Quick Answer: Arctic Open 2026 ended on October 11 in Vantaa, Finland. Anders Antonsen won men's singles, and Mia Blichfeldt won women's singles. Aaron Tai and Yap Roy King won men's doubles, Chen Fanshutian and Luo Xumin won women's doubles, and Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin won mixed doubles.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Arctic Open 2026 Results at a Glance
- Finals Day Start Times
- How the First Round Unfolded
- Men's Singles: Full Results
- Women's Singles: Full Results
- Men's Doubles: Full Results
- Women's Doubles: Full Results
- Mixed Doubles: Full Results
- How the Rest of the Week Unfolded
- Medal Table by Country
- Key Storylines From Vantaa
- Player Rankings After the Arctic Open
- Season So Far and What Comes Next
- Prize Money and Ranking Points
- Tournament Statistics
- Arctic Open History and Past Winners
- Vantaa: The Host City
- What the Results Mean
- FAQ
- Related Articles
Introduction
Arctic Open 2026 ended on Sunday, October 11, in Vantaa, Finland, with Denmark winning both singles titles. Anders Antonsen beat Japan's Yushi Tanaka in an 87-minute men's singles final. Mia Blichfeldt beat top seed Ratchanok Intanon in the women's singles final in 42 minutes.
The Arctic Open 2026 results also produced a new men's doubles champion pair. Aaron Tai and Yap Roy King of Malaysia won the title in the first tournament they played together. China took the women's doubles and mixed doubles titles.
The tournament was a BWF World Tour Super 500 event at Vantaan Energia Areena. It ran from October 6 to 11 with a total purse of US$500,000. Our Arctic Open 2026 preview covered the draw and the main contenders. This report covers the first round, every result in every event, the medal table, and the rankings after the tournament.
Arctic Open 2026 Results at a Glance
Five titles were decided on Sunday. Scores are shown from the champion's point of view.
| Event | Champion | Runner-up | Final score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Anders Antonsen (Denmark) | Yushi Tanaka (Japan) | 16-21, 21-16, 27-25 | 87 min |
| Women's singles | Mia Blichfeldt (Denmark) | Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand) | 21-17, 21-13 | 42 min |
| Men's doubles | Aaron Tai / Yap Roy King (Malaysia) | Lai Po Yu / Tsai Fu Cheng (Chinese Taipei) | 21-19, 21-19 | 41 min |
| Women's doubles | Chen Fanshutian / Luo Xumin (China) | Hsu Yin-hui / Lin Jhih-yun (Chinese Taipei) | 21-18, 21-19 | 51 min |
| Mixed doubles | Jiang Zhenbang / Wei Yaxin (China) | Gao Jiaxuan / Wu Mengying (China) | 21-18, 21-16 | 37 min |
Four of the five finals ended in straight games. Only the men's singles final went to a third game.
Finals Day Start Times
The BWF order of play started the finals session at 11:00 local time in Finland. The finals followed this order: mixed doubles, women's singles, men's singles, women's doubles, and men's doubles. The times below are the scheduled start times for the session.
| Region | Scheduled finals start. |
|---|---|
| Finland (EEST) | 11:00 |
| USA and Canada (Eastern) | 04:00 |
| UK (BST) | 09:00 |
| Australia (Sydney and Melbourne, AEDT) | 19:00 |
How the First Round Unfolded
The first round ran over two days. Women's singles and mixed doubles opened the main draw on Tuesday, October 6. Men's singles, men's doubles, and women's doubles were played on Wednesday, October 7. Each event started with 16 first-round matches, so 80 main-draw matches were played before the round of 16.
Tuesday, October 6: Qualifying, Women's Singles and Mixed Doubles
Qualifying started at 8:00 local time. Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia beat Finland's Kalle Koljonen 21-12, 21-15 to reach the main draw, and that ended Koljonen's tournament. The main draw began in the afternoon.
All eight women's singles seeds won their openers. Three of them needed three games:
- Nozomi Okuhara beat Kaloyana Nalbantova 21-19, 19-21, 21-18 in 84 minutes, the longest first-round match of the week.
- Line Christophersen beat Ashmita Chaliha 21-7, 14-21, 26-24.
- Han Yue beat Supanida Katethong 21-16, 18-21, and 21-18.
The home crowd saw wild card Petra Saarnivaara lose to eighth seed Mia Blichfeldt 21-4, 21-8 in 25 minutes. Top seed Ratchanok Intanon beat India's Isharani Baruah 21-10, 21-15. P. V. Sindhu beat Zhang Wen Yu 21-8, 21-11 in 28 minutes.
Mixed doubles lost three seeds on the first day:
- Fourth seeds Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Supissara Paewsampran lost to Japan's Akira Koga and Natsu Saito when the match ended by retirement after seven minutes, with the BWF record showing 6-11 in the first game.
- Seventh seeds Cheng Xing and Zhang Chi lost to Callum Hemming and Estelle Van Leeuwen, 21-17, 21-17.
- Eighth seeds Goh Soon Huat and Shevon Jemie Lai lost to Samuel Jones and Lizzie Tolman, 25-27, 21-18, 21-15.
Top seeds Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping won 21-11, 21-9. Third seeds Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin won 21-10, 21-12 in 26 minutes against a qualifying pair.
Wednesday, October 7: Men's Singles, Men's Doubles, and Women's Doubles
Men's singles. Fifth seed Lin Chun-yi was the only seed to lose. He lost to his compatriot Su Li Yang 21-17, 21-6. Defending champion Chou Tien-chen needed 72 minutes to beat Arnaud Merkle 21-13, 19-21, 21-13. Anders Antonsen beat India's Prannoy 21-10, 21-9 in 40 minutes. Yushi Tanaka beat Finland's wild card Joakim Oldorff 21-13, 21-13. Canada's Brian Yang beat Kidambi Srikanth 15-21, 21-15, 21-13.
Men's doubles. This round brought the most upsets of the week. Six of the eight seeds lost:
- Top seeds Ben Lane and Sean Vendy of England, the defending champions, lost to the Danish pair Christian Faust Kjaer and Rasmus Kjaer.
