Singaporean National Badminton Championships is an annual badminton tournament held in Singapore since 1961.[1]

History

In 1961, Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) started a local championships[1] to find talents to represent Singapore in regional and international competitions after the previous championships became an open invitation championships in 1957.[2]

Past winners

Year Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles
1961[3] Singapore Mohammed Sadali Singapore Lim Choo Eng Singapore Ong Poh Lim
Singapore Lim Say Wan 		Singapore Helen Ong
Singapore Vivian Gwee 		Singapore Ong Poh Lim
Singapore Jessie Ong
1962[4] Singapore Wee Choon Seng Singapore Lim Choo Eng Singapore Ong Poh Lim
Singapore Lim Wei Lon 		Singapore Luanne Lim
Singapore Regina Richards 		Singapore Lim Say Wan
Singapore Lim Choo Eng
1963[5] Singapore Lim Wei Lon Thailand Prathin Pattabongse Singapore Ong Poh Lim
Singapore Wee Choon Seng 		Singapore Luanne Lim
Singapore Woo Ti Soo 		Singapore Ong Poh Lim
Singapore Luanne Lim
1964[6] Singapore Wong Tew Ghee Singapore Lim Choo Eng Singapore Ronnie Oon
Singapore Cheong Cheng Swee 		Singapore Lim Choo Eng
Singapore Joyce Chuah 		Singapore Tan Boon Liat
Singapore Nancy Sng
1965[7][8] Singapore Wong Tew Ghee Singapore Lim Choo Eng Singapore Ronnie Oon
Singapore Cheong Cheng Swee 		Singapore Lim Choo Eng
Singapore Soh Chwee Liam 		Singapore Lindy Lin
Singapore Vivien Gwee
1966[9] Singapore Ismail Ibrahim Singapore Aishah Attan Singapore Wee Choon Seng
Singapore Lindy Lin 		Singapore Aishah Attan
Singapore Lucy Chow 		Singapore Lindy Lin
Singapore Vivien Gwee
1967[10][11][12][13] Singapore Wee Choon Seng Singapore Lim Choo Eng Singapore Ronnie Oon
Singapore Cheong Cheng Swee 		Singapore Nancy Sng
Singapore Woo Ti Soo 		Singapore Lindy Lin
Singapore Lim Choo Eng
1968[14] Singapore Lee Kin Tat Singapore Lim Choo Eng Singapore Ronnie Oon
Singapore Cheong Cheng Swee 		Singapore Aishah Attan
Singapore Lucy Chow 		Singapore Ismail Ibrahim
Singapore Lim Choo Eng
1969[15] Singapore Yeo Ah Seng Singapore Lim Choo Eng Singapore Ronnie Oon
Singapore Cheong Cheng Swee 		Singapore Lim Choo Eng
Singapore Aishah Attan 		Singapore Yeo Ah Seng
Singapore Margaret Ashworth
1970[16] Singapore Wee Kin Singapore Lim Choo Eng Singapore Lee Wah Chin
Singapore Yeo Ah Seng 		Singapore Leong Kay Sine
Singapore Leong Kay Peng 		Singapore Choo Sin Hua
Singapore Nancy Sng
1971[17] Singapore Wee Kin Singapore Lim Choo Eng Singapore Low Kee Wah
Singapore Ng Chor Yau 		Singapore Lim Choo Eng
Singapore Aishah Attan 		unknown
1972[18] Singapore Yeo Ah Seng Singapore Leong Kay Sine Singapore Yeo Ah Seng
Singapore Syed Ahmad Bakar 		Singapore Leong Kay Sine
Singapore Leong Kay Peng 		Singapore Richard Chee
Singapore Aishah Attan
1973[19] Singapore Syed Ahmad Bakar Singapore Lim Choo Eng Singapore Yeo Ah Seng
Singapore Ng Chor Yau 		Singapore Lim Choo Eng
Singapore Cindy Cheong 		Singapore Yeo Ah Seng
Singapore Lim Choo Eng
1974[20] Singapore Lee Ah Ngo Singapore Leong Kay Sine Singapore Lee Ah Ngo
Singapore Kok Peng Hon 		Singapore Leong Kay Sine
Singapore Leong Kay Peng 		Singapore Tan Khee Wee
Singapore Leong Kay Peng
1975[21][22] Singapore Ng Chor Yau Singapore Leong Kay Sine Singapore Lee Wah Chin
Singapore Kok Peng Hon 		Singapore Leong Kay Sine
Singapore Leong Kay Peng 		Singapore Tan Khee Wee
Singapore Leong Kay Peng
1976[23] Singapore Lee Ah Ngo Singapore Irene Lee Singapore Tan Eng Han
Singapore Tan Khee Wee 		Singapore Peh Ah Bee
