The Toyota Thailand Open was a badminton tournament that took place at the Impact Arena in Thailand from 19 to 24 January 2021. It had a total purse of $1,000,000.
Tournament The Toyota Thailand Open was the ninth tournament of the 2020 BWF World Tour and also part of the Thailand Open championships, which had been held since 1984. This tournament was organized by Badminton Association of Thailand and sanctioned by the BWF. It was the second of three BWF tournaments taking place in Thailand in January 2021 following a break caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Participation in both Thailand Opens was mandatory to qualify for the 2020 BWF World Tour Finals.
Four out of five world number ones withdrew from all three tournaments. The Chinese team withdrew from all three tournaments after failing to get permission to travel to Thailand; affected players include Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan (women's doubles), and Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong (mixed doubles). In addition, the Japanese team has withdrawn from the tournaments following the positive COVID-19 diagnosis of Kento Momota (men's singles). Following Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo's positive COVID-19 diagnosis, he and Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (men's doubles) withdrew from the tournaments. Indian men's singles players B. Sai Praneeth and Kidambi Srikanth had to pull out after Praneeth's positive COVID-19 diagnosis.
Venue This international tournament was held at the Impact Arena in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
Point distribution Below is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 1000 event.
Winner Runner-up 3/4 5/8 9/16 17/32 12,000 10,200 8,400 6,600 4,800 3,000
Prize money The total prize money for this tournament was US$1,000,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.
Event Winner Finals Semi-finals Quarter-finals Last 16 Last 32 Singles $70,000 $34,400 $14,000 $5,500 $3,000 $1,000 Doubles $74,000 $35,000 $14,000 $6,250 $3,250 $1,000
Men's singles Seeds
Kento Momota (withdrew) Chou Tien-chen (semi-finals) Anders Antonsen (semi-finals) Viktor Axelsen (champion) Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (second round) Jonatan Christie (first round) Ng Ka Long (second round) Lee Zii Jia (first round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Women's singles Seeds
Tai Tzu-ying (final) Akane Yamaguchi (withdrew) Nozomi Okuhara (withdrew) Ratchanok Intanon (semi-finals) Carolina Marín (champion) P. V. Sindhu (quarter-finals) An Se-young (semi-finals) Michelle Li (quarter-finals)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Men's doubles Seeds
Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (withdrew) Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan (semi-finals) Takeshi Kamura / Keigo Sonoda (withdrew) Hiroyuki Endo / Yuta Watanabe (withdrew) Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto (first round) Lee Yang / Wang Chi-lin (champions) Choi Sol-gyu / Seo Seung-jae (second round) Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik (final)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Women's doubles Seeds
Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota (withdrew) Mayu Matsumoto / Wakana Nagahara (withdrew) Lee So-hee / Shin Seung-chan (final) Kim So-yeong / Kong Hee-yong (champions) Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu (semi-finals) Chang Ye-na / Kim Hye-rin (first round) Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai (quarter-finals) Nami Matsuyama / Chiharu Shida (withdrew)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Mixed doubles Seeds
Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Sapsiree Taerattanachai (champions) Praveen Jordan / Melati Daeva Oktavianti (first round) Yuta Watanabe / Arisa Higashino (withdrew) Seo Seung-jae / Chae Yoo-jung (final) Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying (quarter-finals) Hafiz Faizal / Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja (quarter-finals) Marcus Ellis / Lauren Smith (second round) Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet (second round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Notes
References
External links Tournament Link