- Third seeds Daniel Lundgaard and Mads Vestergaard lost to Thailand's Peeratchai Sukphun and Pakkapon Teeraratsakul.
- Fourth seeds Chiu Hsiang-chieh and Wang Chi-lin lost to Chen Zhi Ray and Lin Yu Chieh.
- Fifth seeds He Jiting and Ren Xiangyu lost to India's Krishna Prasad Garaga and Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy.
- Sixth seeds Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen lost to Lai Po Yu and Tsai Fu Cheng.
- Eighth seeds Hu Keyuan and Lin Xiangyi lost to France's Julien Maio and William Villeger.
Only second seeds Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi and seventh seeds Lee Fang-chih and Lee Fang-jen won from the seeded pairs. The winners also included Malaysia's new pair, Aaron Tai and Yap Roy King. They beat their compatriots Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub and Tan Wee Kiong 21-12, 21-13 in 26 minutes in their first match together.
Women's doubles. Only one seed lost. Fourth seeds Rui Hirokami and Sayaka Hobara lost to China's Luo Yi and Wang Ting Ge, 21-16, 13-21, 21-19. China's Chen Fanshutian and Luo Xumin beat Sai Abhijna Brahmakal and Aino Overmark 21-4, 21-2 in 24 minutes. Sayaka Hirota and Ayako Sakuramoto also needed only 24 minutes, 21-7, 21-4.
First-Round Numbers
- Seeds beaten in the first round: 11 (men's singles 1, women's singles 0, men's doubles 6, women's doubles 1, mixed doubles 3).
- Longest first-round match: Okuhara against Nalbantova, 84 minutes.
- Shortest first-round matches: Pakkapon Teeraratsakul and Sapsiree Taerattanachai (mixed doubles) and Chia Weijie and Teo Ee Yi (men's doubles), 21 minutes each.
- US pair Lauren Lam and Allison Quynh Lee lost to Abbygael Harris and Estelle Van Leeuwen 14-21, 21-19, and 21-19 in 70 minutes.
Men's Singles: Full Results
Anders Antonsen entered as the fourth seed. The BWF results page lists him at world No. 5. He won the title after a final that went to 27-25 in the third game.
The Final
Yushi Tanaka took the first game 21-16. Antonsen answered with a 21-16 win in the second game. The third game stayed level deep into the extra points. Antonsen saved a match point and won it 27-25. The BWF order of play lists the match at 1 hour 27 minutes.
It was Antonsen's second Super 500 title of the 2026 season, after the Thailand Open. It was also his first Arctic Open title since the event joined the World Tour in 2023. Tournament records on Wikipedia show a first-round loss in 2024 and a semi-final in 2023.
Tanaka is ranked 19th on the BWF results page. He beat Joakim Oldorff, seventh seed Toma Junior Popov, top-seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn, and eighth-seed Koki Watanabe on his way to the final.
Lee Zii Jia and the Semi-Finals
Lee Zii Jia is the 2023 Arctic Open champion and is ranked 58th on the BWF results page. He came through qualifying, then beat Dong Tian Yao, Su Li Yang, and second seed Christo Popov. Antonsen beat him 21-11, 15-21, and 21-16 in 78 minutes in the semi-finals. Tanaka beat Watanabe 21-14, 11-21, 21-16 in the other semi-final.
Top Seeds Fall
The top three seeds all lost in the quarter-finals. Tanaka beat top seed Kunlavut 14-21, 21-13, 21-16. Lee beat second seed Popov 21-11, 21-16. Watanabe beat third seed and defending champion Chou Tien-chen 21-19, 21-16, which ended Chou's bid for a third straight title.
Men's Singles Round-by-Round Results
First round (October 7)
| Winner | Loser | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Li Shifeng [6] | Chi Yu Jen | 21-13, 21-16 | 48 min |
| Anders Antonsen [4] | Prannoy H. S. | 21-10, 21-9 | 40 min |
| Lee Zii Jia (Q) | Dong Tian Yao | 21-18, 21-14 | 42 min |
| Kunlavut Vitidsarn [1] | Zhu Xuan Chen (Q) | 21-19, 21-9 | 44 min |
| Yushi Tanaka | Joakim Oldorff (WC) | 21-13, 21-13 | 33 min |
| Chou Tien-chen [3] | Arnaud Merkle | 21-13, 19-21, 21-13 | 72 min |
| Hu Zhe An | Lee Chia Hao | 21-10, 21-14 | 42 min |
| Teh Jia Heng | Nhat Nguyen | 14-21, 21-16, 23-21 | 75 min |
| Su Li Yang | Lin Chun-yi [5] | 21-17, 21-6 | 43 min |
| Tharun Mannepalli (Q) | Magnus Johannesen | 21-16, 21-14 | 42 min |
| Weng Hong Yang | Rounak Chouhan (Q) | 20-22, 22-20, 21-17 | 73 min |
| Yudai Okimoto | Minoru Koga | 21-13, 21-8 | 46 min |
| Christo Popov [2] | Jason Gunawan | 21-12, 18-21, 21-8 | 64 min |
| Toma Junior Popov [7] | Rasmus Gemke | 21-18, 21-18 | 52 min |
| Koki Watanabe [8] | Wang Tzu Wei | 21-14, 21-18 | 47 min |
| Brian Yang | Kidambi Srikanth | 15-21, 21-15, 21-13 | 60 min |
Round of 16 (October 8)
| Winner | Loser | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Zii Jia | Su Li Yang | 21-17, 21-12 | 46 min |
| Kunlavut Vitidsarn [1] | Weng Hong Yang | 10-21, 21-11, 21-13 | 62 min |
| Anders Antonsen [4] | Teh Jia Heng | 21-18, 21-14 | 45 min |
| Chou Tien-chen [3] | Yudai Okimoto | 21-16, 21-19 | 53 min |
| Christo Popov [2] | Tharun Mannepalli | 21-14, 21-19 | 50 min |
| Hu Zhe An | Li Shifeng [6] | 21-10, 21-16 | 48 min |
| Koki Watanabe [8] | Brian Yang | 21-17, 20-22, 21-15 | 78 min |
| Yushi Tanaka | Toma Junior Popov [7] | 21-10, 21-19 | 38 min |
Quarter-finals (October 9)
| Winner | Loser | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Zii Jia | Christo Popov [2] | 21-11, 21-16 | 38 min |
| Anders Antonsen [4] | Hu Zhe An | 22-20, 21-19 | 64 min |
| Koki Watanabe [8] | Chou Tien-chen [3] | 21-19, 21-16 | 45 min |
| Yushi Tanaka | Kunlavut Vitidsarn [1] | 14-21, 21-13, 21-16 | 62 min |
Semi-finals (October 10)
| Winner | Loser | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yushi Tanaka | Koki Watanabe [8] | 21-14, 11-21, 21-16 | 63 min |
| Anders Antonsen [4] | Lee Zii Jia | 21-11, 15-21, 21-16 | 78 min |
Final (October 11): Anders Antonsen [4] beat Yushi Tanaka 16-21, 21-16, 27-25 in 87 minutes.
