The 2019 BWF World Tour Finals (officially known as the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2019 for sponsorship reasons) was the final tournament of the 2019 BWF World Tour. It was held from 11 to 15 December 2019 in Guangzhou, China and had a total prize of $1,500,000.
Tournament The 2019 BWF World Tour Finals was the second edition of the BWF World Tour Finals and was organized by the Guangzhou Sports Bureau, Guangzhou Sports Competitions Centre, Guangzhou Badminton Administrative Centre, and Guangzhou Badminton Association. It was hosted by the Chinese Badminton Association and Guangzhou Municipal Government with sanction from the BWF.
Venue This international tournament was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Tianhe, Guangzhou, China.
Point distribution Below is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Finals event.
Winner Runner-up Semi-finalists 3rd in Group 4th in Group 12,000 10,200 8,400 6,600 4,800
Prize money The total prize money for this tournament was US$1,500,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.
Achievement Winner(s) Runner(s)-up Semi-finalist(s) 3rd in group 4th in group Singles $120,000 $60,000 $30,000 $16,500 $9,000 Doubles $126,000 $60,000 $30,000 $19,500 $10,500
Representatives Eligible players Below are the eligible players for World Tour Finals. Final ranking used was released on 26 November 2019, and not counting the results from the Syed Modi International. Players who won titles at the 2019 BWF World Championships are marked in bold.
Men's singles Rank NOCs Players Performances Winner(s) Runner(s)-up Semi-finalists 1 (1) Kento Momota 8:Super 1000: All England Open, China OpenSuper 750: Japan Open, Denmark Open, Fuzhou China OpenSuper 500: Singapore Open, Korea OpenSuper 300: German Open 1:Super 500: Indonesia Masters 2 (1) Chou Tien-chen 3:Super 1000: Indonesia OpenSuper 500: Thailand OpenSuper 300: Chinese Taipei Open 2:Super 750: Fuzhou China OpenSuper 500: Korea Open 3:Super 500: Singapore OpenSuper 300: German Open, Australian Open 3 (1) Jonatan Christie 2:Super 300: New Zealand Open, Australian Open 2:Super 750: Japan Open, French Open 3:Super 750: Malaysia Open,Super 500: Indonesia Masters, Hong Kong Open 4 (1) Chen Long 1:Super 750: French Open 3:Super 750: Malaysia Open, Denmark OpenSuper 500: Malaysia Masters 2:Super 1000: China OpenSuper 300: Swiss Open 5 (1) Viktor Axelsen 2:Super 500: India OpenSuper 300: Spain Masters 1:Super 1000: All England Open 5:Super 750: Denmark Open, French OpenSuper 500: Malaysia Masters, Indonesia Masters, Singapore Open 6 (2) Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 4:Super 1000: China OpenSuper 500: Singapore Open, Hong Kong OpenSuper 300: Australian Open 2:Super 750: French OpenSuper 300: Swiss Open 7 (2) Anders Antonsen 1:Super 500: Indonesia Masters 2:Super 1000: Indonesia OpenSuper 300: Spain Masters 2:Super 1000: China OpenSuper 750: Fuzhou China Open 8 (2) Wang Tzu-wei 3:Super 500: Korea OpenSuper 300: Australian OpenSuper 100: Canada Open
Women's singles Rank NOCs Players Performances Winner(s) Runner(s)-up Semi-finalists 1 (1) Chen Yufei 6:Super 1000: All England OpenSuper 750: Fuzhou China OpenSuper 500: Thailand Open, Hong Kong OpenSuper 300: Swiss Open, Australian Open 6:Super 1000: Indonesia Open, China OpenSuper 750: Malaysia Open, Japan Open, Denmark OpenSuper 500: Indonesia Masters 2 (1) Ratchanok Intanon 2:Super 500: Malaysia Masters, India Open 4:Super 500: Thailand Open, Korea Open, Hong Kong OpenSuper 300: German Open 1:Super 300: Australian Open 3 (1) Akane Yamaguchi 3:Super 1000: Indonesia OpenSuper 750: Japan OpenSuper 300: German Open 1:Super 750: Malaysia Open 6:Super 1000: All England OpenSuper 750: French OpenSuper 500: Singapore Open, Hong Kong OpenSuper 300: New Zealand Open, Korea Masters 4 (2) Nozomi Okuhara 5:Super 750: Japan Open, Denmark Open, Fuzhou China OpenSuper 500: Singapore OpenSuper 300: Australian Open 3:Super 1000: All England OpenSuper 750: Malaysia OpenSuper 300: German Open 5 (1) Tai Tzu-ying 3:Super 750: Malaysia Open, Denmark OpenSuper 500: Singapore Open 2:Super 1000: All England Open, China Open 4:Super 1000: Indonesia OpenSuper 750: French Open, Fuzhou China OpenSuper 500: Korea Open 6 (2) He Bingjiao 1:Super 500: Korea Open 1:Super 500: India Open 1:Super 500: Indonesia Masters 7 (2) Busanan Ongbamrungphan 1:Super 300: Thailand Masters 15 (1) P. V. Sindhu 1:Super 1000: Indonesia Open 2:Super 500: India Open, Singapore Open
