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, then it moved to Yeosu in 2008 and Hwasun in 2009. In 2010, it was turned into a BWF Grand Prix event.
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, then in Jeonju for 2013 to 2015, then Seogwipo and Gwangju. 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 CityYears hostSuwon2007Yeosu2008Hwasun2009, 2011–2012Gimcheon2010Jeonju2013–2015Seogwipo2016Gwangju2017–2019, 2022–2023Iksan2024–2025Asan2026
Winners YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doublesRef2007 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 2020Cancelled 2021Cancelled 2022 Jeon Hyeok-jin He Bingjiao Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping 2023 Kento Momota Kim Ga-eun Lee Jhe-huei Yang Po-hsuan Jeong Na-eun Kim Hye-jeong Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung 2024 Kunlavut Vitidsarn Putri Kusuma Wardani Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik Kim Hye-jeong Kong Hee-yong Guo Xinwa Chen Fanghui 2025 Jason Teh Chiu Pin-chian Lee Jong-min Wang Chan Hinata Suzuki Nao Yamakita Kim Jae-hyeon Jeong Na-eun 2026 Zhu Xuanchen Ashmita Chaliha Tee Kai Wun Yap Roy King Luo Yi Wang Tingge Yuta Watanabe Maya Taguchi
Performances by nation
PosNationMSWSMDWDXDTotal1 *1291415146422412932221741235 2 2611 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total 18 18 18 18 18 90 Host nation
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References
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