Korea Masters

The Korea Masters is an international badminton tournament that usually held in November or December every year of BWF event calendar in South Korea. The total prize money in 2016 was US$120,000. Before 2010, the level of the tournament was an International Challenge, which is the fourth level tournament of international badminton tournament. It began in 2007, when it was held in Suwon,[1] then it moved to Yeosu in 2008[2] and Hwasun in 2009.[3] In 2010, it was turned into a BWF Grand Prix event.[4][5]

It became a BWF Grand Prix Gold event in 2011, and it remained at that level through the end of Grand Prix Gold in 2017, with the exception of 2014, when it changed back to Grand Prix status, the same year Korea hosted both the Asian Games and the Badminton Asia Championships. The tournament was held in cities in the southwest from 2011 to 2017: in Hwasun in 2011 and 2012,[6] then in Jeonju for 2013 to 2015,[7] then Seogwipo[8] and Gwangju.[9] In 2015, the name of the tournament changed to Korea Masters.

In 2018, this tournament is the part of the BWF World Tour Super 300, after the Grand Prix Gold event ceased.

History of host cities

City Years host
Suwon2007
Yeosu2008
Hwasun2009, 2011–2012
Gimcheon2010
Jeonju2013–2015
Seogwipo2016
Gwangju2017–present

Winners

Year Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles
2007 Shon Seung-mo Lee Yun-hwa Ko Sung-hyun
Kwon Yi-goo
Jung Kyung-eun
Yoo Hyun-young
Shin Baek-cheol
Yoo Hyun-young
2008 Park Sung-hwan Kwon Hee-sook Jung Jae-sung
Lee Yong-dae
Ha Jung-eun
Kim Min-jung
Hwang Ji-man
Hwang Yu-mi
2009 Rho Ye-wook Bae Yeon-ju Jung Kyung-eun
Yoo Hyun-young
Lee Yong-dae
Lee Hyo-jung
2010 Bao Chunlai Liu Xin Jung Jae-sung
Lee Yong-dae
Jung Kyung-eun
Yoo Hyun-young
Yoo Yeon-seong
Kim Min-jung
2011 Lee Hyun-il Sung Ji-hyun Ko Sung-hyun
Yoo Yeon-seong
Eom Hye-won
Chang Ye-na
Yoo Yeon-seong
Chang Ye-na
2012 Lee Dong-keun Ko Sung-hyun
Lee Yong-dae
Shin Baek-cheol
Eom Hye-won
2013 Lee Hyun-il Bae Yeon-ju Kim Gi-jung
Kim Sa-rang
Chang Ye-na
Kim So-yeong
Yoo Yeon-seong
Chang Ye-na
2014 Lee Dong-keun Nozomi Okuhara Lee Yong-dae
Yoo Yeon-seong
Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan
Choi Sol-gyu
Shin Seung-chan
2015 Lee Dong-keun Sayaka Sato Kim Gi-jung
Kim Sa-rang
Chang Ye-na
Lee So-hee
Ko Sung-hyun
Kim Ha-na
2016 Son Wan-ho Sung Ji-hyun Kim Jae-hwan
Ko Sung-hyun
Jung Kyung-eun
Shin Seung-chan
2017 Jeon Hyeok-jin Gao Fangjie Kim Won-ho
Seo Seung-jae
Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan
Seo Seung-jae
Kim Ha-na
2018 Son Wan-ho Li Xuerui Choi Sol-gyu
Seo Seung-jae
Chang Ye-na
Jung Kyung-eun
Ko Sung-hyun
Eom Hye-won
2019 Kanta Tsuneyama An Se-young Lee Yang
Wang Chi-lin
Nami Matsuyama
Chiharu Shida
Tang Chun Man
Tse Ying Suet
2020 Cancelled[note 1]
  World Tour Super 300
  Grand Prix Gold
  Grand Prix

Performances by nation

Pos Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total
1 South Korea 11812121255
2 China 134
 Japan 1214
3 Chinese Taipei 11
 Hong Kong 11
Total 13 13 13 13 13 65

Note

  1. This tournament, originally to be played from 24 to 29 November, was later postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.[10]

References

  1. "Suwon Korea Challenge". Badminton Korea Association. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. "Yeosu Korea Challenge". Badminton Korea Association. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  3. "Hwasun Korea Challenge". Badminton Korea Association. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  4. "2010 Victor Korea Grand Prix Badminton Championships – Information". Badminton Korea Association. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  5. "2010 빅터 코리아그랑프리국제배드민턴선수권대회". www.bka.kr (in Korean). Archived from the original on 16 December 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  6. "Event Information (Hwasun; international)". Badminton Korea Association. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  7. "Event Information (Jeonju; international)". Badminton Korea Association. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  8. "JEJU VICTOR Korea Masters Prospectus" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  9. "2017 BWF Calendar – Grand Prix Gold". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  10. "Update on Tournaments Grade 2, 3 and Junior". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
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