2007 German Open Grand Prix

The 2007 German Open Grand Prix (officially known as the Yonex German Open 2007 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place in Mülheim from 27 February to 4 March 2007. It had a total purse of $80,000.

Tournament

The 2007 German Open Grand Prix was the inaugural tournament of the 2007 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix and also part of the German Open championships which has been held since 1955. This tournament was organized by the German Badminton Association and sanctioned by the BWF.

Venue

This international tournament was held at Innogy 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 Grand Prix event.

Winner	Runner-up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	33/64	65/128	129/256	257/512
5,500	4,680	3,850	3,030	2,110	1,290	510	240	100	45

Prize money

The total prize money for this tournament was US$80,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.

Event	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finals	Quarter-finals	Last 16
Men's singles	$6,400	$3,200	$1,600	$800	$320
Women's singles	$5,520	$2,640	$1,440	$720	—N/a
Men's doubles	$5,760	$3,200	$1,920	$1,120
Women's doubles	$4,880	$3,200	$1,760	$880
Mixed doubles	$4,880	$3,200	$1,760	$880

Men's singles

Seeds

China Lin Dan (champion)
China Chen Yu (final)
Malaysia Lee Tsuen Seng (third round)
Poland Przemysław Wacha (third round)
Hong Kong Ng Wei (second round)
Denmark Joachim Persson (quarter-finals)
Malaysia Sairul Amar Ayob (first round)
Germany Björn Joppien (second round)
Singapore Kendrick Lee Yen Hui (third round)
Malaysia Roslin Hashim (third round)
South Korea Park Sung-hwan (quarter-finals)
Hong Kong Chan Yan Kit (third round)
India Chetan Anand (first round)
New Zealand John Moody (second round)
Denmark Kasper Ødum (third round)
Canada Andrew Dabeka (first round)

