2023 German Open (badminton)

The 2023 German Open (officially known as the Yonex German Open 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament that took place at the Westenergie Sporthalle in Mülheim, Germany, from 7 to 12 March 2023 and had a total prize pool of $210,000.

Tournament

The 2023 German Open was the fifth tournament of the 2023 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	33/64	65/128
7,000	5,950	4,900	3,850	2,750	1,670	660	320

Prize pool

The total prize money for this tournament was US$210,000, distributed of the prize money in accordance with BWF regulations.

Event	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finals	Quarter-finals	Last 16
Singles	$15,750	$7,980	$3,045	$1,260	$735
Doubles	$16,590	$7,980	$2,940	$1,522.50	$787.50

Men's singles

Seeds

Malaysia Lee Zii Jia (second round)
Thailand Kunlavut Vitidsarn (first round)
Japan Kodai Naraoka (first round)
Singapore Loh Kean Yew (second round)
China Lu Guangzu (quarter-finals)
India Lakshya Sen (first round)
China Zhao Junpeng (second round)
China Shi Yuqi (first round)

Finals

Semi-finals			Final

	Hong Kong Lee Cheuk Yiu	14	21	15

	Hong Kong Ng Ka Long	21	14	21
		Hong Kong Ng Ka Long	20	21	21

			China Li Shifeng	22	18	18
	Japan Kento Momota	11	7

	China Li Shifeng	21	21

Top half

Section 1

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

1	Malaysia Lee Z J	21	21

Q3	Denmark M Johannesen	11	5
	1	Malaysia Lee Z J	21	20	21

		PFQ	Chinese Taipei Lee C-h	15	22	23
	Israel M Zilberman	8	11

PFQ	Chinese Taipei Lee C-h	21	21
	PFQ	Chinese Taipei Lee C-h	21	14

			Hong Kong Lee C Y	23	21
6	India L Sen	19	16

	France C Popov	21	21
		France C Popov	19	19

			Hong Kong Lee C Y	21	21
	Denmark V Svendsen	14	19

	Hong Kong Lee C Y	21	21

Section 2

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

3	Japan K Naraoka	23	14	5r

	Hong Kong Ng K L	21	21	11
		Hong Kong Ng K L	21	21

		PFQ	Spain L E Peñalver	16	12
PFQ	Spain L E Peñalver	16	21	22

PFQ	Denmark M Christophersen	21	19	20
		Hong Kong Ng K L	17	8

		5	China Lu GZ	21	6r
5	China Lu GZ	21	21

Q2	Czech Republic J Louda	12	17
	5	China Lu GZ	21	22

			Japan K Tsuneyama	12	20
	Malaysia Liew D	18	17

	Japan K Tsuneyama	21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

	France T J Popov	14	19

	Canada B Yang	21	21
		Canada B Yang	16	10

			Japan K Momota	21	21
	Japan K Momota	21	21

8	China Shi YQ	16	15
		Japan K Momota	15	21	21

			Japan K Nishimoto	21	17	12
	Japan K Nishimoto	21	21

	Malaysia Cheam J W	10	15
		Japan K Nishimoto	21	13	21

		4	Singapore Loh K Y	17	21	19
	India M Manjunath	8	21	11

4	Singapore Loh K Y	21	19	21

Section 4

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

	Chinese Taipei Lin C-y	18	21	21

	Netherlands M Caljouw	21	12	10
		Chinese Taipei Lin C-y	23	15	21

		7	China Zhao JP	21	21	17
Q1	Azerbaijan A R Dwicahyo	18	17

7	China Zhao JP	21	21
		Chinese Taipei Lin C-y	7	20

			China Li SF	21	22
	Denmark H-K Vittinghus	21	21

Q4	France A Lanier	19	16
		Denmark H-K Vittinghus	14	12

			China Li SF	21	21
	China Li SF	21	7

2	Thailand K Vitidsarn	15	4r

Women's singles

Seeds

Japan Akane Yamaguchi (champion)
South Korea An Se-young (final)
China Chen Yufei (semi-finals)
China He Bingjiao (semi-finals)
China Wang Zhiyi (quarter-finals)
Thailand Ratchanok Intanon (withdrew)
China Han Yue (first round)
Thailand Pornpawee Chochuwong (quarter-finals)

