2011 German Open Grand Prix Gold

2011 German Open
Grand Prix Gold

Tournament details
Dates	2 – 6 March 2011
Level	Grand Prix Gold
Total prize money	US$120,000
Venue	RWE-Sporthalle
Location	Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Champions
Men's singles	Lin Dan
Women's singles	Liu Xin
Men's doubles	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae
Women's doubles	Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa
Mixed doubles	Robert Blair Gabrielle White
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The 2011 German Open Grand Prix Gold was a badminton tournament which took place at the RWE-Sporthalle in Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany on 2–6 March 2011 and had a total purse of $120,000. This is for the first time this tournament was graded as a Grand Prix Gold event, where before rate as Grand Prix event with a total pursue of $80,000.

Men's singles

Seeds

1. Lin Dan (champion)
2. Chen Jin (final)
3. Boonsak Ponsana (semifinals)
4. Park Sung-hwan (semifinals)
5. Hu Yun (first round)
6. Marc Zwiebler (second round)
7. Son Wan-ho (quarterfinals)
8. Wang Zhengming (third round)
9. Dicky Palyama (third round)
10. Kazushi Yamada (third round)
11. Sho Sasaki (withdrew)
12. Brice Leverdez (third round)
13. Wong Wing Ki (third round)
14. Hans-Kristian Vittinghus (third round)
15. Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (second round)
16. Carl Baxter (first round)

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Lin Dan	21	21
	7	Son Wan-ho	14	15
								1	Lin Dan	21	21
								3	Boonsak Ponsana	11	11
	3	Boonsak Ponsana	22	21
	Q	Keigo Sonoda	20	8
															1	Lin Dan	21	21
															2	Chen Jin	19	11
		Hsu Jen-hao	16	12
	4	Park Sung-hwan	21	21
								4	Park Sung-hwan	14	7
								2	Chen Jin	21	21
		Lee Hyun-il	21	11	14
	2	Chen Jin	18	21	21

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round
	1	Lin Dan	21	21
		Stefan Wojcikiewicz	17	17
								1	Lin Dan	21	21
									Scott Evans	11	18
		Scott Evans	21	19
		Kristian Midtgaard	19	11r
															1	Lin Dan	21	21
															14	Hans-Kristian Vittinghus	9	11
	14	Hans-Kristian Vittinghus	21	21
		Lukas Schmidt	17	14
								14	Hans-Kristian Vittinghus	21	21
									Dieter Domke	10	15
		Anup Sridhar	12	17
		Dieter Domke	21	21

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round
	7	Son Wan-ho	21	21
	Q	Hannes Käsbauer	14	16
								7	Son Wan-ho	21	21
								Q	Taufiq Hidayat Akbar	19	15
	Q	Taufiq Hidayat Akbar	21	16	21
		Pedro Martins	18	21	11
															7	Son Wan-ho	21	21
															9	Dicky Palyama	17	17
	9	Dicky Palyama	21	21
	PFQ	Stilian Makarski	15	11
								9	Dicky Palyama	16	21	21
									Misha Zilberman	21	18	6
		Misha Zilberman	21	15	21
	Q	Peyo Boichinov	14	21	15

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round
	3	Boonsak Ponsana	21	20	21
		Mathieu Lo Ying Ping	19	22	8
								3	Boonsak Ponsana	21	21
									Takuma Ueda	16	17
		Dmytro Zavadsky	18	21	18
		Takuma Ueda	21	15	21
															3	Boonsak Ponsana	21	21
															10	Kazushi Yamada	13	12
	10	Kazushi Yamada	23	23
		Ville Lang	21	21
								10	Kazushi Yamada	21	21
									Sven Eric Kastens	15	17
		Sven Eric Kastens	21	21
	Q	Fabian Hammes	7	12

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round
	5	Hu Yun	14	18
		Stanislav Pukhov	21	21
									Stanislav Pukhov	21	21
									Magnus Sahlberg	19	14
		Magnus Sahlberg	14	22	21
		Kestutis Navickas	21	20	13
																Stanislav Pukhov	17	12
															Q	Keigo Sonoda	21	21
	16	Carl Baxter	11	9
	Q	Keigo Sonoda	21	21
								Q	Keigo Sonoda	17	21	21
									Ajay Jayaram	21	7	14
		Ajay Jayaram	15	21	21
		Daren Liew	21	18	18

Bottom half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round
	PFQ	Chan Kwong Beng	11	21	21
		Harry Wright	21	15	18
								PFQ	Chan Kwong Beng	17	18
									Wei Nan	21	21
		Wei Nan	21	21
	PFQ	Bjorn Seguin	17	12
																Wei Nan	17	15
																Hsu Jen-hao	21	21
		Hsu Jen-hao	21	21
		Aditya Elango	9	15
									Hsu Jen-hao	21	21
								6	Marc Zwiebler	15	13
		Vladimir Ivanov	17	8
	6	Marc Zwiebler	21	21

