2023 German Open (badminton)

2023 German Open
Tournament details
Dates7–12 March
Edition64th
LevelSuper 300
Total prize moneyUS$210,000
VenueWestenergie Sporthalle
LocationMülheim, Germany
Champions
Men's singlesHong Kong Ng Ka Long
Women's singlesJapan Akane Yamaguchi
Men's doublesSouth Korea Choi Sol-gyu
South Korea Kim Won-ho
Women's doublesSouth Korea Baek Ha-na
South Korea Lee So-hee
Mixed doublesChina Feng Yanzhe
China Huang Dongping
2022 2024

The 2023 German Open (officially known as the Yonex German Open 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament that took place at the Westenergie Sporthalle in Mülheim, Germany, from 7 to 12 March 2023 and had a total prize pool of $210,000.

Tournament[edit]

The 2023 German Open was the fifth tournament of the 2023 BWF World Tour and was part of the German Open championships, which had been held since 1955. The tournament was organized by the German Badminton Association with sanction from the Badminton World Federation.[1]

Venue[edit]

This international tournament was held at the Westenergie Sporthalle at Mülheim, Germany.[1]

Point distribution[edit]

Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 300 event.[2]

Winner Runner-up 3/4 5/8 9/16 17/32 33/64 65/128
7,000 5,950 4,900 3,850 2,750 1,670 660 320

Prize pool[edit]

The total prize money for this tournament was US$210,000, distributed of the prize money in accordance with BWF regulations.[1]

Event Winner Finalist Semi-finals Quarter-finals Last 16
Singles $15,750 $7,980 $3,045 $1,260 $735
Doubles $16,590 $7,980 $2,940 $1,522.50 $787.50

Men's singles[edit]

Seeds[edit]

  1. Malaysia Lee Zii Jia (second round)
  2. Thailand Kunlavut Vitidsarn (first round)
  3. Japan Kodai Naraoka (first round)
  4. Singapore Loh Kean Yew (second round)
  5. China Lu Guangzu (quarter-finals)
  6. India Lakshya Sen (first round)
  7. China Zhao Junpeng (second round)
  8. China Shi Yuqi (first round)

Finals[edit]

Semi-finals Final
          
  Hong Kong Lee Cheuk Yiu 14 21 15
Hong Kong Ng Ka Long 21 14 21
  Hong Kong Ng Ka Long 20 21 21
China Li Shifeng 22 18 18
  Japan Kento Momota 11 7
China Li Shifeng 21 21

Top half[edit]

Section 1[edit]

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
1 Malaysia Lee Z J 21 21
Q3 Denmark M Johannesen 11 5
1 Malaysia Lee Z J 21 20 21
PFQ Chinese Taipei Lee C-h 15 22 23
Israel M Zilberman 8 11
PFQ Chinese Taipei Lee C-h 21 21
PFQ Chinese Taipei Lee C-h 21 14
Hong Kong Lee C Y 23 21
6 India L Sen 19 16
France C Popov 21 21
France C Popov 19 19
Hong Kong Lee C Y 21 21
Denmark V Svendsen 14 19
Hong Kong Lee C Y 21 21

Section 2[edit]

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
3 Japan K Naraoka 23 14 5r
Hong Kong Ng K L 21 21 11
Hong Kong Ng K L 21 21
PFQ Spain L E Peñalver 16 12
PFQ Spain L E Peñalver 16 21 22
PFQ Denmark M Christophersen 21 19 20
Hong Kong Ng K L 17 8
5 China Lu GZ 21 6r
5 China Lu GZ 21 21
Q2 Czech Republic J Louda 12 17
5 China Lu GZ 21 22
Japan K Tsuneyama 12 20
Malaysia Liew D 18 17
Japan K Tsuneyama 21 21

Bottom half[edit]

Section 3[edit]

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
France T J Popov 14 19
Canada B Yang 21 21
Canada B Yang 16 10
Japan K Momota 21 21
Japan K Momota 21 21
8 China Shi YQ 16 15
  Japan K Momota 15 21 21
  Japan K Nishimoto 21 17 12
Japan K Nishimoto 21 21
Malaysia Cheam J W 10 15
Japan K Nishimoto 21 13 21
4 Singapore Loh K Y 17 21 19
India M Manjunath 8 21 11
4 Singapore Loh K Y 21 19 21

