Israel Open (badminton)

The Israel Open, formerly called Hatzor International, in badminton is an international open held in Israel since 1975. It was held annually from 1975 to 1982, but between 1983 and 2005 the competition was held only thrice. The competition was resumed in 2006 under a new name Hatzor International, after the club which host the event at Kibbutz Hatzor. Israeli National Badminton Championships started in 1977.

Previous winners[edit]

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1975	Victor Yusim	No competition	Victor Yusim Michael Schneidman	No competition
1976	Michael Schneidman	Tineke Hof		Tineke Hof Devora Geffen	No competition
1977	Victor Yusim	Eva Unglick		Eva Unglick Chaya Grunstein	No competition
1978		Chaya Grunstein		Chaya Grunstein Carole Silman	Michael Rapaport Carole Silman
1979		Eva Unglick		Eva Unglick Chaya Grunstein	Nissim Duk Eva Unglick
1980	Yitzhak Serrouya	Elka Kalb	Nissim Duk Yitzhak Serrouya	Elka Kalb Irit Ben Shushan	Michael Rapaport Eva Unglick
1981	Johann Ratheyser	Adelhid Losek	Johann Rathyser Gerard Hofegger	Eva Unglick Irit Ben Shushan	Johann Ratheyser Adelheid Losek
1982	Andrew Downes	Lisa Salmon	David Spurling Stuart Spurling	Lisa Salmon J. Downes	David Spurling H. Blake
1983– 1989	No competition
1990	Stephane Renault	Christelle Mol	Ricardo Fernandes Marco Vasconcelos	Christelle Mol Virginie Delvingt	Stephane Renault Elodie Mansuy
1991– 1997	No competition
1998^[1]	Aivaras Kvedarauskas	Svetlana Zilberman	Aivaras Kvedarauskas Nir Yusim	Svetlana Zilberman Diana Koleva	Leon Pugatch Svetlana Zilberman
1999^[2]	Boris Kessov	Neli Boteva	Boris Kessov Georgi Petrov	No competition	Ljuben Panov Diana Koleva
2000– 2005	No competition
2006	Petr Koukal	Maja Tvrdy	Luka Petric Mateuz Srekl	No competition	Luka Petric Maja Tvrdy
2007^[3]	Sho Sasaki	Tracey Hallam	Jochen Cassel Thomas Tesche	No competition	Valeriy Atrashenkov Elena Prus
2008– 2012	No competition
2013^[4]	Vladimir Malkov	Telma Santos	Vladimir Malkov Vadim Novoselov	Olga Golovanova Viktoriia Vorobeva	Vladimir Malkov Viktoriia Vorobeva
2014^[5]	Artem Pochtarev	Telma Santos	Gennadiy Natarov Artem Pochtarev	No competition	Gennadiy Natarov Yuliya Kazarinova
2015^[6]	Sam Parsons	Zuzana Pavelkova	Alexander Bass Daniel Chislov	Alina Pugach Yuval Pugach	Ariel Shainski Krestina Silich
2016^[7]	Lukas Zevl	Ana Marija Setina	Yonathan Levit Ariel Shainski	Irina Shorokhova Kristina Virvich	Ariel Shainski Krestina Silich
2017^[8]	Miha Ivanič	Anastasiia Semenova	Alexander Bass Shai Geffen	Ksenia Evgenova Anastasiia Semenova	Yonathan Levit Yulia Vasilyeva
2018^[9]	Kaushal Dharmamer	Ksenia Polikarpova	Ariel Shainski Lukas Zevl	Ksenia Polikarpova Krestina Silich	Mykhaylo Makhnovskiy Anastasiya Prozorova
2019^[10]	Felix Hammes	Ksenia Polikarpova	Felix Hammes Christopher Klauer	Heli Neiman Ksenia Polikarpova	May Bar Netzer Shery Rotshtein
2020^[11]	Cancelled^[a]
2021^[12]	Cancelled^[b]
2022^[13]	Matthias Kicklitz	Dounia Pelupessy	Giovanni Greco David Salutt	Aline Müller Caroline Racloz	Minh Quang Pham Caroline Racloz
2023^[14]	Cancelled^[c]

^ This tournament, originally to be played from 21 to 24 October, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel.
^ This tournament, originally to be played from 27 to 30 October, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel.
^ This tournament, originally to be played on 26–28 October, was later cancelled due to 2023 Israel–Hamas war.^[15]

Performances by nation[edit]

As of the 2022 edition

Rank	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	Israel	6	4	10	6	6.5	32.5
2	Russia	1	1	1	3	1.5	7.5
3	England	2	2	1	1	1	7
4	Germany	2	1	2	0.5		5.5
5	Slovenia	1	2	1		1	5
5	Ukraine	1		1		3	5
7	Bulgaria	1	1	1	0.5	1	4.5
8	Austria	1	1	1		1	4
8	France	1	1		1	1	4
10	Czech Republic	2	1	0.5			3.5
10	Sweden		2		1.5		3.5
12	Portugal		2	1			3
12	Switzerland		1		1	1	3
14	Netherlands		1		1		2
15	Belarus				0.5	1	1.5
15	Lithuania	1		0.5			1.5
17	India	1					1
	Italy			1			1
	Japan	1					1
Total		21	20	21	16	18	96

References[edit]

^ 1998 winners
^ 1999 winners
^ 2007 winners
^ 2013 winners
^ 2014 winners
^ 2015 winners
^ 2016 winners
^ 2017 winners
^ 2018 winners
^ 2019 winners
^ Israel Open 2020 (Cancelled)
^ Israel Open 2021(Cancelled)
^ 2022 winners
^ YONEX Israel Open 2023 (Cancelled)
^ "Tournament Cancellation". Badminton World Federation. 11 October 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.

[12] This tournament, originally to be played from 21 to 24 October, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel.

[14] This tournament, originally to be played from 27 to 30 October, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel.

[18] This tournament, originally to be played on 26–28 October, was later cancelled due to 2023 Israel–Hamas war.^[15]

[1] 1998 winners

[2] 1999 winners

[3] 2007 winners

[4] 2013 winners

[5] 2014 winners

[6] 2015 winners

[7] 2016 winners

[8] 2017 winners

[9] 2018 winners

[10] 2019 winners

[11] Israel Open 2020 (Cancelled)

[13] Israel Open 2021(Cancelled)

[15] 2022 winners

[16] YONEX Israel Open 2023 (Cancelled)

[17] "Tournament Cancellation". Badminton World Federation. 11 October 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.

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