Syed Modi International Badminton Championships
International badminton tournament held annually in India
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The Syed Modi International Badminton Championships is a BWF World Tour Super 300 international badminton tournament held annually in India.
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| Official website | |
| Founded | 2009 |
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| Editions | 14 (2025) |
| Location | Lucknow (2025) India |
| Venue | Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium (2025) |
| Prize money | USD240,000 (2025) |
| Men's | |
| Draw | 32S / 32D |
| Current champions | Jason Gunawan (singles) Kang Khai Xing Aaron Tai (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | 2 Kashyap Parupalli Sameer Verma |
| Most doubles titles | 2 Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen |
| Women's | |
| Draw | 32S / 32D |
| Current champions | Hina Akechi (singles) Treesa Jolly Gayatri Gopichand (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | 3 Saina Nehwal P. V. Sindhu |
| Most doubles titles | 2 Jung Kyung-eun Treesa Jolly Gayatri Gopichand |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Draw | 32 |
| Current champions | Dejan Ferdinansyah Bernadine Wardana |
| Most titles (male) | 2 Dejan Ferdinansyah |
| Most titles (female) | 1, all winners |
| Super 300 | |
| Ongoing | |
 2025 Syed Modi International | |
It was introduced to the badminton circuit as a BWF Grand Prix event in 2009.[1] Since then the tournament has been annually held in Lucknow at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, although it was temporarily shifted to Hyderabad in 2010.[2][3] In 2011, it was upgraded to the Grand Prix Gold event.[4] Badminton World Federation launched a new event structure in 2017. This tournament was then announced as a World Tour Super 300 event ever since 2018.[5]
History
The tournament was inaugurated by Uttar Pradesh Badminton Association in 1991 as the Syed Modi Memorial Badminton Tournament in memory of Commonwealth Games champion Syed Modi.[6]
From its inauguration till 2003, it remained a national-level tournament.[7][8] In 2004, it was organized as an international event for the first time, which saw some foreign participation.[9][10]
The tournament was halted from 2005 to 2008 due to a political impasse between the UPBA and the Government of Uttar Pradesh, which ended with relocation of the Uttar Pradesh Badminton Academy.[11][12][13]
Locations
Below is the cities that have hosted the tournament.
Winners
- This tournament, originally to be played from 17 to 22 November, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in India.
- This tournament, originally to be played from 12 to 17 October, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in India.