Section 4[edit]

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
Chinese Taipei Lin C-y 18 21 21
Netherlands M Caljouw 21 12 10
Chinese Taipei Lin C-y 23 15 21
7 China Zhao JP 21 21 17
Q1 Azerbaijan A R Dwicahyo 18 17
7 China Zhao JP 21 21
  Chinese Taipei Lin C-y 7 20
  China Li SF 21 22
Denmark H-K Vittinghus 21 21
Q4 France A Lanier 19 16
Denmark H-K Vittinghus 14 12
China Li SF 21 21
China Li SF 21 7
2 Thailand K Vitidsarn 15 4r

Women's singles[edit]

Seeds[edit]

  1. Japan Akane Yamaguchi (champion)
  2. South Korea An Se-young (final)
  3. China Chen Yufei (semi-finals)
  4. China He Bingjiao (semi-finals)
  5. China Wang Zhiyi (quarter-finals)
  6. Thailand Ratchanok Intanon (withdrew)
  7. China Han Yue (first round)
  8. Thailand Pornpawee Chochuwong (quarter-finals)

Finals[edit]

Semi-finals Final
          
1 Japan Akane Yamaguchi 21 21
3 China Chen Yufei 18 16
1 Japan Akane Yamaguchi 21 21
2 South Korea An Se-young 11 14
4 China He Bingjiao 12 13
2 South Korea An Se-young 21 21

Top half[edit]

Section 1[edit]

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
1 Japan A Yamaguchi 21 21
Thailand L Chaiwan 19 14
1 Japan A Yamaguchi 21 21
China Zhang YM 11 14
Scotland K Gilmour 21 14 13
China Zhang YM 18 21 21
1 Japan A Yamaguchi 21 16 21
5 China Wang ZY 18 21 14
5 China Wang ZY 21 21
India M Bansod 13 14
5 China Wang ZY 21 21
Germany Y Li 12 16
Japan A Ohori 19 20
Germany Y Li 21 22

Section 2[edit]

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
3 China Chen YF 21 21
United States I Wang 9 11
3 China Chen YF 21 21
France Qi XF 13 13
France Qi XF 21 21
Spain C Azurmendi 10 9
3 China Chen YF 21 21
8 Thailand P Chochuwong 15 18
8 Thailand P Chochuwong 21 21
Q3 India T Mir 8 10
8 Thailand P Chochuwong 21 21
Malaysia Goh J W 13 10
Belgium L Tan 21 13
Malaysia Goh J W 23 21

Bottom half[edit]

Section 3[edit]

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
Q2 Switzerland J Stadelmann 12 17
PFQ Canada Zhang W Y 21 21
PFQ Canada Zhang W Y 20 15
Chinese Taipei Hsu W-c 22 21
Chinese Taipei Hsu W-c 21 21
PFQ France L Huet 11 5
Chinese Taipei Hsu W-c 17 13
4 China He BJ 21 21
Japan S Kawakami 21 21
PFQ United States L Lam 18 13
Japan S Kawakami 21 9 14
4 China He BJ 15 21 21
Estonia K Kuuba 15 17
4 China He BJ 21 21

Section 4[edit]

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
South Korea Kim G-e 21 21
Q4 Myanmar Thet Htar T 9 11
South Korea Kim G-e 21 21
Thailand S Katethong 14 13
Thailand S Katethong 21 18 21
7 China Han Y 16 21 17
South Korea Kim G-e 18 6
2 South Korea An S-y 21 21
Q1 Ukraine P Buhrova 21 17 17
Chinese Taipei Sung S-y 16 21 21
Chinese Taipei Sung S-y 12 6
2 South Korea An S-y 21 21
Japan R Gunji 13 8
2 South Korea An S-y 21 21

Men's doubles[edit]

Seeds[edit]