Women's Singles: Full Results
Mia Blichfeldt entered as the eighth seed and is listed at world No. 15 on the BWF results page. Her opponent in the final, Ratchanok Intanon, was the top seed and is listed at world No. 6.
The Final
Blichfeldt won the opening game 21-17 and the second game 21-13. The match lasted 42 minutes. The title was her first of 2026 and her first since the HYLO Open in October 2025. She won bronze at the European Championships in April, was out of competition for four months with knee and back injuries, and returned at the World Championships in August.
Blichfeldt beat Han Yue 21-18, 24-22 in the quarter-finals and Nozomi Okuhara 21-11, 21-7 in the semi-finals. Intanon reached the final by beating Line Christophersen 17-21, 21-10, 21-13 in the semi-finals. In the quarter-finals, she beat P. V. Sindhu, the sixth seed, 21-11, 19-21, 21-18 in 62 minutes. Sindhu's season is covered in our Japan Open 2026 badminton results report.
India's Tanvi Sharma beat Chiu Pin-Chian in the first round and lost to Intanon 21-18, 21-7 in the round of 16. Our Taipei Open 2026 results article covers her earlier form this season.
Han Yue, the winner in 2023 and 2024, lost in the quarter-finals. The BWF match report said it was Blichfeldt's first win over Han after four defeats.
Women's Singles Round-by-Round Results
First round (October 6)
| Winner | Loser | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nozomi Okuhara [5] | Kaloyana Nalbantova | 21-19, 19-21, 21-18 | 84 min |
| Line Christophersen [7] | Ashmita Chaliha | 21-7, 14-21, 26-24 | 55 min |
| Han Yue [3] | Supanida Katethong | 21-16, 18-21, 21-18 | 59 min |
| Lo Sin Yan Happy (Q) | Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt | 21-10, 18-21, 21-19 | 59 min |
| P. V. Sindhu [6] | Zhang Wen Yu (Q) | 21-8, 21-11 | 28 min |
| Mia Blichfeldt [8] | Petra Saarnivaara (WC) | 21-4, 21-8 | 25 min |
| Ratchanok Intanon [1] | Isharani Baruah | 21-10, 21-15 | 36 min |
| Neslihan Arin | Huang Yu-Hsun | 21-12, 11-21, 21-15 | 55 min |
| Han Qian Xi | Unnati Hooda | 21-16, 15-21, 24-22 | 68 min |
| Amalie Schulz | Hina Akechi | 7-21, 21-18, 24-22 | 60 min |
| Pornpawee Chochuwong [4] | Yvonne Li (Q) | 21-14, 21-12 | 38 min |
| Nguyen Thuy Linh | Yeo Jia Min | 19-21, 21-19, 21-15 | 55 min |
| Tomoka Miyazaki [2] | Natsuki Nidaira | 21-13, 21-14 | 43 min |
| Kirsty Gilmour | Malvika Bansod (Q) | 21-18, 21-13 | 40 min |
| Riko Gunji | Lin Hsiang Ti | 21-16, 19-21, 21-16 | 66 min |
| Tanvi Sharma | Chiu Pin-Chian | 21-15, 21-17 | 37 min |
Round of 16 (October 8)
| Winner | Loser | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| P. V. Sindhu [6] | Riko Gunji | 21-15, 21-15 | 49 min |
| Mia Blichfeldt [8] | Nguyen Thuy Linh | 21-19, 23-21 | 50 min |
| Nozomi Okuhara [5] | Neslihan Arin | 21-13, 21-11 | 35 min |
| Line Christophersen [7] | Lo Sin Yan Happy | 21-15, 21-8 | 34 min |
| Han Yue [3] | Kirsty Gilmour | 21-10, 21-11 | 32 min |
| Ratchanok Intanon [1] | Tanvi Sharma | 21-18, 21-7 | 34 min |
| Tomoka Miyazaki [2] | Han Qian Xi | 21-9, 21-13 | 33 min |
| Pornpawee Chochuwong [4] | Amalie Schulz | 21-12, 21-15 | 35 min |
Quarter-finals (October 9)
| Winner | Loser | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mia Blichfeldt [8] | Han Yue [3] | 21-18, 24-22 | 56 min |
| Ratchanok Intanon [1] | P. V. Sindhu [6] | 21-11, 19-21, 21-18 | 62 min |
| Nozomi Okuhara [5] | Tomoka Miyazaki [2] | 17-21, 21-17, 21-19 | 70 min |
| Line Christophersen [7] | Pornpawee Chochuwong [4] | 18-21, 21-14, 21-19 | 70 min |
Semi-finals (October 10)
| Winner | Loser | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mia Blichfeldt [8] | Nozomi Okuhara [5] | 21-11, 21-7 | 33 min |
| Ratchanok Intanon [1] | Line Christophersen [7] | 17-21, 21-10, 21-13 | 54 min |
Final (October 11): Mia Blichfeldt [8] beat Ratchanok Intanon [1] 21-17, 21-13 in 42 minutes.
Men's Doubles: Full Results
Malaysia's Aaron Tai and Yap Roy King won the men's doubles title without dropping a game. The pair formed after a reshuffle by the Badminton Association of Malaysia. The Arctic Open was their first World Tour tournament as a team. The BWF results page lists no ranking for the pair, which is normal for a new partnership.
