The Maldives International is an open international badminton tournament in Maldives organized by the Badminton Association of Maldives and sanctioned by the Badminton Asia Confederation and Badminton World Federation. This tournament has been an International Challenge level before it went into hiatus in 2014.^[1] This tournament held at the Malé sports complex, and offered world ranking points with total prize money US$15,000.^[2][3][4]

In 2010, India won two titles from the men's and women's singles event. Anand Pawar won the men's singles title after defeated Dinuka Karunaratne of Sri Lanka with the score 21–14, 21–18, while his compatriot Trupti Murgunde won the women's singles title after Ann Venice Alcala Malvinne of Philippines retired with a hamstring injury at the score 21–10, 11–3.^[5] The men's doubles title goes to Pakistani Kashif Ali Sulehri and Rizwan Azam,^[4] and the Japanese pair Chinami Okui and Yukie Sumida won the women's doubles title. Kennevic Asuncion and Karyn Velez won the mixed doubles title outlasted Sri Lanka's Udara Nayanajith and Renu Chandrika Hettiarachchige, 24–22, 17–21, 21–13.^[6]

In 2011, Pablo Abián of Spain with his fast movement on the court, excellent physics, and speed of strokes managed to win the men's singles title.^[7] The 15 years old, P. V. Sindhu produced a stunning performance to win the women's singles title. She beat Carolina Marín in the third round and Agnese Allegrini in the semi-final.^[8] The men's, women's, and mixed doubles title goes to Singapore (Ashton Chen Yong Zhao and Derek Wong Zi Liang), Japan (Miki Komori and Nao Miyoshi) and Canada (Toby Ng and Grace Gao) respectively.^[9]

In 2012, K. Srikanth emerged as the title winner by ending the men's singles final set in three games with a margin of 13–21, 21–11 and 21–16 of Zulfadli Zulkiffli.^[10] Japan won three titles from the women's singles, men's doubles and women's doubles event.^[11] Raj Popat of Wales and Devi Tika Permatasari of Indonesia emerged as the winner of the mixed doubles title after defeating Sri Lanka’s Hasitha Chanaka and Kavindi Ishandika Sirimannage.^[12]

In 2013, Indonesia managed to put 6 representatives in the final round, and won two titles in the men's singles and women's doubles event after created All Indonesian finals. Hanna Ramadini lost to Michelle Li of Canada in the women's singles final and Arya Maulana Aldiartama/Alfian Eko Prasetya defeated by the Taiwanese pair Tien Tzu-chieh and Wang Chi-lin.^[13] Indian pair K. Nandagopal and Maneesha Kukkapalli clinched the mixed doubles title after registering a straight-game victory over Kim Dae-sung and Oh Bo-kyung of South Korea.^[14]

Previous winners

Maldives International Challenge

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
2010[15]	Anand Pawar	Trupti Murgunde	Kashif Ali Sulehri Rizwan Azam	Chinami Okui Yukie Sumida	Kennevic Asuncion Karyn Velez
2011[16]	Pablo Abián	P. V. Sindhu	Ashton Chen Yong Zhao Derek Wong	Miki Komori Nao Miyoshi	Toby Ng Grace Gao
2012[17]	Srikanth Kidambi	Sayaka Takahashi	Kazuya Itani Tomoya Takashina	Naoko Fukuman Kurumi Yonao	Raj Popat Devi Tika Permatasari
2013[18]	Fikri Ihsandi Hadmadi	Michelle Li	Tien Tzu-chieh Wang Chi-lin	Maretha Dea Giovani Melvira Oklamona	Nandagopal Kidambi Maneesha Kukkapalli
2014– 2018	No competition
2019[19]	Kaushal Dharmamer	Iris Wang	Keiichiro Matsui Yoshinori Takeuchi	Sayaka Hobara Natsuki Sone	Chaloempon Charoenkitamorn Chasinee Korepap
2020[20]	Cancelled[note 1]
2021[21]	Cancelled[note 2]
2022[22]	Luís Enrique Peñalver	Aakarshi Kashyap	Rohan Kapoor B. Sumeeth Reddy	Chisato Hoshi Miyu Takahashi	Rohan Kapoor N. Sikki Reddy
2023[23]	Ravi	Ashmita Chaliha	Pharanyu Kaosamaang Worrapol Thongsa-nga	Laksika Kanlaha Phataimas Muenwong	Hoo Pang Ron Teoh Mei Xing

1. ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 22 to 27 September, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Maldives.
2. ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 15 to 21 March, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Maldives.

Maldives International Series

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
2021[24]	Cancelled[note 1]
2022	No competition
2023[25]	Krishna Adi Nugraha	Sorano Yoshikawa	Choi Jian Sheng Bryan Goonting	Ho Lo Ee Amanda Yap	Sathish Kumar Karunakaran Aadya Variyath

1. ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 11 to 17 October, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Maldives.

Maldives Future Series

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
2019[26]	Kantawat Leelavechabutr	Malvika Bansod	Vaibhaav Prakash Raj	Kuo Yu-wen Lin Wan-ching	Lu Chia-pin Lin Wan-ching
2020[27]	Cancelled[note 1]
2021[28]	Cancelled[note 2]

1. ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 15 to 20 September, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Maldives.
2. ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 4 to 10 October, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Maldives.

Performances by nation

Maldives International Challenge As of the 2023 edition Pos Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total 1  India 4 4 1 0 2 11 2  Japan 0 1 2 5 0 8 3  Thailand 0 0 1 1 1 3 4  Indonesia 1 0 0 1 0.5 2.5 5  Canada 0 1 0 0 1 2  Spain 2 0 0 0 0 2 7  United States 0 1 0 0 0.5 1.5 8  Chinese Taipei 0 0 1 0 0 1  Malaysia 0 0 0 0 1 1  Pakistan 0 0 1 0 0 1  Singapore 0 0 1 0 0 1 12  Philippines 0 0 0 0 0.5 0.5  Wales 0 0 0 0 0.5 0.5 Total 7 7 7 7 7 35

Maldives International Series As of the 2023 edition Pos Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total 1  Malaysia 0 0 1 1 0 2 2  India 0 0 0 0 1 1  Indonesia 1 0 0 0 0 1  Japan 0 1 0 0 0 1 Total 1 1 1 1 1 5

Maldives Future Series As of the 2019 edition Pos Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total 1  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 1 1 2  India 0 1 1 0 0 2 3  Thailand 1 0 0 0 0 1 Total 1 1 1 1 1 5

References

External links

• Badminton Association of Maldives