# 2011 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix

The 2011 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix was the fifth season of BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix.

## Schedule

Below is the schedule released by Badminton World Federation:
| Tour | Official title | Venue | City | Date | Date | Report |
| Tour | Official title | Venue | City | Start | Finish | Report |
| 1 | German Open Grand Prix Gold | RWE-Sporthalle | Mülheim | March 1 | March 6 | Report |
| 2 | Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold | St. Jakobshalle | Basel | March 15 | March 20 | Report |
| 3 | Australian Open Grand Prix Gold | Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre | Melbourne | April 5 | April 10 | Report |
| 4 | Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold | Sultan Abdul Halim Stadium | Alor Setar | May 3 | May 8 | Report |
| 5 | Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold | CU Sport Complex | Bangkok | June 7 | June 12 | Report |
| 6 | Russia Open Grand Prix | Sports Hall Olympic | Vladivostok | June 28 | July 3 | Report |
| 7 | U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold | Orange County Badminton Club | Orange | July 11 | July 16 | Report |
| 8 | Canada Open Grand Prix | Richmond Oval | Richmond | July 19 | July 24 | Report |
| 9 | Vietnam Open Grand Prix | Phan Dinh Phung Stadium | Ho Chi Minh City | August 22 | August 28 | Report |
| 10 | Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold | Taipei County Shinjuang Stadium | Taipei | September 6 | September 11 | Report |
| 11 | Indonesia Masters Grand Prix Gold | GOR Bulutangkis Palaran | Samarinda | September 27 | October 2 | Report |
| 12 | Dutch Open Grand Prix | Topsportcentrum | Almere | October 11 | October 16 | Report |
| 13 | Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold | Saarlandhalle | Saarbrücken | November 1 | November 6 | Report |
| 14 | Macau Open Grand Prix Gold | Cotai Arena | Macau | November 29 | December 4 | Report |
| 15 | Korea Grand Prix Gold | Hanium Culture Sports Center | Hwasun | December 6 | December 11 | Report |
| 16 | India Open Grand Prix Gold | Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium | Lucknow | December 20 | December 25 | Report |

## Results
### Winners

| Tour | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
| Germany | Lin Dan | Liu Xin | Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae | Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa | Robert Blair Gabrielle White |
| Swiss | Park Sung-hwan | Saina Nehwal | Ko Sung-hyun Yoo Yeon-seong | Ha Jung-eun Kim Min-jung | Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen |
| Australia | Sho Sasaki | Liu Xin | Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa | Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito | Songphon Anugritayawon Kunchala Voravichitchaikul |
| Malaysia | Lee Chong Wei | Wang Xin | Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong | Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna | Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir |
| Thailand | Chen Long | Li Xuerui | Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae | Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei | Lee Sheng-mu Chien Yu-chin |
| Russia | Zhou Wenlong | Lu Lan | Naoki Kawamae Shoji Sato | Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova | Alexandr Nikolaenko Valeria Sorokina |
| U.S. | Sho Sasaki | Tai Tzu-ying | Ko Sung-hyun Lee Yong-dae | Ha Jung-eun Kim Min-jung | Lee Yong-dae Ha Jung-eun |
| Canada | Marc Zwiebler | Cheng Shao-chieh | Ko Sung-hyun Lee Yong-dae | Cheng Shu Bao Yixin | Michael Fuchs Birgit Michels |
| Vietnam | Nguyen Tien Minh | Fu Mingtian | Angga Pratama Ryan Agung Saputra | Anneke Feinya Agustin Nitya Krishinda Maheswari | Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova |
| Chinese Taipei | Tommy Sugiarto | Sung Ji-hyun | Ko Sung-hyun Yoo Yeon-seong | Ha Jung-eun Kim Min-jung | Ko Sung-hyun Eom Hye-won |
| Indonesia | Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka | Chen Xiaojia | Mohammad Ahsan Bona Septano | Vivian Hoo Kah Mun Woon Khe Wei | He Hanbin Bao Yixin |
| Netherlands | Hsueh Hsuan-yi | Yao Jie | Adam Cwalina Michał Łogosz | Duanganong Aroonkesorn Kunchala Voravichitchaikul | Songphon Anugritayawon Kunchala Voravichitchaikul |
| Bitburger | Hans-Kristian Vittinghus | Li Xuerui | Bodin Issara Maneepong Jongjit | Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa | Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying |
| Macau | Lee Hyun-il | Wang Shixian | Chai Biao Guo Zhendong | Jung Kyung-eun Kim Ha-na | Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir |
| Korea | Lee Hyun-il | Sung Ji-hyun | Ko Sung-hyun Yoo Yeon-seong | Eom Hye-won Jang Ye-na | Yoo Yeon-seong Jang Ye-na |
| India | Taufik Hidayat | Ratchanok Inthanon | Naoki Kawamae Shōji Satō | Shinta Mulia Sari Yao Lei | Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam |

