# Singapore Open (badminton)

The Singapore Open is a badminton event that has been held in Singapore annually since 1929. Badminton World Federation categorised Singapore Open as one of the six BWF World Tour Super 750 events in the BWF events structure since 2023.
In 1929, the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) was established to promote the sport and organise competitions. Its first official annual open championships was held in that same year with the best players chosen to represent Singapore in the regional tournaments. In 1957, it became an open invitation championship and was held annually until 1973. In 1987–1989, the tournament was known as the Konica Cup, an invitation championship exclusively for Asian players, and in 1990, for the first time entered the International Badminton Federation Grand Prix circuit. In 2007, Singapore Open was part of the BWF Super Series event. In 2018, it was designated as one of the seven BWF World Tour Super 500 events.

## Venues for the Championships

The tournament has been historically held at six main venues, and is now played at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.
| Years active | Venue | Location |
| 1929 | Old Chinese Chin Woo Athletic Association Hall | City Hall |
| 1929 | Singapore Chinese Girls' School Hall | Somerset |
| 1930–1934 | Singapore Volunteer Corps Drill Hall | City Hall |
| 1934–1951 | Clerical Union Hall | Balestier |
| 1952–1989 | Singapore Badminton Hall | Geylang |
| 1990–present | Singapore Indoor Stadium | Kallang |

