Syed Modi Int. - Mixed dubbel

Syed Modi Int. - Mixed dubbel

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The Syed Modi International Badminton Championships is an international badminton tournament, which is held annually in India.

This tournament was introduced to the badminton circuit as a BWF Grand Prix event in 2009. Since then the tournament is being annually held in Lucknow at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, although it was temporarily shifted to Hyderabad in 2010. In 2011, it was upgraded to the Grand Prix Gold event. Badminton World Federation launched a new event structure in 2017. This tournament was later included as a BWF World Tour Super 300 event which began to be competed in 2018.

History

The tournament was inaugurated by Uttar Pradesh Badminton Association (UPBA) in 1991 as the 'Syed Modi Memorial Badminton Tournament' in memory of the Commonwealth Games champion Syed Modi.

From its inauguration till 2003, it remained a national-level tournament. In 2004, it was organized as an International event for the first time, which saw some low-key foreign participation.

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.

Syed Modi Int. - Mixed Dubbel är en badmintonturnering för mixade dubblar som hålls årligen i Lucknow, Indien. Turneringen är en del av Badmintons världsturné, en serie badmintonturneringar som sanktioneras av Badminton World Federation (BWF). Turneringen har två kategorier: herrdubbel och damdubbel.

Turneringen lockar några av världens bästa badmintonspelare. Vinnaren av herrdubbeln 2020 var Marcus Fernaldi Gideon och Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo från Indonesien, medan vinnaren av damdubbeln var Lee So-hee och Shin Seung-chan från Sydkorea.

Turneringen är uppkallad efter den indiska badmintonspelaren Syed Modi, som vann åtta nationella mästerskap och representerade Indien i flera internationella turneringar.