### Performance by countries

Tabulated below are the Grand Prix performances based on countries. Only countries who have won a title are listed:
| Team | GER | SUI | AUS | MAS | THA | RUS | USA | CAN | VIE | TPE | INA | NED | GER | MAC | KOR | IND | Total |
| South Korea | 1 | 3 | | | 1 | | 3 | 1 | | 4 | | | | 2 | 5 | | 20 |
| China | 2 | | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | | 1 | | | 2 | | 1 | 2 | | | 15 |
| Japan | 1 | | 3 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | 9 |
| Indonesia | | | | 1 | | | | | 2 | 1 | 2 | | | 1 | | 1 | 8 |
| Thailand | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | 2 | 1 | | | 2 | 6 |
| Chinese Taipei | | | | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | | 4 |
| Malaysia | | | | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 4 |
| Russia | | | | | | 2 | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 3 |
| Denmark | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 2 |
| Germany | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Singapore | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | 2 |
| India | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Netherlands | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| Poland | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| Vietnam | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| England | 0.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0.5 |
| Scotland | 0.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0.5 |

## Grand Prix Gold
### German Open

* RWE-Sporthalle, Mülheim, Germany, March 1–6, 2011.
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Lin Dan | Chen Jin | 21–19, 21–11 |
| Women's singles | Liu Xin | Ayane Kurihara | 21–13, 15–21, 21–9 |
| Men's doubles | Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae | Kim Ki-jung / Kim Sa-rang | 21–19, 18–21, 21–11 |
| Women's doubles | Mizuki Fujii / Reika Kakiiwa | Ha Jung-eun / Kim Min-jung | 21–16, 21–14 |
| Mixed doubles | Robert Blair / Gabrielle White | Shintaro Ikeda / Reiko Shiota | 16–21, 21–16, 21–15 |

### Swiss Open

* St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland, March 15–20, 2011.
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Park Sung-hwan | Lee Hyun-il | 17–21, 21–9, 21–17 |
| Women's singles | Saina Nehwal | Sung Ji-hyun | 21–13, 21–14 |
| Men's doubles | Ko Sung-hyun / Yoo Yeon-seong | Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae | 21–17, 21–16 |
| Women's doubles | Ha Jung-eun / Kim Min-jung | Jung Kyung-eun / Kim Ha-na | 21–12, 21–13 |
| Mixed doubles | Joachim Fischer Nielsen / Christinna Pedersen | Nathan Robertson / Jenny Wallwork | 23–21, 21–14 |

### Australian Open

* Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia, April 5–10, 2011.
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Sho Sasaki | Wong Choong Hann | 21–11, 12–21, 21–19 |
| Women's singles | Liu Xin | Porntip Buranaprasertsuk | 21–14, 21–9 |
| Men's doubles | Hiroyuki Endo / Kenichi Hayakawa | Naoki Kawamae / Shoji Sato | 21–17, 21–18 |
| Women's doubles | Shizuka Matsuo / Mami Naito | Chin Eei Hui / Wong Pei Tty | 21–18, 21–11 |
| Mixed doubles | Songphon Anugritayawon / Kunchala Voravichitchaikul | Hirokatsu Hashimoto / Mizuki Fujii | 21–15, 21–9 |

### Malaysia Open

* Sultan Abdul Halim Stadium, Alor Setar, Malaysia, May 3–8, 2011.
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Lee Chong Wei | Bao Chunlai | 21–9, 21–19 |
| Women's singles | Wang Xin | Saina Nehwal | 13–21, 21–8, 21–14 |
| Men's doubles | Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong | Alvent Yulianto / Hendra Aprida Gunawan | 21–16, 21–7 |
| Women's doubles | Miyuki Maeda / Satoko Suetsuna | Shizuka Matsuo / Mami Naito | 21–18, 21–13 |
| Mixed doubles | Tantowi Ahmad / Lilyana Natsir | Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying | 18–21, 21–15, 21–19 |

