Syed Modi International Badminton Championships

The Syed Modi International Badminton Championships is an international badminton tournament, which is held annually in India.

In 2009, it was turned into a BWF Grand Prix event.[1] Since then the tournament is being annually held in Lucknow at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, although it was temporarily shifted to Hyderabad in 2010.[2][3]

In 2011, it was upgraded to the BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament.[4]

History

The tournament was inaugurated by Uttar Pradesh Badminton Association (UPBA) in 1991 as the 'Syed Modi Memorial Badminton Tournament' in memory of the Commonwealth Games champion Syed Modi.[5]

From its inauguration till 2003, it remained a national-level tournament.[6][7] In 2004, it was organized as an International event for the first time, which saw some low-key foreign participation.[8][9]

The tournament was halted from 2005 to 2008 due to a political impasse between the UPBA and the Government of Uttar Pradesh, which ended with relocation of the Uttar Pradesh Badminton Academy.[10][11][12]

Winners

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
2009	Chetan Anand	Saina Nehwal	Fauzi Adnan Trikusuma Wardhana	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	Arun Vishnu Aparna Balan
2010[13]	Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka	Zhou Hui	Mohammad Ahsan Bona Septano	Xia Huan Tang Jinhua	Liu Peixuan Tang Jinhua
2011[14]	Taufik Hidayat	Ratchanok Intanon	Naoki Kawamae Shoji Sato	Shinta Mulia Sari Yao Lei	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam
2012	Kashyap Parupalli	Lindaweni Fanetri	Ko Sung-hyun Lee Yong-dae	Savitree Amitrapai Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Fran Kurniawan Shendy Puspa Irawati
2013	Not held
2014	Xue Song	Saina Nehwal	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Wang Yilu Huang Yaqiong
2015	Kashyap Parupalli		Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Amelia Alicia Anscelly Soong Fie Cho	Riky Widianto Richi Puspita Dili
2016	Srikanth Kidambi	Sung Ji-hyun	Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong	Jung Kyung-eun Shin Seung-chan	Praveen Jordan Debby Susanto
2017	Sameer Verma	P. V. Sindhu	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Kamilla Rytter Juhl Christinna Pedersen	Pranaav Jerry Chopra N. Sikki Reddy
2018	Sameer Verma	Han Yue	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Chow Mei Kuan Lee Meng Yean	Ou Xuanyi Feng Xueying
2019	Wang Tzu-wei	Carolina Marín	He Jiting Tan Qiang	Baek Ha-na Jung Kyung-eun	Rodion Alimov Alina Davletova

     BWF World Tour Super 300

     Grand Prix Gold

     Grand Prix

Performances by nation (since 2009)

Pos.	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	India	6	4			2	12
2	China	1	2	2	2	3	10
3	Indonesia	2	1	3		3	9
4	South Korea		1	1	2		4
5	Denmark			2	1		3
	Malaysia			1	2		3
	Thailand		1		1	1	3
8	Japan			1	1		2
9	Chinese Taipei	1					1
	Spain		1				1
	Russia					1	1
	Singapore				1		1
Total		10	10	9	10	10	49

See also

• India Open
• Hyderabad Open (badminton)
• Tata Open India International Challenge

References

1. "Syed Modi Memorial to turn GP event". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
2. "Lucknow loses Syed Modi badminton". The Indian Express. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
3. "SYED MODI INTERNATIONAL BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS: Organization". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
4. "Taufiq Hidayat tames Sourabh Verma in final". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
5. "Lucknow loses Syed Modi badminton". The Indian Express. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
6. "Chetan, Aparna land titles". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
7. "Anand, Popat win titles". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
8. "Contrasting wins for Gopichand, Aparna". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
9. "My win is not good for Indian badminton: Gopi". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
10. "Syed Modi badminton put off". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 9 February 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
11. "Modi meet cancelled". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 17 February 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
12. "UP restarts work on badminton academy". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 17 February 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
13. "India Grand Prix 2010: Matches". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
14. "Yonex - Sunrise Syed Modi Memorial India Open Grand Prix Gold: Matches". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2016.