Singapore Faridah Noh 		Singapore Wee Choon Seng
Singapore Peh Ah Bee
1977[24] Singapore Tan Ban Chew Singapore Cindy Cheong Singapore Kok Peng Hon
Singapore Tan Eng Han 		Singapore Tan Chor Khiang
Singapore Leong Kay Sine 		Singapore Tan Khee Wee
Singapore Leong Kay Sine
1978[25][26] Singapore Wong Shoon Keat Singapore Cindy Cheong Singapore Kok Peng Hon
Singapore Tan Eng Han 		Singapore Leong Kay Sine
Singapore Tay Hoe See 		unknown
1979[27][28][29][30] Singapore Lee Ah Ngo Singapore Cindy Cheong Singapore Wong Shoon Keat
Singapore Tan Eng Han 		Singapore Cindy Cheong
Singapore Juliana Lee 		unknown
1980[31][32][33] Singapore Lee Ah Ngo Singapore Tay Hoe See Singapore Wong Shoon Keat
Singapore Chin Soon Chye 		Singapore Leong Kay Sine
Singapore Tay Hoe See 		no competition
1981[34][35][36] Singapore Wong Shoon Keat Singapore Tay Hoe See Singapore Tan Eng Han
Singapore Tan Khee Wee 		Singapore Leong Kay Sine
Singapore Juliana Lee 		no competition
1982[37][38][39] Singapore Wong Shoon Keat Singapore Tay Hoe See Singapore Tan Eng Han
Singapore Tan Khee Wee 		Singapore Ho Kam Meng
Singapore Amy Goh 		no competition
1983[40][41][42] Singapore Wong Shoon Keat Singapore Irene Lee Singapore Chia Hong Chong
Singapore Kamaruddin Musa 		Singapore Irene Lee
Singapore Choy Leng Siong 		no competition
1984[43][44] Singapore Lau Wing Cheok Singapore Irene Lee Singapore Wong Shoon Keat
Singapore Wong Shoon Soo 		Singapore Irene Lee
Singapore Choy Leng Siong 		no competition
1985[45][46] Singapore Hamid Khan Singapore Choy Leng Siong Singapore Hamid Khan
Singapore Lau Wing Cheok 		Singapore Irene Lee
Singapore Choy Leng Siong 		no competition
1986[47] Singapore Lau Wing Cheok Singapore Choy Leng Siong Singapore Hamid Khan
Singapore Lau Wing Cheok 		Singapore Choy Leng Siong
Singapore Soo Chiew Ming 		no competition
1987[48] Singapore Lau Wing Cheok Singapore Choy Leng Siong Singapore Hamid Khan
Singapore Lau Wing Cheok 		Singapore Irene Lee
Singapore Choy Leng Siong 		no competition
1988[49][50] Singapore Lau Wing Cheok Singapore Zarinah Abdullah Singapore Hamid Khan
Singapore Lau Wing Cheok 		Singapore Choy Leng Siong
Singapore Soo Chiew Ming 		no competition
1989[51] Singapore Hamid Khan Singapore Zarinah Abdullah Singapore Wong Shoon Keat
Singapore Steven Oh 		Singapore Irene Lee
Singapore Choy Leng Siong 		no competition
1990[52] Singapore Hamid Khan Singapore Irene Lee Singapore Hamid Khan
Singapore Wong Shoon Keat 		Singapore Irene Lee
Singapore Choy Leng Siong 		no competition
1991[53] Singapore Hamid Khan Singapore Irene Lee Singapore Hamid Khan
Singapore Jimmy Wong 		Singapore Irene Lee
Singapore Choy Leng Siong 		Singapore Hamid Khan
Singapore Zarinah Abdullah
1992[54] Singapore Donald Koh Singapore Zarinah Abdullah Singapore Hamid Khan
Singapore Lim Boon Leng 		Singapore Irene Lee
Singapore Choy Leng Siong 		Singapore Tan Sian Peng
Singapore Choy Leng Siong
1993 Singapore Hamid Khan Singapore Irene Lee Singapore Hamid Khan
Singapore Lim Boon Leng 		Singapore Chin Yen Li
Singapore Chin Yen Peng 		unknown
1994[55] Singapore Hamid Khan Singapore Ong Ai Li Singapore Hamid Khan
Singapore Lim Boon Leng 		Singapore Chin Yen Peng
Singapore Ong Ai Li 		Singapore Lau Wing Cheok
Singapore Koh Ee Boon
1995[56][57] Singapore Hamid Khan Singapore Zanetta Lee Yu Singapore Hamid Khan
Singapore Wong Shoon Keat 		Singapore Zanetta Lee Yu
Singapore Chin Yen Peng 		Singapore Patrick Lau Kim Pong
Singapore Chin Yen Peng
