Bulgarian Open (badminton)
# Bulgarian Open (badminton)

The Bulgarian Open Championship is an annual international badminton championships held in Bulgaria since 1985, by then known as Bulgarian International. It was halted between 1996 and 1998, and in 2000. The tournament belongs to the Badminton Europe elite circuit and become the highest level badminton tournament in Bulgaria. It changed to its current name in 2017, to differentiate it from the second badminton tournament in the country which is now known as Bulgarian International Championship.

## Previous winners

| Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1985 | Heinz Fischer | Monika Cassens | Heinz Fischer Jeliazko Valkov | Monika Cassens Kerstin Bohn | Thomas Mundt Monika Cassens |
| 1986 | Heinz Fischer | Helle Andersen | Thomas Lund Max Gandrup | Susanne Pedersen Tanja Berg | Thomas Mundt Monika Cassens |
| 1987 | Jacek Hankiewicz | Monika Cassens | Peter Buch Jensen Karsten Wolfgang | Monika Cassens Angela Michalowski | Kai Abraham Petra Michalowsky |
| 1988 | Jin Feng | Lin Yanfen | Lin Jian Fu Qiang | Lin Yanfen Zhang Wanling | Li Jian Gao Meifeng |
| 1989 | Liang Zhiofang | Lin Yanfen | Yu Lizhi Zheng Shouta | Lin Yanfen Zhang Wanling | Chi Bing Lin Yanfen |
| 1990 | Andrey Antropov | Irina Serova | Andrey Antropov Nikolai Zuyev | Diana Koleva Hellene Kirkegaard | Nikolai Zuyev Irina Serova |
| 1991 | Robert Liljequist | Irina Serova | Markus Keck Michael Helber | Andrea Findhammer Anne-Katrin Seid | Markus Keck Anne-Katrin Seid |
| 1992 | Anatoliy Skripko | Victoria Hristova | Svetoslav Stoyanov Mihail Popov | Neli Nedyalkova Reni Asenova | Svetoslav Stoyanov Raina Tzvetkova |
| 1993 | Hannes Fuchs | Irina Serova | Mikhail Korschuk Vitaliy Shmakov | Tatiana Gerasimovitch Vlada Chernyavskaya | Vitaliy Shmakov Vlada Chernyavskaya |
| 1994 | Hannes Fuchs | Katarzyna Krasowska | Robert Mateusiak Damian Pławecki | Elena Nozdran Victoria Evtoushenko | Vladislav Druzchenko Victoria Evtoushenko |
| 1995 | Anders Nielsen | Elena Nozdran | Thomas Reidy Kevin Han | Diana Koleva Neli Nedyalkova | Vladislav Druzchenko Victoria Evtoushenko |
| 1996–1998 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1999 | Kasper Ødum | Elena Nozdran | Joachim Tesche Christian Mohr | Diana Koleva Neli Nedyalkova | Valerij Streltsov Natalia Golovkina |
| 2000 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 2001 | Richard Vaughan | Petya Nedelcheva | Peter Jeffrey Ian Palenthorpe | Liza Parker Suzanne Rayappan | Robert Blair Natalie Munt |
| 2002 | Stanislav Pukhov | Elena Suchareva | Stanislav Pukhov Nikolai Zuyev | Natalia Gorodnicheva Marina Yakusheva | Nikolai Zuyev Marina Yakusheva |
| 2003 | Shoji Sato | Petya Nedelcheva | Thomas Røjkjær Jensen Tommy Sørensen | Petya Nedelcheva Neli Boteva | Dimitry Miznikov Natalia Golovkina |
| 2004 | Nathan Rice | Elizabeth Cann | Ruben Gordown Khosadalina Aji Basuki Sindoro | Ragna Ingólfsdóttir Sara Jónsdóttir | Steve Foster Jenny Wallwork |
| 2005 | Joachim Fischer Nielsen | Petya Nedelcheva | Mihail Popov Svetoslav Stoyanov | Petya Nedelcheva Diana Dimova | Vladimir Metodiev Petya Nedelcheva |
| 2006 | Sergei Ivlev | Linda Zetchiri | Rasmus Mangor Andersen Peter Steffensen | Petya Nedelcheva Diana Dimova | Tim Dettmann Annekatrin Lillie |
| 2007 | Jan Fröhlich | Petya Nedelcheva | Robert Mateusiak Michał Łogosz | Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova | Aleksandr Nikolaenko Nina Vislova |
| 2008 | Yuichi Ikeda | Petya Nedelcheva | Vitalij Durkin Aleksandr Nikolaenko | Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova | Aleksandr Nikolaenko Nina Vislova |
| 2009 | Rune Ulsing | Petya Nedelcheva | Kasper Faust Henriksen Anders Kristiansen | Petya Nedelcheva Anastasia Russkikh | Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Kostiuczyk |
| 2010 | Przemysław Wacha | Petya Nedelcheva | Marcus Ellis Peter Mills | Petya Nedelcheva Anastasia Russkikh | Evgeniy Dremin Anastasia Russkikh |
| 2011 | Przemysław Wacha | Linda Zetchiri | Liang Jui-wei Liao Kuan-hao | Heather Olver Mariana Agathangelou | Valeriy Atrashchenkov Anna Kobceva |
| 2012 IC | Kęstutis Navickas | Petya Nedelcheva | Robert Blair Tan Bin Shen | Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva | Michael Fuchs Birgit Michels |
| 2013 IC | Emil Holst | Beatriz Corrales | Łukasz Moreń Wojciech Szkudlarczyk | Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva | Robert Blair Imogen Bankier |
| 2014 IC | Marc Zwiebler | Beatriz Corrales | Selvanus Geh Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Della Destiara Haris Gebby Ristiyani Imawan | Fran Kurniawan Komala Dewi |
| 2015 IC | Pablo Abián | Olga Konon | Raphael Beck Peter Käsbauer | Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva | Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Zięba |
| 2016 IS | Patrick Bjerregaard | Clara Azurmendi | Pakin Kuna-anuvit Natthapat Trinkajee | Cemre Fere Neslihan Kılıç | Rodion Alimov Alina Davletova |
| 2017 IS | Lakshya Sen | Neslihan Yiğit | Mathias Thyrri Søren Toft Hansen | Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva | Alex Vlaar Iris Tabeling |
| 2018 IS | Toma Junior Popov | Neslihan Yiğit | Christo Popov Toma Junior Popov | Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva | Alex Vlaar Mariya Mitsova |
| 2019 IS | Toma Junior Popov | Neslihan Yiğit | Éloi Adam Julien Maio | Bengisu Erçetin Nazlıcan İnci | Joshua Hurlburt-Yu Josephine Wu |
| 2020 IS | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2021 IS | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2022 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |

* ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 10 to 13 August, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria.
* ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 9 to 12 August, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria.

## Performances by nation

    As of the 2019 edition

| Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 0 | 11 | 1.5 | 12.5 | 3.5 | 28.5 |
| 2 | Russia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | Denmark | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 13.5 |
| 4 | China | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | England | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 8.5 |
| 8 | Ukraine | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | East Germany | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | Austria | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 |
| 11 | France | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Soviet Union | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Turkey | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | Spain | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | Belarus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | Japan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 19 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | CIS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Iceland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Thailand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Wales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 30 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Total | Total | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 155 |
