Orléans Masters

The Orléans Masters championships is an open badminton tournament held in France. This tournament is organized by the Cercle Laïque des Tourelles Orléans (CLTO) Badminton and held in the Palais des Sports in Orléans.[1]

Orléans Masters
SportBadminton
Founded1994
FounderCercle Laïque des Tourelles Orléans
CountryFrance
Official websitewww.orleansmasters.fr

This tournament began as a regional event in 1994, and later included as national event in 1999.[2] In 2012, this tournament known as French International as a part of European circuit and sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation as International Series. The French International upgraded its level as International Challenge in 2013, and changed its name to Orléans International in 2015, to avoid confusion with the already established French Open held in Paris.[3][4]

In June 2017, the Badminton World Federation has accepted the candidacy of CLTO to organized of a higher ranking tournament. Thus, from 2018 and for a period of four years, the Orléans International becomes the Orléans Masters and enters the very restricted circle of the 30 best badminton tournaments in the world as BWF Tour Super 100 level with a total prize money $65,000, equivalent to the old Grand Prix level tournaments prior to the World Tour.[3]

Lena Grebak (center) and Mathias Christiansen of Denmark, winners in mixed doubles in 2015 and 2016

Past winners
Year Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles
2012 Anand Pawar Judith Meulendijks Peter Käsbauer
Josche Zurwonne		 Judith Meulendijks
Johanna Goliszewski		 Peter Käsbauer
Johanna Goliszewski
2013 Rajiv Ouseph Beatriz Corrales Adam Cwalina
Przemysław Wacha		 Rie Eto
Yu Wakita		 Robert Blair
Imogen Bankier
2014 Pablo Abián Imogen Bankier
Petya Nedelcheva
2015 Dmytro Zavadsky Natalia Koch Rohde Matthew Nottingham
Harley Towler		 Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva		 Mathias Christiansen
Lena Grebak
2016 Emil Holst Goh Jin Wei Richard Eidestedt
Nico Ruponen		 Heather Olver
Lauren Smith
2017 Mark Caljouw Kirsty Gilmour Liao Min-chun
Su Cheng-heng		 Asumi Kugo
Megumi Yokoyama		 Mark Lamsfuß
Isabel Herttrich
2018 Shiori Saito Mark Lamsfuß
Marvin Emil Seidel		 Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva		 Niclas Nøhr
Sara Thygesen
2019 Koki Watanabe Saena Kawakami Lee Yang
Wang Chi-lin		 Chloe Birch
Lauren Smith		 Thom Gicquel
Delphine Delrue
2020 Cancelled[note 1]

Performance by nations

Updated after the 2019 edition.

Top Nations
Pos Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total
1  Denmark 1 1 3 5
 Japan 1 2 2 5
3  Germany 2 0.5 2 4.5
4  England 1 1 2 4
5  Netherlands 2 1 0.5 3.5
 Scotland 1 0.5 2 3.5
7  Spain 1 2 3
8  Bulgaria 2.5 2.5
9  Chinese Taipei 2 2
 Poland 2 2
11  France 1 1
 India 1 1
 Malaysia 1 1
 Sweden 1 1
 Ukraine 1 1
Total 8 8 8 8 8 40

See also

Note
  1. This tournament, originally to be played from 24 to 29 March, was later cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic in France.[5]

References
  1. Røsler, Manuel; Parmentier, Fanny (6 April 2012). "A French premiere". www.badmintoneurope.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. "Orléans Masters Badminton: Le CLTO badminton d'Orléans réunit chaque année l'élite mondiale du badminton". www.orleans-metropole.fr (in French). 16 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  3. Renaudeau, Joel (19 February 2019). "Tournoi international d'Orléans 2019". lnaqbad.fr (in French). Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  4. Poulet-Sevestre, Julie (7 February 2016). "L'Orléans International Challenge de badminton arrive". www.larep.fr (in French). Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  5. "BWF Sanctioned Tournaments Suspended – 16 March – 12 April". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
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