Israel Open (badminton)

The Israel Open, formerly called Hatzor International, in badminton is an international open held in Israel since 1975. It was held annually from 1975 to 1982, but between 1983 and 2005 the competition was held only thrice. The competition was resumed in 2006 under a new name Hatzor International, after the club which host the event at Kibbutz Hatzor. Israeli National Badminton Championships started in 1977.

Previous winners

Year Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles
1975 Israel Victor Yusim No competition Israel Victor Yusim
Israel Michael Schneidman
No competition
1976 Israel Michael Schneidman Netherlands Tineke Hof Netherlands Tineke Hof
Netherlands Devora Geffen
No competition
1977 Israel Victor Yusim Sweden Eva Unglick Sweden Eva Unglick
Israel Chaya Grunstein
1978 Israel Chaya Grunstein Israel Chaya Grunstein
Israel Carole Silman
Israel Michael Rapaport
Israel Carole Silman
1979 Sweden Eva Unglick Sweden Eva Unglick
Israel Chaya Grunstein
Israel Nissim Duk
Israel Eva Unglick
1980 Israel Yitzhak Serrouya West Germany Elka Kalb Israel Nissim Duk
Israel Yitzhak Serrouya
West Germany Elka Kalb
Israel Irit Ben Shushan
Israel Michael Rapaport
Israel Eva Unglick
1981 Austria Johann Ratheyser Austria Adelhid Losek Austria Johann Rathyser
Austria Gerard Hofegger
Sweden Eva Unglick
Israel Irit Ben Shushan
Austria Johann Ratheyser
Austria Adelheid Losek
1982 England Andrew Downes England Lisa Salmon England David Spurling
England Stuart Spurling
England Lisa Salmon
England J. Downes
England David Spurling
England H. Blake
1983–
1989
No competition
1990 France Stephane Renault France Christelle Mol Portugal Ricardo Fernandes
Portugal Marco Vasconcelos
France Christelle Mol
France Virginie Delvingt
France Stephane Renault
France Elodie Mansuy
1991–
1997
No competition
1998[1] Lithuania Aivaras Kvedarauskas Israel Svetlana Zilberman Lithuania Aivaras Kvedarauskas
Israel Nir Yusim
Israel Svetlana Zilberman
Bulgaria Diana Koleva
Israel Leon Pugatch
Israel Svetlana Zilberman
1999[2] Bulgaria Boris Kessov Bulgaria Neli Boteva Bulgaria Boris Kessov
Bulgaria Georgi Petrov
No competition Bulgaria Ljuben Panov
Bulgaria Diana Koleva
2000–
2005
No competition
2006 Czech Republic Petr Koukal Slovenia Maja Tvrdy Slovenia Luka Petric
Slovenia Mateuz Srekl
No competition Slovenia Luka Petric
Slovenia Maja Tvrdy
2007[3] Japan Sho Sasaki England Tracey Hallam Germany Jochen Cassel
Germany Thomas Tesche
Ukraine Valeriy Atrashenkov
Ukraine Elena Prus
2008–
2012
No competition
2013[4] Russia Vladimir Malkov Portugal Telma Santos Russia Vladimir Malkov
Russia Vadim Novoselov
Russia Olga Golovanova
Russia Viktoriia Vorobeva
Russia Vladimir Malkov
Russia Viktoriia Vorobeva
2014[5] Ukraine Artem Pochtarev Ukraine Gennadiy Natarov
Ukraine Artem Pochtarev
No competition Ukraine Gennadiy Natarov
Ukraine Yuliya Kazarinova
2015[6] England Sam Parsons Czech Republic Zuzana Pavelkova Israel Alexander Bass
Israel Daniel Chislov
Israel Alina Pugach
Israel Yuval Pugach
Israel Ariel Shainski
Belarus Krestina Silich
2016[7] Czech Republic Lukas Zevl Slovenia Ana Marija Setina Israel Yonathan Levit
Israel Ariel Shainski
Russia Irina Shorokhova
Russia Kristina Virvich
2017[8] Slovenia Miha Ivanič Russia Anastasiia Semenova Israel Alexander Bass
Israel Shai Geffen
Russia Ksenia Evgenova
Russia Anastasiia Semenova
Israel Yonathan Levit
Russia Yulia Vasilyeva
2018[9] India Kaushal Dharmamer Israel Ksenia Polikarpova Israel Ariel Shainski
Czech Republic Lukas Zevl
Israel Ksenia Polikarpova
Belarus Krestina Silich
Ukraine Mykhaylo Makhnovskiy
Ukraine Anastasiya Prozorova
2019[10] Germany Felix Hammes Germany Felix Hammes
Germany Christopher Klauer
Israel Heli Neiman
Israel Ksenia Polikarpova
Israel May Bar Netzer
Israel Shery Rotshtein
2020[11] Cancelled[a]
2021[12] Cancelled[b]
2022[13] Germany Matthias Kicklitz Switzerland Dounia Pelupessy Italy Giovanni Greco
Italy David Salutt
Switzerland Aline Müller
Switzerland Caroline Racloz
Switzerland Minh Quang Pham
Switzerland Caroline Racloz
2023[14] Cancelled[c]
2024[16] Cancelled[d]
  1. ^ This tournament, originally to be played from 21 to 24 October, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel.
  2. ^ This tournament, originally to be played from 27 to 30 October, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel.
  3. ^ This tournament, originally to be played on 26–28 October, was later cancelled due to Israel–Hamas war.[15]
  4. ^ This tournament, originally to be played on 23–26 October, was later cancelled due to Israel–Hamas war.

Performances by nation

As of the 2022 edition
Rank Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total
1  Israel 6 4 10 6 6.5 32.5
2  Russia 1 1 1 3 1.5 7.5
3  England 2 2 1 1 1 7
4  Germany 2 1 2 0.5 5.5
5  Slovenia 1 2 1 1 5
 Ukraine 1 1 3 5
7  Bulgaria 1 1 1 0.5 1 4.5
8  Austria 1 1 1 1 4
 France 1 1 1 1 4
10  Czech Republic 2 1 0.5 3.5
 Sweden 2 1.5 3.5
12  Portugal 2 1 3
  Switzerland 1 1 1 3
14  Netherlands 1 1 2
15  Belarus 0.5 1 1.5
 Lithuania 1 0.5 1.5
17  India 1 1
 Italy 1 1
 Japan 1 1
Total 21 20 21 16 18 96

References

  1. ^ 1998 winners
  2. ^ 1999 winners
  3. ^ 2007 winners
  4. ^ 2013 winners
  5. ^ 2014 winners
  6. ^ 2015 winners
  7. ^ 2016 winners
  8. ^ 2017 winners
  9. ^ 2018 winners
  10. ^ 2019 winners
  11. ^ Israel Open 2020 (Cancelled)
  12. ^ Israel Open 2021(Cancelled)
  13. ^ 2022 winners
  14. ^ YONEX Israel Open 2023 (Cancelled)
  15. ^ "Tournament Cancellation". Badminton World Federation. 11 October 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  16. ^ YONEX Israel Open 2024 (Cancelled)