Take a look at all the winners in the history of Hong Kong Open badminton championships for each of it’s category and the prize money pool distribution
The Hong Kong Open is one of the Super series badminton competition held annually. The competition started back in 1982 and has been held annually ever since. Only certain years have missed out on the competition under special exceptions like Covid-19 which has seen the competition not being held for the last two years. With that being said, let’s take a look at all the champions in the history of the competition along with the prize pool of the Hong Kong open.
Hong Kong Open Badminton List Of All Time Winners And Prize Money Pool
Being held since 1982, the competition is one of the most valuable badminton competitions in the world. The competition had a total prize pool of $400,000 which is distributed amongst the players. Have a look at the prize distribution.
| Event | Winner | Finals | Semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Last 16 |
| Singles | $30,000 | $15,200 | $5,800 | $2,400 | $1,400 |
| Doubles | $31,600 | $15,200 | $5,600 | $2,900 | $1,500 |
The competition has seen some of the most dominant badminton players. Let’s take a look at all the winners in the rich history of the competition below:
| Year | Men’s singles | Women’s singles | Men’s doubles | Women’s doubles | Mixed doubles |
| 1982 | Prakash Padukone | Xu Rong | Hariamanto Kartono Rudy Heryanto | Nora Perry Jane Webster | Did not happen |
| 1983- 1984 | Did not happen | ||||
| 1985 | Yang Yang | Han Aiping | Jesper Helledie Steen Fladberg | Han Aiping Xu Rong | Martin Dew Gillian Gilks |
| 1986 | Li Lingwei | Bobby Ertanto Rudy Heryanto | Li Lingwei Han Aiping | Billy Gilliland Nora Perry | |
| 1987 | Xiong Guobao | Han Aiping | Zhang Qiang Zhou Jincan | Kim Yun-ja Chung So-young | Billy Gilliland Gillian Gowers |
| 1988 | Icuk Sugiarto | Lee Young-suk | Lee Sang-bok Lee Gwang-jin | Lin Ying Guan Weizhen | Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee |
| 1989 | Wu Wenkai | Han Aiping | Razif Sidek Jalani Sidek | Choi Sang-bum Chung So-young | |
| 1990 | Did not happen | ||||
| 1991 | Liu Jun | Huang Hua | Lee Sang-bok Shon Jin-hwan | Hwang Hye-young Gil Young-ah | Lee Sang-bok Shim Eun-jung |
| 1992 | Wu Wenkai | Bang Soo-hyun | Ricky Subagja Rexy Mainaky | Nong Qunhua Zhou Lei | Aryono Miranat Eliza Nathanael |
| 1993 | Hermawan Susanto | Ye Zhaoying | Denny Kantono Antonius Ariantho | Wu Yuhong Chen Ying | Rudy Gunawan Rosiana Tendean |
| 1994 | Hariyanto Arbi | Bang Soo-hyun | Ricky Subagja Rexy Mainaky | Jang Hye-ock Shim Eun-jung | Thomas Lund Marlene Thomsen |
| 1995 | Ha Tae-kwon Kang Kyung-jin | Jang Hye-ock Gil Young-ah | Park Joo-bong Shim Eun-jung | ||
| 1996 | Fung Permadi | Camilla Martin | S. Antonius Budi Ariantho Denny Kantono | Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen Marlene Thomsen | Michael Søgaard Rikke Olsen |
| 1997 | Peter Gade | Gong Ruina | Kim Dong-moon Ha Tae-kwon | Chung Jae-hee Ra Kyung-min | Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min |
| 1998 | Budi Santoso | Camilla Martin | Candra Wijaya Tony Gunawan | Chen Lin Jiang Xuelian | Michael Søgaard Rikke Olsen |
| 1999 | Chen Wei | Xie Xingfang | Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock | Chan Chong Ming Joanne Quay Swee Ling | |
| 2000 | Did not happen | ||||
| 2001 | Shon Seung-mo | Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn | Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung | Liu Zhen Xiao Luxi | Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min |
| 2002 | Did not happen | ||||
| 2003 | Lin Dan | Zhang Ning | Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung | Gao Ling Huang Sui | Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min |
| 2004 | Did not happen | ||||
| 2005 | Lin Dan | Zhang Ning | Cai Yun Fu Haifeng | Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen | Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen |
| 2006 | Xie Xingfang | Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan | Zheng Bo Zhao Tingting | ||
| 2007 | Lin Dan | Xie Xingfang | Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan | Du Jing Yu Yang | Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir |
| 2008 | Chen Jin | Wang Chen | Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae | Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting | Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen |
| 2009 | Lee Chong Wei | Wang Yihan | Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli | Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Kostiuczyk | |
| 2010 | Saina Nehwal | Ko Sung-hyun Yoo Yeon-seong | Yu Yang Wang Xiaoli | Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen | |
| 2011 | Lin Dan | Wang Xin | Cai Yun Fu Haifeng | Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei | |
| 2012 | Chen Long | Li Xuerui | Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei | ||
| 2013 | Lee Chong Wei | Wang Yihan | Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong | Bao Yixin Tang Jinhua | Chris Adcock Gabrielle White |
| 2014 | Son Wan-ho | Tai Tzu-ying | Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan | Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei | Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei |
| 2015 | Lee Chong Wei | Carolina Marín | Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong | ||
| 2016 | Ng Ka Long | Tai Tzu-ying | Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda | Kamilla Rytter Juhl Christinna Pedersen | Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir |
| 2017 | Lee Chong Wei | Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong | |
| 2018 | Son Wan-ho | Nozomi Okuhara | Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota | Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino |
| 2019 | Lee Cheuk Yiu | Chen Yufei | Choi Sol-gyu Seo Seung-jae | Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan | |
Like most of the Asian badminton competitions, the Hong Kong open has also been cancelled for the last two years. It was originally supposed to be held form 16 November to 22 November but had to be cancelled.
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