2007 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix

The 2007 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix was the inaugural season of BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix under the new tournament structure introduced by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It was held from February 27 and will end on December 12, 2007.

Grand Prix Gold

Badminton Asia Championships

• April 10—April 15, Johor Bahru City Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Taufik Hidayat	Chen Hong	21–18, 21–19
Women's singles	Jiang Yanjiao	Lu Lan	25–23, 23–21
Men's doubles	Choong Tan Fook / Lee Wan Wah	Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong	21–14, 11–21, 21–12
Women's doubles	Yang Wei / Zhao Tingting	Cheng Shu / Zhao Yunlei	21–10, 21–11
Mixed doubles	He Hanbin / Yu Yang	Xu Chen / Zhao Tingting	22–20, 21–15

Thailand Open

• July 3—July 8, Nimibutr National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.^[1]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Chen Hong	Boonsak Ponsana	21–14, 11–21, 23–21
Women's singles	Zhu Lin	Zhou Mi	20–22, 21–5, 21–4
Men's doubles	Lee Jae-jin / Hwang Ji-man	Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae	21–19, 19–21, 21–9
Mixed doubles	Gao Ling / Huang Sui	Du Jing / Yu Yang	walkover
Women's doubles	He Hanbin / Yu Yang	Han Sang-hoon / Hwang Yu-mi	21–12, 21–14

Philippines Open

• July 17—July 22, PhilSports Arena, Pasig City, Manila, Philippines.^[2]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Lee Chong Wei	Chen Hong	21–9, 21–15
Women's singles	Zhou Mi	Zhu Jingjing	21–18, 21–12
Men's doubles	Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong	Guo Zhendong / Xie Zhongbo	21–8, 26–24
Women's doubles	Chien Yu Chin / Cheng Wen-Hsing	Pan Pan / Tian Qing	22–20, 21–14
Mixed doubles	Nova Widianto / Liliyana Natsir	Han Sang-hoon / Hwang Yu-mi	21–17, 21–13

India Open

• September 4—September 9, Kotla Vijay Bhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium, Yousufguda, Hyderabad, India.^[3]

Following the bomb blast in the city, the organisers decided to postpone the tournament to the indefinite date.^[4] However, the President of Badminton Association of India said the tournament is likely to take place from January 7 to January 13, 2008.^[5] But BWF later confirmed the event was cancelled.^[6]

Chinese Taipei Open

• September 18—September 23, Taipei County Shinjuang Stadium, Hsinchuang City, Taipei, Taiwan.^[7]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	Taufik Hidayat	18–21, 21–6, 21–13
Women's singles	Wang Chen	Pi Hongyan	21–18, 14–21, 26–24
Men's doubles	Markis Kido / Hendra Setiawan	Lars Paaske / Jonas Rasmussen	21–17, 21–12
Women's doubles	Chien Yu Chin / Cheng Wen-Hsing	Liliyana Natsir / Vita Marissa	21–15, 17–21, 21–18
Mixed doubles	Flandy Limpele / Vita Marissa	Thomas Laybourn / Kamilla Rytter Juhl	21–18, 25–23

Macau Open

• October 2—October 7, Macao Polytechnic Institute Multisport Pavilion, Macau.^[8]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Chen Jin	Taufik Hidayat	19–21, 21–17, 21–18
Women's singles	Xie Xingfang	Jun Jae-youn	21–10, 21–10
Men's doubles	Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong	Choong Tan Fook / Lee Wan Wah	21–18, 17–21, 23–21
Women's doubles	Gao Ling / Huang Sui	Lee Kyung-won / Lee Hyo-jung	21–15, 21–7
Mixed doubles	Xie Zhongbo / Zhang Yawen	Fang Chieh-Min / Cheng Wen-Hsing	21–14, 21–16

Russian Open

• December 5—December 9, CSKA Universal Sports Hall, Moscow, Russia.^[9]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Lü Yi	Andre Kurniawan Tedjono	21–19, 11–21, 21–10
Women's singles	Wang Yihan	Xu Huaiwen	21–17, 16–21, 21–19
Men's doubles	Kristof Hopp / Ingo Kindervater	Shuichi Sakamato / Shintaro Ikeda	21–16, 22–20
Women's doubles	Du Jing / Yu Yang	Chien Yu Chin / Cheng Wen-Hsing	21–14, 21–14
Mixed doubles	Nadieżda Kostiuczyk / Robert Mateusiak	Yu Yang / He Hanbin	25–23, 13–21, 21–13