Men's doubles Rank NOCs Players Performances Winner(s) Runner(s)-up Semi-finalists 1 (1) Marcus Fernaldi Gideon 8:Super 1000: Indonesia Open, China OpenSuper 750: Japan Open, Denmark Open, French Open, Fuzhou China OpenSuper 500: Malaysia Masters, Indonesia Masters 1:Super 500: Singapore Open Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 2 (2) Mohammad Ahsan 2:Super 1000: All England OpenSuper 300: New Zealand Open 7:Super 1000: Indonesia Open, China OpenSuper 750: Japan Open, Denmark OpenSuper 500: Indonesia Masters, Singapore Open, Hong Kong Open Hendra Setiawan 3 (1) Takeshi Kamura 1:Super 500: Singapore Open 5:Super 750: Malaysia Open, Fuzhou China OpenSuper 500: Korea OpenSuper 300: German Open, Australian Open 4:Super 1000: All England OpenSuper 750: Japan Open, Denmark OpenSuper 300: New Zealand Open Keigo Sonoda 4 (1) Lee Yang 4:Super 500: India OpenSuper 300: Spain Masters, Korea MastersSuper 100: Orléans Masters 2:Super 300: Swiss Open, U.S. Open 1:Super 300: Chinese Taipei Open Wang Chi-lin 5 (1) Li Junhui 2:Super 750: Malaysia OpenSuper 300: Macau Open 1:Super 500: Thailand Open 7:Super 1000: Indonesia Open, China OpenSuper 750: Japan OpenSuper 500: Singapore Open, Korea Open, Hong Kong OpenSuper 300: Australian Open Liu Yuchen 7 (2) Hiroyuki Endo 1:Super 300: German Open 1:Super 300: New Zealand Open 3:Super 750: French OpenSuper 500: Thailand Open, Hong Kong Open Yuta Watanabe 8 (2) Lu Ching-yao 1:Super 300: Thailand Masters 3:Super 750: Denmark OpenSuper 300: Spain MastersSuper 100: Canada Open Yang Po-han 9 (1) Aaron Chia 1:Super 1000: All England Open 2:Super 750: Fuzhou China OpenSuper 500: Malaysia Masters Soh Wooi Yik
Women's doubles Rank NOCs Players Performances Winner(s) Runner(s)-up Semi-finalists 1 (1) Yuki Fukushima 4:Super 1000: Indonesia OpenSuper 750: Fuzhou China OpenSuper 500: Malaysia MastersSuper 300: Australian Open 7:Super 1000: All England Open, China OpenSuper 750: Denmark Open, French OpenSuper 500: Singapore OpenSuper 300: German Open, New Zealand Open Sayaka Hirota 2 (2) Mayu Matsumoto 1:Super 500: Singapore Open 2:Super 1000: All England OpenSuper 750: Japan Open 7:Super 750: Denmark Open, French Open, Fuzhou China OpenSuper 500: Malaysia Masters, Indonesia Masters, Hong Kong OpenSuper 300: German Open Wakana Nagahara 3 (1) Kim So-yeong 4:Super 750: Japan OpenSuper 500: Korea OpenSuper 300: Spain Masters, New Zealand Open 3:Super 750: French OpenSuper 500: Indonesia MastersSuper 300: Chinese Taipei Open Kong Hee-yong 5 (1) Chen Qingchen 4:Super 1000: All England Open, China OpenSuper 750: Malaysia OpenSuper 500: Hong Kong Open 2:Super 750: Denmark OpenSuper 300: Australian Open 2:Super 1000: Indonesia OpenSuper 750: Fuzhou China Open Jia Yifan 6 (1) Greysia Polii 1:Super 500: India Open 1:Super 500: Malaysia Masters 3:Super 500: Indonesia MastersSuper 300: Australian Open, Chinese Taipei Open Apriyani Rahayu 7 (2) Du Yue 2:Super 300: German Open, Macau Open 3:Super 750: Malaysia OpenSuper 500: Thailand Open Li Yinhui 8 (2) Lee So-hee 1:Super 750: French Open 2:Super 750: Fuzhou China OpenSuper 500: Korea Open 3:Super 1000: Indonesia OpenSuper 500: Thailand Open Super 300: Korea Masters Shin Seung-chan 9 (1) Jongkolphan Kititharakul 1:Super 300: Chinese Taipei Open 1:Super 300: Macau Open 2:Super 750: Malaysia OpenSuper 500: India Open Rawinda Prajongjai
