2023 French Open (badminton)

The 2023 French Open (officially known as the Yonex Internationaux de France de Badminton 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at the Glaz Arena in Cesson-Sévigné, France, from 24 to 29 October 2023 and had a total prize of US$850,000.

2023 French Open

Tournament details
Dates	24 – 29 October
Edition	93th
Level	Super 750
Total prize money	US$850,000
Venue	Glaz Arena
Location	Cesson-Sévigné, France
Champions
Men's singles	Jonatan Christie
Women's singles	Chen Yufei
Men's doubles	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Women's doubles	Liu Shengshu Tan Ning
Mixed doubles	Jiang Zhenbang Wei Yaxin
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Tournament

The 2023 French Open was the twenty-seventh tournament according to the 2023 BWF World Tour. It was a part of the French Open, which had been held since 1908. This tournament was organized by French Badminton Federation with sanction from the BWF.^[1]

Venue

This tournament was held at the Glaz Arena in Cesson-Sévigné, France.^[1]

Point distribution

Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 750 event.^[2]

Winner	Runner-up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32
11,000	9,350	7,700	6,050	4,320	2,660

Prize money

The total prize money for this tournament was US$750,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.^[1]

Event	Winner	Finals	Semi-finals	Quarter-finals	Last 16	Last 32
Singles	$59,500	$28,900	$11,900	$4,675	$2,550	$850
Doubles	$62,900	$29,750	$11,900	$5,312.5	$2,762.5	$850

Men's singles

Seeds

1.   Viktor Axelsen (First round)
2.   Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (Quarter-finals)
3.   Kodai Naraoka (Quarter-finals)
4.   Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Quarter-finals)
5.   Jonatan Christie (Champion)
6.   Shi Yuqi (Quarter-finals)
7.   Prannoy H. S. (Withdrew)
8.   Li Shifeng (Final)

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
		Loh Kean Yew	18	13
	5	Jonatan Christie	21	21
								5	Jonatan Christie	16	21	21
								8	Li Shifeng	21	15	14
		Ng Tze Yong	17	12
	8	Li Shifeng	21	21

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
	1	V Axelsen	17	0^r
		Ng K L	21	0
									Ng K L	8	21
									Loh K Y	21	23
		C Popov	11	18
		Loh K Y	21	21
																Loh K Y	21	21
															6	Shi YQ	17	19
	6	Shi YQ	21	21
	PFR	N Nguyen	12	8
								6	Shi YQ	21	21
									A Antonsen	13	13
	PFR	J Carraggi	17	21	16
		A Antonsen	21	18	21

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
	3	K Naraoka	21	21
	PFR	K Wangcharoen	11	12
								3	K Naraoka	21	21
									Lee C Y	17	19
		Lu GZ	18	19
		Lee C Y	21	21
															3	K Naraoka	8	23
															5	J Christie	21	25
	5	J Christie	21	21
		K Nishimoto	11	19
								5	J Christie	21	7	21
									Lin C-y	14	21	11
		Lin C-y	18	21	21
	PFR	Lei LX	21	15	11

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
	PFR	M Caljouw	9	9
		Ng T Y	21	21
									Ng T Y	21	21
								PFR	A Merklé	19	8
		L Sen	15	18
	PFR	A Merklé	21	21
																Ng T Y	w	/	o
															4	K Vitidsarn
		K Watanabe	21	19	23
		Chou T-c	13	21	25
									Chou T-c	8	19
								4	K Vitidsarn	21	21
		M Zilberman	11	2^r
	4	K Vitidsarn	21	8

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
		Lee Z J	21	21
		Weng HY	15	11
									Lee Z J	21	11	12
								8	Li SF	17	21	21
		Zhao JP	15	15
	8	Li SF	21	21
															8	Li SF	21	21
															2	A S Ginting	15	13
		T J Popov	21	21
		S Kidambi	17	15
									T J Popov	21	17	19
								2	A S Ginting	11	21	21
		M Johannesen	14	21	8
	2	A S Ginting	21	16	21

Women's singles

Seeds

1.   An Se-young (Withdrew)
2.   Akane Yamaguchi (Withdrew)
3.   Chen Yufei (Champion)
4.   Tai Tzu-ying (Final)
5.   He Bingjiao (Semi-finals)
6.   Carolina Marín (Quarter-finals)
7.   Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (First round)
8.   Han Yue (Quarter-finals)

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	5	He Bingjiao	20	21	9
	3	Chen Yufei	22	19	21
								3	Chen Yufei	21	22
								4	Tai Tzu-ying	17	20
	4	Tai Tzu-ying	20	21	22
		Aya Ohori	22	10	20

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
	PFR	C Azurmendi	17	10
		K Gilmour	21	21
									K Gilmour	14	13
									P Chochuwong	21	21
		L Christophersen	8	10
		P Chochuwong	21	21
																P Chochuwong	22	16
															5	He BJ	24	21
	5	He BJ	21	23
		L Kjærsfeldt	18	21
								5	He BJ	21	17	21
									Zhang YM	15	21	10
		Goh J W	13	20
		Zhang YM	21	22