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round
		Wisnu Haryo Putro	21	21
		Yuhan Tan	15	16
									Wisnu Haryo Putro	18	15
								12	Brice Leverdez	21	21
		Kaveh Mehrabi	18	6
	12	Brice Leverdez	21	21
															12	Brice Leverdez	13	15
															4	Park Sung-hwan	21	21
		Petr Koukal	17	21	14
		Eric Pang	21	17	21
									Eric Pang	18	17
								4	Park Sung-hwan	21	21
	Q	Gabriel Ulldahl	9	12
	4	Park Sung-hwan	21	21

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round
		Mattias Wigardt	21	18
		Lee Hyun-il	23	21
									Lee Hyun-il	21	21
								15	Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk	13	11
	Q	Nikolaj Persson	18	19
	15	Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk	21	21
																Lee Hyun-il	6	21	21
															8	Wang Zhengming	21	17	10
		Anand Pawar	21	21
		Ivan Sozonov	18	17
									Anand Pawar	17	18
								8	Wang Zhengming	21	21
		Rune Ulsing	15	15
	8	Wang Zhengming	21	21

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round
		Christian Lind Thomsen	21	21
		Eetu Heino	19	17
									Christian Lind Thomsen	16	16
								13	Wong Wing Ki	21	21
	PFQ	Chan Yun Lung	20	21	18
	13	Wong Wing Ki	22	12	21
															13	Wong Wing Ki	16	9
															2	Chen Jin	21	21
		Henri Hurskainen	21	16	8
		Chan Yan Kit	18	21	21
									Chan Yan Kit	12	17
								2	Chen Jin	21	21
	Q	Kenn Lim	5	5
	2	Chen Jin	21	21

Women's singles

Seeds

1. Juliane Schenk (quarterfinals)
2. Bae Youn-joo (first round)
3. Yip Pui Yin (first round)
4. Ella Diehl (first round)
5. Liu Xin (champion)
6. Yao Jie (first round)
7. Petya Nedelcheva (first round)
8. Eriko Hirose (first round)

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	5	Liu Xin	21	21
		Sung Ji-hyun	19	16
								5	Liu Xin	21	15	21
									Ayane Kurihara	13	21	9
		Ayane Kurihara	21	21
		Wong Mew Choo	18	15

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
	1	Juliane Schenk	21	21
	Q	Kristína Ludíková	5	12
								1	Juliane Schenk	21	21
									Ratchanok Intanon	17	12
		Kim Moon-hi	20	11
		Ratchanok Intanon	22	21
															1	Juliane Schenk	16	17
															5	Liu Xin	21	21
	5	Liu Xin	21	21
		Chan Tsz Ka	5	13
								5	Liu Xin	21	21
								Q	Kaori Imabeppu	11	13
		Sayaka Sato	20	10
	Q	Kaori Imabeppu	22	21

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
	4	Ella Diehl	22	8	6
		Fu Mingtian	20	21	21
									Fu Mingtian	21	21
									Chen Jiayuan	11	17
		Porntip Buranaprasertsuk	21	18	17
		Chen Jiayuan	10	21	21
																Fu Mingtian	8	21	13
																Sung Ji-hyun	21	9	21
	8	Eriko Hirose	17	14
		Sung Ji-hyun	21	21
									Sung Ji-hyun	21	21
								Q	Karina Jørgensen	9	11
	Q	Karina Jørgensen	21	19	21
		Judith Meulendijks	17	21	19

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
		Tatjana Bibik	21	23
	Q	Mong Kwan Yi	16	21
									Tatjana Bibik	14	19
									Ai Goto	21	21
		Ai Goto	23	21
	7	Petya Nedelcheva	21	13
																Ai Goto	11	7
																Ayane Kurihara	21	21
	PFQ	Rena Wang	13	20
		Ayane Kurihara	21	22
									Ayane Kurihara	15	21	21
									Olga Konon	21	12	16
		Olga Konon	21	22
	3	Yip Pui Yin	18	20

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
		Salakjit Ponsana	14	18
		Wong Mew Choo	21	21
									Wong Mew Choo	21	13	21
									Bae Seung-hee	19	21	10
		Bae Seung-hee	21	21
	6	Yao Jie	11	15
																Wong Mew Choo	21	21
																Anastasia Prokopenko	11	9
		Jeanine Cicognini	16	21	12
		Anastasia Prokopenko	21	19	21
									Anastasia Prokopenko	16	21	21
									Gu Juan	21	19	7
		Gu Juan	16	21	21
	2	Bae Youn-joo	21	12	17

