The 2007 German Open Grand Prix (officially known as the Yonex German Open 2007 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place in Mülheim from 27 February to 4 March 2007. It had a total purse of $80,000.
Tournament The 2007 German Open Grand Prix was the inaugural tournament of the 2007 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix and also part of the German Open championships which has been held since 1955. This tournament was organized by the German Badminton Association and sanctioned by the BWF.
Venue This international tournament was held at Innogy Sporthalle in Mülheim, Germany.
Point distribution Below is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Grand Prix event.
Winner Runner-up 3/4 5/8 9/16 17/32 33/64 65/128 129/256 257/512 5,500 4,680 3,850 3,030 2,110 1,290 510 240 100 45
Prize money The total prize money for this tournament was US$80,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.
Event Winner Finalist Semi-finals Quarter-finals Last 16 Men's singles $6,400 $3,200 $1,600 $800 $320 Women's singles $5,520 $2,640 $1,440 $720 rowspan="4" Men's doubles $5,760 $3,200 $1,920 $1,120 Women's doubles $4,880 $3,200 $1,760 $880 Mixed doubles $4,880 $3,200 $1,760 $880
Men's singles Seeds
Lin Dan (champion) Chen Yu (final) Lee Tsuen Seng (third round) Przemysław Wacha (third round) Ng Wei (second round) Joachim Persson (quarter-finals) Sairul Amar Ayob (first round) Björn Joppien (second round) Kendrick Lee Yen Hui (third round) Roslin Hashim (third round) Park Sung-hwan (quarter-finals) Chan Yan Kit (third round) Chetan Anand (first round) John Moody (second round) Kasper Ødum (third round) Andrew Dabeka (first round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Women's singles Seeds
Xie Xingfang (champion) Huaiwen Xu (final) Pi Hongyan (semi-finals) Petya Nedelcheva (semi-finals) Tine Rasmussen (withdrew) Huang Chia-chi (quarter-finals) Hwang Hye-youn (quarter-finals) Susan Hughes (second round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Men's doubles Seeds
Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae (final) Albertus Susanto Njoto / Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama (semi-finals) Michael Fuchs / Roman Spitko (first round) Ashley Brehaut / Aji Basuki Sindoro (withdrew) Hwang Ji-man / Lee Jae-jin (champions) Shen Ye / Xu Chen (second round) Guo Zhendong / He Hanbin (second round) Sigit Budiarto / Fran Kurniawan (semi-finals)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Women's doubles Seeds
Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen (champions) Du Jing / Yu Yang (final) Lee Hyo-jung / Lee Kyung-won (semi-finals) Diana Dimova / Petya Nedelcheva (first round) Hwang Yu-mi / Kim Min-jung (semi-finals) Pan Pan / Tian Qing (quarter-finals) Lim Pek Siah / Joanne Quay (second round) Natalie Munt / Joanne Nicholas (second round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Mixed doubles Seeds
Nathan Robertson / Gail Emms (quarter-finals) Svetoslav Stoyanov / Élodie Eymard (second round) Ingo Kindervater / Kathrin Piotrowski (quarter-finals) Daniel Shirley / Joanne Quay (quarter-finals) Xu Chen / Zhao Tingting (final) Zheng Bo / Gao Ling (champions) Lee Yong-dae / Lee Hyo-jung (semi-finals) He Hanbin / Yu Yang (second round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
References
External links Official website Tournament Link