# French Open (badminton)

The French Open (French: Internationaux de France de Badminton) is an annual badminton tournament held in France since 1909 and hosted by the Fédération Française de Badminton (FFBad).
The tournament was halted between 1915 and 1934, in 1965, 1970, 1972, 1994 and 2006. Not previously considered one of the international badminton circuit's leading events, it was promoted to become part of the BWF Super Series in 2007 making the French Open one of the 12 major badminton tournaments in the world. BWF categorised French Open as one of the five BWF World Tour Super 750 events per the BWF events structure since 2018.

## Past winners

| Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
| 1908 | Frank Chesterton | Margaret Larminie | Frank Chesterton Stewart Marsden Massey | Margaret Larminie Lavinia Clara Radeglia | Frank Chesterton Margaret Larminie |
| 1909 | Frank Chesterton | Lavinia Clara Radeglia | George Alan Thomas Guy A. Sautter | Margaret Larminie Muriel Bateman | George Alan Thomas Muriel Bateman |
| 1910 | George Alan Thomas | Lavinia Clara Radeglia | George Alan Thomas Guy A. Sautter | Lavinia Clara Radeglia Muriel Bateman | George Alan Thomas Muriel Bateman |
| 1911 | George Alan Thomas | Lavinia Clara Radeglia | George Alan Thomas Guy A. Sautter | Lavinia Clara Radeglia Muriel Bateman | Guy A. Sautter Lavinia Clara Radeglia |
| 1912 | George Alan Thomas | Lavinia Clara Radeglia | George Alan Thomas A. Gardner | Lavinia Clara Radeglia C. Ropert | George Alan Thomas Lavinia Clara Radeglia |
| 1913 | George Alan Thomas | Lavinia Clara Radeglia | B. L. Bisgood Robert McCallum | Lavinia Clara Radeglia Muriel Bateman | George Alan Thomas Lavinia Clara Radeglia |
| 1914–1934 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1935 | Ralph Nichols | Betty Uber | Ralph Nichols G. J. Fish | Betty Uber Diana Doveton | Ralph Nichols Diana Doveton |
| 1936 | Ian Maconachie | Marian Horsley | Ian Maconachie K. Smedley | Margaret Tragett Marian Horsley | Ian Maconachie Marian Horsley |
| 1937 | Ian Maconachie | Mavis Green | Ian Maconachie K. Smedley | Daphne Young Mavis Green | D. E. Kenyon Mavis Green |
| 1938 | Ian Maconachie | Daphne Young | Ian Maconachie K. Smedley | Daphne Young Mavis Green | Ian Maconachie Mavis Green |
| 1939 | A. S. Samuel | Mavis Green | A. S. Samuel C. C. Rickets | K. R. Davidson Mavis Green | C. C. Ricketts Mavis Green |
| 1940 | Henri Pellizza | Yvonne Girard | Henri Pellizza René Gathier | Yvonne Girard Madeleine Girard | Henri Pelliza Madeleine Girard |
| 1941 | Michel Marret | Yvonne Girard | Michel Marret René Mathieu | Yvonne Girard Madeleine Girard | Michel Marrett Madeleine Girard |
| 1942 | Yves Baudoin | Yvonne Girard | Michel Marret René Mathieu | Yvonne Girard Madeleine Girard | Michel Marrett Madeleine Girard |
| 1943 | Henri Pellizza | Yvonne Girard | Michel Marret Henri Pellizza | Yvonne Girard Madeleine Girard | Michel Marrett Madeleine Girard |
| 1944 | Henri Pellizza | Yvonne Girard | Michel Marret Henri Pellizza | Yvonne Girard Madeleine Girard | Henri Pellizza Simone Pellizza |
| 1945 | O. H. Hilton | Yvonne Girard | O. H. Hilton Jacques Rozier | Yvonne Girard Madeleine Girard | O. H. Hilton C. Carvallo |
| 1946 | Henri Pellizza | Bradley | Michel Marret Henri Pellizza | Yvonne Girard Madeleine Girard | Yves Baudoin Yvonne Girard |
| 1947 | A. J. Hone | L. Barlow | S. G. Bell A. J. Hone | Mavis Henderson L. Barlow | A. J. Hone Mavis Henderson |
| 1948 | Palle Granlund | F. M. Henderson | Niels Greaffe Bent Palling | Mavis Henderson Audrey Stone | A. J. Hone Mavis Henderson |
| 1949 | Eddy L. Choong | A. Lehmeier | Foo Sun Lau Yet Sun Lau | Mavis Henderson Audrey Stone | Eddy L. Choong A. Lehmeier |
| 1950 | Eddy L. Choong | Audrey Blathwayt | Eddy L. Choong J. Newland | Audrey Blathwayt M. Crombie | Eddy L. Choong Audrey Stone |
| 1951 | Ong Poh Lim | D. B. Grace | Ong Poh Lim Ismail bin Marjan | Q. M. Allen Webber Audrey Stone | Eddy B. Choong Q. M. Allen Webber |
