The 2020 BWF World Tour Finals (officially known as the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2020 for sponsorship reasons) was the final tournament of the 2020 BWF World Tour. It was held from 27 to 31 January 2021 in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, Thailand and had a total prize of $1,500,000.
Tournament The 2020 BWF World Tour Finals was the third edition of the BWF World Tour Finals and was organized by Badminton Association of Thailand with sanction from the BWF. It was the last of three BWF tournaments taking place in Thailand in January 2021, after the Yonex and Toyota Thailand Opens. Participation in both Thailand Opens was mandatory to qualify and the performance during the tournaments were counted for this World Tour Finals, in addition to the 2019 Syed Modi International, 2020 Malaysia Masters, 2020 Indonesia Masters, 2020 Thailand Masters, 2020 Spain Masters, 2020 All England Open, and 2020 Denmark Open.
Venue This tournament was held at the Impact Arena in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, Thailand. It was originally due to be held for the third year in a row at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China, but was relocated.
Point distribution Below is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Finals event.
Winner(s) Runner(s)-up Semi-finalists 3rd in group 4th in group 12,000 10,200 8,400 6,600 4,800
Prize money The total prize money for this tournament was US$1,500,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.
Achievement Winner(s) Runner(s)-up Semi-finalist(s) 3rd in group 4th in group Singles $120,000 $60,000 $30,000 $16,500 $9,000 Doubles $126,000 $60,000 $30,000 $19,500 $10,500
Representatives Eligible players Below are the eligible players for World Tour Finals. Final ranking used was released on 24 January 2021, and counting the results from the 2019 Syed Modi International.
Men's singles Seeds Rank NOCs Players Performances Winner(s) Runner(s)-up Semi-finalists 1 1 (1) Viktor Axelsen 4:Super 1000: All England OpenSuper 1000: Thailand Open ISuper 1000: Thailand Open IISuper 300: Spain Masters 1:Super 500: Malaysia Masters 1:Super 500: Indonesia Masters 2 2 (2) Anders Antonsen 1:Super 750: Denmark Open 1:Super 500: Indonesia Masters 2:Super 1000: Thailand Open II 3 3 Chou Tien-chen 1: 3:Super 1000: Thailand Open ISuper 1000: Thailand Open IISuper 750: Denmark Open 4 5 (2) Wang Tzu-wei 1: 6 (1) Ng Ka Long 1:Super 300: Thailand Masters 1:Super 1000: Thailand Open I 1:Super 500: Malaysia Masters 7 (1) Srikanth Kidambi 8 (1) Lee Zii Jia 2:Super 1000: All England OpenSuper 500: Malaysia Masters 9 (1) 1:Super 500: Indonesia Masters 1:Super 1000: Thailand Open I
Women's singles Seeds Rank NOCs Players Performances Winner(s) Runner(s)-up Semi-finalists 1 1 (1) Carolina Marín 3:Super 1000: Thailand Open ISuper 1000: Thailand Open II 3:Super 750: Denmark Open Super 300: Spain Masters 3: Super 500: Malaysia MastersSuper 300: Thailand Masters 2 2 Tai Tzu-ying 1:Super 1000: All England Open 3:Super 1000: Thailand Open ISuper 1000: Thailand Open IISuper 500: Malaysia Masters 3 3 Ratchanok Intanon 1: 1:Super 1000: Thailand Open II 4 4 (1) An Se-young 1:Super 300: Thailand Masters 2:Super 1000: Thailand Open I 5 (2) 1:Super 300: Spain Masters 6 (1) Michelle Li 1:Super 750: Denmark Open 9 (1) Evgeniya Kosetskaya 10 (1) P. V. Sindhu
Men's doubles Seeds Rank NOCs Players Performances Winner(s) Runner(s)-up Semi-finalists 1 1 Lee Yang 2:Super 1000: Thailand Open I 1:Super 300: Spain Masters 1: Wang Chi-lin 2 2 (1) Aaron Chia 1:Super 1000: Thailand Open II 2: Super 300: Spain Masters Soh Wooi Yik 3 3 (1) 1: 2:Super 1000: Thailand Open IISuper 500: Malaysia Masters Hendra Setiawan 4 4 (2) Ong Yew Sin 1:Super 300: Thailand Masters Teo Ee Yi 5 (1) Vladimir Ivanov 1:Super 750: Denmark Open 1:Super 1000: All England Open Ivan Sozonov 6 (1) Marcus Ellis 1:Super 750: Denmark Open Chris Langridge 7 (2) Ben Lane 1:Super 750: Denmark Open Sean Vendy 8 (1) Choi Sol-gyu 1:Super 1000: Thailand Open I Seo Seung-jae
