Israel Open (badminton) explained

The Israel Open, formerly called Hatzor International, in badminton is an international open held in Israel since 1975. It was held annually from 1975 to 1982, but between 1983 and 2005 the competition was held only thrice. The competition was resumed in 2006 under a new name Hatzor International, after the club which host the event at Kibbutz Hatzor. Israeli National Badminton Championships started in 1977.

Previous winners

YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doubles
1975 Victor YusimNo competition Victor Yusim
Michael Schneidman
align=center colspan=2No competition
1976 Michael Schneidman Tineke Hof Tineke Hof
Devora Geffen
align=center rowspan=2No competition
1977 Victor Yusim Eva Unglick Eva Unglick
Chaya Grunstein
1978 Chaya Grunstein Chaya Grunstein
Carole Silman
Michael Rapaport
Carole Silman
1979 Eva Unglick Eva Unglick
Chaya Grunstein
Nissim Duk
Eva Unglick
1980 Yitzhak Serrouya Elka Kalb Nissim Duk
Yitzhak Serrouya
Elka Kalb
Irit Ben Shushan
Michael Rapaport
Eva Unglick
1981 Johann Ratheyser Adelhid Losek Johann Rathyser
Gerard Hofegger
Eva Unglick
Irit Ben Shushan
Johann Ratheyser
Adelheid Losek
1982 Andrew Downes Lisa Salmon David Spurling
Stuart Spurling
Lisa Salmon
J. Downes
David Spurling
H. Blake
1983–
1989
No competition
1990 Stephane Renault Christelle Mol Ricardo Fernandes
Marco Vasconcelos
Christelle Mol
Virginie Delvingt
Stephane Renault
Elodie Mansuy
1991–
1997
No competition
1998[1] Aivaras Kvedarauskas Svetlana Zilberman Aivaras Kvedarauskas
Nir Yusim
Svetlana Zilberman
Diana Koleva
Leon Pugatch
Svetlana Zilberman
1999[2] Boris Kessov Neli Boteva Boris Kessov
Georgi Petrov
No competition Ljuben Panov
Diana Koleva
2000–
2005
No competition
2006 Petr Koukal Maja Tvrdy Luka Petric
Mateuz Srekl
align=center rowspan=2No competition Luka Petric
Maja Tvrdy
2007[3] Sho Sasaki Tracey Hallam Jochen Cassel
Thomas Tesche
Valeriy Atrashenkov
Elena Prus
2008–
2012
No competition
2013[4] Vladimir Malkov Telma Santos Vladimir Malkov
Vadim Novoselov
Olga Golovanova
Viktoriia Vorobeva
Vladimir Malkov
Viktoriia Vorobeva
2014[5] Artem Pochtarev Gennadiy Natarov
Artem Pochtarev
No competition Gennadiy Natarov
Yuliya Kazarinova
2015[6] Sam Parsons Zuzana Pavelkova Alexander Bass
Daniel Chislov
Alina Pugach
Yuval Pugach
Ariel Shainski
Krestina Silich
2016[7] Lukas Zevl Ana Marija Setina Yonathan Levit
Ariel Shainski
Irina Shorokhova
Kristina Virvich
2017[8] Miha Ivanič Anastasiia Semenova Alexander Bass
Shai Geffen
Ksenia Evgenova
Anastasiia Semenova
Yonathan Levit
Yulia Vasilyeva
2018[9] Kaushal Dharmamer Ksenia Polikarpova Ariel Shainski
Lukas Zevl
Ksenia Polikarpova
Krestina Silich
Mykhaylo Makhnovskiy
Anastasiya Prozorova
2019[10] Felix Hammes Felix Hammes
Christopher Klauer
Heli Neiman
Ksenia Polikarpova
May Bar Netzer
Shery Rotshtein
2020[11] Cancelled
2021[12] Cancelled
2022[13] Matthias Kicklitz Dounia Pelupessy Giovanni Greco
David Salutt
Aline Müller
Caroline Racloz
Minh Quang Pham
Caroline Racloz
2023[14] Cancelled
2024[15] Cancelled

Performances by nation

RankNationMSWSMDWDXDTotal
1641066.532.5
211131.57.5
3221117
42120.55.5
512115
1135
71110.514.5
811114
11114
10210.53.5
21.53.5
12213
1113
14112
150.511.5
10.51.5
1711
11
11
Total212021161896

Notes and References

  1. https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=05908804-86CA-4EBA-BE02-CE6530A4C458 1998 winners
  2. https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=422297d1-4b9e-4762-843b-2cc746258515 1999 winners
  3. https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=C20567ED-38A7-454C-9E21-CC934CB1DBAC 2007 winners
  4. https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=7E3C033A-1FF9-4511-88EC-6E996175105C 2013 winners
  5. https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=C1358BD9-8A4E-44B3-AAAD-DF58A7C1B7A2 2014 winners
  6. https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=405FDB2E-584E-4E78-8481-207964A84DA9 2015 winners
  7. https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=CA2944FA-AC0B-427C-9E82-BC7B10D53827 2016 winners
  8. https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=8387EEBD-ACF8-4A3D-8317-4E3F0109617B 2017 winners
  9. https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=C44E2E90-372D-422D-8568-C5A167B377F6 2018 winners
  10. https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=FD2CB6EC-55FE-4F9E-ACCA-83D0178C9BEB 2019 winners
  11. https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament?id=158A14C3-60F4-4696-9104-F2E341571209 Israel Open 2020 (Cancelled)
  12. https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament?id=B9086E24-1A18-4136-B78D-FAF4E93B33D4 Israel Open 2021(Cancelled)
  13. https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament?id=ABF9386C-F3BD-4CC3-8AD1-A3634AD102E4 2022 winners
  14. https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament?id=8A4881B3-F76B-4E7E-A52E-4E3ACBFF03EF YONEX Israel Open 2023 (Cancelled)
  15. https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/tournament/565714D9-BD67-4DAA-BECE-CB4CE57E81AB YONEX Israel Open 2024 (Cancelled)