2024 Canada Open Explained

Dates:2 July – 7 July
Number Edition:59th
Level:G2L4
Prize Money:420000
Venue:Markin-MacPhail Centre
Location:Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Ms:Koki Watanabe
Country Ms:JPN
Ws:Busanan Ongbamrungphan
Country Ws:THA
Md1:Kim Astrup
Country Md1:DEN
Md2:Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Country Md2:DEN
Wd1:Rin Iwanaga
Country Wd1:JPN
Wd2:Kie Nakanishi
Country Wd2:JPN
Xd1:Jesper Toft
Country Xd1:DEN
Xd2:Amalie Magelund
Country Xd2:DEN
Previous:2023
Next:2025

The 2024 Canada Open (officially known as the Yonex Canada Open 2024 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at Markin-MacPhail Centre in Calgary, Canada, from 2 July to 7 July 2024 and has a total purse of $420,000.

Tournament

The 2024 Canada Open was the nineteenth tournament of the 2024 BWF World Tour and also part of the Canada Open championships, which has been held since 1957. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Canada and sanctioned by the BWF.[1] Started from 2023, the Canada Open has moved from the entry level of BWF World Tour Super 100 up two levels to Super 500.[2]

Venue

This international tournament was held at the Markin-MacPhail Centre, WinSport in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.[1]

Point distribution

Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 500 event.[3]

Prize pool

The total prize money was US$420,000 with the distribution of the prize money in accordance with BWF regulations.[1] [2]

EventWinnerFinalistSemi-finalsQuarter-finalsLast 16
Singles$31,500 $15,960$6,090 $2,520 $1,470
Doubles$33,180 $15,960 $5,880 $3,045 $1,575

Men's singles

Seeds

  1. Anders Antonsen (quarter-finals)
  2. Kodai Naraoka (quarter-finals)
  3. Kenta Nishimoto (quarter-finals)
  4. Lakshya Sen (withdrew)
  5. Lin Chun-yi (first round)
  6. Koki Watanabe (champion)
  7. Ng Ka Long (quarter-finals)
  8. Rasmus Gemke (first round)

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

Women's singles

Seeds

  1. Beiwen Zhang (semi-finals)
  2. Nozomi Okuhara (semi-finals)
  3. Busanan Ongbamrungphan (champion)
  4. Line Kjærsfeldt (final)
  5. Sung Shuo-yun (second round)
  6. Hsu Wen-chi (quarter-finals)
  7. Mia Blichfeldt (withdrew)
  8. Line Christophersen (second round)

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

Men's doubles

Seeds

  1. Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (champions)
  2. Rasmus Kjær / Frederik Søgaard (semi-finals)
  3. Ben Lane / Sean Vendy (final)
  4. Kenya Mitsuhashi / Hiroki Okamura (semi-finals)
  5. Andreas Søndergaard / Jesper Toft (quarter-finals)
  6. Adam Dong / Nyl Yakura (first round)
  7. Chen Zhi-ray / Lin Yu-chieh (first round)
  8. Peeratchai Sukphun / Pakkapon Teeraratsakul (second round)

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

  1. Rin Iwanaga / Kie Nakanishi (champions)
  2. Maiken Fruergaard / Sara Thygesen (second round)
  3. Treesa Jolly / Gayatri Gopichand (quarter-finals)
  4. Laksika Kanlaha / Phataimas Muenwong (semi-finals)
  5. Annie Xu / Kerry Xu (second round)
  6. Francesca Corbett / Allison Lee (second round)
  7. Rui Hirokami / Yuna Kato (second round)
  8. Keng Shuliang / Zhang Chi (quarter-finals)

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

  1. Mathias Christiansen / Alexandra Bøje (final)
  2. Dejan Ferdinansyah / Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja (first round)
  3. Vinson Chiu / Jennie Gai (first round)
  4. Presley Smith / Allison Lee (quarter-finals)
  5. Pakkapon Teeraratsakul / Phataimas Muenwong (quarter-finals)
  6. Zhou Zhihong / Yang Jiayi (first round)
  7. Praveen Jordan / Serena Kani (second round)
  8. Chen Cheng-kuan / Hsu Yin-hui (semi-finals)

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prospectus Yonex Canada Open 2024. . 19 June 2024.
  2. Web site: Saelhof . Todd . Annual stop of Canada Open badminton bringing bigger purse, larger names to Calgary . The Calgary Sun . 3 July 2023 . 8 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230708093738/https://calgarysun.com/sports/annual-stop-of-canada-open-badminton-bringing-bigger-purse-larger-names-to-calgary . 8 July 2023 . live .
  3. Web site: World Ranking System . Badminton World Federation. 23 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190510005434/https://system.bwfbadminton.com/documents/folder_1_81/folder_1_82/New-Regulations-2018/5.3.3.1%20World%20Ranking%20System.pdf . 10 May 2019 . live .