Korea Open

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The Korea Open is an annual badminton event that is commonly held in Seoul, South Korea. The tournament used to be known as Korea Open Super Series because it became one of the BWF Super Series tournaments beginning with 2007. BWF categorised Korea Open as one of the seven BWF World Tour Super 500 events in the BWF events structure since 2018.

The tournament is organised since 1991, however the 1998 tournament was canceled due to the poor economic conditions in the country.

Korea Open er en årlig badminton-turnering, arrangeret af Badminton World Federation (BWF) i Sydkorea. Det er en del af BWF World Tour Super 500-serien og byder normalt på 190.000 $ i præmiepenge.

Turneringen blev først afholdt i 1991 som en international turnering. I 2007 blev det en del af BWF Grand Prix Gold-serien. I 2018 blev det hævet til Super 500-niveauet.

Korea Open afholdes normalt i januar i Seoul National University Gymnasium. Nogle bemærkelsesværdige vindere af turneringen omfatter Lee Chong Wei, Lin Dan, Chen Long, Viktor Axelsen, Tai Tzu-ying og Ratchanok Intanon.