The Canada Open is a professional badminton tournament on the Badminton World Federation’s professional circuit. The tournament is categorised as a Super 500 event and has been held since 1957. It is held in Calgary, Canada.
The tournament features matches played in all five disciplines of the sport – men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles. The draw size for each of these events is such that 32 players or teams feature with the top eight being seeded. Each match is played in the best of three sets format. A players wins a set when they win 21 points with a difference of two points.
The tournament offers 9200 ranking points to the champions. Each runner-up gets 7800 points whereas the semifinalist get 6420 points. The total purse of the tournament is $420,000. The winner of the singles events gets $31,500, whereas the champion doubles side gets $33,180.
As of 2024, Erland Kops is the most successful men’s singles player with three titles to his name. Michelle Li has been the most successful player in women’s singles. She has won a record four titles at her home event. England’s Ray Stevens leads the tally for being a part of the most (4) men’s doubles titles. The most successful doubles player at the Canadian Open has been Noah Perry. The English lady won four women’s doubles and three mixed doubles titles.
Host nation Canada has produced the most champions across all disciplines of the game at the event. A total of 60 Canadians have lifted the trophy across all singles and doubles events. The next best side is England with 46.5 (0.5 representing an English doubles player who partnered with a player from different nation) players being victorious at the event.
