2021 Denmark Open

The 2021 Denmark Open (officially known as the Victor Denmark Open 2021 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at the Odense Sports Park in Odense, Denmark, from 19 to 24 October 2021 and had a total prize of US$850,000.

The tournament which originally was a Super 750 event later got upgraded to a Super 1000 event in 2021.

Tournament

The 2021 Denmark Open was the fifth tournament according to the 2021 BWF World Tour as many tournaments got canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a part of the Denmark Open, which had been held since 1935. This tournament was organized by Badminton Denmark with sanction from the BWF.

Venue

This international tournament was held at the Odense Sports Park in Odense, Denmark.

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 1000 event.

Winner	Runner-up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32
12,000	10,200	8,400	6,600	4,800	3,000

Prize money

The total prize money for this tournament was US$850,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.

Event	Winner	Finals	Semi-finals	Quarter-finals	Last 16	Last 32
Singles	$59,500	$28,900	$11,900	$4,675	$2,550	$850
Doubles	$62,900	$29,750	$11,900	$5,312.50	$2,762.50	$850

Men's singles

Seeds

Japan Kento Momota (final)
Denmark Viktor Axelsen (champion)
Denmark Anders Antonsen (second round)
Chinese Taipei Chou Tien-chen (quarter-finals)
Indonesia Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (first round)
Indonesia Jonatan Christie (quarter-finals)
Malaysia Lee Zii Jia (quarter-finals)
Hong Kong Ng Ka Long (second round)

Finals

Semi-finals			Final

1	Japan Kento Momota	21	21

	Indonesia Tommy Sugiarto	7	12
	1	Japan Kento Momota	22	18	12

		2	Denmark Viktor Axelsen	20	21	21
	Hong Kong Lee Cheuk Yiu	9	11

2	Denmark Viktor Axelsen	21	21

Top half

Section 1

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

1	Japan K Momota	21	21

	France T J Popov	12	15
	1	Japan K Momota	23	21

			India S Kidambi	21	9
	India B. Sai Praneeth	14	11

	India S Kidambi	21	21
	1	Japan K Momota	21	15

		6	Indonesia J Christie	13	0r
6	Indonesia J Christie	21	21

	India Prannoy K	18	19
	6	Indonesia J Christie	21	21

			Japan K Tsuneyama	11	9
	Japan K Tsuneyama	21	21	21

	South Korea Heo K-h	23	14	18

Section 2

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

3	Denmark A Antonsen	21	22

	Denmark R Gemke	16	20
	3	Denmark A Antonsen	14	18

			India Sa Verma	21	21
	India Sa Verma	21	21

	Thailand K Vitidsarn	17	14
		India Sa Verma	17r

			Indonesia T Sugiarto	21
5	Indonesia A S Ginting	1r

PFR	France T Rouxel	4
	PFR	France T Rouxel	18	21	19

			Indonesia T Sugiarto	21	16	21
	Indonesia T Sugiarto	21	21

	Thailand K Wangcharoen	14	8

Bottom half

Section 3

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

	Hong Kong Lee C Y	22	21

	Indonesia S H Rhustavito	20	15
		Hong Kong Lee C Y	21	18	21

		8	Hong Kong Ng K L	16	21	8
	Japan K Nishimoto	20	19

8	Hong Kong Ng K L	22	21
		Hong Kong Lee C Y	21	19	21

		4	Chinese Taipei Chou T-c	16	21	19
	China Lu GZ	21	21	21

	France B Leverdez	23	10	6
		China Lu GZ	15	18

		4	Chinese Taipei Chou T-c	21	21
	India Parupalli K	0r

4	Chinese Taipei Chou T-c	3

Section 4

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

	Malaysia Liew D	21	23

	Denmark H-K Vittinghus	18	21
		Malaysia Liew D	11	14

		7	Malaysia Lee Z J	21	21
	Chinese Taipei Wang T-w	21	9	18

7	Malaysia Lee Z J	12	21	21
	7	Malaysia Lee Z J	19	19

		2	Denmark V Axelsen	21	21
	India So Verma	9	7

	India L Sen	21	21
		India L Sen	15	7

		2	Denmark V Axelsen	21	21
PFR	Singapore Loh K Y	19	14

2	Denmark V Axelsen	21	21

Women's singles

Seeds

China Chen Yufei (withdrew)
Japan Akane Yamaguchi (champion)
Thailand Ratchanok Intanon (first round)
India P. V. Sindhu (quarter-finals)
South Korea An Se-young (final)
China He Bingjiao (semi-finals)
Thailand Pornpawee Chochuwong (quarter-finals)
Canada Michelle Li (withdrew)

