New Zealand Open (badminton)

The New Zealand Open in badminton is an international tournament held in New Zealand. In 2011, the New Zealand International was originally scheduled to be a Grand Prix event, but was downgraded to International Challenge level due to lack of funding. This tournament has been a part of BWF World Tour since 2018.^[1]

New Zealand Open

Official website
Founded	1990; 35 years ago (1990)
Editions	26 (2019)
Location	Auckland (2019) New Zealand
Venue	Eventfinda Stadium (2019)
Prize money	US$150,000 (2019)
Men's
Draw	32S / 32D
Current champions	Jonatan Christie (singles) Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan (doubles)
Most singles titles	3 Geoff Bellingham
Most doubles titles	4 Dean Galt
Women's
Draw	32S / 32D
Current champions	An Se-young (singles) Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong (doubles)
Most singles titles	3 Li Feng
Most doubles titles	7 Rhona Robertson
Mixed doubles
Draw	32
Current champions	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying
Most titles (male)	3 Peter Blackburn
Most titles (female)	2 Rhonda Cator Goh Liu Ying Tammy Jenkins Sara Petersen Annisa Saufika Tung Chau Man
Super 300
Canada Open German Open Korea Masters Macau Open New Zealand Open Orléans Masters Spain Masters Swiss Open Syed Modi International Taipei Open Thailand Masters U.S. Open
Last completed
2019 New Zealand Open

On 6 March 2023, the Badminton World Federation announced that Badminton New Zealand has relinquished its rights to host the tournament until 2026.^[2][3]

Previous winners

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1990	Nicholas Hall	Stephanie Spicer	Dean Galt Nicholas Hall	Rhona Robertson Lynne Scutt	Brent Chapman Tammy Jenkins
1991	Wei Yan	Anna Lao	Peter Blackburn Darren McDonald	Rhonda Cator Anna Lao	Peter Blackburn Lisa Campbell
1992	Dean Galt	Julie Still	Andrew Compton Dean Galt	Tammy Jenkins Rhona Robertson	Grant Walker Sheree Jefferson
1993		Rhona Robertson	Dean Galt Kerrin Harrison	Liao Yue Jin Rhona Robertson	Dean Galt Liao Yue Jin
1994	Oliver Pongratz	Song Yang	Michael Helber Michael Keck	Lisa Campbell Amanda Hardy	Peter Blackburn Rhonda Cator
1995	Tam Kai Chuen		Chan Siu Kwong He Tim	Tammy Jenkins Rhona Robertson	He Tim Chan Oi Ni
1996		Li Feng	Chow Kin Man Ma Che Kong		Tam Kai Chuen Tung Chau Man
1997	Nicholas Hall		Liu Kwok Wa Ma Che Kong		Ma Che Kong Tung Chau Man
1998	Geoffrey Bellingham		Dean Galt Daniel Shirley		Dean Galt Tammy Jenkins
2000		Rhona Robertson	John Gordon Daniel Shirley	Masami Yamazaki Keiko Yoshitomi	Peter Blackburn Rhonda Cator
2002		Kim Ji-hyun		Nicole Gordon Sara Runesten-Petersen	Daniel Shirley Sara Runesten-Petersen
2003	Shōji Satō	Lenny Permana	Ashley Brehaut Travis Denney	Nicole Gordon Rebecca Gordon	Travis Denney Kate Wilson-Smith
2004[4]	Andrew Smith	Huang Chia-chi	Suichi Nakao Suichi Sakamoto	Rebecca Gordon Rachel Hindley	Craig Cooper Lianne Shirley
2005[5]	Sairul Amar Ayob	Adriyanti Firdasari	Boyd Cooper Travis Denney	Rebecca Bellingham Rachel Hindley	Daniel Shirley Sara Runesten-Petersen
2006[6]	Lee Tsuen Seng	Huang Chia-chi	Eng Hian Rian Sukmawan	Jiang Yanmei Li Yujia	Hendri Saputra Li Yujia
2007[7]	Andre Kurniawan Tedjono	Zhou Mi	Chan Chong Ming Hoon Thien How	Ikue Tatani Aya Wakisaka	Devin Lahardi Fitriawan Lita Nurlita
2008[8]	Lee Tsuen Seng		Chen Hung-ling Lin Yu-lang	Chien Yu-chin Chou Chia-chi	Chen Hung-ling Chou Chia-chi
2009[9]	Chan Yan Kit	Sayaka Sato	Rupesh Kumar Sanave Thomas	Anneke Feinya Agustin Annisa Wahyuni	Fran Kurniawan Pia Zebadiah Bernadet
2010	no competition
2011	Riichi Takeshita	Sayaka Sato	Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Hendra Wijaya	Yuriko Miki Koharu Yonemoto	Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Vanessa Neo
2012	no competition
2013	Riichi Takeshita	Deng Xuan	Angga Pratama Rian Agung Saputro	Ou Dongni Tang Yuanting	Praveen Jordan Vita Marissa
2014	Wang Tzu-wei	Nozomi Okuhara	Selvanus Geh Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	Tang Hetian Renuga Veeran	Alfian Eko Prasetya Annisa Saufika
2015	Lee Hyun-il	Saena Kawakami	Huang Kaixiang Zheng Siwei	Xia Huan Zhong Qianxin	Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen
2016	Huang Yuxiang	Sung Ji-hyun	Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying
2017	Lee Cheuk Yiu	Ratchanok Intanon	Chen Hung-ling Wang Chi-lin	Vivian Hoo Woon Khe Wei	Ronald Alexander Annisa Saufika
2018	Lin Dan	Sayaka Takahashi		Ayako Sakuramoto Yukiko Takahata	Wang Chi-lin Lee Chia-hsin
2019	Jonatan Christie	An Se-young	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying
2020	Cancelled[note 1]
2021	Cancelled[note 2]
2022	Cancelled[note 3]
2023– 2026	Cancelled[note 4]

1. This tournament, originally to be played from 20 to 25 October, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.
2. This tournament, originally to be played from 4 to 9 May, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.
3. This tournament, originally to be played from 22 to 27 November, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.
4. This tournament, originally to be played on 8–13 August, was later cancelled because Badminton New Zealand has relinquished its hosting rights of the HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300 New Zealand Open for the next four years.^[2]

Performances by countries

Winning countries
Pos	Country	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	New Zealand	7	7	6	11	7	38
2	Australia		5	3	3	4	15
3	Japan	3	5	1	5		14
4	Indonesia	2	1	4	1	5	13
5	Hong Kong	4	2	3		3	12
6	Chinese Taipei	2	1	3	1	2	9
7	China	2	1	1	2	1	7
	Malaysia	3		1	1	2	7
9	South Korea	1	3	1	1		6
10	Singapore			1	1	2	4
11	Germany	1		1			2
12	England	1					1
	India			1			1
	Thailand		1				1
Total		26	26	26	26	26	130