2022 German Open (badminton)

The 2022 German Open (officially known as the Yonex Gainward German Open 2022 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament that took place at the Westenergie Sporthalle in Mülheim, Germany, from 8 to 13 March 2022 and had a total prize pool of $180,000.

Tournament

The 2022 German Open was the fourth tournament of the 2022 BWF World Tour and was part of the German Open championships, which had been held since 1955. The tournament was organized by Vermarktungsgesellschaft Badminton Deutschland (VBD) mbH for the German Badminton Association with sanction from the Badminton World Federation.

Venue

This international tournament was held at the Westenergie Sporthalle at Mülheim, Germany.

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
7,000	5,950	4,900	3,850	2,750	1,670

Prize pool

The total prize money for this tournament was US$180,000. The distribution of the prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.

Event	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finals	Quarter-finals	Last 16
Singles	$13,500	$6,840	$2,610	$1,080	$630
Doubles	$14,220	$6,840	$2,520	$1,305	$675

Men's singles

Seeds

Denmark Viktor Axelsen (semi-finals)
Japan Kento Momota (first round)
Denmark Anders Antonsen (withdrew)
Indonesia Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (second round)
Malaysia Lee Zii Jia (semi-finals)
Indonesia Jonatan Christie (second round)
Hong Kong Ng Ka Long (first round)
India Srikanth Kidambi (quarter-finals)

Finals

Semi-finals			Final

1	Denmark Viktor Axelsen	13	21	20

	India Lakshya Sen	21	12	22
		India Lakshya Sen	18	15

			Thailand Kunlavut Vitidsarn	21	21
5	Malaysia Lee Zii Jia	13	12

	Thailand Kunlavut Vitidsarn	21	21

Top half

Section 1

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

1	Denmark V Axelsen	21	21

PFR	Germany M Weißkirchen	11	14
	1	Denmark V Axelsen	21	21

			France T J Popov	17	10
	Republic of Ireland N Nguyen	16	14

	France T J Popov	21	21
	1	Denmark V Axelsen	21	23

		8	India S Kidambi	10	21
8	India S Kidambi	21	13	21

	France B Leverdez	10	21	7
	8	India S Kidambi	21	21	21

			China Lu GZ	16	23	18
	France T Rouxel	13	8

	China Lu GZ	21	21

Section 2

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

4	Indonesia A S Ginting	21	23

PFR	Spain P Abián	14	21
	4	Indonesia A S Ginting	7	9

			India L Sen	21	21
	India L Sen	21	22

	Thailand K Wangcharoen	6	20
		India L Sen	21	21

			India Prannoy K	15	16
7	Hong Kong Ng K L	14	19

	India Prannoy K	21	21
		India Prannoy K	21	24

			Hong Kong Lee C Y	19	22
	Hong Kong Lee C Y	21	14	21

	Indonesia S H Rhustavito	16	21	18

Bottom half

Section 3

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

	Israel M Zilberman	19	18

PFR	France C Popov	21	21
	PFR	France C Popov	13	21	12

		5	Malaysia Lee Z J	21	18	21
	Netherlands M Caljouw	21	13	8

5	Malaysia Lee Z J	19	21	21
	5	Malaysia Lee Z J	21	21

			China Zhao JP	12	18
	China Zhao JP	21	21

PFR	India S Dey	15	8
		China Zhao JP	21	21

			South Korea Heo K-h	10	10
	South Korea Heo K-h	21	18	21

PFR	Finland K Koljonen	13	21	16

Section 4

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

	India Parupalli K	13	13

	Thailand K Vitidsarn	21	21
		Thailand K Vitidsarn	22	21

		6	Indonesia J Christie	20	9
PFR	China Li SF	16	21	15

6	Indonesia J Christie	21	18	21
		Thailand K Vitidsarn	19	21	21

			Japan K Nishimoto	21	18	18
	Singapore Loh K Y	21	16	18

	Canada B Yang	12	21	21
		Canada B Yang	19	11

			Japan K Nishimoto	21	21
	Japan K Nishimoto	23	21

2	Japan K Momota	21	9

Women's singles

Seeds

Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu-ying (second round)
Japan Akane Yamaguchi (second round)
China Chen Yufei (final)
South Korea An Se-young (semi-finals)
Japan Nozomi Okuhara (withdrew)
Spain Carolina Marín (withdrew)
India P. V. Sindhu (second round)
Thailand Ratchanok Intanon (quarter-finals)