## Past winners

| Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
| 1929 | E. J. Vass | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1930 | E. J. Vass | No competition | Lim Chek Heng Seah Eng Liat | No competition | No competition |
| 1931 | E. J. Vass | Alice Pennefather | Lim Boon Guan Wee Eng Siang | Maude Lewis Alice Pennefather | E. J. Vass J. de Souza |
| 1932 | E. J. Vass | Alice Pennefather | Koh Keng Siang See Gim Hock | No competition | No competition |
| 1933 | Koh Keng Siang | Ong Siew Eng | Charlie Chua Yeo Kian Ann | Chow Han Hua Sheh Sai Ming | E. J. Vass J. de Souza |
| 1934 | E. J. Vass | Alice Pennefather | Chan Chim Bock Seah Eng Hee | No competition | E. J. Vass J. de Souza |
| 1935 | Leow Kim Fatt | No competition | Leow Kim Fatt Lim Boon Guan | No competition | Seah Eng Hee Aileen Wong |
| 1936 | Tan Chong Tee | Ong Siew Eng | Seah Eng Hee Tan Chong Tee | No competition | Leow Kim Fatt Tan Kim Lui |
| 1937 | Tan Chong Tee | Alice Pennefather | Seah Eng Hee Tan Chong Tee | No competition | No competition |
| 1938 | Wong Peng Soon | Waileen Wong | Chan Chim Bock Wong Peng Soon | No competition | No competition |
| 1939 | Wong Peng Soon | Waileen Wong | Wee Boon Hai Wong Chong Teck | No competition | Wong Peng Soon Waileen Wong |
| 1940 | Tan Chong Tee | Y. Yasuda | Chia Chin Soon Ahmad Mattar | No competition | Tan Chong Tee Lee Shao Meng |
| 1941 | Wong Peng Soon | Ong Siew Eng | Wee Boon Hai Wong Chong Teck | Chan Keng Boon Ong Siew Eng | S. A. Durai Yoong Sook Lian |
| 1942– 1946 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1947 | Wong Peng Soon | Chung Kon Yoong | Wong Chong Teck Wong Peng Soon | Ng Sai Noi Ong Siew Eng | Quek Keng Chuan Alice Pennefather |
| 1948 | Wong Peng Soon | Ong Siew Eng | Teoh Peng Hooi Wong Peng Soon | Helen Heng Ong Siew Eng | Wong Peng Soon Waileen Wong |
| 1949 | Wong Peng Soon | Helen Heng | Teoh Peng Hooi Wong Peng Soon | Helen Heng Mary Sim | Wong Peng Soon Waileen Wong |
| 1950 | Cheong Hock Leng | Helen Heng | Ismail Marjan Ong Poh Lim | Helen Heng Mary Sim | Ong Poh Lim Alice Pennefather |
| 1951 | Wong Peng Soon | Helen Heng | Ismail Marjan Ong Poh Lim | Helen Heng Mary Sim | Ong Poh Lim Mary Sim |
| 1952 | Ong Poh Lim | Helen Heng | Ismail Marjan Ong Poh Lim | Helen Heng Mary Sim | Ong Poh Lim Ong Siew Yong |
| 1953 | Ong Poh Lim | Helen Heng | Ismail Marjan Ong Poh Lim | Helen Heng Baby Low | Ong Poh Lim Ong Siew Yong |
| 1954 | Ong Poh Lim | Helen Heng | Ismail Marjan Ong Poh Lim | Helen Heng Baby Low | Ong Poh Lim Ong Siew Yong |
| 1955 | Ong Poh Lim | Helen Heng | Ismail Marjan Ong Poh Lim | Helen Heng Baby Low | Teoh Peng Hooi Lau Hui Huang |
| 1956 | Omar Ibrahim | Nancy Lim | Ismail Marjan Ong Poh Lim | Lau Hui Huang Nancy Lim | Ong Poh Lim Mary Quintal |
| 1957 | Seah Lye Huat | Nancy Lim | Johnny Heah Lim Say Hup | Lau Hui Huang Nancy Lim | Lim Say Hup Jessie Ong |
| 1958 | Omar Ibrahim | Nancy Lim | Johnny Heah Lim Say Hup | Lau Hui Huang Nancy Lim | Lim Say Hup Jessie Ong |
| 1959 | Omar Ibrahim | Long Soo Chin | Ong Poh Lim Omar Yahya | Nancy Ang Jessie Ong | Lim Say Hup Jessie Ong |
| 1960 | Billy Ng | Tan Gaik Bee | Bobby Chee Khoo Eng Huah | Cecilia Samuel Tan Gaik Bee | Ong Poh Lim Jessie Ong |
| 1961 | Lee Kin Tat | Helen Ong | Robert Lim Lim Wei Lon | Nancy Ang Jessie Ong | Ong Poh Lim Jessie Ong |
| 1962 | Wee Choon Seng | Prathin Pattabongs | Ong Poh Lim Wee Choon Seng | Vivien Gwee Helen Ong | No competition |
| 1963 | Teh Kew San | Sylvia Tan | Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan | Sylvia Tan Tan Yee Chin | Ong Poh Lim Lim Choo Eng |