1996[58] Singapore Tan Sian Peng Singapore Zarinah Abdullah Singapore Tan Sian Peng
Singapore Patrick Lau Kim Pong 		Singapore Zarinah Abdullah
Singapore Irene Lee 		Singapore Tan Sian Peng
Singapore Irene Lee
1997[59] Singapore Tan Sian Peng Singapore Zarinah Abdullah Singapore Tan Sian Peng
Singapore Patrick Lau Kim Pong 		Singapore Zarinah Abdullah
Singapore Fatimah Kumin Lim 		Singapore Patrick Lau Kim Pong
Singapore Chin Yen Peng
1998[60][61] Singapore Patrick Lau Kim Pong Singapore Zarinah Abdullah Singapore Tan Sian Peng
Singapore Patrick Lau Kim Pong 		Singapore Zarinah Abdullah
Singapore Fatimah Kumin Lim 		Singapore Patrick Lau Kim Pong
Singapore Irene Lee
1999[62] Singapore Patrick Lau Kim Pong Singapore Fatimah Kumin Lim Singapore Tan Sian Peng
Singapore Patrick Lau Kim Pong 		Singapore Fatimah Kumin Lim
Singapore Foo Shui Yen 		Singapore Patrick Lau Kim Pong
Singapore Fatimah Kumin Lim
2000[63] Singapore Kendrick Lee Yen Hui Singapore Fatimah Kumin Lim Singapore Tan Sian Peng
Singapore Patrick Lau Kim Pong 		Singapore Fatimah Kumin Lim
Singapore Foo Shui Yen 		Singapore Tan Sian Peng
Singapore Fatimah Kumin Lim
2001–2003 Not held
2004[64] Singapore Ronald Susilo Singapore Colleen Goh Li En Singapore Kendrick Lee Yen Hui
Singapore Gerald Ho Hee Teck 		Singapore Vanessa Neo Yu Yan
Singapore Kimberley Lau May Ee 		Singapore Ronald Susilo
Singapore Xiao Luxi
2005[65] Singapore Kendrick Lee Yen Hui Singapore Jiang Yanmei Singapore Ronald Susilo
Singapore Kendrick Lee Yen Hui 		Singapore Jiang Yanmei
Singapore Xiao Luxi 		Singapore Chua Yong Joo
Singapore Jiang Yanmei
2006[66] Singapore Derek Wong Zi Liang Singapore Jill Vanessa Poo Singapore Derek Wong Zi Liang
Singapore Chua Yong Joo 		Singapore Colleen Goh Li En
Singapore Karen Yuen Ka Ying 		Singapore Derek Wong Zi Liang
Singapore Lim Tien Juan
2007[67] Singapore Ronald Susilo Singapore Xing Aiying Singapore Hendra Wijaya
Singapore Hendri Kurniawan Saputra 		Singapore Yao Lei
Singapore Liu Fan 		Singapore Hendri Kurniawan Saputra
Singapore Li Yujia
2008–2011 Not held
2012[68] Singapore Ashton Chen Yong Zhao Singapore Liang Xiaoyu Singapore Hendra Wijaya
Singapore Hendri Kurniawan Saputra 		no competition Singapore Liu Yi
Singapore Thng Ting Ting
2013[69] Singapore Huang Chao Singapore Xing Aiying Singapore Liu Yi
Singapore Terry Yeo Zhao Jiang 		Singapore Fu Mingtian
Singapore Shinta Mulia Sari 		Singapore Liu Yi
Singapore Fu Mingtian
2014–2018 Not held
2019[70] Singapore Loh Kean Yew Singapore Yeo Jia Min Singapore Rizky Hidayat Ismail
Singapore Albert Saputra 		Singapore Lim Ming Hui
Singapore Citra Putri Sari Dewi 		Singapore Danny Bawa Chrisnanta
Singapore Tan Wei Han
2020[71] Singapore Jason Teh Singapore Jaslyn Hooi Yue Yann Singapore Terry Hee
Singapore Loh Kean Hean 		Singapore Jin Yujia
Singapore Crystal Wong 		Singapore Terry Hee
Singapore Crystal Wong
2021[72] Singapore Jason Teh Singapore Jaslyn Hooi Yue Yann Singapore Terry Hee
Singapore Loh Kean Hean 		Singapore Bernice Lim Zhi Rui
Singapore Lim Ming Hui 		Singapore Terry Hee
Singapore Elaine Chua
2022[73] Indonesia Vega Vio Nirwanda Singapore Nur Insyirah Khan Singapore Albert Saputra
Singapore Jason Wong Guang Liang 		Singapore Jin Yujia
Singapore Crystal Wong 		Singapore Wesley Koh Eng Keat
Singapore Crystal Wong
2023[74] Indonesia Vega Vio Nirwanda Singapore Nur Insyirah Khan Singapore Nge Joo Jie
Singapore Johann Prajogo 		Singapore Grace Chua Hui Zhen
Singapore Megan Lee Xinyi 		Singapore Bimo Adi Prakoso
Singapore Liang Yun

