Hylo Open
Annual badminton tournament in Germany
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The Hylo Open, formerly known as the BMW Badminton Cup, BMW Open International, Bitburger Masters, Bitburger Open and SaarLorLux Open, is an international badminton tournament held at the Saarlandhalle in Saarbrücken, Germany, since 1988. It was sponsored by the German automobile company BMW and German pilsner beer brewery Bitburger; since 2021, it is sponsored by Saarbrücken-based eye lubrication company Hylo.
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| Official website | |
| Founded | 1988 |
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| Editions | 38 (2025) |
| Location | Saarbrücken (2025) Germany |
| Venue | Saarlandhalle (2025) |
| Prize money | US$475,000 (2025) |
| Men's | |
| Draw | 32S / 32D |
| Current champions | Jonatan Christie (singles) Chiu Hsiang-chieh Wang Chi-lin (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | 4 Chou Tien-chen |
| Most doubles titles | 3 Michael Keck Michael Søgaard Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen |
| Women's | |
| Draw | 32S / 32D |
| Current champions | Mia Blichfeldt (singles) Margot Lambert Camille Pognante (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | 5 Huaiwen Xu |
| Most doubles titles | 4 Katrin Schmidt |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Draw | 32 |
| Current champions | Mathias Christiansen Alexandra Bøje |
| Most titles (male) | 5 Michael Keck |
| Most titles (female) | 3 Katrin Schmidt Karen Stechmann |
| Super 500 | |
| Last completed | |
| 2025 Hylo Open | |
In 2018, this event was selected as part of the BWF Tour Super 100. In 2021, the tournament was upgraded to Super 500 category tournament and was renamed the Hylo Open, before being downgraded to Super 300 the next year.[1] On 31 March 2025, the tournament was elevated back to Super 500 status for the 2025 and 2026 seasons following the Canada Open's demotion to Super 300 level.[2]
Previous winners
Performances by nation
- As of the 2025 edition
| Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Denmark |
10 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 40 |
| 2 |  Germany |
3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 9.5 | 39.5 |
| 3 |  China |
5 | 11 | 3.5 | 7.5 | 7 | 34 |
| 4 |  Indonesia |
6 | 1 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 11.5 |
| 5 |  Netherlands |
2 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 9 |
| 6 |  Chinese Taipei |
4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
 Thailand |
3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| 8 |  England |
3.5 | 2 | 5.5 | |||
| 9 |  India |
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
 Poland |
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 11 |  France |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 12 |  Sweden |
2 | 1.5 | 3.5 | |||
| 13 |  Japan |
1 | 2 | 3 | |||
 Singapore |
2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 15 |  Bulgaria |
2.5 | 2.5 | ||||
| 16 |  Hong Kong |
1 | 1 | 2 | |||
 Malaysia |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
 United States |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 19 |  Macau |
1 | 1 | ||||
 Russia |
1 | 1 | |||||
 Scotland |
1 | 1 | |||||
 Ukraine |
0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | ||||
| 23 |  Switzerland |
0.5 | 0.5 | ||||
| Total | 38 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 190 | |