The 2010 BWF Season was the overall badminton circuit organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) for the 2010 badminton season to publish and promote the sport. Besides the BWF World Championships, BWF promotes the sport of Badminton through an extensive worldwide program of events. These events have various purposes according to their level and territory in which they are held but those events owned by BWF seek to showcase the Sport via the widest possible quality television broadcast and build the fanbase of the Sport throughout the World.
The world badminton tournament structure has four levels: Level 1 (BWF Major Events: Thomas Cup, Uber Cup, Sudirman Cup, Suhadinata Cup, World Championships, Bimantara Cup, and World Senior Championships), Level 2 (BWF Superseries: Superseries and Superseries Masters Finals), Level 3 (BWF Grand Prix: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold), and Level 4 (BWF Continental Tournament: International Challenge, International Series, and Future Series). The Thomas Cup & Uber Cup, Sudirman Cup and Suhandinata Cup are Teams Events. The others – Superseries, Grand Prix Events, International Challenge, International Series, Future Series and Bimantara Cup are all individual tournaments. The higher the level of tournament, the larger the prize money and the more ranking points available.
The 2010 BWF Season calendar comprised the World Championships tournaments, the Thomas and Uber Cup, the BWF Super Series (Super Series, Super Series Premier, Super Series 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 2010 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 11 Korea Open Host: Seoul, South Korea Level: Superseries Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Lee Chong Wei Peter GadeScore: 21-12, 21-11 Wang Shixian Sung Ji-hyunScore: 21-10, 25-23 Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae Cai Yun Fu HaifengScore: 21-11, 14-21, 21-18 Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei Mizuki Fujii Reika KakiiwaScore: 21-16, 21-15 He Hanbin Yu Yang Tao Jiaming Zhang YawenScore: 21-15, 21-16January 18 Malaysia Open Host: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Level: Superseries Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Lee Chong Wei Boonsak PonsanaScore: 21-13, 21-7 Wang Xin Bae Youn-jooScore: 19-21, 21-17, 14-6 Retired Koo Kean Keat Tan Boon Heong Guo Zhendong Xu ChenScore: 21-15, 17-21, 21-16 Du Jing Yu Yang Ma Jin Wang XiaoliScore: 21-16, 21-12 Tao Jiaming Zhang Yawen Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter JuhlScore: 19-21, 21-18, 21-15 Swedish International Host: Stockholm, Sweden Level: International Challenge Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Indra Bagus Ade Chandra Viktor AxelsenScore: 21-15, 21-12 Kaori Imabeppu Elisabeth CannScore: 21-15, 21-10 Chris Langridge Robin Middleton Mikkel Elbjorn Christian John SkovgaardScore: 21–11, 21-18 Helle Nielsen Marie Ropke Lotte Jonathans Paulien Van DooremalenScore: 17-21, 21-15, 21-18 Mads Pieler Kolding Britta Andersen Valeriy Atrashchenkov Elena PrusScore: 18-21, 21-18, 21-17
February Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-upFebruary 1 Iran Fajr International Host: Tehran, Iran Level: International Challenge Format: 64MS/64WS/32MD/16WD B Sai Praneet Mohammadreza KheradmandiScore: 21-19, 21-18 Rie Eto P V SindhuScore: 21-14, 26-24 Pranav Chopra B Sai Praneet Ali Shahhosseini Mohammadreza KheradmandiScore: 21-17, 21-12 Rie Eto Yu Wakita Negin Amiripour Sahar ZamanianScore: 21-5, 21-12February 15 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships (Draw) Host: Warsaw, Poland Level: Continental Team Championships Format: 26 teams (M)/25 teams (W) (Round robin)Score: 3–0Score: 3–2 Thomas & Uber Cup Preliminaries - Pan Am Host: Lima, Peru Level: Continental Team Championships Format: 11 teams (M)/9 teams (W) (Round robin)Score: 3–1Score: 3–1 Thomas & Uber Cup Preliminaries - Oceania (Draw) Host: Invercargill, New Zealand Level: