2025 BWF World Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
at the 2025 BWF World Championships
Men's singles ; at the 2025 BWF World Championships
Venue	Adidas Arena
Location	Paris, France
Dates	26–31 August
Competitors	64 from 40 nations
Medalists

The men's singles tournament of the 2025 BWF World Championships took place from 26 to 31 August 2025 at the Adidas Arena in Paris.

Seeds

The seeding list was based on the World Rankings of 5 August 2025.

1. Shi Yuqi (champion)

2. Anders Antonsen (semi-finals)

3. Kunlavut Vitidsarn (final)

4. Li Shifeng (first round)

5. Jonatan Christie (quarter-finals)

6. Chou Tien-chen (quarter-finals)

7. Alex Lanier (third round)

8. Kodai Naraoka (third round)

9. Loh Kean Yew (quarter-finals)

10. Christo Popov (third round)

11. Lu Guangzu (second round)

12. Lin Chun-yi (second round)

13. Lee Cheuk Yiu (third round)

14. Kenta Nishimoto (third round)

15. Toma Junior Popov (third round)

16. Weng Hongyang (quarter-finals)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

The drawing ceremony was held on 13 August.

Finals

Semi-finals					Final

1	Shi Yuqi	13	22	21

	Victor Lai	21	20	16
					1	Shi Yuqi	19	21	21

					3	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	21	10	18
3	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	21	21

2	Anders Antonsen	17	15

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round				Third round					Quarter-finals

1	Shi YQ	21	21

	L Sen	17	19
					1	Shi YQ	21	21

						J Carraggi	15	11
	Lê Đ P	20	21	9

	J Carraggi	22	16	21
									1	Shi YQ	20	21	21

									10	C Popov	22	13	18
10	C Popov	21	21

	Pui P F	15	16
					10	C Popov	21	21

						Ng K L	15	16
	Ng K L	16	21	21

	C V Filimon	21	15	7
														1	Shi YQ	21	7	21

														16	Weng HY	15	21	10
7	A Lanier	21	22

	K Wangcharoen	10	20
					7	A Lanier	21	21

						A Dinata	17	13
	D D Pangestu	16	21	14

	A Dinata	21	16	21
									7	A Lanier	18	12

									16	Weng HY	21	21
16	Weng HY	21	21

	J Yu	7	12
					16	Weng HY	21	21

						Lee C-h	19	13
	Lee C-h	24	21

	G Toti	22	11

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarter-finals

4	Li SF	21	11	15

	Y Tanaka	19	21	21
						Y Tanaka	12	9

						Jeon H-j	21	21
	Lee Z J	17	11

	Jeon H-j	21	21
											Jeon H-j	17	13

											V Lai	21	21
11	Lu GZ	16	22	21

	J Teh	21	20	14
					11	Lu GZ	21	12	10

						V Lai	13	21	21
	V Lai	21	21

	E Lau	13	2
																V Lai	22	21

															9	Loh K Y	20	18
8	K Naraoka	21	21

	D Abeywickrama	10	7
					8	K Naraoka	21	21

						N Nguyen	18	14
	B Yang	9	18

	N Nguyen	21	21
										8	K Naraoka	21	19	19

										9	Loh K Y	5	21	21
9	Loh K Y	21	21

	J Paul	15	12
					9	Loh K Y	21	21

						K Koljonen	14	14
	H Huang	12	21	19

	K Koljonen	21	10	21

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round				Third round					Quarter-finals

