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 Badminton and held in the Palais des Sports in Orléans.^[1]

Orléans Masters

Official website
Founded	1994; 31 years ago (1994)
Editions	12 (2024)
Location	Orléans France
Venue	Palais des Sports
Prize money	US$210,000 (2024)
Men's
Draw	32S / 32D
Current champions	Yushi Tanaka (singles) Choong Hon Jian Muhammad Haikal (doubles)
Most singles titles	2 Mark Caljouw Toma Junior Popov
Most doubles titles	2 Adam Cwalina Przemysław Wacha
Women's
Draw	32S / 32D
Current champions	Tomoka Miyazaki (singles) Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari Rachel Allessya Rose (doubles)
Most singles titles	2 Beatriz Corrales
Most doubles titles	3 Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva
Mixed doubles
Draw	32
Current champions	Cheng Xing Zhang Chi
Most titles (male)	3 Mathias Christiansen
Most titles (female)	2 Imogen Bankier Lena Grebak
Super 300
German Open Hylo Open Korea Masters Macau Open New Zealand Open Orléans Masters Spain Masters Swiss Open Syed Modi International Taipei Open Thailand Masters U.S. Open
Last completed
2025 Orléans Masters

Lena Grebak (center) and Mathias Christiansen of Denmark, pictured after retaining mixed doubles title in 2016.

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] From 2023 onwards, this is a Super 300 tournament.^[5]

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 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]
2021	Toma Junior Popov	Busanan Ongbamrungphan	Ben Lane Sean Vendy	Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai	Mathias Christiansen Alexandra Bøje
2022		Putri Kusuma Wardani	Ruben Jille Ties van der Lecq	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	Terry Hee Tan Wei Han
2023	Priyanshu Rajawat	Carolina Marín	Chen Boyang Liu Yi	Rena Miyaura Ayako Sakuramoto	Chen Tang Jie Toh Ee Wei
2024	Yushi Tanaka	Tomoka Miyazaki	Choong Hon Jian Muhammad Haikal	Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari Rachel Allessya Rose	Cheng Xing Zhang Chi
2025

Performances

As of 2024 edition

Pos	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	Japan	2	3		3		8
2	Denmark	1	1			4	6
3	England	1		2	2		5
4	Germany			2	0.5	2	4.5
	Netherlands	2	1	1	0.5		4.5
6	Spain	1	3				4
7	Bulgaria				3.5		3.5
	Scotland		1		0.5	2	3.5
9	France	2				1	3
	Malaysia		1	1		1	3
11	China			1		1	2
	Chinese Taipei			2			2
	India	2					2
	Indonesia		1		1		2
	Poland			2			2
	Thailand		1		1		2
17	Singapore					1	1
	Sweden			1			1
	Ukraine	1					1
Total		12	12	12	12	12	60

See also

• French Open (badminton), a higher level badminton tournament also hosted by France.

Note

1. This tournament, originally to be played from 24 to 29 March, was later cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic in France.^[6]

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 World Tour Hosts 2023-2026 Announced". Badminton World Federation. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
6. "BWF Sanctioned Tournaments Suspended – 16 March – 12 April". Badminton World Federation. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

External links

• Orleans Masters