Macau Open

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The Macau Open Badminton Championships is an open international championship in badminton held in Macau. In the 2002 International Badminton Federation (IBF) calendar, the first badminton tournament in Macau was held as Macau Satellite. IBF then included the tournament in the Grand Prix event in 2006, after that the tournament was categorised by the Badminton World Federation as Grand Prix Gold event in 2007, which carried a total prize money of US$120,000. After the new event structure updated by the BWF in 2017, the Macau Open categorized as the BWF World Tour Super 300 which began to be implemented in 2018. The Macau Open was on hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic starting from 2020 to 2023, and will return to the BWF calendar in 2024.

Macau Open er en internasjonal badmintonturnering som arrangeres i Macau, Folkerepublikken Kina. Den arrangeres årlig, og er en del av BWF World Tour, med en prispott på 100 000 dollar.

Macau Open ble første gang arrangert i 2006. Turneringen har blitt gradert som en Grand Prix Gold-begivenhet siden 2007, og oppgradert til en BWF World Tour Super 300-begivenhet i 2018.

Turneringen er åpen for mannlige og kvinnelige spillere i singel- og dobbeltkamper. Konkurransen holdes i Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion i Macau.

Macau Open har sett deltakelse fra toppspillere som Chen Long, Carolina Marín og Viktor Axelsen. Turneringen har også bidratt til å utvikle lokale badmintontalenter i Macau.