We share some fascinating facts about one of badminton’s longest-running tournaments – the 75-edition-old Singapore Open.

• Shi Yu Qi and An Se Young are the only top seeds with prior triumphs.
• Success will make An the first women’s singles player to win three times in the SuperSeries/World Tour era (from 2007).
• Women’s pair Shinta Mulia Sari/Yao Lei remain the most recent Singaporeans to emerge victorious (2010).
• Singapore, however, are the sole nation to sweep clean the honours – way back in 1961. This year, China are the only contingent with seeded entries in every category.
• Should China capture three of those, they would overtake Indonesia for second place on the all-time winners’ table with 63 gold medals.
• India, whose three titles have all come in singles, boast strong contenders in men’s doubles fourth seeds Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty.
• Men’s doubles is the sector in which Korea have celebrated titlists just once – Kim Moon Soo/Park Joo Bong in 1991. World No.1s Kim Won Ho/Seo Seung Jae are seeded top this time.
• Repeat glory for Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik will make them the first men’s pair in 28 years to defend their crown. Sigit Budiarto/Candra Wijaya did so in 1998.
• Chia/Soh’s compatriots, women’s doubles second seeds Pearly Tan/Thinaah Muralitharan, could end Malaysia’s longest drought in a discipline if they emulate Rosalind Singha Ang/Teoh Siew Yong’s result from 1971.
• Denmark hope to check their own lengthiest wait through men’s singles third seed Anders Antonsen. They have not celebrated a winner since Peter Gade’s victory in 2006.
• Sapsiree Taerattanachai is appearing at her 12th consecutive Singapore Open. The two-time champion has competed every year since 2013 – the longest active streak.
• Chou Tien Chen is just one behind, featuring at 11 straight editions since 2014.
• If he retains his mixed doubles title with Supissara Paaewsampran, Taerattanachai’s former partner Dechapol Puavaranukroh will be the first male shuttler to complete a quadruple since Budiarto in 2006. The Indonesian’s victories were in 1997, 1998, 2005 (with Wijaya) and 2006 (Flandy Limpele).
• Defending their titles will make Kunlavut Vitidsarn and Puavaranukroh/Paaewsampran the first back-to-back winners from Thailand.
• Puavaranukroh, Jia Yi Fan (women’s doubles No. 4 seed with Zhang Shu Xian) and Mayu Matsumoto (women’s doubles No. 5 seed with Yuki Fukushima) are the only doubles seeds to have previously won their events with different partners.

Standout Stat: Puavaranukroh owns the highest success rate of any player across the last five editions – emerging champion on three occasions (2019, 2022, 2025).