World Badminton Grand Prix Finals

The World Badminton Grand Prix Finals was an annual badminton tournament organized by the International Badminton Federation (IBF) to crown the best badminton player of the year. The tournament only invited the top eight players in the year-end world rankings. The tournament started in 1983, with the last tournament held in 2001 (delayed from 2000). Since then the tournament has not been included in the IBF's events calendar.

Location

Year	No.	Host City	Country
1983	I	Jakarta	Indonesia
1984	II	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
1985	III	Tokyo	Japan
1986	IV	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
1987	V	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
1988	VI	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
1989	VII	Singapore	Singapore
1990	VIII	Bali	Indonesia
1991	IX	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia

Year	No.	Host City	Country
1992	X	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
1993	XI	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
1994	XII	Bangkok	Thailand
1995	XIII	Singapore	Singapore
1996	XIV	Bali	Indonesia
1997	XV	Jakarta	Indonesia
1998	XVI	Brunei	Brunei
1999	XVII	Brunei	Brunei
2000	XVIII	Brunei	Brunei

* Held in 2001.

Past winners

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1983	Luan Jin	Li Lingwei
1984	Morten Frost	Han Aiping
1985	Han Jian	Li Lingwei
1986	Yang Yang		Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek	Hwang Hye-young Chung Myung-hee	Nigel Tier Gillian Gowers
1987	Xiong Guobao		Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	Guan Weizhen Lin Ying	Stefan Karlsson Maria Bengtsson
1988	Zhang Qingwu	Han Aiping	Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek	Guan Weizhen Lin Ying	Wang Pengren Shi Fangjing
1989	Xiong Guobao	Tang Jiuhong	Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek	Rosiana Tendean Erma Sulistianingsih	Eddy Hartono Verawaty Fadjrin
1990	Eddy Kurniawan	Susi Susanti	Eddy Hartono Rudy Gunawan	Rosiana Tendean Erma Sulistianingsih	Thomas Lund Pernille Dupont
1991	Zhao Jianhua		Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek	Hwang Hye-young Chung Myung-hee
1992	Rashid Sidek		Ricky Subagja Rexy Mainaky	Lin Yanfen Yao Fen
1993	Joko Suprianto		Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto	Finarsih Lili Tampi	Thomas Lund Catrine Bengtsson
1994	Ardy Wiranata		Ricky Subagja Rexy Mainaky	Ge Fei Gu Jun	Thomas Lund Marlene Thomsen
1995	Joko Suprianto	Ye Zhaoying	Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock		Trikus Heryanto Minarti Timur
1996	Fung Permadi	Susi Susanti	Ricky Subagja Rexy Mainaky		Michael Søgaard Rikke Olsen
1997	Sun Jun	Ye Zhaoying	Candra Wijaya Sigit Budiarto		Liu Yong Ge Fei
1998	Sun Jun	Zhang Ning	Denny Kantono Antonius Ariantho		Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
1999	Peter Gade	Ye Zhaoying	Candra Wijaya Tony Gunawan		Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
2000	Xia Xuanze	Zhou Mi	Candra Wijaya Tony Gunawan	Huang Nanyan Yang Wei	Jens Eriksen Mette Schjoldager

External links

International badminton

BWF Thomas Cup Uber Cup Sudirman Cup Olympics World Championships World Junior Championships World Cup (defunct) World Superseries Finals World Grand Prix Finals (defunct) World Ranking World Junior Ranking Hall of Fame Teams

Africa	BCA – African Championships

Asia	BAC – Asia Championships Junior Championships

Europe	BE – European Championships Junior Championships

Oceania	BO – Oceania Championships

Americas	BPA – Pan Am Championships Junior Championships

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Deaflympics East Asian Games Island Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Southeast Asian Games Universiade World Games (defunct)

World Badminton Grand Prix Finals

Jakarta 1983 Kuala Lumpur 1984 Tokyo 1985 Kuala Lumpur 1986 Hong Kong 1987 Hong Kong 1988 Singapore 1989 Bali 1990 Kuala Lumpur 1991 Kuala Lumpur 1992 Kuala Lumpur 1993 Bangkok 1994 Singapore 1995 Bali 1996 Jakarta 1997 Brunei 1998 Brunei 1999 Brunei 2000

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