The French Open is an annual Badminton

Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

 tournament held in France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 since 1909 and hosted by the Fédération Française de Badminton (FFBa). The 2009 edition will be held from the 27th of October to the 1st of November.

The tournament was halted between 1915 and 1934, in 1965, 1970, 1972, 1994 and 2006. Not previously considered as one of the international badminton circuit's leading events, it was promoted to become part of the BWF Super Series

BWF Super Series

The BWF Super Series is a badminton tournament introduced by Badminton World Federation in order to improve the quality of the sport. It was launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007...

 in 2007 making the French Open one of the 12 major badminton tournaments in the world.

21st century

Below is the list of the past winners in this 21st century.

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
2010 2010 French Super Series The 2010 French Open Super Series was a top level badminton competition which was held from November 2, 2010 to November 7, 2010 in Paris, France. It was the tenth BWF Super Series competition on the 2010 BWF Super Series schedule. The total purse for the event was $200,000.-Men's Singles:# Peter...	Taufik Hidayat Taufik Hidayat Taufik Hidayat is an Indonesian badminton player. He is a former World and Olympic champion in men's singles...	Wang Yihan Wang Yihan Wang Yihan is a professional female badminton player from China and the reigning women's singles world champion. Wang started her career with her coach Wang Pengren at only nine years of age. She was selected for the junior team in 2004, and after being promoted to the senior team in 2006 she...	Mathias Boe Mathias Boe -Career:He won the silver medal at the 2006 European Badminton Championships in men's doubles, with Carsten Mogensen.In 2010, Mogensen and Boe won the titles at the Denmark Super Series, French Super Series and the Super Series Final held in Taipei. One year later Mogensen and Boe won the All...     Carsten Mogensen Carsten Mogensen -Career:He won the silver medal at the 2006 European Badminton Championships in men's doubles, with Mathias Boe. Two years later he won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Badminton Championships in mixed doubles with Helle Nielsen....	Duanganong Aroonkesorn Duanganong Aroonkesorn Duanganong Aroonkesorn is an internationally elite badminton player from Thailand.Duanganong Aroonkesorn is a Women's Doubles specialist who is currently paired with Kunchala Voravichitchaikul in Women's Doubles...     Kunchala Voravichitchaikul Kunchala Voravichitchaikul Kunchala Voravichitchaikul is an internationally elite badminton player from Thailand.Kunchala Voravichitchaikul is a doubles specialist who is currently paired with Duanganong Aroonkesorn in Women's Doubles and Songphon Anugritayawan in Mixed Doubles...	Sudket Prapakamol Sudket Prapakamol Sudket Prapakamol is a male badminton player from Thailand.-Career:He competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Patapol Ngernsrisuk. They were defeated in the round of 32 by Anthony Clark and Nathan Robertson of Great Britain.Prapakamol also competed in mixed...     Saralee Thoungthongkam
2009	Lin Dan Lin Dan Lin Dan is a professional badminton player from China. He is a four-time world champion and the reigning Olympic champion. Widely considered to be the greatest badminton player of all time, by the age of 27 Lin had completed the "Super Grand Slam", having won all major titles in world badminton:...		Markis Kido Markis Kido Markis Kido is a male badminton player from Indonesia, one of the world's leading men's doubles specialists. He won the men's doubles Olympic gold medal in 2008 with Hendra Setiawan.- Career :...     Hendra Setiawan Hendra Setiawan Hendra Setiawan is a male badminton player from Indonesia and one of the world's leading doubles players.-Career:...	Ma Jin Ma Jin Ma Jin is a female badminton player from China....     Wang Xiaoli Wang Xiaoli Wang Xiaoli is an internationally elite badminton player from China.Wang Xiaoli began her international career in 2009 when she paired with Tao Jiaming in Mixed Doubles and with Ma Jin in Women's Doubles...	Nova Widianto Nova Widianto Nova Widianto is a male badminton player from Indonesia.- Career :Nova Widianto is one of the greatest doubles player in Indonesia National Team. Even though his best career come from the mixed doubles, but he also played well in men doubles. Widianto has specialized in mixed doubles...     Lilyana Natsir Lilyana Natsir Lilyana Natsir is a female badminton player from Indonesia who specializes in doubles. She is listed as one of the best mixed doubles player in the world. In Indonesia, she is often considered as the queen of mixed doubles sector thanks to her achievements with her two different pairs...
