Slovenia Open (badminton)

The Slovenian International in badminton is an international open held in Slovenia regularly since 1993.

It took place also as unofficial international championship from 1963 until 1976, when Slovenia was part of Yugoslavia. There are several events at the Slovenian International, men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles.

Previous winners

Slovenia Open

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles	Ref
1963	Bernd Frohnwieser	Hilde Themel	Bernd Frohnwieser Harald Pirsch	Mariča Amf Meta Bogel	Bernd Frohnwieser Hilde Themel
1964	Tomaž Pavčič	Mariča Amf	Oki Drinovec Jani Drinovec	Mariča Amf Meta Bogel	Helmut Kraule Breda Križman
1965	Michael Rawlings	Meta Bogel	Bernd Frohnwieser Harald Pirsch	Johanna Holzer Nina Pomahacová	Vladimir Zrno Alena Mládková
1966	Franz Beinvogl	Hilde Kreulitsch	Franz Beinvogl Rupert Liebl	Hilde Kreulitsch Anni Fritzer	Bernd Frohnwieser Hilde Kreulitsch
1967	Franz Beinvogl	Irena Červenková	Franz Beinvogl Jani Drinovec	Hilde Kreulitsch Anni Fritzer	Franz Beinvogl Inge Mönch
1968	No competition
1969	Otto Eckarth	Lučka Križman	Mitja Žorga Slavko Županič	Marta Amf Vita Bohinc	Slavko Županič Lučka Križman
1970	Danče Pohar		Otto Eckarth Rudi Mahin	Lučka Križman Breda Križman	Danče Pohar Mariča Amf
1971	Franz Beinvogl		Otto Eckarth Erich Mader	Lučka Križman Breda Križman	Franz Beinvogl Vita Bohinc
1972	No competition
1973	Stane Koprivšek	Lučka Križman	Gregor Berden Stane Koprivšek	Lučka Križman Marta Amf	Gregor Berden Marta Amf
1974	Stane Koprivšek	Ildikó Szabó	Gregor Berden Stane Koprivšek	Lučka Križman Marta Amf	Gregor Berden Marta Amf
1975	Otto Eckarth	Lučka Križman	Gregor Berden Slavko Županič	Éva Cserni Ildikó Szabó	Janos Cserni Éva Cserni
1976	Gregor Berden	Éva Cserni	Stane Koprivšek Jani Caleta	Erika Meisenhalter Herta Schwarz	Gregor Berden Marta Amf
1977– 1992	No competition
1993	Hannes Fuchs	Andrea Harsági	Vladislav Druzchenko Valerij Strelcov	Elena Nozdran Ira Koloskova	Valerij Strelcov Elena Nozdran	^[1]
1994	Jürgen Koch	Irina Serova	Fernando Silva Ricardo Fernandes	Svetlana Alferova Elena Denisova	Artur Khachaturyan Svetlana Alferova
1995	Denis Pešehonov	Maja Pohar	Stephan Schneider Markus Hegar	Maja Pohar Urša Jovan	Andrej Pohar Maja Pohar
1996	Pedro Vanneste	Sandra Dimbour	Manuel Dubrulle Vincent Laigle	Andrea Dakó Melinda Keszthelyi	Manuel Dubrulle Sandrine Lefèvre
1997	Pedro Vanneste	Joanne Muggeridge	Russell Hogg Kenny Middlemiss	Elinor Middlemiss Sandra Watt	Kenny Middlemiss Elinor Middlemiss
1998	Andrej Pohar	Joanne Muggeridge	Mark Manha Howard Bach	Joanne Muggeridge Felicity Gallup	Andrej Pohar Maja Pohar
1999	Richard Vaughan	Katja Michalowsky	Manuel Dubrulle Vincent Laigle	Corinne Jörg Fabienne Baumeyer	Andrej Pohar Maja Pohar
2000	Colin Haughton	Anne Maria Pedersen	Mathias Boe Michael Jensen	Britta Andersen Lene Mørk	Mathias Boe Britta Andersen
2001	Nabil Lasmari	Maja Pohar	Nikolay Zuev Stanislav Pukhov	Elena Shimko Marina Yakusheva	Nikolay Zuev Marina Yakusheva
2002	Jürgen Koch	Petya Nedelcheva	Rasmus Andersen Carsten Mogensen	Ekaterina Ananina Anastasia Russkikh	Alexandr Russkikh Anastasia Russkikh
2003	Shōji Satō	Jill Pittard	Nikolay Zuev Nicholas Kidd	Marina Yakusheva Elena Shimko	Simon Archer Donna Kellogg
2004– 2007	No competition
2008	Jan Vondra	Linda Zechiri	Michael Lahnsteiner Peter Zauner	Emelie Lennartsson Emma Wengberg	Vladimir Metodiev Gabriela Banova
2009	Harry Wright	Maja Tvrdy	Jürgen Koch Peter Zauner	Johanna Goliszewski Claudia Vogelgsang	Peter Zauner Simone Prutsch	^[2]
2010	Pablo Abián	Lianne Tan	Ruud Bosch Koen Ridder	Natalia Pocztowiak Staša Poznanovič	Mao Hong Natalia Pocztowiak	^[3]
2011	Hsu Jen-hao	Carola Bott	Lukasz Moren Wojciech Szkudlarczyk	Johanna Goliszewski Carla Nelte	Zvonimir Đurkinjak Staša Poznanović	^[4]
2012	Andrew Smith	Nicole Schaller	Zvonimir Đurkinjak Zvonimir Hölbling	Isabel Herttrich Inken Wienefeld		^[5]
2013	Ramdan Misbun	Marija Ulitina	Nikita Khakimov Vasily Kuznetsov	Alida Chen Soraya de Visch Eijbergen		^[6]
2014	Flemming Quach	Stefani Stoeva	Zvonimir Đurkinjak Zvonimir Hölbling	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	Jeppe Ludvigsen Mai Surrow	^[7]
2015	Dmytro Zavadsky	Marija Ulitina	Zvonimir Đurkinjak Zvonimir Hölbling	Linda Efler Lara Kaepplein	Bastian Kersaudy Lea Palermo	^[8]
2016	Kieran Merrilees	Julie Dawall Jakobsen	Josh Magee Sam Magee	Chloe Birch Sarah Walker	Mikkel Mikkelsen Mai Surrow	^[9]
2017	Erik Meijs	Julie Dawall Jakobsen	Matijs Dierickx Freek Golinski	Olga Arkhangelskaya Natalia Rogova	Mikkel Mikkelsen Mai Surrow	^[10]
2018	Toby Penty	Qi Xuefei	Jeppe Bay Rasmus Kjær	Bengisu Erçetin Nazlıcan İnci	Gregory Mairs Jenny Moore	^[11]
2019	Sourabh Verma	Clara Azurmendi	Shohei Hoshino Yujiro Nishikawa	Jenny Moore Victoria Williams	Gregory Mairs Victoria Williams	^[12]
2020	Cancelled^{[note 1]}					^[13]
2021	Arnaud Merklé	Mutiara Ayu Puspitasari	Putra Erwiansyah Patra Harapan Rindorindo	Low Yeen Yuan Valeree Siow	Choong Hon Jian Toh Ee Wei	^[14]
2022	Collins Valentine Filimon	Lin Hsiang-ti	Wei Chun-wei Wu Guan-xun	Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari Rachel Allessya Rose	Kristian Kræmer Amalie Cecilie Kudsk	^[15]
2023	Sameer Verma	Huang Yu-hsun	Low Hang Yee Ng Eng Cheong	Liu Chiao-yun Wang Yu-qiao	Jesper Toft Clara Graversen	^[16]
2024	Justin Hoh	Rakshitha Ramraj	Muhammad Al Farizi Nikolaus Joaquin	Siti Sarah Azzahra Agnia Sri Rahayu	Amri Syahnawi Indah Cahya Sari Jamil	^[17]
2025	Eogene Ewe	Wong Ling Ching	Huang Tsung-i Lin Ting-yu	Lin Chih-chun Lin Wan-ching	Wu Guan-xun Lee Chia-hsin	^[18]