  1. Malaysia Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik (second round)
  2. Japan Takuro Hoki / Yugo Kobayashi (quarter-finals)
  3. China Liu Yuchen / Ou Xuanyi (first round)
  4. Denmark Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (quarter-finals)
  5. Malaysia Ong Yew Sin / Teo Ee Yi (second round)
  6. China Liang Weikeng / Wang Chang (first round)
  7. South Korea Choi Sol-gyu / Kim Won-ho (champions)
  8. Germany Mark Lamsfuß / Marvin Seidel (second round)

Finals[edit]

Semi-finals Final
          
Japan Akira Koga
Japan Taichi Saito
21 16 12
7 South Korea Choi Sol-gyu
South Korea Kim Won-ho
18 21 21
7 South Korea Choi Sol-gyu
South Korea Kim Won-ho
21 18 21
South Korea Kang Min-hyuk
South Korea Seo Seung-jae
19 21 19
  South Korea Kang Min-hyuk
South Korea Seo Seung-jae
21 21
Chinese Taipei Lee Jhe-huei
Chinese Taipei Yang Po-hsuan
13 19

Top half[edit]

Section 1[edit]

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
1 Malaysia A Chia
Malaysia Soh W Y
13 18
Japan A Koga
Japan T Saito
21 21
Malaysia Man W C
Malaysia Tee K W
Japan A Koga
Japan T Saito
w / o
Japan A Koga
Japan T Saito
21 21
Denmark J Bay
Denmark L Mølhede
9 18
8 Germany M Lamsfuß
Germany M Seidel
19 21 21
Germany B Geiss
Germany J C Völker
21 14 18
8 Germany M Lamsfuß
Germany M Seidel
17 15
Denmark J Bay
Denmark L Mølhede
21 21
Germany D Hess
Germany P Scheiel
Denmark J Bay
Denmark L Mølhede
w / o

Section 2[edit]

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
4 Denmark K Astrup
Denmark A S Rasmussen
21 21
Japan K Matsui
Japan Y Takeuchi
15 17
4 Denmark K Astrup
Denmark A S Rasmussen
21 15 21
South Korea Kim G-j
South Korea Kim S-r
19 21 19
Azerbaijan A R Dwicahyo
Azerbaijan A Qowimuramadhoni
12 12
South Korea Kim G-j
South Korea Kim S-r
21 21
4 Denmark K Astrup
Denmark A S Rasmussen
22 17
7 South Korea Choi S-g
South Korea Kim W-h
24 21
7 South Korea Choi S-g
South Korea Kim W-h
21 21
Republic of Ireland J Magee
Republic of Ireland P Reynolds
10 12
7 South Korea Choi S-g
South Korea Kim W-h
22 21
Denmark R Kjær
Denmark F Søgaard
20 15
Denmark R Kjær
Denmark F Søgaard
21 21
Netherlands R Jille
Netherlands T van der Lecq
16 16

Bottom half[edit]

Section 3[edit]

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
Scotland C Grimley
Scotland M Grimley
18 15
France L Corvée
France R Labar
21 21
France L Corvée
France R Labar
14 11
Chinese Taipei Chang K-c
Chinese Taipei Wang C-l
21 21
Chinese Taipei Chang K-c
Chinese Taipei Wang C-l
21 21
6 China Liang WK
China Wang C
18 13
Chinese Taipei Chang K-c
Chinese Taipei Wang C-l
17 19
South Korea Kang M-h
South Korea Seo S-j
21 21
Scotland A Dunn
Scotland A Hall
Malaysia Tan K M
Malaysia Tan W K
w / o
Malaysia Tan K M
Malaysia Tan W K
15 17
South Korea Kang M-h
South Korea Seo S-j
21 21
South Korea Kang M-h
South Korea Seo S-j
21 21
3 China Liu YC
China Ou XY
19 19

Section 4[edit]

