Carolina Marin will have the perfect opportunity to end her title drought as she is labelled top-seed for the upcoming 2023 Orleans Masters, here, we examine the tournament’s schedule, draw, seeded players, tickets, & streaming information
In the absence of numerous top-ranked shuttlers, Spanish ace Carolina Marin will be the overwhelming favorite to lift the 2023 BWF Orléans Masters, which is slated to run from April 4 through April 9 at the Palais des Sports in Orléans. Contrasting from other BWF Super 300 tournaments, this event will have total prize money worth $240,000.
BWF Orleans Masters badminton 2023 schedule, date, time, draw, players, tickets, prize money, live stream telecast
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2023 Orléans Masters singles schedule, date, venue, fixtures, & first-round draw
Although Saina Nehwal is scheduled to play a qualifying round winner to begin her Orléans Masters campaign, she might face-off against top-seed Carolina Marin in the second-round. Meanwhile, Swiss Open winning pair Satwik & Chirag are favorites in the men’s doubles division and will kick-off their title quest against Dutch pair Ruben Jille & Ties van der Lecq. Although Indian stars Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy decided to skip this event, in-form star Mithun Manjunath will spearhead Indian challenge in the men’s singles category.
Ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics qualification phase, all shuttlers will aim to regain their form and hence, it is expected that the 2023 Orléans Masters will produce some intense action. To watch this eagerly awaited event in-person, fans may buy their tickets from here.
Below, we look at upcoming schedule of 2023 Orléans Masters:
4th & 5th April: First-round matches will begin (from 11:30 AM GMT or 5:00 PM IST)
April 6: Round of 16 matches will begin
7th April: Quarter-finals begin
April 8: Semi-finals begin
9th April: Finals begin
2023 Orléans Masters (badminton): singles draw & schedule
Men’s Singles First Round Schedule (4th – 5th April)
Japan K Nishimoto vs Chinese Taipei Lee C-h
Netherlands M Caljouw vs India K George
Denmark R Gemke vs TBD
Denmark V Svendsen vs India M Manjunath
Indonesia C A Dwi Wardoyo vs Thailand S Thammasin
Republic of Ireland N Nguyen vs India Sa Verma
Thailand K Wangcharoen vs Israel M Zilberman
France B Leverdez vs Spain L E Peñalver
France C Popov vs TBD
Denmark M Christophersen vs Chinese Taipei Lin C-y
TBD vs Denmark A Antonsen
Malaysia Cheam J W vs France A Merklé
Brazil Y Coelho vs France T J Popov
India B. Sai Praneeth vs TBD
Japan K Watanabe vs Japan K Tsuneyama
Women’s Singles First Round Schedule (4th – 5th April)
Spain C Marín vs Denmark L Christophersen
TBD vs India S Nehwal
Chinese Taipei Hsu W-c vs Singapore Yeo J M
Denmark J D Jakobsen vs TBD
TBD vs Denmark M Blichfeldt
India A Kashyap vs Japan N Nidaira
Denmark L Kjærsfeldt vs TBD
Chinese Taipei Sung S-y vs Belgium L Tan
Germany Y Li vs India M Bansod
Spain C Azurmendi vs Scotland K Gilmour
United States L Lam vs TBD
Indonesia P K Wardani vs TBD
Thailand S Katethong vs Japan A Ohori
France Qi XF vs United States BW Zhang
United States I Wang vs Malaysia Kisona S
Japan R Gunji vs Thailand B Ongbamrungphan
2023 Orléans Masters: prize money distribution
Each singles category winner will get $18,000 from the $240,000 total prize pool because the Orléans Masters is a recognized BWF Super 300 event. The singles runner-up will win $9,120 while the semifinal losers will only receive $3,480. It is known that the first round losers of this event will return home empty handed.
| Event | Winner | Finalist | Semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Last 16 |
| Singles | $18,000 | $9,120 | $3,480 | $1,440 | $840 |
| Doubles | $18,960 | $9,120 | $3,360 | $1,740 | $900 |
When & Where to watch: live stream & telecast of Orléans Masters
Live streaming of the Orléans Masters 2023 competitions will be accessible on the Badminton World Federation’s BWF TV official YouTube page. The live broadcast of the Orléans Masters of badminton through any Indian TV channel has not yet been confirmed.