Finals

Semi-finals			Final

	Scotland Kirsty Gilmour	13	21	16

5	South Korea An Se-young	21	12	21
	5	South Korea An Se-young	21	23	5r

		2	Japan Akane Yamaguchi	18	25	16
6	China He Bingjiao	21	20

2	Japan Akane Yamaguchi	23	22

Top half

Section 1

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

PFR	Estonia K Kuuba	11	15

	Scotland K Gilmour	21	21
		Scotland K Gilmour	21	20	26

			South Korea Kim G-e	18	22	24
	Thailand S Katethong	19	8

	South Korea Kim G-e	21	21
		Scotland K Gilmour	21	18	21

		PFR	Spain C Azurmendi	15	21	11
PFR	Spain C Azurmendi	11

	France Qi XF	1r
	PFR	Spain C Azurmendi	21	21

			Denmark M Blichfeldt	12	18
	Belgium L Tan	16	15

	Denmark M Blichfeldt	21	21

Section 2

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

4	India P. V. Sindhu	21	21

	Turkey N Yiğit	12	10
	4	India P. V. Sindhu	21	12	21

			Thailand B Ongbamrungphan	16	21	15
	Thailand B Ongbamrungphan	21	21

	Indonesia R Hartawan	15	17
	4	India P. V. Sindhu	11	12

		5	South Korea An S-y	21	21
5	South Korea An S-y	21	21

	Germany Y Li	12	17
	5	South Korea An S-y	21	21

			Russia E Kosetskaya	9	11
	Russia E Kosetskaya	21	21

	Chinese Taipei Pai Y-p	10	19

Bottom half

Section 3

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

	China Han Y	21	18	16

	Japan S Takahashi	15	21	21
		Japan S Takahashi	14	14

		6	China He BJ	21	21
	Singapore Yeo J M	14	17

6	China He BJ	21	21
	6	China He BJ	21	21

			China Wang ZY	16	14
	United States I Wang	19	20

	China Wang ZY	21	22
		China Wang ZY	21	21

			Thailand P Chaiwan	17	6
	Thailand P Chaiwan	21	21

3	Thailand R Intanon	14	17

Section 4

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

	Japan A Ohori	21	21

	India S Nehwal	16	14
		Japan A Ohori	6	15

		7	Thailand P Chochuwong	21	21
	Denmark L Christophersen	10	13

7	Thailand P Chochuwong	21	21
	7	Thailand P Chochuwong	21	13	11

		2	Japan A Yamaguchi	17	21	21
	Indonesia G M Tunjung	21	21

	Denmark J D Jakobsen	9	12
		Indonesia G M Tunjung	13	15

		2	Japan A Yamaguchi	21	21
	Denmark L Kjærsfeldt	23	16	9

2	Japan A Yamaguchi	21	21	21

Men's doubles

Seeds

Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (second round)
Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan (first round)
Chinese Taipei Lee Yang / Wang Chi-lin (second round)
Indonesia Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto (quarter-finals)
Malaysia Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik (second round)
South Korea Choi Sol-gyu / Seo Seung-jae (withdrew)
India Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty (second round)
Denmark Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (final)

Finals

Semi-finals			Final

8	Denmark Kim Astrup Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	21	19	21

	Malaysia Goh Sze Fei Malaysia Nur Izzuddin	11	21	18
	8	Denmark Kim Astrup Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	18	12

			Japan Takuro Hoki Japan Yugo Kobayashi	21	21
	Japan Takuro Hoki Japan Yugo Kobayashi	20	21	21

	Germany Mark Lamsfuß Germany Marvin Seidel	22	18	16

Top half

Section 1

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

1	Indonesia M F Gideon Indonesia K S Sukamuljo	21	21

	France C Popov France T J Popov	14	19
	1	Indonesia M F Gideon Indonesia K S Sukamuljo	21	17	21

			Indonesia M S Fikri Indonesia B Maulana	17	21	23
	Indonesia M S Fikri Indonesia B Maulana	21	21

