Hong Kong Open: Full list of Winners

Saina Nehwal is the last Indian to win the title way back in 2010.

The Hong Kong Open 2023, known as the Victor Hong Kong Open 2023 for sponsorship reasons, is scheduled to take place from September 12 to September 17, 2023, at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Kowloon, Hong Kong. This Badminton World Federation (BWF) Super 500 tournament will attract many elite badminton players from all over the world, who will be battling for a total cash prize of $420,000.

This is set to be the 22nd event of the BWF World Tour in 2023. In addition, it is a part of the Hong Kong Open championships, which have been organized since 1982. Since 2018, the BWF has classified the Hong Kong Open as one of the Super 500 tier events. The prestigious tournament, however, wasn't held in 1983, 1984, 1990, 2000, 2002, 2004, and was canceled in 2020, 2021, and 2022, due to Covid-19 pandemic in Hong Kong.

In the history of the competition, China has been the most dominant country, having won 66 titles overall, with 14 men’s singles, 18 women’s singles, 4 men’s doubles, 22 women’s doubles, and 8 mixed doubles crowns. Meanwhile, South Korea and Indonesia, having bagged 31 and 21 titles respectively, stand as the second and third most accomplished nations in the Hong Kong Open.

We will now take a look at the past winners of the Hong Kong Open.

Men’s Singles

• 1982 - Prakash Padukone (India)
• 1985 - Yang Yang (China)
• 1986 - Yang Yang (China)
• 1987 - Xiong Guobao (China)
• 1988 - Icuk Sugiarto (Indonesia)
• 1989 - Wu Wenkai (China)
• 1991 - Liu Jun (China)
• 1992 - Wu Wenkai (China)
• 1993 - Hermawan Susanto (Indonesia)
• 1994 - Hariyanto Arbi (Indonesia)
• 1995 - Hariyanto Arbi (Indonesia)
• 1996 - Fung Permadi (Taiwan)
• 1997 - Peter Gade (Denmark)
• 1998 - Budi Santoso (Indonesia)
• 1999 - Chen Wei (China)
• 2001 - Shon Seung-mo (South Korea)
• 2003 - Lin Dan (China)
• 2005 - Lin Dan (China)
• 2006 - Lin Dan (China)
• 2007 - Lin Dan (China)
• 2008 - Chen Jin (China)
• 2009 - Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)
• 2010 - Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)
• 2011 - Lin Dan (China)
• 2012 - Chen Long (China)
• 2013 - Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)
• 2014 - Son Wan-ho (South Korea)
• 2015 - Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)
• 2016 - Ng Ka Long (Hong Kong)
• 2017 - Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)
• 2018 - Son Wan-ho (South Korea)
• 2019 - Lee Cheuk Yiu (Hong Kong)
• 2023 - Jonatan Christie (Indonesia)

Women’s Singles

• 1982 - Xu Rong (China)
• 1985 - Han Aiping (China)
• 1986 - Li Lingwei (China)
• 1987 - Han Aiping (China)
• 1988 - Lee Young-suk (South Korea)
• 1989 - Han Aiping (China)
• 1991 - Huang Hua (China)
• 1992 - Bang Soo-hyun (South Korea)
• 1993 - Ye Zhaoying (China)
• 1994 - Bang Soo-hyun (South Korea)
• 1995 - Bang Soo-hyun (South Korea)
• 1996 - Camilla Martin (Denmark)
• 1997 - Gong Ruina (China)
• 1998 - Camilla Martin (Denmark)
• 1999 - Xie Xingfang (China)
• 2001 - Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn (Thailand)
• 2003 - Zhang Ning (China)
• 2005 - Zhang Ning (China)
• 2006 - Xie Xingfang (China)
• 2007 - Xie Xingfang (China)
• 2008 - Wang Chen (Hong Kong)
• 2009 - Wang Yihan (China)
• 2010 - Saina Nehwal (India)
• 2011 - Wang Xin (China)
• 2012 - Li Xuerui (China)
• 2013 - Wang Yihan (China)
• 2014 - Tai Tzu-ying (Taiwan)
• 2015 - Carolina Marín (Spain)
• 2016 - Tai Tzu-ying (Taiwan)
• 2017 - Tai Tzu-ying (Taiwan)
• 2018 - Nozomi Okuhara (Japan)
• 2019 - Chen Yufei (China)
• 2023 - Akane Yamaguchi (Japan)

