The 2021 BWF World Tour Finals (officially known as the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2021 for sponsorship reasons) was the final tournament of the 2021 BWF World Tour. It was held from 1 to 5 December 2021 in Bali, Indonesia and had a total prize of $1,500,000.
Tournament The 2021 BWF World Tour Finals was the fourth edition of the BWF World Tour Finals and was organized by Badminton Association of Indonesia with sanction from the BWF. This tournament was part of the Indonesia Badminton Festival in which three tournaments; the Indonesia Masters and Indonesia Open, together with this tournament were held at the same venue, played back-to-back. Participation in both tournaments was mandatory to qualify and the performance during the tournaments were counted for this World Tour Finals.
Venue This tournament was held at the Bali International Convention Center in Nusa Dua, Badung Regency, Bali, Indonesia. It was originally due to be held for the fourth 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. All gold medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics were qualified for the tournament, but have to compete in both the Indonesia Masters and Indonesia Open to be eligible. Hence, Chinese women's singles player Chen Yufei and mixed pair Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping had their qualification withdrawn.
Men's singles Seeds Rank NOCs Players Performances Winner(s) Runner(s)-up Semi-finalists Olympic gold medalist 1 1 (1) Viktor Axelsen 3:Super 1000: Denmark Open, Indonesia OpenSuper 300: Swiss Open 1:Super 1000: All England Open Qualified by BWF World Tour rankings 2 2 (1) Lee Zii Jia 1:Super 1000: All England Open 1:Super 500: Hylo Open 1:Super 300: Swiss Open 3 3 (1) Srikanth Kidambi 3:Super 750: Indonesia MastersSuper 500: Hylo OpenSuper 300: Swiss Open 4 4 (2) Rasmus Gemke 1:Super 1000: Indonesia Open 5 (1) Toma Junior Popov 2:Super 300: Spain MastersSuper 100: Orleans Masters 6 (2) Lakshya Sen 1:Super 500: Hylo Open 7 (1) Kento Momota 1:Super 750: Indonesia Masters 1:Super 1000: Denmark Open 1:Super 750: French Open 8 (1) Kunlavut Vitidsarn 1:Super 300: Swiss Open 1:Super 100: Orleans Masters
Women's singles Seeds Rank NOCs Players Performances Winner(s) Runner(s)-up Semi-finalists Qualified by BWF World Tour rankings 1 1 (1) Pornpawee Chochuwong 1:Super 1000: All England Open 3:Super 1000: Indonesia OpenSuper 300: Swiss OpenSuper 100: Orléans Masters 2 2 (1) Akane Yamaguchi 2:Super 1000: Denmark OpenSuper 750: French Open 2:Super 750: Indonesia Masters 3 3 (1) P. V. Sindhu 1:Super 300: Swiss Open 4:Super 1000: All England Open, Indonesia OpenSuper 750: French Open, Indonesia Masters 4 4 (2) Busanan Ongbamrungphan 2:Super 500: Hylo OpenSuper 100: Orleans Masters 5 (1) An Se-young 2:Super 1000: Indonesia OpenSuper 750: Indonesia Masters 1:Super 1000: Denmark Open 1:Super 750: French Open 8 (1) Line Christophersen 2:Super 300: Spain MastersSuper 100: Orleans Masters 9 (1) Yeo Jia Min 1:Super 500: Hylo Open 10 (1) Yvonne Li
