Denmark Open

The Denmark Open, or formerly known as Danish Open, is an annual badminton tournament held in Denmark and organized by Badminton Denmark.

The Denmark Open was part of the BWF Super Series Premier from 2011 to 2017. BWF categorised it as one of the five BWF World Tour Super 750 events per the BWF events structure since 2018.^[1]

The tournament started in 1936 and it is now the world's second oldest badminton tournament. It was interrupted by World War II and was on hiatus from 1956 through 1964. It seeks to draw the top players from around the World. The tournament is usually played in late October each year.

Eleven locations have been chosen to host the tournament. The 2007 and 2008 tournaments were held in Arena Fyn in Odense.^[2] Since 2008, the tournaments have been held in Odense.^[3]

• 1936–1939, 1946–1985: Copenhagen
• 1990: Aabenraa
• 1991: Solrød
• 1986, 1992: Aalborg
• 1989, 1993: Højbjerg
• 1987, 1994: Esbjerg
• 1996: Middelfart
• 1997–1999: Vejle
• 2000–2002: Farum
• 2003–2006: Aarhus
• 1988, 1995, 2007–present: Odense

1936–1939, 1946–1985

1990

1991

1986, 1992

1989, 1993

1987, 1994

1996

1997–1999

2000–2002

2003–2006

1988, 1995, 2007–present

Locations of Denmark Open host cities

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1936	Poul Nielsen	Ruth Frederiksen	Aksel Hansen Svenn Strømann	Tonny Olsen Bodil Riise	Poul Nielsen Ruth Frederiksen
1937	Maurice Field	Tonny Olsen	Thomas Boyle K. Woods	Ruth Dalsgaard Dorothy Graham	Thomas Boyle Olive Wilson
1938	Ong Hock Sim	Daphne Young	Carl Frøhlke Tage Madsen	Tonny Olsen Bodil Riise	Ong Hock Sim Mavis Green
1939	Tage Madsen	Tonny Olsen	Ralph Nichols Raymond M. White	Queenie Allen Ruth Dalsgaard	Ralph Nichols Bessie Staples
1940– 1945	Not held
1946	Conny Jepsen	Tonny Olsen	Preben Dabelsteen Jørn Skaarup	Tonny Ahm Kirsten Thorndahl	Tage Madsen Kirsten Thorndahl
1947	Poul Holm			Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen Marie Ussing
1948	Jørn Skaarup		Børge Frederiksen Tage Madsen	Tonny Ahm Kirsten Thorndahl
1949	David G. Freeman		Ooi Teik Hock Teoh Seng Khoon		Chan Kok Leong Tonny Ahm
1950	Nils Jonson		Arve Lossmann John Nygaard		Børge Frederiksen Tonny Ahm
1951	Wong Peng Soon		Ong Poh Lim Ismail Marjan		Arve Lossmann Kirsten Thorndahl
1952	Jørn Skaarup	Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen	John Nygaard L. B. Olesen		David Choong Tonny Ahm
1953	Eddie Choong		David Choong Eddie Choong	Iris Cooley June White	Eddie Choong Agnete Friis
1954	Not held
1955	Finn Kobberø	Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen	Jorgen Hammergaard Hansen Finn Kobberø	Anni Jørgensen Kirsten Thorndahl	Jørn Skaarup Anni Jørgensen
1956– 1965	Not held
1966	Svend Pri	Lizbeth von Barnekow	Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan	Karin Jørgensen Ulla Strand	Finn Kobberø Ulla Strand
1967	Tan Aik Huang	Noriko Takagi		Noriko Takagi Hiroe Amano	Svend Pri Ulla Strand
1968		Eva Twedberg	Ippei Kojima Kazumasa Nichino		Per Walsøe Pernille Mølgaard
1969	Svend Pri	Hiroe Yuki	Ippei Kojima Bjørn Andersen	Noriko Takagi Hiroe Yuki	Henning Borch Imre Rietveld Nielsen
1970	Ippei Kojima	Eva Twedberg	Henning Borch Erland Kops	Etsuko Takenaka Machiko Aizawa	Klaus Kaagaard Ulla Strand
1971	Rudy Hartono	Noriko Takagi	Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan	Noriko Takagi Hiroe Yuki	Svend Pri Ulla Strand
1972	Svend Pri	Eva Twedberg		Noriko Nakayama Hiroe Yuki	Wolfgang Bochow Marieluise Wackerow
1973	Rudy Hartono	Hiroe Yuki	Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi	Joke van Beusekom Marjan Luesken	Elo Hansen Ulla Strand
1974	Svend Pri			Machiko Aizawa Etsuko Takenaka
1975	Rudy Hartono	Lene Køppen		Imelda Wiguna Theresia Widiastuti	Tjun Tjun Regina Masli
1976	Svend Pri		David Eddy Eddy Sutton	Joke van Beusekom Marjan Luesken	Steen Skovgaard Lene Køppen
1977	Flemming Delfs	Hiroe Yuki	Bengt Fröman Thomas Kihlström	Barbara Giles Jane Webster
1978	Liem Swie King	Lene Køppen	Steen Skovgaard Flemming Delfs	Verawaty Wiharjo Imelda Wigoeno
1979	Flemming Delfs		Masao Tsuchida Yoshitaka Iino	Mikiko Takada Atsuko Tokuda	Ray Stevens Nora Perry
1980	Prakash Padukone	Ivanna Lie	Steen Skovgaard Flemming Delfs	Gillian Gilks Nora Perry	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry
1981	Morten Frost	Lene Køppen	Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata	Nora Perry Jane Webster
1982		Wu Jianqui	Park Joo-bong Lee Eun-ku	Lin Ying Wu Dixi	Thomas Kihlström Nora Perry
1983		Qian Ping	Thomas Kihlström Stefan Karlsson	Nora Perry Jane Webster
1984		Kirsten Larsen	Park Joo-bong Kim Moon-soo	Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks
1985 (I)		Zheng Yuli	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi		Dipak Tailor Nora Perry
1985 (II)		Kim Yun-ja	Steen Fladberg Jesper Helledie		Nigel Tier Gillian Gowers
1986		Zheng Yuli	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks
1987	Torben Carlsen	Lee Young-suk	Razif Sidek Jalani Sidek	Atsuko Tokuda Yoshiko Tago	Mark Christiansen Maria Bengtsson
