Orléans Masters

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]

Orléans Masters
SportBadminton
Founded1994
FounderCercle Laïque des Tourelles Orléans
CountryFrance
Official websiteorleansmasters.com
Lena Grebak (center) and Mathias Christiansen of Denmark, pictured after retaining mixed doubles title in 2016.

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

Year Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles
2012 India Anand Pawar Netherlands Judith Meulendijks Germany Peter Käsbauer
Germany Josche Zurwonne
Netherlands Judith Meulendijks
Germany Johanna Goliszewski
Germany Peter Käsbauer
Germany Johanna Goliszewski
2013 England Rajiv Ouseph Spain Beatriz Corrales Poland Adam Cwalina
Poland Przemysław Wacha
Japan Rie Eto
Japan Yu Wakita
Scotland Robert Blair
Scotland Imogen Bankier
2014 Spain Pablo Abián Scotland Imogen Bankier
Bulgaria Petya Nedelcheva
2015 Ukraine Dmytro Zavadsky Denmark Natalia Koch Rohde England Matthew Nottingham
England Harley Towler
Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva
Denmark Mathias Christiansen
Denmark Lena Grebak
2016 Denmark Emil Holst Malaysia Goh Jin Wei Sweden Richard Eidestedt
Sweden Nico Ruponen
England Heather Olver
England Lauren Smith
2017 Netherlands Mark Caljouw Scotland Kirsty Gilmour Chinese Taipei Liao Min-chun
Chinese Taipei Su Cheng-heng
Japan Asumi Kugo
Japan Megumi Yokoyama
Germany Mark Lamsfuß
Germany Isabel Herttrich
2018 Japan Shiori Saito Germany Mark Lamsfuß
Germany Marvin Seidel
Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva
Denmark Niclas Nøhr
Denmark Sara Thygesen
2019 Japan Koki Watanabe Japan Saena Kawakami Chinese Taipei Lee Yang
Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin
England Chloe Birch
England Lauren Smith
France Thom Gicquel
France Delphine Delrue
2020 Cancelled[note 1]
2021 France Toma Junior Popov Thailand Busanan Ongbamrungphan England Ben Lane
England Sean Vendy
Thailand Jongkolphan Kititharakul
Thailand Rawinda Prajongjai
Denmark Mathias Christiansen
Denmark Alexandra Bøje
2022 Indonesia Putri Kusuma Wardani Netherlands Ruben Jille
Netherlands Ties van der Lecq
Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva
Singapore Terry Hee
Singapore Tan Wei Han
2023 India Priyanshu Rajawat Spain Carolina Marín China Chen Boyang
China Liu Yi
Japan Rena Miyaura
Japan Ayako Sakuramoto
Malaysia Chen Tang Jie
Malaysia Toh Ee Wei

Performances

As of the finals of the 2023 edition
PosNationMSWSMDWDXDTotal
1  Denmark 1 1 4 6
 Japan 1 2 3 6
3  England 1 2 2 5
4  Germany 2 0.5 2 4.5
 Netherlands 2 1 1 0.5 4.5
6  Spain 1 3 4
7  Bulgaria 3.5 3.5
 Scotland 1 0.5 2 3.5
9  France 2 1 3
10  Chinese Taipei 2 2
 India 2 2
 Malaysia 1 1 2
 Poland 2 2
 Thailand 1 1 2
15  China 1 1
 Indonesia 1 1
 Singapore 1 1
 Sweden 1 1
 Ukraine 1 1
Total 11 11 11 11 11 55

See also

Note

  1. This tournament, originally to be played from 24 to 29 March, was later cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic in France.[6]

References

  1. Røsler, Manuel; Parmentier, Fanny (6 April 2012). "A French premiere". www.badmintoneurope.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. "Orléans Masters Badminton: Le CLTO badminton d'Orléans réunit chaque année l'élite mondiale du badminton". www.orleans-metropole.fr (in French). 16 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  3. Renaudeau, Joel (19 February 2019). "Tournoi international d'Orléans 2019". lnaqbad.fr (in French). Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  4. Poulet-Sevestre, Julie (7 February 2016). "L'Orléans International Challenge de badminton arrive". www.larep.fr (in French). Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  5. "BWF World Tour Hosts 2023-2026 Announced". Badminton World Federation. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  6. "BWF Sanctioned Tournaments Suspended – 16 March – 12 April". Badminton World Federation. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
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