	Y Coelho	16	21	18

	F Roth	21	19	21
						F Roth	16	21

					13	Lee C Y	21	23
	G Björkler	9	17

13	Lee C Y	21	21
									13	Lee C Y	19	9

									5	J Christie	21	21
	K Watanabe	19	18

	A R Dwicahyo	21	21
						A R Dwicahyo	9	17

					5	J Christie	21	21
	M Kicklitz	15	5

5	J Christie	21	21
														5	J Christie	14	21	8

														3	K Vitidsarn	21	18	21
	A Farhan	22	21

	Nguyễn H Đ	20	13
						A Farhan	21	22

					12	Lin C-y	17	20
	R Gemke	21	18	14

12	Lin C-y	17	21	21
										A Farhan	18	21	20

									3	K Vitidsarn	21	18	22
	A Viale	13	21	18

	Kim B-j	21	19	21
						Kim B-j	19	6

					3	K Vitidsarn	21	21
	U Canjura	11	17

3	K Vitidsarn	21	21

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarter-finals

	Leong J H	21	21

	T Künzi	12	14
						Leong J H	21	13	23

					14	K Nishimoto	17	21	25
	Wang T-w	13	12

14	K Nishimoto	21	21
										14	K Nishimoto	21	15	13

										6	Chou T-c	16	21	21
	P Abián	9	21	12

	E Rose	21	17	21
						E Rose	14	12

					6	Chou T-c	21	21
	J Louda

6	Chou T-c	w	/	o
															6	Chou T-c	17	21

															2	A Antonsen	21	23
	V Nettasinghe	21	23

	M Zilberman	11	21
						V Nettasinghe	17	9

					15	T J Popov	21	21
	A S Ginting	18	21	23

15	T J Popov	21	19	25
										15	T J Popov	6	22	19

										2	A Antonsen	21	20	21
	J Oldorff	18	15

	Prannoy H. S.	21	21
						Prannoy H. S.	7	21	21

					2	A Antonsen	21	17	23
	J Matias	15	16

2	A Antonsen	21	21

Records

Victor Lai made history by becoming the first Canadian to win a medal in any discipline after defeating former champion Loh Kean Yew.^[1]^[2]

Qualifiers' performances

The table below lists out all the qualifiers of this edition by 26 July 2025.

