2008 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix

The 2008 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix is the second season of BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix with fourteen tournaments in contested. The season will start with German Open and ended with Vietnam Open.

Grand Prix Gold

India Open

• April 1–6, Kotla Vijay Bhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India.^[1]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Boonsak Ponsana	Chetan Anand	21–16, 21–12
Women's singles	Zhou Mi	Lu Lan	21–14, 21–14
Men's doubles	Guo Zhendong / Xie Zhongbo	Chan Chong Ming / Chew Choon Eng	19–21, 21–14, 21–12
Women's doubles	Chien Yu-chin / Cheng Wen-hsing	Miyuki Maeda / Satoko Suetsuna	21–17, 21–16
Mixed doubles	He Hanbin / Yu Yang	Kristof Hopp / Birgit Overzier	21–18, 21–9

European Badminton Championships

• April 12–20, Messecenter Herning, Herning, Denmark.^[2]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Kenneth Jonassen	Joachim Persson	21–13, 21–16
Women's singles	Xu Huaiwen	Tine Rasmussen	12–21, 21–12, 21–17
Men's doubles	Lars Paaske / Jonas Rasmussen	Jens Eriksen / Martin Lundgaard Hansen	21–19, 21–16
Women's doubles	Kamilla Rytter Juhl / Lena Frier Kristiansen	Gail Emms / Donna Kellogg	21–18, 21–18
Mixed doubles	Anthony Clark / Donna Kellogg	Robert Mateusiak / Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	16–21, 22–20, 21–15
Main article: 2008 European Badminton Championships

Thailand Open

• June 24–29, Nimibutr National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.^[3]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Lin Dan	Boonsak Ponsana	17–21, 21–15, 21–13
Women's singles	Xie Xingfang	Lu Lan	26–24, 21–7
Men's doubles	Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng	Guo Zhendong / Xie Zhongbo	21–17, Retired
Women's doubles	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen	Chin Eei Hui / Wong Pei Tty	15–21, 21–13, 21–13
Mixed doubles	Xie Zhongbo / Zhang Yawen	He Hanbin / Yu Yang	23–25, 21–10, 23–21

Chinese Taipei Open

• September 9–14, Taipei County Shinjuang Stadium, Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan)

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Simon Santoso	Roslin Hashim	21–18, 13–21, 21–10
Women's singles	Saina Nehwal	Lydia Cheah	21–8, 21–19
Men's doubles	Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen	Candra Wijaya / Tony Gunawan	22–20, 21–14
Women's doubles	Chien Yu Chin / Cheng Wen-hsing	Rani Mundiasti / Jo Novita	21–16, 21–17
Mixed doubles	Devin Lahardi / Lita Nurlita	Fang Chieh-min / Cheng Wen-hsing	14–21, 21–11, 21–19

Macau Open

• September 30–October 5, Venetian Arena, Macau.^[4]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Taufik Hidayat	Lee Chong Wei	21–19, 21–15
Women's singles	Zhou Mi	Julia Wong Pei Xian	21–13, 21–19
Men's doubles	Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong	Fang Chieh-min / Lee Sheng-mu	21–16, 21–18
Women's doubles	Cheng Shu / Zhao Yunlei	Ma Jin / Wang Xiaoli	21–15, 21–18
Mixed doubles	Xu Chen / Zhao Yunlei	Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama / Chau Hoi Wah	21–15, 21–16

Dutch Open

• October 14–19, Top Sport Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.^[5]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Andre Kurniawan Tedjono	Chetan Anand	21–15, 11–21, 21–19
Women's singles	Yao Jie	Linda Zechiri	21–14, 21–13
Men's doubles	Fran Kurniawan / Rendra Wijaya	Rupesh Kumar / Sanave Thomas	21–18, 21–18
Women's doubles	Lena Frier Kristiansen / Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Shendy Puspa Irawati / Meiliana Jauhari	21–16, 25–23
Mixed doubles	Joachim Fischer Nielsen / Christinna Pedersen	Fran Kurniawan / Shendy Puspa Irawati	21–17, 21–9

Grand Prix

German Open

• February 26–March 2, RWE Rhein-Ruhr Sporthalle, Mülheim, Germany.^[6]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Lee Hyun-il	Sho Sasaki	22–20, 21–5
Women's singles	Jun Jae-youn	Wang Yihan	25–23, 21–10
Men's doubles	Lee Jae-jin / Hwang Ji-man	Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae	21–13, 21–19
Women's doubles	Lee Kyung-won / Lee Hyo-jung	Miyuki Maeda / Satoko Suetsuna	21–17, 21–16
Mixed doubles	Lee Yong-dae / Lee Hyo-jung	He Hanbin / Yu Yang	9–21, 27–25, 21–18