Men's doubles

Seeds

1. Ko Sung-hyun / Yoo Yeon-seong (semifinals)
2. Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae (champion)
3. Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong (semifinals)
4. Hirokatsu Hashimoto / Noriyasu Hirata (second round)
5. Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari / Ong Soon Hock (second round)
6. Ingo Kindervater / Johannes Schöttler (first round)
7. Gan Teik Chai / Tan Bin Shen (second round)
8. Chris Adcock / Andrew Ellis (first round)

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Ko Sung-hyun Yoo Yeon-seong	21	15	15
	Q	Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang	18	21	21
								Q	Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang	19	21	11
								1	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	21	18	21
	3	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	9	11
	1	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	21	21

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
	1	Ko Sung-hyun Yoo Yeon-seong	21	21
		Patipat Chalardchaleam Nipitphon Puangpuapech	11	16
								1	Ko Sung-hyun Yoo Yeon-seong	21	21
									Ruud Bosch Koen Ridder	18	10
		Ruud Bosch Koen Ridder	22	21
	Q	Anthony Clark Chris Langridge	20	19
															1	Ko Sung-hyun Yoo Yeon-seong	21	21
																Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	19	13
	8	Chris Adcock Andrew Ellis	21	15	12
		Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	15	21	21
									Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	24	21	21
									Rasmus Bonde Anders Kristiansen	26	14	17
		Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif Hoon Thien How	14	11
		Rasmus Bonde Anders Kristiansen	21	21

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
	4	Hirokatsu Hashimoto Noriyasu Hirata	21	21
		Adam Cwalina Michal Logosz	10	19
								4	Hirokatsu Hashimoto Noriyasu Hirata	18	21	20
									Michael Fuchs Oliver Roth	21	18	22
		Michael Fuchs Oliver Roth	21	21
	Q	Maurice Niesner Till Zander	14	8
																Michael Fuchs Oliver Roth	21	11
															Q	Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang	23	21
	5	Fairuzizuan Tazari Ong Soon Hock	21	16	21
		Baptiste Careme Sylvain Grosjean	10	21	10
								5	Fairuzizuan Tazari Ong Soon Hock	14	18
								Q	Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang	21	21
		Yoshiteru Hirobe Kenta Kazuno	16	17
	Q	Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang	21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
		Vitalij Durkin Alexandr Nikolaenko	20	21	21
		Songphon Anugritayawon Sudket Prapakamol	22	17	18
									Vitalij Durkin Alexandr Nikolaenko	23	21	21
								7	Gan Teik Chai Tan Bin Shen	25	16	12
		Lukasz Moren Wojciech Szkudlarczyk	12	20
	7	Gan Teik Chai Tan Bin Shen	21	22
																Vitalij Durkin Alexandr Nikolaenko	16	14
															3	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	21	21
		Robert Blair Flandy Limpele	11	10
		Liu Xiaolong Qiu Zihan	21	21
									Liu Xiaolong Qiu Zihan	17	13
								3	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	21	21
		Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa	14	16
	3	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	21	21

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
	Q	Steffen Hohenberg Gregory Schneider	13	14
		Naoki Kawamae Shoji Sato	21	21
									Naoki Kawamae Shoji Sato	21	13	21
									Kwon Yi-goo Shin Baek-cheol	7	21	10
		Kwon Yi-goo Shin Baek-cheol	21	21
	6	Ingo Kindervater Johannes Schoettler	17	19
																Naoki Kawamae Shoji Sato	10	13
															1	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	21	21
	PFQ	Peter Kaesbauer Josche Zurwonne	21	13	13
	PFQ	Mats Bue Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	19	21	21
								PFQ	Mats Bue Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	10	10
								1	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	21	21
		Jorrit de Ruiter Dave Khodabux	17	10
	1	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	21	21

Women's doubles

Seeds

1. Miyuki Maeda / Satoko Suetsuna (quarterfinals)
2. Duanganong Aroonkesorn / Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (quarterfinals)
3. Petya Nedelcheva / Anastasia Russkikh (withdrew)
4. Valeri Sorokina / Nina Vislova (quarterfinals)
5. Mizuki Fujii / Reika Kakiiwa (champion)
6. Lotte Jonathans / Paulien van Dooremalen (second round)
7. Shizuka Matsuo / Mami Naito (semifinals)
8. Sandra Marinello / Birgit Michels (second round)

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	7	Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito	17	24
		Ha Jung-eun Kim Min-jung	21	26
									Ha Jung-eun Kim Min-jung	6	14
								5	Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa	21	21
	5	Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa	21	21
		Kim Ha-na Kim Min-seo	14	13