^ This tournament, originally to be played from 13 to 16 May, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia.

Slovenia International

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
2023	Cancelled^[19]

Slovenia Future Series

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles	Ref
2018	Luka Milić	Sara Peñalver	Oliver Gram Mads Thøgersen	Katarina Galenić Maja Pavlinić	Miha Ivančič Petra Polanc	^[20]
2019	Karan Rajan Rajarajan	Jenjira Stadelmann	Jaromír Janáček Tomáš Švejda	Frederikke Lund Signe Schulz	Miha Ivančič Petra Polanc	^[21]
2020	Cancelled					^[22]
2021	Andi Fadel Muhammad	Simona Pilgaard	William Kryger Boe Christian Faust Kjær	Viktoriia Kozyreva Mariia Sukhova	Mads Muurholm Clara Løber	^[23]
2022	Andi Fadel Muhammad	Tomoka Miyazaki	Rasmus Espersen Kristian Kræmer	Hina Akechi Sorano Yoshikawa	Mihajlo Tomić Andjela Vitman	^[24]
2023	Jakob Houe	Heli Neiman	Marvin Datko Jarne Schlevoigt	Martina Corsini Miranda Johansson	Jarne Schlevoigt Julia Meyer	^[25]
2024	Enogat Roy	Anna Tatranova	Yann Orteu Minh Quang Pham	Lucie Amiguet Caroline Racloz	Miha Ivančič Petra Polanc	^[26]
2025	Minoru Koga	Heli Neiman	Marvin Datko Aaron Sonnenschein	Kateřina Osladilová Sharleen van Coppenolle	Miha Ivančič Petra Polanc	^[27]

