2020 BWF World Tour Finals explained

The 2020 BWF World Tour Finals (officially known as the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2020 for sponsorship reasons) was the final tournament of the 2020 BWF World Tour. It was held from 27 to 31 January 2021 in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, Thailand and had a total prize of $1,500,000.^[1]

Tournament

The 2020 BWF World Tour Finals was the third edition of the BWF World Tour Finals and was organized by Badminton Association of Thailand with sanction from the BWF.^[1] It was the last of three BWF tournaments taking place in Thailand in January 2021, after the Yonex and Toyota Thailand Opens. Participation in both Thailand Opens was mandatory to qualify and the performance during the tournaments were counted for this World Tour Finals, in addition to the 2019 Syed Modi International, 2020 Malaysia Masters, 2020 Indonesia Masters, 2020 Thailand Masters, 2020 Spain Masters, 2020 All England Open, and 2020 Denmark Open.

Venue

This tournament was held at the Impact Arena in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, Thailand.^[1] It was originally due to be held for the third year in a row at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China, but was relocated.

Point distribution

Below is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Finals event.^[2]

Prize money

The total prize money for this tournament was US$1,500,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.^[1]

Achievement	Winner(s)	Runner(s)-up	Semi-finalist(s)	3rd in group	4th in group
Singles	$120,000	$60,000	$30,000	$16,500	$9,000
Doubles	$126,000	$60,000	$30,000	$19,500	$10,500

Representatives

Eligible players

Below are the eligible players for World Tour Finals. Final ranking used was released on 24 January 2021, and counting the results from the 2019 Syed Modi International.^[3]

Men's singles

Seeds	Rank	NOCs	Players	Performances
				Winner(s)	Runner(s)-up	Semi-finalists
1	1	(1)	Viktor Axelsen	4: Super 1000: All England Open Super 1000: Thailand Open I Super 1000: Thailand Open II Super 300: Spain Masters	1: Super 500: Malaysia Masters	1: Super 500: Indonesia Masters
2	2	(2)	Anders Antonsen	1: Super 750: Denmark Open	1: Super 500: Indonesia Masters	2: Super 1000: Thailand Open II
3	3		Chou Tien-chen		1:	3: Super 1000: Thailand Open I Super 1000: Thailand Open II Super 750: Denmark Open
4	5	(2)	Wang Tzu-wei	1:
	6	(1)	Ng Ka Long	1: Super 300: Thailand Masters	1: Super 1000: Thailand Open I	1: Super 500: Malaysia Masters
	7	(1)	Srikanth Kidambi
	8	(1)	Lee Zii Jia			2: Super 1000: All England Open Super 500: Malaysia Masters
	9	(1)		1: Super 500: Indonesia Masters		1: Super 1000: Thailand Open I

Women's singles

Seeds	Rank	NOCs	Players	Performances
				Winner(s)	Runner(s)-up	Semi-finalists
1	1	(1)	Carolina Marín	3: Super 1000: Thailand Open I Super 1000: Thailand Open II	3: Super 750: Denmark Open Super 300: Spain Masters	3: Super 500: Malaysia Masters Super 300: Thailand Masters
2	2		Tai Tzu-ying	1: Super 1000: All England Open	3: Super 1000: Thailand Open I Super 1000: Thailand Open II Super 500: Malaysia Masters
3	3		Ratchanok Intanon	1:		1: Super 1000: Thailand Open II
4	4	(1)	An Se-young		1: Super 300: Thailand Masters	2: Super 1000: Thailand Open I
	5	(2)		1: Super 300: Spain Masters
	6	(1)	Michelle Li			1: Super 750: Denmark Open
	9	(1)	Evgeniya Kosetskaya
	10	(1)	P. V. Sindhu

Men's doubles

Seeds	Rank	NOCs	Players	Performances
				Winner(s)	Runner(s)-up	Semi-finalists
1	1		Lee Yang	2: Super 1000: Thailand Open I	1: Super 300: Spain Masters	1:
			Wang Chi-lin
2	2	(1)	Aaron Chia		1: Super 1000: Thailand Open II	2: Super 300: Spain Masters
			Soh Wooi Yik
3	3	(1)			1:	2: Super 1000: Thailand Open II Super 500: Malaysia Masters
			Hendra Setiawan
4	4	(2)	Ong Yew Sin	1: Super 300: Thailand Masters
			Teo Ee Yi
	5	(1)	Vladimir Ivanov		1: Super 750: Denmark Open	1: Super 1000: All England Open
			Ivan Sozonov
	6	(1)	Marcus Ellis	1: Super 750: Denmark Open
			Chris Langridge
	7	(2)	Ben Lane			1: Super 750: Denmark Open
			Sean Vendy
	8	(1)	Choi Sol-gyu			1: Super 1000: Thailand Open I
			Seo Seung-jae

