The 2026 German Open (officially known as the Yonex German Open 2026 for sponsorship reasons), was a badminton tournament that took place at the Westenergie Sporthalle, Mülheim, Germany, from 24 February to 1 March 2026 and had a total prize of US$250,000.
Tournament The 2026 German Open was the fifth tournament of the 2026 BWF World Tour and was part of the German Open championships, which have been held since 1955. This tournament was organized by Vermarktungsgesellschaft Badminton Deutschland (VBD) mbH for the German Badminton Association with sanction from the BWF.
Venue This tournament was held at the Westenergie Sporthalle in Mülheim, Germany.
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 300 event.
Winner Runner-up 3/4 5/8 9/16 17/32 33/64 65/128 7,000 5,950 4,900 3,850 2,750 1,670 660 320
Prize pool The total prize money is US$250,000 with the distribution of the prize money in accordance with BWF regulations.
Event Winner Finalist Semi-finals Quarter-finals Last 16 Singles $18,750 $9,500 $3,625 $1,500 $875 Doubles $19,750 $9,500 $3,500 $1,812.50 $937.50
Men's singles Seeds
Christo Popov (champion) Li Shifeng (first round) Chou Tien-chen (first round) Lin Chun-yi (semi-finals) Weng Hongyang (quarter-finals) Toma Junior Popov (final) Lu Guangzu (second round) Chi Yu-jen (semi-finals)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Women's singles Seeds
Wang Zhiyi (final) Han Yue (semi-finals) Pornpawee Chochuwong (second round) Tomoka Miyazaki (semi-finals) Chiu Pin-chian (quarter-finals) Busanan Ongbamrungphan (second round) Mia Blichfeldt (withdrew) Line Kjærsfeldt (withdrew)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Men's doubles Seeds
Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik (second round) Liang Weikeng / Wang Chang (semi-finals) Goh Sze Fei / Nur Izzuddin (quarter-finals) Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (quarter-finals) Chiu Hsiang-chieh / Wang Chi-lin (semi-finals) Chen Boyang / Liu Yi (champions) Lee Jhe-huei / Yang Po-hsuan (second round) Junaidi Arif / Yap Roy King (second round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Women's doubles Seeds
Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva (quarter-finals) Hsu Yin-hui / Lin Jhih-yun (second round) Hsu Ya-ching / Sung Yu-hsuan (semi-finals) Yeung Nga Ting / Yeung Pui Lam (first round) Kaho Osawa / Mai Tanabe (quarter-finals) Chang Ching-hui / Yang Ching-tun (quarter-finals) Margot Lambert / Camille Pognante (first round) Bao Lijing / Luo Xumin (champions)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Mixed doubles Seeds
Feng Yanzhe / Huang Dongping (withdrew) Guo Xinwa / Chen Fanghui (second round) Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet (quarter-finals) Mathias Christiansen / Alexandra Bøje (second round) Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai (quarter- finals) Ye Hong-wei / Nicole Gonzales Chan (second round) Cheng Xing / Zhang Chi (champions) Mads Vestergaard / Christine Busch (final)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
References
External links Tournament link Official website