BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix explained

The BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was run from 2007 to 2017.

Features

Prize money

A Grand Prix Gold tournament offered minimum prize money of US$120,000, while a Grand Prix tournament offered minimum prize money of US$50,000. The formula of prize money distribution was identical to Super Series tournament.^[1]

World Ranking points

See main article: BWF World Ranking. The BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix series offered third only to BWF tournaments (after BWF events and Super Series), according to World Ranking system.^[2]

Tournaments

Tournament	Season
	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Australian Open			bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●
Bitburger Open	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●
Brasil Open								bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●
Bulgaria Open		bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●
Canada Open				bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●
China Masters								bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●
Chinese Taipei Masters									bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●
Chinese Taipei Open	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●
Dutch Open	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●
German Open	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●
India Open		bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●
Indonesian Masters				bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●
Korea Masters				bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●
London Grand Prix Gold							bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●
Macau Open	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●
Malaysia Masters			bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●
Mexico City Grand Prix									bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●
New Zealand Open	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●				bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●
Philippines Open	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●		bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●
Russian Open	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●
Scottish Open							bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●
Swiss Open					bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●
Syed Modi International			bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●		bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●
Thailand Masters										bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●
Thailand Open	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●		bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●		bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●
U.S. Grand Prix								bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●
U.S. Open	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00 align="center"	●
Vietnam Open	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●	bgcolor=#3399ff align="center"	●

Notes and References

1. Web site: Regulations for Grand Prix. Badminton World Federation. Bwfbadminton.org. 15 February 2014. 14 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140214022830/http://bwfbadminton.org/file.aspx?id=524497&dl=1. dead.
2. Web site: Overview Ranking. Badminton World Federation. Bwfbadminton.org. 15 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20110813001214/http://bwfbadminton.org/page.aspx?id=15370. 2011-08-13. dead.