Hylo Open

The Hylo Open, formerly known as the BMW Badminton Cup, BMW Open International, Bitburger Masters, Bitburger Open and SaarLorLux Open, is an international badminton tournament held at the Saarlandhalle in Saarbrücken, Germany, since 1988. It was sponsored by the German automobile company BMW and German pilsner beer brewery Bitburger; since 2021, it is sponsored by Saarbrücken-based eye lubrication company Hylo.

Hylo Open

Official website
Founded	1988; 37 years ago (1988)
Editions	36 (2024)
Location	Saarbrücken (2024) Germany
Venue	Saarlandhalle (2024)
Prize money	US$210,000 (2024)
Men's
Draw	32S / 32D
Current champions	Christo Popov (singles) Ben Lane Sean Vendy (doubles)
Most singles titles	4 Chou Tien-chen
Most doubles titles	3 Michael Keck Michael Søgaard Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen
Women's
Draw	32S / 32D
Current champions	Mia Blichfeldt (singles) Sung Shuo-yun Yu Chien-hui (doubles)
Most singles titles	5 Huaiwen Xu
Most doubles titles	4 Katrin Schmidt
Mixed doubles
Draw	32
Current champions	Jesper Toft Amalie Magelund
Most titles (male)	5 Michael Keck
Most titles (female)	3 Katrin Schmidt Karen Stechmann
Super 500
Arctic Open Australian Open Hong Kong Open Hylo Open Indonesia Masters Japan Masters Korea Open Malaysia Masters Thailand Open
Last completed
2024 Hylo Open

In 2018, this event was selected as part of the BWF Tour Super 100. In 2021, the tournament was upgraded to Super 500 category tournament and was renamed the Hylo Open, before being downgraded to Super 300 the next year.^[1] On 31 March 2025, the tournament was elevated back to Super 500 status for the 2025 and 2026 seasons following the Canada Open's demotion to Super 300 level.^[2]

