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Yonex advertising banners at the 2013 badminton French Open. Finding a growing market, the Yonex Corporation (a wholly owned subsidiary) was established in Torrance, California, US in July 1983. In 1992 Yonex introduced the widebody badminton racket, the "Isometric 500", a racquet that was much less "tear drop"-shaped than previous ones.
The 2002 Singapore Open (officially known as the Yonex-Sunrise Singapore Open 2002 for sponsorship reasons) was a five-star badminton tournament that took place at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore, from August 19 to August 25, 2002. [1] [2] The total prize money on offer was US$170,000.
The 2001 Singapore Open (officially known as the Yonex-Sunrise Singapore Open 2001 for sponsorship reasons) was a four-star badminton tournament that took place at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore, from August 15 to August 19, 2001. [1] The total prize money on offer was US$120,000. [2]
Badminton World Federation categorised Singapore Open as one of the six BWF World Tour Super 750 events in the BWF events structure since 2023. [1] In 1929, the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) was established to promote the sport and organise competitions. Its first official annual open championships was held in that same year with the ...
The 2022 Singapore Open (officially known as the Singapore Badminton Open 2022) was a badminton tournament which took place at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore from 12 to 17 July 2022 and had a total purse of $370,000.
The 2019 Singapore Open (officially known as the Singapore Badminton Open 2019) was a badminton tournament which took place at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore from 9 to 14 April 2019 and had a total purse of $355,000.
Gao Ling won a total of 4 olympic medals in badminton, with 2 being consecutive mixed doubles gold Badminton is a sport contested at the Summer Olympic Games . Badminton was first held as a demonstration sport at the 1972 Summer Olympics , and was an exhibition sport at the 1988 Summer Olympics ; the men's and women's singles and doubles have ...
Minoru Yoneyama (米山 稔, Yoneyama Minoru, 15 October 1924 – 11 November 2019) was a Japanese businessman who founded the sports-equipment company Yonex, one of the world's top producers of tennis and badminton rackets as well as golf clubs. He was awarded the President's Medal by the Badminton World Federation in 2015.