The 2007 BWF Season was the overall badminton circuit organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) for the 2007 badminton season to publish and promote the sport. Besides the BWF World Championships, BWF promotes the sport of Badminton through an extensive worldwide program of events. These events have various purposes according to their level and territory in which they are held but those events owned by BWF seek to showcase the Sport via the widest possible quality television broadcast and build the fanbase of the Sport throughout the World.
The world badminton tournament structure has four levels: Level 1 (BWF Major Events: Thomas Cup, Uber Cup, Sudirman Cup, Suhadinata Cup, World Championships, Bimantara Cup, and World Senior Championships), Level 2 (BWF Superseries: Superseries and Superseries Masters Finals), Level 3 (BWF Grand Prix: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold), and Level 4 (BWF Continental Tournament: International Challenge, International Series, and Future Series). The Thomas Cup & Uber Cup, Sudirman Cup and Suhandinata Cup are Teams Events. The others – Superseries, Grand Prix Events, International Challenge, International Series, Future Series and Bimantara Cup are all individual tournaments. The higher the level of tournament, the larger the prize money and the more ranking points available.
The 2007 BWF Season calendar comprised the World Championships tournaments, the Sudirman Cup, the BWF Super Series, the Grand Prix (Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix), the International Series (International Series and International Challenge), and Future Series.
Schedule This is the complete schedule of events on the 2007 calendar, with the Champions and Runners-up documented. Key World ChampionshipsSuper Series FinalsSuper SeriesGrand Prix GoldGrand PrixInternational ChallengeInternational SeriesFuture SeriesTeam events
January Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-up15 JanuaryMalaysia Open (Draw) Host: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Level: Superseries Prize: $200,000 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Peter Gade Bao ChunlaiScore: 21–15, 17–21, 21–14 Zhu Lin Wong Mew ChooScore: 21–15, 21–12 Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong Tony Gunawan Candra WijayaScore: 21–15, 21–18 Gao Ling Huang Sui Greysia Polii Vita MarissaScore: 19–21, 21–12, 21–11 Zheng Bo Gao Ling Nathan Robertson Gail EmmsScore: 21–12, 14–21, 21–1522 JanuaryKorea Open (Draw) Host: Seoul, South Korea Level: Superseries Prize: $300,000 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Lin Dan Chen JinScore: 21–14, 21–19 Xie Xingfang Zhu LinScore: 21–14, 21–7 Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae Lee Jae-jin Hwang Ji-manScore: 21–16, 21–15 Gao Ling Huang Sui Yang Wei Zhang JiewenScore: 12–21, 21–14, 21–16 Zheng Bo Gao Ling Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter JuhlScore: 22–20, 21–19Swedish International (Draw) Host: Täby, Stockholm, Sweden Level: International Series Prize: €5,000 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Kenichi Tago Jens Kristian LethScore: 21–15, 21–15 Li Wenyan Kati TolmoffScore: 21–11, 21–6 Imam Sodikin Imanuel Hirschfeld Rasmus Bonde Kasper HenriksenScore: 21–14, 21–10 Guo Xin Cai Jiani Mie Schjött-Kristensen Christinna PedersenScore: 21–13, 21–14 Rasmus Bonde Christinna Pedersen Jacob Chemnitz Julie HoumannScore: 21–12, 21–8
February Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-up1 FebruaryIran Fajr International Host: Isfahan, Iran Level: Future Series Format: 64MS/64WS/32MD/16WD Nabil Lasmari Niluka KarunaratneScore: 9–21, 21–9, 21–19 Ana Moura Renu Chandrika HettiarachchigeScore: 21–16, 15–21, 21–18 Ali Shahhosseini Nikzad Shiri Mohammad Reza Kheradmandi Shahram KaramiScore: 21–19, 21–17 Negin Amiripour Sahar Zamanian Renu Chandrika Hettiarachchige Thilini JayasingheScore: 22–20, 13–21, 21–1219 FebruaryBahrain Satellite Host: Manama, Bahrain Level: International Series Prize: $5,000 Format: 64MS/32WS/32MD/16WD/16XD Sho Sasaki Pablo AbiánScore: 21–10, 21–11 Agnese Allegrini Trupti MurgundeScore: 21–11, 21–18 Jochen Cassel Thomas Tesche Goh Yin Jing Azrihanif AzaharScore: 21–15, 21–18 Shendy