The 2021 French Open (officially known as the Yonex French Open 2021 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin in Paris, France, from 26 to 31 October 2021 and had a total prize of US$600,000.
Tournament The 2021 French Open was the sixth tournament according to the 2021 BWF World Tour as many tournaments got canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a part of the French Open, which had been held since 1935. This tournament was organized by French Badminton Federation with sanction from the BWF.
Venue This international tournament was held at Stade Pierre de Coubertin in Paris, France.
Point distribution Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 750 event.
Winner Runner-up 3/4 5/8 9/16 17/32 11,000 9,350 7,700 6,050 4,320 2,660
Prize money The total prize money for this tournament was US$600,000. The distribution of the prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.
Event Winner Finalist Semi-finals Quarter-finals Last 16 Last 32 Singles $42,000 $20,400 $8,400 $3,300 $1,800 $600 Doubles $44,400 $21,000 $8,400 $3,750 $1,800 $600
Men's singles Seeds
Kento Momota (semi-finals) Viktor Axelsen (first round) Anders Antonsen (first round) Chou Tien-chen (final) Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (withdrew) Jonatan Christie (withdrew) Lee Zii Jia (first round) Ng Ka Long (second round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Women's singles Seeds
Akane Yamaguchi (champion) Ratchanok Intanon (quarter-finals) P. V. Sindhu (semi-finals) An Se-young (semi-finals) Pornpawee Chochuwong (quarter-finals) Michelle Li (withdrew) Mia Blichfeldt (first round) Busanan Ongbamrungphan (quarter-finals)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Men's doubles Seeds
Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (final) Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan (quarter-finals) Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto (semi-finals) Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik (semi-finals) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty (quarter-finals) Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (withdrew) Ong Yew Sin / Teo Ee Yi (quarter-finals) Takuro Hoki / Yugo Kobayashi (quarter-finals)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Women's doubles Seeds
Lee So-hee / Shin Seung-chan (champions) Kim So-yeong / Kong Hee-yong (final) Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai (quarter-finals) Nami Matsuyama / Chiharu Shida (semi-finals) Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva (quarter-finals) Chloe Birch / Lauren Smith (quarter-finals) Maiken Fruergaard / Sara Thygesen (second round) Pearly Tan / Thinaah Muralitharan (second round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Mixed doubles Seeds
Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Sapsiree Taerattanachai (semi-finals) Praveen Jordan / Melati Daeva Oktavianti (quarter-finals) Yuta Watanabe / Arisa Higashino (champions) Marcus Ellis / Lauren Smith (second round) Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying (quarter-finals) Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue (withdrew) Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet (semi-finals) Tan Kian Meng / Lai Pei Jing (second round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
References
External links Tournament Link Official Website