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
	3	Chen YF	21	21
		Nguyễn T L	19	5
								3	Chen YF	21	21
									Wang ZY	18	19
		Wang ZY	21	21
		S Kawakami	11	14
															3	Chen YF	18	21	21
															8	Han Y	21	17	7
	8	Han Y	21	21
		Yeo J M	16	16
								8	Han Y	21	21
									Kim G-e	12	13
		N Nidaira	9	13
		Kim G-e	21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
		M Blichfeldt	21	13	16
		S Katethong	18	21	21
									S Katethong	18	1
									P. V. Sindhu	21	1^r
		P. V. Sindhu	12	21	21
	7	G M Tunjung	21	18	15
																S Katethong	16	21	17
															4	Tai T-y	21	10	21
		Pai Y-p	21	21
		N Okuhara	14	12
									Pai Y-p	17	21
								4	Tai T-y	21	23
		Y Li	12	11
	4	Tai T-y	21	21

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
		P K Wardani	21	12
	PFR	L Tan	15	6^r
									P K Wardani	16	18
								6	C Marin	21	21
		Gao FJ	7	13
	6	C Marín	21	21
															6	C Marin	18	18
																A Ohori	21	21
		B Ongbamrungphan	21	18	21
		Hsu W-c	13	21	19
									B Ongbamrungphan	10	12
									A Ohori	21	21
		A Ohori	21	21
	PFR	L Lam	17	13

Men's doubles

Seeds

1.   Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto (Quarter-finals)
2.   Liang Weikeng / Wang Chang (Second round)
3.   Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty (Second round)
4.   Kang Min-hyuk / Seo Seung-jae (Quarter-finals)
5.   Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik (Withdrew)
6.   Takuro Hoki / Yugo Kobayashi (Second round)
7.   Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (Champions)
8.   Liu Yuchen / Ou Xuanyi (Semi-finals)

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	7	Kim Astrup   Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	21	21
	8	Liu Yuchen   Ou Xuanyi	17	19
								7	Kim Astrup   Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	21	10	21
									Muhammad Shohibul Fikri   Bagas Maulana	14	21	18
		He Jiting   Ren Xiangyu	16	21	20
		Muhammad Shohibul Fikri   Bagas Maulana	21	19	22

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
	1	F Alfian   M R Ardianto	21	21
		A Dunn   A Hall	13	16
								1	F Alfian   M R Ardianto	21	21
								PFR	D Lundgaard   M Vestergaard	12	12
		C Grimley   M Grimley	20	21	16
	PFR	D Lundgaard   M Vestergaard	22	13	21
															1	F Alfian   M R Ardianto	18	15
															7	K Astrup   A S Rasmussen	21	21
	7	K Astrup   A S Rasmussen	21	21
		A Koga   T Saito	16	14
								7	K Astrup   A S Rasmussen	22	21	21
									S Jomkoh   K Kedren	24	18	19
		Tan Q   Zhou HD	15	16
		S Jomkoh   K Kedren	21	21

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
	3	S Rankireddy   C Shetty	21	21
		L Corvée   R Labar	13	13
								3	S Rankireddy   C Shetty	23	21	19
									M Ahsan   H Setiawan	25	19	21
		M Ahsan   H Setiawan	21	21
		Lu C-y   Yang P-ha	17	16
																M Ahsan   H Setiawan	12	16
															8	Liu YC   Ou XY	21	21
	8	Liu YC   Ou XY	21	21
		M Lamsfuß   M Seidel	16	7
								8	Liu YC   Ou XY	21	21	21
									Jin Y   Na S-s	23	12	16
		Jin Y   Na S-s	22	21
		Ong Y S   Teo E Y	20	19

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
		Lee J-h   Yang P-hs	14	14
		He JT   Ren XY	21	21
									He JT   Ren XY	21	21
									L R Carnando   D Marthin	14	8
		L R Carnando   D Marthin	w	/	o
	5	A Chia   Soh W Y
																He JT   Ren XY	16	21	21
															4	Kang M-h   Seo S-j	21	7	19
		Chen BY   Liu Y	13	14
		B Lane   S Vendy	21	21
									B Lane   S Vendy	21	18	10
								4	Kang M-h   Seo S-j	19	21	21
		C Popov   T J Popov	15	16
	4	Kang M-h   Seo S-j	21	21

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
		M S Fikri   B Maulana	16	21	21
		K Matsui   Y Takeuchi	21	11	10
									M S Fikri   B Maulana	21	23
								6	T Hoki   Y Kobayashi	14	21
		Lee Y   Wang C-l	17	21	18
	6	T Hoki   Y Kobayashi	21	17	21
																M S Fikri   B Maulana	21	21
																R Kjær   F Søgaard	11	17
		Man W C   Tee K W	21	18	15
		R Kjær   F Søgaard	18	21	21
									R Kjær   F Søgaard	21	21
								2	Liang WK   Wang C	14	18
		P Kusumawardana   Y Rambitan	15	21
	2	Liang WK   Wang C	21	23

Women's doubles

Seeds

1.   Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan (Second round)
2.   Baek Ha-na / Lee So-hee (Withdrew)
3.   Kim So-yeong / Kong Hee-yong (Withdrew)
4.   Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota (Quarter-finals)
5.   Nami Matsuyama / Chiharu Shida (Quarter-finals)
6.   Zhang Shuxian / Zheng Yu (First round)
7.   Apriyani Rahayu / Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti (Semi-finals)
8.   Mayu Matsumoto / Wakana Nagahara (Semi-finals)

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
		Liu Shengshu   Tan Ning	21	17	21
	7	Apriyani Rahayu   Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti	15	21	14
									Liu Shengshu   Tan Ning	26	21
									Jongkolphan Kititharakul   Rawinda Prajongjai	24	19
	8	Mayu Matsumoto   Wakana Nagahara	20	21	22
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