The HYLO Open turns 36 this year. Here are some things to know about the Super 300 event.

• Germany (1992) and Denmark (1996) are two nations to have done a sweep.
• Only the Danes have seeded players in every discipline this time.
• However, it’s been four years since they topped the podium; Jeppe Bay/Lasse Molhede’s men’s doubles victory in 2020 remains their most recent.
• Their longest drought of 27 years comes in women’s singles, where Line Kjaersfeldt is seeded top. No Danish player has aced the category post Tine Rasmussen’s 1997 success.
• Shuttlers from home nation Germany have not won after mixed pair Michael Fuchs/Birgit Michels did so in 2013.
• Defending men’s singles champion Chou Tien Chen is the sole male player to win three straight editions (2012-2014) this century.
• Seeded top again, Chou will become the first men’s singles player to triumph five times if he retains his title.
• Chou, 34, is also the only defending champion returning.
• Rasmus Gemke (2017), Toma Junior Popov and Kirsty Gilmour (both 2020) are the other former winners in the draw.
• If successful, Popov’s top-seeded compatriots Thom Gicquel/Delphine Delrue will be France’s first ever doubles titlists.

Standout Stat: Chou stands to match his own achievement – he was the last men’s singles player to win twice on the bounce.