The Denmark Open, or formerly known as Danish Open, is an annual badminton tournament held in Denmark and organized by Danmarks Badminton Forbund.

History

The tournament started in 1935. It was interrupted by World War II and was on hiatus from 1955 through 1964. It seeks to draw the top players from around the World. The tournament usually play in late October each year.

Locations

Eleven locations has been chosen to host the tournament. The 2008 tournament will be held in Arena Fyn in Odense.

• 1935 – 1938, 1945 – 1985: Copenhagen
• 1990: Aabenraa
• 1991: Solrød municipality
• 1986, 1992: Aalborg
• 1989, 1993: Højbjerg
• 1987, 1994: Esbjerg
• 1996: Middelfart
• 1997 – 1999: Vejle
• 2000 – 2002: Farum
• 2003 – 2006: Aarhus
• 1988, 1995, 2007 - 2008: Odense

Previous champions

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1935	Poul Nielsen	Ruth Frederiksen	Aksel Hansen Svenn Strømann	Tonny Olsen Bodil Riise	Poul Nielsen Ruth Frederiksen
1936	Maurice Field	Tonny Olsen	T. H. Boyle K. Woods	Ruth Dalsgaard D. Graham	T. H. Boyle O. Wilson
1937	H. S. Ong	D. M. C. Young	Carl Frøhlke Tage Madsen	Tonny Olsen Bodil Riise	H. S. Ong F. M. Creen
1938	Tage Madsen	Tonny Olsen	Ralph Nichols Raymond M. White	Q. M. Allan Ruth Dalsgaard	Ralph Nichols V. M. Stapies
1939 1944	No competition
1945	Conny Jepsen	Tonny Olsen	Preben Dabelsteen Jørn Skaarup	Tonny Ahm Kirsten Thorndahl	Tage Madsen Kirsten Thorndahl
1946	Poul Holm			Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen Marie Ussing
1947	Jørn Skaarup		Børge Frederiksen Tage Madsen	Tonny Ahm Kirsten Thorndahl
1948	David G. Freeman		Ooi Teik Hock Teoh Seng Khoon		Chan Kok Leong Tonny Ahm
1949	Inge Blomberg		Arve Lossmann John Nygaard		Børge Frederiksen Tonny Ahm
1950	Wong Peng Soon		Ong Poh Lim Ismail Bin Marjan		Arve Lossmann Kirsten Thorndahl
1951	Jørn Skaarup	Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen			David Choong Tonny Ahm
1952	No competition
1953	Eddie Choong	Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen	David Choong Eddie Choong	Iris Cooly June White	Eddie Choong Agnete Friis
1954	No competition
1955	Finn Kobberø	Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen	Jorgen Hammergaard Hansen Finn Kobberø	Anni Jørgensen Kirsten Thorndahl	Jørn Skaarup Anni Jørgensen
1956 1964	No competition
1965	Svend Pri	Lizbeth von Barnekow	Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan	Karin Jørgensen Ulla Strand	Finn Kobberø Ulla Strand
1966	Tan Aik Huang	Noriko Takagi		Noriko Tokagi Hiroe Amano	Svend Pri Ulla Strand
1967		Eva Twedberg	Ippei Kojima Kazumasa Nichino		Per Walsøe Pernille Mølgaard
1968	Svend Pri	Hiroe Yuki	Ippei Kojima Bjørn Andersen	Noriko Takagi Hiroe Yuki	Henning Borch Imre Rietveld Nielsen
1969	Ippei Kojima	Eva Twedberg	Henning Borch Erland Kops	Etsuko Takenaka Machiko Aizawa	Klaus Kaagaard Ulla Strand
1970	Rudy Hartono	Noriko Takagi	Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan	Noriko Tagaki Hiroe Yuki	Svend Pri Ulla Strand
1971	Svend Pri	Eva Twedberg		Noriko Nakayama Hiroe Yuki	Wolfgang Bochow Marieluise Wackerow
1972	Rudy Hartono	Hiroe Yuki	Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi	Joke van Beusekom Marjan Luesken	Elo Hansen Ulla Strand
1973	Svend Pri			Machiko Aizawa Etsuko Takenaka
1974	Rudy Hartono	Lene Køppen		Imelda Wigoeno Theresia Widiastuty	Tjun Tjun Regina Masli
1975	Svend Pri		David Eddy Eddie Sutton	Joke van Beusekom Marjan Luesken	Steen Skovgaard Lene Køppen
1976	Flemming Delfs	Hiroe Yuki	Bengt Fröman Thomas Kihlström	Barbara Giles Jane Webster
1977	Liem Swie King	Lene Køppen	Steen Skovgaard Flemming Delfs	Verawaty Wiharjo Imelda Wigoeno
