			1				2			1			2	1						9
4	1				1	1				3				1		2						9
5	1	1	1								1		2	1		1						8
6					1					1							1		3			6
6								2			1						2			1		6
7			1										1	2								4
8									1								1					2
											1					1						2
												2										2
															2							2
9									1													1
									1													1
											1											1
												1										1
																	1					1

S.no	MAS	IND	THA	GER	SUI	NZL	CHN	TPE	CAN	USA	VIE	BRA	INA	THA	RUS	TPE	NED	GER	SCO	MAC	KOR	Total
1	1		2	3	2	1	4	3					1					4		4		25
2		2	1	2		2	1			1			1								5	15
3	1	1				1					1	1		1	1			1	2			10
4	1	1			1				2			1			2	1						9
4	1				1	1				3				1		2						9
5	1	1	1								1		2	1		1						8
6					1					1							1		3			6
6								2			1						2			1		6
7			1										1	2								4
8									1								1					2
											1					1						2
												2										2
															2							2
9									1													1
									1													1
											1											1
												1										1
																	1					1