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The 1987 World Badminton Grand Prix was the fifth edition of the World Badminton Grand Prix

World Badminton Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix was an annual badminton tournament organized by the International Badminton Federation 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...

finals. It was held in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

, from January 6 to January 10, 1988.

Final results

Category	Winners	Score	Runners-up
Men's singles	Xiong Guobao Xiong Guobao Xiong Guobao is a former elite level badminton player from China who won numerous international singles titles in the late 1980s. Noted for his solid, consistent play, Xiong rarely suffered lopsided defeats. His titles included the United States , Japan , Hong Kong , Malaysian , Thailand , French ,...	Eddy Kurniawan Eddy Kurniawan -Career:Kurniawan's prime years, the mid to late 1980s, were a period of Chinese domination of international men's singles competition. Though he frequently appeared in the later rounds of major international tournaments, the hard-fighting Kurniawan rarely won them. One exception was his victory at...	15–2, 18–14
Women's singles	Li Lingwei Li Lingwei Li Lingwei is a Chinese badminton player of the 1980s who ranks among the greatest in the history of the women's game. A brilliant all-around player whose court coverage and net play were particularly impressive, she maintained an overall edge on her teammate, rival, and sometimes doubles partner...	Han Aiping Han Aiping Han Aiping is a former Chinese badminton player in the 1980s who ranks among the greats of the woman's game. Noted for her superb overhead strokes, she and her teammate, rival, and sometimes doubles partner Li Lingwei dominated international singles play for most of the decade, each winning the...	11–8, 11–5
Men's doubles	Li Yongbo Li Yongbo Li Yongbo is a retired Chinese male badminton player and now the head coach of Chinese National Badminton Team.-Career:As a player he was a men's doubles specialist noted for his quickness, reflexes, and power. From the mid-1980s to the early 1990s he shared numerous international titles with his... & Tian Bingyi Tian Bingyi Tian Bingyi is a former badminton star for China. Though he played some singles internationally early in his career, he soon specialized in men's doubles.-Career:...	Zhang Qiang & Zhou Jincan	15–9, 15–4
Women's doubles	Guan Weizhen Guan Weizhen Guan Weizhen is a retired Chinese badminton player who specialized in women's doubles.-Career:Guan won numerous major international doubles titles in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She is the only woman to have won three consecutive women's doubles titles at the BWF World Championships. She won... & Lin Ying Lin Ying Lin Ying is a former Chinese badminton player and one of the most successful doubles specialists in the sport's modern history.-Career:Lin won the gold medal in women's doubles at the IBF World Championships three times, in the 1983 with Wu Dixi, and in the 1987 and 1989 IBF World Championships...	Hwang Hye-young Hwang Hye-young Hwang Hye-young is a former female badminton player from South Korea.She won the gold medal in the women's doubles together with Chung So-young.-External links:*... & Chung Myung-hee Chung Myung-hee Chung Myung-hee is a former female badminton player from South Korea.Chung was a nine-time All England Open champion , and won the gold medals at the 1989 and 1991 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles, with Park Joo-bong...	15–6, 13–15, 15–4
Mixed doubles	Stefan Karlsson Stefan Karlsson Stefan Karlsson, born November 5, 1955, is a retired male badminton player from Sweden. He later changed name to Stefan Mellgård.Though he played Thomas Cup singles for Sweden and won the Swedish national singles title twice, his greatest successes came in doubles... & Maria Bengtsson Maria Bengtsson -Career:She won two silver medals at the World Badminton Championships, one in 1985 in mixed doubles with Stefan Karlsson and another in 1991 in women's doubles with Christine Magnusson...	Billy Gilliland Billy Gilliland Billy Gilliland is a former badminton player from Scotland who excelled from the mid 1970s through the mid 1980s. Although he won the Scottish national singles title in 1979, the tall, angular Gilliland was a doubles specialist at the international level with his greatest success coming in mixed... & Gillian Gowers Gillian Gowers Gillian Gowers is a retired female badminton player from England.-Career:She won the bronze medal at the 1985 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Nigel Tier....	15–8, 18–15

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