2008 2008 French Super Series The 2008 French Super Series is the tenth tournament of the 2008 BWF Super Series in badminton. It was held in Paris, France from October 28 to November 2, 2008.-Final results:-External links:* at tournamentsoftware.com...	Peter Gade Peter Gade Peter Høeg Gade is a Danish professional badminton player. He currently resides in Holte in Copenhagen...	Wang Lin Wang Lin (badminton) Wang Lin is a badminton player from China. Wang Lin was crowned the world champion after winning the gold medal at the 2010 BWF World Championships held at Paris defeating fellow Chinese Wang Xin 21-19, 19-21, 21-13....		Du Jing Du Jing Du Jing is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:A doubles specialist, Du and her regular partner Yu Yang have steadily emerged as one of the world's elite women's doubles teams since 2004. They confirmed this status by winning the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in...     Yu Yang Yu Yang (badminton) Yu Yang is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:A doubles specialist, Yu and her regular partner Du Jing have steadily emerged as one of the world's elite women's doubles teams since 2004. They confirmed this status by winning the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in...	He Hanbin He Hanbin He Hanbin is a male badminton player from China.- Career :A doubles specialist, He won men's doubles at the Austrian International tourney with Guo Zhendong in 2007. Most of his accomplishments, however, have come in mixed doubles with Yu Yang...     Yu Yang Yu Yang (badminton) Yu Yang is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:A doubles specialist, Yu and her regular partner Du Jing have steadily emerged as one of the world's elite women's doubles teams since 2004. They confirmed this status by winning the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in...
2007 2007 French Super Series -Seeds:# Xie Xingfang# Zhang Ning# Zhu Lin# Lu Lan# Wang Chen# Pi Hongyan# Xu Huaiwen# Yao Jie-Results:-Seeds:# Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong# Fu Haifeng / Cai Yun# Markis Kido / Hendra Setiawan# Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae...	Lee Chong Wei Lee Chong Wei Datuk Lee Chong Wei is a professional badminton player from Malaysia who resides in Bukit Mertajam. Lee won the silver medal in the 2008 Olympic Games, thus becoming the first Malaysian to reach the final of the men's singles event and ending Malaysia's Olympic medal drought since the 1996 Games...	Xie Xingfang Xie Xingfang Xie Xingfang is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China who has twice won women's singles at the BWF World Championships....	Fu Haifeng Fu Haifeng Fu Haifeng born August 23, 1983 in Jieyang, Guangdong, China) is a Chinese badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Combining Fu Haifeng's impressive power with his regular partner Cai Yun's impressive speed, Cai and Fu have been one of the world's leading men's doubles teams...     Cai Yun Cai Yun Cai Yun is a male badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Combining Cai Yun's impressive speed with his regular partner Fu Haifeng's impressive power, Cai and Fu have been one of the world's leading men's doubles teams since 2004. They have won numerous top tier events on the...	Zhang Yawen Zhang Yawen Zhang Yawen is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Zhang has specialized in women's doubles and mixed doubles, earning numerous international titles in both events...     Wei Yili Wei Yili Wei Yili is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:A women's doubles specialist, since 2001 Wei has competed on the world circuit in partnership with a variety of her fellow countrywomen, but most often with either Zhao Tingting or Zhang Yawen...	Flandy Limpele Flandy Limpele Flandy Limpele is a male badminton player from Indonesia.- Career :A doubles specialist, at various times Limpele has focused on either men's doubles or mixed doubles during his long career in international badminton. His earliest appearances in the final rounds of major events came in mixed...     Vita Marissa Vita Marissa Vita Marissa is a female badminton player from Indonesia.- Career :Marissa competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed double's with partner Nova Widianto. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Robert Blair and Natalie Munt of Great Britain in the second...
2006	No competition