Women's doubles Seeds Rank NOCs Players Performances Winner(s) Runner(s)-up Semi-finalists 1 1 Greysia Polii 3:Super 1000: Thailand Open I Super 300: Spain Masters 2: Super 500: Malaysia Masters Apriyani Rahayu 2 2 Kim So-yeong 1:Super 1000: Thailand Open II 3:Super 1000: Thailand Open I Super 300: Thailand Masters Kong Hee-yong 3 3 (2) Lee So-hee 1: 2:Super 1000: All England Open Super 1000: Thailand Open I 4 5 (1) Chloe Birch 1:Super 300: Spain Masters Lauren Smith 6 (1) 1:Super 1000: Thailand Open I 1:Super 300: Spain Masters Rawinda Prajongjai 8 (1) Linda Efler 1: Isabel Herttrich 9 (1) Chow Mei Kuan 1:Super 1000: Thailand Open II Lee Meng Yean 10 (2) Vivian Hoo Kah Mun Yap Cheng Wen
Mixed doubles Seeds Rank NOCs Players Performances Winner(s) Runner(s)-up Semi-finalists 1 1 Marcus Ellis 1: 1: 2: Super 750: Denmark Open Lauren Smith 2 2 Mark Lamsfuß 1: 1: Isabel Herttrich 3 3 2:Super 1000: Thailand Open I 1:Super 1000: All England Open Sapsiree Taerattanachai 4 4 (1) Thom Gicquel 1:Super 300: Spain Masters 3:Super 1000: Thailand Open I Super 500: Indonesia Masters Delphine Delrue 5 (1) Praveen Jordan 1: 1:Super 1000: Thailand Open I Melati Daeva Oktavianti 6 Seo Seung-jae 1:Super 1000: Thailand Open II 2: Super 1000: Thailand Open I Chae Yoo-jung 7 (2) Hafiz Faizal 1: 1:Super 500: Malaysia Masters Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja 8 (1) Goh Soon Huat 1: Shevon Jemie Lai
Representatives by nation Top Nations Rank Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total Players 1 1 2 2 1 6 11 2 1 1 1 2 5 9 3 1 1 2 1 5 8§ 4 2 1 1 4 6§ (H) 2 1 1 4 6 6 2 1 1 4 5 7 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 3§ 9 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 11 1 1 2 12 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total (14 NOCs) 8 8 8 8 8 40 60
§: Marcus Ellis from England and Seo Seung-jae from South Korea play in men's and mixed doubles, while Lauren Smith from England and Isabel Herttrich from Germany play in women's and mixed doubles.
Performance by nation Rank Nation Group stage Semi-finals Final Winner(s) 1 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 5 5 3 1 4 (H) 4 3 1 1 5 5 1 1 6 1 1 1 7 6 2 8 4 1 9 1 1 10 2 2 2 13 1 1 Total 40 20 10 5
Men's singles
Group A
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 27 Jan Chou Tien-chen 2–1 Lee Zii Jia 21–16 12–21 21–11 Viktor Axelsen 2–0 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 21–17 21–8 28 Jan Chou Tien-chen 2–0 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 21–19 21–11 Viktor Axelsen 2–0 Lee Zii Jia 21–15 21–4 29 Jan Lee Zii Jia 1–2 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 12–21 21–15 13–21 Viktor Axelsen 2–0 Chou Tien-chen 21–10 21–14
Group B
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 27 Jan Wang Tzu-wei 2–0 Ng Ka Long 21–10 21–14 Anders Antonsen 2–1 Srikanth Kidambi 15–21 21–16 21–18 28 Jan Anders Antonsen 2–0 Ng Ka Long 21–19 21–16 Wang Tzu-wei 2–1 Srikanth Kidambi 19–21 21–9 21–19 29 Jan Ng Ka Long 2–1 Srikanth Kidambi 12–21 21–18 21–19 Anders Antonsen 0–2 Wang Tzu-wei 11–21 19–21
Finals
Women's singles
Group A
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 27 Jan An Se-young 2–0 Michelle Li 21–12 21–17 Carolina Marín 2–0 Evgeniya Kosetskaya 21–19 21–14 28 Jan Carolina Marín 2–0 Michelle Li 21–16 21–13 An Se-young 2–0 Evgeniya Kosetskaya 21–13 21–17 29 Jan Carolina Marín 1–2 An Se-young 16–21 21–14 19–21 Michelle Li 0–2 Evgeniya Kosetskaya 23–25 10–21
Group B
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 27 Jan Tai Tzu-ying 2–1 P. V. Sindhu 19–21 21–12 21–17 Ratchanok Intanon 1–2 Pornpawee Chochuwong 21–15 11–21 18–21 28 Jan Ratchanok Intanon 2–0 P. V. Sindhu 21–18 21–13 Tai Tzu-ying 0–2 Pornpawee Chochuwong 17–21 11–21 29 Jan Pornpawee Chochuwong 0–2 P. V. Sindhu 18–21 15–21 Tai Tzu-ying 2–1 Ratchanok Intanon 23–25 21–12 21–9
Finals
Men's doubles
Group A
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 27 Jan Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge 0–2 Ben Lane Sean Vendy 20–22 15–21 Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin 2–0 Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi 21–18 24–22 28 Jan Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin 2–0 Ben Lane Sean Vendy 21–14 21–18 Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi 2–0 Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge 21–19 21–18 29 Jan Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin 2–0 Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge 21–17 21–13 Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi 0–2 Ben Lane Sean Vendy 15–21 13–21