Continental Team Championships Format: 5 teams (M)/4 teams (W) (Round robin)RRRR Oceania Team Championships (Draw) Host: Invercargill, New Zealand Level: Continental Team Championships Format: 5 teams Robson Shield (Round robin)RR Thomas & Uber Cups Preliminaries for Africa (Draw) Host: Kampala, Uganda Level: Continental Team Championships Format: 12 teams (M)/12 teams (W) (Round robin)Score: 3–1Score: 3–1February 22 Badminton Asia Thomas & Uber Cup Preliminaries Host: Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand Level: Continental Team Championships Format: 13 teams (M)/10 teams (W) (Round robin)Score: 3–2Score: 3–2 Oceania Badminton Championships (Draw) Host: Invercargill, New Zealand Level: Continental Championships Format: 64MS/16WS/16MD/8WD/16XD Joe Wu James EunsonScore: 21-16, 21-13 Huang Chia-chi Erica PongScore: 21-5, 21-7 Ross Smith Glenn Warfe Oliver Leydon-Davis Henry TamScore: 21-19, 21-12 Leanne Choo Kate Wilson-Smith Leisha Cooper Ann-Louise SleeScore: 22-20, 21-11 Glenn Warfe Kate Wilson-Smith Henry Tam Donna HalidayScore: 21-11, 21-10 African Badminton Championships (Draw) Host: Kampala, Uganda Level: Continental Championships Format: 64MS/64WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Jinkam Ifraimu Olaoluwa FabgemiScore: 21-15, 21-0 Retired Hadia Hosny Stacey DoubellScore: 21-17, 21-12 Olaoluwa Fabgemi Jinkam Ifraimu Ibrahim Adamu Edicha Abel OcholiScore: 21-12, 16-21, 21-14 Michelle Edwards Annari Viljoen Hajara Maria Braimoh Susan IdehScore: 21-6, 21-6 Dorian James Michelle Edwards Roeloff Dednam Annari ViljoenScore: 21-13, 21-14 Austrian International Host: Vienna, Austria Level: International Challenge Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Andre Kurniawan Tedjono Matthieu Lo Ying PingScore: 21-12, 21-11 Fransisca Ratnasari Petya NedelchevaScore: 21-15, 18-21, 21-14 Viki Indra Okvana Ardiansyah Putra Andrew Ellis Dean GeorgeScore: 21-17, 21-23, 28-26 Rie Eto Yu Wakita Naoko Fukuman Minatsu MitaniScore: 21-14, 21-10 Valeriy Atrashchenkov Elena Prus Stiliyan Makarski Diana DimovaScore: 24-26, 21-17, 21-17 Uganda International Host: Kampala, Uganda Level: International Series Format: 64MS/64WS/32MD/32WD/64XD Jinkam Ifraimu Ernesto VelazquezScore: 18-21, 22-20, 21-13 Carolina Marín Anne Hald JensenScore: 21-18, 19-21, 21-18 Dorian James Wiaan Viljoen Olaoluwa Fabgemi Jinkam IfraimuScore: 21-13, 21-9 Michelle Edwards Annari Viljoen Stacey Doubell Jade MorganScore: 14-21, 21-11, 21-18 Dorian James Michelle Edwards Georgios Charalambidis Anne Hald JensenScore: 14-21, 21-19, 21-7
March Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-upMarch 1 German Open Host: Mülheim, Germany Level: Grand Prix Format: 64MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Bao Chunlai Chen LongScore: 21-13, 21-10 Wang Xin Juliane SchenkScore: 21-17, 21-18 Chai Biao Zhang Nan Chen Hung-ling Lin Yu-langScore: 17-21, 21-13, 21-15 Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli Cheng Shu Zhao YunleiScore: 24-22, 21-15 Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama Tse Ying Suet Robert Blair Imogen BankierScore: 15-5, Retired Croatian International Host: Zagreb, Croatia Level: International Series Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/16WD/16XD Ben Beckman Vladimir MalkovScore: 15-21, 21-16, 21-10 Nicole Grether Kana ItoScore: 11-21, 21-17, 24-22 Joe Morgan James Phillips Zvonimir Hölbling Zvonimir ĐurkinjakScore: 21-14, 19-21, 22-20 Nicole Grether Charmaine Reid Staša Poznanović Mateja ČičaScore: 21-11, 16-21, 21-10 Zvonimir Đurkinjak Staša Poznanović Roman Zirnwald Simone PrutschScore: 21-12, 24-22March 8 All England Open (Draw) Host: Birmingham, England Level: Superseries Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Lee Chong Wei Kenichi Tago Score: 21-19, 21-19 Tine Rasmussen Wang Yihan Score: 21-14, 18-21, 21-19 Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen Score: 21-23, 21-19, 26-24 Du Jing Yu Yang Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei Score: 