Finals

Semi-finals			Final

	China Zhang Yiman	13	21	13

3	China Chen Yufei	21	19	21
	3	China Chen Yufei	14	25

			China He Bingjiao	21	27
4	South Korea An Se-young	12	15

	China He Bingjiao	21	21

Top half

Section 1

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

1	Chinese Taipei Tai T-y	21	21

	United States I Wang	11	15
	1	Chinese Taipei Tai T-y	15	18

			Japan S Takahashi	21	21
	France Qi XF	11	14r

	Japan S Takahashi	21	14
		Japan S Takahashi	19	19

			China Zhang YM	21	21
7	India P. V. Sindhu	21	21

	Thailand B Ongbamrungphan	8	7
	7	India P. V. Sindhu	14	21	14

			China Zhang YM	21	15	21
	China Zhang YM	21	21

PFR	Spain B Corrales	15	14

Section 2

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

3	China Chen YF	21	21

	Thailand P Chaiwan	13	9
	3	China Chen YF	21	21

			Thailand S Katethong	8	15
	Thailand S Katethong	21	11	21

	Scotland K Gilmour	16	21	18
	3	China Chen YF	21	21

			Germany Y Li	5	16
PFR	Italy J Mair	8	8

	Belgium L Tan	21	21
		Belgium L Tan	21	12	15

			Germany Y Li	16	21	21
	Germany Y Li	16	21	21

	Denmark J D Jakobsen	21	14	14

Bottom half

Section 3

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

	Denmark L Kjærsfeldt	21	21

PFR	India A Kashyap	15	14
		Denmark L Kjærsfeldt	17	19

			Canada M Li	21	21
	Canada M Li	21	20	21

PFR	India M Bansod	18	22	9
		Canada M Li	11	13

		4	South Korea An S-y	21	21
PFR	France L Huet	22	8	7

	China Han Y	20	21	21
		China Han Y	19	24	15

		4	South Korea An S-y	21	22	21
	Denmark L Christophersen	16	11

4	South Korea An S-y	21	21

Section 4

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

PFR	Spain C Azurmendi	15	21	14

	India S Nehwal	21	17	21
		India S Nehwal	10	15

		8	Thailand R Intanon	21	21
	China Wang ZY	11	18

8	Thailand R Intanon	21	21
	8	Thailand R Intanon

			China He BJ	w	/	o
	Japan A Ohori	20	17

	China He BJ	22	21
		China He BJ	21	21

		2	Japan A Yamaguchi	17	11
PFR	Estonia K Kuuba	6	14

2	Japan A Yamaguchi	21	21

Men's doubles

Seeds

Japan Takuro Hoki / Yugo Kobayashi (quarter-finals)
Malaysia Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik (withdrew)
India Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty (withdrew)
Indonesia Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto (second round)
Denmark Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (semi-finals)
Malaysia Ong Yew Sin / Teo Ee Yi (quarter-finals)
Russia Vladimir Ivanov / Ivan Sozonov (Banned)
Germany Mark Lamsfuß / Marvin Seidel (second round)

Finals

Semi-finals			Final

5	Denmark Kim Astrup Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	18	17

	China Liu Yuchen China Ou Xuanyi	21	21
		China Liu Yuchen China Ou Xuanyi	21	21	14

			Malaysia Goh Sze Fei Malaysia Nur Izzuddin	23	16	21
	China He Jiting China Zhou Haodong	12	18

	Malaysia Goh Sze Fei Malaysia Nur Izzuddin	21	21

Top half

Section 1

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

1	Japan T Hoki Japan Y Kobayashi	21	21

	Malaysia Tan K M Malaysia Tan W K	13	13
	1	Japan T Hoki Japan Y Kobayashi	21	21

			Netherlands R Jille Netherlands T van der Lecq	17	12
	Netherlands R Jille Netherlands T van der Lecq	15	21	21