Finals

Semi-finals			Final

1	Japan Akane Yamaguchi	21	21

3	China Chen Yufei	18	16
	1	Japan Akane Yamaguchi	21	21

		2	South Korea An Se-young	11	14
4	China He Bingjiao	12	13

2	South Korea An Se-young	21	21

Top half

Section 1

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

1	Japan A Yamaguchi	21	21

	Thailand L Chaiwan	19	14
	1	Japan A Yamaguchi	21	21

			China Zhang YM	11	14
	Scotland K Gilmour	21	14	13

	China Zhang YM	18	21	21
	1	Japan A Yamaguchi	21	16	21

		5	China Wang ZY	18	21	14
5	China Wang ZY	21	21

	India M Bansod	13	14
	5	China Wang ZY	21	21

			Germany Y Li	12	16
	Japan A Ohori	19	20

	Germany Y Li	21	22

Section 2

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

3	China Chen YF	21	21

	United States I Wang	9	11
	3	China Chen YF	21	21

			France Qi XF	13	13
	France Qi XF	21	21

	Spain C Azurmendi	10	9
	3	China Chen YF	21	21

		8	Thailand P Chochuwong	15	18
8	Thailand P Chochuwong	21	21

Q3	India T Mir	8	10
	8	Thailand P Chochuwong	21	21

			Malaysia Goh J W	13	10
	Belgium L Tan	21	13

	Malaysia Goh J W	23	21

Bottom half

Section 3

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

Q2	Switzerland J Stadelmann	12	17

PFQ	Canada Zhang W Y	21	21
	PFQ	Canada Zhang W Y	20	15

			Chinese Taipei Hsu W-c	22	21
	Chinese Taipei Hsu W-c	21	21

PFQ	France L Huet	11	5
		Chinese Taipei Hsu W-c	17	13

		4	China He BJ	21	21
	Japan S Kawakami	21	21

PFQ	United States L Lam	18	13
		Japan S Kawakami	21	9	14

		4	China He BJ	15	21	21
	Estonia K Kuuba	15	17

4	China He BJ	21	21

Section 4

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

	South Korea Kim G-e	21	21

Q4	Myanmar Thet Htar T	9	11
		South Korea Kim G-e	21	21

			Thailand S Katethong	14	13
	Thailand S Katethong	21	18	21

7	China Han Y	16	21	17
		South Korea Kim G-e	18	6

		2	South Korea An S-y	21	21
Q1	Ukraine P Buhrova	21	17	17

	Chinese Taipei Sung S-y	16	21	21
		Chinese Taipei Sung S-y	12	6

		2	South Korea An S-y	21	21
	Japan R Gunji	13	8

2	South Korea An S-y	21	21

Men's doubles

Seeds

Malaysia Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik (second round)
Japan Takuro Hoki / Yugo Kobayashi (quarter-finals)
China Liu Yuchen / Ou Xuanyi (first round)
Denmark Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (quarter-finals)
Malaysia Ong Yew Sin / Teo Ee Yi (second round)
China Liang Weikeng / Wang Chang (first round)
South Korea Choi Sol-gyu / Kim Won-ho (champions)
Germany Mark Lamsfuß / Marvin Seidel (second round)

Finals

Semi-finals			Final

	Japan Akira Koga Japan Taichi Saito	21	16	12

7	South Korea Choi Sol-gyu South Korea Kim Won-ho	18	21	21
	7	South Korea Choi Sol-gyu South Korea Kim Won-ho	21	18	21

			South Korea Kang Min-hyuk South Korea Seo Seung-jae	19	21	19
	South Korea Kang Min-hyuk South Korea Seo Seung-jae	21	21

	Chinese Taipei Lee Jhe-huei Chinese Taipei Yang Po-hsuan	13	19

Top half

Section 1

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

			1	Malaysia A Chia Malaysia Soh W Y	13	18

			Japan A Koga Japan T Saito	21	21
	Malaysia Man W C Malaysia Tee K W

	Japan A Koga Japan T Saito	w	/	o
		Japan A Koga Japan T Saito	21	21

			Denmark J Bay Denmark L Mølhede	9	18
8	Germany M Lamsfuß Germany M Seidel	19	21	21

	Germany B Geiss Germany J C Völker	21	14	18
	8	Germany M Lamsfuß Germany M Seidel	17	15

