Korea Masters - Mixed double

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The Korea Masters is an international badminton tournament that usually held in November or December every year of BWF event calendar in South Korea. The total prize money in 2016 was US$120,000. Before 2010, the level of the tournament was an International Challenge, which is the fourth level tournament of international badminton tournament. It began in 2007, when it was held in Suwon, then it moved to Yeosu in 2008 and Hwasun in 2009. In 2010, it was turned into a BWF Grand Prix event.

It became a BWF Grand Prix Gold event in 2011, and it remained at that level through the end of Grand Prix Gold in 2017, with the exception of 2014, when it changed back to Grand Prix status, the same year Korea hosted both the Asian Games and the Badminton Asia Championships. The tournament was held in cities in the southwest from 2011 to 2017: in Hwasun in 2011 and 2012, then in Jeonju for 2013 to 2015, then Seogwipo and Gwangju. In 2015, the name of the tournament changed to Korea Masters.

In 2018, this tournament is the part of the BWF World Tour Super 300, after the Grand Prix Gold event ceased.

Korea Masters - Blandet double

Korea Masters-turneringen i badminton er en internasjonal badmintonturnering som arrangeres årlig i Sør-Korea. Den første utgaven ble arrangert i 2007, og turneringen har siden vært en del av BWF World Tour Super 300-serien.

Blandet double-konkurransen i Korea Masters er en av de mest prestisjetunge i badmintonverdenen, og den tiltrekker seg de beste spillerne fra hele verden. Konkurransen spilles vanligvis i et utslagningsformat, med 32 par som kvalifiserer seg til hovedtrekningen.

Vinnerne av Korea Masters-turneringen i blandet double mottar en pengesum og poeng mot verdensrankingen. Turneringen er også en mulighet for spillerne til å kvalifisere seg til større turneringer, som BWF World Championships og OL.

Noen av de mest kjente spillerne som har vunnet Korea Masters-turneringen i blandet double inkluderer:

* Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong (Kina)
* Wang Yilyu/Huang Dongping (Kina)
* Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino (Japan)
* Dechapol Puavaranukroh/Sapsiree Taerattanachai (Thailand)