Aaron Tai had earlier played the China Masters with Soh Wooi Yik, and our China Masters 2026 preview covers that event. Yap Roy King had won the Korea Masters with Tee Kai Wun. Reports describe the Arctic Open as Yap Roy King's third World Tour title.
The runners-up, Lai Po Yu and Tsai Fu Cheng, are ranked 61st on the BWF results page. They beat the sixth seeds in round one and Maio and Villeger in the semi-finals. The defending champions, Ben Lane and Sean Vendy of England, lost in the first round to the Kjaer brothers 21-11, 12-21, 21-14. The Kjaers then reached the semi-finals.
Men's Doubles Round-by-Round Results
First round (October 7)
| Winner | Loser | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Faust Kjaer / Rasmus Kjaer | Ben Lane / Sean Vendy [1] | 21-11, 12-21, 21-14 | 50 min |
| Garaga / Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy | He Jiting / Ren Xiangyu [5] | 10-21, 21-18, 22-20 | 61 min |
| Christopher Grimley / Matthew Grimley | Juha Honkanen / Jesper Paul | 21-8, 21-8 | 25 min |
| Robert Nebel / Jeppe Soby | Hiroki Okamura / Kyohei Yamashita | 23-21, 14-21, 21-16 | 59 min |
| Takuro Hoki / Yugo Kobayashi [2] | Bjarne Geiss / Jones Ralfy Jansen | 21-9, 21-12 | 34 min |
| Christo Popov / Toma Junior Popov | Mio Molin / Max Svensson | 21-9, 21-15 | 31 min |
| Oliver Butler / Samuel Jones | Kakeru Kumagai / Hiroki Nishi | 22-20, 21-18 | 41 min |
| Aaron Tai / Yap Roy King | Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub / Tan Wee Kiong | 21-12, 21-13 | 26 min |
| Lee Fang-chih / Lee Fang-jen [7] | Alessandro Gozzini / Luca Zhou | 21-8, 21-10 | 26 min |
| Lai Po Yu / Tsai Fu Cheng | Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen [6] | 21-15, 21-17 | 37 min |
| Peeratchai Sukphun / Pakkapon Teeraratsakul | Daniel Lundgaard / Mads Vestergaard [3] | 21-17, 18-21, 21-17 | 67 min |
| Chen Cheng Kuan / Liu Kuang Heng | Jiri Kral / Ondrej Kral | 21-17, 18-21, 21-13 | 49 min |
| Chia Weijie / Teo Ee Yi | Danielius Berzanskis / Domas Paksys | 21-12, 21-12 | 21 min |
| Alexander Dunn / Adam Pringle | Alex Green / Zach Russ | 21-15, 14-21, 21-15 | 52 min |
| Julien Maio / William Villeger | Hu Keyuan / Lin Xiangyi [8] | 22-20, 26-24 | 46 min |
| Chen Zhi Ray / Lin Yu Chieh | Chiu Hsiang-chieh / Wang Chi-lin [4] | 21-18, 22-20 | 31 min |
Round of 16 (October 8)
| Winner | Loser | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Tai / Yap Roy King | Lee Fang-chih / Lee Fang-jen [7] | 21-19, 21-11 | 39 min |
| Garaga / Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy | Oliver Butler / Samuel Jones | 21-19, 22-20 | 47 min |
| Christian Faust Kjaer / Rasmus Kjaer | Christo Popov / Toma Junior Popov | 21-17, 21-12 | 34 min |
| Peeratchai Sukphun / Pakkapon Teeraratsakul | Christopher Grimley / Matthew Grimley | 21-18, 21-11 | 38 min |
| Takuro Hoki / Yugo Kobayashi [2] | Chen Cheng Kuan / Liu Kuang Heng | 19-21, 21-16, 21-13 | 52 min |
| Robert Nebel / Jeppe Soby | Chen Zhi Ray / Lin Yu Chieh | 21-14, 14-21, 21-14 | 55 min |
| Lai Po Yu / Tsai Fu Cheng | Chia Weijie / Teo Ee Yi | 20-22, 22-20, 21-16 | 59 min |
| Julien Maio / William Villeger | Alexander Dunn / Adam Pringle | 21-18, 21-19 | 35 min |
Quarter-finals (October 9)
| Winner | Loser | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Tai / Yap Roy King | Peeratchai Sukphun / Pakkapon Teeraratsakul | 21-13, 21-19 | 38 min |
| Christian Faust Kjaer / Rasmus Kjaer | Garaga / Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy | 21-13, 21-14 | 34 min |
| Lai Po Yu / Tsai Fu Cheng | Robert Nebel / Jeppe Soby | 21-19, 21-17 | 41 min |
| Julien Maio / William Villeger | Takuro Hoki / Yugo Kobayashi [2] | 21-13, 21-13 | 31 min |
Semi-finals (October 10)
| Winner | Loser | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Tai / Yap Roy King | Christian Faust Kjaer / Rasmus Kjaer | 21-14, 21-16 | 37 min |
| Lai Po Yu / Tsai Fu Cheng | Julien Maio / William Villeger | 21-15, 19-21, 21-13 | 59 min |
Final (October 11): Aaron Tai / Yap Roy King beat Lai Po Yu / Tsai Fu Cheng 21-19, 21-19 in 41 minutes.
Women's Doubles: Full Results
China's Chen Fanshutian and Luo Xumin won the women's doubles title with a 21-18, 21-19 win over Chinese Taipei's Hsu Yin-hui and Lin Jhih-yun in 51 minutes. The BWF results page lists Chen and Luo at 117th as a pair. The partnership is new, so the ranking does not reflect their results.
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It was their second title together. They also won the Malaysia Masters earlier in 2026, another Super 500 event, beating Sayaka Hirota and Ayako Sakuramoto 21-16, 25-23 in that final. In Vantaa, they beat top seeds Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi 21-7, 22-20 in the round of 16, then beat Hirota and Sakuramoto again in the quarter-finals.