Finals

Semi-finals			Final

1	China Lin Dan	21	21

	India Anup Sridhar	14	12
	1	China Lin Dan

		2	China Chen Yu	w	/	o
Q5	China Wu Yunyong	18	2r

2	China Chen Yu	21	5

Top half

Section 1

First Round			Second Round			Third Round	Quarter-finals

1	China Lin D	21	21

Q3	Indonesia T Hidayat	15	13
	1	China Lin D	21	21

			Indonesia T Sugiarto	12	19
	Indonesia T Sugiarto	21	21

Q4	Malaysia M A Abdul Latif	19	10
	1	China Lin D	21	23

		10	Malaysia R Hashim	16	21
10	Malaysia R Hashim	21	21

	England N Rice	13	11
	10	Malaysia R Hashim	20	21	21

			Austria J Koch	22	6	11
	Austria J Koch	21	21

	Denmark J Ø. Jørgensen	12	7
	1	China Lin D	21	21

			Malaysia Wong C H	15	14
5	Hong Kong Ng W	21	18	21

	Canada B Milroy	10	21	15
	5	Hong Kong Ng W	14	21

			Malaysia Wong C H	21	23
	Malaysia Wong C H	23	21

	Estonia R Must	21	16
		Malaysia Wong C H	21	21

		9	Singapore K Lee Y H	12	17
9	Singapore K Lee Y H	21	21

	India N Kanetkar	16	14
	9	Singapore K Lee Y H	21	21

			Czech Republic J Vondra	15	18
	Czech Republic J Vondra	21	21

	Guatemala P Yang	13	17

Section 2

First Round			Second Round			Third Round	Quarter-finals

3	Malaysia Lee T S	21	21

	England A Ghaffar	8	18
	3	Malaysia Lee T S	21	21

			Malaysia Tan C S	14	11
	Australia J Tho	15	16

	Malaysia Tan C S	21	21
	3	Malaysia Lee T S	9	11

		11	South Korea Park S-h	21	21
11	South Korea Park S-h	21	20	21

	Portugal M Vasconcelos	8	22	13
	11	South Korea Park S-h	21	21

			Finland V Lång	11	15
	Finland V Lång	21	22	21

	Canada S Wojcikiewicz	23	20	8
	11	South Korea Park S-h	21	21	17

			India A Sridhar	15	23	21
8	Germany B Joppien	21	21

	Malaysia Y Khrishnan	13	16
	8	Germany B Joppien	19	11

			India A Sridhar	21	21
	India A Sridhar	18	21	23

Q7	Indonesia A Adityawarman	21	9	21
		India A Sridhar	21	21

		15	Denmark K Ødum	18	19
15	Denmark K Ødum	21	22

	India Parupalli K	16	20
	15	Denmark K Ødum	21	21

			Czech Republic P Koukal	18	16
	England N Kidd	22	14

	Czech Republic P Koukal	24	21

Bottom half

Section 3

First Round			Second Round			Third Round	Quarter-finals

	Australia S Gomez	11	11

	Japan K Saeki	21	21
		Japan K Saeki	17	13

		12	Hong Kong Chan Y K	21	21
	China Qiu YB	18	18

12	Hong Kong Chan Y K	21	21
	12	Hong Kong Chan Y K	16	8

		Q6	China Lü Y	21	21
PFQ	Netherlands K Ridder	13	9

Q6	China Lü Y	21	21
	Q6	China Lü Y	18	21	21

			India A Pawar	21	13	10
	India A Pawar	19	21	21

7	Malaysia S A Ayob	21	14	18
	Q6	China Lü Y	15	21	15

		Q5	China Wu YY	21	7	21
Q5	China Wu YY	21	21

	Italy K Raffeiner	7	8
	Q5	China Wu YY	21	21

		14	New Zealand J Moody	13	14
	Iran K Mehrabi	13	13

14	New Zealand J Moody	21	21
	Q5	China Wu YY	21	21

		4	Poland P Wacha	20	10
	Denmark J-K Leth	21	21

	England T Honey	16	16
		Denmark J-K Leth	19	17

		4	Poland P Wacha	21	21
	Indonesia S Santoso	18	16

4	Poland P Wacha	21	21

Section 4

First Round			Second Round			Third Round	Quarter-finals

	Lithuania K Navickas	12	21	21

Q2	Indonesia E Kurniawan	21	13	18
		Lithuania K Navickas	21	21

		PFQ	Malaysia Liew D	19	12
PFQ	Malaysia Liew D	22	21	21

16	Canada A Dabeka	20	23	17
		Lithuania K Navickas	12	12

		6	Denmark J Persson	21	21
	England R Ouseph	20	21	21

	Denmark C Lind Thomsen	22	10	15
		England R Ouseph	8	15

		6	Denmark J Persson	21	21
	Czech Republic J Fröhlich	6	16

6	Denmark J Persson	21	21
	6	Denmark J Persson	14	21	17

		2	China Chen Y	21	18	21
	Denmark H-K Vittinghus	21	21

Q1	Germany S Schöttler	16	19
		Denmark H-K Vittinghus	21	21

			France E Kellhoffner	15	18
	France E Kellhoffner	21	22

13	India C Anand	18	20
		Denmark H Vittinghus	18	9

		2	China Chen Y	21	21
	Germany R Spitko	24	14	16

	Denmark M Christensen	22	21	21
		Denmark M Christensen	12	19

		2	China Chen Y	21	21
Q8	Japan K Tago	17	21	13

2	China Chen Y	21	18	21

Women's singles

Seeds

China Xie Xingfang (champion)
Germany Huaiwen Xu (final)
France Pi Hongyan (semi-finals)
Bulgaria Petya Nedelcheva (semi-finals)
Denmark Tine Rasmussen (withdrew)
Australia Huang Chia-chi (quarter-finals)
South Korea Hwang Hye-youn (quarter-finals)
Scotland Susan Hughes (second round)