Grand Prix

German Open

• February 27—March 4, RWE Rhein-Ruhr Sporthalle, Mülheim, Germany.^[10]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Lin Dan	Chen Yu	walkover
Women's singles	Xie Xingfang	Xu Huaiwen	19–21, 21–12, 21–19
Men's doubles	Lee Jae-jin / Hwang Ji-man	Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae	21–18, 22–20
Women's doubles	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen	Du Jing / Yu Yang	21–8, 21–7
Mixed doubles	Zheng Bo / Gao Ling	Xu Chen / Zhao Tingting	21–11, 21–10

Pan Am Badminton Championships

• May 15—May 19, Calgary Winter Club, Calgary, Canada.^[11]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Stephan Wojcikiewicz	Andrew Dabeka	21–17, 22–20
Women's singles	Anna Rice	Claudia Rivero	21–16, 21–11
Men's doubles	Mike Beres / William Milroy	Bob Malaythong / Howard Bach	21–13, 21–19
Women's doubles	Fiona McKee / Charmaine Reid	Mesinee Mangkalakiri / Eva Lee	22–20, 17–21, 21–18
Mixed doubles	Howard Bach / Eva Lee	Mike Beres / Valerie Loker	21–18, 21–17

New Zealand Open

• May 14—May 20, Auckland Badminton Hall, Auckland, New Zealand.^[12]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Andre Kurniawan Tedjono	Wong Choong Hann	13–21, 21–18, 21–14
Women's singles	Zhou Mi	Chie Umezu	21–13, 21–10
Men's doubles	Chan Chong Ming / Hoon Thien How	Albert Susanto Njoto / Yohan Hadikusuma Wiratama	21–14, 20–22, 21–11
Women's doubles	Ikue Tatani / Aya Wakisaka	Meiliana Jauhari / Shendy Puspa Irawati	21–17, 15–21, 21–16
Mixed doubles	Devin Lahardi Fitriawan / Lita Nurlita	Anggun Nugroho / Nitya Krishinda Maheswari	21–16, 21–15

U.S. Open

• August 27—September 1, Orange County Badminton Club, Orange, California, United States.^[13]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Lee Tsuen Seng	Yousuke Nakanishi	21–14, 21–10
Women's singles	Jun Jae-youn	Lee Yun-hwa	21–18, 21–16
Men's doubles	Tadashi Ohtsuka / Keita Masuda	Howard Bach / Khan Malaythong	21–18, 21–11
Women's doubles	Miyuki Maeda / Satoko Suetsuna	Aki Akao / Tomomi Matsuda	16–21, 21–14, 21–15
Mixed doubles	Keita Masuda / Miyuki Maeda	Howard Bach / Eva Lee	19–21, 21–11, 21–19

Bitburger Open

• October 2—October 7, Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany.^[14]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Lü Yi	Lee Tsuen Seng	23–21, 19–21, 21–15
Women's singles	Wang Yihan	Juliane Schenk	16–21, 21–10, 21–17
Men's doubles	Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen	Robert Blair / David Lindley	21–17, 21–15
Women's doubles	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen	Joanne Nicholas / Natalie Munt	21–11, 21–10
Mixed doubles	Kristof Hopp / Birgit Overzier	Robert Blair / Imogen Bankier	21–17, 21–17

Dutch Open

• October 16—October 21, Topsportcentrum Almere, Almere, Netherlands.^[15]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Lee Yen Hui Kendrick	Przemysław Wacha	20–22, 21–11, 21–18
Women's singles	Li Wenyan	Judith Meulendijks	21–18, 21–19
Men's doubles	Rian Sukmawan / Yonatan Suryatama Dasuki	Rendra Wijaya / Fran Kurniawan	21–13, 21–12
Women's doubles	Anastasia Russkikh / Ekaterina Ananina	Nina Vislova / Valeria Sorokina	20–22, 21–15, 21–13
Mixed doubles	Rasmus Bonde Nissen / Christinna Pedersen	Hendri Kurniawan Saputra / Li Yujia	21–16, 21–14

Vietnam Open

• November 6—November 11, Quan Ngua Sports Palace, Hanoi, Vietnam.^[16]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Roslin Hashim	Andre Kurniawan Tedjono	21–12, 23–21
Women's singles	Zhu Jingjing	Yu Hirayama	21–10, 21–10
Men's doubles	Kwon Yi-goo / Ko Sung-hyun	Kang Myeong-won / Cho Gun-woo	21–17, 21–12
Women's doubles	Nathalia Christine Poluakan / Yulianti Cj	Chau Hoi Wah / Louisa Koon Wai Chee	21–19, 21–15
Mixed doubles	Yulianti Cj / Tontowi Ahmad	Chau Hoi Wah / Hui Wai Ho	21–11, 21–13

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