1996 World Badminton Grand Prix
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The 1996 World Badminton Grand Prix was the fourteenth edition of the World Badminton Grand Prix
finals. It was held in Denpasar
, Bali
, Indonesia
, from December 4 to December 8, 1996.
The prize money was US$
350,000.
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 Denpasar
Denpasar
Denpasar is the capital city of the province of Bali, Indonesia. It has a rapidly expanding population of 788,445 in 2010, up from 533,252 in the previous decade. It is located at .-History:...
, Bali
Bali
Bali is an Indonesian island located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east...
, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
, from December 4 to December 8, 1996.
The prize money was US$
United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
350,000.
Final results
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles |  Fung PermadiFung Permadi Fung Permadi is a former male Chinese Indonesian badminton player. He was a singles specialist who played first for Indonesia and later for Chinese Taipei.-Career:... |
 Sun JunSun Jun (badminton) Sun Jun is a former world number 1 singles badminton player from China in the late 1990s whose resume includes the World Championship, World Cup, Asian Championship and All England Men's Singles titles... |
15–12, 15–8 |
| Women's singles |  Susi Susanti |
Ye Zhaoying Ye Zhaoying Ye Zhaoying is a retired women's singles badminton player from Zhejiang, the People's Republic of China who rates as one of the finest that China or any nation has produced. Officially ranked as the number one player in the world for the first time in December 1995, she lost but regained that... |
11–4, 11–1 |
| Men's doubles | Ricky Subagja Ricky Subagja Ricky Ahmad Subagja is a Bandung, Indonesia born former world-class badminton player. He rates among the greatest doubles specialists in the sport's history.-Career:... & Rexy Mainaky Rexy Mainaky Rexy Ronald Mainaky is a former men's doubles badminton world champion from Indonesia who is often simply known as Rexy. He won the men doubles Olympic gold medal in 1996 with Ricky Subagja.- Career :... |
 Cheah Soon KitCheah Soon Kit Cheah Soon Kit is a retired male badminton player from Malaysia, specialized in men's doubles.-Career:He has played for Malaysian team since 1986 especially in doubles. He always plays with different pairs such as Ong Beng Teong , Soo Beng Kiang and Choong Tan Fook during his carer in badminton... & Yap Kim Hock Yap Kim Hock Yap Kim Hock born on 2 July 1972 at Muar, Johor, is a retired male badminton player from Malaysia, specialized in men's doubles.-Career:Kim Hock represented Malaysia and competed at the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics and the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics in the badminton men's doubles event with Cheah... |
15–4, 15–9 |
| Women's doubles | Ge Fei Ge Fei (badminton) Ge Fei was a Chinese female badminton player in the 1990s who is one of the most successful doubles specialists in the sport's history.She is married to the former World Champion singles badminton player Sun Jun.-Career:... & Gu Jun Gu Jun Gu Jun was a Chinese female badminton player in the 1990s.-Career:Gu and her regular partner Ge Fei were the world's dominant women's doubles team from the mid 1990s to their retirement after the 2000 Olympics. They won over thirty top tier international tournaments together, including two Olympic... |
Eliza Nathanael & Resiana Zelin Resiana Zelin Resiana Zelin is a female former international level badminton player who specialized in doubles.-Career:... |
15–11, 15–9 |
| Mixed doubles |  Michael SøgaardMichael Søgaard -Summer Olympics:He played badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men's doubles and mixed doubles. In men's doubles, Søgaard and his partner Henrik Svarrer were defeated in the round of 16 by Ricky Subagja and Rexy Mainaky of Indonesia 15-10, 15-7. He also competed in mixed doubles with partner... & Rikke Olsen Rikke Olsen -2004 Summer Olympics:Olsen competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Ann-Lou Jørgensen. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Nicole Grether and Juliane Schenk of Germany in the second... |
Trikus Heryanto & Minarti Timur Minarti Timur -Career:Though she won women's singles at the 1990 Dutch Open, Minarti was primarily a doubles player, particularly excelling in mixed doubles. During the 1990s and the early 2000s, she won numerous international mixed doubles titles; the majority with Tri Kusharjanto but also, later, with Bambang... |
15–10, 15–11 |