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Singapore Open Badminton Championships Men’s Singles Champions
LocationSingapore
VenueSingapore Indoor Stadium
Governing bodySingapore Badminton Association
Created1929
EditionsTotal: 72 (2023)
Open era (1980): 32
Prize money$59,500 (2023)
TrophyAw Boon Haw Shield[1]
Websitesingaporebadminton.org.sg
Most titles
Amateur era7: Wong Peng Soon
Open era2: Zhao Jianhua
2: Hariyanto Arbi
2: Taufik Hidayat
2: Chen Hong
2: Boonsak Ponsana
2: Sony Dwi Kuncoro
2: Kento Momota
2: Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
Most consecutive titles
Amateur era4: E. J. Vass
4: Wong Peng Soon
4: Ong Poh Lim
Open era2: Chen Hong
2: Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
Current champion
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting – 2023
(Second title)

The Singapore Open Badminton Championships is an annual badminton tournament first created in 1928 by the Amateur Sporting Association as there was no national governing body for badminton in Singapore.[2] In 1929, the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) was established to promote the sport and organise competitions and its first official annual open championships was held in that same year.[3] The Men's Singles was first contested officially in 1929.[4] The tournament was canceled between 1942 and 1946 because of World War II and discontinued from 1974 to 1986. It returned in 1987 as Konica Cup and was held until 1999. There was no competition held in 1993, 1996 and 2000. The tournament returned in 2001 under a new sponsor. It was again canceled between 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Below is the list of the winners at the Singapore Open in men's singles.

History[edit]

In the Amateur era, Wong Peng Soon (1938–1939, 1941, 1947–1949 and 1951) holds the record for the most titles in the Men's Singles, winning Singapore Open seven times. Wong also share the record for most consecutive titles of four from 1941 and 1947 to 1949 (no competition from 1942 to 1946) with E. J. Vass, 1929 to 1932 and Ong Poh Lim, 1952 to 1955 respectively.

Since the Open era of badminton began in late 1979,[5] eight players (Zhao Jianhua, Hariyanto Arbi, Taufik Hidayat, Chen Hong, Boonsak Ponsana, Sony Dwi Kuncoro, Kento Momota and Anthony Sinisuka Ginting) share the record for the most Men's Singles titles with two each. Chen Hong and Anthony Sinisuka Ginting holds the record for most consecutive victories with two (in 2002–03 and 2022–23).

Finalists[edit]

Amateur era[edit]

Year Country Champions Country Runners–up Score
1929 SGP E. J. Vass SGP See Gim Hock 15–11, 15–10
1930 SGP E. J. Vass SGP See Gim Hock 15–11, 12–15, 15–13
1931 SGP E. J. Vass SGP See Gim Hock 15–7, 9–15, 15–12
1932 SGP E. J. Vass SGP See Gim Hock 6–15, 17–16, 15–12
1933 SGP Koh Keng Siang SGP Lim Boon Guan 9–15, 15–7, 15–12
1934 SGP E. J. Vass SGP Seah Eng Hee 15–9, 17–14
1935 SGP Leow Kim Fatt SGP Koh Keng Siang 15–12, 15–7
1936 SGP Tan Chong Tee SGP Leow Kim Fatt 15–8, 14–18, 15–8
1937 SGP Tan Chong Tee SGP Yap Chin Tee 5–15, 17–14, 15–12
1938 SGP Wong Peng Soon SGP Seah Eng Hee 7–15, 15–10, 15–3
1939 SGP Wong Peng Soon SGP S. A. Durai 15–6, 15–11
1940 SGP Tan Chong Tee SGP Yap Chin Tee 15–8, 15–6
1941 SGP Wong Peng Soon SGP Yap Chin Tee 15–10, 5–15, 15–11
1942–1946 No competition
1947 SGP Wong Peng Soon SGP Ismail Marjan 15–9, 15–6
1948 SGP Wong Peng Soon SGP Ong Poh Lim 15–9, 15–11
1949 SGP Wong Peng Soon SGP Loong Pan Yap 15–3, 15–4
1950 SGP Cheong Hock Leng SGP Wong Peng Soon 15–5, 9–15, 15–12
1951 SGP Wong Peng Soon SGP Ong Poh Lim 18–13, 15–8
1952 SGP Ong Poh Lim SGP Ismail Marjan Walkover
1953 SGP Ong Poh Lim SGP Omar Ibrahim 15–2, 15–3
1954 SGP Ong Poh Lim SGP Wong Peng Soon 9–15, 15–10, 17–16
1955 SGP Ong Poh Lim SGP Omar Ibrahim 15–8, 15–5
1956 SGP Omar Ibrahim SGP Seah Lye Huat 10–15, 15–9, 18–15
1957 SGP Seah Lye Huat SGP Robert Lim 17–14, 15–3
1958 SGP Omar Ibrahim SGP V. S. S. Nathan 18–14, 15–11
1959 SGP Omar Ibrahim  MAS Lam Say Chow 15–1, 15–1
1960  MAS Billy Ng  MAS Khoo Eng Huah 9–15, 15–10, 15–2
1961  SGP Lee Kin Tat  MAS Roland Ng 15–6, 15–9
1962  SGP Wee Choon Seng  SGP Lim Wei Lon 15–11, 15–6
1963  MAS Teh Kew San  MAS Yew Cheng Hoe 11–15, 15–3, 15–1
1964  MAS Billy Ng  MAS Khor Cheng Chye 15–6, 7–15, 15–5
1965  MAS Omar Manap  SGP Wee Sen 15–7, 15–7
1966  MAS Yew Cheng Hoe  INA Tjin Kian Sien 15–7, 15–1
1967  MAS Tan Aik Huang  DEN Erland Kops 15–11, 15–8
1968  MAS Tan Aik Huang  JPN Ippei Kojima 15–12, 15–4
1969  INA Rudy Hartono  INA Muljadi 15–7, 15–4
1970  INA Muljadi  INA Darmawan 18–16, 15–8
1971  JPN Ippei Kojima  INA Nunung Murdjianto 15–3, 18–16
1972  INA Iie Sumirat  MAS Tan Aik Mong 15–5, 15–11
1973  INA Iie Sumirat  INA Tjun Tjun 15–3, 15–14
1974–1986 No competition

