Orléans Masters Explained

Sport:Badminton
Founded:1994
Founder:Cercle Laïque des Tourelles Orléans
Country:France
Website:orleansmasters.com

The Orléans Masters championships is an open badminton tournament held in France. This tournament is organized by the Cercle Laïque des Tourelles Orléans (CLTO) Badminton and held in the Palais des Sports in Orléans.[1]

This tournament began as a regional event in 1994, and later included as national event in 1999.[2] In 2012, this tournament known as French International as a part of European circuit and sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation as International Series. The French International upgraded its level as International Challenge in 2013, and changed its name to Orléans International in 2015, to avoid confusion with the already established French Open held in Paris.[3] [4]

In June 2017, the Badminton World Federation has accepted the candidacy of CLTO to organized of a higher ranking tournament. Thus, from 2018 and for a period of four years, the Orléans International becomes the Orléans Masters and enters the very restricted circle of the 30 best badminton tournaments in the world as BWF Tour Super 100 level with a total prize money $65,000, equivalent to the old Grand Prix level tournaments prior to the World Tour.[3] From 2023 onwards, this is a Super 300 tournament.[5]

Past winners

YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doubles
2012 Anand Pawar Judith Meulendijks Peter Käsbauer
Josche Zurwonne
Judith Meulendijks
Johanna Goliszewski
Peter Käsbauer
Johanna Goliszewski
2013 Rajiv Ouseph Beatriz Corrales Adam Cwalina
Przemysław Wacha
Rie Eto
Yu Wakita
Robert Blair
Imogen Bankier
2014 Pablo Abián Imogen Bankier
Petya Nedelcheva
2015 Matthew Nottingham
Harley Towler
Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva
Mathias Christiansen
Lena Grebak
2016 Emil Holst Goh Jin Wei Richard Eidestedt
Nico Ruponen
Heather Olver
Lauren Smith
2017 Mark Caljouw Kirsty Gilmour Liao Min-chun
Su Cheng-heng
Asumi Kugo
Megumi Yokoyama
Mark Lamsfuß
Isabel Herttrich
2018 Shiori Saito Mark Lamsfuß
Marvin Seidel
Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva
Niclas Nøhr
Sara Thygesen
2019 Koki Watanabe Saena Kawakami Lee Yang
Wang Chi-lin
Chloe Birch
Lauren Smith
Thom Gicquel
Delphine Delrue
2020Cancelled
2021 Toma Junior Popov Busanan Ongbamrungphan Ben Lane
Sean Vendy
Jongkolphan Kititharakul
Rawinda Prajongjai
Mathias Christiansen
Alexandra Bøje
2022 Putri Kusuma Wardani Ruben Jille
Ties van der Lecq
Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva
Terry Hee
Tan Wei Han
2023 Priyanshu Rajawat Carolina Marín Chen Boyang
Liu Yi
Rena Miyaura
Ayako Sakuramoto
Chen Tang Jie
Toh Ee Wei
2024 Yushi Tanaka Tomoka Miyazaki Choong Hon Jian
Muhammad Haikal
Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari
Rachel Allessya Rose
Cheng Xing
Zhang Chi

Performances

PosNationMSWSMDWDXDTotal
12338
21146
31225
420.524.5
2110.54.5
6134
73.53.5
10.523.5
9213
1113
11112
22
22
112
22
112
1711
11
11
Total121212121260

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Manuel . Røsler . Fanny . Parmentier . A French premiere . www.badmintoneurope.com . 6 April 2012 . 16 March 2020.
  2. Web site: Orléans Masters Badminton: Le CLTO badminton d’Orléans réunit chaque année l'élite mondiale du badminton . www.orleans-metropole.fr . 16 March 2020 . 16 March 2020 . French.
  3. Web site: Joel . Renaudeau . Tournoi international d'Orléans 2019 . lnaqbad.fr . 19 February 2019 . 16 March 2020 . French.
  4. Web site: Julie . Poulet-Sevestre . L'Orléans International Challenge de badminton arrive . www.larep.fr . 7 February 2016 . 16 March 2020 . French.
  5. Web site: BWF World Tour Hosts 2023-2026 Announced . Badminton World Federation. 18 June 2022 . 3 July 2022.