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
Canada A Dong
Canada N Yakura
8 9
Chinese Taipei Lee J-h
Chinese Taipei Yang P-hs
21 21
Chinese Taipei Lee J-h
Chinese Taipei Yang P-hs
18 21 21
5 Malaysia Ong Y S
Malaysia Teo E Y
21 18 18
Chinese Taipei Lee F-c
Chinese Taipei Lee Y
21 20 15
5 Malaysia Ong Y S
Malaysia Teo E Y
17 22 21
Chinese Taipei Lee J-h
Chinese Taipei Yang P-hs
21 21
2 Japan T Hoki
Japan Y Kobayashi
15 19
Czech Republic O Král
Czech Republic A Mendrek
21 21
Switzerland I Santoro
England R Webster
4 2
Czech Republic O Král
Czech Republic A Mendrek
17 11
2 Japan T Hoki
Japan Y Kobayashi
21 21
France C Popov
France T J Popov
21 8
2 Japan T Hoki
Japan Y Kobayashi
23 21

Women's doubles[edit]

Seeds[edit]

  1. Japan Nami Matsuyama / Chiharu Shida (final)
  2. South Korea Jeong Na-eun / Kim Hye-jeong (quarter-finals)
  3. Malaysia Pearly Tan / Thinaah Muralitharan (semi-finals)
  4. South Korea Kim So-yeong / Kong Hee-yong (semi-finals)
  5. Japan Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota (quarter-finals)
  6. Japan Mayu Matsumoto / Wakana Nagahara (quarter-finals)
  7. Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva (quarter-finals)
  8. South Korea Baek Ha-na / Lee So-hee (champions)

Finals[edit]

Semi-finals Final
          
1 Japan Nami Matsuyama
Japan Chiharu Shida
24 21
3 Malaysia Pearly Tan
Malaysia Thinaah Muralitharan
22 13
1 Japan Nami Matsuyama
Japan Chiharu Shida
19 15
8 South Korea Baek Ha-na
South Korea Lee So-hee
21 21
4 South Korea Kim So-yeong
South Korea Kong Hee-yong
18 18
8 South Korea Baek Ha-na
South Korea Lee So-hee
21 21

Top half[edit]

Section 1[edit]

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
1 Japan N Matsuyama
Japan C Shida
21 21
Estonia K-K Marran
Estonia H Rüütel
14 7
1 Japan N Matsuyama
Japan C Shida
21 21
Germany S Küspert
Germany E Moszczynski
12 16
Germany S Küspert
Germany E Moszczynski
21 21
Q2 Netherlands K de Wit
Netherlands A Tirtosentono
18 19
1 Japan N Matsuyama
Japan C Shida
27 21
5 Japan Y Fukushima
Japan S Hirota
25 15
5 Japan Y Fukushima
Japan S Hirota
21 21
Ukraine M Stoliarenko
Ukraine Y Zharka
10 7
5 Japan Y Fukushima
Japan S Hirota
21 21
Japan R Hirokami
Japan Y Kato
12 17
Japan R Hirokami
Japan Y Kato
21 21
Italy M Corsini
Italy J Mair
12 15

Section 2[edit]

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
3 Malaysia P Tan
Malaysia Thinaah M
21 21
Republic of Ireland K Frost
Republic of Ireland M Ryan
7 8
3 Malaysia P Tan
Malaysia Thinaah M
21 21
Scotland J MacPherson
Scotland C Torrance
18 15
PFQ United States P L Cao Hok
United States L Lam
17 15
Scotland J MacPherson
Scotland C Torrance
21 21
3 Malaysia P Tan
Malaysia Thinaah M
21 18 21
6 Japan M Matsumoto
Japan W Nagahara
17 21 11
6 Japan M Matsumoto
Japan W Nagahara
21 21
Hong Kong Yeung N T
Hong Kong Yeung P L
12 16
United States A Xu
United States K Xu
15 12
Hong Kong Yeung N T
Hong Kong Yeung P L
21 21

Bottom half[edit]

Section 3[edit]

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
France M Lambert
France A Tran
19 18
Japan R Iwanaga
Japan K Nakanishi
21 21
Japan R Iwanaga
Japan K Nakanishi
20 16
7 Bulgaria G Stoeva
Bulgaria S Stoeva
22 21
Netherlands D Jille
Netherlands C Seinen
7 Bulgaria G Stoeva
Bulgaria S Stoeva
w / o
7 Bulgaria G Stoeva
Bulgaria S Stoeva
21 15 13