| 1964 | Billy Ng | Sylvia Tan | Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan | Lai Siew York Sylvia Tan | Tan Boon Liat Lim Choo Eng |
| 1965 | Omar Manap | Lai Siew York | Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan | Lim Choo Eng Luanne Lim | Lindy Lin Vivien Gwee |
| 1966 | Yew Cheng Hoe | Nurhaena | Eddy Choong Yew Cheng Hoe | Nurhaena Tan Tjoen Ing | Billy Ng Sylvia Ng |
| 1967 | Tan Aik Huang | Minarni | Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan | Retno Koestijah Minarni | Darmadi Minarni |
| 1968 | Tan Aik Huang | Noriko Takagi | Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan | Noriko Takagi Hiroe Yuki | Svend Andersen Noriko Takagi |
| 1969 | Rudy Hartono | Lim Choo Eng | Rudy Hartono Indratno | Aishah Attan Lim Choo Eng | No competition |
| 1970 | Muljadi | Intan Nurtjahja | Indra Gunawan Indratno | Retno Koestijah Minarni | Ng Boon Bee Sylvia Ng |
| 1971 | Ippei Kojima | Sylvia Ng | Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata | Rosalind Singha Ang Teoh Siew Yong | Ng Boon Bee Sylvia Ng |
| 1972 | Iie Sumirat | Intan Nurtjahja | Tan Aik Huang Tan Aik Mong | Regina Masli Intan Nurtjahja | Johan Wahjudi Regina Masli |
| 1973 | Iie Sumirat | Thongkam Kingmanee | Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi | Theresia Widiastuti Sri Wiyanti | No competition |
| 1974– 1986 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1987 | Misbun Sidek | Elizabeth Latief | Bobby Ertanto Liem Swee King | Chung Myung-hee Hwang Hye-young | No competition |
| 1988 | Yang Yang | Li Lingwei | Shuji Matsuno Shinji Matsuura | Shi Wen Zhou Lei | No competition |
| 1989 | Zhao Jianhua | Han Aiping | Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek | Guan Weizhen Lin Ying | No competition |
| 1990 | Foo Kok Keong | Tang Jiuhong | Rudy Gunawan Eddy Hartono | Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers | Jan-Eric Antonsson Maria Bengtsson |
| 1991 | Bambang Suprianto | Huang Hua | Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong | Chung Myung-hee Chung So-young | Thomas Lund Pernille Dupont |
| 1992 | Zhao Jianhua | Ye Zhaoying | Chen Hongyong Chen Kang | Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers | Pär-Gunnar Jönsson Maria Bengtsson |
| 1993 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1994 | Ardy Wiranata | Ra Kyung-min | Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja | Ge Fei Gu Jun | Thomas Lund Marlene Thomsen |
| 1995 | Joko Suprianto | Lim Xiaoqing | Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja | Ge Fei Gu Jun | Tri Kusharjanto Minarti Timur |
| 1996 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1997 | Hariyanto Arbi | Mia Audina | Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya | Ge Fei Gu Jun | Bambang Suprianto Rosalina Riseu |
| 1998 | Hendrawan | Ye Zhaoying | Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya | Ge Fei Gu Jun | Tri Kusharjanto Minarti Timur |
| 1999 | Hariyanto Arbi | Ye Zhaoying | Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah | Huang Nanyan Yang Wei | Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min |
| 2000 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 2001 | Taufik Hidayat | Zhang Ning | Tony Gunawan Halim Haryanto | Wei Yili Zhang Jiewen | Jens Eriksen Mette Schjoldager |
| 2002 | Chen Hong | Zhou Mi | Eng Hian Flandy Limpele | Huang Nanyan Yang Wei | Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min |
| 2003 | Chen Hong | Zhang Ning | Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen | Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen | Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min |
