Australian International (badminton)

The Australian International in badminton

Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

, also known as Australian Open, is an international open held in Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. In 2011 it was upgraded to a Grand Prix Gold level event.

Previous winners

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1975		Utami Dewi
1989	Sze Yu	Anna Oi Chan Lao	Peter Blackburn Gordon Lang	Teresa Lian Anna Oi Chan Lao	He Tim Anna Oi Chan Lao
1990	Ardy Wiranata Ardy Wiranata Ardy Bernardus Wiranata was an Indonesian badminton player who rated among the top singles players in the world during most of the 1990s...	Susi Susanti	Jalani Sidek Jalani Sidek Mohamed Jalani Mohamad Sidek is a former badminton player from Malaysia.... Razif Sidek Razif Sidek Mohamad Razif Mohd Sidek is a former badminton player from Malaysia and a prominent world-class doubles player during the mid 1980s to early 1990s....	Rhonda Cator Rhonda Cator Rhonda Cator is a retired female badminton player from Australia.-Career:Cator competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Anna Lao, and they lost in quarterfinal to Lin Yan Fen and Yao Fen. The same year, they won the French Open... Anna Oi Chan Lao	He Tim Anna Oi Chan Lao
1991	He Tim	Anna Oi Chan Lao	Chan Siu Kwong Ng Pak Kum	Rhonda Cator Rhonda Cator Rhonda Cator is a retired female badminton player from Australia.-Career:Cator competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Anna Lao, and they lost in quarterfinal to Lin Yan Fen and Yao Fen. The same year, they won the French Open... Anna Oi Chan Lao	He Tim Anna Oi Chan Lao
1992	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...	Song Yang	Peter Blackburn Mark Nichols	Amanda Hardy Lisa Campbell	Ong Beng Teong Ong Beng Teong Ong Beng Teong is a former badminton player from Malaysia.-Career:Ong Beng Teong won the gold medal at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in the men's doubles together with Razif Sidek. In the 1988 Thomas Cup he represented Malaysia and reached with the team the final of the cup... Wendy Shinners
1993	He Tim	Song Yang	Peter Blackburn Mark Nichols	Amanda Hardy Lisa Campbell	Mark Nichols Amanda Hardy
1994	Jefry Tjoandi	Lisa Campbell	Peter Blackburn Mark Nichols	Wendy Shinners Song Yang	Mark Nichols Amanda Hardy
1995	Paul Stevenson	Lisa Campbell	Peter Blackburn Paul Staight	Amanda Hardy Rhonda Cator Rhonda Cator Rhonda Cator is a retired female badminton player from Australia.-Career:Cator competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Anna Lao, and they lost in quarterfinal to Lin Yan Fen and Yao Fen. The same year, they won the French Open...	Paul Stevenson Amanda Hardy
1996	Tam Kai Chuen	Lisa Campbell	Chow Kin Man Ma Che Kong	Kennie Asuncion Amparo Lim	Peter Blackburn Rhonda Cator Rhonda Cator Rhonda Cator is a retired female badminton player from Australia.-Career:Cator competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Anna Lao, and they lost in quarterfinal to Lin Yan Fen and Yao Fen. The same year, they won the French Open...
1997	Ng Wei Ng Wei Ng Wei is a male badminton player who represents Hong Kong at the Olympics.-Career:Ng played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia....	Li Feng	David Bamford Peter Blackburn	Tammy Jenkins Tammy Jenkins Sharon Tina "Tammy" Jenkins is a female badminton player from New Zealand. At the 1998 Commonwealth Games she won a bronze medal partnering Rhona Robertson in the women's doubles. Four years later at the 2002 Commonwealth Games she won another bronze medal in the mixed team.- References :* *... Rhona Robertson Rhona Robertson Rhona Robertson is a former female badminton player from New Zealand. She is a veteran of two Olympic Games and four Commonwealth Games....	Murray Hocking Murray Hocking Murray Hocking is a badminton player from Australia. He represented his country in badminton at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, making it to the round of 32.... Lisa Campbell