Qualifier	Date of birth	Appearance	Best Performance(s)		Note
Qualifier	Date of birth	Appearance	Edition(s)	Result	Note
Champion
Shi Yuqi	(1996-02-28)28 February 1996 (aged 29)	5th	18	S	15th Chinese men's singles gold medal, breaking 8-year drought, PB
Finalist
Kunlavut Vitidsarn	(2001-05-11)11 May 2001 (aged 24)	4th	23	G	Three consecutive WC finals (out of four), four including Olympics (out of five)
Semi-finalist
Victor Lai	(2004-12-19)19 December 2004 (aged 20)	Debut			First Canadian WC Medalist, PB
Anders Antonsen	(1997-04-27)27 April 1997 (aged 28)	7th	19	S
Quarter-finalist
Weng Hongyang	(1999-06-18)18 June 1999 (aged 26)	Debut			PB
Loh Kean Yew	(1997-06-26)26 June 1997 (aged 28)	5th	21	G
Jonatan Christie	(1997-09-15)15 September 1997 (aged 27)	6th	19,22	QF	=PB
Chou Tien-chen	(1990-01-08)8 January 1990 (aged 35)	10th	22	B
Third rounder
Christo Popov	(2002-03-08)8 March 2002 (aged 23)	2nd	23	2R	PB
Alex Lanier	(2005-01-26)26 January 2005 (aged 20)	Debut			PB
Jeon Hyeok-jin	(1995-06-13)13 June 1995 (aged 30)	2nd	23	2R	PB
Kodai Naraoka	(2001-06-30)30 June 2001 (aged 24)	3rd	23	S
Lee Cheuk Yiu	(1996-08-28)28 August 1996 (aged 28)	5th	21,22,23	3R	=PB
Alwi Farhan	(2005-05-12)12 May 2005 (aged 20)	Debut			Youngest qualifier, PB
Kenta Nishimoto	(1994-08-30)30 August 1994 (aged 30)	6th	23	QF
Toma Junior Popov	(1998-09-29)29 September 1998 (aged 26)	3th	23	2R	PB
Second rounder
Julien Carraggi	(2000-06-02)2 June 2000 (aged 25)	3rd	23	2R	=PB
Ng Ka Long	(1994-06-24)24 June 1994 (aged 31)	8th	17,18,19,22,23	3R
Aria Dinata	(2003-07-12)12 July 2003 (aged 22)	Debut			PB
Lee Chia-hao	(1999-06-04)4 June 1999 (aged 26)	Debut			PB
Yushi Tanaka	(1999-10-05)5 October 1999 (aged 25)	Debut			PB
Lu Guangzu	(1999-10-05)5 October 1999 (aged 25)	5th	21	3R
Nhat Nguyen	(2000-06-16)16 June 2000 (aged 25)	6th	21	3R
Kalle Koljonen	(1994-02-26)26 February 1994 (aged 31)	7th	21	2R	=PB
Fabian Roth	(1995-11-29)29 November 1995 (aged 29)	2nd	17	1R	PB
Ade Resky Dwicahyo	(1998-05-13)13 May 1998 (aged 27)	4th	21,23	2R	=PB
Lin Chun-yi	(1999-10-02)2 October 1999 (aged 25)	Debut			PB
Kim Byung-jae	(2004-04-04)4 April 2004 (aged 21)	Debut			PB
Leong Jun Hao	(1999-07-13)13 July 1999 (aged 26)	Debut			PB
Ethan Rose	(2003-01-01)1 January 2003 (aged 22)	Debut			PB
Viren Nettasinghe	(2003-06-17)17 June 2003 (aged 22)	Debut			PB
Prannoy H. S.	(1992-07-17)17 July 1992 (aged 33)	7th	23	B
First rounder
Lakshya Sen	(2001-08-16)16 August 2001 (aged 24)	4th	21	B
Lê Đức Phát	(1998-02-01)1 February 1998 (aged 27)	Debut			PB
Pui Pang Fong	(2000-03-13)13 March 2000 (aged 25)	Debut			PB
Collins Filimon	(1998-02-14)14 February 1998 (aged 27)	Debut			PB
Kantaphon Wangcharoen	(1998-09-18)18 September 1998 (aged 26)	5th	19	B
Dicky Dwi Pangestu	(2004-05-08)8 May 2004 (aged 21)	Debut			PB
Jack Yu	(2004-09-13)13 September 2004 (aged 20)	Debut			Reigning Oceanian champion, PB
Giovanni Toti	(2000-12-28)28 December 2000 (aged 24)	2nd	23	1R	=PB
Li Shifeng	(2000-01-09)9 January 2000 (aged 25)	3rd	23	2R
Lee Zii Jia	(1998-03-29)29 March 1998 (aged 27)	5th	19, 21	QF
Jason Teh	(2000-08-25)25 August 2000 (aged 25)	3rd	23	2R
Edward Lau	(2001-02-22)22 February 2001 (aged 24)	Debut			PB
Dumindu Abeywickrama	(2003-03-05)5 March 2003 (aged 22)	Debut			PB
Brian Yang	(2001-09-25)25 September 2001 (aged 23)	3rd	21	3R
Julien Paul	(1996-01-07)7 January 1996 (aged 29)	6th	22	2R
Harry Huang	(2001-08-25)25 August 2001 (aged 24)	Debut			PB
Ygor Coelho	(1996-11-24)24 November 1996 (aged 28)	7th	18	3R
Gustav Björkler	(2002-03-29)29 March 2002 (aged 23)	Debut			PB
Koki Watanabe	(1999-01-29)29 January 1999 (aged 26)	2nd	21	2R
Matthias Kicklitz	(2002-04-05)5 April 2002 (aged 23)	Debut			PB
Nguyen Hai Đang	(2000-09-24)24 September 2000 (aged 24)	2nd	23	1R	=PB
Rasmus Gemke	(1997-01-11)11 January 1997 (aged 28)	5th	21	3R
Adriano Viale	(2004-09-01)1 September 2004 (aged 20)	Debut			PB
Uriel Canjura	(2000-09-12)12 September 2000 (aged 24)	2nd	23	2R
Tobias Kuenzi	(1998-02-18)18 February 1998 (aged 27)	Debut			PB
Wang Tzu-wei	(1995-02-27)27 February 1995 (aged 30)	6th	23	QF
Pablo Abián	(1985-06-12)12 June 1985 (aged 40)	14th	11,13	3R	Oldest and most participated qualifier
Misha Zilberman	(1989-01-30)30 January 1989 (aged 36)	13th	10,18,19	3R
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting	(1996-10-20)20 October 1996 (aged 28)	5th	22	QF
Joakim Oldorff	(2002-12-14)14 December 2002 (aged 22)	Debut			PB
Jonathan Matias	(2000-02-10)10 February 2000 (aged 25)	2nd	23	1R	=PB
Withdrew
Jan Louda	(1999-04-25)25 April 1999 (aged 26)	3rd	22	2R

References

^ Goh, Z. K. (29 August 2025). "BWF World Championships 2025: Loh Kean Yew exits in quarter-finals shock against Victor Lai". Olympics. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
^ Sukumar, Dev (29 August 2025). "Victor Lai Makes History for Canada". Badminton World Federation.

[1] Goh, Z. K. (29 August 2025). "BWF World Championships 2025: Loh Kean Yew exits in quarter-finals shock against Victor Lai". Olympics. Retrieved 29 August 2025.

[2] Sukumar, Dev (29 August 2025). "Victor Lai Makes History for Canada". Badminton World Federation.

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Events at the 2025 BWF World Championships

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