| 2004 | Kenneth Jonassen | Zhang Ning | Luluk Hadiyanto Alvent Yulianto | Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen | Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir |
| 2005 | Taufik Hidayat | Zhang Ning | Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya | Zhang Dan Zhang Yawen | Zhang Jun Gao Ling |
| 2006 | Peter Gade | Pi Hongyan | Sigit Budiarto Flandy Limpele | Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen | Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir |
| 2007 | Boonsak Ponsana | Zhang Ning | Cai Yun Fu Haifeng | Wei Yili Zhang Yawen | Flandy Limpele Vita Marissa |
| 2008 | Lee Chong Wei | Tine Rasmussen | Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari | Du Jing Yu Yang | Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir |
| 2009 | Bao Chunlai | Zhou Mi | Anthony Clark Nathan Robertson | Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting | Zheng Bo Ma Jin |
| 2010 | Sony Dwi Kuncoro | Saina Nehwal | Fang Chieh-min Lee Sheng-mu | Shinta Mulia Sari Yao Lei | Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl |
| 2011 | Chen Jin | Wang Xin | Cai Yun Fu Haifeng | Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei | Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir |
| 2012 | Boonsak Ponsana | Juliane Schenk | Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan | Bao Yixin Zhong Qianxin | Chen Hung-ling Cheng Wen-hsing |
| 2013 | Tommy Sugiarto | Wang Yihan | Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan | Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei | Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir |
| 2014 | Simon Santoso | Wang Yihan | Cai Yun Lu Kai | Bao Yixin Tang Jinhua | Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir |
| 2015 | Kento Momota | Sun Yu | Angga Pratama Ricky Karanda Suwardi | Ou Dongni Yu Xiaohan | Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei |
| 2016 | Sony Dwi Kuncoro | Ratchanok Intanon | Fu Haifeng Zhang Nan | Nitya Krishinda Maheswari Greysia Polii | Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na |
| 2017 | B. Sai Praneeth | Tai Tzu-ying | Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen | Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl | Lu Kai Huang Yaqiong |
| 2018 | Chou Tien-chen | Sayaka Takahashi | Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan | Ayako Sakuramoto Yukiko Takahata | Goh Soon Huat Shevon Jemie Lai |
| 2019 | Kento Momota | Tai Tzu-ying | Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda | Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara | Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai |
| 2020 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2021 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2022 | Anthony Sinisuka Ginting | P. V. Sindhu | Leo Rolly Carnando Daniel Marthin | Apriyani Rahayu Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti | Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai |
| 2023 | Anthony Sinisuka Ginting | An Se-young | Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi | Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan | Mathias Christiansen Alexandra Bøje |
| 2024 | Shi Yuqi | An Se-young | He Jiting Ren Xiangyu | Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong |
* ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 7 to 12 April, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore.
* ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 1 to 6 June, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore.