Open era[edit]

Year Country Champions Country Runners–up Score
1987  MAS Misbun Sidek  INA Eddy Kurniawan 15–13, 15–8
1988  CHN Yang Yang  THA Sompol Kukasemkij 15–10, 15–2
1989  CHN Zhao Jianhua  INA Eddy Kurniawan 15–11, 15–7
1990  MAS Foo Kok Keong  CHN Zhao Jianhua 15–8, 10–15, 15–9
1991  INA Bambang Suprianto  INA Fung Permadi 15–9, 15–8
1992  CHN Zhao Jianhua  INA Ardy Wiranata 15–3, 15–1
1993 No competition
1994  INA Ardy Wiranata  INA Hermawan Susanto 15–10, 4–15, 15–9
1995  INA Joko Suprianto  INA Hermawan Susanto 15–11, 3–15, 15–10
1996 No competition
1997  INA Hariyanto Arbi  INA Indra Wijaya 3–15, 18–14, 15–9
1998  INA Hendrawan  DEN Peter Gade 15–10, 15–8
1999  INA Hariyanto Arbi  INA Taufik Hidayat 13–15, 15–10, 15–11
2000 No competition
2001  INA Taufik Hidayat  MAS Wong Choong Hann 7–5, 0–7, 7–1, 1–7, 7–4
2002  CHN Chen Hong  SGP Ronald Susilo 15–4, 15–1
2003  CHN Chen Hong  CHN Chen Yu 11–15, 15–8, 15–4
2004  DEN Kenneth Jonassen  MAS Lee Chong Wei 3–15, 17–15, 15–4
2005  INA Taufik Hidayat  CHN Chen Hong 15–9, 15–3
2006  DEN Peter Gade  DEN Kenneth Jonassen 21–10 21–14
2007  THA Boonsak Ponsana  CHN Chen Yu 21–17, 21–14
2008  MAS Lee Chong Wei  INA Simon Santoso 21–13, 21–5
2009  CHN Bao Chunlai  THA Boonsak Ponsana 21–19, 16–21, 21–15
2010  INA Sony Dwi Kuncoro  THA Boonsak Ponsana 21–16, 21–16
2011  CHN Chen Jin  CHN Lin Dan Walkover
2012  THA Boonsak Ponsana  CHN Wang Zhengming 21–18, 21–19
2013  INA Tommy Sugiarto  THA Boonsak Ponsana 20–22, 21–5, 21–17
2014  INA Simon Santoso  MAS Lee Chong Wei 21–15, 21–10
2015  JPN Kento Momota  HKG Hu Yun 21–17, 16–21, 21–15
2016  INA Sony Dwi Kuncoro  KOR Son Wan-ho 21–16, 13–21, 21–14
2017  IND B. Sai Praneeth  IND Srikanth Kidambi 17–21, 21–17, 21–12
2018  TPE Chou Tien-chen  TPE Hsu Jen-hao 21–13, 21–13
2019  JPN Kento Momota  INA Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 10–21, 21–19, 21–13
2020–2021 No competition
2022  INA Anthony Sinisuka Ginting  JPN Kodai Naraoka 23–21, 21–17
2023  INA Anthony Sinisuka Ginting  DEN Anders Antonsen 21–16, 21–13

Statistics[edit]

Multiple champions[edit]

Bold indicates active players.

