Philippines Open (badminton)

For the national open tournament, see Philippine National Badminton Open.

The Philippines Open Grand Prix Gold also known as the Philippine Open Badminton Championships in 2006 or simply as the Philippines Open, was an international badminton open held in the Philippines from 2006 to 2009.

Philippines Open

Founded	2006; 19 years ago (2006)
Editions	3
Location	Philippines
Last completed
2009 Philippines Open

History

It was the top tournament of the Philippine Badminton Association (PBA) and was backed by title sponsor Bingo Bonanza of ABLE Inc..^[1] The 2006 edition marked the first time that an International Badminton Federation (IBF) tournament was held in the Philippines.^[2]

It was not held in 2008, due to scheduling conflict with the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing which could have potentially affected the availability of top badminton players.^[3][4][5]

The 2009 edition was held amidst a leadership dispute within the PBA.^[6] It was the last year the international tournament was held.^[1]

Winners

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles	Ref.
2006	Muhammad Hafiz Hashim	Saina Nehwal[7]	Albertus Susanto Njoto Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama	Jo Novita Greysia Polii	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam
2007	Lee Chong Wei	Zhou Mi	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir
2008	Not held due to the 2008 Summer Olympics
2009	Chen Long	Wang Xin	Mohammad Ahsan Bona Septano	Gao Ling Wei Yili	Zhang Nan Lu Lu	[8]