2011 German Open Grand Prix Gold
The 2011 German Open Grand Prix Gold was a badminton tournament which took place at the RWE-Sporthalle in Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany on 2–6 March 2011 and had a total purse of $120,000. This is for the first time this tournament was graded as a Grand Prix Gold event, where before rate as Grand Prix event with a total pursue of $80,000.
Men's singles
Seeds
- Lin Dan
- Chen Jin '
- Boonsak Ponsana '
- Park Sung-hwan '
- Hu Yun '
- Marc Zwiebler '
- Son Wan-ho '
- Wang Zhengming '
- Dicky Palyama '
- Kazushi Yamada '
- Sho Sasaki '
- Brice Leverdez '
- Wong Wing Ki '
- Hans-Kristian Vittinghus '
- Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk '
- Carl Baxter ''''
Women's singles
Seeds
- Juliane Schenk '
- Bae Youn-joo '
- Yip Pui Yin '
- Ella Diehl '
- Liu Xin
- Yao Jie '
- Petya Nedelcheva '
- Eriko Hirose ''''
Men's doubles
Seeds
- Ko Sung-hyun / Yoo Yeon-seong '
- Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae
- Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong '
- Hirokatsu Hashimoto / Noriyasu Hirata '
- Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari / Ong Soon Hock '
- Ingo Kindervater / Johannes Schöttler '
- Gan Teik Chai / Tan Bin Shen '
- Chris Adcock / Andrew Ellis ''''
Women's doubles
Seeds
- Miyuki Maeda / Satoko Suetsuna '
- Duanganong Aroonkesorn / Kunchala Voravichitchaikul '
- Petya Nedelcheva / Anastasia Russkikh '
- Valeri Sorokina / Nina Vislova '
- Mizuki Fujii / Reika Kakiiwa
- Lotte Jonathans / Paulien van Dooremalen '
- Shizuka Matsuo / Mami Naito '
- Sandra Marinello / Birgit Michels ''''
Mixed doubles
Seeds
- Sudket Prapakamol / Saralee Thoungthongkam '
- Robert Mateusiak / Nadiezda Zieba '
- Songphon Anugritayawon / Kunchala Voravichitchaikul '
- Michael Fuchs / Birgit Michels '
- Yoo Yeon-seong / Kim Min-jung '
- Robert Blair / Gabrielle White
- Chris Adcock / Imogen Bankier '
- Valeriy Atrashchenkov / Elena Prus ''''