Group B
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 27 Jan Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan 2–1 Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov 21–18 15–21 21–17 Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik 2–0 Choi Sol-gyu Seo Seung-jae 21–14 21–19 28 Jan Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik 0–2 Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov 19–21 16–21 Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan 0–2 Choi Sol-gyu Seo Seung-jae 19–21 16–21 29 Jan Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik 1–2 Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan 21–18 17–21 11–21 Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov 1–2 Choi Sol-gyu Seo Seung-jae 11–21 21–17 16–21
Finals
Women's doubles
Group A
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 27 Jan Chow Mei Kuan Lee Meng Yean 2–1 Vivian Hoo Kah Mun Yap Cheng Wen 21–16 10–21 21–15 Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu 2–1 Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan 21–17 22–24 21–15 28 Jan Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan 2–0 Chow Mei Kuan Lee Meng Yean 21–15 21–17 Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu 2–0 Vivian Hoo Kah Mun Yap Cheng Wen 21–17 21–7 29 Jan Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan 2–0 Vivian Hoo Kah Mun Yap Cheng Wen 21–12 21–16 Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu 0–2 Chow Mei Kuan Lee Meng Yean 13–21 17–21
Group B
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 27 Jan Chloe Birch Lauren Smith 0–2 Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai 10–21 11–21 Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong 2–1 Linda Efler Isabel Herttrich 21–11 19–21 21–11 28 Jan Chloe Birch Lauren Smith 2–1 Linda Efler Isabel Herttrich 20–22 21–16 21–12 Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong 2–0 Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai 21–12 21–14 29 Jan Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong 2–0 Chloe Birch Lauren Smith 21–14 21–18 Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai 2–0 Linda Efler Isabel Herttrich 21–13 21–14
Finals
Mixed doubles
Group A
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 27 Jan Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith 0–2 Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung 12–21 12–21 Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai 2–1 Praveen Jordan Melati Daeva Oktavianti 21–13 16–21 21–11 28 Jan Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai 0–2 Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung 17–21 17–21 Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith 0–2 Praveen Jordan Melati Daeva Oktavianti 20–22 19–21 29 Jan Praveen Jordan Melati Daeva Oktavianti 0–2 Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung 10–21 13–21 Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith 0–2 Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai 12–21 11–21
Group B
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 27 Jan Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue 2–1 Hafiz Faizal Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja 14–21 21–14 21–17 Mark Lamsfuß Isabel Herttrich 1–2 Goh Soon Huat Shevon Jemie Lai 21–14 18–21 18–21 28 Jan Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue 2–0 Goh Soon Huat Shevon Jemie Lai 21–17 21–9 Mark Lamsfuß Isabel Herttrich 1–2 Hafiz Faizal Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja 21–15 20–22 15–21 29 Jan Hafiz Faizal Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja 1–2 Goh Soon Huat Shevon Jemie Lai 21–17 13–21 13–21 Mark Lamsfuß Isabel Herttrich 0–2 Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue 10–21 15–21
Finals
References
External links HSBC BWF World Tour Finals website Tournament Link HSBC BWF World Tour website