2011 Australian Open Grand Prix Gold

2011 Australian Open
Grand Prix Gold

Tournament details
Dates	5 – 10 April 2011
Level	Grand Prix Gold
Total prize money	US$120,000
Venue	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Champions
Men's singles	Sho Sasaki
Women's singles	Liu Xin
Men's doubles	Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa
Women's doubles	Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito
Mixed doubles	Songphon Anugritayawon Kunchala Voravichitchaikul
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The 2011 Australian Open Grand Prix Gold was a badminton tournament which took place at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre in Melbourne, Australia on 5–10 April 2011 and had a total purse of $120,000.[1] This is for the first time Australian Open was rated as a Grand Prix Gold event, where before in 2009–2010 were a Grand Prix events.

Men's singles

Seeds

1. Boonsak Ponsana (quarterfinals)
2. Nguyễn Tiến Minh (quarterfinals)
3. Hu Yun (third round)
4. Alamsyah Yunus (withdrew)
5. Kazushi Yamada (third round)
6. Sho Sasaki (champion)
7. Brice Leverdez (third round)
8. Wong Choong Hann (final)
9. Tommy Sugiarto (semifinals)
10. Muhammad Hafiz Hashim (third round)
11. Wong Wing Ki (third round)
12. Sony Dwi Kuncoro (withdrew)
13. Arvind Bhat (third round)
14. Mathieu Lo Ying Ping (third round)
15. Chan Yan Kit (semifinals)
16. R. M. V. Gurusaidutt (first round)

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Boonsak Ponsana	19	21	9
	9	Tommy Sugiarto	21	19	21
								9	Tommy Sugiarto	16	19
								8	Wong Choong Hann	21	21
		Takuma Ueda	11	12
	8	Wong Choong Hann	21	21
															8	Wong Choong Hann	11	21	19
															6	Sho Sasaki	21	12	21
	15	Chan Yan Kit	21	21
		Pisit Poodchalat	12	10
								15	Chan Yan Kit	21	16	11
								6	Sho Sasaki	13	21	21
	6	Sho Sasaki	21	7	21
	2	Nguyễn Tiến Minh	19	21	18

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round
	1	Boonsak Ponsana	21	22	21
		Lin Yu-hsien	15	24	9
								1	Boonsak Ponsana	21	21
									Yuhan Tan	9	7
		Sattawat Pongnairat	12	8
		Yuhan Tan	21	21
															1	Boonsak Ponsana	21	21
															13	Arvind Bhat	18	14
	13	Arvind Bhat	21	21
		Nicholas Jinadasa	19	14
								13	Arvind Bhat	21	21
									Kaveh Mehrabi	14	16
		Jeff Tho	24	21	7
		Kaveh Mehrabi	26	19	21

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round
	5	Kazushi Yamada	21	21
	Q	Kaizar Bobby Alexander	12	8
								5	Kazushi Yamada	21	21
									Daniel Paiola	14	3
		Luke Chong	17	13
		Daniel Paiola	21	21
															5	Kazushi Yamada	12	10
															9	Tommy Sugiarto	21	21
	9	Tommy Sugiarto	21	21
		Aditya Elango	12	5
								9	Tommy Sugiarto	21	21
								Q	Jan Fröhlich	7	8
		James Paterson	10	9
	Q	Jan Fröhlich	21	21

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round
	3	Hu Yun	21	22
		Shesar Hiren Rhustavito	18	20
								3	Hu Yun	23	19	21
									Chen Yuekun	21	21	15
		Rodrigo Pacheco
		Chen Yuekun	w	/	o
															3	Hu Yun	14	20
																Takuma Ueda	21	22
	PFQ	Wesley Caulkett	9	12
		Takuma Ueda	21	21
									Takuma Ueda	21	21
									Hsu Jen-hao	19	19
		Hsu Jen-hao	21	21
		Joe Wu	14	11

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round
	8	Wong Choong Hann	21	21
	Q	Ashwant Gobinathan	6	10
								8	Wong Choong Hann	21	21
									Yuichi Ikeda	19	16
		Yuichi Ikeda	21	21
	Q	Hung Pham	6	16
															8	Wong Choong Hann	13	21	21
															14	Mathieu Lo Ying Ping	21	18	14
	14	Mathieu Lo Ying Ping	21	21
		Adnan Fauzi	15	12
								14	Mathieu Lo Ying Ping	21	21
									Yara Azad	10	12
		Yara Azad	21	21
		James Eunson	18	15

Bottom half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round
		Chad Whitehead	12	11
		Hock Lai Lee	21	21
									Hock Lai Lee	18	21	7
								15	Chan Yan Kit	21	19	21
	Q	Eshan Naqvi	7	8
	15	Chan Yan Kit	21	21
															15	Chan Yan Kit	21	21
															7	Brice Leverdez	13	9
	Q	Hu-Wen Chew	19	11
		Michael Fowke	21	21
									Michael Fowke	12	8
								7	Brice Leverdez	21	21
		Anthony Dumartheray	13	12
	7	Brice Leverdez	21	21

