BWF World Tour Finals: Full list of title winners

Viktor Axelsen will look to secure hat-trick of titles in men’s singles category.

The BWF World Tour 2023 is all set to mark its conclusion with its most prestigious event – BWF World Tour Finals 2023 taking place from December 13 to December 17. The highly anticipated tournament will be held at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Expo Center in Xiacheng, Hangzhou, China. The season-ending event will witness 64 prominent singles and doubles athletes who, throughout the season, created a strong impression with their consistent performances at various World Tour events.

The tournament will feature the season’s top eight performers in five distinct categories – men’s and women’s singles and men’s, women’s, and mixed doubles events. The tournament is notable not only for its competitiveness but also for its substantial prize pool of US$2,500,000, which establishes it as the most lucrative event in the world of badminton.

Officially known as the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2023, the event is the successor to the BWF Super Series Finals, the event which saw its occurrence from 2008 to 2017. The BWF World Tour Finals is typically held in the month of December every year where the players who have accumulated the highest points from the BWF World Tour events over the calendar year compete for the coveted title.

Since its inauguration (2018), China has been the most successful nation in the tournament, having won nine titles overall – three in the mixed doubles, two each in the men’s and women’s doubles, and one each in the men’s and women’s singles. Japan is in the second position, claiming four titles, making its mark in every discipline excluding the mixed doubles. The nation is closely followed by Denmark and South Korea, who jointly share the third position, with three titles each.

Chinese Taipei and Thailand occupy the fifth place with two titles to their name. Besides these nations, India and Indonesia are the two nations to have won at least one title courtesy of two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu in the women’s singles and the ‘Daddies’ Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in the men’s doubles, respectively.

We will now take a look at the full list of winners at the BWF World Tour Finals as well as the winners from its predecessor BWF Super Series Finals (from 2008 to 2017).

BWF World Tour Finals title winners

Men’s Singles

BWF Super Series Finals

• 2008 – Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)
• 2009 – Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)
• 2010 – Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)
• 2011 – Lin Dan (China)
• 2012 – Chen Long (China)
• 2013 – Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)
• 2014 – Chen Long (China)
• 2015 – Kento Momota (Japan)
• 2016 – Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
• 2017 – Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)

BWF World Tour Finals

• 2018 – Shi Yuqi (China)
• 2019 – Kento Momota (Japan)
• 2020 – Anders Antonsen (Denmark)
• 2021 – Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
• 2022 – Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
• 2023 – Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)

Women’s Singles

BWF Super Series Finals

• 2008 – Zhou Mi (Hong Kong)
• 2009 – Wong Mew Choo (Malaysia)
• 2010 – Wang Shixian (China)
• 2011 – Wang Yihan (China)
• 2012 – Li Xuerui (China)
• 2013 – Li Xuerui (China)
• 2014 – Tai Tzu-ying (Chinese Taipei)
• 2015 – Nozomi Okuhara (Japan)
• 2016 – Tai Tzu-ying (Chinese Taipei)
• 2017 – Akane Yamaguchi (Japan)

BWF World Tour Finals

• 2018 – PV Sindhu (India)
• 2019 – Chen Yufei (China)
• 2020 – Tai Tzu-Ying (Chinese Taipei)
• 2021 – An Se-Young (South Korea)
• 2022 – Akane Yamaguchi (Japan)
• 2023 – Tai Tzu Ying (Chinese Taipei)

Men’s Doubles

BWF Super Series Finals

• 2008 – Koo Kien Keat/ Tan Boon Heong (Malaysia)
• 2009 – Jung Jae-sung/ Lee Yong-dae (South Korea)
• 2010 – Mathias Boe/ Carsten Mogensen (Denmark)
• 2011 – Mathias Boe/ Carsten Mogensen (Denmark)
• 2012 – Mathias Boe/ Carsten Mogensen (Denmark)
• 2013 – Mohammad Ahsan/ Hendra Setiawan (Indonesia)
• 2014 – Lee Yong-dae/ Yoo Yeon-seong (South Korea)
• 2015 – Mohammad Ahsan/ Hendra Setiawan (Indonesia)
• 2016 – Goh V Shem/ Tan Wee Kiong (Malaysia)
• 2017 – Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/ Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Indonesia)

BWF World Tour Finals

• 2018 – Li Junhui/ Liu Yuchen (China)
• 2019 – Mohammad Ahsan/ Hendra Setiawan (Indonesia)
• 2020 – Lee Yang/ Wang Chi-lin (Chinese Taipei)
• 2021 – Takuro Hoki/ Yugo Kobayashi (Japan)
• 2022 – Liu Yuchen/ Ou Xuanyi (China)
• 2023 – Kang Min-hyuk/Seo Seung-jae (Korea)

Women’s Doubles

BWF Super Series Finals

• 2008 – Chin Eei Hui/ Wong Pei Tty (Malaysia)
• 2009 – Chin Eei Hui/ Wong Pei Tty (Malaysia)
• 2010 – Wang Xiaoli/ Yu Yang (China)
• 2011 – Wang Xiaoli/ Yu Yang (China)
• 2012 – Wang Xiaoli/ Yu Yang (China)
• 2013 – Christinna Pedersen/ Kamilla Rytter Juhl (Denmark)
• 2014 – Misaki Matsutomo/ Ayaka Takahashi (Japan)
• 2015 – Luo Ying/ Luo Yu (China)
• 2016 – Chen Qingchen/ Jia Yifan (China)
• 2017 – Shiho Tanaka/ Koharu Yonemoto (Japan)

BWF World Tour Finals

• 2018 – Misaki Matsutomo/ Ayaka Takahashi (Japan)
• 2019 – Chen Qingchen/ Jia Yifan (China)
• 2020 – Lee So-hee/ Shin Seung-chan (South Korea)
• 2021 – Kim So-yeong/ Kong Hee-yong (South Korea)
• 2022 – Chen Qingchen/ Jia Yifan (China)
• 2023 – Chen Qing Chen/Jia Yi Fan (China)

Mixed Doubles

BWF Super Series Finals

• 2008 – Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytter Juhl (Denmark)
• 2009 – Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen (Denmark)
• 2010 – Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei (China)
• 2011 – Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei (China)
• 2012 – Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen (Denmark)
• 2013 – Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen (Denmark)
• 2014 – Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei (China)
• 2015 – Chris Adcock/Gabby Adcock (England)
• 2016 – Zheng Siwei/Chen Qingchen (China)
• 2017 – Zheng Siwei/Chen Qingchen (China)

BWF World Tour Finals

• 2018 – Wang Yilyu/Huang Dongping (China)
• 2019 – Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong (China)
• 2020 – Dechapol Puavaranukroh/Sapsiree Taerattanachai (Thailand)
• 2021 – Dechapol Puavaranukroh/Sapsiree Taerattanachai (Thailand)
• 2022 – Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong (China)
• 2023 – Zheng Si Wei/Huang Ya Qiong (China)

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