# 2008 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix

The 2008 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix was the second season of BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix with fourteen tournaments in contested. The season started with German Open in February and ended with Vietnam Open in December.

## Schedule

Below is the schedule released by Badminton World Federation:
| Tour | Official title | Venue | City | Date | Date |
| Tour | Official title | Venue | City | Start | Finish |
| 1 | German Open Grand Prix | RWE-Sporthalle | Mülheim | February 26 | March 2 |
| 2 | India Open Grand Prix Gold | Kotla Vijay Bhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium | Hyderabad | April 1 | April 6 |
| 3 | Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold | Nimibutr Stadium | Bangkok | June 24 | June 29 |
| 4 | U.S. Open Grand Prix | Orange County Badminton Club | Orange | July 8 | July 13 |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold | Taipei County Shinjuang Stadium | Taipei | September 9 | September 14 |
| 6 | Macau Open Grand Prix Gold | Tap Seac Multi-sports Pavilion | Macau | September 30 | October 5 |
| 7 | Bitburger Open Grand Prix | Saarlandhalle Saarbrücken | Saarbrücken | September 30 | October 5 |
| 8 | Bulgaria Open Grand Prix | Sofia Sports Hall | Sofia | October 7 | October 12 |
| 9 | Dutch Open Grand Prix | Topsportcentrum | Almere | October 14 | October 19 |
| 10 | Russia Open Grand Prix | Druzhba Multipurpose Arena | Moscow | November 4 | November 9 |
| 11 | New Zealand Open Grand Prix | North Shore Events Centre | Auckland | November 11 | November 16 |
| 12 | Vietnam Open Grand Prix | Phan Dinh Phung Stadium | Ho Chi Minh City | December 2 | December 7 |

## Results
### Winners

| Tour | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
| Germany | Lee Hyun-il | Jun Jae-youn | Lee Jae-jin Hwang Ji-man | Lee Kyung-won Lee Hyo-jung | Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung |
| India | Boonsak Ponsana | Zhou Mi | Guo Zhendong Xie Zhongbo | Chien Yu-chin Cheng Wen-hsing | He Hanbin Yu Yang |
| Thailand | Lin Dan | Xie Xingfang | Cai Yun Fu Haifeng | Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen | Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen |
| United States | Andrew Dabeka | Lili Zhou | Howard Bach Khan Malaythong | Chang Li-ying Hung Shih-chieh | Halim Heryanto Peng Yun |
| Chinese Taipei | Simon Santoso | Saina Nehwal | Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen | Chien Yu-chin Cheng Wen-hsing | Devin Lahardi Fitriawan Lita Nurlita |
| Macau | Taufik Hidayat | Zhou Mi | Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong | Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei | Xu Chen Zhao Yunlei |
| Bitburger | Chetan Anand | Maria Febe Kusumastuti | Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen | Helle Nielsen Marie Roepke | Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta |
| Bulgaria | Joachim Persson | Petya Nedelcheva | Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen | Jwala Gutta Shruti Kurian | Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta |
| Dutch | Andre Kurniawan Tedjono | Yao Jie | Fran Kurniawan Rendra Wijaya | Lena Frier Kristiansen Kamilla Rytter Juhl | Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen |
| Russia | Dicky Palyama | Ella Diehl | Vitalij Durkin Alexandr Nikolaenko | Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova | Alexandr Nikolaenko Valeria Sorokina |
| New Zealand | Lee Tsuen Seng | Zhou Mi | Chen Hung-ling Lin Yu-Lang | Chien Yu-chin Chou Chia-Chi | Chen Hung-ling Chou Chia-Chi |
| Vietnam | Nguyen Tien Minh | Zhang Beiwen | Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah | Shinta Mulia Sari Yao Lei | Tontowi Ahmad Shendy Puspa Irawati |

### Performance by country

Tabulated below are the Grand Prix performances based on countries. Only countries who have won a title are listed:
| Team | GER | IND | THA | USA | TPE | MAC | GER | BUL | NED | RUS | NZL | VIE | Total |
| China | | 2 | 5 | | | 2 | | | | | | | 9 |
| Denmark | | | | | 1 | | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | | 7 |
| Indonesia | | | | | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 2 | | | 1 | 7 |
| Chinese Taipei | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 3 | | 6 |
| India | | | | | 1 | | 2 | 2 | | | | | 5 |
| South Korea | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 |
| Russia | | | | | | | | | | 4 | | | 4 |
| Hong Kong | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | 3 |
| Malaysia | | | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| United States | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| Netherlands | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | 2 |
| Singapore | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Bulgaria | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| Canada | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Thailand | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Vietnam | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |

## Grand Prix Gold
### India Open

* April 1–6, Kotla Vijay Bhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India.
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Boonsak Ponsana | Chetan Anand | 21–16, 21–12 |
| Women's singles | Zhou Mi | Lu Lan | 21–14, 21–14 |
| Men's doubles | Guo Zhendong / Xie Zhongbo | Chan Chong Ming / Chew Choon Eng | 19–21, 21–14, 21–12 |
| Women's doubles | Chien Yu-chin / Cheng Wen-hsing | Miyuki Maeda / Satoko Suetsuna | 21–17, 21–16 |
| Mixed doubles | He Hanbin / Yu Yang | Kristof Hopp / Birgit Overzier | 21–18, 21–9 |

### Thailand Open

* June 24–29, Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Lin Dan | Boonsak Ponsana | 17–21, 21–15, 21–13 |
| Women's singles | Xie Xingfang | Lu Lan | 26–24, 21–7 |
| Men's doubles | Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng | Guo Zhendong / Xie Zhongbo | 21–17, Retired |
| Women's doubles | Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen | Chin Eei Hui / Wong Pei Tty | 15–21, 21–13, 21–13 |
| Mixed doubles | Xie Zhongbo / Zhang Yawen | He Hanbin / Yu Yang | 23–25, 21–10, 23–21 |

### Chinese Taipei Open

* September 9–14, Taipei County Shinjuang Stadium, Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan)
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Simon Santoso | Roslin Hashim | 21–18, 13–21, 21–10 |
| Women's singles | Saina Nehwal | Lydia Cheah | 21–8, 21–19 |
| Men's doubles | Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen | Candra Wijaya / Tony Gunawan | 22–20, 21–14 |
| Women's doubles | Chien Yu Chin / Cheng Wen-hsing | Rani Mundiasti / Jo Novita | 21–16, 21–17 |
| Mixed doubles | Devin Lahardi / Lita Nurlita | Fang Chieh-min / Cheng Wen-hsing | 14–21, 21–11, 21–19 |

### Macau Open

* September 30–October 5, Tap Seac Multi-sports Pavilion, Macau.
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Taufik Hidayat | Lee Chong Wei | 21–19, 21–15 |
| Women's singles | Zhou Mi | Julia Wong Pei Xian | 21–13, 21–19 |
| Men's doubles | Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong | Fang Chieh-min / Lee Sheng-mu | 21–16, 21–18 |
| Women's doubles | Cheng Shu / Zhao Yunlei | Ma Jin / Wang Xiaoli | 21–15, 21–18 |
| Mixed doubles | Xu Chen / Zhao Yunlei | Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama / Chau Hoi Wah | 21–15, 21–16 |

## Grand Prix
### German Open

* February 26–March 2, RWE Rhein-Ruhr Sporthalle, Mülheim, Germany.
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Lee Hyun-il | Sho Sasaki | 22–20, 21–5 |
| Women's singles | Jun Jae-youn | Wang Yihan | 25–23, 21–10 |
| Men's doubles | Lee Jae-jin / Hwang Ji-man | Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae | 21–13, 21–19 |
| Women's doubles | Lee Kyung-won / Lee Hyo-jung | Miyuki Maeda / Satoko Suetsuna | 21–17, 21–16 |
| Mixed doubles | Lee Yong-dae / Lee Hyo-jung | He Hanbin / Yu Yang | 9–21, 27–25, 21–18 |

### U.S. Open

* July 8–13, Orange County Badminton Club, Orange, California, United States.
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Andrew Dabeka | Martin Bille Larsen | 21–14, 21–9 |
| Women's singles | Lili Zhou | Chloe Magee | 23–21, 21–16 |
| Men's doubles | Howard Bach / Khan Malaythong | Halim Heryanto / Raju Rai | 21–14, 21–19 |
| Women's doubles | Chang Li-ying / Hung Shih-chieh | Tsai Pei-ling / Yang Chia-chen | 21–19, 21–14 |
| Mixed doubles | Halim Heryanto / Peng Yun | Mike Beres / Valerie Loker | 21–13, 21–16 |