Men’s Doubles

• 1982 - Hariamanto Kartono/ Rudy Heryanto (Indonesia)
• 1985 - Jesper Helledie/ Steen Fladberg (Denmark)
• 1986 - Bobby Ertanto/ Rudy Heryanto (Indonesia)
• 1987 - Zhang Qiang/ Zhou Jincan (China)
• 1988 - Lee Sang-bok/ Lee Gwang-jin (South Korea)
• 1989 - Razif Sidek/ Jalani Sidek (Malaysia)
• 1991 - Lee Sang-bok/ Shon Jin-hwan (South Korea)
• 1992 - Rexy Mainaky/ Ricky Subagja (Indonesia)
• 1993 - Antonius Ariantho/ Denny Kantono (Indonesia)
• 1994 - Rexy Mainaky/ Ricky Subagja (Indonesia)
• 1995 - Ha Tae-kwon/ Kang Kyung-jin (South Korea)
• 1996 - Antonius Ariantho/ Denny Kantono (Indonesia)
• 1997 - Ha Tae-kwon/ Kim Dong-moon (South Korea)
• 1998 - Tony Gunawan/ Candra Wijaya (Indonesia)
• 1999 - Cheah Soon Kit/ Yap Kim Hock (Malaysia)
• 2001 - Lee Dong-soo/ Yoo Yong-sung (South Korea)
• 2003 - Lee Dong-soo/ Yoo Yong-sung (South Korea)
• 2005 - Cai Yun/ Fu Haifeng (China)
• 2006 - Markis Kido/ Hendra Setiawan (Indonesia)
• 2007 - Markis Kido/ Hendra Setiawan (Indonesia)
• 2008 - Jung Jae-sung/ Lee Yong-dae (South Korea)
• 2009 - Jung Jae-sung/ Lee Yong-dae (South Korea)
• 2010 - Ko Sung-hyun/ Yoo Yeon-seong (South Korea)
• 2011 - Cai Yun/ Fu Haifeng (China)
• 2012 - Cai Yun/ Fu Haifeng (China)
• 2013 - Lee Yong-dae/ Yoo Yeon-seong (South Korea)
• 2014 - Mohammad Ahsan/ Hendra Setiawan (Indonesia)
• 2015 - Lee Yong-dae/ Yoo Yeon-seong (South Korea)
• 2016 - Takeshi Kamura/ Keigo Sonoda (Japan)
• 2017 - Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/ Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Indonesia)
• 2018 - Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/ Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Indonesia)
• 2019 - Choi Sol-gyu/ Seo Seung-jae (South Korea)
• 2023 - Kim Astrup/Anders Rasmussen (Denmark)