### Thailand Open

* CU Sport Complex, Bangkok, Thailand, June 7–12, 2011.
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Chen Long | Lee Hyun-il | 21–8, 21–19 |
| Women's singles | Li Xuerui | Jiang Yanjiao | 14–21, 21–14, 21–14 |
| Men's doubles | Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae | Alvent Yulianto Chandra / Hendra Aprida Gunawan | 24–22, 21–14 |
| Women's doubles | Tian Qing / Zhao Yunlei | Cheng Shu / Bao Yixin | 21–7, 21–8 |
| Mixed doubles | Lee Sheng-mu / Chien Yu-chin | Nova Widianto / Vita Marissa | 21–10, 23–21 |

### U.S. Open

* Orange County Badminton Club, Orange, California, United States, July 11–16, 2011.
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Sho Sasaki | Nguyễn Tiến Minh | 21–17, 21–18 |
| Women's singles | Tai Tzu-ying | Sayaka Sato | 21–16, 19–21, 21–6 |
| Men's doubles | Ko Sung-hyun / Lee Yong-dae | Howard Bach / Tony Gunawan | 21–9, 21–19 |
| Women's doubles | Ha Jung-eun / Kim Min-jung | Jung Kyung-eun / Kim Ha-na | 14–21, 22–20, 21–18 |
| Mixed doubles | Lee Yong-dae / Ha Jung-eun | Chen Hung-ling / Cheng Wen-hsing | 21–19, 21–13 |

### Chinese Taipei Open

* Taipei County Shinjuang Stadium, Taipei, Republic of China, September 6–11, 2011.
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Tommy Sugiarto | Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk | 21–15, 15–21, 21–17 |
| Women's singles | Sung Ji-hyun | Ratchanok Inthanon | 22–20, 21–14 |
| Men's doubles | Ko Sung-hyun / Yoo Yeon-seong | Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae | 23–21, 21–17 |
| Women's doubles | Ha Jung-eun / Kim Min-jung | Greysia Polii / Meiliana Jauhari | 17–21, 21–18, 2–0 Retired |
| Mixed doubles | Ko Sung-hyun / Eom Hye-won | Tontowi Ahmad / Lilyana Natsir | 24–22, 16–21, 21–17 |

### Indonesia Open

* Gor Bulutangkis Palaran Samarinda, Samarinda, Indonesia, September 27–October 2, 2011.
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka | Tommy Sugiarto | 21–16, 21–17 |
| Women's singles | Chen Xiaojia | Pi Hongyan | 19–21, 21–15, 21–17 |
| Men's doubles | Mohammad Ahsan / Bona Septano | Hiroyuki Endo / Kenichi Hayakawa | 21–13, 21–14 |
| Women's doubles | Vivian Hoo Kah Mun / Woon Khe Wei | Bao Yixin / Zhong Qianxin | 19–21, 21–19, 21–18 |
| Mixed doubles | He Hanbin / Bao Yixin | Xu Chen / Ma Jin | 21–19, 1–4 Retired |

### Bitburger Open

* Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany, November 1–6, 2011.
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Hans-Kristian Vittinghus | Wang Zhengming | 21–18, 21–10 |
| Women's singles | Li Xuerui | Yao Jie | 21–8, 21–9 |
| Men's doubles | Bodin Issara / Maneepong Jongjit | Liu Xiaolong / Qiu Zihan | 21–14, 21–16 |
| Women's doubles | Mizuki Fujii / Reika Kakiiwa | Emelie Lennartsson / Emma Wengberg | 21–8, 21–11 |
| Mixed doubles | Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying | Thomas Laybourn / Kamilla Rytter Juhl | 21–18, 14–21, 27–25 |

### Macau Open

* Cotai Arena, The Venetian, Macau, November 29–December 4, 2011.
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Lee Hyun-il | Du Pengyu | 17–21, 21–11, 21–18 |
| Women's singles | Wang Shixian | Han Li | 21–14, 21–14 |
| Men's doubles | Chai Biao / Guo Zhendong | Ko Sung-hyun / Yoo Yeon-seong | 21–19, 21–19 |
| Women's doubles | Jung Kyung-eun / Kim Ha-na | Eom Hye-won / Jang Ye-na | 8–4 Retired |
| Mixed doubles | Tontowi Ahmad / Lilyana Natsir | Chen Hung-ling / Cheng Wen-hsing | Walkover |