	China Di ZJ China Wang C	6	19
		Indonesia M S Fikri Indonesia B Maulana	21	11	17

		8	Denmark K Astrup Denmark A S Rasmussen	19	21	21
8	Denmark K Astrup Denmark A S Rasmussen	21	21

	Denmark D Lundgaard Denmark M Thyrri	7	14
	8	Denmark K Astrup Denmark A S Rasmussen	21	21

			Indonesia P Kusumawardana Indonesia Y Rambitan	15	18
	Indonesia P Kusumawardana Indonesia Y Rambitan	21	21

PFR	Germany J Jansen Germany J Völker	15	19

Section 2

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

4	Indonesia F Alfian Indonesia M R Ardianto	21	21

	Chinese Taipei Lu C-y Chinese Taipei Yang P-ha	18	18
	4	Indonesia F Alfian Indonesia M R Ardianto	21	17	21

			India Arjun M.R. India D Kapila	15	21	12
	England B Lane England S Vendy	19	15

	India Arjun M.R. India D Kapila	21	21
	4	Indonesia F Alfian Indonesia M R Ardianto	18	17

			Malaysia Goh S F Malaysia N Izzuddin	21	21
7	India S Rankireddy India C Shetty	23	21

	England C Hemming England S Stallwood	21	15
	7	India S Rankireddy India C Shetty	21	15	15

			Malaysia Goh S F Malaysia N Izzuddin	14	21	21
	Malaysia Goh S F Malaysia N Izzuddin	21	21

	India M Attri India B. S Reddy	18	11

Bottom half

Section 3

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

	Japan K Matsui Japan Y Takeuchi	18	21	14

	Japan A Koga Japan T Saito	21	19	21
		Japan A Koga Japan T Saito	21	21

		5	Malaysia A Chia Malaysia Soh W Y	19	13
	Netherlands R Jille Netherlands T van der Lecq	17	9

5	Malaysia A Chia Malaysia Soh W Y	21	21
		Japan A Koga Japan T Saito	18	17

			Japan T Hoki Japan Y Kobayashi	21	21
	China He JT China Tan Q	13	10

	Japan T Hoki Japan Y Kobayashi	21	21
		Japan T Hoki Japan Y Kobayashi	21	21

		3	Chinese Taipei Lee Y Chinese Taipei Wang C-l	19	17
	Malaysia Goh V S Malaysia Low J S	14	18

3	Chinese Taipei Lee Y Chinese Taipei Wang C-l	21	21

Section 4

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

	Denmark J Eipe Denmark R Kjær	12	18r

	Malaysia Ong Y S Malaysia Teo E Y	21	18
		Malaysia Ong Y S Malaysia Teo E Y	21	21

			Scotland A Dunn Scotland A Hall	17	11
	Scotland A Dunn Scotland A Hall	21	21

PFR	France L Corvée France R Labar	14	14
		Malaysia Ong Y S Malaysia Teo E Y	18	19

			Germany M Lamsfuß Germany M Seidel	21	21
	Chinese Taipei Lee J-h Chinese Taipei Yang P-hs	21	21

	Indonesia L R Carnando Indonesia D Marthin	19	19
		Chinese Taipei Lee J-h Chinese Taipei Yang P-hs	18	13

			Germany M Lamsfuß Germany M Seidel	21	21
	Germany M Lamsfuß Germany M Seidel	21	21

2	Indonesia M Ahsan Indonesia H Setiawan	17	13

Women's doubles

Seeds

China Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan (first round)
South Korea Lee So-hee / Shin Seung-chan (final)
South Korea Kim So-yeong / Kong Hee-yong (semi-finals)
Indonesia Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu (quarter-finals)
Thailand Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai (semi-finals)
Japan Nami Matsuyama / Chiharu Shida (first round)
Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva (second round)
England Chloe Birch / Lauren Smith (first round)

Finals

Semi-finals			Final

5	Thailand Jongkolphan Kititharakul Thailand Rawinda Prajongjai	10	15

	China Huang Dongping China Zheng Yu	21	21
		China Huang Dongping China Zheng Yu	21	21