Women’s Doubles

• 1982 - Nora Perry/ Jane Webster (England)
• 1985 - Han Aiping/ Xu Rong (China)
• 1986 - Li Lingwei/ Han Aiping (China)
• 1987 - Kim Yun-ja/ Chung So-young (South Korea)
• 1988 - Lin Ying/ Guan Weizhen (China)
• 1989 - Lin Ying/ Guan Weizhen (China)
• 1991 - Gil Young-ah/ Hwang Hye-young (South Korea)
• 1992 - Nong Qunhua/ Zhou Lei (China)
• 1993 - Chen Ying/ Wu Yuhong (China)
• 1994 - Jang Hye-ock/ Shim Eun-jung (South Korea)
• 1995 - Gil Young-ah/ Jang Hye-ock (South Korea)
• 1996 - Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen/ Marlene Thomsen (Denmark)
• 1997 - Chung Jae-hee/ Ra Kyung-min (South Korea)
• 1998 - Chen Lin/ Jiang Xuelian (China)
• 1999 - Chen Lin/ Jiang Xuelian (China)
• 2001 - Liu Zhen/ Xiao Luxi (Singapore)
• 2003 - Gao Ling/ Huang Sui (China)
• 2005 - Yang Wei/ Zhang Jiewen (China)
• 2006 - Yang Wei/ Zhang Jiewen (China)
• 2007 - Du Jing/ Yu Yang (China)
• 2008 - Zhang Yawen/ Zhao Tingting (China)
• 2009 - Ma Jin/ Wang Xiaoli (China)
• 2010 - Wang Xiaoli/ Yu Yang (China)
• 2011 - Wang Xiaoli/ Yu Yang (China)
• 2012 - Tian Qing/ Zhao Yunlei (China)
• 2013 - Bao Yixin/ Tang Jinhua (China)
• 2014 - Tian Qing/ Zhao Yunlei (China)
• 2015 - Tian Qing/ Zhao Yunlei (China)
• 2016 - Christinna Pedersen/ Kamilla Rytter Juhl (Denmark)
• 2017 - Chen Qingchen/ Jia Yifan (China)
• 2018 - Yuki Fukushima/ Sayaka Hirota (Japan)
• 2019 - Chen Qingchen/ Jia Yifan (China)
• 2023 - Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadanti (Indonesia)

Mixed Doubles

• 1982 - No Competition
• 1985 - Martin Dew/ Gillian Gilks (England)
• 1986 - Billy Gilliland/ Nora Perry (Scotland/England)
• 1987 - Billy Gilliland/ Gillian Gowers (Scotland/England)
• 1988 - Park Joo-bong/ Chung Myung-hee (South Korea)
• 1989 - Choi Sang-bum/ Chung So-young (South Korea)
• 1991 - Lee Sang-bok/ Shim Eun-jung (South Korea)
• 1992 - Aryono Miranat/ Eliza Nathanael (Indonesia)
• 1993 - Rudy Gunawan/ Rosiana Tendean (Indonesia)
• 1994 - Thomas Lund/ Marlene Thomsen (Denmark)
• 1995 - Park Joo-bong/ Shim Eun-jung (South Korea)
• 1996 - Michael Søgaard/ Rikke Olsen (Denmark)
• 1997 - Kim Dong-moon/ Ra Kyung-min (South Korea)
• 1998 - Michael Søgaard/ Rikke Olsen (Denmark)
• 1999 - Chan Chong Ming/ Joanne Quay Swee Ling (Malaysia)
• 2001 - Kim Dong-moon/ Ra Kyung-min (South Korea)
• 2003 - Kim Dong-moon/ Ra Kyung-min (South Korea)
• 2005 - Xie Zhongbo/ Zhang Yawen (China)
• 2006 - Zheng Bo/ Zhao Tingting (China)
• 2007 - Nova Widianto/ Liliyana Natsir (Indonesia)
• 2008 - Xie Zhongbo/ Zhang Yawen (China)
• 2009 - Robert Mateusiak/ Nadieżda Kostiuczyk (Poland)
• 2010 - Joachim Fischer Nielsen/ Christinna Pedersen (Denmark)
• 2011 - Zhang Nan/ Zhao Yunlei (China)
• 2012 - Zhang Nan/ Zhao Yunlei (China)
• 2013 - Chris Adcock/ Gabrielle White (England)
• 2014 - Zhang Nan/ Zhao Yunlei (China)
• 2015 - Zhang Nan/ Zhao Yunlei (China)
• 2016 - Tontowi Ahmad/ Liliyana Natsir (Indonesia)
• 2017 - Zheng Siwei/ Huang Yaqiong (China)
• 2018 - Yuta Watanabe/ Arisa Higashino (Japan)
• 2019 - Yuta Watanabe/ Arisa Higashino (Japan)
• 2023 - Guo Xinwa/Wei Yaxin (China)