2005 2005 French Open (badminton) The 2005 French Open in badminton was held in Paris, from October 12 to October 16, 2005.It was an A Category tournament and the prize money was USD$10,000.-Results:-External links:**...	Stanislav Pukhov	Pi Hongyan Pi Hongyan Pi Hongyan is a female badminton player from France.- Career :Pi Hongyan is one of a number of talented Chinese-born badminton players who have emigrated from China, in part, because of the intense competition to gain positions on its national team, and because of the elite status within the sport...	Simon Mollyhus    Anders Kristiansen	Elodie Eymard    Weny Rahmawati Weny Rahmawati -Career:Rahmawati played the 2007 BWF World Championships in women's singles, and was defeated in the first round by Petya Nedelcheva, of Bulgaria, 21-18, 21-8.-External links:*...	Nabil Lasmari Nabil Lasmari Nabil Lasmari is a male badminton player from Algeria, with the French nationality.-Career:Lasmari played the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's singles and was defeated in the second round by Dicky Palyama of the Netherlands, 21–18, 14–21, 21–11.The same year he won the gold medal in badminton...     Eny Widiowati Eny Widiowati -Career:Widiowati competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed double's with partner Anggun Nugroho. They defeated Nikolai Zuyev and Marina Yakusheva of Russia in the first round but lost to Chen Qiqiu and Zhao Tingting of China in the round of 16. She won mixed doubles at the 2005...
2004	Chen Jin Chen Jin Chen Jin is a male badminton player from China. He is currently rank 6 in world singles men, after defeating Taufik Hidayat in the final of the 2010 BWF World Championships in Paris.-2004–2008:...		Gan Tiek Chai    Koo Kien Keat Koo Kien Keat Koo Kien Keat is a professional badminton player from Malaysia. Besides being a men's doubles player, he also represents Malaysia in the mixed doubles event. He started his career at seventeen years of age and has won the Asian Junior title. He played in the Thomas Cup 2004 with Chan Chong Ming....	Du Jing Du Jing Du Jing is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:A doubles specialist, Du and her regular partner Yu Yang have steadily emerged as one of the world's elite women's doubles teams since 2004. They confirmed this status by winning the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in...     Yu Yang Yu Yang (badminton) Yu Yang is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:A doubles specialist, Yu and her regular partner Du Jing have steadily emerged as one of the world's elite women's doubles teams since 2004. They confirmed this status by winning the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in...	Xie Yongbo    Yu Yang Yu Yang (badminton) Yu Yang is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:A doubles specialist, Yu and her regular partner Du Jing have steadily emerged as one of the world's elite women's doubles teams since 2004. They confirmed this status by winning the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in...
2003	Marc Zwiebler Marc Zwiebler Marc Zwiebler is a male badminton player from Germany. He is currently ranked number 16 in the world and is the third highest-ranked European player behind Peter Høeg Gade....		Joachim Fischer Nielsen Joachim Fischer Nielsen -Major achievements:...     Carsten Mogensen Carsten Mogensen -Career:He won the silver medal at the 2006 European Badminton Championships in men's doubles, with Mathias Boe. Two years later he won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Badminton Championships in mixed doubles with Helle Nielsen....	Yoshiko Iwata    Miyuki Tai Mi	Jörgen Olsson    Frida Andreasson
2002	Luo Yigang	Xie Xingfang Xie Xingfang Xie Xingfang is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China who has twice won women's singles at the BWF World Championships....	Cheng Rui    Wang Wei	Zhang Yawen Zhang Yawen Zhang Yawen is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Zhang has specialized in women's doubles and mixed doubles, earning numerous international titles in both events...     Zhao Tingting Zhao Tingting Zhao Tingting is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:A doubles specialist, Zhao has often been a "utility player" on China's national team, winning international tournaments with a variety of compatriots who typically partner someone else...	Zheng Bo Zheng Bo Zheng Bo is a male badminton player from Hunan, People's Republic of China.-Career:A doubles specialist, Zheng won men's doubles at the 2003 Indonesia Open with Sang Yang. Zheng and Sang also secured the winning point against Denmark in the final of the 2004 Thomas Cup, to clinch China's first...     Zhang Yawen Zhang Yawen Zhang Yawen is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Zhang has specialized in women's doubles and mixed doubles, earning numerous international titles in both events...
2001	Abynshyam Gupta	Brenda Beenhakker	Vincent Laigle    Svetoslav Stoyanov	Erica van den Heuvel    Nicole van Hooren	Chris Bruil Chris Bruil Christiaan "Chris" Gerrit Herman Bruil is a male badminton player from the Netherlands.Bruil competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed double's with partner Lotte Bruil-Jonathans, who is his wife. They had a bye in the first round and were defeated by Kim Dong-moon and Ra...     Lotte Jonathans

Full list

• Men's singles
• Women's singles
• Men's doubles
• Women's doubles
• Mixed doubles

External links

• Official website