		2	South Korea Lee So-hee South Korea Shin Seung-chan	15	17
3	South Korea Kim So-yeong South Korea Kong Hee-yong	21	18	16

2	South Korea Lee So-hee South Korea Shin Seung-chan	16	21	21

Top half

Section 1

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

1	China Chen QC China Jia YF	1r

	Denmark A Magelund Denmark F Ravn	5
		Denmark A Magelund Denmark F Ravn	13	7

			China Du Y China Li WM	21	21
	France M Lambert France A Tran	18	15

	China Du Y China Li WM	21	21
		China Du Y China Li WM	19	13

		5	Thailand J Kititharakul Thailand R Prajongjai	21	21
5	Thailand J Kititharakul Thailand R Prajongjai	21	21

	Chinese Taipei Hsu Y-c Chinese Taipei Hu L-f	19	16
	5	Thailand J Kititharakul Thailand R Prajongjai	21	21

			Thailand B Aimsaard Thailand N Aimsaard	13	14
	Thailand B Aimsaard Thailand N Aimsaard	21	21

	Malaysia Lee M Y Malaysia Yap C W	12	15

Section 2

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

4	Indonesia G Polii Indonesia A Rahayu	17	21	21

	Malaysia P Tan Malaysia Thinaah M	21	13	14
	4	Indonesia G Polii Indonesia A Rahayu	21	21

			Denmark M Fruergaard Denmark S Thygesen	13	16
	Denmark M Fruergaard Denmark S Thygesen	21	21

	Malaysia V Hoo Malaysia Lim C S	15	16
	4	Indonesia G Polii Indonesia A Rahayu	21	10	13

			China Huang DP China Zheng Y	14	21	21
7	Bulgaria G Stoeva Bulgaria S Stoeva	17	21	21

	Denmark J Finne-Ipsen Denmark M Surrow	21	14	18
	7	Bulgaria G Stoeva Bulgaria S Stoeva	21	11	17

			China Huang DP China Zheng Y	17	21	21
	Denmark C Busch Denmark A Schulz	6	9

	China Huang DP China Zheng Y	21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

	Canada R Honderich Canada K Tsai	11	19

	China Liu XX China Xia YT	21	21
		China Liu XX China Xia YT	21	21

			Netherlands A Tirtosentono Netherlands I van der Aar	10	11
	Netherlands A Tirtosentono Netherlands I van der Aar	4

6	Japan N Matsuyama Japan C Shida	7r
		China Liu XX China Xia YT	11	17

		3	South Korea Kim S-y South Korea Kong H-y	21	21
	Indonesia S F S Ramadhanti Indonesia R Sugiarto	14	17

	Japan Y Fukushima Japan A Higashino	21	21
		Japan Y Fukushima Japan A Higashino	12	12

		3	South Korea Kim S-y South Korea Kong H-y	21	21
	Scotland J MacPherson Scotland C Torrance	8	12

3	South Korea Kim S-y South Korea Kong H-y	21	21

Section 4

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

PFR	Spain C Azurmendi Spain B Corrales	17	17

	Sweden J Magnusson Sweden C Nistad	21	21
		Sweden J Magnusson Sweden C Nistad	9	18

			Thailand P Supajirakul Thailand S Taerattanachai	21	21
	Thailand P Supajirakul Thailand S Taerattanachai	21	21

8	England C Birch England L Smith	15	7
		Thailand P Supajirakul Thailand S Taerattanachai	18	21

		2	South Korea Lee S-h South Korea Shin S-c	21	23
	India M Jakkampudi India P S. Ram	8	7

	Indonesia N V Marwah Indonesia P Syaikah	21	21
		Indonesia N V Marwah Indonesia P Syaikah	21	18	15

		2	South Korea Lee S-h South Korea Shin S-c	15	21	21
	India A Ponnappa India N. S Reddy	17	13

2	South Korea Lee S-h South Korea Shin S-c	21	21

Mixed doubles

Seeds

China Wang Yilyu / Huang Dongping (semi-finals)
Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Sapsiree Taerattanachai (final)
Indonesia Praveen Jordan / Melati Daeva Oktavianti (semi-finals)
Japan Yuta Watanabe / Arisa Higashino (champions)
South Korea Seo Seung-jae / Chae Yoo-jung (withdrew)
England Marcus Ellis / Lauren Smith (second round)
Malaysia Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying (first round)
Indonesia Hafiz Faizal / Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja (first round)

