The 2011 BWF Season was the overall badminton circuit organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) for the 2011 badminton season to publish and promote the sport. Besides the BWF World Championships, BWF promotes the sport of badminton through an extensive worldwide programme of events in four structure levels. They were the individual tournaments called Super Series, Grand Prix Events, International Challenge and International Series. Besides the individual tournaments, team events such as Thomas & Uber Cup, Sudirman Cup and Suhadinata Cup are held every other year.
The 2011 BWF season calendar comprised the World Championships tournaments, the Sudirman Cup, the BWF Super Series (Superseries, Superseries Premier, Superseries Finals), the Grand Prix (Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix), the International Series (International Series and International Challenge), and Future Series.
Schedule This is the complete schedule of events on the 2011 calendar, with the champions and runners-up documented. Key World ChampionshipsSuper Series FinalsSuper Series PremierSuper SeriesGrand Prix GoldGrand PrixInternational ChallengeInternational SeriesFuture SeriesTeam events
January Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-upJanuary 3Superseries FinalsTaipei, Chinese TaipeiBWF Super Series Finals$500,000 – 8MS (RR)/8WS (RR)/8MD (RR)/8WD (RR)/8XD (RR)Draw Lee Chong Wei Peter Gade Score: 21–9, 21–14 Wang Shixian Bae Yeon-ju Score: 21–13, 21–15 Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae Score: 21–17, 21–15 Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei Score: 21–7, 21–17 Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam Score: 21–17, 21–12January 10Estonian InternationalTallinn, EstoniaInternational Series $5,000 – 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Ville Lång Raul Must Score: 21–15, 21–14 Michelle Chan Arundhati Pantawane Score: 21–16, 21–19 Peter Käsbauer Josche Zurwonne Lucas Corvée Joris Grosjean Score: 21–8, 21–18 Selena Piek Iris Tabeling Marija Ulitina Natalya Voytsekh Score: 21–12, 21–16 Jacco Arends Selena Piek Tim Dettmann Ilse Vaessen Score: 21–12, 21–14January 17Malaysia OpenKuala Lumpur, MalaysiaSuper Series $400,000 – 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XDDraw Lee Chong Wei Taufik Hidayat Score: 21–8, 21–17 Wang Shixian Wang Yihan Score: 21–18, 21–14 Chai Biao Guo Zhendong Mads Conrad-Petersen Jonas Rasmussen Score: 21–16, 21–14 Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang Score: 21–12, 6–21, 21–17 He Hanbin Ma Jin Tao Jiaming Tian Qing Score: 21–13, 13–21, 21–16Swedish MastersStockholm, SwedenInternational Challenge$15,000 – 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Pablo Abián21-19, 21-6 Viktor Axelsen Score: 21–19, 21–6 Kaori Imabeppu Mayu Sekiya Score: 13–21, 22–20, 21–16 Kim Astrup Rasmus Fladberg Łukasz Moreń Wojciech Szkudlarczyk Score: 14–21, 25–23, 21–16 Line Damkjær Kruse Marie Røpke Rie Eto Yu Wakita Score: 21–14, 21–16 Robin Middleton Heather Olver Dave Khodabux Samantha Barning Score: 15–21, 21–9, 21–14January 24Korea OpenSeoul, South KoreaSuper Series Premier$1,200,000 – 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XDDraw Lin Dan21-19, 14-21, 21-16 Lee Chong Wei Score: 21–19, 14–21, 21–16 Wang Yihan Wang Shixian Score: 21–14, 21–18 Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen Score: 21–6, 21–13 Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei Score: 21–18, 19–21, 21–4 Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei Tao Jiaming Tian Qing Score: 21–17, 13–21, 21–19
February Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-upFebruary 14European Mixed Team Badminton ChampionshipsAmsterdam, NetherlandsContinental Championships32 Team 3-1Iran Fajr InternationalTehran, IranInternational Challenge$15,000 – 32MS/64WS/32MD/32WD Tommy Sugiarto21-17, 18-21, 21-11 Derek Wong Zi Liang Nicole Grether21-12, 24-22 Dhanya Nair Mohd Razif Abdul Rahman Mohd Razif Abdul LatifWalkover Yeoh Kay Bin Yogendran Khrishnan Achini Ratnasari Upuli Weerasinghe21-17, 22-20 Nicole Grether Charmaine ReidFebruary 21Austrian InternationalVienna, AustriaInternational Challenge$15,000 – 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Hsu Jen-hao21-15, 21-12 Dmytro Zavadskyi Nozomi Okuhara21-6, 21-16 Mayu Sekiya Anthony Clark Chris Langridge21-15, 21-16 Hiroyuki Saeki Ryota Taohata Yuriko Miki Koharu Yonemoto26-24, 21-15 Line Damkjær Kruse Marie Røpke Wong Wai Hong Chau Hoi Wah21-17, 21-11 Mads Pieler Kolding Julie Houmann
March Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-upMarch 1German OpenMülheim, GermanyGrand Prix Gold$120,000 – 64MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Draw Lin Dan21-19, 21-11 Chen Jin Liu Xin21-13, 15-21, 21-9 Ayane Kurihara Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae21-19, 18-21, 21-11 Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa21-6, 21-14 Ha Jung-eun Kim Min-jung Robert Blair Gabrielle White16-21, 21-16, 21-15 Shintaro Ikeda Reiko ShiotaMarch 7All England OpenBirmingham, EnglandSuper Series Premier$350,000 – 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XDDraw Lee Chong Wei21-17, 21-17 Lin Dan Wang Shixian24-22, 21-18 Eriko Hirose Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen15-21, 21-18, 21-18 Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang21-2, 21-9 Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa Xu Chen Ma Jin21-13, 21-9 Sudket Prapakamol Saralee ThungthongkamMarch 14Swiss OpenBasel, SwitzerlandGrand Prix Gold$125,000 – 64MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XDDraw Park Sung-hwan17-21, 21-9, 21-17 Lee Hyun-il Saina Nehwal21-13, 21-14 Sung Ji-hyun Ko Sung-hyun Yoo Yeon-seong21-17, 21-16 Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae Ha Jung-eun Kim Min-jung21-12, 21-13 Jung Kyung-eun Kim Ha-na Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen23-21, 21-14 Nathan Robertson Jenny WallworkBanuinvest InternationalTimișoara, RomaniaInternational Series$5,000 – 32MS/32WS/16MD/8WD/16XD Koichi Saeki21-13, 21-16 Rasmus Fladberg Minatsu Mitani21-14, 21-16 Yui Hashimoto Sam Magee Tony Stephenson21-13, 21-14 Mykola Dmytryshyn Vitalyi Konov Alex Bruce Michelle Li21-15, 21-14 Sonia Olariu Florentina Petre Sam Magee Chloe Magee21-12, 18-21, 21-18 Roman Zirnwald Elisabeth BaldaufUganda InternationalKampala, UgandaInternational Series$5,000 – 64MS/32WS/16MD/16WD/16XD Jan Fröhlich21-15, 12-1 Retired Kaveh Mehrabi Telma Santos21-19, 19-21, 21-19 Özge Bayrak Giovanni Greco Daniel Messersi21-14, 21-17 Ivan Mayega Wilson Tukire Özge Bayrak Öznur Çalışkan21-14, 12-21, 21-14 Dhanya Nair Mohita Sahdev Ivan Mayega Norah Nassimbwa12-21, 21-15, 21-12 Benfield Mulumba Rose NakalyaMarch 21Polish OpenBiałystok, PolandInternational Challenge$15,000 – 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Pablo Abián21-14, 21-12 Vladimir Ivanov Larisa Griga21-15, 21-16 Yuka Kusunose Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov23-21, 21-17 Adam Cwalina Michał Łogosz Rie Eto Yu Wakita21-16, 21-9 Kana Ito Asumi Kugo Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Zięba21-13, 21-17 Rafał Hawel Kamila AugustynGiraldilla InternationalLa Habana, CubaFuture Series64MS/64WS/32MD/16WD/32XD Arief Gifar Ramadhan21-19, 21-17 Osleni Guerrero Putri Muthia Restu21-8, 21-11 María de Lucia Hernández Berry Angriawan Christopher Rusdianto21-10, 21-12 Luíz dos Santos Jr. Alex Tjong Dwi Agustiawati Ayu Rahmasari21-14, 21-6 Cynthia González Victoria Montero Christopher Rusdianto Dwi Agustiawati17-21, 21-14, 21-12 Berry Angriawan Ayu RahmasariMarch 28Vietnam InternationalHanoi, VietnamInternational Challenge$15,000 – 64MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Lee Dong-keun18-21, 21-17, 21-19 Ashton Chen Tee Jing Yi21-19, 21-15 Sapsiree Taerattanachai Fernando Kurniawan Wifqi Windarto21-19, 14-21, 21-13 Patiphat Chalardchaleam Nipitphon Phuangphuapet Choi Hye-in Lee Se-rang15-21, 21-10, 21-13 Komala Dewi Jenna Gozali Patiphat Chalardchaleam Savitree Amitrapai21-19, 20-22, 23-21 Kang Ji-wook Choi Hye-inNew Zealand InternationalAuckland, New ZealandInternational Challenge$15,000 – 64MS/32WS/32MD/16WD/32XD Riichi Takeshita21-19, 21-19 Wong Wing Ki Sayaka Sato21-14, 21-13 Gu Juan Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Hendra Wijaya21-15, 21-17 Huang Po-yi Lu Chia-pin Yuriko Miki Koharu Yonemoto16-21, 21-16, 22-20 Poon Lok Yan Tse Ying Suet Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Vanessa Neo21-14, 21-13 Takeshi Kamura Koharu YonemotoCroatian InternationalZagreb, CroatiaInternational Series$5,000 – 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Dieter Domke21-16, 21-7 Raul Must Minatsu Mitani21–14, 21–17 Perrine Le Buhanic Kim Astrup Rasmus Fladberg18-21, 21-19, 21-16 Niclas Nøhr Mads Pedersen Sandra-Maria Jensen Line Kjærsfeldt21-14, 21-18 Natalia Pocztowiak Staša Poznanović Zvonimir Đurkinjak Staša Poznanović21-13, 21-13 Kim Astrup Line Kjærsfeldt
April Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-upApril 4Australian OpenMelbourne, AustraliaGrand Prix Gold$120,000 – 64MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XDDraw Sho Sasaki21-11, 12-21, 21-19 Wong Choong Hann Liu Xin21-14, 21-9 Porntip Buranaprasertsuk Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa21-17, 21-18 Naoki Kawamae Shoji Sato Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito21-18, 21-11 Chin Eei Hui Wong Pei Tty Songphon Anugritayawon Kunchala Voravichitchaikul21-15, 21-9 Hirokatsu Hashimoto Mizuki FujiiOsaka InternationalOsaka, JapanInternational Challenge$15,000 – 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/16XD Keigo Sonoda18-21, 21-16, 21-16 Sho Zeniya Minatsu Mitani21-10, 21-10 Megumi Taruno Takatoshi Kurose Keigo Sonoda21-14, 21-14 Shu Wada Tatsuya Watanabe Miri Ichimaru Shiho Tanaka19-21, 21-18, 21-14 Yuriko Miki Koharu Yonemoto Takeshi Kamura Koharu Yonemoto21-18, 21-7 Keisuke Kawaguchi Shinobu OguraApril 11Peru InternationalLima, PeruInternational Challenge$15,000 – 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Kevin Cordón23-21, 6-21, 21-12 Michael Lahnsteiner Rena Wang21-19, 20-22, 17-9 Retired Nicole Grether Howard Bach Tony Gunawan21-10, 21-9 Adrian Liu Derrick Ng Alex Bruce Michelle Li11-21, 21-15, 21-8 Iris Wang Rena Wang Toby Ng Grace Gao21-11, 14-21, 21-15 Halim Haryanto Eva LeeApril 18Badminton Asia ChampionshipsChengdu, Sichuan, China Continental Championships$150,000 – 64MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XDDraw Lin Dan21–19, 21–13 Bao Chunlai Wang Yihan21-15, 23-21 Lu Lan Cai Yun Fu Haifeng21-12, 21-15 Hirokatsu Hashimoto Noriyasu Hirata Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang21-13, 21-10 Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei15-21, 21-15, 25-23 Xu Chen Ma JinDutch InternationalWateringen, NetherlandInternational Challenge$15,000 – 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Hans-Kristian Vittinghus18-21, 21-15, 21-4 Ville Lång Susan Egelstaff21-18, 13-21, 21-15 Michelle Li Baptiste Carême Sylvain Grosjean21-11, 19-21, 21-17-9 Peter Käsbauer Josche Zurwonne Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova24-22, 21-12 Paulien van Dooremalen Lotte Jonathans Aleksandr Nikolaenko Valeria Sorokina13-21, 12-11 Retired Mikkel Delbo Larsen Mie Schjøtt-KristensenApril 25India OpenNew Delhi, IndiaSuper Series$200,000 – 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XDDraw Lee Chong Wei21-12, 12-21, 21-15 Peter Gade Porntip Buranaprasertsuk21-13, 21-16 Bae Yeon-ju Hirokatsu Hashimoto Noriyasu Hirata21-17, 21-9 Angga Pratama Rian Agung Saputro Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna26-24, 21-15 Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir21-18, 23-21 Fran Kurniawan Pia Zebadiah Bernadet Smiling Fish InternationalTrang, ThailandInternational Series$5,000 – 128MS/64WS/64MD/32WD/32XD Ashton Chen Yong Zhao21-17, 21-19 Parinyawat Thongnuam Yuka Kusunose21-14, 21-9 Emi Moue Nelson Heg Teo Ee Yi15-21, 21-19, 21-16 Hendra Setyo Nugrorho Trikusuma Wardhana Chayanit Chaladchalam Pattharaporn Jindapol21-16, 21-18 Narissapat Lam Maetanee Phattanaphitoon Tan Aik Quan Lai Pei Jing19-21, 22-20, 21-11 Andhika Anhar Kesya Nurvita Hanadia Portugal InternationalCaldas da Rainha, PortugalInternational Series$5,000 – 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Sven-Eric Kastens15-21, 21-18, 21-11 Lukas Schmidt Sashina Vignes Waran21-11, 21-15 Atu Rosalina Niclas Nøhr Mads Pedersen28-26, 16-21, 21-17 Mats Bue Anders Skaarup Rasmussen Alexandra Langley Lauren Smith14-21, 21-14, 21-17 Helen Davies Alyssa Lim Robin Middleton Alexandra Langley25-23, 21-19 Ben Stawski Lauren Smith
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