1988	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	Li Lingwei	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	Lin Ying Guan Weizhen	Jesper Knudsen Nettie Nielsen
1989	Morten Frost	Tang Jiuhong
1990	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen			Lotte Olsen Dorte Kjær	Thomas Lund Pernille Dupont
1991	Hermawan Susanto	Susi Susanti	Zheng Yumin Huang Zhanzhong	Nettie Nielsen Gillian Gowers
1992	Darren Hall		Thomas Lund Jon Holst-Christensen	Lim Xiaoqing Christine Magnusson
1993	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	Ye Zhaoying		Lisbeth Stuer-Lauridsen Lotte Olsen	Thomas Lund Catrine Bengtsson
1994		Camilla Martin	Denny Kantono Antonius Budi Ariantho	Lim Xiaoqing Christine Magnusson	Thomas Lund Marlene Thomsen
1995		Lim Xiaoqing	Thomas Lund Jon Holst-Christensen	Lisbeth Stuer-Lauridsen Marlene Thomsen	Chen Xingdong Peng Xingyong
1996	Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen	Gong Zhichao	Thomas Stavngaard Jim Laugesen	Rikke Olsen Helene Kirkegaard	Michael Søgaard Rikke Olsen
1997	Dong Jiong	Camilla Martin	Jon Holst-Christensen Michael Søgaard	Ann Jørgensen Majken Vange	Jens Eriksen Marlene Thomsen
1998	Peter Gade		Ricky Subagja Rexy Mainaky	Qin Yiyuan Tang Hetian	Jon Holst-Christensen Ann Jørgensen
1999	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen		Martin Lundgaard Hansen Lars Paaske	Gao Ling Qin Yiyuan	Liu Yong Ge Fei
2000	Peter Gade	Zhou Mi	Eng Hian Flandy Limpele	Chen Lin Jiang Xuelian	Michael Søgaard Rikke Olsen
2001	Bao Chunlai	Camilla Martin	Martin Lundgaard Hansen Lars Paaske	Helene Kirkegaard Rikke Olsen	Tri Kusharjanto Emma Ermawati
2002	Chen Hong		Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon	Wei Yili Zhao Tingting	Kim Dong-moon Hwang Yu-mi
2003	Lin Dan	Gong Ruina		Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
2004		Xie Xingfang	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	Wei Yili Zhao Tingting	Chen Qiqiu Zhao Tingting
2005	Lee Chong Wei	Pi Hongyan	Chan Chong Ming Koo Kien Keat	Kumiko Ogura Reiko Shiota	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl
2006	Chen Hong	Jiang Yanjiao	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	Kamila Augustyn Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	Anthony Clark Donna Kellogg
2007	Lin Dan	Lu Lan	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	He Hanbin Yu Yang
2008	Peter Gade	Wang Lin	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	Wong Pei Tty Chin Eei Hui	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen
2009	Simon Santoso	Tine Rasmussen	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	Pan Pan Zhang Yawen
2010	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	Wang Yihan	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl
2011	Chen Long	Wang Xin	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen
2012	Lee Chong Wei	Saina Nehwal	Shin Baek-cheol Yoo Yeon-seong	Ma Jin Tang Jinhua	Xu Chen Ma Jin
2013	Chen Long	Wang Yihan	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	Bao Yixin Tang Jinhua	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2014		Li Xuerui	Fu Haifeng Zhang Nan	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	Xu Chen Ma Jin
2015			Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	Jung Kyung-eun Shin Seung-chan	Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na
2016[4]	Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk	Akane Yamaguchi	Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen
2017	Srikanth Kidambi	Ratchanok Intanon	Liu Cheng Zhang Nan	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	Tang Chun Man Tse Ying Suet
2018	Kento Momota	Tai Tzu-ying	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong
2019				Baek Ha-na Jung Kyung-eun	Praveen Jordan Melati Daeva Oktavianti
2020	Anders Antonsen	Nozomi Okuhara	Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	Mark Lamsfuß Isabel Herttrich
2021	Viktor Axelsen	Akane Yamaguchi	Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi	Huang Dongping Zheng Yu	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino
2022	Shi Yuqi	He Bingjiao	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong
2023	Weng Hongyang	Chen Yufei	Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik		Feng Yanzhe Huang Dongping
2024	Anders Antonsen	Wang Zhiyi	Liang Weikeng Wang Chang	Rin Iwanaga Kie Nakanishi

As of 2024 edition

Pos.	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	Denmark	36	26	21.5	18.5	37	139
2	China	13	23	9	18	11	74
3	Japan	3	9	3.5	15	1	31.5
4	England	2	1	4	7.5	11.5	26
5	Indonesia	6	3	11	2	3	25
6	Malaysia	6		12	1	1.5	20.5
7	South Korea		2	8	6	3	19
8	Sweden	2	4	2	2	2	12
9	India	2	1				3
	Singapore	1		2			3
11	Chinese Taipei		2				2
	Germany					2	2
	Netherlands				2		2
	Thailand	1	1				2
15	France		1				1
	Hong Kong					1	1
	Poland				1		1
	United States	1					1
Total		73	73	73	73	73	365

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