# Maldives International

The Maldives International is an open international badminton tournament in Maldives organized by the Badminton Association of Maldives and sanctioned by the Badminton Asia Confederation and Badminton World Federation. This tournament has been an International Challenge level before it went into hiatus in 2014. This tournament held at the Malé sports complex, and offered world ranking points with total prize money US$15,000.
In 2010, India won two titles from the men's and women's singles event. Anand Pawar won the men's singles title after defeated Dinuka Karunaratne of Sri Lanka with the score 21–14, 21–18, while his compatriot Trupti Murgunde won the women's singles title after Ann Venice Alcala Malvinne of Philippines retired with a hamstring injury at the score 21–10, 11–3. The men's doubles title goes to Pakistani Kashif Ali Sulehri and Rizwan Azam, and the Japanese pair Chinami Okui and Yukie Sumida won the women's doubles title. Kennevic Asuncion and Karyn Velez won the mixed doubles title outlasted Sri Lanka's Udara Nayanajith and Renu Chandrika Hettiarachchige, 24–22, 17–21, 21–13.
In 2011, Pablo Abián of Spain with his fast movement on the court, excellent physics, and speed of strokes won the men's singles title. The 15 years old, P. V. Sindhu produced a stunning performance to win the women's singles title. She beat Carolina Marín in the third round and Agnese Allegrini in the semi-final. The men's, women's, and mixed doubles title goes to Singapore (Ashton Chen Yong Zhao and Derek Wong Zi Liang), Japan (Miki Komori and Nao Miyoshi) and Canada (Toby Ng and Grace Gao) respectively.
In 2012, K. Srikanth emerged as the title winner by ending the men's singles final set in three games with a margin of 13–21, 21–11 and 21–16 of Zulfadli Zulkiffli. Japan won three titles from the women's singles, men's doubles and women's doubles event. Raj Popat of Wales and Devi Tika Permatasari of Indonesia emerged as the winner of the mixed doubles title after defeating Sri Lanka’s Hasitha Chanaka and Kavindi Ishandika Sirimannage.
In 2013, Indonesia managed to put 6 representatives in the final round, and won two titles in the men's singles and women's doubles event after created All Indonesian finals. Hanna Ramadini lost to Michelle Li of Canada in the women's singles final and Arya Maulana Aldiartama/Alfian Eko Prasetya defeated by the Taiwanese pair Tien Tzu-chieh and Wang Chi-lin. Indian pair K. Nandagopal and Maneesha Kukkapalli clinched the mixed doubles title after registering a straight-game victory over Kim Dae-sung and Oh Bo-kyung of South Korea.

## Previous winners
### Maldives International Challenge

| Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
| 2010 | Anand Pawar | Trupti Murgunde | Kashif Ali Sulehri Rizwan Azam | Chinami Okui Yukie Sumida | Kennevic Asuncion Karyn Velez |
| 2011 | Pablo Abián | P. V. Sindhu | Ashton Chen Yong Zhao Derek Wong | Miki Komori Nao Miyoshi | Toby Ng Grace Gao |
| 2012 | Srikanth Kidambi | Sayaka Takahashi | Kazuya Itani Tomoya Takashina | Naoko Fukuman Kurumi Yonao | Raj Popat Devi Tika Permatasari |
| 2013 | Fikri Ihsandi Hadmadi | Michelle Li | Tien Tzu-chieh Wang Chi-lin | Maretha Dea Giovani Melvira Oklamona | Nandagopal Kidambi Maneesha Kukkapalli |
| 2014– 2018 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 2019 | Kaushal Dharmamer | Iris Wang | Keiichiro Matsui Yoshinori Takeuchi | Sayaka Hobara Natsuki Sone | Chaloempon Charoenkitamorn Chasinee Korepap |
| 2020 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2021 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2022 | Luís Enrique Peñalver | Aakarshi Kashyap | Rohan Kapoor B. Sumeeth Reddy | Chisato Hoshi Miyu Takahashi | Rohan Kapoor N. Sikki Reddy |
| 2023 | Ravi | Ashmita Chaliha | Pharanyu Kaosamaang Worrapol Thongsa-nga | Laksika Kanlaha Phataimas Muenwong | Hoo Pang Ron Teoh Mei Xing |
| 2024 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
* ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 22 to 27 September, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Maldives.
* ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 15 to 21 March, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Maldives.
* ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 12 to 18 August, was later cancelled.

### Maldives International Series

| Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
| 2021 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2022 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 2023 | Krishna Adi Nugraha | Sorano Yoshikawa | Choi Jian Sheng Bryan Goonting | Ho Lo Ee Amanda Yap | Sathish Kumar Karunakaran Aadya Variyath |
| 2024 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
* ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 11 to 17 October, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Maldives.

### Maldives Future Series

| Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
| 2019 | Kantawat Leelavechabutr | Malvika Bansod | Vaibhaav Prakash Raj | Kuo Yu-wen Lin Wan-ching | Lu Chia-pin Lin Wan-ching |
| 2020 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2021 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2022– 2024 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
* ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 15 to 20 September, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Maldives.
* ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 4 to 10 October, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Maldives.

## Performances by nation

Maldives Future Series
As of the 2019 edition
Pos
Nation
MS
WS
MD
WD
XD
Total
1 Chinese Taipei
000112
 India
011002
3 Thailand
100001
Total
1
1
1
1
1
5 :