	France C Popov France T J Popov	21	17	19
	1	Japan T Hoki Japan Y Kobayashi	24	21	21

		5	Denmark K Astrup Denmark A S Rasmussen	26	19	23
5	Denmark K Astrup Denmark A S Rasmussen	21	17	21

	Scotland C Grimley Scotland M Grimley	13	21	11
	5	Denmark K Astrup Denmark A S Rasmussen	21	21

			Thailand S Jomkoh Thailand K Kedren	13	17
	Thailand S Jomkoh Thailand K Kedren	21	21

	China Liu C China Zhang N	19	19

Section 2

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

PFR	Denmark R Kjær Denmark F Søgaard	15	20

	China Liu YC China Ou XY	21	22
		China Liu YC China Ou XY	21	21

			Japan A Koga Japan T Saito	18	15
	China Ren XY China Tan Q	18	21	15

	Japan A Koga Japan T Saito	21	12	21
		China Liu YC China Ou XY	21	21

			Japan K Matsui Japan Y Takeuchi	12	16
8	Germany M Lamsfuß Germany M Seidel	21	23

	France L Corvée France R Labar	18	21
	8	Germany M Lamsfuß Germany M Seidel	21	22	19

			Japan K Matsui Japan Y Takeuchi	19	24	21
	Republic of Ireland J Magee Republic of Ireland P Reynolds	14	11

	Japan K Matsui Japan Y Takeuchi	21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

	India K P Garaga India V G Panjala	24	21

	Japan H Okamura Japan M Onodera	22	11
		India K P Garaga India V G Panjala	23	16	21

		PFR	India I Bhatnagar India K. Sai Pratheek	21	21	14
	England C Hemming England S Stallwood	15	16

PFR	India I Bhatnagar India K. Sai Pratheek	21	21
		India K P Garaga India V G Panjala	11	21

			China He JT China Zhou HD	21	23
	France F Delrue France W Villeger	15	16

	China He JT China Zhou HD	21	21
		China He JT China Zhou HD	21	17	21

		4	Indonesia F Alfian Indonesia M R Ardianto	15	21	14
	Denmark J Bay Denmark L Mølhede	14	21	14

4	Indonesia F Alfian Indonesia M R Ardianto	21	9	21

Section 4

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

	Scotland A Dunn Scotland A Hall	16	19

	England B Lane England S Vendy	21	21
		England B Lane England S Vendy	15	21	17

		6	Malaysia Ong Y S Malaysia Teo E Y	21	14	21
	India Arjun M.R. India D Kapila	13	22	19

6	Malaysia Ong Y S Malaysia Teo E Y	21	20	21
	6	Malaysia Ong Y S Malaysia Teo E Y	15	22	19

			Malaysia Goh S F Malaysia N Izzuddin	21	20	21
	Malaysia Man W C Malaysia Tee K W	13	17

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

		PFR	Denmark J Eipe Denmark D Lundgaard	13	14
PFR	Algeria K Mammeri Algeria Y S Medel

PFR	Denmark J Eipe Denmark D Lundgaard	w	/	o

Women's doubles

Seeds

China Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan (champions)
South Korea Lee So-hee / Shin Seung-chan (second round)
South Korea Kim So-yeong / Kong Hee-yong (quarter-finals)
Japan Mayu Matsumoto / Wakana Nagahara (withdrew)
Japan Nami Matsuyama / Chiharu Shida (second round)
Thailand Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai (semi-finals)
Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva (final)
Malaysia Pearly Tan / Thinaah Muralitharan (first round)

Finals

Semi-finals			Final

1	China Chen Qingchen China Jia Yifan	21	21

6	Thailand Jongkolphan Kititharakul Thailand Rawinda Prajongjai	17	12
	1	China Chen Qingchen China Jia Yifan	21	29	21

		7	Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva	16	30	19
7	Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva	16	21	21