Finals

Semi-finals			Final

1	China Xie Xingfang	21	21

4	Bulgaria Petya Nedelcheva	6	9
	1	China Xie Xingfang	19	21	21

		2	Germany Huaiwen Xu	21	12	19
3	France Pi Hongyan	21	15	19

2	Germany Huaiwen Xu	17	21	21

Top half

Section 1

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

1	China Xie XF	21	21

	England J Pittard	3	10
	1	China Xie XF	21	21

			Netherlands R van Cutsen	12	13
	Austria S Prutsch	16	13

	Netherlands R van Cutsen	21	21
	1	China Xie XF	10	21	21

			Germany J Schenk	21	10	13
8	Scotland S Hughes	21	22	21

	Denmark C Sørensen	11	24	13
	8	Scotland S Hughes	21	12	7

			Germany J Schenk	17	21	21
	Germany J Schenk	16	21	21

	India S Nehwal	21	19	19

Section 2

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

4	Bulgaria P Nedelcheva	21	21

	Canada A Rice	10	18
	4	Bulgaria P Nedelcheva	21	21

			Italy A Allegrini	8	9
	Italy A Allegrini	21	21

	Spain Y Martínez	16	15
	4	Bulgaria P Nedelcheva	9	21	21

		7	South Korea Hwang H-y	21	16	18
7	South Korea Hwang H-y	21	21

	Denmark A M Pedersen	9	15
	7	South Korea Hwang H-y	21	21

			France W Rahmawati	14	5
	United States E Lee	20	14

	France W Rahmawati	22	21

Bottom half

Section 3

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

	New Zealand R Hindley	17	13

	Finland A Nieminen	21	21
		Finland A Nieminen	12	14

		6	Australia Huang C-c	21	21
	Slovenia M Tvrdy	11	8

6	Australia Huang C-c	21	21
	6	Australia Huang C-c	6	10

		3	France Pi HY	21	21
	South Korea Lee H-j	18	16

	Malaysia A R Kaur	21	21
		Malaysia A R Kaur	16	12

		3	France Pi HY	21	21
	China Wang L	16	10

3	France Pi HY	21	21

Section 4

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

Q3	Czech Republic K Ludíková	21	12	13

	Japan C Umezu	16	21	21
		Japan C Umezu	21	21

		PFQ	Indonesia A Rosalina	14	13
Q2	Ukraine E Nozdran	21	17	18

PFQ	Indonesia A Rosalina	12	21	21
		Japan C Umezu	14	12

		2	Germany HW Xu	21	21
	Sweden S Persson	21	21

Q1	Japan A Goto	14	13
		Sweden S Persson	19	10

		2	Germany HW Xu	21	21
Q4	China Wang YH	18	17

2	Germany HW Xu	21	21

Men's doubles

Seeds

South Korea Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae (final)
Hong Kong Albertus Susanto Njoto / Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama (semi-finals)
Germany Michael Fuchs / Roman Spitko (first round)
Australia Ashley Brehaut / Aji Basuki Sindoro (withdrew)
South Korea Hwang Ji-man / Lee Jae-jin (champions)
China Shen Ye / Xu Chen (second round)
China Guo Zhendong / He Hanbin (second round)
Indonesia Sigit Budiarto / Fran Kurniawan (semi-finals)

Finals

Semi-finals			Final

1	South Korea Jung Jae-sung South Korea Lee Yong-dae	21	13	21

8	Indonesia Sigit Budiarto Indonesia Fran Kurniawan	12	21	18
	1	South Korea Jung Jae-sung South Korea Lee Yong-dae	18	20

		5	South Korea Hwang Ji-man South Korea Lee Jae-jin	21	22
5	South Korea Hwang Ji-man South Korea Lee Jae-jin	21	16	21

2	Hong Kong Albertus Susanto Njoto Hong Kong Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama	16	21	16

Top half

Section 1

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

1	South Korea Jung J-s South Korea Lee Y-d	21	21

	Malaysia M R Abdul Latif Malaysia Khoo C C	11	13
	1	South Korea Jung J-s South Korea Lee Y-d	21	21

		PFQ	England C Langridge England D Lindley	10	11
	New Zealand J Gordon New Zealand D Shirley	19	21	22

PFQ	England C Langridge England D Lindley	21	13	24
	1	South Korea Jung J-s South Korea Lee Y-d	21	21

			India R Kumar K. T. India S Thomas	9	15
7	China Guo ZD China He HB	21	12	21

	England D George England C Tonks	17	21	14
	7	China Guo ZD China He HB	21	19	18

			India R Kumar K. T. India S Thomas	16	21	21
	Germany K Hopp Germany I Kindervater	21	12	21

