The Singapore Open Badminton Championships is an annual badminton tournament created in 1929.[2] The Mixed Doubles was first contested in 1931.[3] The tournament was canceled between 1942 and 1946 because of World War II and discontinued from 1974 to 1986. It returned in 1987 as Konica Cup and was held until 1999. There was no competition held in 1932, 1937, 1938, 1962, 1969, 1973, 1987 to 1989, 1993, 1996 and 2000. The tournament returned in 2001 under a new sponsor. It was again canceled between 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Location | Singapore |
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Venue | Singapore Indoor Stadium |
Governing body | Singapore Badminton Association |
Created | 1931 |
Editions | Total: 62 (2024) Open era (since 1980): 30 |
Prize money | $62,900 (2024) |
Trophy | Clarke Cup[1] Mixed Doubles Shield |
Website | singaporebadminton.org.sg |
Most titles | |
Amateur era | 9: Ong Poh Lim |
Open era | 6: Liliyana Natsir |
Most consecutive titles | |
Amateur era | 5: Ong Poh Lim 5: Jessie Ong |
Open era | 2: Kim Dong-moon 2: Ra Kyung-min 2: Tontowi Ahmad 2: Liliyana Natsir 2: Dechapol Puavaranukroh 2: Sapsiree Taerattanachai |
Current champion | |
Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong – 2024 (First title for Zheng, second title for Huang) |
Below is the list of the winners at the Singapore Open in mixed doubles.
History
editIn the Amateur Era, Ong Poh Lim (1950–1954, 1956, 1960–1961, 1963) holds the record for the most titles in the Mixed Doubles, winning Singapore Open nine times. He share the record for most consecutive titles of five (1950–1954) with Jessie Ong (1957–1961). The most back-to-back finals ever reached in mixed doubles was also achieved by Ong when he reached seven consecutive finals between 1950 and 1956.
Since the Open Era of badminton began in late 1979,[4] Liliyana Natsir holds the record for the most Mixed Doubles titles with six. Kim Dong-moon and Ra Kyung-min (2002–2003), Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir (2013–2014), Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai (2019 and 2022, no competition in 2020 and 2021) share the record for most consecutive victories with two.
Finalists
editAmateur era
editOpen era
editStatistics
editMultiple champions
editBold indicates active players.
Rank | Country | Player | Amateur era | Open era | All-time | Years |
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1 | SGP | Ong Poh Lim | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1963 |
2 | INA | Liliyana Natsir | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014 |
3 | SGP | Jessie Ong | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 |
4 | SGP | E. J. Vass | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1931, 1933, 1934 |
SGP | J. de Souza | 3 | 0 | |||
SGP | Wong Peng Soon | 3 | 0 | 1939, 1948, 1949 | ||
SGP | Waileen Wong | 3 | 0 | |||
SGP | Ong Siew Yong | 3 | 0 | 1952, 1953, 1954 | ||
MAS | Lim Say Hup | 3 | 0 | 1957, 1958, 1959 | ||
MAS | Sylvia Ng | 3 | 0 | 1966, 1970, 1971 | ||
KOR | Kim Dong-moon | 0 | 3 | 1999, 2002, 2003 | ||
KOR | Ra Kyung-min | 0 | 3 | |||
INA | Nova Widianto | 0 | 3 | 2004, 2006, 2008 | ||
INA | Tontowi Ahmad | 0 | 3 | 2011, 2013, 2014 | ||
15 | SGP | Alice Pennefather | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1947, 1950 |
SGP | Lim Choo Eng | 2 | 0 | 1963, 1964 | ||
MAS | Ng Boon Bee | 2 | 0 | 1970, 1971 | ||
SWE | Maria Bengtsson | 0 | 2 | 1990, 1992 | ||
DEN | Thomas Lund | 0 | 2 | 1991, 1994 | ||
INA | Tri Kusharjanto | 0 | 2 | 1995, 1998 | ||
INA | Minarti Timur | 0 | 2 | |||
THA | Dechapol Puavaranukroh | 0 | 2 | 2019, 2022 | ||
THA | Sapsiree Taerattanachai | 0 | 2 | |||
CHN | Huang Yaqiong | 0 | 2 | 2017, 2024 |
Champions by country
editRank | Country | Amateur era | Open era | All-time | First title | Last title | First champions | Last champions |
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1 | Singapore (SGP) | 24.5 | 0 | 24.5 | 1931 | 1965 | E. J. Vass J. de Souza |
Lindy Lin Vivien Gwee |
2 | Indonesia (INA) | 2 | 10 | 12 | 1967 | 2014 | Darmadi Minarni |
Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir |
3 | Malaysia (MAS) | 4.5 | 1 | 5.5 | 1957 | 2018 | Lim Say Hup Jessie Ong |
Goh Soon Huat Shevon Jemie Lai |
Denmark (DEN) | 0.5 | 5 | 1968 | 2023 | Svend Andersen Noriko Takagi |
Mathias Christiansen Alexandra Bøje | ||
5 | China (CHN) | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2005 | 2024 | Zhang Jun Gao Ling |
Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong |
6 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1999 | 2016 | Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min |
Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na |
7 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1990 | 1992 | Jan-Eric Antonsson Maria Bengtsson |
Pär-Gunnar Jönsson Maria Bengtsson |
Thailand (THA) | 0 | 2 | 2019 | 2022 | Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai | |||
9 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2012 | Chen Hung-ling Cheng Wen-hsing | ||
10 | Japan (JPN) | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1968 | Svend Andersen Noriko Takagi |
Multiple finalists
editBold indicates active players.
Italic indicates players who never won the championship.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Close of the Badminton Season". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 9 December 1931.
- ^ "Badminton in Singapore". Singapore Infopedia. 2016.
- ^ "Singapore Badminton Championships". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 28 August 1931.
- ^ Brahms, Bernd-Volker (17 January 2014). Badminton Handbook. Meyer & Meyer Sport. p. 1972. ISBN 9781782553540. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
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