			Denmark J Bay Denmark L Mølhede	21	21
	Germany D Hess Germany P Scheiel

	Denmark J Bay Denmark L Mølhede	w	/	o

Section 2

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

4	Denmark K Astrup Denmark A S Rasmussen	21	21

	Japan K Matsui Japan Y Takeuchi	15	17
	4	Denmark K Astrup Denmark A S Rasmussen	21	15	21

			South Korea Kim G-j South Korea Kim S-r	19	21	19
	Azerbaijan A R Dwicahyo Azerbaijan A Qowimuramadhoni	12	12

	South Korea Kim G-j South Korea Kim S-r	21	21
	4	Denmark K Astrup Denmark A S Rasmussen	22	17

		7	South Korea Choi S-g South Korea Kim W-h	24	21
7	South Korea Choi S-g South Korea Kim W-h	21	21

	Republic of Ireland J Magee Republic of Ireland P Reynolds	10	12
	7	South Korea Choi S-g South Korea Kim W-h	22	21

			Denmark R Kjær Denmark F Søgaard	20	15
	Denmark R Kjær Denmark F Søgaard	21	21

	Netherlands R Jille Netherlands T van der Lecq	16	16

Bottom half

Section 3

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

	Scotland C Grimley Scotland M Grimley	18	15

	France L Corvée France R Labar	21	21
		France L Corvée France R Labar	14	11

			Chinese Taipei Chang K-c Chinese Taipei Wang C-l	21	21
	Chinese Taipei Chang K-c Chinese Taipei Wang C-l	21	21

6	China Liang WK China Wang C	18	13
		Chinese Taipei Chang K-c Chinese Taipei Wang C-l	17	19

			South Korea Kang M-h South Korea Seo S-j	21	21
	Scotland A Dunn Scotland A Hall

	Malaysia Tan K M Malaysia Tan W K	w	/	o
		Malaysia Tan K M Malaysia Tan W K	15	17

			South Korea Kang M-h South Korea Seo S-j	21	21
	South Korea Kang M-h South Korea Seo S-j	21	21

3	China Liu YC China Ou XY	19	19

Section 4

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

	Canada A Dong Canada N Yakura	8	9

	Chinese Taipei Lee J-h Chinese Taipei Yang P-hs	21	21
		Chinese Taipei Lee J-h Chinese Taipei Yang P-hs	18	21	21

		5	Malaysia Ong Y S Malaysia Teo E Y	21	18	18
	Chinese Taipei Lee F-c Chinese Taipei Lee Y	21	20	15

5	Malaysia Ong Y S Malaysia Teo E Y	17	22	21
		Chinese Taipei Lee J-h Chinese Taipei Yang P-hs	21	21

		2	Japan T Hoki Japan Y Kobayashi	15	19
	Czech Republic O Král Czech Republic A Mendrek	21	21

	Switzerland I Santoro England R Webster	4	2
		Czech Republic O Král Czech Republic A Mendrek	17	11

		2	Japan T Hoki Japan Y Kobayashi	21	21
	France C Popov France T J Popov	21	8

2	Japan T Hoki Japan Y Kobayashi	23	21

Women's doubles

Seeds

Japan Nami Matsuyama / Chiharu Shida (final)
South Korea Jeong Na-eun / Kim Hye-jeong (quarter-finals)
Malaysia Pearly Tan / Thinaah Muralitharan (semi-finals)
South Korea Kim So-yeong / Kong Hee-yong (semi-finals)
Japan Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota (quarter-finals)
Japan Mayu Matsumoto / Wakana Nagahara (quarter-finals)
Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva (quarter-finals)
South Korea Baek Ha-na / Lee So-hee (champions)

Finals

Semi-finals			Final

1	Japan Nami Matsuyama Japan Chiharu Shida	24	21

3	Malaysia Pearly Tan Malaysia Thinaah Muralitharan	22	13
	1	Japan Nami Matsuyama Japan Chiharu Shida	19	15

		8	South Korea Baek Ha-na South Korea Lee So-hee	21	21
4	South Korea Kim So-yeong South Korea Kong Hee-yong	18	18

8	South Korea Baek Ha-na South Korea Lee So-hee	21	21

Top half

Section 1

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

1	Japan N Matsuyama Japan C Shida	21	21

	Estonia K-K Marran Estonia H Rüütel	14	7
	1	Japan N Matsuyama Japan C Shida	21	21