1978	Flemming Delfs		Masao Tsuchida Yoshitaka Iino	Mikiko Takada Atsuko Tokuda	Ray Stevens Nora Perry
1979	Prakash Padukone	Ivanna Lie Ing Hoa	Steen Skovgaard Flemming Delfs	Gillian Gilks Nora Perry	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry
1980	Morten Frost	Lene Køppen	Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata	Nora Perry Jane Webster
1981		Wu Jiangqui	Park Joo-bong Lee Eun-ku	Lin Ying Wu Dixi	Thomas Kihlström Nora Perry
1982		Qian Ping	Thomas Kihlström Stefan Karlsson	Nora Perry Jane Webster
1983		Kirsten Larsen	Park Joo-bong Kim Moon-soo	Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks
1984		Zheng Yuli	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi		Dipak Taylor Nora Perry
1985		Kim Yun-ja	Steen Fladberg Jesper Helledie		Nigel Tier Gillian Gowers
1986		Zheng Yuli	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks
1987	Torben Carlsen	Lee Young-Suk	Razif Sidek Jalani Sidek	Atsuko Tokuda Yoshiko Tago	Mark Christiansen Maria Bengtsson
1988	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	Li Lingwei	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	Lin Ying Guan Weizhen	Jesper Knudsen Nettie Nielsen
1989	Morten Frost	Tang Jiuhong
1990	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen			Lotte Olsen Dorte Kjær	Thomas Lund Pernille Dupont
1991	Hermawan Susanto	Susi Susanti	Zheng Yumin Huang Zhanzhong	Nettie Nielsen Gillian Gowers
1992	Darren Hall		Thomas Lund Jon Holst-Christensen	Lim Xiaoqing Christine Magnusson
1993	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	Ye Zhaoying		Lisbeth Stuer-Lauridsen Lotte Olsen	Thomas Lund Catrine Bengtsson
1994		Camilla Martin	Denny Kantono Antonius Budi Ariantho	Lim Xiaoqing Christine Magnusson	Thomas Lund Marlene Thomsen
1995		Lim Xiaoqing	Thomas Lund Jon Holst-Christensen	Lisbeth Stuer-Lauridsen Marlene Thomsen	Cheng Xingdong Peng Xingyong
1996	Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen	Gong Zhichao	Thomas Stavngaard Jim Laugesen	Rikke Olsen Helene Kirkegaard	Michael Søgaard Rikke Olsen
1997	Dong Jiong	Camilla Martin	Jon Holst-Christensen Michael Søgaard	Ann-Lou Jørgensen Majken Vange	Jens Eriksen Marlene Thomsen
1998	Peter Gade	Camilla Martin	Ricky Subagja Rexy Mainaky	Qin Yiyuan Tang Hetian	Jon Holst-Christensen Ann-Lou Jørgensen
1999	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	Camilla Martin	Martin Lundgaard Hansen Lars Paaske	Gao Ling Qin Yiyuan	Liu Yong Ge Fei
2000	Peter Gade	Zhou Mi	Eng Hian Flandy Limpele	Lin Chen Jiang Xuelian	Michael Søgaard Rikke Olsen
2001	Bao Chunlai	Camilla Martin	Martin Lundgaard Hansen Lars Paaske	Helene Kirkegaard Rikke Olsen	Tri Kush Aryanto Emma Ermawati
2002	Chen Hong		Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon	Wei Yili Zhao Tingting	Kim Dong-moon Hwang Yu-mi
2003	Lin Dan	Gong Ruina		Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
2004		Xie Xingfang	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	Wei Yili Zhao Tingting	Chen Qiqiu Zhao Tingting
2005	Lee Chong Wei	Pi Hongyan	Chan Chong Ming Koo Kien Keat	Kumiko Ogura Reiko Shiota	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl
2006	Chen Hong	Jiang Yanjiao	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	Kamila Augustyn Nadiezda Kostiuczyk	Anthony Clark Donna Kellogg
2007	Lin Dan	Lu Lan	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	He Hanbin Yu Yang

Full list

• Men's singles
• Women's singles
• Men's doubles
• Women's doubles
• Mixed doubles

References

• Danish Open. Smash. Retrieved on 2008-03-29..
• Badminton.dk: Past ChampionsCited

External links

• Official website
• Official website