2025 BWF season


The 2025 BWF season was the overall badminton circuit organized by the Badminton World Federation for the 2025 badminton season. The world badminton tournament in 2025 consists of:
1. BWF tournaments
2. BWF World Tour
3. Continental Circuit BWF Open Tournaments: BWF International Challenge, BWF International Series, and BWF Future Series.
The Sudirman Cup was a team event. The others – Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, Super 100, International Challenge, International Series, and Future Series are all individual tournaments. The higher the level of tournament, the larger the prize money and the more ranking points available.
The 2025 BWF season calendar comprises these six levels of BWF tournaments.

Schedule

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2025 calendar, with the champions and runners-up documented.
;Key
Olympics
World Tour Finals
Super 1000
Super 750
Super 500
Super 300
Super 100
International Challenge
International Series
Future Series
Continental events/Team Events

August

Retirements

Following is a list of notable players who announced their retirement from professional badminton, during the 2025 season:Linda Efler reached a career-high ranking of No. 12 in the mixed doubles on 5 July 2018. She announced her retirement on 2 December 2024. The 2025 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships was her last tournament.Hendra Setiawan reached a career-high ranking of No. 1 in the men's doubles on 27 September 2007. He became Olympic champion in 2008 and is also a 4-time World Champion. He announced his retirement on 3 December 2024. The 2025 Indonesia Masters was his last tournament.Mohammad Ahsan reached a career-high ranking of No. 1 in the men's doubles on 21 November 2013. He was a 3-time World Champion. He announced his retirement on 10 December 2024 following his partner Hendra Setiawan. The 2025 Indonesia Masters was his last tournament.Tan Kian Meng reached a career-high ranking of No. 5 in the mixed doubles on 20 December 2022. The 2025 All England was his last tournament.Vivian Hoo reached a career-high ranking of No. 9 in the women's doubles on 19 November 2015. She has won two Commonwealth Games gold medals with different partners in the 2014 Glasgow and 2018 Gold Coast. The 2025 Malaysia Open was her last tournament.Gregory Mairs reached a career high of world number 28 in the mixed doubles on 17 January 2023. He announce his retirement through his YouTube channel, Badminton Insight in March 2023, and the 2025 All England Open was his last tournament.Jenny Mairs reached a career high of world number 28 in the mixed doubles on 17 January 2023. Together with Gregory Mairs, she announce her retirement through their YouTube channel, Badminton Insight in March 2023, and the 2025 All England Open was her last tournament.B. Sumeeth Reddy reached a career-high ranking of No. 17 in the men's doubles on 30 July 2015, and no. 25 in the mixed doubles on 18 March 2025. He announced his retirement on 25 March 2025. The 2024 Syed Modi International was his last tournament.Yoshinori Takeuchi reached a career-high ranking of No. 26 in the men's doubles on 19 September 2023. He announced his retirement via Instagram on 28 March 2025. The 2024 Thailand International was his last tournament.Yuki Kaneko reached a career-high ranking of No. 7 in men's doubles on 12 July 2018 and No. 12 in mixed doubles on 27 December 2022. The BIPROGY badminton team announced Kaneko's retirement on 31 March 2025. The 2024 Japan Open was his last tournament.Jessica Tan reached a career-high ranking of No. 13 in mixed doubles on 3 January 2023. She announced her retirement on 11 April 2025. The 2024 Macau Open was her last tournament.Loh Kean Hean reached a career-high ranking of No. 22 in men's doubles on 27 December 2022. He announced his retirement on 4 May 2025. The 2025 Singapore International was his last tournament.Tai Tzu-ying reached a career-high ranking of No.1 in women's singles on 1 December 2016, and last for a record-long 214 weeks. She was the silver medalist of 2020 Summer Olympics, and the 2021 World Championships. Also an Asian Games winner, thrice the champion of Badminton Asia Championships, 4-times end-of-the-year finals winner, and 3 times All England Open winner. She announced her retirement via her Instagram on 7 November 2025. The 2024 China Open was her last tournament.