			Germany S Küspert Germany E Moszczynski	12	16
	Germany S Küspert Germany E Moszczynski	21	21

Q2	Netherlands K de Wit Netherlands A Tirtosentono	18	19
	1	Japan N Matsuyama Japan C Shida	27	21

		5	Japan Y Fukushima Japan S Hirota	25	15
5	Japan Y Fukushima Japan S Hirota	21	21

	Ukraine M Stoliarenko Ukraine Y Zharka	10	7
	5	Japan Y Fukushima Japan S Hirota	21	21

			Japan R Hirokami Japan Y Kato	12	17
	Japan R Hirokami Japan Y Kato	21	21

	Italy M Corsini Italy J Mair	12	15

Section 2

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

3	Malaysia P Tan Malaysia Thinaah M	21	21

	Republic of Ireland K Frost Republic of Ireland M Ryan	7	8
	3	Malaysia P Tan Malaysia Thinaah M	21	21

			Scotland J MacPherson Scotland C Torrance	18	15
PFQ	United States P L Cao Hok United States L Lam	17	15

	Scotland J MacPherson Scotland C Torrance	21	21
	3	Malaysia P Tan Malaysia Thinaah M	21	18	21

		6	Japan M Matsumoto Japan W Nagahara	17	21	11



	6	Japan M Matsumoto Japan W Nagahara	21	21

			Hong Kong Yeung N T Hong Kong Yeung P L	12	16
	United States A Xu United States K Xu	15	12

	Hong Kong Yeung N T Hong Kong Yeung P L	21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

	France M Lambert France A Tran	19	18

	Japan R Iwanaga Japan K Nakanishi	21	21
		Japan R Iwanaga Japan K Nakanishi	20	16

		7	Bulgaria G Stoeva Bulgaria S Stoeva	22	21
	Netherlands D Jille Netherlands C Seinen

7	Bulgaria G Stoeva Bulgaria S Stoeva	w	/	o
	7	Bulgaria G Stoeva Bulgaria S Stoeva	21	15	13

		4	South Korea Kim S-y South Korea Kong H-y	18	21	21
	England C Birch England L Smith	21	21

	Germany L Efler Germany I Lohau	19	16
		England C Birch England L Smith	13	10

		4	South Korea Kim S-y South Korea Kong H-y	21	21
	China Li WM China Liu XX	21	15	19

4	South Korea Kim S-y South Korea Kong H-y	18	21	21

Section 4

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

	United States S Gurazada United States I Jaiswal	11	15

	Hong Kong Ng T Y Hong Kong Tsang H Y	21	21
		Hong Kong Ng T Y Hong Kong Tsang H Y	8	13

		8	South Korea Baek H-n South Korea Lee S-h	21	21
	Denmark M Fruergaard Denmark S Thygesen	13	16

8	South Korea Baek H-n South Korea Lee S-h	21	21
	8	South Korea Baek H-n South Korea Lee S-h	21	18	23

		2	South Korea Jeong N-e South Korea Kim H-j	11	21	21
Q3	China Du Y China Xia YT	21	21

Q4	Austria S Au Yeong Austria K Hochmeir	4	9
	Q3	China Du Y China Xia YT	14	5

		2	South Korea Jeong N-e South Korea Kim H-j	21	21
	Malaysia V Hoo Malaysia Lim C S	12	0r

2	South Korea Jeong N-e South Korea Kim H-j	21	0

Mixed doubles

Seeds

Japan Yuta Watanabe / Arisa Higashino (second round)
France Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue (quarter-finals)
Malaysia Tan Kian Meng / Lai Pei Jing (first round)
Germany Mark Lamsfuß / Isabel Lohau (second round)
China Feng Yanzhe / Huang Dongping (champions)
South Korea Seo Seung-jae / Chae Yoo-jung (second round)
Netherlands Robin Tabeling / Selena Piek (withdrew)
Japan Yuki Kaneko / Misaki Matsutomo (second round)

Finals

Semi-finals			Final

	South Korea Kim Won-ho South Korea Jeong Na-eun	14	21	21

	Japan Kyohei Yamashita Japan Naru Shinoya	21	19	19
		South Korea Kim Won-ho South Korea Jeong Na-eun	4	15

