2026 German Open (badminton)

2026 German Open
Tournament details
Dates24 February – 1 March
Edition67th
LevelSuper 300
Total prize moneyUS$250,000
VenueWestenergie Sporthalle
LocationMülheim, Germany
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The 2026 German Open (officially known as the Yonex German Open 2026 for sponsorship reasons), is a badminton tournament that will take 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 will be 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.[1]

Venue

This tournament will be held at the Westenergie Sporthalle in Mülheim, Germany.[1]

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.[2]

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.[1]

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

Finals

Semi-finals Final
          
 
 
 

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
1 France C Popov
India K George
Belgium J Carraggi
Hong Kong J Gunawan
7 China Lu GZ
Chinese Taipei Su L-y
Chinese Taipei Liao J-f
Hong Kong Ng K L

Section 2

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
4 Chinese Taipei Lin C-y
England H Huang
Q2
India S Kidambi
5 China Weng HY
Finland J Oldorff
WC Germany M Kicklitz
Finland K Koljonen

Bottom half

Section 3

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
Chinese Taipei Lee C-h
Q3
Malaysia Leong J H
8 Chinese Taipei Chi Y-j
Thailand K Wangcharoen
Q4
Republic of Ireland N Nguyen
3 Chinese Taipei Chou T-c

Section 4

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
Chinese Taipei Wang T-w
India T Mannepalli
Croatia A Dinata
6 France T J Popov
Hong Kong Lee C Y
Malaysia J Hoh
Q1
2 China Li SF

Women's singles

Seeds

Finals

Semi-finals Final
          
 
 
 

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
1 China Wang ZY
India T Mir
Q1
Denmark A Schulz
8 Denmark L Kjærsfeldt
India M Bansod
India R Ramraj
Denmark L Christophersen

Section 2

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
4 Japan T Miyazaki
Malaysia Letshanaa K
Scotland K Gilmour
Japan M Suizu
6 Thailand B Ongbamrungphan
Chinese Taipei Hsu W-c
Ukraine P Buhrova
United States BW Zhang

Bottom half

Section 3

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
Singapore Yeo J M
Denmark J D Jakobsen
China Han QX
7 Denmark M Blichfeldt
Malaysia Wong L C
India T Sharma
India I Baruah
3 Thailand P Chochuwong

Section 4

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
Q2
Chinese Taipei Lin H-t
Chinese Taipei
Chinese Taipei Sung S-y
5 Chinese Taipei Chiu P-c
Chinese Taipei Huang Y-h
Q4
Q3
2 China Han Y

Men's doubles

Seeds

Finals

Semi-finals Final
          
 

 

 

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
1 Malaysia A Chia
Malaysia Soh W Y
Denmark W K Boe
Denmark A Søndergaard


Chinese Taipei Cheng C-k
Chinese Taipei Lin B-w
Q2


8 Malaysia J Arif
Malaysia Yap R K
England O Butler
England S Jones


Chinese Taipei Lee F-c
Chinese Taipei Lee F-j
France É Adam
France L Rossi

Section 2

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
3 Malaysia Goh S F
Malaysia N Izzuddin
France M Cattoen
France L Renoir


Q4
Malaysia Ong Y S
Malaysia Teo E Y


5 Chinese Taipei Chiu H-c
Chinese Taipei Wang C-l
Scotland A Dunn
Scotland A Pringle


Chinese Taipei Chen Z-r
Chinese Taipei Lin Y-c
Denmark D Lundgaard
Denmark M Vestergaard

Bottom half

Section 3

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
Individual Neutral Athletes R Alimov
Individual Neutral Athletes M Ogloblin
Singapore W Koh
Singapore J Kubo


Q3
6 China Chen BY
China Liu Y


United States Chen Z-y
United States P Smith
United Arab Emirates De Ayyappan
United Arab Emirates Dh Ayyappan


Germany B Geiss
Germany J R Jansen
4 Denmark K Astrup
Denmark A S Rasmussen

Section 4

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
Czech Republic J Král
Czech Republic O Král
Q1


Scotland C Grimley
Scotland M Grimley
7 Chinese Taipei Lee J-h
Chinese Taipei Yang P-h