Puspa Irawati Meiliana Jauhari Wong Wai See Chor Hooi YeeScore: 21–13, 21–14 David Pohan Meiliana Jauhari Alexandre Paixão Filipa LamyScore: 19-21, 21–14, 21–14Austrian International Host: Vienna, Austria Level: International Series Prize: €2,500 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Lu Yi Qiu YanboScore: 16–21, 21–15, 21–18 Zhu Jingjing Yoshimi HatayaScore: 21–7, 21–14 Guo Zhendong He Hanbin Vitalij Durkin Aleksandr NikolaenkoScore: 21–15, 19–21, 21–17 Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei Pan Pan Tian QingScore: 21–18, 21–13 Vitalij Durkin Valeria Sorokina Aleksandr Nikolaenko Nina VislovaScore: 21–14, 22–2026 FebruaryGerman Open (Draw) Host: Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany Level: Grand Prix Prize: $80,000 Format: 64MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Lin Dan Chen YuScore: Walkover Xie Xingfang Xu HuaiwenScore: 19–21, 21–12, 21–19 Lee Jae-jin Hwang Ji-man Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-daeScore: 21–18, 22–20 Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen Du Jing Yu YangScore: 21–8, 21–7 Zheng Bo Gao Ling Xu Chen Zhao TingtingScore: 21–11, 21–10
March Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-up1 MarchCroatian International Host: Zagreb, Croatia Level: International Series Prize: €2,500 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Carl Baxter Scott EvansScore: 21–13, 21–14 Guo Xin Elizabeth CannScore: 21–11, 21–7 Wouter Claes Frédéric Mawet Jochen Cassel Thomas TescheScore: 11–21, 22–20, 21–19 Cai Jiani Guo Xin Gu Juan Zhang BeiwenScore: 15–21, 21–6, 21–10 Wouter Claes Nathalie Descamps Adam Cwalina Małgorzata KurdelskaScore: 21–13, 16–21, 21–135 MarchAll England Open (Draw) Host: Birmingham, England Level: Superseries Prize: $200,000 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Lin Dan Chen YuScore: 21–13, 21–12 Xie Xingfang Pi HongyanScore: 21–6, 21–13 Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong Cai Yun Fu HaifengScore: 21–15, 21–18 Wei Yili Zhang Yawen Yang Wei Zhang JiewenScore: 21–16, 8–21, 24–22 Zheng Bo Gao Ling Anthony Clark Donna KelloggScore: 16–21, 21–18, 21–1412 MarchSwiss Open (Draw) Host: Basel, Switzerland Level: Superseries Prize: $200,000 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Chen Jin Simon SantosoScore: 21–16, 21–10 Zhang Ning Lu LanScore: 21–16, 21–18 Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard HansenScore: 17–21, 21–16, 21–12 Zhao Tingting Yang Wei Lee Kyung-won Lee Hyo-jungScore: 21–15, 21–10 Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung Muhammad Rijal Greysia PoliiScore: 14–21, 21–16, 21–18Ecuador International Host: Cuenca, Ecuador Level: Future Series Format: 32MS/32WS/8MD/8WD/16XD Brice Leverdez Ricardo FernandesScore: 21–17, 21–16 Yoana Martinez Filipa LamyScore: 21–16, 21–11 Francisco Ugaz Juan Jose Espinosa Antonio de Vinatea Martin del ValleScore: 21–18, 21–17 Ana Moura Filipa Lamy Jie Meng Valeria RiveroScore: 21–16, 21–11 Javier Jimeno Valeria Rivero Francisco Ugaz Jie MengScore: 21–19, 21–1919 MarchGiraldilla International Host: Havana, Cuba Level: Future Series Format: 32MS/32WS/16MD/16WD/32XD Pablo Abián Ernesto VelázquezScore: 20–22, 21–15, 21–9 Agnese Allegrini Solángel GuzmánScore: 21–11, 21–13 Luong Lenaic Nabil Lasmari Alexander Hernandez Osleni GuerreroScore: 21–18, 21–17 Leydi Edith Mora Solángel Guzmán Jie Meng Valeria RiveroScore: 21–15, 16–21, 21–12 Klaus Raffeiner Agnese Allegrini Francisco Ugaz Jie MengScore: 21–11, 21–17Banuinvest International Host: Timișoara, Romania Level: International Series Prize: $5,000 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/16WD/32XD Sho Sasaki Andre Kurniawan TedjonoScore: 21–8, 21–12 Tracey Hallam Rosaria Yusfin PungkasariScore: 21–14, 21–14 Kenichi Hayakawa Kenta Kazuno Julian Hristov Konstantin DobrevScore: 21–10, 21–13 Fiona McKee Charmaine Reid Alexandra Milon Florentina PetreScore: 10–21, 22–20, 21–19 Valeriy Atrashchenkov Elena Prus Pavel Florián Martina BenešováScore: 21–16, 21–1226 MarchFinnish International Host: Helsinki, Finland Level: International Series Prize: €2,500 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/16WD/32XD Joachim Persson Vladislav DruzchenkoScore: 21–14, 21–18 Li Wenyan Juliane SchenkScore: 19–21, 21–14, 21–17 Wouter Claes Frédéric Mawet Johannes Schöttler Tim DettmannScore: 21–16, 21–16 Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen Christinna Pedersen Rachel van Cutsen Paulien van DooremalenScore: 19–21, 21–10, 21–11 Tim Dettmann Annekatrin Lillie Rasmus Andersen Anastasia RusskikhScore: 16-21, 25–23, 21–17
April Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-up2 AprilOsaka International Host: Osaka, Japan Level: International Challenge Prize: $15,000 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Sho Sasaki Shoji SatoScore: 19–21, 21–14, 21–19 Eriko Hirose Kanako YonekuraScore: 21–14, 21–11 Han Sang-hoon Cho Gun-woo Shuichi Sakamoto Shintaro IkedaScore: 21–18, 16–21, 21–11 Aki Akao Tomomi Matsuda Kumiko Ogura Reiko ShiotaScore: 12–21, 23–21, 21–14 Keita Masuda Miyuki Maeda Cho Gun-woo Hong Soo-jungScore: 21–10, 21–99 AprilBadminton Asia Championships (Draw) Host: Johor Bahru, Malaysia Level: Continental Championships Prize: $125,000 Format: 64MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Taufik Hidayat Chen HongScore: 21–18, 21–19 Jiang Yanjiao Lu LanScore: 25–23, 23–21 Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon HeongScore: 21–14, 11–21, 21–12 Yang Wei Zhao Tingting Cheng Shu Zhao YunleiScore: 21–10, 21–11 He Hanbin Yu Yang Xu Chen Zhao TingtingScore: 22–20, 21–15Dutch International Host: Wateringen, Netherlands Level: International Series Prize: $10,000 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Wu Yunyong Rajiv OusephScore: 21–16, 21–16 Kati Tolmoff Larisa GrigaScore: 12–21, 21–15, 22–20 Kristian Roebuck Andrew Bowman Robert Adcock Robin MiddletonScore: 21–11, 21–9 Rachel van Cutsen Paulien van Dooremalen Elodie Eymard Weny RahmawatiScore: 21–11, 21–8 Robin Middleton Liza Parker Kristian Roebuck Natalie MuntScore: 17-21, 21–12, 21–15Peru International Host: Lima, Peru Level: Future Series Format: 64MS/64WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Nabil Lasmari Sune GavnholtScore: 22–20, 22–20 Claudia Rivero Leidis MoraScore: 21–15, 21–9 Mike Beres William Milroy Jose Luis Gonzales Jesus AguilarScore: 21–17, 21–9 Cristina Aicardi Claudia Rivero Jie Meng Valeria RiveroScore: 21–13, 21–17 Mike Beres Valerie Loker Rodrigo Pacheco Claudia RiveroScore: 21–11, 21–1416 AprilMiami Pan Am International Host: Miami Lakes, Florida, United States Level: Future Series Format: 64MS/64WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Andrew Dabeka Lwin AungScore: 21–12, 21–14 Zhou Mi Lucía TaveraScore: 21–7, 21–6 Mike Beres William Milroy Khankham Malaythong Howard BachScore: 21–18, 21–19 Jamie Subandhi Kuei Ya Chen Valerie Loker Sarah MacMasterScore: 21–19, 21–16 Mike Beres Valerie Loker Howard Bach Eva LeeScore: 17–21, 21–23, 22–20Portugal International Host: Caldas da Rainha, Portugal Level: International Series Prize: €2,500 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Peter Mikkelsen Michael ChristensenScore: 21–16, 21–17 Judith Meulendijks Li WenyanScore: 21–12, 21–15 Mikkel Delbo Larsen Jacob Chemnitz Dean George Chris TonksScore: 21–18, 21–17 Jenny Wallwork Suzanne Rayappan Sarah Bok Liza ParkerScore: 21–14, 21–15 Rasmus Bonde Christinna Pedersen Mikkel Delbo Larsen Mie Schjøtt-KristensenScore: 21–12, 21–623 AprilHatzor International Host: Hatzor, Israel Level: International Series Prize: $5,000 Format: 32MS/32WS/16MD/16XD Sho Sasaki Petr KoukalScore: 21–15, 21–16 Tracey Hallam Elena PrusScore: 21–9, 21–15 Jochen Cassel Thomas Tesche Stilian Makarski Vladimir MetodievScore: 21–19, 21–13 Valeriy Atrashchenkov Elena Prus Heimo Götschl Claudia MayerScore: 21–16, 21–15Polish Open Host: Spała, Poland Level: International Series Prize: $10,000 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Vladislav Druzchenko Martin Bille LarsenScore: 17–21, 21–19, 21–11 Chie Umezu Tatjana BibikScore: 21–12, 21–7 Mikkel Delbo Larsen Jacob Chemnitz Johannes Schöttler Tim DettmannScore: 14–21, 21–17, 21–19 Kamila Augustyn Nadieżda Kostiuczyk Christinna Pedersen Mie Schjøtt-KristensenScore: 21–17, 21–14 Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Kostiuczyk Tim Dettmann Annekatrin LillieScore: 21–19, 17–21, 21–19Kenya International Host: Nairobi, Kenya Level: Future Series