## Multiple winners

Below is the list of the most successful players in the Singapore Open:
| Name | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
| Ong Poh Lim | 4 | | 9 | | 9 | 22 |
| Helen Heng | | 7 | | 8 | | 15 |
| Wong Peng Soon | 7 | | 4 | | 3 | 14 |
| E. J. Vass | 5 | | | | 3 | 8 |
| Alice Pennefather | | 4 | | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Ismail Marjan | | | 7 | | | 7 |
| Jessie Ong | | | | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Ng Boon Bee | | | 5 | | 2 | 7 |
| Ong Siew Eng | | 4 | | 3 | | 7 |
| Liliyana Natsir | | | | | 6 | 6 |
| Nancy Lim | | 3 | | 3 | | 6 |
| Tan Chong Tee | 3 | | 2 | | 1 | 6 |
| Lim Choo Eng | | 1 | | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Lim Say Hup | | | 2 | | 3 | 5 |
| Mary Sim | | | | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Tan Yee Khan | | | 5 | | | 5 |
| Waileen Wong | | 2 | | | 3 | 5 |
| Yang Wei | | | | 5 | | 5 |
| Zhang Ning | | 5 | | | | 5 |
| Ge Fei | | | | 4 | | 4 |
| Gu Jun | | | | 4 | | 4 |
| Lau Hui Huang | | | | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Minarni | | 1 | | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Ra Kyung-min | | 1 | | | 3 | 4 |
| Seah Eng Hee | | | 3 | | 1 | 4 |
| Sigit Budiarto | | | 4 | | | 4 |
| Sylvia Ng | | 1 | | | 3 | 4 |
| Sylvia Tan | | 2 | | 2 | | 4 |
| Zhang Jiewen | | | | 4 | | 4 |
| Baby Low | | | | 3 | | 3 |
| Billy Ng | 2 | | | | 1 | 3 |
| Cai Yun | | | 3 | | | 3 |
| Candra Wijaya | | | 3 | | | 3 |
| Flandy Limpele | | | 2 | | 1 | 3 |
| Fu Haifeng | | | 3 | | | 3 |
| Hendra Setiawan | | | 3 | | | 3 |
| Intan Nurtjahja | | 2 | | 1 | | 3 |
| J. de Souza | | | | | 3 | 3 |
| Kim Dong-moon | | | | | 3 | 3 |
| Leow Kim Fatt | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | 3 |
| Noriko Takagi | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Nova Widianto | | | | | 3 | 3 |
| Omar Ibrahim | 3 | | | | | 3 |
| Ong Siew Yong | | | | | 3 | 3 |
| Tan Aik Huang | 2 | | 1 | | | 3 |
| Teoh Peng Hooi | | | 2 | | 1 | 3 |
| Tontowi Ahmad | | | | | 3 | 3 |
| Wong Chong Teck | | | 3 | | | 3 |
| Ye Zhaoying | | 3 | | | | 3 |
| Zhang Yawen | | | | 3 | | 3 |
| Zhao Yunlei | | | | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Anthony Sinisuka Ginting | 2 | | | | | 2 |
| Bambang Suprianto | 1 | | | | 1 | 2 |
| Bao Yixin | | | | 2 | | 2 |
| Boonsak Ponsana | 2 | | | | | 2 |
| Chan Chim Bock | | | 2 | | | 2 |
| Chen Hong | 2 | | | | | 2 |
| Chung Myung-hee | | | | 2 | | 2 |
| Dechapol Puavaranukroh | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Gillian Clark | | | | 2 | | 2 |
| Gillian Gowers | | | | 2 | | 2 |
| Hariyanto Arbi | 2 | | | | | 2 |
| Helen Ong | | 1 | | 1 | | 2 |
| Huang Nanyan | | | | 2 | | 2 |
| Iie Sumirat | 2 | | | | | 2 |
| Indratno | | | 2 | | | 2 |
| Jens Eriksen | | | 1 | | 1 | 2 |
| Johan Wahjudi | | | 1 | | 1 | 2 |
| Johnny Heah | | | 2 | | | 2 |
| Kamilla Rytter Juhl | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kento Momota | 2 | | | | | 2 |
| Koh Keng Siang | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 |
| Lai Siew York | | 1 | | 1 | | 2 |
| Lim Boon Guan | | | 2 | | | 2 |
| Lu Kai | | | 1 | | 1 | 2 |
| Maria Bengtsson | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Minarti Timur | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Mohammad Ahsan | | | 2 | | | 2 |
| Nancy Ang | | | | 2 | | 2 |
| Nurhaena | | 1 | | 1 | | 2 |
| Regina Masli | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Retno Koestijah | | | | 2 | | 2 |
| Rexy Mainaky | | | 2 | | | 2 |
| Ricky Subagja | | | 2 | | | 2 |
| Rudy Hartono | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 |
| Sapsiree Taerattanachai | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Sony Dwi Kuncoro | 2 | | | | | 2 |
| Tai Tzu-ying | | 2 | | | | 2 |
| Tan Gaik Bee | | 1 | | 1 | | 2 |
| Taufik Hidayat | 2 | | | | | 2 |
| Thomas Lund | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Tian Qing | | | | 2 | | 2 |
| Tri Kusharjanto | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Vivien Gwee | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wang Yihan | | 2 | | | | 2 |
| Wee Boon Hai | | | 2 | | | 2 |
| Wee Choon Seng | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 |
| Wei Yili | | | | 2 | | 2 |
| Yew Cheng Hoe | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 |
| Zhang Nan | | | 1 | | 1 | 2 |
| Zhao Jianhua | 2 | | | | | 2 |
| Zhou Mi | | 2 | | | | 2 |
| Huang Yaqiong | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Chen Qingchen | | | | 2 | | 2 |
| Jia Yifan | | | | 2 | | 2 |
| An Se-young | | 2 | | | | 2 |
Female players that change their surname after marriage:
    ^1 – Alice Patterson later known as Alice Pennefather
    ^2 – Ong Siew Eng later known as Mrs. Chionh Hiok Chor
    ^3 – Mary Heng later known as Mary Sim
    ^5 – Noriko Takagi later known as Noriko Nakayama
Players that had won titles representing different nation:
    ^4 – Flandy Limpele won two title representing Indonesia and one with England
    ^6 – Zhou Mi won one title representing China and one with Hong Kong

## Performances by nation

    As of the 2024 tournament
| Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
| 1 | Straits Settlements Singapore | 28 | 24 | 24.5 | 21 | 24.5 | 122 |
| 2 | Indonesia | 18 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 62 |
| 3 | China | 8 | 17 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 59 |
| 4 | Malaya Malaysia | 10 | 5 | 13.5 | 4 | 5.5 | 38 |
| 5 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0.5 | 12.5 |
| 6 | Denmark | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5.5 | 11.5 |
| 7 | South Korea | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Thailand | 2 | 3 | | | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 2 | 1 | | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | England | | | 2 | 2 | | 4 |
| 11 | India | 1 | 2 | | | | 3 |
| 11 | Sweden | | 1 | | | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | France | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| 13 | Germany | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| 13 | Hong Kong | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Total | Total | 73 | 70 | 72 | 63 | 62 | 340 |