Women's doubles

Seeds	Rank	NOCs	Players	Performances
				Winner(s)	Runner(s)-up	Semi-finalists
1	1		Greysia Polii	3: Super 1000: Thailand Open I Super 300: Spain Masters		2: Super 500: Malaysia Masters
			Apriyani Rahayu
2	2		Kim So-yeong	1: Super 1000: Thailand Open II		3: Super 1000: Thailand Open I Super 300: Thailand Masters
			Kong Hee-yong
3	3	(2)	Lee So-hee		1:	2: Super 1000: All England Open Super 1000: Thailand Open I
4	5	(1)	Chloe Birch			1: Super 300: Spain Masters
			Lauren Smith
	6	(1)			1: Super 1000: Thailand Open I	1: Super 300: Spain Masters
			Rawinda Prajongjai
	8	(1)	Linda Efler	1:
			Isabel Herttrich
	9	(1)	Chow Mei Kuan			1: Super 1000: Thailand Open II
			Lee Meng Yean
	10	(2)	Vivian Hoo Kah Mun
			Yap Cheng Wen

Mixed doubles

Seeds	Rank	NOCs	Players	Performances
				Winner(s)	Runner(s)-up	Semi-finalists
1	1		Marcus Ellis	1:	1:	2: Super 750: Denmark Open
			Lauren Smith
2	2		Mark Lamsfuß	1:		1:
			Isabel Herttrich
3	3			2: Super 1000: Thailand Open I	1: Super 1000: All England Open
			Sapsiree Taerattanachai
4	4	(1)	Thom Gicquel		1: Super 300: Spain Masters	3: Super 1000: Thailand Open I Super 500: Indonesia Masters
			Delphine Delrue
	5	(1)	Praveen Jordan	1:	1: Super 1000: Thailand Open I
			Melati Daeva Oktavianti
	6		Seo Seung-jae		1: Super 1000: Thailand Open II	2: Super 1000: Thailand Open I
			Chae Yoo-jung
	7	(2)	Hafiz Faizal		1:	1: Super 500: Malaysia Masters
			Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
	8	(1)	Goh Soon Huat			1:
			Shevon Jemie Lai

Representatives by nation

Top Nations
Rank	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total	Players
1		1		2	2	1	6	11
2		1		1	1	2	5	9
3			1	1	2	1	5	8§
4				2	1	1	4	6§
	(H)		2		1	1	4	6
6		2	1	1			4	5
7			1	1			2	3
					1	1	2	3§
9		2					2	2
		1	1				2	2
11						1	1	2
12			1				1	1
		1					1	1
			1				1	1
Total (14 NOCs)		8	8	8	8	8	40	60

§: Marcus Ellis from England and Seo Seung-jae from South Korea play in men's and mixed doubles, while Lauren Smith from England and Isabel Herttrich from Germany play in women's and mixed doubles.

Performance by nation

Rank	Nation	Group stage	Semi-finals	Final	Winner(s)
1		4	4	2	2
2		2	2	2	1
3		5	5	3	1
4	(H)	4	3	1	1
5		5	1	1
6		1	1	1
7		6	2
8		4	1
9		1	1
10		2
		2
		2
13		1
		1
Total		40	20	10	5

Men's singles

Group A

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
27 Jan	Chou Tien-chen	2–1	Lee Zii Jia	21–16	12–21	21–11
	Viktor Axelsen	2–0	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting	21–17	21–8
28 Jan	Chou Tien-chen	2–0	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting	21–19	21–11
	Viktor Axelsen	2–0	Lee Zii Jia	21–15	21–4
29 Jan		1–2	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting	12–21	21–15	13–21
	Viktor Axelsen	2–0	Chou Tien-chen	21–10	21–14

Group B

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
27 Jan	Wang Tzu-wei	2–0	Ng Ka Long	21–10	21–14
	Anders Antonsen	2–1	Srikanth Kidambi	15–21	21–16	21–18
28 Jan	Anders Antonsen	2–0	Ng Ka Long	21–19	21–16
	Wang Tzu-wei	2–1	Srikanth Kidambi	19–21	21–9	21–19
29 Jan	Ng Ka Long	2–1	Srikanth Kidambi	12–21	21–18	21–19
		0–2	Wang Tzu-wei	11–21	19–21

Finals

Women's singles

Group A

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
27 Jan	An Se-young	2–0	Michelle Li	21–12	21–17
	Carolina Marín	2–0	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	21–19	21–14
28 Jan	Carolina Marín	2–0	Michelle Li	21–16	21–13
	An Se-young	2–0	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	21–13	21–17
29 Jan	Carolina Marín	1–2	An Se-young	16–21	21–14	19–21
	Michelle Li	0–2	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	23–25	10–21

