Get to know some interesting facts about the Super 300 YONEX Taipei Open 2024.

• No nation other than Korea in 2013 has done a sweep. Hosts Chinese Taipei are the sole team with seeds in all five categories this year.
• Chinese Taipei have had winners at the last six editions – the longest such run since Indonesia’s 11 in a row (1990-2002). There were no competitions in 1998 and 2001.
• Home idol Tai Tzu Ying won five of the 10 most recent women’s singles crowns.
• Keeping her title will make the world No.3 the most successful player in tournament history.
• She will also become the first athlete since Danish women’s singles shuttler Kirsten Larsen in 1988 to win three straight editions.
• Tai and fellow local favourite Chou Tien Chen are the two top seeds with previous success.
• Since Tai won her maiden gold medal in 2012, only Korea have produced champions multiple times in the discipline.
• Alongside Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong as a pair (2019), Wang Chi-Lin (with Chen Hung Ling in 2017 and 2018) and Tsang Hiu Yang, they are six ex-titlists competing this edition.
• Goh, Tan and Tsang however, have different sidekicks while Wang plays his final tournament with his twice Olympic gold-winning partner Lee Yang.
• Women’s doubles is the only event to see different nations win the last four editions – Japan (2018), Thailand (2019), Hong Kong China (2022) and Korea (2023).

Standout Stat: Chinese Taipei have never outright won mixed doubles, in which they possess four seeded pairs this year, including top seeds Ye Hong Wei/Lee Chia Hsin.