	India R Kumar K. T. India S Thomas	19	21	23

Section 2

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

PFQ	Scotland W Briggs England M Honey	11	7

Q3	Malaysia Chan C M Malaysia Hoon T H	21	21
	Q3	Malaysia Chan C M Malaysia Hoon T H	21	21

			Japan K Kawaguchi Japan N Kawamae	14	12
	Japan K Kawaguchi Japan N Kawamae	21	18	21

	Denmark J Chemnitz Denmark M D Larsen	19	21	19
	Q3	Malaysia Chan C M Malaysia Hoon T H	21	17	14

		8	Indonesia S Budiarto Indonesia F Kurniawan	13	21	21
8	Indonesia S Budiarto Indonesia F Kurniawan	21	21

	Germany T Dettmann Germany J Schöttler	18	14
	8	Indonesia S Budiarto Indonesia F Kurniawan	21	21

			Canada M Beres Canada W Milroy	13	14
	Canada M Beres Canada W Milroy	21	20	21

	England R Eidestedt England A Ellis	15	22	13

Bottom half

Section 3

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

Q2	Indonesia M Ahsan Indonesia B Septano	20	21

Q1	Malaysia Lim K W Malaysia Mak H C	22	23
	Q1	Malaysia Lim K W Malaysia Mak H C	12	13

		5	South Korea Hwang J-m South Korea Lee J-j	21	21
	Denmark P Buur Steffensen Denmark R Magnor Andersen	21	17	16

5	South Korea Hwang J-m South Korea Lee J-j	16	21	21
	5	South Korea Hwang J-m South Korea Lee J-j	21	21

			England R Adcock England R Middleton	11	15
	England R Adcock England R Middleton	21	12	21

	Malaysia Chan P S Malaysia Chang H P	16	21	18
		England R Adcock England R Middleton	21	21

			United States H Bach United States K Malaythong	18	16
	United States H Bach United States K Malaythong	20	21	21

3	Germany M Fuchs Germany R Spitko	22	13	19

Section 4

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

	South Korea Han S-h South Korea Yoo Y-s	21	21

SUB	Scotland A Bowman Netherlands J de Ruiter	7	17
		South Korea Han S-h South Korea Yoo Y-s	22	10	21

		6	China Shen Y China Xu C	20	21	14
	France M Popov France S Stoyanov	21	18	9

6	China Shen Y China Xu C	11	21	21
		South Korea Han S-h South Korea Yoo Y-s	17	15

		2	Hong Kong A S Njoto Hong Kong Y H Wiratama	21	21
	Malaysia Ong S H Malaysia Tan B S	21	21

	Australia R Smith Australia G Warfe	15	17
		Malaysia Ong S H Malaysia Tan B S	16	15

		2	Hong Kong A S Njoto Hong Kong Y H Wiratama	21	21
Q4	Malaysia M A Abdul Latif Malaysia V I Mawan	15	12

2	Hong Kong A S Njoto Hong Kong Y H Wiratama	21	21

Women's doubles

Seeds

China Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen (champions)
China Du Jing / Yu Yang (final)
South Korea Lee Hyo-jung / Lee Kyung-won (semi-finals)
Bulgaria Diana Dimova / Petya Nedelcheva (first round)
South Korea Hwang Yu-mi / Kim Min-jung (semi-finals)
China Pan Pan / Tian Qing (quarter-finals)
Malaysia Lim Pek Siah / Joanne Quay (second round)
England Natalie Munt / Joanne Nicholas (second round)

Finals

Semi-finals			Final

1	China Yang Wei China Zhang Jiewen	21	21

5	South Korea Hwang Yu-mi South Korea Kim Min-jung	9	13
	1	China Yang Wei China Zhang Jiewen	21	21

		2	China Du Jing China Yu Yang	8	7
3	South Korea Lee Hyo-jung South Korea Lee Kyung-won	17	19

2	China Du Jing China Yu Yang	21	21

Top half

Section 1

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

1	China Yang W China Zhang JW	21	21

	Indonesia N K Maheswari Indonesia N Melati	11	10
	1	China Yang W China Zhang JW	21	21