### Bitburger Open

* September 30–October 5, Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany.
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Chetan Anand | Arvind Bhat | 23–25, 24–22, 23–21 |
| Women's singles | Maria Febe Kusumastuti | Aditi Mutatkar | 22–24, 21–8, 23–21 |
| Men's doubles | Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen | Kristof Hopp / Johannes Schöttler | 21–11, 21–15 |
| Women's doubles | Helle Nielsen / Marie Roepke | Shendy Puspa Irawati / Meiliana Jauhari | 21–15, 21–18 |
| Mixed doubles | Diju Valiyaveetil / Jwala Gutta | Joachim Fischer Nielsen / Christinna Pedersen | 8–21, 21–17, 22–20 |

### Bulgaria Open

* October 7–12, Sofia Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria.
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Joachim Persson | Hsieh Yu-hsing | 17–21, 21–19, 21–19 |
| Women's singles | Petya Nedelcheva | Rosaria Yusfin Pungkasari | 21–14, 21–12 |
| Men's doubles | Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen | Fran Kurniawan / Wijaya Rendra | 25–23, 21–16 |
| Women's doubles | Jwala Gutta / Shruti Kurian | Shendy Puspa Irawati / Meiliana Jauhari | 21–11, 21–19 |
| Mixed doubles | Diju V. / Jwala Gutta | Fran Kurniawan / Shendy Puspa Irawati | 15–21, 21–18, 21–19 |

### Dutch Open

* October 14–19, Topsportcentrum, Almere, Netherlands.
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Andre Kurniawan Tedjono | Chetan Anand | 21–15, 11–21, 21–19 |
| Women's singles | Yao Jie | Linda Zechiri | 21–14, 21–13 |
| Men's doubles | Fran Kurniawan / Rendra Wijaya | Rupesh Kumar / Sanave Thomas | 21–18, 21–18 |
| Women's doubles | Lena Frier Kristiansen / Kamilla Rytter Juhl | Shendy Puspa Irawati / Meiliana Jauhari | 21–16, 25–23 |
| Mixed doubles | Joachim Fischer Nielsen / Christinna Pedersen | Fran Kurniawan / Shendy Puspa Irawati | 21–17, 21–9 |

### Russian Open

* November 4–9, Druzhba Multipurpose Arena, Moscow, Russia.
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Dicky Palyama | Stanislav Pukhov | 21–12, 21–18 |
| Women's singles | Ella Diehl | Larisa Griga | 21–10, 17–21, 21–12 |
| Men's doubles | Vitalij Durkin / Alexandr Nikolaenko | Vladimir Ivanov / Ivan Sozonov | 21–11, 21–15 |
| Women's doubles | Valeria Sorokina / Nina Vislova | Petya Nedelcheva / Dimitria Popstoykova | 21–18, 21–8 |
| Mixed doubles | Aleksandr Nikolaenko / Valeria Sorokina | Vitalij Durkin / Nina Vislova | 21–19, 21–19 |

### New Zealand Open

* November 11–16, North Shore Events Centre, Auckland, New Zealand.
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Lee Tsuen Seng | Sairul Amar Ayob | 24–22, 21–17 |
| Women's singles | Zhou Mi | Rachel Hindley | 21–10, 21–15 |
| Men's doubles | Chen Hung-ling / Lin Yu-Lang | Fernando Kurniawan / Lingga Lie | 22–20, 21–10 |
| Women's doubles | Chien Yu-chin / Chou Chia-Chi | Haw Chiou Hwee / Lim Pek Siah | 21–8, 21–15 |
| Mixed doubles | Chen Hung-ling / Chou Chia-Chi | Hsieh Yu-hsing / Chien Yu-chin | 21–18, 22–20 |

### Vietnam Open

* December 2–7, Phan Dinh Phung Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Nguyen Tien Minh | Chan Yan Kit | 24–22, 21–18 |
| Women's singles | Zhang Beiwen | Xing Aiying | 11–21, 21–19, 22–20 |
| Men's doubles | Choong Tan Fook / Lee Wan Wah | Fran Kurniawan / Wijaya Rendra | 21–14, 21–10 |
| Women's doubles | Shinta Mulia Sari / Yao Lei | Shendy Puspa Irawati / Meiliana Jauhari | 16–21, 21–19, 21–11 |
| Mixed doubles | Tontowi Ahmad / Shendy Puspa Irawati | Riky Widianto / Vanessa Neo Yu Yan | 21–17, 21–9 |