List of Singapore Open women's singles champions explained

The Singapore Open Badminton Championships is an annual badminton tournament created in 1929.^[1] The Women's Singles was first contested in 1931.^[2] The tournament was canceled between 1942 and 1946 because of World War II and discontinued from 1974 to 1986. It returned in 1987 as Konica Cup and was held until 1999. There was no competition held in 1935, 1993, 1996 and 2000. The tournament returned in 2001 under a new sponsor. It was again canceled between 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Below is the list of the winners at the Singapore Open in women's singles.

History

In the Amateur era, Helen Heng (1949–1955) holds the record for the most titles in the Women's Singles, winning Singapore Open seven times. Helen also holds the record for most consecutive titles with seven from 1949 to 1955.

Since the Open era of badminton began in late 1979,^[3] Zhang Ning (2001, 2003–2005, 2007) holds the record for the most Women's Singles titles with five. Zhang also holds the record for most consecutive victories with three.

Finalists

Amateur era

width=50	Year !	width=50	Country !	width=250	Champions !	width=50	Country !	width=250	Runners–up !	Score
					11–2, 11–6
		Ong Siew Eng			11–4, 13–10
					11–8, 11–3
1935	No competition
					4–11, 11–7, 11–2
					(0–5), 11–3, 11–6
					11–7, 12–11
					10–12, 11–3, 11–6
					12–9, 9–12, 11–1
					11–3, 11–0
1942–1946	No competition
					11–7, 11–8
1948					12–10, 2–11, 11–7
					11–7, 11–0
					11–4, 11–2
					11–1, 11–1
					11–5, 11–1
					15–2, 15–3
					11–3, 11–0
					11–3, 11–5
					1–11, 11–3, 11–7
					11–4, 11–4
					11–3, 12–11
					11–7, 12–11
					11–4, 11–2
					11–7, 12–9
					11–6, 11–0
					11–1, 11–4
					11–5, 11–7
					11–5, 11–6
					12–11, 11–4
					5–11, 11–6, retired
					11–7, 10–12, 11–4
					11–6, 11–3
					11–3, 11–5
					3–11, 11–9, 11–6
					11–8, 12–11
					11–4, 11–8
1974–1986	No competition

Open era

width=50	Year !	width=50	Country !	width=250	Champions !	width=50	Country !	width=250	Runners–up !	Score
					1–11, 11–6, 11–6
					12–9, 11–6
					11–0, 11–5
					12–9, 11–3
					11–5, 7–11, 11–2
					8–11, 11–2, 11–3
1993	No competition
					12–9, 11–5
					11–7, 6–11, 11–8
1996	No competition
					11–6, 11–6
					11–5, 6–11, 11–2
					11–5, 5–11, 11–7
2000	No competition
					7–1, 4–7, 7–2, 1–7, 7–0
					11–6, 11–3
					11–0, 11–8
					11–8, 11–1
					11–5, 11–7
					22–20, 22–20
					21–18, 19–21, 21–3
					21–19, 21–17
					21–19, 18–21, 21–10
					21–18, 21–15
					21–19, 21–17
					21–11, 26–24
					21–18, 21–12
					21–11, 21–19
					21–13, 19–21, 22–20
					18–21, 21–11, 21–14
					21–15, 21–15
					25–23, 21–14
					21–19, 21–15
2020–2021	No competition
					21–9, 11–21, 21–15
					21–16, 21–14
					21–19, 16–21, 21–12

Statistics

Multiple champions

Bold indicates active players.

Rank	Country	Player	Amateur era	Open era	All-time	Years
1			7	0	7	1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955
2			0	5	5	2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007
3			4	0	4	1931, 1932, 1934, 1937
		4	0	4	1933, 1936, 1941, 1948
5			3	0	3	1956, 1957, 1958
		0	3	1992, 1998, 1999
7			2	0	2	1938, 1939
		2	0	1963, 1964
		2	0	1970, 1972
		0	2	2002, 2009
		0	2	2013, 2014
	Tai Tzu-ying	0	2	2017, 2019
	An Se-young	0	2	2023, 2024

Champions by country

Rank	style=width:11em	Country !	Amateur era	Open era	All-time	First title	Last title	First champion	Last champion
1		24	0	24				Lim Choo Eng
2		0	17	17				Sun Yu
3		4	2	6
4		5	0	5
5		2	1	3
	2	1				Ratchanok Intanon
	0	3				An Se-young
8		0	2	2
	0	2
10		0	1	1
	0	1
	0	1
	0	1			Zhou Mi
	0	1

Multiple finalists

Bold indicates active players.
Italic indicates players who never won the championship.

Rank	Country	Player	Amateur era	Open era	All-time
1			9	0	9
2			7	0	7
	Ong Siew Eng
4			0	6	6
	Zhou Mi
6		Baby Low	5	0	5
7			4	0	4
	Tai Tzu-ying	0	4
9			3	0	3
	Jessie Ong
		0	3
12		E. da Silva	2	0	2
	Waileen Wong
	Helen Ong
	Intan Nurtjahja
	Lai Siew York
	Aishah Attan
	Lim Choo Eng
	Sylvia Tan
	Thongkam Kingmanee
		0	2
	Lee Young-suk
	Mia Audina
	Gong Zhichao
	Xie Xingfang
	Wang Yihan
	Li Xuerui
	Sun Yu
	An Se-young

See also

• List of Singapore Open men's singles champions
• List of Singapore Open men's doubles champions
• List of Singapore Open women's doubles champions
• List of Singapore Open mixed doubles champions

External links

• Singapore Badminton Association
• Badminton Asia

Notes and References

1. Web site: Badminton in Singapore. Singapore Infopedia. 2016.
2. Web site: Singapore Badminton Championships. The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 28 August 1931.
3. Book: Badminton Handbook. 1972. Bernd-Volker Brahms. 17 January 2014. 9781782553540. 12 August 2022. Brahms. Bernd-Volker. Meyer & Meyer Sport .