Know who are the Indian champions and most successful countries at the prestigious BWF World Tour Super 500 Thailand Open badminton along with the previous winners list
The Thailand Open has been a staple of the international badminton calendar since its beginnings. The Thailand Open’s history, past champions, and Indian players’ performances at the tournament are all detailed below.
BWF Thailand Open Badminton All Time Winners List And Prize Money Pool Breakdown
History of Thailand Open Badminton and BWF Event Status
The Thailand Open is an open international badminton tournament that has been held in Thailand since 1984. In 1986, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014, and 2021, it was discontinued. Since 2018, Thailand Open has been classified as one of the seven BWF World Tour Super 500 events in the BWF events hierarchy.
Indian Shuttler’s Success Story in Thailand Open Badminton
Prakash Padukone, an Indian badminton legend, reached the final in the first edition in 1984, but had to settle for second place after losing to eventual champion Sugiarto. At the time, the Indonesian was the global champion.
India, on the other hand, had to wait another 28 years to earn their first title at the Thailand Open. Just over a month before her historic bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics, Saina Nehwal won the Thailand Open 2012 women’s singles event, defeating local favourite Ratchanok Intanon in the final.
Kidambi Srikanth won the men’s singles event the next year, defeating Thai player Boonsak Ponsana in the final. Four years later, B Sai Praneeth repeated Srikanth’s feat by winning the 2017 men’s singles event.
Satwiksairaj Ranjireddy and Chirag Shetty continued their doubles success in 2019, putting together an unbelievable run. In a marathon final that lasted nearly two hours and thirty minutes, the duo defeated reigning men’s doubles world champions Li Jun Hui and Liu Yu Chen of China.
Thailand Open: Most Successful Countries
Historically, Chinese and Indonesian shuttlers have dominated the Thailand Open since it’s inception. China has won a total of 58 titles across all categories in Thailand Open while Indonesia claimed 38 titles. Meanwhile, India has won only four titles throughout the history of Thailand Open.
The total prize pool for the 2022 Thailand Open will be US$360,000.
| Event | Winner | Finalist | Semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Last 16 |
| Singles | $27,000 | $13,680 | $5,220 | $2,160 | $1,260 |
| Doubles | $28,440 | $13,680 | $5,040 | $2,610 | $1,350 |
Past winners list of Thailand Open Badminton
| Nations by ranking | |||||||
| Rank | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
| 1 | China | 9 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 58 |
| 2 | Indonesia | 10 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 38 |
| 3 | South Korea | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Thailand | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| 5 | Japan | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
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