World Badminton Grand Prix

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

[edit] Location

Year No. Host City Country
1983 I Jakarta Flag of Indonesia Indonesia
1984 II Kuala Lumpur Flag of Malaysia Malaysia
1985 III Tokyo Flag of Japan Japan
1986 IV Kuala Lumpur Flag of Malaysia Malaysia
1987 V Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong
1988 VI Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong
1989 VII Singapore Flag of Singapore Singapore
1990 VIII Bali Flag of Indonesia Indonesia
1991 IX Kuala Lumpur Flag of Malaysia Malaysia
Year No. Host City Country
1992 X Kuala Lumpur Flag of Malaysia Malaysia
1993 XI Kuala Lumpur Flag of Malaysia Malaysia
1994 XII Bangkok Flag of Thailand Thailand
1995 XIII Singapore Flag of Singapore Singapore
1996 XIV Bali Flag of Indonesia Indonesia
1997 XV Jakarta Flag of Indonesia Indonesia
1998 XVI Brunei Flag of Brunei Brunei
1999 XVII Brunei Flag of Brunei Brunei
2000* XVIII Brunei Flag of Brunei Brunei

* Held in 2001.

[edit] Past Winners

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

[edit] External links

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Jakarta 1983 | Kuala Lumpur 1984 | Tokyo 1985 | Kuala Lumpur 1986 | Hong Kong 1987 | Hong Kong 1988 | Singapore 1989 | Bali 1990 | Kuala Lumpur 1991 | Kuala Lumpur 1992 | Kuala Lumpur 1993 | Bangkok 1994 | Singapore 1995 | Bali 1996 | Jakarta 1997 | Brunei 1998 | Brunei 1999 | Brunei 2000