Performances by countries

Slovenia Open

As of 2025 edition

Top countries
Pos	Country	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	Yugoslavia	5	7	6.5	7	6	31.5
2	Austria	5	3	4	2.5	3.5	18
3	Germany	5	2	3.5	5	1.5	17
4	England	5	3	0.5	3	3	14.5
5	Denmark	1	3	3	1	6	14
6	Russia			2.5	5	3	10.5
7	Slovenia	2	3		1	3	9
8	Chinese Taipei	1	2	2	2	1	8
9	France	2	1	2		2	7
9	Malaysia	3	1	1	1	1	7
11	Croatia			3	0.5	3	6.5
12	Hungary		3		2	1	6
	Indonesia		1	2	2	1	6
	Ukraine	1	2	1	1	1	6
15	Belgium	2	2	1			5
16	Bulgaria		2		1	1	4
16	Scotland	1		1	1	1	4
18	India	2	1				3
	Netherlands	1		1	1		3
	Switzerland		1	1	1		3
21	Czechoslovakia		1		0.5	1	2.5
22	Japan	1		1			2
	Poland			1	0.5	0.5	2
	Spain	1	1				2
25	China		1			0.5	1.5
26	Czech Republic	1					1
	Ireland			1			1
	Portugal			1			1
	Sweden				1		1
	Turkey				1		1
	United States			1			1
	Wales	1					1
Total		40	40	40	40	40	200

Slovenia Future Series

As of 2025 edition

Top countries
Pos	Country	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	Denmark	2	1	3	1	1	8
2	Slovenia					4	4
3	Germany			2		1	3
	Japan	1	1		1		3
	Switzerland		1	1	1		3
6	Czech Republic			1	1		2
	France	1	1				2
	Indonesia	2					2
	Israel		2				2
	Serbia	1				1	2
11	Croatia				1		1
	Russia				1		1
	Spain		1				1
14	Italy				0.5		0.5
14	Sweden				0.5		0.5
Total		7	7	7	7	7	35

References

^ "Slovenia International 1993". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
^ 2009 winners
^ 2010 winners
^ 2011 winners
^ 2012 winners
^ 2013 winners
^ 2014 winners
^ 2015 winners
^ 2016 winners
^ 2017 winners
^ 2018 winners
^ 2019 winners
^ "BWF Announces Revamped Tournament Calendar for 2020". Badminton World Federation. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
^ "Yonex Slovenia International 2021". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
^ "Yonex Slovenia International 2022". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
^ "I Feel Slovenia Yonex Open 2023". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
^ "I Feel Slovenia Li-Ning Open 2024 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
^ "I Feel Slovenia Li-Ning Open 2025 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
^ Slovenia International Series 2023 (Cancelled)
^ 2018 winners
^ 2019 winners
^ 2020
^ "Yonex Slovenia Future Series 2021 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
^ "Yonex Slovenia Future Series 2022 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
^ "Yonex Slovenia Future Series 2023 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
^ "I Feel Slovenia Li-Ning Future Series 2024". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
^ Martinez, Sara Gonzalez (8 September 2025). "Ivančič and Polanc defend their title on home soil". Badminton Europe. Archived from the original on 8 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.

External links

Badmintonpeople.com

[CancelledTour-13] This tournament, originally to be played from 13 to 16 May, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia.

[1] "Slovenia International 1993". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 15 June 2012.

[2] 2009 winners

[3] 2010 winners

[4] 2011 winners

[5] 2012 winners

[6] 2013 winners

[7] 2014 winners

[8] 2015 winners

[9] 2016 winners

[10] 2017 winners

[11] 2018 winners

[12] 2019 winners

[CancelledTour-14] "BWF Announces Revamped Tournament Calendar for 2020". Badminton World Federation. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

[15] "Yonex Slovenia International 2021". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 May 2021.

[16] "Yonex Slovenia International 2022". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 21 May 2022.

[17] "I Feel Slovenia Yonex Open 2023". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 21 May 2023.

[18] "I Feel Slovenia Li-Ning Open 2024 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 May 2025.

[19] "I Feel Slovenia Li-Ning Open 2025 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 May 2025.

[20] Slovenia International Series 2023 (Cancelled)

[21] 2018 winners

[22] 2019 winners

[23] 2020

[24] "Yonex Slovenia Future Series 2021 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

[25] "Yonex Slovenia Future Series 2022 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 27 November 2022.

[26] "Yonex Slovenia Future Series 2023 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 September 2023.

[27] "I Feel Slovenia Li-Ning Future Series 2024". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 8 September 2024.

[slovenia25-28] Martinez, Sara Gonzalez (8 September 2025). "Ivančič and Polanc defend their title on home soil". Badminton Europe. Archived from the original on 8 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.

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