2026 India Open


The 2026 India Open, officially known as the Yonex Sunrise India Open 2026 for sponsorship reasons, was a badminton tournament that took place at the Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi, India, from 13 through 18 January 2026, with a total prize of US$950,000.

Tournament

The 2026 India Open was the second tournament of the 2026 BWF World Tour and a part of the India Open, which has been held since 1973. It was organized by the Badminton Association of India with sanction from the BWF.

Venue

This tournament was held at the Indira Gandhi Arena in New Delhi, India.

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 750 event.
WinnerRunner-up3/45/89/1617/32
11,0009,3507,7006,0504,3202,660

Prize pool

The total prize money was US$950,000 with the distribution of the prize money in accordance with BWF regulations.
EventWinnerFinalistSemi-finalsQuarter-finalsLast 16Last 32
Singles$66,500$32,300$13,300$5,225$2,850$950
Doubles$70,300$33,250$13,300$5,937.50$3,087.50$950

Issues with air quality and cleanliness

Danish men's singles player and world no. 3 Anders Antonsen withdrew from the India Open for the third straight time, citing pollution and air quality in New Delhi as hindrances in his participation in the tournament and even went on to say "I don't think it’s a place to host a badminton tournament". Consequently, he was fined US$5,000 as top players are required by the Badminton World Federation to participate in all tournaments of Super 750 and Super 1000 levels.
Another Danish player Mia Blichfeldt described the venue as "dirty and unhealthy" and said that players had to wear layers even in warm-up sessions due to inadequate heating inside the venue to which Badminton Association of India chief Sanjay Mishra replied, Blichfeldt's comments were "not about the playing arena specifically" and were rather about Kedar Jadhav Indoor Stadium, which serves as the training venue, and not the main playing arena". However, the second round match in the men's singles between Singapore's Loh Kean Yew and India's Prannoy H. S. was interrupted twice due to bird droppings landing on the court of the Indira Gandhi Arena. After the game, Loh also agreed with the Danish players that the air quality was affecting the players.

Men's singles

Seeds

  1. Shi Yuqi '
  2. Kunlavut Vitidsarn '
  3. Jonatan Christie '
  4. Chou Tien-chen '
  5. Christo Popov '
  6. Alex Lanier '
  7. Kodai Naraoka
  8. Loh Kean Yew ''''

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's singles

Seeds

  1. An Se-young
  2. Wang Zhiyi '
  3. Akane Yamaguchi '
  4. Chen Yufei '
  5. Han Yue '
  6. Putri Kusuma Wardani '
  7. Ratchanok Intanon '
  8. Tomoka Miyazaki ''''

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Men's doubles

Seeds

  1. Kim Won-ho / Seo Seung-jae '
  2. Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik '
  3. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty '
  4. Liang Weikeng / Wang Chang
  5. Man Wei Chong / Tee Kai Wun '
  6. Goh Sze Fei / Nur Izzuddin '
  7. Sabar Karyaman Gutama / Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani '
  8. Chen Boyang / Liu Yi ''''

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

  1. Liu Shengshu / Tan Ning
  2. Pearly Tan / Thinaah Muralitharan '
  3. Kim Hye-jeong / Kong Hee-yong '
  4. Jia Yifan / Zhang Shuxian '
  5. Yuki Fukushima / Mayu Matsumoto '
  6. Baek Ha-na / Lee So-hee '
  7. Li Yijing / Luo Xumin '
  8. Hsieh Pei-shan / Hung En-tzu ''''

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

  1. Feng Yanzhe / Huang Dongping '
  2. Jiang Zhenbang / Wei Yaxin '
  3. Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Supissara Paewsampran
  4. Chen Tang Jie / Toh Ee Wei '
  5. Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue '
  6. Guo Xinwa / Chen Fanghui '
  7. Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet '
  8. Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai ''''

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4