Hsu and Lin are ranked 13th and were the second seeds. They reached the final by beating Bao Lijing and Cao Zihan 17-21, 21-14, 21-18 in the semi-finals. Bronze medals went to Bao and Cao, and to Chinese Taipei's Hsu Ya Ching and Sung Yu-hsuan.
Women's Doubles Round-by-Round Results
First round (October 7)
| Winner | Loser | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hsu Yin-hui / Lin Jhih-yun [2] | Amalie Cecilie Kudsk / Simona Pilgaard | 21-11, 21-11 | 33 min |
| Bao Lijing / Cao Zihan [5] | Julie Macpherson / Ciara Torrance | 21-14, 21-19 | 46 min |
| Kathrine Vang / Mette Werge | Sarah Dlapka / Lena Rumpold | 21-13, 21-8 | 31 min |
| Rin Iwanaga / Kie Nakanishi [1] | Li Yijing / Wang Yiduo | 21-14, 21-16 | 46 min |
| Luo Yi / Wang Ting Ge | Rui Hirokami / Sayaka Hobara [4] | 21-16, 13-21, 21-19 | 73 min |
| Polina Buhrova / Yevheniia Kantemyr | Laerke Hvid / Anna Klausholm | 21-17, 21-17 | 38 min |
| Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva [3] | Stine Kuespert / Isabel Lohau | 21-10, 21-11 | 33 min |
| Chen Fanshutian / Luo Xumin | Sai Abhijna Brahmakal / Aino Overmark | 21-4, 21-2 | 24 min |
| Abbygael Harris / Estelle Van Leeuwen | Lauren Lam / Allison Quynh Lee | 14-21, 21-19, 21-19 | 70 min |
| Chang Ching Hui / Yang Ching Tun | Sian Kelly / Lizzie Tolman | 21-13, 21-17 | 41 min |
| Sumire Nakade / Miyu Takahashi [6] | Paulina Cybulska / Kornelia Marczak | 21-7, 21-15 | 32 min |
| Lin Chih-Chun / Yang Chu Yun | Selin Hubsch / Amelie Lehmann | 21-10, 21-5 | 27 min |
| Martina Corsini / Emma Piccinin | Fiona Hallberg / Elin Ohling | 21-16, 21-16 | 46 min |
| Sayaka Hirota / Ayako Sakuramoto [7] | Jore Kavaliauskaite / Jorune Salnaite | 21-7, 21-4 | 24 min |
| Hsu Ya Ching / Sung Yu-hsuan [8] | Chen Yan Fei / Hsieh Pei Shan | 21-8, 21-18 | 35 min |
| Leona Michalski / Signe Schulz | Orla Flynn / Siofra Flynn | 21-15, 21-18 | 38 min |
Round of 16 (October 8)
| Winner | Loser | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chen Fanshutian / Luo Xumin | Rin Iwanaga / Kie Nakanishi [1] | 21-7, 22-20 | 40 min |
| Sayaka Hirota / Ayako Sakuramoto [7] | Kathrine Vang / Mette Werge | 24-22, 21-14 | 45 min |
| Hsu Yin-hui / Lin Jhih-yun [2] | Polina Buhrova / Yevheniia Kantemyr | 21-13, 21-12 | 31 min |
| Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva [3] | Martina Corsini / Emma Piccinin | 21-10, 21-7 | 32 min |
| Bao Lijing / Cao Zihan [5] | Leona Michalski / Signe Schulz | 21-10, 21-12 | 35 min |
| Luo Yi / Wang Ting Ge | Abbygael Harris / Estelle Van Leeuwen | 21-18, 17-21, 22-20 | 78 min |
| Hsu Ya Ching / Sung Yu-hsuan [8] | Chang Ching Hui / Yang Ching Tun | 12-21, 21-16, 21-15 | 63 min |
| Lin Chih-Chun / Yang Chu Yun | Sumire Nakade / Miyu Takahashi [6] | 21-18, 19-21, 21-16 | 71 min |
Quarter-finals (October 9)
| Winner | Loser | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chen Fanshutian / Luo Xumin | Sayaka Hirota / Ayako Sakuramoto [7] | 21-18, 12-21, 21-11 | 68 min |
| Hsu Yin-hui / Lin Jhih-yun [2] | Lin Chih-Chun / Yang Chu Yun | 21-14, 20-22, 21-19 | 65 min |
| Bao Lijing / Cao Zihan [5] | Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva [3] | 21-14, 17-21, 21-15 | 62 min |
| Hsu Ya Ching / Sung Yu-hsuan [8] | Luo Yi / Wang Ting Ge | 21-19, 21-17 | 45 min |
Semi-finals (October 10)
| Winner | Loser | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chen Fanshutian / Luo Xumin | Hsu Ya Ching / Sung Yu-hsuan [8] | 21-14, 21-19 | 49 min |
| Hsu Yin-hui / Lin Jhih-yun [2] | Bao Lijing / Cao Zihan [5] | 17-21, 21-14, 21-18 | 70 min |
Final (October 11): Chen Fanshutian / Luo Xumin beat Hsu Yin-hui / Lin Jhih-yun [2] 21-18, 21-19 in 51 minutes.
Mixed Doubles: Full Results
China's Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin won the mixed doubles title for the second year in a row. They were the third seeds and are ranked fourth on the BWF results page. They beat their compatriots Gao Jiaxuan and Wu Mengying 21-18, 21-16 in a 37-minute final. Gao and Wu are ranked 29th, and the all-Chinese final guaranteed China the title.
Jiang and Wei beat top seeds and world No. 1 pair Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping 21-18, 21-17 in the semi-finals. Feng and Huang took bronze, along with Chinese Taipei's Liu Kuang Heng and Hsu Yin-hui. Feng and Huang won this event in 2023 and 2024, according to our preview.
