Denmark Open

The Denmark Open, or formerly known as Danish Open, is an annual badminton tournament held in Denmark and organized by Danmarks Badminton Forbund.

History

The tournament started in 1935. It was interrupted by World War II and was on hiatus from 1955 through 1964. It seeks to draw the top players from around the World. The tournament is usually played in late October each year.

Locations

Eleven locations have been chosen to host the tournament. The 2008 tournament was held in Arena Fyn in Odense.^[1] Since 2008, the tournaments have been held in Odense.^[2]

• 1935 – 1938, 1945 – 1985: Copenhagen
• 1990: Aabenraa
• 1991: Solrød municipality
• 1986, 1992: Aalborg
• 1989, 1993: Højbjerg
• 1987, 1994: Esbjerg
• 1996: Middelfart
• 1997 – 1999: Vejle
• 2000 – 2002: Farum
• 2003 – 2006: Aarhus
• 1988, 1995, 2007 - 2011: Odense

Previous champions

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1935-1936	Poul Nielsen	Ruth Frederiksen	Aksel Hansen Svenn Strømann	Tonny Olsen Bodil Riise	Poul Nielsen Ruth Frederiksen
1936-1937	Maurice Field	Tonny Olsen	T. H. Boyle K. Woods	Ruth Dalsgaard D. Graham	T. H. Boyle O. Wilson
1937-1938	H. S. Ong	D. M. C. Young	Carl Frøhlke Tage Madsen	Tonny Olsen Bodil Riise	H. S. Ong F. M. Creen
1938-1939	Tage Madsen	Tonny Olsen	Ralph Nichols Raymond M. White	Q. M. Allan Ruth Dalsgaard	Ralph Nichols V. M. Stapies
1939- 1944	No competition
1945-1946	Conny Jepsen	Tonny Olsen	Preben Dabelsteen Jørn Skaarup	Tonny Ahm Kirsten Thorndahl	Tage Madsen Kirsten Thorndahl
1946-1947	Poul Holm			Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen Marie Ussing
1947-1948	Jørn Skaarup		Børge Frederiksen Tage Madsen	Tonny Ahm Kirsten Thorndahl
1948-1949	David G. Freeman		Ooi Teik Hock Teoh Seng Khoon		Chan Kok Leong Tonny Ahm
1949-1950	Nils Jonson		Arve Lossmann John Nygaard		Børge Frederiksen Tonny Ahm
1950-1951	Wong Peng Soon		Ong Poh Lim Ismail Marjan		Arve Lossmann Kirsten Thorndahl
1951-1952	Jørn Skaarup	Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen			David Choong Tonny Ahm
1952-1953	No competition
1953-1954	Eddie Choong	Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen	David Choong Eddie Choong	Iris Cooly June White	Eddie Choong Agnete Friis
1954-1955	No competition
1955	Finn Kobberø	Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen	Jorgen Hammergaard Hansen Finn Kobberø	Anni Jørgensen Kirsten Thorndahl	Jørn Skaarup Anni Jørgensen
1956 1964	No competition
1965-1966	Svend Pri	Lizbeth von Barnekow	Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan	Karin Jørgensen Ulla Strand	Finn Kobberø Ulla Strand
1966-1967	Tan Aik Huang	Noriko Takagi		Noriko Tokagi Hiroe Amano	Svend Pri Ulla Strand
1967-1968		Eva Twedberg	Ippei Kojima Kazumasa Nichino		Per Walsøe Pernille Mølgaard
1968-1969	Svend Pri	Hiroe Yuki	Ippei Kojima Bjørn Andersen	Noriko Takagi Hiroe Yuki	Henning Borch Imre Rietveld Nielsen
1969-1970	Ippei Kojima	Eva Twedberg	Henning Borch Erland Kops	Etsuko Takenaka Machiko Aizawa	Klaus Kaagaard Ulla Strand
1970-1971	Rudy Hartono	Noriko Takagi	Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan	Noriko Takagi Hiroe Yuki	Svend Pri Ulla Strand
1971-1972	Svend Pri	Eva Twedberg		Noriko Nakayama (Takagi) Hiroe Yuki	Wolfgang Bochow Marieluise Wackerow
1972-1973	Rudy Hartono	Hiroe Yuki	Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi	Joke van Beusekom Marjan Luesken	Elo Hansen Ulla Strand
1973-1974	Svend Pri			Machiko Aizawa Etsuko Takenaka
1974-1975	Rudy Hartono	Lene Køppen		Imelda Wigoeno Theresia Widiastuty	Tjun Tjun Regina Masli
1975-1976	Svend Pri		David Eddy Eddy Sutton	Joke van Beusekom Marjan Luesken	Steen Skovgaard Lene Køppen
1976-1977	Flemming Delfs	Hiroe Yuki	Bengt Fröman Thomas Kihlström	Barbara Giles Jane Webster
1977-1978	Liem Swie King	Lene Køppen	Steen Skovgaard Flemming Delfs	Verawaty Wiharjo Imelda Wigoeno
1978-1979	Flemming Delfs		Masao Tsuchida Yoshitaka Iino	Mikiko Takada Atsuko Tokuda	Ray Stevens Nora Perry
1979-1980	Prakash Padukone	Ivanna Lie	Steen Skovgaard Flemming Delfs	Gillian Gilks Nora Perry	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry
1980-1981	Morten Frost	Lene Køppen	Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata	Nora Perry Jane Webster
1981-1982		Wu Jianqui	Park Joo-bong Lee Eun-ku	Lin Ying Wu Dixi	Thomas Kihlström Nora Perry
1982-1983		Qian Ping	Thomas Kihlström Stefan Karlsson	Nora Perry Jane Webster
