The Hylo Open, formerly known as the BMW Badminton Cup, BMW Open International, Bitburger Masters, Bitburger Open and SaarLorLux Open, is an international badminton tournament held at the Saarlandhalle in Saarbrücken, Germany, since 1988. It was sponsored by the German automobile company BMW and German pilsner beer brewery Bitburger; since 2021, it is sponsored by Saarbrücken-based eye lubrication company Hylo.
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| Official website | |
| Founded | 1988 |
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| Editions | 36 (2024) |
| Location | Saarbrücken (2024) Germany |
| Venue | Saarlandhalle (2024) |
| Prize money | US$210,000 (2024) |
| Men's | |
| Draw | 32S / 32D |
| Current champions | Christo Popov (singles) Ben Lane Sean Vendy (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | 4 Chou Tien-chen |
| Most doubles titles | 3 Michael Keck Michael Søgaard Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen |
| Women's | |
| Draw | 32S / 32D |
| Current champions | Mia Blichfeldt (singles) Sung Shuo-yun Yu Chien-hui (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | 5 Huaiwen Xu |
| Most doubles titles | 4 Katrin Schmidt |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Draw | 32 |
| Current champions | Jesper Toft Amalie Magelund |
| Most titles (male) | 5 Michael Keck |
| Most titles (female) | 3 Katrin Schmidt Karen Stechmann |
| Super 300 | |
| Last completed | |
| 2024 Hylo Open | |
In 2018, this event was selected as part of the BWF Tour Super 100. In 2021, the tournament was upgraded to Super 500 category tournament and was renamed Hylo Open, before got downgraded to Super 300 the next year.[1]
Previous winners
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Performances by nation
edit- As of the 2024 edition
| Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Denmark
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10 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 39 |
| 2 |  Germany
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3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 8.5 | 38.5 |
| 3 |  China
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5 | 11 | 3.5 | 7.5 | 7 | 34 |
| 4 |  Indonesia
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5 | 1 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 10.5 |
| 5 |  Netherlands
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2 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 9 |
| 6 |  Thailand
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3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| 7 |  Chinese Taipei
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4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 8 |  England
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3.5 | 2 | 5.5 | |||
| 9 |  India
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3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
 Poland
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2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 11 |  Sweden
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2 | 1.5 | 3.5 | |||
| 12 |  France
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2 | 1 | 3 | |||
 Japan
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
 Singapore
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2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 15 |  Bulgaria
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2.5 | 2.5 | ||||
| 16 |  Hong Kong
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1 | 1 | 2 | |||
 Malaysia
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1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
 United States
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1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 19 |  Macau
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1 | 1 | ||||
 Russia
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1 | 1 | |||||
 Scotland
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1 | 1 | |||||
 Ukraine
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0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | ||||
| 23 |  Switzerland
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0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |||
| Total | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 185 | |
References
edit- ^ "Upgrade & New Title for SaarLorLux Open 2021". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ German BMW Open Int 2000 winners
- ^ BMW Open Int 2001 winners
- ^ BMW Open Int 2002 winners
- ^ BITBURGER OPEN International 2003 winners
- ^ BITBURGER OPEN International 2004 winners
- ^ BITBURGER OPEN International 2005 winners
- ^ Bitburger Luxembourg Open 2006 winners
- ^ Bitburger Open 2007 winners
- ^ Bitburger Open 2008 winners
- ^ Bitburger Open 2009 winners
- ^ Bitburger Open 2010 winners
- ^ Bitburger Open 2011 winners