2021 Swiss Open (badminton)


The 2021 Swiss Open was a badminton tournament in St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, from 2 to 7 March 2021. It had a purse of $140,000.

Tournament

The 2021 Swiss Open was the first tournament of the BWF World Tour and also part of the Swiss Open championships which had been held since 1955. This tournament was organized by the Swiss Badminton and sanctioned by the BWF.

Venue

This international tournament was held at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland.

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 300 event.
WinnerRunner-up3/45/89/1617/32
7,0005,9504,9003,8502,7501,670

Prize money

The total prize money for this tournament was US$140,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.
EventWinnerFinalsSemi-finalsLast 16
Singles$10,500$5,320$2,030$840$490
Doubles$11,060$5,320$1,960$1,015$525

Men's singles

Seeds

  1. Viktor Axelsen
  2. Lee Zii Jia '
  3. Rasmus Gemke '
  4. Srikanth Kidambi '
  5. B. Sai Praneeth '
  6. Kantaphon Wangcharoen '
  7. Shesar Hiren Rhustavito '
  8. Kunlavut Vitidsarn ''''

Wild card

Swiss Badminton awarded a wild card entry to Christian Kirchmayr of Switzerland.

Women's singles

Seeds

  1. Carolina Marín
  2. P. V. Sindhu '
  3. Pornpawee Chochuwong '
  4. Mia Blichfeldt '
  5. Busanan Ongbamrungphan '
  6. Sung Ji-hyun '
  7. Zhang Beiwen '
  8. Kim Ga-eun ''''

Men's doubles

Seeds

  1. Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik '
  2. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty '
  3. Goh V Shem / Tan Wee Kiong '
  4. Marcus Ellis / Chris Langridge '
  5. Ong Yew Sin / Teo Ee Yi '
  6. Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
  7. Vladimir Ivanov / Ivan Sozonov '
  8. Ben Lane / Sean Vendy ''''

Wild card

Swiss Badminton awarded a wildcard entry to Yann Orteu / Minh Quang Pham of Switzerland.

Women's doubles

Seeds

  1. Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai '
  2. Chow Mei Kuan / Lee Meng Yean '
  3. Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva '
  4. Chloe Birch / Lauren Smith '
  5. Maiken Fruergaard / Sara Thygesen '
  6. Émilie Lefel / Anne Tran '
  7. Rachel Honderich / Kristen Tsai
  8. Selena Piek / Cheryl Seinen ''''

Wild card

Swiss Badminton awarded a wildcard entry to Jenjira Stadelmann / Caroline Racloz of Switzerland.

Mixed doubles

Seeds

  1. Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying '
  2. Hafiz Faizal / Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja '
  3. Marcus Ellis / Lauren Smith '
  4. Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai '
  5. Tan Kian Meng / Lai Pei Jing '
  6. Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue
  7. Mark Lamsfuß / Isabel Herttrich '
  8. Robin Tabeling / Selena Piek ''''

Wild card

Swiss Badminton awarded a wildcard entry to Yann Orteu / Aline Müller of Switzerland.