1998	Rio Suryana	Michaela Smith	David Bamford Peter Blackburn	Rhonda Cator Rhonda Cator Rhonda Cator is a retired female badminton player from Australia.-Career:Cator competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Anna Lao, and they lost in quarterfinal to Lin Yan Fen and Yao Fen. The same year, they won the French Open... Amanda Hardy	Peter Blackburn Rhonda Cator Rhonda Cator Rhonda Cator is a retired female badminton player from Australia.-Career:Cator competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Anna Lao, and they lost in quarterfinal to Lin Yan Fen and Yao Fen. The same year, they won the French Open...
1999	Rio Suryana	Sandra Dimbour	Kim Dong-moon Kim Dong-moon Kim Dong-moon is a retired male badminton player from South Korea who won major titles between the mid-1990s and the mid-2000s... Yoo Yung-sung	Ra Kyung-min Ra Kyung-min Ra Kyung-min is a female badminton player from South Korea.Ra was a dominating mixed doubles team with her partner Kim Dong-moon from late 1990s to early 2000s, resulting 70-match winning streak and 14 consecutive titles in international tournaments.- Career :Ra competed for Korea in badminton at... Lee Hyo-jung Lee Hyo-jung Lee Hyo-jung is a female badminton player from South Korea.She won the gold medal in badminton mixed doubles at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics with her partner, Lee Yong-dae...	Michael Keck Erica van den Heuvel
2003	Shoji Sato Shoji Sato is a male badminton player from Japan.Shoji Sato is regarded as one of the fastest on foot players in the world. -Career:He won four Japanese National Championships in a row between 2003 and 2006....	Chie Umezu	Liu Kwok Wa Albertus Susanto Njoto Albertus Susanto Njoto -Career:Njoto played at the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's doubles with Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama. They were seeded #12 and were defeated in the second round by Simon Mollyhus and Anders Kristiansen, of Denmark, 20-22, 21-19, 21-17.-External links:*...	Akiko Nakashima Ai Hirayama	Ng Kean Kok Chor Hooi Yee
2004	Andrew Smith Andrew Smith (badminton) Andrew Michael Smith is an English badminton player.-Career:He had won the New Zealand International in 2004, the Australian International in 2004 and 2005, and also the Croatian International and the Vietnam Open in 2006...	Huang Chia-Chi	Boyd Cooper Travis Denny	Renuga Veeran Susan Wang	Travis Denny Kellie Lucas
2005	Andrew Smith Andrew Smith (badminton) Andrew Michael Smith is an English badminton player.-Career:He had won the New Zealand International in 2004, the Australian International in 2004 and 2005, and also the Croatian International and the Vietnam Open in 2006...	Petra Overzier Petra Overzier Petra Overzier is a German professional badminton player. Her younger sister Birgit Overzier is also a professional badminton player.-Tournament wins:*2006 - Spanish International: Women's singles...	Travis Denney Travis Denney Travis Denney is a male badminton player from Australia.Denney competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Ashley Brehaut. They were defeated in the round of 32 by Pramote Teerawiwatana and Tesana Panvisvas of Thailand... Boyd Cooper	Kate Wilson-Smith Kate Wilson-Smith Kate Wilson-Smith is a female badminton player from Australia.Wilson-Smith competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Jane Crabtree. They were defeated by Pernille Harder and Mette Schjoldager of Denmark, 15-2 15-3, in the round of 32... Kellie Lucas	Travis Denney Travis Denney Travis Denney is a male badminton player from Australia.Denney competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Ashley Brehaut. They were defeated in the round of 32 by Pramote Teerawiwatana and Tesana Panvisvas of Thailand... Kate Wilson-Smith Kate Wilson-Smith Kate Wilson-Smith is a female badminton player from Australia.Wilson-Smith competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Jane Crabtree. They were defeated by Pernille Harder and Mette Schjoldager of Denmark, 15-2 15-3, in the round of 32...
