2022 India Open (badminton)

2022 India Open
Tournament details
Dates	11–16 January
Level	Super 500
Total prize money	US$400,000
Venue	K. D. Jadhav Indoor Hall
Location	New Delhi, India
Champions
Men's singles	Lakshya Sen
Women's singles	Busanan Ongbamrungphan
Men's doubles	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy; Chirag Shetty
Women's doubles	Benyapa Aimsaard; Nuntakarn Aimsaard
Mixed doubles	Terry Hee; Tan Wei Han
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The 2022 India Open (officially known as the Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2022 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament that took place at the K. D. Jadhav Indoor Hall in New Delhi, India, from 11 to 16 January 2022. It had a total prize pool of US$400,000.

Tournament

The 2022 India Open was the first tournament of the 2022 BWF World Tour and was part of the India Open championships, which had been held since 1973. The tournament was organized by the Badminton Association of India with sanction from the Badminton World Federation.^[1]

Venue

This international tournament was held at the K. D. Jadhav Indoor Hall in New Delhi, India.^[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 500 event.^[2]

Winner	Runner-up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32
9,200	7,800	6,420	5,040	3,600	2,220

Prize money

The total prize money for this tournament was US$400,000. The distribution of the prize money was in accordance by BWF regulations.^[1]

Event	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finals	Quarter-finals	Last 16
Singles	$30,000	$15,200	$5,800	$2,400	$1,400
Doubles	$31,600	$15,200	$5,600	$2,900	$1,500

Impact of COVID-19 on the tournament

Due to COVID-19, the tournament was held behind closed doors at K. D. Jadhav Indoor Hall with the participating players tested for COVID-19 daily.^[3]

However, there were many shuttlers withdrawing from the tournament before and during the tournament. On 7 January 2022, the entire England contingent withdrew before the competition started after Sean Vendy and Nathan Robertson was tested positive with COVID-19.^[4] On 12 January 2022, seven Indian shuttlers, including Srikanth Kidambi was withdrawn for the same reason.^[5] Rodion Alimov and Alina Davletova had to withdraw as well after Alimov was tested positive, giving Terry Hee and Tan Wei Han a walkover on their mixed doubles semi-finals.^[6]

Men's singles

Seeds

Srikanth Kidambi (second round)
B. Sai Praneeth (withdrew)
Lakshya Sen (champion)
Kantaphon Wangcharoen (withdrew)
Loh Kean Yew (final)
Sameer Verma (second round)
Tommy Sugiarto (first round)
Prannoy Kumar (quarter-finals)

Finals

Semi-finals					Final

	Brian Yang

5	Loh Kean Yew	w	/	o
					5	Loh Kean Yew	22	17

					3	Lakshya Sen	24	21
3	Lakshya Sen	19	21	21

	Ng Tze Yong	21	16	12

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals

1	S Kidambi	21	21

	Si Verma	17	10
					1	S Kidambi

						K Bruun	w	/	o
	S Dey	19	21	14

	K Bruun	21	18	21
											K Bruun	19	18

											B Yang	21	21
6	Sa Verma	21	21

	So Verma	7	7
					6	Sa Verma	2^r

						B Yang	4
	K George	20	15

	B Yang	22	21

Section 2

First round					Second round				Quarter-finals

PFR	K G Kumar	11	15

	K Koljonen	21	21
						K Koljonen	18	15

						S Sirant	21	21
	Cheam J W	20	18

	S Sirant	22	21
										S Sirant	16	13

									5	Loh K Y	21	21
5	Loh K Y	16	21	21

	XD Sheng	21	4	13
					5	Loh K Y	21	21

						Soong J V	12	12
	Soong J V	21	21

	C Sen	8	7

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals

	M Manjunath	21	15	21

	A Merklé	16	21	10
						M Manjunath

					8	Prannoy K	w	/	o
	P Abián	14	7

8	Prannoy K	21	21
										8	Prannoy K	21	9	14

										3	L Sen	14	21	21
	B. R. Sankeerth

	F Burestedt	w	/	o
						F Burestedt	12	15

					3	L Sen	21	21
	A H Elgamal	15	7

3	L Sen	21	21

Section 4

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals

PFR	P Rajawat	21	17	14

	L Claerbout	15	21	21
						L Claerbout	22	15	18

						Ng T Y	20	21	21
	Ng T Y	21	14	21

7	T Sugiarto	16	21	5
											Ng T Y	9	21	21

											N Nguyen	21	8	16
	N Nguyen	19	21	21

	A Jayaram	21	7	14
						N Nguyen	21	21

					PFR	R Y Chittaboina	17	13
	L E Peñalver

PFR	R Y Chittaboina	w	/	o