	China Zhang Shuxian China Zheng Yu	21	18	9

Top half

Section 1

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

1	China Chen QC China Jia YF	21	21

	England C Birch England J Pugh	15	9
	1	China Chen QC China Jia YF	21	21

			India T Jolly India G Gopichand	16	12
	Netherlands D Jille Netherlands C Seinen	15	12

	India T Jolly India G Gopichand	21	21
	1	China Chen QC China Jia YF	21	22

			Malaysia V Hoo Malaysia Lim C S	15	20
8	Malaysia P Tan Malaysia Thinaah M	17	14

	Scotland J MacPherson Scotland C Torrance	21	21
		Scotland J MacPherson Scotland C Torrance	14	21	16

			Malaysia V Hoo Malaysia Lim C S	21	19	21
	Estonia K-K Marran Estonia H Rüütel	14	20

	Malaysia V Hoo Malaysia Lim C S	21	22

Section 2

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

PFR	China Du Y China Li WM	21	21

	Germany L Efler Germany I Lohau	6	9
	PFR	China Du Y China Li WM	21	21

			Thailand B Aimsaard Thailand N Aimsaard	16	13
	Thailand B Aimsaard Thailand N Aimsaard	21	21

	Denmark M Fruergaard Denmark S Thygesen	15	19
	PFR	China Du Y China Li WM	24	19	19

		6	Thailand J Kititharakul Thailand R Prajongjai	22	21	21
6	Thailand J Kititharakul Thailand R Prajongjai	w	/	o

	Denmark A Magelund Denmark F Ravn
	6	Thailand J Kititharakul Thailand R Prajongjai	21	21

		PFR	Italy M Corsini Italy J Mair	11	12
PFR	Italy M Corsini Italy J Mair	21	21

	India H Harinarayanan India A Roy	9	10

Bottom half

Section 3

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

	France M Lambert France A Tran	16	10

	Japan R Iwanaga Japan K Nakanishi	21	21
		Japan R Iwanaga Japan K Nakanishi	9	19

		7	Bulgaria G Stoeva Bulgaria S Stoeva	21	21
	Thailand S Paewsampran Thailand P Supajirakul	21	17	12

7	Bulgaria G Stoeva Bulgaria S Stoeva	14	21	21
	7	Bulgaria G Stoeva Bulgaria S Stoeva	13	21	21

		3	South Korea Kim S-y South Korea Kong H-y	21	14	15
PFR	Denmark A C Kudsk Denmark S Schulz	15	12

	China Liu XX China Xia YT	21	21
		China Liu XX China Xia YT	9	18

		3	South Korea Kim S-y South Korea Kong H-y	21	21
	Japan C Hoshi Japan A Matsuda

3	South Korea Kim S-y South Korea Kong H-y	w	/	o

Section 4

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

PFR	Germany Y Li United States I Wang	14	10

	South Korea Jeong N-e South Korea Kim H-j	21	21
		South Korea Jeong N-e South Korea Kim H-j	21	21

		5	Japan N Matsuyama Japan C Shida	18	18
	India A Ponnappa India N. S Reddy	13	13

5	Japan N Matsuyama Japan C Shida	21	21
		South Korea Jeong N-e South Korea Kim H-j	14	12

			China Zhang SX China Zheng Y	21	21
	China Zhang SX China Zheng Y	21	21

	South Korea Baek H-n South Korea Lee Y-r	16	16
		China Zhang SX China Zheng Y	21	15	21

		2	South Korea Lee S-h South Korea Shin S-c	19	21	14
	Spain C Azurmendi Spain B Corrales	11	8

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

Mixed doubles

Seeds

Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Sapsiree Taerattanachai (champions)
China Wang Yilyu / Huang Dongping (second round)
Japan Yuta Watanabe / Arisa Higashino (first round)
Indonesia Praveen Jordan / Melati Daeva Oktavianti (withdrew)
England Marcus Ellis / Lauren Smith (semi-finals)
Malaysia Tan Kian Meng / Lai Pei Jing (quarter-finals)
France Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue (quarter-finals)
Malaysia Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai (first round)

