The World Badminton Grand Prix Finals was an annual badminton tournament organized by the International Badminton Federation (IBF) to crown the best badminton player of the year. The tournament only invited the top eight players in the year-end world rankings. The tournament started in 1983, with the last tournament held in 2001 (delayed from 2000).

Location

Year No. Host City Country
1983IJakarta Indonesia
1984IIKuala Lumpur Malaysia
1985IIITokyo Japan
1986IVKuala Lumpur Malaysia
1987VHong Kong Hong Kong
1988VIHong Kong Hong Kong
1989VIISingapore Singapore
1990VIIIBali Indonesia
1991IXKuala Lumpur Malaysia
Year No. Host City Country
1992XKuala Lumpur Malaysia
1993XIKuala Lumpur Malaysia
1994XIIBangkok Thailand
1995XIIISingapore Singapore
1996XIVBali Indonesia
1997XVJakarta Indonesia
1998XVIBrunei Brunei
1999XVIIBrunei Brunei
2000XVIIIBrunei Brunei

* Held in 2001.

Past winners

Year Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles
1983 China Luan Jin China Li Lingwei
1984 Denmark Morten Frost China Han Aiping
1985 China Han Jian China Li Lingwei
1986 China Yang Yang Malaysia Jalani Sidek
Malaysia Razif Sidek
South Korea Hwang Hye-young
South Korea Chung Myung-hee
England Nigel Tier
England Gillian Gowers
1987 China Xiong Guobao China Li Yongbo
China Tian Bingyi
China Guan Weizhen
China Lin Ying
Sweden Stefan Karlsson
Sweden Maria Bengtsson
1988 China Zhang Qingwu China Han Aiping Malaysia Jalani Sidek
Malaysia Razif Sidek
China Wang Pengren
China Shi Fangjing
1989 China Xiong Guobao China Tang Jiuhong Indonesia Rosiana Tendean
Indonesia Erma Sulistianingsih
Indonesia Eddy Hartono
Indonesia Verawaty Fadjrin
1990 Indonesia Eddy Kurniawan Indonesia Susi Susanti Indonesia Eddy Hartono
Indonesia Rudy Gunawan
Denmark Thomas Lund
Denmark Pernille Dupont
1991 China Zhao Jianhua Malaysia Jalani Sidek
Malaysia Razif Sidek
South Korea Hwang Hye-young
South Korea Chung Myung-hee
1992 Malaysia Rashid Sidek Indonesia Ricky Subagja
Indonesia Rexy Mainaky
China Lin Yanfen
China Yao Fen
1993 Indonesia Joko Suprianto Indonesia Rudy Gunawan
Indonesia Bambang Suprianto
Indonesia Finarsih
Indonesia Lili Tampi
Denmark Thomas Lund
Sweden Catrine Bengtsson
1994 Indonesia Ardy Wiranata Indonesia Ricky Subagja
Indonesia Rexy Mainaky
China Ge Fei
China Gu Jun
Denmark Thomas Lund
Denmark Marlene Thomsen
1995 Indonesia Joko Suprianto China Ye Zhaoying Malaysia Cheah Soon Kit
Malaysia Yap Kim Hock
Indonesia Trikus Heryanto
Indonesia Minarti Timur
1996 Chinese Taipei Fung Permadi Indonesia Susi Susanti Indonesia Ricky Subagja
Indonesia Rexy Mainaky
Denmark Michael Søgaard
Denmark Rikke Olsen
1997 China Sun Jun China Ye Zhaoying Indonesia Candra Wijaya
Indonesia Sigit Budiarto
China Liu Yong
China Ge Fei
1998 China Zhang Ning Indonesia Denny Kantono
Indonesia Antonius Ariantho
South Korea Kim Dong-moon
South Korea Ra Kyung-min
1999 Denmark Peter Gade China Ye Zhaoying Indonesia Candra Wijaya
Indonesia Tony Gunawan
2000 China Xia Xuanze China Zhou Mi China Huang Nanyan
China Yang Wei
Denmark Jens Eriksen
Denmark Mette Schjoldager

Performances by nation

Top Nations
Rank Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total
1 China 1012110235
2 Indonesia 4693224
3 Denmark 20006.58.5
4 Malaysia 105006
5 South Korea 000224
6 Sweden 00001.51.5
7 Chinese Taipei 100001
 England 000011
Total 181815151581

See also

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