The 2026 Orléans Masters (officially known as the Orléans Masters Badminton presented by Victor 2026 for sponsorship reasons) was badminton tournament that took place at the Palais des Sports, Orléans, France, from 17 to 22 March 2026 and had a total prize of US$250,000.
Tournament The 2026 Orléans Masters was the ninth tournament of the 2026 BWF World Tour and is part of the Orléans Masters championships, which have been held since 2012. This tournament is organized by the Orléans Masters with sanction from the BWF.
Venue This tournament was held at the Palais des Sports in Orléans, France.
Point distribution Below is the point distribution table 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
Chou Tien-chen (quarter-finals) Alex Lanier (champion) Kenta Nishimoto (withdrew) Toma Junior Popov (final) Chi Yu-jen (first round) Yushi Tanaka (second round) Rasmus Gemke (first round) Ayush Shetty (second round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Women's singles Seeds
Chiu Pin-chian (first round) Supanida Katethong (first round) Lin Hsiang-ti (first round) Line Christophersen (first round) Nozomi Okuhara (champion) Natsuki Nidaira (quarter-finals) Riko Gunji (quarter-finals) Beiwen Zhang (first round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Men's doubles Seeds
Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (withdrew) Raymond Indra / Nikolaus Joaquin (quarter-finals) Leo Rolly Carnando / Bagas Maulana (semi-finals) Liu Kuang-heng / Yang Po-han (withdrew) Daniel Lundgaard / Mads Vestergaard (withdrew) Kakeru Kumagai / Hiroki Nishi (quarter-finals) Kang Khai Xing / Aaron Tai (second round) Muhammad Rian Ardianto / Rahmat Hidayat (first round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Women's doubles Seeds
Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva (withdrew) Hsu Yin-hui / Lin Jhih-yun (second round) Hsu Ya-ching / Sung Yu-hsuan (quarter-finals) Rui Hirokami / Sayaka Hobara (semi-finals) Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma / Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari (second round) Margot Lambert / Camille Pognante (quarter-finals) Chang Ching-hui / Yang Ching-tun (first round) Rachel Allessya Rose / Febi Setianingrum (semi-finals)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Mixed doubles Seeds
Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue (champions) Mathias Christiansen / Alexandra Bøje (final) Ye Hong-wei / Nicole Gonzales Chan (withdrew) Jesper Toft / Amalie Magelund (withdrew) Cheng Xing / Zhang Chi (quarter-finals) Ruttanapak Oupthong / Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat (first round) Amri Syahnawi / Nita Violina Marwah (quarter-finals) Adnan Maulana / Indah Cahya Sari Jamil (first round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
References
External links Tournament Link Official website
Orléans Masters Official on YouTube