Group B

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
27 Jan	Tai Tzu-ying	2–1	P. V. Sindhu	19–21	21–12	21–17
	Ratchanok Intanon	1–2	Pornpawee Chochuwong	21–15	11–21	18–21
28 Jan	Ratchanok Intanon	2–0	P. V. Sindhu	21–18	21–13
		0–2	Pornpawee Chochuwong	17–21	11–21
29 Jan	Pornpawee Chochuwong	0–2	P. V. Sindhu	18–21	15–21
	Tai Tzu-ying	2–1	Ratchanok Intanon	23–25	21–12	21–9

Finals

Men's doubles

Group A

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
27 Jan		0–2	Ben Lane Sean Vendy	20–22	15–21
	Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin	2–0	Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi	21–18	24–22
28 Jan	Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin	2–0	Ben Lane Sean Vendy	21–14	21–18
	Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi	2–0	Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge	21–19	21–18
29 Jan	Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin	2–0	Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge	21–17	21–13
		0–2	Ben Lane Sean Vendy	15–21	13–21

Group B

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
27 Jan	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	2–1	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	21–18	15–21	21–17
	Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik	2–0	Choi Sol-gyu Seo Seung-jae	21–14	21–19
28 Jan		0–2	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	19–21	16–21
		0–2	Choi Sol-gyu Seo Seung-jae	19–21	16–21
29 Jan		1–2	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	21–18	17–21	11–21
	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	1–2	Choi Sol-gyu Seo Seung-jae	11–21	21–17	16–21

Finals

Women's doubles

Group A

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
27 Jan	Chow Mei Kuan Lee Meng Yean	2–1	Vivian Hoo Kah Mun Yap Cheng Wen	21–16	10–21	21–15
	Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu	2–1	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	21–17	22–24	21–15
28 Jan	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	2–0	Chow Mei Kuan Lee Meng Yean	21–15	21–17
	Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu	2–0	Vivian Hoo Kah Mun Yap Cheng Wen	21–17	21–7
29 Jan	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	2–0	Vivian Hoo Kah Mun Yap Cheng Wen	21–12	21–16
		0–2	Chow Mei Kuan Lee Meng Yean	13–21	17–21

Group B

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
27 Jan		0–2	Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai	10–21	11–21
	Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	2–1	Linda Efler Isabel Herttrich	21–11	19–21	21–11
28 Jan	Chloe Birch Lauren Smith	2–1	Linda Efler Isabel Herttrich	20–22	21–16	21–12
	Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	2–0	Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai	21–12	21–14
29 Jan	Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	2–0	Chloe Birch Lauren Smith	21–14	21–18
	Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai	2–0	Linda Efler Isabel Herttrich	21–13	21–14

Finals

Mixed doubles

Group A

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
27 Jan		0–2	Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung	12–21	12–21
	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai	2–1	Praveen Jordan Melati Daeva Oktavianti	21–13	16–21	21–11
28 Jan	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai	0–2	Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung	17–21	17–21
		0–2	Praveen Jordan Melati Daeva Oktavianti	20–22	19–21
29 Jan		0–2	Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung	10–21	13–21
		0–2	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai	12–21	11–21

Group B

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
27 Jan	Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue	2–1	Hafiz Faizal Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja	14–21	21–14	21–17
		1–2	Goh Soon Huat Shevon Jemie Lai	21–14	18–21	18–21
28 Jan	Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue	2–0	Goh Soon Huat Shevon Jemie Lai	21–17	21–9
		1–2	Hafiz Faizal Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja	21–15	20–22	15–21
29 Jan		1–2	Goh Soon Huat Shevon Jemie Lai	21–17	13–21	13–21
		0–2	Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue	10–21	15–21

Finals

External links

• HSBC BWF World Tour Finals website
• Tournament Link
• HSBC BWF World Tour website

Notes and References

1. Web site: HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2020 Bangkok Prospectus . Badminton World Federation. 24 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210120094621/https://extranet.bwfbadminton.com/docs/events/3520/docs/HSBC%20BWF%20World%20Tour%20Finals%202020%20-%20Prospectus%20-%20REVISED%203%20December%202020.pdf . 20 January 2021 . live .
2. Web site: World Ranking System . . 27 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190510005434/https://system.bwfbadminton.com/documents/folder_1_81/folder_1_82/New-Regulations-2018/5.3.3.1%20World%20Ranking%20System.pdf . 10 May 2019 . live .
3. Web site: HSBC Race to Guangzhou Ranking (1/26/2020). 24 January 2021. bwf.tournamentsoftware.com.