| 1952 | Eddy B. Choong | Audrey Stone | Eddy L. Choong Eddy B. Choong | Mavis Henderson Audrey Stone | Eddy B. Choong Q. M. Allen Webber |
| 1953 | Eddy B. Choong | Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen | Eddy L. Choong Eddy B. Choong | Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen A. Petersen | Eddy B. Choong J. Peters |
| 1954 | Alistair McIntyre | Elisabeth O'Beirne | Ralph Nichols G. J. Fish | Elisabeth O'Beirne S. Wyatt | Ralph Nichols Elisabeth O'Beirne |
| 1955 | S. D. McLean | A. Durst | Pierre Lenoir Ghislain Vasseur | Yvonne Girard Mireille Laurent | S. D. McLean H. Laing |
| 1956 | G. E. Rowlands | M. McIntosh | A. C. Bahrée C. L. Yap | B. Forrester M. McIntosh | A. J. Malone M. B. Forrester |
| 1957 | Ferry Sonneville | Sheila Ryder | Eddy L. Choong Ferry Sonneville | S. Wyatt R. Page | Eddy L. Choong Sonia Cambril |
| 1958 | Peter Knack | Pratuang Pattabongs | O. Nyberg R. Olsson | Pratuang Pattabongs Julie Charles | R. Olsson Ingrid Dahlberg |
| 1959 | Lee Kin Tat | P. S. Wheating | Lee Kin Tat J. Lim | Mireille Laurent M. Sharp | A. Nyberg Mireille Laurent |
| 1960 | Ferry Sonneville | R. A. Rabey | Heah Hock Heng J. Lim | Audrey Stone Ursula Smith | Ferry Sonneville Yvonne Theresia Sonneville |
| 1961 | Erland Kops | Hanne Jensen | Finn Kobberø Erland Kops | R. A. Rabey J. Brennan | Erland Kops Hanne Jensen |
| 1962 | Charoen Wattanasin | Tan Gaik Bee | Finn Kobberø Erland Kops | Bent Nielsen Tan Gaik Bee | Finn Kobberø Tan Gaik Bee |
| 1963 | Lee Kin Tat | Irmgard Latz | Heinz Honegger Torkild Nielsen | Irmgard Latz Imre Rietveld | C. Harvey J. Brennan |
| 1964 | Oon Chong Jin | Imre Rietveld | Oon Chong Teik Oon Chong Jin | Julie Charles Imre Rietveld | Oon Chong Jin Julie Charles |
| 1965 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1966 | Ang Tjin Siang | Imre Rietveld | Ang Tjin Siang Wong Pek Sen | Julie Charles Imre Rietveld | Erland Kops Marianne Svensson |
| 1967 | Lee Kin Tat | Gerda Schuhmacher | Willi Braun Detlef Würfel | Julie Charles Imre Rietveld | Klaus Tetenberg Gudrun Ziebold |
| 1968 | Sture Johnsson | Eva Twedberg | Horst Lösche Gerhard Kucki | Eva Twedberg Karin Dittberner | Herman Leidelmeijer Lili ter Metz |
| 1969 | Elo Hansen | Julie Rickard | Oon Chong Hau Koh Kheng Siong | Julie Rickard A. J. Glenie | Elo Hansen L. Horvid |
| 1970 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1971 | Torsten Winter | Brigitte Potthoff | Torsten Winter Hugo Wilmes | Brigitte Potthoff June Jacques | Klaus Steden Brigitte Potthoff |
| 1972 | Herman Moens | Margaret Gardner | Holger Rode Edelwald Rumpel | Margaret Gardner Yveline Hue | Per Walsøe Yveline Hue |
| 1973 | Tage Nielsen | Lene Büchert | Peter Bullivant William Kidd | Lene Büchert Kirsten Kjaerbye | Søren Willandsen Vibeke Brisson |
| 1974 | David Hunt | Margaret Gardner | David Hunt Peter Penneket | Margaret Gardner Patricia Assinder | Daniel Gosset Kirsten Ballisager |
| 1975 | David Hunt | Yu Yuk Geor | David Hunt Peter Penneket | Lim Shour Yu Yuk Geor | David Hunt Patricia Assinder |
| 1976 | Peter Penneket | Yu Yuk Geor | David Hunt Peter Penneket | Lim Shour Yu Yuk Geor | Liao Kun Fu Lim Shour |
| 1977 | David Hunt | Inge Rozemeijer | Duncan Bridge Brian Keeling | Sylvia Robbe Inge Rozemeijer | David Hunt Patricia Assinder |
| 1978 | Gregor Berden | Alison Bryson | Andy Goode Richard Purser | Elizabeth Adam M. Jack | Richard Purser Patricia Assinder |
| 1979 | Andy Goode | Alison Bryson | Roland Maywald Karl-Heinz Zwiebler | Ingrid Morsch Vera Martini | Karl Heinz Zwiebler Ingrid Morsch |
| 1980 | Gert Helsholt | Pia Nielsen | Peter Holm Hans Olaf Birkholm | MarieLuisa Zizman Liselotte Blumer | Peter Holm Pia Nielsen |
| 1981 | Steve Baddeley | Svetlana Belyasova | Andy Goode Steve Baddeley | Svetlana Belyasova Vart Pogosyan | Nigel Tier Alison Fulton |
| 1982 | Ahmed Zubair | Denyse Julien | Bob MacDougall M. Freitag | Johanne Falardeau Linda Cloutier | Bob MacDougall Johanne Falardeau |
