2007 German Open Grand Prix

The 2007 German Open Grand Prix (officially known as the Yonex German Open 2007 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place in Mülheim from 27 February to 4 March 2007. It had a total purse of $80,000.

Tournament

The 2007 German Open Grand Prix was the inaugural tournament of the 2007 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix and also part of the German Open championships which has been held since 1955. This tournament was organized by the German Badminton Association and sanctioned by the BWF.

Venue

This international tournament was held at Innogy Sporthalle in Mülheim, Germany.

Point distribution

Below is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Grand Prix event.

Winner	Runner-up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	33/64	65/128	129/256	257/512
5,500	4,680	3,850	3,030	2,110	1,290	510	240	100	45

Prize money

The total prize money for this tournament was US$80,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.

Event	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finals	Quarter-finals	Last 16
Men's singles	$6,400	$3,200	$1,600	$800	$320
Women's singles	$5,520	$2,640	$1,440	$720	—
Men's doubles	$5,760	$3,200	$1,920	$1,120
Women's doubles	$4,880	$3,200	$1,760	$880
Mixed doubles	$4,880	$3,200	$1,760	$880

Men's singles

Seeds

Lin Dan (champion)
Chen Yu (final)
Lee Tsuen Seng (third round)
Przemysław Wacha (third round)
Ng Wei (second round)
Joachim Persson (quarter-finals)
Sairul Amar Ayob (first round)
Björn Joppien (second round)
Kendrick Lee Yen Hui (third round)
Roslin Hashim (third round)
Park Sung-hwan (quarter-finals)
Chan Yan Kit (third round)
Chetan Anand (first round)
John Moody (second round)
Kasper Ødum (third round)
Andrew Dabeka (first round)

Finals

Semi-finals				Final

1	Lin Dan	21	21

	Anup Sridhar	14	12
				1	Lin Dan

				2	Chen Yu	w	/	o
Q5	Wu Yunyong	18	2

2	Chen Yu	21	5

Top half

Section 1

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Quarter-finals

1	Lin D	21	21

Q3	T Hidayat	15	13
					1	Lin D	21	21

						T Sugiarto	12	19
	T Sugiarto	21	21

Q4	M A Abdul Latif	19	10
										1	Lin D	21	23

										10	R Hashim	16	21
10	R Hashim	21	21

	N Rice	13	11
					10	R Hashim	20	21	21

						J Koch	22	6	11
	J Koch	21	21

	J Ø. Jørgensen	12	7
														1	Lin D	21	21

															Wong C H	15	14
5	Ng W	21	18	21

	B Milroy	10	21	15
					5	Ng W	14	21

						Wong C H	21	23
	Wong C H	23	21

	R Must	21	16
											Wong C H	21	21

										9	K Lee Y H	12	17
9	K Lee Y H	21	21

	N Kanetkar	16	14
					9	K Lee Y H	21	21

						J Vondra	15	18
	J Vondra	21	21

	P Yang	13	17

Section 2

First Round					Second Round				Third Round				Quarter-finals

3	Lee T S	21	21

	A Ghaffar	8	18
					3	Lee T S	21	21

						Tan C S	14	11
	J Tho	15	16

	Tan C S	21	21
									3	Lee T S	9	11

									11	Park S-h	21	21
11	Park S-h	21	20	21

	M Vasconcelos	8	22	13
					11	Park S-h	21	21

						V Lång	11	15
	V Lång	21	22	21

	S Wojcikiewicz	23	20	8
													11	Park S-h	21	21	17

														A Sridhar	15	23	21
8	B Joppien	21	21

	Y Khrishnan	13	16
					8	B Joppien	19	11

						A Sridhar	21	21
	A Sridhar	18	21	23

Q7	A Adityawarman	21	9	21
										A Sridhar	21	21

									15	K Ødum	18	19
15	K Ødum	21	22

	Parupalli K	16	20
					15	K Ødum	21	21

						P Koukal	18	16
	N Kidd	22	14

	P Koukal	24	21

Bottom half

Section 3

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Quarter-finals

	S Gomez	11	11

	K Saeki	21	21
						K Saeki	17	13

					12	Chan Y K	21	21
	Qiu YB	18	18

12	Chan Y K	21	21
										12	Chan Y K	16	8

										Q6	Lü Y	21	21
PFQ	K Ridder	13	9

Q6	Lü Y	21	21
					Q6	Lü Y	18	21	21

						A Pawar	21	13	10
	A Pawar	19	21	21

7	S A Ayob	21	14	18
														Q6	Lü Y	15	21	15

														Q5	Wu YY	21	7	21
Q5	Wu YY	21	21

	K Raffeiner	7	8
					Q5	Wu YY	21	21

					14	J Moody	13	14
	K Mehrabi	13	13

14	J Moody	21	21
										Q5	Wu YY	21	21

										4	P Wacha	20	10
	J-K Leth	21	21

	T Honey	16	16
						J-K Leth	19	17

					4	P Wacha	21	21
	S Santoso	18	16

4	P Wacha	21	21

Section 4

First Round					Second Round				Third Round				Quarter-finals

	K Navickas	12	21	21

Q2	E Kurniawan	21	13	18
						K Navickas	21	21

					PFQ	Liew D	19	12
PFQ	Liew D	22	21	21

16	A Dabeka	20	23	17
										K Navickas	12	12

									6	J Persson	21	21
	R Ouseph	20	21	21

	C Lind Thomsen	22	10	15
						R Ouseph	8	15

					6	J Persson	21	21
	J Fröhlich	6	16

6	J Persson	21	21
													6	J Persson	14	21	17

													2	Chen Y	21	18	21
	H-K Vittinghus	21	21

Q1	S Schöttler	16	19
						H-K Vittinghus	21	21

						E Kellhoffner	15	18
	E Kellhoffner	21	22

13	C Anand	18	20
										H Vittinghus	18	9

									2	Chen Y	21	21
	R Spitko	24	14	16

	M Christensen	22	21	21
						M Christensen	12	19

					2	Chen Y	21	21
Q8	K Tago	17	21	13

2	Chen Y	21	18	21