The Taipei Open is a professional badminton tournament that is a part of the Badminton World Federation‘s circuit of events. It is organized by the Chinese Taipei Badminton Association since 1980. The four-decades-old event is currently a part of the Super 300 series.
The tournament hosts events for both the men and women in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles disciplines. Each of these events is played in a single elimination draw consisting of 32 slots for singles and doubles each. The top eight players and pairs are seeded for the event.
A match is played in the best of three sets format wherein a player or team who is first to 21 points with a difference of two wins a set. The player or team who win two sets, wins the match. At a score of 20-20, play continues till one of the sides has a clear lead of two points.
The winner of each event gets 7000 ranking points, with the runner-up getting 5950 points. Players who finish as semifinalists and quarterfinalists get 4900 and 3850 points respectively. The total prize money for the event as of 2024 is USD $210,000. Out of this, the singles champions are rewarded with $15,750 and the doubles team recieves $16,590.
Chou Tien-Chen and Tai Tzu-ying are the leaders in the men’s and women’s singles, winning four and five titles respectively. Michael Sogaard and Rikke Olsen have won three titles each in the mixed doubles events. The men’s doubles is not won by a player more than thrice. Chen Hung-ling, Antonius Ariantho, Denny Kantono, Jalani Sidek, Razif Sidek are tied at three titles in this category. Cheng Wen-hsing, Chien Yu-chin, Nora Perry are the three women who are tied at four titles each in the doubles category.
Indonesia has been the most successful nation at the event, with 49 players winning a title across all disciplines as of September 2024. The next best nation is South Korea with 30 titles. Host nation Taipei has produced 22.5 champions, the 0.5 representing a doubles player who partnered with a player from another nation.