Finals

Semi-finals			Final

1	China Wang Yilyu China Huang Dongping	21	17	17

4	Japan Yuta Watanabe Japan Arisa Higashino	16	21	21
	4	Japan Yuta Watanabe Japan Arisa Higashino	21	21

		2	Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai	18	9
3	Indonesia Praveen Jordan Indonesia Melati Daeva Oktavianti	21	17	20

2	Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai	16	21	22

Top half

Section 1

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

1	China Wang YL China Huang DP	21	21

	Netherlands R Tabeling Netherlands S Piek	6	7
	1	China Wang YL China Huang DP	23	21

			France T Gicquel France D Delrue	21	10
	Thailand S Jomkoh Thailand S Paewsampran	24	15	16

	France T Gicquel France D Delrue	22	21	21
	1	China Wang YL China Huang DP	21	21

			Hong Kong Tang C M Hong Kong Tse Y S	14	17
PFR	India D Kapila India N. S Reddy	14	21	21

	Malaysia Hoo P R Malaysia Cheah Y S	21	17	18
	PFR	India D Kapila India N. S Reddy	17	21	11

			Hong Kong Tang C M Hong Kong Tse Y S	21	19	21
	Hong Kong Tang C M Hong Kong Tse Y S	21	21

	Chinese Taipei Yang P-hs Chinese Taipei Hu L-f	15	15

Section 2

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

4	Japan Y Watanabe Japan A Higashino	21	21

	Indonesia A Maulana Indonesia M C Bandaso	11	16
	4	Japan Y Watanabe Japan A Higashino	21	22

			Indonesia R Rivaldy Indonesia P H Mentari	13	20
	Indonesia R Rivaldy Indonesia P H Mentari	15	21	21

	Japan Y Kaneko Japan M Matsutomo	21	12	19
	4	Japan Y Watanabe Japan A Higashino	19	21	21

			Malaysia Tan K M Malaysia Lai P J	21	12	14
8	Indonesia H Faizal Indonesia G E Widjaja	17	14

	Malaysia Tan K M Malaysia Lai P J	21	21
		Malaysia Tan K M Malaysia Lai P J	18	21	21

			South Korea Ko S-h South Korea Eom H-w	21	18	13
	England C Hemming England J Pugh	13	19

	South Korea Ko S-h South Korea Eom H-w	21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

	India S Rankireddy India A Ponnappa	17	21	11

	China Feng YZ China Du Y	21	14	21
		China Feng YZ China Du Y	21	21

			Hong Kong Chang T C Hong Kong Ng W Y	15	16
	Hong Kong Chang T C Hong Kong Ng W Y	21	21

7	Malaysia Chan P S Malaysia Goh L Y	17	19
		China Feng YZ China Du Y	16	21	17

		3	Indonesia P Jordan Indonesia M D Oktavianti	21	18	21
	China He JT China Liu XX	1r

	Malaysia Goh S H Malaysia S J Lai	6
		Malaysia Goh S H Malaysia S J Lai	14	12

		3	Indonesia P Jordan Indonesia M D Oktavianti	21	21
	Denmark M Mikkelsen Denmark R Søby Hansen	15	14

3	Indonesia P Jordan Indonesia M D Oktavianti	21	21

Section 4

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

	Chinese Taipei Lee J-h Chinese Taipei Hsu Y-c	21	15	22

	Denmark N Nøhr Denmark A Magelund	18	21	20
		Chinese Taipei Lee J-h Chinese Taipei Hsu Y-c	17	21	21

		6	England M Ellis England L Smith	21	19	14
	Denmark J Bay Denmark S Lundgaard	6	10

6	England M Ellis England L Smith	21	21
		Chinese Taipei Lee J-h Chinese Taipei Hsu Y-c	9	3r

		2	Thailand D Puavaranukroh Thailand S Taerattanachai	21	11
	Scotland A Hall Scotland J MacPherson	18	17

	Russia R Alimov Russia A Davletova	21	21
		Russia R Alimov Russia A Davletova	18	19

		2	Thailand D Puavaranukroh Thailand S Taerattanachai	21	21
	Malaysia Chen T J Malaysia Peck Y W	16	21

2	Thailand D Puavaranukroh Thailand S Taerattanachai	21	23

External links

Preceded by2021 Taipei Open (original) 2021 Spain Masters (eventual)

BWF World Tour 2021 BWF season

Succeeded by2021 French Open