### Korea Open

* Hwasun Indoor Stadium, Hwasun, South Korea, December 6–11, 2011.
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Lee Hyun-il | Shon Wan-ho | 21–18, 21–16 |
| Women's singles | Sung Ji-hyun | Han Li | 21–18, 21–16 |
| Men's doubles | Ko Sung-hyun / Yoo Yeon-seong | Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae | 21–15, 24–22 |
| Women's doubles | Eom Hye-won / Jang Ye-na | Shinta Mulia Sari / Yao Lei | 21–15, 21–16 |
| Mixed doubles | Yoo Yeon-seong / Jang Ye-na | Kim Ki-jung / Jung Kyung-eun | 21–17, 21–19 |

### India Open

* Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow, India, December 20–25, 2011.
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Taufik Hidayat | Sourabh Varma | 21–15, 21–18 |
| Women's singles | Ratchanok Inthanon | Porntip Buranaprasertsuk | Walkover |
| Men's doubles | Naoki Kawamae / Shōji Satō | Andrei Adistia / Christopher Rusdianto | 21–17, 12–21, 23–21 |
| Women's doubles | Shinta Mulia Sari / Yao Lei | Miyuki Maeda / Satoko Suetsuna | 21–17, 21–18 |
| Mixed doubles | Sudket Prapakamol / Saralee Thungthongkam | Muhammad Rizal / Debby Susanto | 16–21, 21–18, 21–11 |

## Grand Prix
### Russian Open

* Sports Hall Olympic, Vladivostok, Russia, June 28–July 3, 2011.
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Zhou Wenlong | Tian Houwei | 21–18, 21–15 |
| Women's singles | Lu Lan | Chen Xiaojia | 20–22, 21–15, 23–21 |
| Men's doubles | Naoki Kawamae / Shoji Sato | Hiroyuki Endo / Kenichi Hayakawa | 21–18, 21–17 |
| Women's doubles | Valeria Sorokina / Nina Vislova | Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi | 22–20, 21–18 |
| Mixed doubles | Alexandr Nikolaenko / Valeria Sorokina | Shintaro Ikeda / Reiko Shiota | 21–18, 21–14 |

### Canada Open

* Richmond Oval, Richmond, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 19–24, 2011.
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Marc Zwiebler | Taufik Hidayat | 21–13, 25–23 |
| Women's singles | Cheng Shao-chieh | Pi Hongyan | 21–15, 21–11 |
| Men's doubles | Ko Sung-hyun / Lee Yong-dae | Liu Xiaolong / Qiu Zihan | 21–18, 21–16 |
| Women's doubles | Cheng Shu / Bao Yixin | Cheng Wen-hsing / Chien Yu-chin | 21–13, 23–21 |
| Mixed doubles | Michael Fuchs / Birgit Michels | Chen Hung-ling / Cheng Wen-hsing | 21–10, 23–21 |

### Vietnam Open

* Phan Dinh Phung Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, August 22–28, 2011.
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Nguyen Tien Minh | Sho Sasaki | 21–13, 21–17 |
| Women's singles | Fu Mingtian | Kaori Imabeppu | 21–18, 16–21, 21–8 |
| Men's doubles | Angga Pratama / Ryan Agung Saputra | Danny Bawa Chrisnanta / Chayut Triyachart | 21–12, 16–21, 21–19 |
| Women's doubles | Anneke Feinya Agustin / Nitya Krishinda Maheswari | Shinta Mulia Sari / Yao Lei | 23–21, 26–24 |
| Mixed doubles | Vitalij Durkin / Nina Vislova | Chung Eui-seok / Yoo Hyun-young | 21–16, 21–13 |

### Dutch Open

* Topsportcentrum Almere, Almere, Netherlands, October 11–16, 2011.
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Hsueh Hsuan-yi | Chou Tien-chen | 18–21, 21–15, 21–16 |
| Women's singles | Yao Jie | Pusarla Venkata Sindhu | 21–16, 21–17 |
| Men's doubles | Adam Cwalina / Michał Łogosz | Ingo Kindervater / Johannes Schoettler | 21–19, 19–21, 21–14 |
| Women's doubles | Duanganong Aroonkesorn / Kunchala Voravichitchaikul | Shinta Mulia Sari / Yao Lei | 21–10, 21–16 |
| Mixed doubles | Songphon Anugritayawon / Kunchala Voravichitchaikul | Sudket Prapakamol / Saralee Thungthongkam | 21–17, 24–22 |