# List of Singapore Open women's singles champions

The Singapore Open Badminton Championships is an annual badminton tournament created in 1929. The Women's Singles was first contested in 1931. The tournament was canceled between 1942 and 1946 because of World War II and discontinued from 1974 to 1986. It returned in 1987 as Konica Cup and was held until 1999. There was no competition held in 1935, 1993, 1996 and 2000. The tournament returned in 2001 under a new sponsor. It was again canceled between 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Below is the list of the winners at the Singapore Open in women's singles.

## History

In the Amateur era, Helen Heng (1949–1955) holds the record for the most titles in the Women's Singles, winning Singapore Open seven times. Helen also holds the record for most consecutive titles with seven from 1949 to 1955.
Since the Open era of badminton began in late 1979, Zhang Ning (2001, 2003–2005, 2007) holds the record for the most Women's Singles titles with five. Zhang also holds the record for most consecutive victories with three.

## Finalists
### Amateur era

| Year | Country | Champions | Country | Runners–up | Score |
| 1931 | SGP | Alice Pennefather | SGP | E. da Silva | 11–2, 11–6 |
| 1932 | SGP | Alice Pennefather | SGP | E. da Silva | |
| 1933 | SGP | Ong Siew Eng | SGP | Alice Pennefather | 11–4, 13–10 |
| 1934 | SGP | Alice Pennefather | SGP | Ong Siew Eng | 11–8, 11–3 |
| 1935 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1936 | SGP | Ong Siew Eng | SGP | Betty Ho | 4–11, 11–7, 11–2 |
| 1937 | SGP | Alice Pennefather | SGP | Ong Siew Eng | (0–5), 11–3, 11–6 |
| 1938 | SGP | Waileen Wong | SGP | Alice Pennefather | 11–7, 12–11 |
| 1939 | SGP | Waileen Wong | SGP | Alice Pennefather | 10–12, 11–3, 11–6 |
| 1940 | JPN | Y. Yasuda | SGP | Lee Shao Meng | 12–9, 9–12, 11–1 |
| 1941 | SGP | Ong Siew Eng | SGP | Yoong Sook Lian | 11–3, 11–0 |
| 1942–1946 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1947 | SGP | Chung Kon Yoong | SGP | Helen Heng | 11–7, 11–8 |
| 1948 | SGP | Ong Siew Eng | SGP | Helen Heng | 12–10, 2–11, 11–7 |
| 1949 | SGP | Helen Heng | SGP | Ong Heng Kwee | 11–7, 11–0 |
| 1950 | SGP | Helen Heng | SGP | Ong Siew Eng | 11–4, 11–2 |
| 1951 | SGP | Helen Heng | SGP | Baby Low | 11–1, 11–1 |
| 1952 | SGP | Helen Heng | SGP | Baby Low | 11–5, 11–1 |
| 1953 | SGP | Helen Heng | SGP | Baby Low | 15–2, 15–3 |
| 1954 | SGP | Helen Heng | SGP | Baby Low | 11–3, 11–0 |
| 1955 | SGP | Helen Heng | SGP | Baby Low | 11–3, 11–5 |
| 1956 | SGP | Nancy Lim | SGP | Jessie Ong | 1–11, 11–3, 11–7 |
| 1957 | SGP | Nancy Lim | SGP | Jessie Ong | 11–4, 11–4 |
| 1958 | SGP | Nancy Lim | SGP | Long Soo Chin | 11–3, 12–11 |
| 1959 | SGP | Long Soo Chin | SGP | Nancy Lim | 11–7, 12–11 |
| 1960 | MAS | Tan Gaik Bee | SGP | Long Soo Chin | 11–4, 11–2 |
| 1961 | SGP | Helen Ong | SGP | Jessie Ong | 11–7, 12–9 |
| 1962 | THA | Prathin Pattabongs | SGP | Helen Ong | 11–6, 11–0 |
| 1963 | MAS | Sylvia Tan | SGP | Lim Choo Eng | 11–1, 11–4 |
| 1964 | MAS | Sylvia Tan | MAS | Lai Siew York | 11–5, 11–7 |
| 1965 | MAS | Lai Siew York | SGP | Aishah Attan | 11–5, 11–6 |
| 1966 | INA | Nurhaena | INA | Tan Tjoen Ing | 12–11, 11–4 |
| 1967 | INA | Minarni | INA | Retno Koestijah | 5–11, 11–6, retired |
| 1968 | JPN | Noriko Takagi | JPN | Hiroe Yuki | 11–7, 10–12, 11–4 |
| 1969 | SGP | Lim Choo Eng | SGP | Aishah Attan | 11–6, 11–3 |
| 1970 | INA | Intan Nurtjahja | INA | Utami Dewi | 11–3, 11–5 |
| 1971 | MAS | Sylvia Ng | THA | Thongkam Kingmanee | 3–11, 11–9, 11–6 |
| 1972 | INA | Intan Nurtjahja | INA | Taty Sumirah | 11–8, 12–11 |
| 1973 | THA | Thongkam Kingmanee | INA | Sri Wiyanti | 11–4, 11–8 |
| 1974–1986 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |

### Open era

| Year | Country | Champions | Country | Runners–up | Score |
| 1987 | INA | Elizabeth Latief | CHN | Gu Jiaming | 1–11, 11–6, 11–6 |
| 1988 | CHN | Li Lingwei | CHN | Huang Hua | 12–9, 11–6 |
| 1989 | CHN | Han Aiping | KOR | Lee Young-suk | 11–0, 11–5 |
| 1990 | CHN | Tang Jiuhong | KOR | Lee Young-suk | 12–9, 11–3 |
| 1991 | CHN | Huang Hua | CHN | Zhou Lei | 11–5, 7–11, 11–2 |
| 1992 | CHN | Ye Zhaoying | CHN | Han Jingna | 8–11, 11–2, 11–3 |
| 1993 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1994 | KOR | Ra Kyung-min | INA | Yuliani Santosa | 12–9, 11–5 |
| 1995 | SWE | Lim Xiaoqing | KOR | Bang Soo-hyun | 11–7, 6–11, 11–8 |
| 1996 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 1997 | INA | Mia Audina | CHN | Gong Zhichao | 11–6, 11–6 |
| 1998 | CHN | Ye Zhaoying | INA | Susi Susanti | 11–5, 6–11, 11–2 |
| 1999 | CHN | Ye Zhaoying | CHN | Gong Zhichao | 11–5, 5–11, 11–7 |
| 2000 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 2001 | CHN | Zhang Ning | CHN | Dai Yun | 7–1, 4–7, 7–2, 1–7, 7–0 |
| 2002 | CHN | Zhou Mi | CHN | Zhang Ning | 11–6, 11–3 |
| 2003 | CHN | Zhang Ning | CHN | Zhou Mi | 11–0, 11–8 |
| 2004 | CHN | Zhang Ning | CHN | Zhou Mi | 11–8, 11–1 |
| 2005 | CHN | Zhang Ning | CHN | Zhou Mi | 11–5, 11–7 |
| 2006 | FRA | Pi Hongyan | NED | Mia Audina | 22–20, 22–20 |
| 2007 | CHN | Zhang Ning | CHN | Xie Xingfang | 21–18, 19–21, 21–3 |
| 2008 | DEN | Tine Rasmussen | HKG | Zhou Mi | 21–19, 21–17 |
| 2009 | HKG | Zhou Mi | CHN | Xie Xingfang | 21–19, 18–21, 21–10 |
| 2010 | IND | Saina Nehwal | TPE | Tai Tzu-ying | 21–18, 21–15 |
| 2011 | CHN | Wang Xin | DEN | Tine Baun | 21–19, 21–17 |
| 2012 | GER | Juliane Schenk | TPE | Cheng Shao-chieh | 21–11, 26–24 |
| 2013 | CHN | Wang Yihan | CHN | Li Xuerui | 21–18, 21–12 |
| 2014 | CHN | Wang Yihan | CHN | Li Xuerui | 21–11, 21–19 |
| 2015 | CHN | Sun Yu | TPE | Tai Tzu-ying | 21–13, 19–21, 22–20 |
| 2016 | THA | Ratchanok Intanon | CHN | Sun Yu | 18–21, 21–11, 21–14 |
| 2017 | TPE | Tai Tzu-ying | ESP | Carolina Marín | 21–15, 21–15 |
| 2018 | JPN | Sayaka Takahashi | CHN | Gao Fangjie | 25–23, 21–14 |
| 2019 | TPE | Tai Tzu-ying | JPN | Nozomi Okuhara | 21–19, 21–15 |
| 2020–2021 | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition | No competition |
| 2022 | IND | P. V. Sindhu | CHN | Wang Zhiyi | 21–9, 11–21, 21–15 |
| 2023 | KOR | An Se-young | JPN | Akane Yamaguchi | 21–16, 21–14 |
| 2024 | KOR | An Se-young | CHN | Chen Yufei | 21–19, 16–21, 21–12 |