Finals

Semi-finals			Final

1	Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai	21	21

	Scotland Adam Hall Scotland Julie MacPherson	11	17
	1	Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai	21	21

			China Ou Xuanyi China Huang Yaqiong	11	9
5	England Marcus Ellis England Lauren Smith	18	19

	China Ou Xuanyi China Huang Yaqiong	21	21

Top half

Section 1

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

1	Thailand D Puavaranukroh Thailand S Taerattanachai	21	21

	India K. Sai Pratheek India N. S Reddy	19	8
	1	Thailand D Puavaranukroh Thailand S Taerattanachai	21	21

			Germany J R Jansen Germany L Efler	10	15
	Germany J R Jansen Germany L Efler	21	21

	China Zheng SW China Zhang SX	19	17
	1	Thailand D Puavaranukroh Thailand S Taerattanachai	21	21

		6	Malaysia Tan K M Malaysia Lai P J	11	18
6	Malaysia Tan K M Malaysia Lai P J	15	21	21

	France W Villeger France A Tran	21	14	12
	6	Malaysia Tan K M Malaysia Lai P J	21	10	21

		PFR	England G Mairs England J Moore	16	21	18
	India I Bhatnagar India T Crasto	19	22	9

PFR	England G Mairs England J Moore	21	20	21

Section 2

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

PFR	India D Kapila India G Gopichand	19	19

	Indonesia A Maulana Indonesia M C Bandaso	21	21
		Indonesia A Maulana Indonesia M C Bandaso	21	21

			Denmark M Mikkelsen Denmark R Søby Hansen	13	14
	Denmark M Mikkelsen Denmark R Søby Hansen	24	21

	Germany M Lamsfuß Germany I Lohau	22	13
		Indonesia A Maulana Indonesia M C Bandaso	17	21	18

			Scotland A Hall Scotland J MacPherson	21	14	21
8	Malaysia Goh S H Malaysia S J Lai	21	13	12

	England C Hemming England J Pugh	14	21	21
		England C Hemming England J Pugh	17	19

			Scotland A Hall Scotland J MacPherson	21	21
	Scotland A Hall Scotland J MacPherson	21	21

	Malaysia Ong Y S Malaysia Goh L Y	16	13

Bottom half

Section 3

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

	Thailand S Jomkoh Thailand S Paewsampran	21	21

	Malaysia Hoo P R Malaysia Cheah Y S	18	16
		Thailand S Jomkoh Thailand S Paewsampran	21	11	13

		5	England M Ellis England L Smith	19	21	21
	Malaysia Chen T J Malaysia Peck Y W	12	21	21

5	England M Ellis England L Smith	21	13	23
	5	England M Ellis England L Smith	16	21	21

			Indonesia R Rivaldy Indonesia P H Mentari	21	16	19
	Indonesia R Rivaldy Indonesia P H Mentari	21	21

	New Zealand O Leydon-Davis New Zealand A Pak	10	6
		Indonesia R Rivaldy Indonesia P H Mentari	21	21

			Japan Y Kaneko Japan M Matsutomo	9	16
	Japan Y Kaneko Japan M Matsutomo	21	21

3	Japan Y Watanabe Japan A Higashino	15	19

Section 4

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

	Netherlands R Tabeling Netherlands S Piek	21	21

	Japan K Yamashita Japan N Shinoya	17	15
		Netherlands R Tabeling Netherlands S Piek	21	14

		7	France T Gicquel France D Delrue	23	21
PFR	India Arjun M.R. India T Jolly	9	18

7	France T Gicquel France D Delrue	21	21
	7	France T Gicquel France D Delrue	15	21	16

			China Ou XY China Huang YQ	21	16	21
	Denmark M Christiansen Denmark A Bøje	21	16	14

	China Ou XY China Huang YQ	16	21	21
		China Ou XY China Huang YQ	21	21

		2	China Wang YL China Huang DP	13	18
	Denmark M Thyrri Denmark A Magelund	14	18

2	China Wang YL China Huang DP	21	21

External links

Preceded by2022 Odisha Open

BWF World Tour 2022 BWF season

Succeeded by2022 All England Open