		Q2	China Cheng S China Zhao YL	11	9
PFQ	Japan I Tatani Japan A Wakisaka	11	13

Q2	China Cheng S China Zhao YL	21	21
	1	China Yang W China Zhang JW	21	24

			South Korea Hong S-j South Korea Jung Y-k	14	22
8	England N Munt England J Nicholas	14	21	21

	Netherlands R van Cutsen Netherlands P van Dooremalen	21	18	13
	8	England N Munt England J Nicholas	15	22	19

			South Korea Hong S-j South Korea Jung Y-k	21	20	21
	Japan Y Imabeppu Japan S Matsuo	19	21	17

	South Korea Hong S-j South Korea Jung Y-k	21	19	21

Section 2

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

4	Bulgaria D Dimova Bulgaria P Nedelcheva	21	15	15

	Germany N Grether Germany J Schenk	17	21	21
		Germany N Grether Germany J Schenk	21	21

			India J Gutta India S Kurien	15	6
	Australia S Dobson Australia T Luiz	10	13

	India J Gutta India S Kurien	21	21
		Germany N Grether Germany J Schenk	16	15

		5	South Korea Hwang Y-m South Korea Kim M-j	21	21
5	South Korea Hwang Y-m South Korea Kim M-j	21	22

	Malaysia Haw C H Malaysia Lim Y L	8	20
	5	South Korea Hwang Y-m South Korea Kim M-j	19	21	21

			Sweden E Bergblom Sweden J Persson	21	14	12
	Sweden E Bergblom Sweden J Persson	21	21

	England S Bok England L Parker	19	14

Bottom half

Section 3

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

	Germany M Peiffer Germany K Piotrowski	21	21

	United States E Lee United States M Mangkalakiri	15	13
		Germany M Peiffer Germany K Piotrowski	10	12

		6	China Pan P China Tian Q	21	21
	Canada V Loker Canada S MacMaster	5	4

6	China Pan P China Tian Q	21	21
	6	China Pan P China Tian Q	11	18

		3	South Korea Lee H-j South Korea Lee K-w	21	21
	Netherlands L Malaihollo Netherlands Y Sie	9	13

	Indonesia S P Irawati Indonesia M Jauhari	21	21
		Indonesia S P Irawati Indonesia M Jauhari	6	10

		3	South Korea Lee H-j South Korea Lee K-w	21	21
	France É Eymard France W Rahmawati	13	11

3	South Korea Lee H-j South Korea Lee K-w	21	21

Section 4

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

	Germany C Mette Germany B Overzier	19	16

Q1	Germany J Köhler Germany S Marinello	21	21
	Q1	Germany J Köhler Germany S Marinello	22	16	21

		7	Malaysia Lim P S Malaysia J Quay	20	21	16
	Russia E Ananina Russia A Russkikh	21	24	19

7	Malaysia Lim P S Malaysia J Quay	10	26	21
	Q1	Germany J Köhler Germany S Marinello	10	7

		2	China Du J China Yu Y	21	21
SUB	Scotland I Bankier England S Rayappan	22	21

	Indonesia L Nurlita Indonesia N C Poluakan	20	16
	SUB	Scotland I Bankier England S Rayappan	10	8

		2	China Du J China Yu Y	21	21
	Denmark C Pedersen Denmark M Schjøtt-Kristensen	13	7

2	China Du J China Yu Y	21	21

Mixed doubles

Seeds

England Nathan Robertson / Gail Emms (quarter-finals)
France Svetoslav Stoyanov / Élodie Eymard (second round)
Germany Ingo Kindervater / Kathrin Piotrowski (quarter-finals)
New Zealand Daniel Shirley / Malaysia Joanne Quay (quarter-finals)
China Xu Chen / Zhao Tingting (final)
China Zheng Bo / Gao Ling (champions)
South Korea Lee Yong-dae / Lee Hyo-jung (semi-finals)
China He Hanbin / Yu Yang (second round)