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
	1	Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna	21	21
		Emelie Lennartsson Emma Wengberg	11	19
								1	Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna	21	21
									Poon Lok Yan Tse Ying Suet	11	18
		Poon Lok Yan Tse Ying Suet	21	17	21
		Jang Ye-na Jung Kyung-eun	14	21	15
															1	Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna	19	12
															7	Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito	21	21
	7	Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito	21	21
		Selena Piek Iris Tabeling	13	11
								7	Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito	23	21
									Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	21	17
		Emilie Lefel Marion Luttmann	15	10
		Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	21	21

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
	4	Valeri Sorokina Nina Vislova	14	21	21
		Marylen Ng Woon Khe Wei	21	13	19
								4	Valeri Sorokina Nina Vislova	21	21
								Q	Chan Hung Yung Mong Kwan Yi	4	14
	Q	Chan Hung Yung Mong Kwan Yi	21	21
	Q	Julie Delaune Teshana Vignes Waran	13	15
															4	Valeri Sorokina Nina Vislova	21	19	20
																Ha Jung-eun Kim Min-jung	18	21	22
	8	Sandra Marinello Birgit Michels	21	21
		Savitree Amitapai Nessara Somsri	17	17
								8	Sandra Marinello Birgit Michels	15	17
									Ha Jung-eun Kim Min-jung	21	21
		Fu Mingtian Gu Juan	6	10
		Ha Jung-eun Kim Min-jung	21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
		Maria Helsbol Anne Skelbaek	21	21
	Q	Samantha Barning Ilse Vaessen	15	19
									Maria Helsbol Anne Skelbaek	15	16
								5	Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa	21	21
		Iris Wang Rena Wang	9	6
	5	Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa	21	21
															5	Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa	22	21
															PFQ	Vita Marissa Cynthia Tuwankotta	20	13
		Mariana Agathangelou Heather Olver	21	19	21
		Johanna Goliszewski Carla Nelte	19	21	17
									Mariana Agathangelou Heather Olver	19	18
								PFQ	Vita Marissa Cynthia Tuwankotta	21	21
	Q	Kim Buss Claudia Vogelgsang	12	14
	PFQ	Vita Marissa Cynthia Tuwankotta	21	21

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
		Carola Bott Karin Schnaase	10	11
		Kim Ha-na Kim Min-seo	21	21
									Kim Ha-na Kim Min-seo	21	21
								6	Lotte Jonathans Paulien van Dooremalen	17	13
		Leanne Choo Renuga Veeran	18	21	17
	6	Lotte Jonathans Paulien van Dooremalen	21	18	21
																Kim Ha-na Kim Min-seo	21	21
															2	Duanganong Aroonkesorn Kunchala Voravichitchaikul	19	10
		Sanne Ekberg Amanda Hogstrom	16	21	19
		Vivian Hoo Kah Mun Lim Yin Loo	21	17	21
									Vivian Hoo Kah Mun Lim Yin Loo	10	17
								2	Duanganong Aroonkesorn Kunchala Voravichitchaikul	21	21
		Steffi Annys Severine Corvilain	13	11
	2	Duanganong Aroonkesorn Kunchala Voravichitchaikul	21	21

Mixed doubles

Seeds

1. Sudket Prapakamol / Saralee Thoungthongkam (first round)
2. Robert Mateusiak / Nadiezda Zieba (quarterfinals)
3. Songphon Anugritayawon / Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (semifinals)
4. Michael Fuchs / Birgit Michels (first round)
5. Yoo Yeon-seong / Kim Min-jung (first round)
6. Robert Blair / Gabrielle White (champion)
7. Chris Adcock / Imogen Bankier (semifinals)
8. Valeriy Atrashchenkov / Elena Prus (withdrew)

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	6	Robert Blair Gabrielle White	21	21
	7	Chris Adcock Imogen Bankier	17	17
								6	Robert Blair Gabrielle White	16	21	21
									Shintaro Ikeda Reiko Shiota	21	16	15
	3	Songphon Anugritayawon Kunchala Voravichitchaikul	19	17
		Shintaro Ikeda Reiko Shiota	21	21

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
	1	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thoungthongkam	21	16	15
		Alexandr Nikolaenko Valeri Sorokina	19	21	21
									Alexandr Nikolaenko Valeri Sorokina	21	24
									Dave Khodabux Samantha Barning	10	22
		Dave Khodabux Samantha Barning	21	21
	PFQ	Sebastien Bourbon Julie Delaune	10	13
																Alexandr Nikolaenko Valeri Sorokina	17	16
															6	Robert Blair Gabrielle White	21	21
	6	Robert Blair Gabrielle White	21	21
		Hirokatsu Hashimoto Mizuki Fujii	13	17
								6	Robert Blair Gabrielle White	21	21
								Q	Niclas Nohr Lena Grebak	17	16
		Nipitphon Puangpuapech Nessara Somsri	21	15	16
	Q	Niclas Nohr