1983-1984		Kirsten Larsen	Park Joo-bong Kim Moon-soo	Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks
1984-1985		Zheng Yuli	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi		Dipak Taylor Nora Perry
1985-1986		Kim Yun-ja	Steen Fladberg Jesper Helledie		Nigel Tier Gillian Gowers
1986-1987		Zheng Yuli	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks
1987-1988	Torben Carlsen	Lee Young-Suk	Razif Sidek Jalani Sidek	Atsuko Tokuda Yoshiko Tago	Mark Christiansen Maria Bengtsson
1988-1989	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	Li Lingwei	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	Lin Ying Guan Weizhen	Jesper Knudsen Nettie Nielsen
1989-1990	Morten Frost	Tang Jiuhong
1990-1991	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen			Lotte Olsen Dorte Kjær	Thomas Lund Pernille Dupont
1991-1992	Hermawan Susanto	Susi Susanti	Zheng Yumin Huang Zhanzhong	Nettie Nielsen Gillian Gowers
1992-1993	Darren Hall		Thomas Lund Jon Holst-Christensen	Lim Xiaoqing Christine Magnusson
1993-1994	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	Ye Zhaoying		Lisbeth Stuer-Lauridsen Lotte Olsen	Thomas Lund Catrine Bengtsson
1994-1995		Camilla Martin	Denny Kantono Antonius Budi Ariantho	Lim Xiaoqing Christine Magnusson	Thomas Lund Marlene Thomsen
1995-1996		Lim Xiaoqing	Thomas Lund Jon Holst-Christensen	Lisbeth Stuer-Lauridsen Marlene Thomsen	Cheng Xingdong Peng Xingyong
1996-1997	Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen	Gong Zhichao	Thomas Stavngaard Jim Laugesen	Rikke Olsen Helene Kirkegaard	Michael Søgaard Rikke Olsen
1997-1998	Dong Jiong	Camilla Martin	Jon Holst-Christensen Michael Søgaard	Ann Jørgensen Majken Vange	Jens Eriksen Marlene Thomsen
1998-1999	Peter Gade		Ricky Subagja Rexy Mainaky	Qin Yiyuan Tang Hetian	Jon Holst-Christensen Ann Jørgensen
1999-2000	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen		Martin Lundgaard Hansen Lars Paaske	Gao Ling Qin Yiyuan	Liu Yong Ge Fei
2000-2001	Peter Gade	Zhou Mi	Eng Hian Flandy Limpele	Lin Chen Jiang Xuelian	Michael Søgaard Rikke Olsen
2001-2002	Bao Chunlai	Camilla Martin	Martin Lundgaard Hansen Lars Paaske	Helene Kirkegaard Rikke Olsen	Tri Kusharjanto Emma Ermawati
2002-2003	Chen Hong		Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon	Wei Yili Zhao Tingting	Kim Dong-moon Hwang Yu-mi
2003-2004	Lin Dan	Gong Ruina		Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
2004-2005		Xie Xingfang	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	Wei Yili Zhao Tingting	Chen Qiqiu Zhao Tingting
2005-2006	Lee Chong Wei	Pi Hongyan	Chan Chong Ming Koo Kien Keat	Kumiko Ogura Reiko Shiota	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl
2006-2007	Chen Hong	Jiang Yanjiao	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	Kamila Augustyn Nadiezda Kostiuczyk	Anthony Clark Donna Kellogg
2007-2008	Lin Dan	Lu Lan	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	He Hanbin Yu Yang
2008	Peter Gade	Wang Lin	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	Wong Pei Tty Chin Eei Hui	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen
2009	Simon Santoso	Tine Rasmussen	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	Pan Pan Zhang Yawen
2010	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	Wang Yihan	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl
2011	Chen Long	Wang Xin	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen
2012	Lee Chong Wei	Saina Nehwal	Shin Baek-cheol Yoo Yeon-seong	Ma Jin Tang Jinhua	Xu Chen Ma Jin
2013	Chen Long	Wang Yihan	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	Bao Yixin Tang Jinhua	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2014		Li Xuerui	Fu Haifeng Zhang Nan	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	Xu Chen Ma Jin
2015			Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	Jung Kyung-eun Shin Seung-chan	Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na
2016[3]	Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk	Akane Yamaguchi	Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen

Full list

• Men's singles
• Women's singles
• Men's doubles
• Women's doubles
• Mixed doubles

References

• "Danish Open". Smash. Archived from the original on 2008-03-05. Retrieved 2008-03-29. 
• Badminton.dk: Past Champions

Cited

External links

• Official website (Danish)
• Official website (English)