2014 New Zealand Open Grand Prix

The 2014 New Zealand Open Grand Prix was the fifth grand prix badminton tournament of the 2014 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix and also part of the New Zealand Open championships which has been held since 1927 in Whanganui.[2] This tournament organised by the Match Point Event Ltd., with the sanctioned from the BWF.[3] There are 240 players from 16 countries competed at this tournament.[4] Players chased world ranking points, to qualifying for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and World Championships.[1] The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event.[5]

A former world No.1 and also London Olympics semifinalist Lee Hyun-il competed in this event as an unseeded player.[5][8] He reach the third round after retired from the match to Tan Chun Seang with the score 21–14, 2–1.[9] The top seed, Hsu Jen-hao reach the final match but was defeated by his compatriot Wang Tzu-wei who was seeded 4 with the straight games 21–9, 21–13.[10]

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Hsu Jen-hao	21	18	21
	7	Wan Chia-hsin	19	21	13
								1	Hsu Jen-hao	21	21
								5	Arvind Bhat	14	9
	3	Tan Chun Seang	20	21	18
	5	Arvind Bhat	22	9	21
															1	Hsu Jen-hao	9	13
															6	Wang Tzu-wei	21	21
	6	Wang Tzu-wei	21	21
	16	Jiann Shiarng Chiang	7	14
								6	Wang Tzu-wei	21	21
								9	Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif	14	18
	9	Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif	21	21
	14	Shih Kuei-chun	13	17

The top seed in this event were Pai Hsiao-ma, Cheng Chi-ya of Chinese Taipei, Millicent Wiranto of Indonesia, and Michelle Chan Ky of New Zealand. The host representation Chan ended earlier in the second round.[11] The top seed Pai fell in the quarter finals. She was defeated by Nozomi Okuhara of Japan. In their previous 2 meetings, Okuhara has always been the unseeded while Pai always had a seed rank, however, Okuhara has reigned supreme both times.[12] At the end of the women's singles event, Okuhara clinched the title and also making this victory as her first senior international title.[13]

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
		Nozomi Okuhara	21	21
		Ayumi Mine	13	12
									Nozomi Okuhara	21	21
									Kana Ito	15	3
		Kana Ito	21	21
	2	Cheng Chi-ya	13	9

A former men's doubles No.1 Koo Kien Keat compete at this event as the fifth seed partnered with Pakkawat Vilailak.[5][8] The top seed pair Liang Jui-wei and Liao Kuan-hao fell in the quarterfinals, they were defeated by the 2012 World Junior Championships Takuto Inoue and Yuki Kaneko of Japan.[12] The men's doubles title goes to Indonesian pair Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Selvanus Geh. The pair upsetting the number 2 seeded Chinese Taipei pairing Chen Hung-ling and Lu Chia-pin in a fierce 3 game battle.[14]

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
		Takuto Inoue Yuki Kaneko	21	17
		Selvanus Geh Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	23	21
									Selvanus Geh Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	15	23	21
								2	Chen Hung-ling Lu Chia-pin	21	21	11
	8	Hardianto Agripinna Prima Rahmanto Putra	18	14
	2	Chen Hung-ling Lu Chia-pin	21	21

The New Zealand third seeds Anna Rankin and Madeleine Stapleton were upset in the second round, losing to Chen Szu-yu and Cheng Chi-ya of Chinese Taipei in straight games.[11] The top seed from Malaysia Ng Hui Ern and Ng Hui Lin were fall in the quarter finals, they were lost to Japanese pair Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota in the rubber game. The fourth seeded from Australia won the women's doubles title after beat Shizuka Matsuo and Mami Naito in thrilling three game final.[15]

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
		Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	17	21	18
	4	He Tian Tang Renuga Veeran	21	19	21
								4	He Tian Tang Renuga Veeran	21	10	21
									Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito	13	21	18
		Chen Szu-yu Cheng Chi-ya	9	10
		Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito	21	21

The top seeded Oliver and Susannah Leydon-Davis were defeated in the second round by the former world No.1 Koo Kien Keat who was partnered with Ng Hui Lin.[9] The final match presented by all Indonesian pair. Alfian Eko Prasetya and Annisa Saufika emerged victorious in three close games over Edi Subaktiar and Melati Daeva Oktaviani, in a match with long rallies, great net play and plenty of power.[14]

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	5	Irfan Fadhilah Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja	21	13	15
		Alfian Eko Prasetya Annisa Saufika	15	21	21
									Alfian Eko Prasetya Annisa Saufika	21	17	21
									Edi Subaktiar Melati Daeva Oktavianti	18	21	12
		Huang Po-jui Shuai Pei-ling	7	13
		Edi Subaktiar Melati Daeva Oktavianti	21	21

• Official site
• Tournament draw at tournamentsoftware.com