World Badminton Grand Prix Finals

The World Badminton Grand Prix Finals was an annual badminton tournament organized by the International Badminton Federation (IBF) to crown the best badminton player of the year. The tournament only invited the top eight players in the year-end world rankings. The tournament started in 1983, with the last tournament held in 2001 (delayed from 2000). Since then the tournament has not been included in the IBF's events calendar.

Location

Year No. Host City Country
1983IJakarta Indonesia
1984IIKuala Lumpur Malaysia
1985IIITokyo Japan
1986IVKuala Lumpur Malaysia
1987VHong Kong Hong Kong
1988VIHong Kong Hong Kong
1989VIISingapore Singapore
1990VIIIBali Indonesia
1991IXKuala Lumpur Malaysia
Year No. Host City Country
1992XKuala Lumpur Malaysia
1993XIKuala Lumpur Malaysia
1994XIIBangkok Thailand
1995XIIISingapore Singapore
1996XIVBali Indonesia
1997XVJakarta Indonesia
1998XVIBrunei Brunei
1999XVIIBrunei Brunei
2000XVIIIBrunei Brunei

* Held in 2001.

Past winners

Year Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles
1983 Luan Jin Li Lingwei
1984 Morten Frost Han Aiping
1985 Han Jian Li Lingwei
1986 Yang Yang Jalani Sidek
Razif Sidek
Hwang Hye-young
Chung Myung-hee
Nigel Tier
Gillian Gowers
1987 Xiong Guobao Li Yongbo
Tian Bingyi
Guan Weizhen
Lin Ying
Stefan Karlsson
Maria Bengtsson
1988 Zhang Qingwu Han Aiping Jalani Sidek
Razif Sidek
Wang Pengren
Shi Fangjing
1989 Xiong Guobao Tang Jiuhong Rosiana Tendean
Erma Sulistianingsih
Eddy Hartono
Verawaty Fadjrin
1990 Eddy Kurniawan Susi Susanti Eddy Hartono
Rudy Gunawan
Thomas Lund
Pernille Dupont
1991 Zhao Jianhua Jalani Sidek
Razif Sidek
Hwang Hye-young
Chung Myung-hee
1992 Rashid Sidek Ricky Subagja
Rexy Mainaky
Lin Yanfen
Yao Fen
1993 Joko Suprianto Rudy Gunawan
Bambang Suprianto
Finarsih
Lili Tampi
Thomas Lund
Catrine Bengtsson
1994 Ardy Wiranata Ricky Subagja
Rexy Mainaky
Ge Fei
Gu Jun
Thomas Lund
Marlene Thomsen
1995 Joko Suprianto Ye Zhaoying Cheah Soon Kit
Yap Kim Hock
Trikus Heryanto
Minarti Timur
1996 Fung Permadi Susi Susanti Ricky Subagja
Rexy Mainaky
Michael Søgaard
Rikke Olsen
1997 Sun Jun Ye Zhaoying Candra Wijaya
Sigit Budiarto
Liu Yong
Ge Fei
1998 Zhang Ning Denny Kantono
Antonius Ariantho
Kim Dong-moon
Ra Kyung-min
1999 Peter Gade Ye Zhaoying Candra Wijaya
Tony Gunawan
2000 Xia Xuanze Zhou Mi Huang Nanyan
Yang Wei
Jens Eriksen
Mette Schjoldager

Performances by nation

Top Nations
Rank Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total
1 China 1012110235
2 Indonesia 4693224
3 Denmark 20006.58.5
4 Malaysia 105006
5 South Korea 000224
6 Sweden 00001.51.5
7 Chinese Taipei 100001
 England 000011
Total 181815151581
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