U.S. Open

• July 8–13, Orange County Badminton Club, Orange, California, United States.^[7]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Andrew Dabeka	Martin Bille Larsen	21–14, 21–9
Women's singles	Lili Zhou	Chloe Magee	23–21, 21–16
Men's doubles	Howard Bach / Khan Malaythong	Halim Heryanto / Raju Rai	21–14, 21–19
Women's doubles	Chang Li-ying / Hung Shih-chieh	Tsai Pei-ling / Yang Chia-chen	21–19, 21–14
Mixed doubles	Halim Heryanto / Peng Yun	Mike Beres / Valerie Loker	21–13, 21–16

Bitburger Open

• September 30–October 5, Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany.^[8]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Chetan Anand	Arvind Bhat	23–25, 24–22, 23–21
Women's singles	Maria Febe Kusumastuti	Aditi Mutatkar	22–24, 21–8, 23–21
Men's doubles	Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen	Kristof Hopp / Johannes Schöttler	21–11, 21–15
Women's doubles	Helle Nielsen / Marie Roepke	Shendy Puspa Irawati / Meiliana Jauhari	21–15, 21–18
Mixed doubles	Diju Valiyaveetil / Jwala Gutta	Joachim Fischer Nielsen / Christinna Pedersen	8–21, 21–17, 22–20

Pan Am Badminton Championships

• October 3–5, Club de Regatas, Lima, Peru.^[9]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	David Snider	Stephan Wojcikiewicz	21–7, 23–21
Women's singles	Claudia Rivero	Christina Aicardi	21–14, 21–16
Men's doubles	Toby Ng / William Milroy	Rodolfo Ramirez / Kevin Cordón	21–16, 21–9
Women's doubles	Christina Aicardi / Claudia Rivero	Fiona McKee / Valerie Loker	21–19, 21–15
Mixed doubles	William McRoy / Fiona McKee	Toby Ng / Valerie Loker	21–12, 16–21, 21–18

Bulgaria Open

• October 7–12, Sofia Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria.^[10]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Joachim Persson	Hsieh Yu-hsing	17–21, 21–19, 21–19
Women's singles	Petya Nedelcheva	Rosaria Yusfin Pungkasari	21–14, 21–12
Men's doubles	Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen	Fran Kurniawan / Wijaya Rendra	25–23, 21–16
Women's doubles	Jwala Gutta / Shruti Kurian	Shendy Puspa Irawati / Meiliana Jauhari	21–11, 21–19
Mixed doubles	Diju V. / Jwala Gutta	Fran Kurniawan / Shendy Puspa Irawati	15–21, 21–18, 21–19

Russian Open

• November 4–9, USC Druzhba, Moscow, Russia.^[11]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Dicky Palyama	Stanislav Pukhov	21–12, 21–18
Women's singles	Ella Diehl	Larisa Griga	21–10, 17–21, 21–12
Men's doubles	Vitalij Durkin / Alexandr Nikolaenko	Vladimir Ivanov / Ivan Sozonov	21–11, 21–15
Women's doubles	Valeria Sorokina / Nina Vislova	Petya Nedelcheva / Dimitria Popstoykova	21–18, 21–8
Mixed doubles	Aleksandr Nikolaenko / Valeria Sorokina	Vitalij Durkin / Nina Vislova	21–19, 21–19

New Zealand Open

• November 11–16, North Shore Events Centre, Auckland, New Zealand.^[12]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Lee Tsuen Seng	Sairul Amar Ayob	24–22, 21–17
Women's singles	Zhou Mi	Rachel Hindley	21–10, 21–15
Men's doubles	Chen Hung-ling / Lin Yu-Lang	Fernando Kurniawan / Lingga Lie	22–20, 21–10
Women's doubles	Chien Yu-chin / Chou Chia-Chi	Haw Chiou Hwee / Lim Pek Siah	21–8, 21–15
Mixed doubles	Chen Hung-ling / Chou Chia-Chi	Hsieh Yu-hsing / Chien Yu-chin	21–18, 22–20

Vietnam Open

• December 2–7, Phan Dinh Phung Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Nguyen Tien Minh	Chan Yan Kit	24–22, 21–18
Women's singles	Zhang Beiwen	Xing Aiying	11–21, 21–19, 22–20
Men's doubles	Choong Tan Fook / Lee Wan Wah	Fran Kurniawan / Wijaya Rendra	21–14, 21–10
Women's doubles	Shendy Puspa Irawati / Meiliana Jauhari	Shinta Mulia Sari / Yao Lei	21–16, 19–21, 21–11
Mixed doubles	Tontowi Ahmad / Shendy Puspa Irawati	Riky Widianto / Vanessa Neo Yu Yan	21–17, 21–9

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