## Statistics
### Multiple champions

Bold indicates active players.
| Rank | Country | Player | Amateur era | Open era | All-time | Years |
| 1 | SGP | Helen Heng | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 |
| 2 | CHN | Zhang Ning | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 |
| 3 | SGP | Alice Pennefather | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1931, 1932, 1934, 1937 |
| 3 | SGP | Ong Siew Eng | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1933, 1936, 1941, 1948 |
| 5 | SGP | Nancy Lim | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1956, 1957, 1958 |
| 5 | CHN | Ye Zhaoying | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1992, 1998, 1999 |
| 7 | SGP | Waileen Wong | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1938, 1939 |
| 7 | MAS | Sylvia Tan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1963, 1964 |
| 7 | INA | Intan Nurtjahja | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1970, 1972 |
| 7 | CHN HKG | Zhou Mi | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2002, 2009 |
| 7 | CHN | Wang Yihan | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2013, 2014 |
| 7 | TPE | Tai Tzu-ying | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2017, 2019 |
| 7 | KOR | An Se-young | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2023, 2024 |

### Champions by country

| Rank | Country | Amateur era | Open era | All-time | First title | Last title | First champion | Last champion |
| 1 | Singapore (SGP) | 24 | 0 | 24 | 1931 | 1969 | Alice Pennefather | Lim Choo Eng |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 0 | 17 | 17 | 1988 | 2015 | Li Lingwei | Sun Yu |
| 3 | Indonesia (INA) | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1966 | 1997 | Nurhaena | Mia Audina |
| 4 | Malaysia (MAS) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1960 | 1971 | Tan Gaik Bee | Sylvia Ng |
| 5 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1940 | 2018 | Y. Yasuda | Sayaka Takahashi |
| 5 | Thailand (THA) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1962 | 2016 | Prathin Pattabongse | Ratchanok Intanon |
| 5 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1994 | 2024 | Ra Kyung-min | An Se-young |
| 8 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2017 | 2019 | Tai Tzu-ying | Tai Tzu-ying |
| 8 | India (IND) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2010 | 2022 | Saina Nehwal | P. V. Sindhu |
| 10 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2008 | 2008 | Tine Rasmussen | Tine Rasmussen |
| 10 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2006 | 2006 | Pi Hongyan | Pi Hongyan |
| 10 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2012 | 2012 | Juliane Schenk | Juliane Schenk |
| 10 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2009 | 2009 | Zhou Mi | Zhou Mi |
| 10 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1995 | 1995 | Lim Xiaoqing | Lim Xiaoqing |

### Multiple finalists

Bold indicates active players. Italic indicates players who never won the championship.
| Rank | Country | Player | Amateur era | Open era | All-time |
| 1 | SGP | Helen Heng | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | SGP | Alice Pennefather | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | SGP | Ong Siew Eng | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | CHN | Zhang Ning | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | CHN HKG | Zhou Mi | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | SGP | Baby Low | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | SGP | Nancy Lim | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | TPE | Tai Tzu-ying | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 9 | SGP | Long Soo Chin | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | SGP | Jessie Ong | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | CHN | Ye Zhaoying | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | SGP | E. da Silva | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | SGP | Waileen Wong | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | SGP | Helen Ong | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | INA | Intan Nurtjahja | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MAS | Lai Siew York | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | SGP | Aishah Attan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | SGP | Lim Choo Eng | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MAS | Sylvia Tan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | THA | Thongkam Kingmanee | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | CHN | Huang Hua | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | KOR | Lee Young-suk | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | INA NED | Mia Audina | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | CHN | Gong Zhichao | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | CHN | Xie Xingfang | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | CHN | Wang Yihan | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | CHN | Li Xuerui | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | CHN | Sun Yu | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | KOR | An Se-young | 0 | 2 | 2 |