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Overview of 17th Yonex French Open 2019

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Yonex French Open 2019, a Super 750 badminton tournament, was held at Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris, France from October 22-27, 2019. It was the 17th tournament of the 2019 Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour and was a part of the French Open championships. It was organized by French Badminton Federation with sanction from the BWF and had a prize money of $750,000.
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List of Winners:

CategoryWinnerRunner
Men’s SinglesChen Long (China)Jonatan Christie (Indonesia)
Women’s SinglesAn Se-young (South Korea)Carolina Marín (Spain)
Men’s DoublesMarcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Indonesia)Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty (India)
Women’s DoublesLee So-hee & Shin Seung-chan (South Korea)Kim So-yeong & Kong Hee-yong (South Korea)
Mixed DoublesPraveen Jordan & Melati Daeva Oktavianti (Indonesia)Zheng Siwei & Huang Ya Qiong (China)
  1. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty become the 2nd Indian doubles pair after Partho Ganguli and Vikram Singh in 1983 to win the French Open.

About BWF:
Formation: 1934
Headquarters: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
President: Poul-Erik Høyer