SaarLorLux Open

The SaarLorLux Open (formerly Bitburger Badminton Open ) are a high-level international badminton championship in the Saarlandhalle in Saarbrücken . They belong to the BWF Grand Prix Gold and thus to the six most highly endowed European tournaments.

The Badminton Open Saarbrücken emerged from an international tournament of the 1st BC Bischmisheim . The tournament was first started on June 13 and 14, 1987 as “1. International anniversary tournament ”. With the growing success of the club in Saarbrücken - Bischmisheim , the importance of the tournament also increased. As early as 1988, BMW won a main sponsor for the tournament name. The name of the tournament was changed to BMW Open International via the BMW Badminton Tournament and the BMW Badminton Cup . From 1990 to 1997 the competition was held as an official DBV ranking list with international participation. There was no tournament in 1996 because the German Open was already being held in Saarbrücken. After BMW left, the Bitburger brewery has been the title sponsor since 2003 . In 2006, the sponsors distributed $ 50,000 in prize money, and $ 70,000 was awarded for the event from October 2 to 7, 2007. The name was also changed from 2006 to 2009 to Bitburger SaarLorlux Open due to a cooperation with the badminton associations of France and Luxembourg . The tournament has been endowed with US $ 120,000 since 2010 and has been called the Bitburger Badminton Open since then .

Prize money development

year	Prize money	Tournament category
2003	$ 30,000
2004	$ 15,000	IBF category A
2005	$ 30,000	IBF category 1 *
2006	$ 50,000	IBF category 2 *
2007	$ 70,000	BWF Level 3B
2008	$ 50,000	BWF Level 3B
2009	$ 50,000	BWF Level 3B
2010	$ 120,000	BWF Level 3A
2011	$ 120,000	BWF Level 3A
2012	$ 120,000	BWF Level 3A
2013	$ 120,000	BWF Level 3A
2014	$ 120,000	BWF Level 3A
2015	$ 120,000	BWF Level 3A
2016	$ 120,000	BWF Level 3A
2017	$ 120,000	BWF Level 3A

The winners

year	Men's singles	Ladies singles	Men's doubles	Ladies doubles	Mixed
1987	Volker Eiber	Katrin Schmidt	Volker Eiber Bernd Schwitzgebel	Katrin Schmidt Andrea Schmid	Stefan Maus Sigrid Bleymehl-Schley
1988	Kim Brodersen	Katrin Schmidt	Markus Keck Robert Neumann	Katrin Schmidt Nicole Baldewein	Markus Keck Katrin Schmidt
1989	Michael Søgaard	Katrin Schmidt	Stefan Frey Robert Neumann	Birgitta Lehnert Monica Halim	Jin Chen Katrin Schmidt
1990	Jens Peter Nierhoff	Katrin Schmidt	Jens Peter Nierhoff Michael Søgaard	Heidi Krickhaus Petra Dieris-Wierichs	Jin Chen Katrin Schmidt
1991	Yoseph Phoa	Margit Borg	Michael Helber Markus Keck	Kerstin Weinbörner Karen Stechmann	Jin Chen Cheng Yan
1992	Marek Bujak	Nicole Baldewein	Michael Keck Uwe Ossenbrink	Nicole Baldewein Anne-Katrin Seid	Michael Keck Karen Stechmann
1993	Hargiono	Heidi Døssing	Yoseph Phoa Iguh Donolego	Katrin Schmidt Kerstin Ubben	Michael Keck Karen Stechmann
1994	Hargiono	Irina Serova	Dharma Gunawi Li Ang	Katrin Schmidt Kerstin Ubben	Michael Keck Karen Stechmann
1995	Hargiono	Monique Hoogland	Michael Helber Michael Keck	Katrin Schmidt Kerstin Ubben	Stephan Kuhl Nicol Pitro
1996	not carried out
1997	Chris Bruil	Tine Rasmussen	Martin Lundgaard Hansen Janek Roos	Tine Rasmussen Ann-Lou Jørgensen	Janek Roos Ann-Lou Jørgensen
1998	Yong Yudianto	Karolina Ericsson	Michael Keck Christian Mohr	Erica van den Heuvel Judith Meulendijks	Michael Keck Nicol Pitro
1999	Oliver Pongratz	Zeng Yaqiong	Quinten van Dalm Dennis Lens	Britta Andersen Lene Mørk	Chris Bruil Erica van den Heuvel
2000	Xie Yangchun	Xu Huaiwen	Michael Søgaard Joachim Fischer Nielsen	Claudia Vogelgsang Xu Huaiwen	Michael Keck Erica van den Heuvel
2001	Niels Christian Kaldau	Pi Hongyan	Michael Søgaard Michael Lamp	Neli Boteva Elena Nozdran	Chris Bruil Lotte Bruil
2002	Chen Gang	Pi Hongyan	Simon Archer Flandy Limpele	Mia Audina Lotte Bruil	Nathan Robertson Gail Emms
2003	Dicky Palyama	Xu Huaiwen	Michał Łogosz Robert Mateusiak	Nicole Grether Juliane Schenk	Fredrik Bergström Johanna Persson
2004	Niels Christian Kaldau	Xu Huaiwen	Simon Archer Anthony Clark	Kamila Augustyn Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	Rasmus Andersen Britta Andersen
2005	Kasper Ødum	Xu Huaiwen	Tony Gunawan Halim Haryanto	Nicole Grether Juliane Schenk	Vladislav Druzchenko Johanna Persson
2006	Ronald Susilo	Xu Huaiwen	Michał Łogosz Robert Mateusiak	Jiang Yanmei Li Yujia	Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Kostiuczyk
2007	Lü Yi	Wang Yihan	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	Kristof Hopp Birgit Overzier
2008	Chetan Anand	Maria Febe Kusumastuti	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Bright Nielsen Marie Røpke	Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta
2009	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	Juliane Schenk	Rupesh Kumar Sanave Thomas	Bright Nielsen Marie Røpke	Mikkel Delbo Larsen Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen
2010	Chen Long	Liu Xin	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Pan Pan Tian Qing	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2011	Hans-Kristian Vittinghus	Li Xuerui	Bodin Isara Maneepong Jongjit	Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying
2012	Chou Tien-Chen	Juliane Schenk	Ingo child father Johannes Schöttler	Wang Rong Zhang Zhibo	Anders Kristiansen Julie Houmann
2013	Chou Tien-Chen	Nitchaon Jindapol	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	Eefje Muskens Selena Piek	Michael Fuchs Birgit Michels
2014	Chou Tien-Chen	Sun Yu	Wang Yilu Zhang Wen	Ou Dongni Yu Xiaohan	Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen
2015	Ng Ka Long	Akane Yamaguchi	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	Tang Yuanting Yu Yang	Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Zięba
2016	Shi Yuqi	Hey Bingjiao	Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen
2017	Rasmus Gemke	Nitchaon Jindapol	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai	Hey Jiting You Yue
2018	Subhankar Dey	Cai Yanyan	Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith

Web links

• Tournament site
• Previous winners