Men's doubles Seeds Rank NOCs Players Performances Winner(s) Runner(s)-up Semi-finalists Qualified by BWF World Tour rankings 1 1 (1) Marcus Fernaldi Gideon 2: Super 1000: Indonesia OpenSuper 500: Hylo Open 2:Super 750: French Open, Indonesia Masters Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 2 2 (1) Takuro Hoki2:Super 1000: Denmark OpenSuper 750: Indonesia Masters1:Super 1000: Indonesia Open Yugo Kobayashi 3 3 (1) Kim Astrup 1:Super 300: Swiss Open 1:Super 1000: Denmark Open 1:Super 1000: All England Open Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 4 4 (1) Ong Yew Sin 1:Super 750: Indonesia Masters Teo Ee Yi 5 (1) Christo Popov 1:Super 300: Spain Masters Toma Junior Popov 6 (2) Pramudya Kusumawardana 1:Super 300: Spain Masters 1:Super 500: Hylo Open Yeremia Rambitan 7 (1) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy 2:Super 1000: Indonesia OpenSuper 300: Swiss Open Chirag Shetty Olympic gold medalists 25 Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin
Women's doubles Seeds Rank NOCs Players Performances Winner(s) Runner(s)-up Semi-finalists Qualified by BWF World Tour rankings 1 1 (1) Jongkolphan Kititharakul 1Super 100: Orleans Masters 4Super 1000: Denmark Open, Indonesia OpenSuper 500: Hylo OpenSuper 300: Swiss Open Rawinda Prajongjai 2 2 (1) Nami Matsuyama 2Super 1000: Indonesia OpenSuper 750: Indonesia Masters 2Super 1000: All England OpenSuper 750: French Open Chiharu Shida 3 3 (1) Gabriela Stoeva 2Super 300: Swiss OpenSuper 100: Orleans Masters Stefani Stoeva 4 4 (1) Kim So-yeong 1Super 750: French Open 2Super 1000: Denmark OpenSuper 750: Indonesia Masters Kong Hee-yong 5 (1) Pearly Tan 1Super 300: Swiss Open Thinaah Muralitharan 6 (1) Chloe Birch Lauren Smith 7 (1) Ashwini Ponnappa 1Super 100: Orleans Masters N. Sikki Reddy Olympic gold medalists 13 (1) Greysia Polii 1Super 1000: Indonesia Open Apriyani Rahayu
Mixed doubles Seeds Rank NOCs Players Performances Winner(s) Runner(s)-up Semi-finalists Qualified by BWF World Tour rankings 1 1 (1) Yuta Watanabe 3:Super 1000: All England Open, Denmark OpenSuper 750: French Open 1:Super 1000: Indonesia Open 1:Super 750: Indonesia Masters Arisa Higashino 2 2 (1) Dechapol Puavaranukroh 3:Super 1000: Indonesia OpenSuper 750: Indonesia MastersSuper 500: Hylo Open 1:Super 1000: Denmark Open 1:Super 750: French Open Sapsiree Taerattanachai 3 3 (1) Mathias Christiansen 1:Super 100: Orleans Masters 2:Super 750: French OpenSuper 300: Swiss Open 1:Super 1000: Indonesia Open Alexandra Bøje 4 4 (1) Marcus Ellis 2:Super 1000: All England OpenSuper 300: Swiss Open Lauren Smith 5 (1) Tan Kian Meng 1:Super 300: Swiss Open Lai Pei Jing 6 (2) Chan Peng Soon 1:Super 1000: All England Open Goh Liu Ying 7 (1) Tang Chun Man 1:Super 750: Indonesia Masters 1:Super 750: French Open Tse Ying Suet 9 (1) Praveen Jordan 1:Super 500: Hylo Open 1:Super 1000: Denmark Open Melati Daeva Oktavianti
Representatives by nation Rank Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total Players 1 1 1 1 2 5 9 2 1 1 1 1 1 5 8 3 (H) 2 1 1 4 8 4 2 1 1 1 5 7 2 1 1 1 5 7 1 2 1 1 5 7 7 1 1 2 3§ 1 1 2 3 9 1 1 2 2§ 10 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 13 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total (14 NOCs) 8 8 8 8 8 40 62
§: Toma Junior Popov of France play in men's singles and men's doubles, while Lauren Smith of England play in women's and mixed doubles.