Most successful players

Below is the list of the most successful players ever in the competition:

Rank Player MS WS MD WD XD Total
1 Singapore Lim Choo Eng 10 5 4 19
2 Singapore Hamid Khan 7 10 1 18
3 Singapore Irene Lee 6 9 2 17
4 Singapore Choy Leng Siong 3 10 1 14
5 Singapore Leong Kay Sine 3 8 1 12
6 Singapore Patrick Lau Kim Pong 2 5 4 11
7 Singapore Wong Shoon Keat 4 6 10
Singapore Tan Sian Peng 2 5 3 10
Singapore Zarinah Abdullah 6 3 1 10
10 Singapore Lau Wing Cheok 4 4 1 9

Below is the list of the most successful player(s) in each discipline (listed according to their last title):

Category Player Total Year
MS Singapore Hamid Khan 7 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995
WS Singapore Lim Choo Eng 10 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973
MD Singapore Hamid Khan 10 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 (with Lau Wing Cheok), 1990, 1995 (with Wong Shoon Keat), 1991 (with Jimmy Wong), 1992, 1993, 1994 (with Lim Boon Leng)
WD Singapore Choy Leng Siong 10 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 (with Irene Lee), 1986, 1988 (with Soo Chiew Ming)
XD Singapore Lim Choo Eng 4 1962 (with Lim Say Wan), 1967 (with Lindy Lin), 1968 (with Ismail Ibrahim), 1973 (with Yeo Ah Seng)
Singapore Patrick Lau Kim Pong 1995, 1997 (with Chin Yen Peng), 1998 (with Irene Lee), 1999 (with Fatimah Kumin Lim)

MS: Men's singles; WS: Women's singles; MD: Men's doubles; WD: Women's doubles; XD: Mixed doubles

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