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round
		Marius Myhre	19	17
		Chiang Jiann Shiarng	21	21
									Chiang Jiann Shiarng	21	13	13
								11	Wong Wing Ki	19	21	21
		Nelson Oon	15	13
	11	Wong Wing Ki	21	21
															11	Wong Wing Ki	21	17	19
																Pisit Poodchalat	14	21	21
		Hugo Arthuso	8	12
		Pisit Poodchalat	21	21
									Pisit Poodchalat	121	21
									Alton Chew	13	11
		Alton Chew	21	21
	PFQ	Zdeněk Sváta	17	19

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round
		Bjorn Seguin	17	14
		Andre Kurniawan Tedjono	21	21
									Andre Kurniawan Tedjono	15	21	9
								10	Muhammad Hafiz Hashim	21	17	21
		Kazuteru Kozai	19	13
	10	Muhammad Hafiz Hashim	21	21
															10	Muhammad Hafiz Hashim	17	11
															6	Sho Sasaki	21	21
		Lino Muñoz	21	21
		Alistair Casey	18	13
									Lino Muñoz	11	12
								6	Sho Sasaki	21	21
	Q	Michael Fariman	7	9
	6	Sho Sasaki	21	21

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round
		Soroush Eskandari	9	19
		Zulfadli Zulkiffli	21	21
									Zulfadli Zulkiffli	16	21	12^r
									Lü Yi	21	12	14
		Lü Yi	21	21
	16	R. M. V. Gurusaidutt	11	18
																Lü Yi	21	16	10
															2	Nguyễn Tiến Minh	16	21	21
		Lin Yu-jui	21	21
		Daniel Gouw	13	8
									Lin Yu-jui	8	16
								2	Nguyễn Tiến Minh	21	21
		Yogendran Khrishnan	16	13
	2	Nguyễn Tiến Minh	21	21

Women's singles

Seeds

1. Liu Xin (champion)
2. Yip Pui Yin (first round)
3. Salakjit Ponsana (first round)
4. Tai Tzu-ying (quarterfinals)
5. Ai Goto (first round)
6. Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (finals)
7. Ratchanok Intanon (semifinals)
8. Sayaka Sato (quarterfinals)

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Liu Xin	15	22	21
	7	Ratchanok Intanon	21	20	12
								1	Liu Xin	21	21
								6	Porntip Buranaprasertsuk	14	9
	6	Porntip Buranaprasertsuk	14	22	21
	PFQ	Wang Lin	21	20	17

Men's doubles

Seeds

1. Hirokatsu Hashimoto / Noriyasu Hirata (semifinals)
2. Hendra Aprida Gunawan / Alvent Yulianto (semifinals)
3. Gan Teik Chai / Tan Bin Shen (quarterfinals)
4. Naoki Kawamae / Shoji Sato (final)
5. Hiroyuki Endo / Kenichi Hayakawa (champion)
6. Songphon Anugritayawon / Sudket Prapakamol (second round)
7. Yoshiteru Hirobe / Kenta Kazuno (first round)
8. Chen Chung-jen / Lin Yen-jui (quarterfinals)

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Hirokatsu Hashimoto Noriyasu Hirata	19	21	7
	5	Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa	21	18	21
								5	Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa	21	21
								4	Naoki Kawamae Shoji Sato	17	18
	4	Naoki Kawamae Shoji Sato	14	21	21
	2	Alvent Yulianto Chandra Hendra Aprida Gunawan	21	8	12

Women's doubles

Seeds

1. Mizuki Fujii / Reika Kakiiwa (quarterfinals)
2. Duanganong Aroonkesorn / Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (second round)
3. Shinta Mulia Sari / Yao Lei (quarterfinals)
4. Shizuka Matsuo / Mami Naito (champion)

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
		Chin Eei Hui Wong Pei Tty	25	21
		Poon Lok Yan Tse Ying Suet	23	18
									Chin Eei Hui Wong Pei Tty	18	11
								4	Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito	21	21
	4	Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito	21	21
		Ou Dongni Xiong Rui	19	14

Mixed doubles

Seeds

1. Sudket Prapakamol / Saralee Thoungthongkam (semifinals)
2. Songphon Anugritayawon / Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (champion)
3. Shintaro Ikeda / Reiko Shiota (semifinals)
4. Wong Wai Hong / Chau Hoi Wah (quarterfinals)
5. Hirokatsu Hashimoto / Mizuki Fujii (final)
6. Nova Widianto / Vita Marissa (quarterfinals)
7. Raj Veeran / Renuga Veeran (quarterfinals)
8. Hock Lai Lee / Priscilla Lun (second round)

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thoungthongkam	21	19	12
	5	Hirokatsu Hashimoto Mizuki Fujii	10	21	21
								5	Hirokatsu Hashimoto Mizuki Fujii	15	9
								2	Songphon Anugritayawon Kunchala Voravichitchaikul	21	21
	3	Shintaro Ikeda Reiko Shiota	12	20
	2	Songphon Anugritayawon Kunchala Voravichitchaikul	21	22

References

1. "2011 Yonex Australian Open Grand Prix Gold". Badminton Oceania. Retrieved 29 July 2019.

External links

• Tournament Link

Preceded by Swiss Open

BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix 2011 season

Succeeded by Malaysia Open