Rank Country Player Amateur era Open era All-time Years
1  SGP Wong Peng Soon 7 0 7 1938, 1939, 1941, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951
2  SGP E. J. Vass 5 0 5 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934
3  SGP Ong Poh Lim 4 0 4 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955
4  SGP Tan Chong Tee 3 0 3 1936, 1937, 1940
 SGP Omar Ibrahim 3 0 1956, 1958, 1959
6  MAS Billy Ng 2 0 2 1960, 1964
 MAS Tan Aik Huang 2 0 1967, 1968
 INA Iie Sumirat 2 0 1972, 1973
 CHN Zhao Jianhua 0 2 1989, 1992
 INA Hariyanto Arbi 0 2 1997, 1999
 INA Taufik Hidayat 0 2 2001, 2005
 CHN Chen Hong 0 2 2002, 2003
 THA Boonsak Ponsana 0 2 2007, 2012
 INA Sony Dwi Kuncoro 0 2 2010, 2016
 JPN Kento Momota 0 2 2015, 2019
 INA Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 0 2 2022, 2023

Champions by country[edit]

Rank Country Amateur era Open era All-time First title Last title First champion Last champion
1  Singapore (SGP) 28 0 28 1929 1962 E. J. Vass Wee Choon Seng
2  Indonesia (INA) 4 14 18 1969 2023 Rudy Hartono Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
3  Malaysia (MAS) 7 3 10 1960 2008 Billy Ng Lee Chong Wei
4  China (CHN) 0 7 7 1988 2011 Yang Yang Chen Jin
5  Japan (JPN) 1 2 3 1971 2019 Ippei Kojima Kento Momota
6  Denmark (DEN) 0 2 2 2004 2006 Kenneth Jonassen Peter Gade
 Thailand (THA) 0 2 2 2007 2012 Boonsak Ponsana
8  India (IND) 0 1 1 2017 B. Sai Praneeth
 Chinese Taipei (TPE) 0 1 2018 Chou Tien-chen

Multiple finalists[edit]

Bold indicates active players.
Italic indicates players who never won the championship.

Rank Country Player Amateur era Open era All-time
1  SGP Wong Peng Soon 9 0 9
2  SGP Ong Poh Lim 6 0 6
3  SGP E. J. Vass 5 0 5
 SGP Omar Ibrahim
 THA Boonsak Ponsana 0 5
6  SGP See Gim Hock 4 0 4
7  SGP Tan Chong Tee 3 0 3
 SGP Yap Chin Tee
 CHN Zhao Jianhua 0 3
 INA Taufik Hidayat
 CHN Chen Hong
 MAS Lee Chong Wei
 INA Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
14  SGP Koh Keng Siang 2 0 2
 SGP Seah Eng Hee
 SGP Leow Kim Fatt
 SGP Ismail Marjan
 SGP Seah Lye Huat
 MAS Billy Ng
 MAS Yew Cheng Hoe
 MAS Tan Aik Huang
 INA Muljadi
 JPN Ippei Kojima
 INA Iie Sumirat
 INA Eddy Kurniawan 0 2
 INA Ardy Wiranata
 INA Hermawan Susanto
 INA Hariyanto Arbi
 DEN Peter Gade
 CHN Chen Yu
 DEN Kenneth Jonassen
 INA Simon Santoso
 INA Sony Dwi Kuncoro
 JPN Kento Momota

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Story of Singapore Badminton Trophy". The Straits Times. 7 December 1947.
  2. ^ "Singapore Badminton Singles Open Championship". Malayan Saturday Post. 22 September 1928.
  3. ^ "Badminton in Singapore". Singapore Infopedia. 2016.
  4. ^ "E. J. Vass Wins Singapore Singles Title". The Straits Times. 21 November 1929.
  5. ^ Brahms, Bernd-Volker (17 January 2014). Badminton Handbook. Meyer & Meyer Sport. p. 1972. ISBN 9781782553540. Retrieved 21 July 2022. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

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