Denmark C F Kjær
Denmark R Kjær
France C Popov
France T J Popov


Malaysia Choong H J
Malaysia M Haikal
2 China Liang WK
China Wang C

Women's doubles

Seeds

  1. Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva
  2. Chinese Taipei Hsu Yin-hui / Lin Jhih-yun
  3. Chinese Taipei Hsu Ya-ching / Sung Yu-hsuan
  4. Hong Kong Yeung Nga Ting / Yeung Pui Lam
  5. Japan Kaho Osawa / Mai Tanabe
  6. Chinese Taipei Chang Ching-hui / Yang Ching-tun
  7. France Margot Lambert / Camille Pognante
  8. China Bao Lijing / Luo Xumin

Finals

Semi-finals Final
          
 

 

 

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
1 Bulgaria G Stoeva
Bulgaria S Stoeva
United States F Corbett
United States J Gai


Scotland J MacPherson
Scotland C Torrance
Q1


8 China Bao LJ
China Luo XM
Chinese Taipei Chen Y-f
Chinese Taipei Sun L-c


Switzerland L Amiguet
Switzerland C Racloz
Ukraine P Buhrova
Ukraine Y Kantemyr

Section 2

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
3 Chinese Taipei Hsu Y-c
Chinese Taipei Sung Y-h
Poland P Cybulska
Poland K Marczak


Q2
Chinese Taipei Hu L-f
Chinese Taipei Jheng Y-c


6 Chinese Taipei Chang C-h
Chinese Taipei Yang C-t
Thailand O Jongsathapornpan
Thailand S S Wedler


Germany S Hübsch
Germany A Lehmann
Chinese Taipei Chen S-y
Chinese Taipei Lee Y-h

Bottom half

Section 3

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
Q4
Indonesia L T Mayasari
Indonesia A Rahayu


Q3
5 Japan K Osawa
Japan M Tanabe


Spain N Carulla
Spain C M Jiménez
England L Curtin
England S Kelly


China Li YJ
China Wang YD
4 Hong Kong Yeung N T
Hong Kong Yeung P L

Section 4

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
England A Harris
England L Tolman
Denmark S Pilgaard
Denmark S Schulz


Hong Kong Lui L L
Hong Kong Tsang H Y
7 France M Lambert
France C Pognante


Indonesia A C Pratiwi
Indonesia S F Ramadhanti
Denmark K Vang
Denmark M Werge


India A Bhat
India S Gautam
2 Chinese Taipei Hsu Y-h
Chinese Taipei Lin J-y

Mixed doubles

Seeds

Finals

Semi-finals Final
          
 

 

 

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
1 China Feng YZ
China Huang DP
United States P Smith
United States J Gai


Germany M Bourakkadi
Germany L Michalski
Chinese Taipei Chen C-k
Chinese Taipei Hsu Y-h


7 China Cheng X
China Zhang C
Germany S Krax
Germany A Lehmann


Denmark R Espersen
Denmark A C Kudsk
England C Hemming
England E van Leeuwen

Section 2

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
3 Hong Kong Tang C M
Hong Kong Tse Y S
Chinese Taipei Wu G-x
Chinese Taipei Lee C-h


Chinese Taipei Yang P-h
Chinese Taipei Hu L-f
Czech Republic O Král
Czech Republic T Švábíková


6 Chinese Taipei Ye H-w
Chinese Taipei N G Chan
Denmark K Kolding
Denmark M Werge


Thailand S Jomkoh
Thailand O Jongsathapornparn
France N Begga
France E Jacob

Bottom half

Section 3

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
France J Maio
France L Palermo
Q3


Q4
5 Malaysia Goh S H
Malaysia S J Lai


Q1
Singapore T Hee
Indonesia G E Widjaja


Q2
4 Denmark M Christiansen
Denmark A Bøje

Section 4

First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
United States Chen Z-y
United States F Corbett
England S Jones
England L Tolman


Malaysia J Wong
Malaysia Lai P J
8 Denmark M Vestergaard
Denmark C Busch


Ukraine O Titov
Ukraine Y Kantemyr
Scotland A Dunn
Scotland J MacPherson


Spain R Garcia
Spain L Rodríguez
2 China Guo XW
China Chen FH

References

  1. ^ a b c "Prospectus Yonex German Open 2026" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  2. ^ "World Ranking System" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2022.