Mixed Doubles Round-by-Round Results
First round (October 6)
| Winner | Loser | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feng Yanzhe / Huang Dongping [1] | Jesper Toft / Amalie Cecilie Kudsk | 21-11, 21-9 | 32 min |
| Julien Maio / Lea Palermo | Mio Molin / Elin Ohling (Q) | 21-15, 21-13 | 37 min |
| Callum Hemming / Estelle Van Leeuwen | Cheng Xing / Zhang Chi [7] | 21-17, 21-17 | 41 min |
| Guo Xinwa / Chen Fanghui [5] | Wong Tien Ci / Lim Chiew Sien | 21-15, 21-18 | 38 min |
| Alexander Dunn / Julie Macpherson | Kristoffer Kolding / Mette Werge | 23-21, 21-15 | 35 min |
| Ye Hong-wei / Nicole Gonzales Chan [6] | Ruben Garcia / Lucia Rodriguez | 21-17, 16-21, 21-16 | 52 min |
| Jiang Zhenbang / Wei Yaxin [3] | Tsai Fu Cheng / Sung Yu-hsuan (Q) | 21-10, 21-12 | 26 min |
| Gao Jiaxuan / Wu Mengying | Wu Guan Xun / Lee Chia Hsin | 22-20, 21-13 | 29 min |
| Liu Kuang Heng / Hsu Yin-hui | Jeppe Soby / Sofie Rojkjaer | 21-17, 12-21, 21-11 | 45 min |
| Zhu Yijun / Li Qian | Wu Hsuan-Yi / Yang Chu Yun | 21-6, 12-21, 21-19 | 41 min |
| Chen Tang Jie / Chan Wen Tse | Hoo Pang Ron / Lai Pei Jing | 21-15, 21-16 | 35 min |
| Jimmy Wong / Cheng Su Yin | Oscar Reuterhall / Nathalie Wang (Q) | 21-12, 21-16 | 33 min |
| Akira Koga / Natsu Saito | Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Supissara Paewsampran [4] | 6-11, retired | 7 min |
| Filip Karlborg / Tilda Sjoo | Simon Krax / Amelie Lehmann | 21-17, 21-9 | 32 min |
| Samuel Jones / Lizzie Tolman | Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai [8] | 25-27, 21-18, 21-15 | 63 min |
| Pakkapon Teeraratsakul / Sapsiree Taerattanachai | Ishaan Bhatnagar / Shruti Mishra | 21-3, 21-6 | 21 min |
Round of 16 (October 8)
| Winner | Loser | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gao Jiaxuan / Wu Mengying | Callum Hemming / Estelle Van Leeuwen | 15-21, 21-14, 24-22 | 60 min |
| Liu Kuang Heng / Hsu Yin-hui | Pakkapon Teeraratsakul / Sapsiree Taerattanachai | 21-12, 21-17 | 34 min |
| Feng Yanzhe / Huang Dongping [1] | Chen Tang Jie / Chan Wen Tse | 21-15, 21-14 | 40 min |
| Ye Hong-wei / Nicole Gonzales Chan [6] | Julien Maio / Lea Palermo | 21-12, 18-21, 21-12 | 51 min |
| Akira Koga / Natsu Saito | Jimmy Wong / Cheng Su Yin | 19-21, 21-7, 21-11 | 61 min |
| Zhu Yijun / Li Qian | Guo Xinwa / Chen Fanghui [5] | 9-4, retired | 8 min |
| Filip Karlborg / Tilda Sjoo | Samuel Jones / Lizzie Tolman | 21-14, 21-17 | 40 min |
| Jiang Zhenbang / Wei Yaxin [3] | Alexander Dunn / Julie Macpherson | 21-9, 21-12 | 30 min |
Quarter-finals (October 9)
| Winner | Loser | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jiang Zhenbang / Wei Yaxin [3] | Ye Hong-wei / Nicole Gonzales Chan [6] | 21-8, 21-15 | 28 min |
| Liu Kuang Heng / Hsu Yin-hui | Zhu Yijun / Li Qian | 19-21, 21-19, 21-16 | 51 min |
| Feng Yanzhe / Huang Dongping [1] | Filip Karlborg / Tilda Sjoo | 21-7, 21-17 | 31 min |
| Gao Jiaxuan / Wu Mengying | Akira Koga / Natsu Saito | 25-23, 23-21 | 49 min |
Semi-finals (October 10)
| Winner | Loser | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gao Jiaxuan / Wu Mengying | Liu Kuang Heng / Hsu Yin-hui | 21-11, 21-14 | 29 min |
| Jiang Zhenbang / Wei Yaxin [3] | Feng Yanzhe / Huang Dongping [1] | 21-18, 21-17 | 41 min |
Final (October 11): Jiang Zhenbang / Wei Yaxin [3] beat Gao Jiaxuan / Wu Mengying 21-18, 21-16 in 37 minutes.
How the Rest of the Week Unfolded
- Thursday, October 8 (round of 16): Lee Zii Jia beat Su Li Yang, and Antonsen and Chou won in straight games. Chen Fanshutian and Luo Xumin knocked out the top seeds in women's doubles. Aaron Tai and Yap Roy King beat the seventh seeds.
- Friday, October 9 (quarter-finals): The top three men's singles seeds lost. Blichfeldt beat Han Yue and Intanon beat Sindhu.
- Saturday, October 10 (semi-finals): Antonsen beat Lee Zii Jia and Tanaka beat Watanabe. Blichfeldt beat Okuhara in the morning session.
- Sunday, October 11 (finals): Five finals decided the champions, starting with mixed doubles at 11:00 local time.
Medal Table by Country
Denmark, China and Malaysia each won at least one title. China won two titles and also had a runner-up in mixed doubles. Chinese Taipei won no titles but reached two finals.
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Denmark | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Japan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Thailand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
The table counts each pair as one entry for its country. Each event awards two bronze medals.
Key Storylines From Vantaa
Seeded Players Went Out Early
Eleven seeds lost in the first round, including six of the eight men's doubles seeds. In men's singles the top three seeds all lost in the quarter-finals.
Blichfeldt Returned to Winning
Blichfeldt won in her first big event back after a long absence. She beat third seed Han Yue, fifth seed Okuhara and top seed Intanon in the last three rounds.
A New Pair Won Straight Away
Aaron Tai and Yap Roy King had no shared ranking and no World Tour matches together before October 6. They won six matches in five days without losing a game.
China Won Two Doubles Titles
Jiang and Wei defended their mixed doubles title. Chen and Luo added a second Super 500 title in 2026 after the Malaysia Masters.
