Here are the key storylines to watch at the Super 300 YONEX Taipei Open 2026.

• No nation has completed a clean sweep of all five titles since Korea in 2013. This year, hosts Chinese Taipei are the only team with seeded players or pairs in every category.
• Chinese Taipei have had winners at the last eight editions – the longest such streak since Indonesia’s 11 in a row (1990-2002). There were no competitions in 1998 and 2001.
• Despite that success, they have never produced a winning mixed doubles pair.
• That could change this year, with three seeded pairs in the draw, including All England champions Ye Hong Wei/Nicole Gonzales Chan.
• Local favourite Chou Tien Chen is one of only two top seeds with previous Taipei Open titles, alongside men’s pair Chiu Hsiang Chieh/Wang Chi-Lin.
• A fifth triumph would draw the newly-crowned China Open champion level with compatriot Tai Tzu Ying as the most successful player in tournament history.
• Since Tai’s maiden victory in 2012, Korea and Japan are the only other nations to win multiple women’s singles titles.
• Along with Chiu/Wang, women’s pair Hsieh Pei Shan/Hung En Tzu return to defend their crowns and are seeded second.
• Top seeds Pearly Tan/Thinaah Muralitharan, however, will aim to end Malaysia’s wait for women’s doubles titlists.
• The six starting seeds in the discipline all come exclusively from these two countries.

Standout Stat: Starting with Japan in 2018, the category has seen winners representing a different flag at each of the last six seasons.