2006	Ismail Saman	Huang Chia-Chi	John Gordon John Gordon (badminton) John Gordon is a male badminton player from New Zealand. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games he won a bronze medal in the mixed team event.-References:... Daniel Shirley Daniel Shirley Daniel A. Shirley is a male badminton player from New Zealand.-Career:Shirley competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Sara Petersen...	Rintan Apriliana Yukina Imura	Daniel Shirley Daniel Shirley Daniel A. Shirley is a male badminton player from New Zealand.-Career:Shirley competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Sara Petersen... Joanne Quay
2007	John Moody John Moody (badminton) John Moody is a male badminton player from New Zealand.In 2002 and 2004 he won the Fiji International, in 2005 the Ballarat Eureka International and the Waikato International, and in 2006 the North Harbour International and the Waikato International....	Kanako Yonekura Kanako Yonekura is a female badminton player from Japan.Yonekura won the gold in Women's Singles of Badminton Tournament in 1998 Bangkok Asian Games, by defeating Gong Zhichao of People's Republic of China in the final....	Aji Basuki Sindoro Ashley Brehaut Ashley Brehaut Ashley Brehaut is a male badminton player from Australia. His coach is Ning On Sze, and he lives in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia....	Aya Wakisaka Ikue Tatani	Renee Flavell Renee Flavell Renee Kimberly Flavell is a female badminton player from New Zealand.-Career:Renee Flavell took part at the 2008 Olympic Games and reached rank 9 in the mixed doubles. At the 2006 Oceania championships she won two bronze medals and one silver medal. Two years later Flavell won two silver medals... Craig Cooper Craig Cooper (badminton) Craig Cooper is a New Zealand badminton player who competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:...
2008	No competition
2009	Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka	Maria Febe Kusumastuti Maria Febe Kusumastuti Maria Febe Kusumastuti is a female badminton player from Indonesia.-Career:In 2008 she won women's singles at the Bitburger Open...	Gan Teik Chai Tan Bin Shen Tan Bin Shen Tan Bin Shen is a professional male badminton player from Malaysia who resides in Selangor.-Personal Life:...	Huang Chia-Chi Tang He-Tian	Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama -Career:Wiratama played at the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's doubles with Albertus Susanto Njoto. They were seeded #12 and were defeated in the second round by Simon Mollyhus and Anders Kristiansen, of Denmark, 20-22, 21-19, 21-17.... Chau Hoi Wah
2010	Nguyen Tien Minh	Seo Yoon-hee Seo Yoon-hee Seo Yoon-hee is a female badminton player from South Korea.Seo played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics for Korea, defeating Pi Hongyan of France in the first round but losing to Petya Nedelcheva of Bulgaria in the round of 16....	Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa	Kim Min-seo Lee Kyung-won Lee Kyung-won Lee Kyung-won is a female badminton player from South Korea.Lee competed for Korea in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Ra Kyung-min. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Pernille Harder and Mette Schjoldager of Denmark in the second...	Cho Gun-woo Kim Min-seo
2011	Sho Sasaki Sho Sasaki -Career:In 2007 he won the Japanese National Championships in men's singles, and 7 international tournaments: the Bahrain Satellite Badminton Tournament, the Banuinvest International Championships, the Osaka International Challenge, the Israel International, the Mauritius International, the...	Liu Xin	Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa	Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito	Songphon Anugritayawon Kunchala Voravichitchaikul Kunchala Voravichitchaikul Kunchala Voravichitchaikul is an internationally elite badminton player from Thailand.Kunchala Voravichitchaikul is a doubles specialist who is currently paired with Duanganong Aroonkesorn in Women's Doubles and Songphon Anugritayawan in Mixed Doubles...

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