		5	China Feng Yanzhe China Huang Dongping	21	21
5	China Feng Yanzhe China Huang Dongping	21	21

	Japan Hiroki Midorikawa Japan Natsu Saito	16	16

Top half

Section 1

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

1	Japan Y Watanabe Japan A Higashino	14	21	21

	South Korea Ko S-h South Korea Eom H-w	21	13	10
	1	Japan Y Watanabe Japan A Higashino	15	16

			South Korea Kim W-h South Korea Jeong N-e	21	21
	Israel M Zilberman Israel S Zilberman	7	11

	South Korea Kim W-h South Korea Jeong N-e	21	21
		South Korea Kim W-h South Korea Jeong N-e	22	21

			Malaysia Chen T J Malaysia Toh E W	20	14
6	South Korea Seo S-j South Korea Chae Y-j	21	21

Q4	Republic of Ireland J Magee Republic of Ireland M Ryan	8	11
	6	South Korea Seo S-j South Korea Chae Y-j	11	22

			Malaysia Chen T J Malaysia Toh E W	21	24
	Malaysia Chen T J Malaysia Toh E W	21	20	21

	Malaysia Hoo P R Malaysia Teoh M X	12	22	14

Section 2

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

3	Malaysia Tan K M Malaysia Lai P J	14	14

	Indonesia D Ferdinansyah Indonesia G E Widjaja	21	21
		Indonesia D Ferdinansyah Indonesia G E Widjaja	19	19

			Hong Kong Lee C H Hong Kong Ng T Y	21	21
	Hong Kong Lee C H Hong Kong Ng T Y	21	21

PFQ	Germany J C Völker Germany S Küspert	9	12
		Hong Kong Lee C H Hong Kong Ng T Y	14	13

			Japan K Yamashita Japan N Shinoya	21	21
PFQ	Serbia M Tomic Serbia A Vitman	10	17

	Hong Kong Tang C M Hong Kong Tse Y S	21	21
		Hong Kong Tang C M Hong Kong Tse Y S	8	19

			Japan K Yamashita Japan N Shinoya	21	21
	Japan K Yamashita Japan N Shinoya	21	21

	England G Mairs England J Moore	13	19

Bottom half

Section 3

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

	Indonesia P Jordan Indonesia M D Oktavianti	21	19	21

Q1	Germany B Geiss Germany E Moszczynski	13	21	13
		Indonesia P Jordan Indonesia M D Oktavianti	15	19

		5	China Feng YZ China Huang DP	21	21
Q2	Germany P Scheiel Germany F Volkmann	15	10

5	China Feng YZ China Huang DP	21	21
	5	China Feng YZ China Huang DP	21	21

			Chinese Taipei Yang P-hs Chinese Taipei Hu L-f	7	14
	Chinese Taipei Yang P-hs Chinese Taipei Hu L-f	22	16	21

	Germany J R Jansen Germany L Efler	20	21	10
		Chinese Taipei Yang P-hs Chinese Taipei Hu L-f	21	21

		4	Germany M Lamsfuß Germany I Lohau	13	18
	Algeria K Mammeri Algeria T Mammeri	10	11

4	Germany M Lamsfuß Germany I Lohau	21	21

Section 4

First round			Second round			Quarter-finals

Q3	Denmark S Bugtrup Denmark M Surrow	18	21	19

	Japan H Midorikawa Japan N Saito	21	17	21
		Japan H Midorikawa Japan N Saito	21	21

		8	Japan Y Kaneko Japan M Matsutomo	16	19
	Chinese Taipei Chang K-c Chinese Taipei Lee C-c	10	11

8	Japan Y Kaneko Japan M Matsutomo	21	21
		Japan H Midorikawa Japan N Saito	21	21

		2	France T Gicquel France D Delrue	16	13
	India B. S Reddy India A Ponnappa	10	12

	Scotland A Hall Scotland J MacPherson	21	21
		Scotland A Hall Scotland J MacPherson	13	18

		2	France T Gicquel France D Delrue	21	21
	Denmark J Toft Denmark C Graversen	19	17

2	France T Gicquel France D Delrue	21	21

External links

Preceded by2023 Thailand Masters

BWF World Tour 2023 BWF season

Succeeded by2023 All England Open 2023 Ruichang China Masters