Performances by nation Nation Group stage Semi-finals Final Winner(s) 2 2 2 2 5 4 3 1 5 3 2 1 5 1 1 1 5 2 1 (H) 4 2 1 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 Total 40 20 10 5
Men's singles Seeds
Viktor Axelsen (champion) Lee Zii Jia (semi-finals) Srikanth Kidambi (group stage) Rasmus Gemke (group stage)
Group A
DatePlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3 1 December Viktor Axelsen 0–0 Rasmus Gemke 5–1r Lakshya Sen 0–0 Kento Momota 1–1r 2 December Viktor Axelsen 2–0 Lakshya Sen 21–15 21–14 Rasmus Gemke N/P Kento Momota colspan="3" 3 December Viktor Axelsen N/P Kento Momota colspan="3" Rasmus Gemke N/P Lakshya Sen colspan="3"
Group B
DatePlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3 1 December Srikanth Kidambi 2–0 Toma Junior Popov 21–14 21–16 Lee Zii Jia 2–0 Kunlavut Vitidsarn 21–15 21–16 2 December Lee Zii Jia 2–0 Toma Junior Popov 21–13 21–19 Srikanth Kidambi 0–2 Kunlavut Vitidsarn 18–21 7–21 3 December Lee Zii Jia 2–0 Srikanth Kidambi 21–19 21–14 Toma Junior Popov 1–2 Kunlavut Vitidsarn 12–21 22–20 5–21
Finals
Women's singles Seeds
Pornpawee Chochuwong (semi-finals) Akane Yamaguchi (semi-finals) P. V. Sindhu (final) Busanan Ongbamrungphan (group stage)
Group A
DatePlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3 1 December Pornpawee Chochuwong 2–0 Yvonne Li 21–18 21–18 P. V. Sindhu 2–0 Line Christophersen 21–14 21–16 2 December Pornpawee Chochuwong 2–0 Line Christophersen 22–20 23–21 P. V. Sindhu 2–0 Yvonne Li 21–10 21–13 3 December Line Christophersen 2–0 Yvonne Li 21–11 21–14 Pornpawee Chochuwong 2–1 P. V. Sindhu 21–12 19–21 21–14
Group B
DatePlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Set 1Set 2Set 3 1 December Busanan Ongbamrungphan 0–2 An Se-young 16–21 5–21 Akane Yamaguchi 2–0(voided) Yeo Jia Min 21–11 21–14 2 December Busanan Ongbamrungphan 1–0(voided) Yeo Jia Min 21–7 15–9r Akane Yamaguchi 2–1 An Se-young 21–14 18–21 21–16 3 December Akane Yamaguchi 2–0 Busanan Ongbamrungphan 21–18 21–18 An Se-young N/P Yeo Jia Mincolspan="3"
Finals
Men's doubles Seeds
Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (final) Takuro Hoki / Yugo Kobayashi (champions) Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (group stage) Ong Yew Sin / Teo Ee Yi (semi-finals)
Group A
DatePair 1ScorePair 2Set 1Set 2Set 3 1 December Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 2–0 Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin 23–21 21–19 Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 2–0(voided) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty 21–16 21–5 2 December Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo N/P Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty colspan="3" Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 0–2 Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin 13–21 12–21 3 December Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 2–1 Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 21–15 18–21 21–9 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty N/P Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin colspan="3"
Group B
DatePair 1ScorePair 2Set 1Set 2Set 3 1 December Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi 2–0 Pramudya Kusumawardana Yeremia Rambitan 21–14 21–19 Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi 2–0 Christo Popov Toma Junior Popov 21–16 21–19 2 December Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi 2–1 Pramudya Kusumawardana Yeremia Rambitan 12–21 21–11 21–18 Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi 2–0 Christo Popov Toma Junior Popov 21–9 21–15 3 December Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi 2–1 Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi 21–19 12–21 21–10 Christo Popov Toma Junior Popov 0–2 Pramudya Kusumawardana Yeremia Rambitan 15–21 16–21
Finals
Women's doubles Seeds
Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai (group stage) Nami Matsuyama / Chiharu Shida (final) Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva (semi-finals) Kim So-yeong / Kong Hee-yong (champions)
Group A
DatePair 1ScorePair 2Set 1Set 2Set 3 1 December Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong 2–0 Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan 21–14 21–14 Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai 0–2 Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu 15–21 12–21 2 December Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong 2–0 Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu 21–15 21–18 Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai 0–2 Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan 21–23 14–21 3 December Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan 0–2 Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu 18–21 11–21 Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai 1–2 Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong 21–18 20–22 8–21
Group B
DatePair 1ScorePair 2Set 1Set 2Set 3 1 December Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida 2–0 Ashwini Ponnappa N. Sikki Reddy 21–14 21–18 Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva 2–0 Chloe Birch Lauren Smith 21–12 21–11 2 December Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida 2–0 Chloe Birch Lauren Smith 22–20 21–14 Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva 2–0 Ashwini Ponnappa N. Sikki Reddy 21–19 22–20 3 December Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida 2–0 Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva 21–9 21–16 Chloe Birch Lauren Smith 1–2 Ashwini Ponnappa N. Sikki Reddy 19–21 21–9 14–21
Finals
Mixed doubles Seeds
Yuta Watanabe / Arisa Higashino (final) Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Sapsiree Taerattanachai (champions) Mathias Christiansen / Alexandra Bøje (group stage) Marcus Ellis / Lauren Smith (group stage)
Group A