Finals

Semi-finals			Final

6	China Zheng Bo China Gao Ling	21	21

7	South Korea Lee Yong-dae South Korea Lee Hyo-jung	9	17
	6	China Zheng Bo China Gao Ling	21	21

		5	China Xu Chen China Zhao Tingting	11	10
5	China Xu Chen China Zhao Tingting	21	19	21

	England David Lindley England Suzanne Rayappan	18	21	16

Top half

Section 1

First Round			Second Round			Quarterfinals

1	England N Robertson England G Emms	21	21

	Indonesia D Lahardi Fitriawan Indonesia L Nurlita	16	18
	1	England N Robertson England G Emms	13	21	21

			South Korea Han S-h South Korea Hwang Y-m	21	16	17
	South Korea Han S-h South Korea Hwang Y-m	21	21

SUB	Denmark J Chemnitz Denmark C Pedersen	8	19
	1	England N Robertson England G Emms	19	14

		6	China Zheng B China Gao L	21	21
6	China Zheng B China Gao L	21	21

PFQ	South Korea Yoo Y-s South Korea Kim M-j	15	13
	6	China Zheng B China Gao L	21	21

		Q3	Denmark M Larsen Denmark M Schjøtt-Kristensen	13	11
	United States H Bach United States E Lee	21	17	16

Q3	Denmark M Larsen Denmark M Schjøtt-Kristensen	19	21	21

Section 2

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

3	Germany I Kindervater Germany K Piotrowski	21	21

	Malaysia Chan P S Malaysia Haw C H	12	19
	3	Germany I Kindervater Germany K Piotrowski	18	21	21

			Scotland W Briggs Scotland I Bankier	21	13	10
	Scotland W Briggs Scotland I Bankier	21	21

	Canada M Beres Canada V Loker	11	16
	3	Germany I Kindervater Germany K Piotrowski	20	10

		7	South Korea Lee Y-d South Korea Lee H-j	22	21
7	South Korea Lee Y-d South Korea Lee H-j	21	21

Q1	Netherlands J de Ruiter Netherlands I Vaessen	10	10
	7	South Korea Lee Y-d South Korea Lee H-j	21	21

		Q2	England C Langridge England J Nicholas	10	11
	Australia R Smith Australia T Luiz	14	16

Q2	England C Langridge England J Nicholas	21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

	Scotland A Bowman England N Munt	21	15

PFQ	Germany M Fuchs Germany C Mette	23	21
	PFQ	Germany M Fuchs Germany C Mette	10	15

		5	China Xu C China Zhao TT	21	21
	Germany T Dettmann Germany A Lillie	19	21	15

5	China Xu C China Zhao TT	21	19	21
	5	China Xu C China Zhao TT	21	21

		4	New Zealand D Shirley Malaysia J Quay	7	10
	Australia G Warfe Australia S Dobson	14	8

	England R Middleton England L Parker	21	21
		England R Middleton England L Parker	20	22

		4	New Zealand D Shirley Malaysia J Quay	22	24
	England R Adcock England S Bok	21	14	15

4	New Zealand D Shirley Malaysia J Quay	16	21	21

Section 4

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

	South Korea Hwang J-m South Korea Jung Y-k	21	21

	Indonesia L Lie Indonesia N K Maheswari	8	17
		South Korea Hwang J-m South Korea Jung Y-k	22	14	22

		8	China He HB China Yu Y	20	21	20
	United States K Malaythong United States M Mangkalakiri	9	6

8	China He HB China Yu Y	21	21
		South Korea Hwang J-m South Korea Jung Y-k	21	17	18

			England D Lindley England S Rayappan	18	21	21
	Germany K Hopp Germany B Overzier	13	10

	England D Lindley England S Rayappan	21	21
		England D Lindley England S Rayappan	21	21

		2	France S Stoyanov France É Eymard	16	18
Q4	Denmark R Andersen Russia A Russkikh	21	13	12

2	France S Stoyanov France É Eymard	11	21	21

External links

Preceded by—

2007 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix 2007 BWF season

Succeeded by2007 New Zealand Open Grand Prix

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