| 1983 | Vimal Kumar | Alison Fulton | Partho Ganguli Vikram Singh | Alison Fulton J. Benson | Stefan Frey Mechtild Hagemann |
| 1984 | Vimal Kumar | Wendy Poulton | Jan de Mulder Eddy van Herbruggen | Wendy Poulton Corinne Sonnet | Eddy van Herbruggen Wendy Poulton |
| 1985 | Kim Brodersen | Maria Henning | Kim Brodersen Claus Thomsen | Maria Henning Lilian Johansson | Lars Noies Dorthe Lynge |
| 1986 | Kerrin Harrison | Julie McDonald | Kerrin Harrison Glenn Stewart | Anne Meniane Catharine Lechalupe | Graeme Robson Julie McDonald |
| 1987 | Ib Frederiksen | Kim Yun-ja | Lee Deuk-choon Kim Moon-soo | Chung Myung-hee Hwang Hye-young | Park Joo-bong Kim Yun-ja |
| 1988 | Icuk Sugiarto | Hwang Hye-young | Park Joo-bong Sung Han-kuk | Chung Myung-hee Hwang Hye-young | Park Joo-bong Chung So-young |
| 1989 | Xiong Guobao | Li Lingwei | Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi | Sun Xiaoqing Zhou Lei | Wang Pengren Shi Fangjing |
| 1990 | Foo Kok Keong | Hwang Hye-young | Park Joo-bong Kim Moon-soo | Chung Myung-hee Hwang Hye-young | Kim Moon-soo Chung So-young |
| 1991 | Jaimie Dawson | Doris Piché | Yap Yee Hup Yap Yee Guan | Katrin Schmidt Kerstin Ubben | Michael Keck Anne Katrin Seid |
| 1992 | Wan Zhengwen | Doris Piché | Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi | Rhonda Cator Anna Lao | Liu Jianjun Wang Xiaoyuan |
| 1993 | Hendrawan | Yao Yan | Denny Kantono Antonius Ariantho | Yao Fen Lin Yanfen | Aryono Miranat Eliza Nathanael |
| 1994 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1995 | George Rimarcdi | Elena Rybkina | Sigit Budiarto Dicky Purwotsugiono | Margit Borg Maria Bengtsson | Thomas Stavngaard Anne Søndergaard |
| 1996 | Kenneth Jonassen | Marina Andrievskaya | Michael Keck Dharma Gunawi | Brenda Conijn Nicole van Hooren | Jesper Larsen Majken Vange |
| 1997 | Chris Bruil | Kelly Morgan | Tony Gunawan Victor Wibowo | Cynthia Tuwankotta Etty Tantri | Peter Jeffrey Sarah Hardaker |
| 1998 | Niels Christian Kaldau | Aparna Popat | Jan Jørgensen Ove Svejstrup | Tsai Hui-min Chen Li-chin | Norbert van Barneveld Lotte Jonathans |
| 1999 | Chen Gang | Zhou Mi | Anthony Clark Ian Sullivan | Qin Yiyuan Gao Ling | Chen Gang Qin Yiyuan |
| 2000 | Siddharth Jain | Takako Ida | Keita Masuda Tadashi Otsuka | Li Xu Hong Qian | Chan Chong Ming Joanne Quay |
| 2001 | Abhinn Shyam Gupta | Brenda Beenhakker | Vincent Laigle Svetoslav Stoyanov | Erica van den Heuvel Nicole van Hooren | Chris Bruil Lotte Jonathans |
| 2002 | Luo Yigang | Xie Xingfang | Cheng Rui Wang Wei | Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting | Zheng Bo Zhang Yawen |
| 2003 | Marc Zwiebler | Pi Hongyan | Joachim Fischer Nielsen Carsten Mogensen | Yoshiko Iwata Miyuki Tai | Jörgen Olsson Frida Andreasson |
| 2004 | Chen Jin | Pi Hongyan | Gan Teik Chai Koo Kien Keat | Du Jing Yu Yang | Xie Zhongbo Yu Yang |
| 2005 | Stanislav Pukhov | Pi Hongyan | Simon Mollyhus Anders Kristiansen | Elodie Eymard Weny Rahmawati | Nabil Lasmari Eny Widiowati |
| 2006 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 2007 | Lee Chong Wei | Xie Xingfang | Cai Yun Fu Haifeng | Wei Yili Zhang Yawen | Flandy Limpele Vita Marissa |
| 2008 | Peter Gade | Wang Lin | Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan | Du Jing Yu Yang | He Hanbin Yu Yang |
| 2009 | Lin Dan | Wang Yihan | Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan | Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli | Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir |
| 2010 | Taufik Hidayat | Wang Yihan | Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen | Duanganong Aroonkesorn Kunchala Voravichitchaikul | Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam |
| 2011 | Lee Chong Wei | Wang Xin | Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae | Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang | Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen |
| 2012 | Liew Daren | Minatsu Mitani | Lee Yong-dae Ko Sung-hyun | Ma Jin Tang Jinhua | Xu Chen Ma Jin |
| 2013 | Jan Ø. Jørgensen | Wang Shixian | Markis Kido Marcus Fernaldi Gideon | Bao Yixin Tang Jinhua | Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei |
| 2014 | Chou Tien-chen | Wang Shixian | Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen | Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang | Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir |
| 2015 | Lee Chong Wei | Carolina Marín | Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong | Huang Yaqiong Tang Jinhua | Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na |
| 2016 | Shi Yuqi | He Bingjiao | Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen | Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan | Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen |
| 2017 | Srikanth Kidambi | Tai Tzu-ying | Lee Jhe-huei Lee Yang | Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu | Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir |
| 2018 | Chen Long | Akane Yamaguchi | Han Chengkai Zhou Haodong | Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong |
| 2019 | Chen Long | An Se-young | Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan | Praveen Jordan Melati Daeva Oktavianti |
| 2020 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2021 | Kanta Tsuneyama | Akane Yamaguchi | Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol | Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan | Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino |
| 2022 | Viktor Axelsen | He Bingjiao | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty | Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong |
| 2023 | Jonatan Christie | Chen Yufei | Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Liu Shengshu Tan Ning | Jiang Zhenbang Wei Yaxin |
| 2024 | Shi Yuqi | An Se-young | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty | Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan | Feng Yanzhe Huang Dongping |
* ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 20 to 25 October, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.

## Performances by nation

    As of the 2024 edition
| | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
| 1 | England | 15 | 26 | 18 | 28 | 23 | 110 |
| 2 | China | 10 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 58 |
| 3 | Denmark | 12 | 5 | 12.5 | 2.5 | 12 | 44 |
| 4 | France | 6 | 9 | 8 | 11.5 | 7.5 | 42 |
| 5 | Malaya Malaysia | 13 | 1 | 11.5 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 31.5 |
| 6 | Indonesia | 8 | | 8.5 | 2 | 7.5 | 26 |
| 7 | South Korea | | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| 8 | West Germany Germany | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 1 | 4 | | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 10 | Scotland | 2 | 4 | | 1.5 | 2.5 | 10 |
| 11 | India | 5 | 1 | 3.5 | | | 9.5 |
| 12 | Japan | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 12 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Sweden | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2.5 | 1 | 8.5 |
| 15 | Canada | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 15 | Irish Free State Ireland | 3 | | 3 | | 1 | 7 |
| 17 | Thailand | 1 | 1 | | 1.5 | 1 | 4.5 |
| 18 | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 4 |
| 18 | Soviet Union Russia | 1 | 2 | | 1 | | 4 |
| 20 | New Zealand | 1 | | 1.5 | | 1 | 3.5 |
| 21 | Australia | | 1 | | 1 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 21 | Singapore | 2 | | 0.5 | | | 2.5 |
| 23 | Wales | 1 | 1 | | | | 2 |
| 24 | Hong Kong | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| 24 | Pakistan | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| 24 | Spain | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| 24 | Switzerland | | | 0.5 | 0.5 | | 1 |
| 24 | Yugoslavia | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| 29 | Bulgaria | | | 0.5 | | | 0.5 |
| Total | Total | 91 | 91 | 91 | 91 | 91 | 455 |