20-22, 21-16, 21-13 Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir Score: 21-18, 23-25, 21-18March 15 Swiss Open (Draw) Host: Basel, Switzerland Level: Superseries Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Chen Jin Chen Long Score: 12-21, 21-15, 21-17 Wang Shixian Jiang Yanjiao Score: 21-15, 21-19 Ko Sung-hyun Yoo Yeon-seong Koo Kean Keat Tan Boon Heong Score: 21-18 21-16 Tian Qing Yu Yang Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna Score: 21-16, 21-13 Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung Shin Baek-cheol Yoo Hyun-young Score: 21-14, 21-18 Banuinvest International Host: Timișoara, Romania Level: International Series Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Yeoh Kay Bin Scott EvansScore: 21-19, 21-11 Hitomi Oka Gu JuanScore: 25-23, 15-21, 21-4 Juergen Koch Peter Zauner Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Chayut TriyachartScore: 21-16, 21-15 Shinta Mulia Sari Yao Lei Jillie Cooper Emma MasonScore: 21-6, 21-10 Chayut Triyachart Yao Lei Wouter Claes Nathalie DescampsScore: 21-13, 23-21 Mauritius International Host: Rose Hill, Mauritius Level: International Series Format: 64MS/16WS/32MD/16WD/16XD Oscar Bansal Raheem A. AbdulScore: 11-4 Retired Elisa Chanteur Hadia HosnyScore: 21-13, 21-7 Sahir Edoo Yoni Louison Raheem A. Abdul Aloysius Vijay Anthony RajScore: 21-17, 22-20 Leisha Cooper Yeldi Louison Amrita Sawaram Shama AboobakarScore: Yoga Ukikasah Karen Foo Kune Oliver Fossy Elisa ChanteurScore: 22-20, 22-20March 22 Polish International Host: Białystok, Poland Level: International Challenge Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Pablo Abián Hiroyuki SaekiScore: 21-12, 21-10 Kana Ito Chan Tsz KaScore: 21-14, 21-18 Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama Wong Wai HongScore: 21-17, 14-21, 21-14 Shinta Mulia Sari Yao Lei Chau Hoi Wah Chan Tsz KaScore: 18-21, 21-16, 21-10 Andrej Ashmarin Anastasia Prokopenko Chayut Triyachart Yao LeiScore: 21-12, 21-17 Giraldilla International Host: Havana, Cuba Level: Future Series Format: 32MS/16WS/8MD/8WD/16XD Osleni Guerrero Alexander HernándezScore: 21-13, 21-17 Siti Anida Lestari Quryantin María L HernándezScore: 21-9, 21-16 Berry Anggriawan Muhammad Ulinnuha Osleni Guerrero Alexander HernándezScore: 21-16, 21-16 Aurien Hudiono Ni Made Claudia Yudmila Capdevila María L HernándezScore: 21-12, 21-10 Berry Anggriawan Ni Made Claudia Muhammad Ulinnuha Aurien HudionoScore: 15-21, 21-13, 21-14 Kenya International Host: Nairobi, Kenya Level: International Series Format: 64MS/32WS/32MD/16WD/16XD Oscar Bansal Alistar CaseyScore: 14-21, 21-13, 21-19 Anne Hald Jensen Grace GabrielScore: 21-6, 21-10 Dorian James Wiaan Viljoen Jinkam Ifraimu Bulus Olaoluwa FagbemiScore: 22-20, 21-17 Anna Viljoen Michelle Edwards Maria Braimoh Susan IdehScore: 21-10, 12-21, 21-10 Wiaan Viljoen Anna Viljoen Jinkam Ifraimu Bulus Susan IdehScore: 21-12, 21-10
April Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-upApril 1 Canterbury International Host: Christchurch, New Zealand Level: Future Series Format: 32MS/16WS/16MD/8WD/32XD James Eunson Bjorn SeguinScore: 19-21, 21-18, 21-18 Erica Pong Victoria ChengScore: 21-11, 21-14 Daniel Gouw Arnold Setiadi Oliver Leydon-Davis Bjorn SeguinScore: 21-19, 21-19 Emma Chapple Stephanie Cheng Clare Chapple Victoria ChengScore: 21-15, 21-13 Oliver Leydon-Davis Louise McKenzie Joe Wu Donna HalidayScore: 19-21, 21-19, 25-23April 5 Osaka International Host: Osaka, Japan Level: International Challenge Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Sho Sasaki Kazushi YamadaScore: 21-14, 21-17 Wang Rong Kaori ImabeppuScore: 20-22, 21-19, 21-17 Hirokatsu Hashimoto Noriyasu Hirata Hiroyuki Endo Yoshiteru HirobeScore: 16-21, 23-21, 21-17 Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa Ayaka Takahashi Misaki MatsutomoScore: 21-19, 21-16 Kenichi Hayakawa Shizuka Matsuo Hirokatsu Hashimoto Mizuki FujiiScore: 21-14, 21-11 Dutch International Host: Wateringen, Netherlands Level: International Challenge