Previous winners

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1988	Kim Brodersen	Katrin Schmidt	Markus Keck Robert Neumann	Katrin Schmidt Nicole Baldewein	Markus Keck Katrin Schmidt
1989	Michael Søgaard		Stefan Frey Robert Neumann	Birgitta Lehnert Monica Halim	Jin Chen Katrin Schmidt
1990	Jens Peter Nierhoff		Jens Peter Nierhoff Michael Søgaard	Heidi Krickhaus Petra Dieris-Wierichs
1991	Yoseph Phoa	Margit Borg	Michael Helber Markus Keck	Kerstin Weinbörnert Karen Stechmann	Jin Chen Cheng Yan
1992	Marek Bujak	Nicole Baldewein	Michael Keck Uwe Ossenbrink	Nicole Baldewein Anne-Katrin Seid	Michael Keck Karen Stechmann
1993	Hargiono	Heidi Dössing	Yoseph Phoa Iguh Donolego	Katrin Schmidt Kerstin Ubben
1994		Irina Serova	Dharma Gunawi Li Ang
1995		Monique Hoogland	Michael Helber Michael Keck		Stephan Kuhl Nicol Pitro
1996	Peter Gade	Camilla Martin	Jesper Larsen Jens Eriksen	Rikke Olsen Helene Kirkegaard	Jens Eriksen Marlene Thomsen
1997	Chris Bruil	Tine Rasmussen	Martin Lundgaard Hansen Janek Roos	Tine Rasmussen Ann-Lou Jørgensen	Janek Roos Ann-Lou Jørgensen
1998	Yong Yudianto	Karolina Ericsson	Michael Keck Christian Mohr	Erica van den Heuvel Judith Meulendijks	Michael Keck Nicol Pitro
1999	Oliver Pongratz	Zeng Yaqiong	Quinten van Dalm Dennis Lens	Britta Andersen Lene Mørk	Chris Bruil Erica van den Heuvel
2000[3]	Xie Yangchun	Xu Huaiwen	Michael Søgaard Joachim Fischer Nielsen	Claudia Vogelgsang Xu Huaiwen	Michael Keck Erica van den Heuvel
2001[4]	Niels Christian Kaldau	Pi Hongyan	Michael Søgaard Michael Lamp	Neli Boteva Elena Nozdran	Chris Bruil Lotte Bruil-Jonathans
2002[5]	Chen Gang	Pi Hongyan	Simon Archer Flandy Limpele	Mia Audina Lotte Bruil-Jonathans	Nathan Robertson Gail Emms
2003[6]	Dicky Palyama	Xu Huaiwen	Michał Łogosz Robert Mateusiak	Nicole Grether Juliane Schenk	Fredrik Bergström Johanna Persson
2004[7]	Niels Christian Kaldau		Simon Archer Anthony Clark	Kamila Augustyn Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	Rasmus Mangor Andersen Britta Andersen
2005[8]	Kasper Ødum		Tony Gunawan Halim Haryanto	Nicole Grether Juliane Schenk	Vladislav Druzhchenko Johanna Persson
2006[9]	Ronald Susilo		Michał Łogosz Robert Mateusiak	Jiang Yanmei Li Yujia	Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Kostiuczyk
2007[10]	Lü Yi	Wang Yihan	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	Kristof Hopp Birgit Overzier
2008[11]	Chetan Anand	Maria Febe Kusumastuti		Helle Nielsen Marie Røpke	Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta
2009[12]	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	Juliane Schenk	Rupesh Kumar Sanave Thomas		Mikkel Delbo Larsen Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen
2010[13]	Chen Long	Liu Xin	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Pan Pan Tian Qing	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2011[14]	Hans-Kristian Vittinghus	Li Xuerui	Bodin Isara Maneepong Jongjit	Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying
2012	Chou Tien-chen	Juliane Schenk	Ingo Kindervater Johannes Schöttler	Wang Rong Zhang Zhibo	Anders Kristiansen Julie Houmann
2013		Nitchaon Jindapol	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	Eefje Muskens Selena Piek	Michael Fuchs Birgit Michels
2014		Sun Yu	Wang Yilyu Zhang Wen	Ou Dongni Yu Xiaohan	Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen
2015	Ng Ka Long	Akane Yamaguchi	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	Tang Yuanting Yu Yang	Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Zięba
2016	Shi Yuqi	He Bingjiao	Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen
2017	Rasmus Gemke	Nitchaon Jindapol	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai	He Jiting Du Yue
2018	Subhankar Dey	Cai Yanyan	Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith
2019	Lakshya Sen	Li Yun	Di Zijian Wang Chang	Liu Xuanxuan Xia Yuting	Guo Xinwa Zhang Shuxian
2020	Toma Junior Popov	Kirsty Gilmour	Jeppe Bay Lasse Mølhede	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	Mathias Christiansen Alexandra Bøje
2021	Loh Kean Yew	Busanan Ongbamrungphan	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	Chisato Hoshi Aoi Matsuda	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai
2022	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting	Han Yue	Lu Ching-yao Yang Po-han	Benyapa Aimsaard Nuntakarn Aimsaard	Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto Lisa Ayu Kusumawati
2023	Chou Tien-chen	Beiwen Zhang	Liu Yuchen Ou Xuanyi	Zhang Shuxian Zheng Yu	Tang Chun Man Tse Ying Suet
2024	Christo Popov	Mia Blichfeldt	Ben Lane Sean Vendy	Sung Shuo-yun Yu Chien-hui	Jesper Toft Amalie Magelund

Performances by nation

As of the 2024 edition

Pos	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	Denmark	10	4	12	5	8	39
2	Germany	3	10	7	10	8.5	38.5
3	China	5	11	3.5	7.5	7	34
4	Indonesia	5	1	2.5	1	1	10.5
5	Netherlands	2	1	1	2.5	2.5	9
6	Thailand		3	1	2	1	7
7	Chinese Taipei	4		1	1		6
8	England			3.5		2	5.5
9	India	3		1		1	5
	Poland			2	1	2	5
11	Sweden		2			1.5	3.5
12	France	2	1				3
	Japan		1		2		3
	Singapore	2			1		3
15	Bulgaria				2.5		2.5
16	Hong Kong	1				1	2
	Malaysia			1		1	2
	United States		1	1			2
19	Macau				1		1
	Russia		1				1
	Scotland		1				1
	Ukraine				0.5	0.5	1
23	Switzerland			0.5		0.5	0.5
Total		37	37	37	37	37	185