Mixed doubles Rank NOCs Players Performances Winner(s) Runner(s)-up Semi-finalists 1 (1) Dechapol Puavaranukroh 3:Super 500: Singapore Open, Korea OpenSuper 300: Macau Open 2:Super 500: Malaysia MastersSuper 300: Thailand Masters 3:Super 1000: China OpenSuper 750: Malaysia OpenSuper 500: Thailand Open Sapsiree Taerattanachai 2 (1) Zheng Siwei 5:Super 1000: All England Open, Indonesia Open, China OpenSuper 750: Malaysia OpenSuper 500: Indonesia Masters 3:Super 750: French Open, Fuzhou China OpenSuper 500: Korea Open 1:Super 500: Singapore Open Huang Yaqiong 3 (1) Praveen Jordan 2:Super 750: Denmark Open, French Open 4:Super 750: Japan OpenSuper 500: India OpenSuper 300: New Zealand Open, Australian Open 1:Super 1000: All England Open Melati Daeva Oktavianti 4 (2) Wang Yilyu 5:Super 750: Japan Open, Fuzhou China OpenSuper 500: India Open, Thailand OpenSuper 300: Australian Open 4:Super 1000: Indonesia Open, China OpenSuper 750: Malaysia Open, Denmark Open Huang Dongping 5 (1) Chan Peng Soon 2:Super 300: Thailand Masters, New Zealand Open 5:Super 1000: Indonesia OpenSuper 750: Japan OpenSuper 500: Malaysia Masters, Indonesia MastersSuper 300: Chinese Taipei Open Goh Liu Ying 6 (1) Yuta Watanabe 2:Super 500: Malaysia Masters, Hong Kong Open 1:Super 1000: All England OpenSuper 500: Thailand Open 4:Super 750: French Open, Fuzhou China OpenSuper 500: Indonesia MastersSuper 300: Australian Open Arisa Higashino 7 (2) Hafiz Faizal 1:Super 300: German Open 6:Super 750: Japan OpenSuper 500: India Open, Singapore Open, Hong Kong OpenSuper 300: New Zealand Open, Chinese Taipei Open Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja 8 (1) Seo Seung-jae 2:Super 300: Spain Masters, German Open 1:Super 300: Chinese Taipei Open 3:Super 1000: China OpenSuper 750: Denmark OpenSuper 500: Korea Open Chae Yoo-jung
Representatives by nation Top NationsRankNationMSWSMDWDXDTotalPlayers112122813212221812§32212712421257521146621367112482229111Total888884063
§: Yuta Watanabe from Japan was the only player who played in two categories (men's doubles and mixed doubles).
Performances by nation
Nation Group stage Semi-finals Final Winner(s) 8 5 4 3 8 7 3 1 7 3 2 1 5 3 1 4 1 3 1 2 2 1 Total 40 20 10 5
Men's singles Group A Rank Players Pts Pld W L SF SA PF PA 1 Kento Momota 3 3 3 0 6 1 145 98 2 Wang Tzu-wei 1 3 1 2 3 4 115 127 3 Jonatan Christie 1 3 1 2 2 4 101 121 4 Anders Antonsen 1 3 1 2 3 5 144 159
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 11 Dec Kento Momota 2–0 Wang Tzu-wei 21–10 21–9 11 Dec Jonatan Christie 2–0 Anders Antonsen 23–21 21–16 12 Dec Jonatan Christie 0–2 Wang Tzu-wei 12–21 17–21 12 Dec Kento Momota 2–1 Anders Antonsen 19–21 21–15 21–15 13 Dec Kento Momota 2–0 Jonatan Christie 21–14 21–14 13 Dec Anders Antonsen 2–1 Wang Tzu-wei 23–21 12–21 21–12
Group B Rank Players Pts Pld W L SF SA PF PA 1 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 1 2 1 1 3 2 101 80 2 Chen Long 1 2 1 1 2 2 65 76 3 Chou Tien-chen 1 2 1 1 2 3 91 101 4 Viktor Axelsen Retired
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 11 Dec Chen Long 2–1 Viktor Axelsen 21–17 10–21 21–17 11 Dec Chou Tien-chen 2–1 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 11–21 21–15 25–23 12 Dec Chen Long 0–2 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 12–21 11–21 12 Dec Chou Tien-chen 2–1 Viktor Axelsen 12–21 21–12 21–15 13 Dec Chou Tien-chen 0–2 Chen Long 15–21 19–21 13 Dec Viktor Axelsen Retired Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 6r–13
Finals
Women's singles Group A Rank Players Pts Pld W L SF SA PF PA 1 Chen Yufei 3 3 3 0 6 1 146 101 2 Akane Yamaguchi 2 3 2 1 4 4 151 139 3 P. V. Sindhu 1 3 1 2 4 4 139 160 4 He Bingjiao 0 3 0 3 1 6 115 151
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 11 Dec Chen Yufei 2–0 He Bingjiao 21–9 21–18 11 Dec Akane Yamaguchi 2–1 P. V. Sindhu 18–21 21–18 21–8 12 Dec Chen Yufei 2–1 P. V. Sindhu 20–22 21–16 21–12 12 Dec Akane Yamaguchi 2–1 He Bingjiao 25–27 21–10 21–13 13 Dec Chen Yufei 2–0 Akane Yamaguchi 21–14 21–10 13 Dec He Bingjiao 0–2 P. V. Sindhu 19–21 19–21
Group B Rank Players Pts Pld W L SF SA PF PA 1 Nozomi Okuhara 3 3 3 0 6 1 141 106 2 Tai Tzu-ying 2 3 2 1 5 3 153 135 3 Ratchanok Intanon 1 3 1 2 3 4 123 115 4 Busanan Ongbamrungphan 0 3 0 3 0 6 65 126