The Home Players
Finland's wild cards Joakim Oldorff and Petra Saarnivaara both lost in the first round to Tanaka and Blichfeldt, who each reached the finals. Kalle Koljonen lost in qualifying to Lee Zii Jia, who reached the semi-finals.
Player Rankings After the Arctic Open
The BWF updated the HSBC Race to Finals standings on Tuesday, October 13 (week 42). These standings count World Tour points earned during the season. The top eight players or pairs in each event qualify for the World Tour Finals in December. The BWF world ranking lists for the same date are not currently available, so the tables below show the Race to Finals standings.
The BWF results page printed these world ranking positions at the start of the week: Antonsen 5, Tanaka 19, Lee Zii Jia 58, Blichfeldt 15, Intanon 6, Hsu and Lin 13, Jiang and Wei 4, Feng and Huang 1.
Men's Singles: Top 10
| Rank | Player | Country | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chou Tien-chen | Chinese Taipei | 71,080 | 0 |
| 2 | Christo Popov | France | 65,530 | up 1 |
| 3 | Yushi Tanaka | Japan | 63,030 | up 4 |
| 4 | Kunlavut Vitidsarn | Thailand | 62,010 | up 2 |
| 5 | Koki Watanabe | Japan | 61,620 | up 3 |
| 6 | Alwi Farhan | Indonesia | 60,700 | down 4 |
| 7 | Anders Antonsen | Denmark | 59,500 | up 9 |
| 8 | Lin Chun-yi | Chinese Taipei | 59,440 | down 3 |
| 9 | Toma Junior Popov | France | 58,740 | 0 |
| 10 | Victor Lai | Canada | 58,160 | down 6 |
Antonsen made the largest jump in the top 10, from 16th to 7th, and now sits inside the top eight. Tanaka moved up to third. Chou leads after his title run earlier in the season, which we covered in our 2026 China Open badminton review. Canada's Brian Yang is 22nd.
Women's Singles: Top 10
| Rank | Player | Country | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chen Yufei | China | 84,600 | 0 |
| 2 | Akane Yamaguchi | Japan | 83,500 | 0 |
| 3 | Tomoka Miyazaki | Japan | 75,910 | up 2 |
| 4 | Wang Zhiyi | China | 73,250 | down 1 |
| 5 | An Se Young | Korea | 71,520 | down 1 |
| 6 | Ratchanok Intanon | Thailand | 67,810 | 0 |
| 7 | Nozomi Okuhara | Japan | 63,930 | 0 |
| 8 | Line Christophersen | Denmark | 59,900 | up 3 |
| 9 | P. V. Sindhu | India | 59,850 | down 1 |
| 10 | Tanvi Sharma | India | 56,120 | down 1 |
Mia Blichfeldt does not appear in the top 25 of this list. She missed four months of the season through injury and returned at the World Championships in August, which we covered in our BWF World Championships 2026 in New Delhi article.
Men's Doubles: Top 10
| Rank | Pair | Country | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goh Sze Fei / Nur Izzuddin | Malaysia | 75,000 | 0 |
| 2 | Kim Won Ho / Seo Seung Jae | Korea | 63,610 | 0 |
| 3 | Liang Weikeng / Wang Chang | China | 58,170 | 0 |
| 4 | Daniel Lundgaard / Mads Vestergaard | Denmark | 57,480 | up 2 |
| 5 | Sabar Karyaman Gutama / Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani | Indonesia | 56,630 | down 1 |
| 6 | Takuro Hoki / Yugo Kobayashi | Japan | 55,940 | up 7 |
| 7 | Chen Boyang / Liu Yi | China | 55,560 | down 2 |
| 8 | Lee Fang-chih / Lee Fang-jen | Chinese Taipei | 55,140 | up 1 |
| 9 | Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Shohibul Fikri | Indonesia | 55,090 | down 2 |
| 10 | Kang Khai Xing / Aaron Tai | Malaysia | 54,490 | down 2 |
The new champion pair Aaron Tai and Yap Roy King do not appear in the top 25 as a pair. Ben Lane and Sean Vendy are 11th with 53,770 points.
Women's Doubles: Top 10
| Rank | Pair | Country | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liu Shengshu / Tan Ning | China | 74,040 | 0 |
| 2 | Hsu Ya Ching / Sung Yu-hsuan | Chinese Taipei | 65,260 | up 1 |
| 3 | Hsu Yin-hui / Lin Jhih-yun | Chinese Taipei | 63,670 | up 3 |
| 4 | Jia Yifan / Zhang Shuxian | China | 62,700 | down 2 |
| 5 | Yuki Fukushima / Mayu Matsumoto | Japan | 61,600 | down 1 |
| 6 | Pearly Tan / Thinaah Muralitharan | Malaysia | 59,690 | down 1 |
| 7 | Kaho Osawa / Mai Tanabe | Japan | 57,050 | 0 |
| 8 | Lauren Lam / Allison Quynh Lee | USA | 57,000 | 0 |
| 9 | Francesca Corbett / Jennie Gai | USA | 53,530 | 0 |
| 10 | Baek Ha Na / Lee So Hee | Korea | 52,620 | 0 |
Chen Fanshutian and Luo Xumin do not appear in the top 25 as a pair. Bao Lijing and Cao Zihan are 23rd, up six places.
Mixed Doubles: Top 10
| Rank | Pair | Country | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mathias Christiansen / Alexandra Boje | Denmark | 86,580 | 0 |
| 2 | Feng Yanzhe / Huang Dongping | China | 82,880 | up 1 |
| 3 | Guo Xinwa / Chen Fanghui | China | 82,610 | down 1 |
| 4 | Cheng Xing / Zhang Chi | China | 69,080 | 0 |
| 5 | Ye Hong-wei / Nicole Gonzales Chan | Chinese Taipei | 65,510 | up 1 |
| 6 | Jiang Zhenbang / Wei Yaxin | China | 64,890 | up 3 |
| 7 | Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue | France | 60,490 | down 2 |
| 8 | Akira Koga / Natsu Saito | Japan | 59,630 | 0 |
| 9 | Pakkapon Teeraratsakul / Sapsiree Taerattanachai | Thailand | 59,310 | down 2 |
| 10 | Yang Po-hsuan / Hu Ling Fang | Chinese Taipei | 55,490 | 0 |
Gao Jiaxuan and Wu Mengying, the runners-up, climbed nine places to 24th.
Season So Far and What Comes Next
Season So Far
- Anders Antonsen won the Thailand Open earlier in 2026, so the Arctic Open is his second Super 500 title of the year.
- Mia Blichfeldt won her first title of 2026 and her first since the HYLO Open in October 2025.
- Chen Fanshutian and Luo Xumin won the Malaysia Masters, then the Arctic Open.
- Chou Tien-chen won the China Open, a Super 1000 event, earlier in 2026, according to Wikipedia.
What Comes Next
The next World Tour event is the Denmark Open 2026 in Odense, from October 13 to 18, a Super 750 tournament. Our Denmark Open 2026 schedule, draw and players guide has the full details. The Arctic Open organizers state that the top eight in each event qualify for the BWF World Tour Finals in China in December.
Prize Money and Ranking Points
The Arctic Open 2026 had a total purse of US$500,000. The BWF results page lists the points gained by each finisher, and the table below shows the BWF distribution. The BWF results page still showed prize money as zero when we checked, so the prize figures come from the published distribution table and are not payout confirmations.
Prize Money by Round
| Round | Singles | Doubles (per pair) |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | $37,500 | $39,500 |
| Runner-up | $19,000 | $19,000 |
| Semi-finalist | $7,250 | $7,000 |
| Quarter-finalist | $3,000 | $3,625 |
| Round of 16 | $1,750 | $1,875 |
Ranking Points by Round
| Finish | Points |
|---|---|
| Winner | 9,200 |
| Runner-up | 7,800 |
| Semi-finalist (3/4) | 6,420 |
| Quarter-finalist (5/8) | 5,040 |
| Round of 16 (9/16) | 3,600 |
| Round of 32 (17/32) | 2,220 |
| Round of 64 (33/64) | 880 |
| Round of 128 (65/128) | 430 |
The BWF results page confirms 9,200 points for each champion, 7,800 for each runner-up, and 6,420 for each semi-finalist.
Tournament Statistics
- Total prize money: US$500,000.
- Entries: men's singles 77 players from 26 countries, women's singles 71 from 27, men's doubles 60 pairs from 23, women's doubles 42 pairs from 20, mixed doubles 61 pairs from 24.
- Matches played in the main draw: 80 in the first round one, 40 in the round of 16, 20 in the quarter-finals, 10 in the semi-finals, and 5 finals.
- Seeds beaten in the first round: 11.
- Longest final: men's singles, 87 minutes. Shortest final: mixed doubles, 37 minutes.
- Closest final games: 27-25 in men's singles, 21-19 twice in men's doubles and 21-19 in the second game of women's doubles.
- Straight-game finals: four of five.
- Title count: China 2, Denmark 2, Malaysia 1.
Arctic Open History and Past Winners
The Arctic Open has been held since 1990. It was known as the Finnish International until 2013. It joined the BWF World Tour as a Super 500 event in 2023. Wikipedia lists the 2026 tournament as the 26th edition. Badminton Finland organizes the event, and the BWF sanctions it.
The 2026 tournament was the final one in Finland's 2023 to 2026 hosting cycle. Our preview reported that Finland has secured a place on the renewed World Tour from 2027 to 2030, with prize money scheduled to rise to US$560,000.
Singles Winners Since 2023
| Year | Men's singles | Women's singles |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Lee Zii Jia | Han Yue |
| 2024 | Chou Tien-chen | Han Yue |
| 2025 | Chou Tien-chen | Akane Yamaguchi |
| 2026 | Anders Antonsen | Mia Blichfeldt |
Antonsen and Blichfeldt both won their first Arctic Open titles in 2026. Chou missed the chance to become only the second man after Joachim Persson (2005 to 2007) to win three editions in a row. Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin won the mixed doubles in 2025 and 2026. Ben Lane and Sean Vendy won the men's doubles in 2025, and Aaron Tai and Yap Roy King now hold that title.
Vantaa: The Host City
Vantaa is a city next to Helsinki. Helsinki Airport sits inside Vantaa, so international players arrive close to the venue. The tournament was played at Vantaan Energia Areena, Rajatorpantie 23. The home crowd had two wild cards to follow in the singles draws, Joakim Oldorff and Petra Saarnivaara.
What the Results Mean
The Arctic Open results show how open the 2026 World Tour has become. Seeded players fell early in the singles and men's doubles draws. Newer partnerships won two of the three doubles titles.
Antonsen and Blichfeldt now hold the singles titles. Chen and Luo, and Aaron Tai and Yap Roy King, are new partnerships with a title each. The Denmark Open starts on October 13, so the next results arrive quickly.
FAQ
Who won the Arctic Open 2026 men's singles title?
Denmark's Anders Antonsen won. He beat Japan's Yushi Tanaka 16-21, 21-16, 27-25 in the final on October 11.
Who won the Arctic Open 2026 women's singles title?
Denmark's Mia Blichfeldt won. She beat top seed Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand 21-17, 21-13.
Who won the doubles titles at the Arctic Open 2026?
Aaron Tai and Yap Roy King of Malaysia won men's doubles. Chen Fanshutian and Luo Xumin of China won women's doubles. Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin of China won mixed doubles.
How much prize money did the Arctic Open 2026 winners earn?
The published distribution lists $37,500 for a singles winner and $39,500 for a winning doubles pair. The BWF results page still showed zero for prize money when we checked.
How many ranking points did the champions receive?
Each champion received 9,200 points and each runner-up 7,800, according to the BWF results page.
What happened to defending champion Chou Tien-chen?
Chou, the third seed, lost to Koki Watanabe 21-19, 21-16 in the quarter-finals. He had won the title in 2024 and 2025.
Where was the Arctic Open 2026 played?
It was played at Vantaan Energia Areena in Vantaa, Finland, from October 6 to 11, 2026.
What is the next badminton tournament after the Arctic Open?
The Denmark Open 2026 in Odense follows, from October 13 to 18, as a Super 750 event.
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