BWF Announces the Player List!
Markham, ON (June 2, 2025) – With the YONEX Canada Open 2025 moving to the Markham Pan Am Centre this year, we are expecting exciting matches from top players around the world! The Badminton World Federation has announced the player list for the event! The list currently includes China’s #5 in the HSBC World Tour Ranking Chen Yu Fei and #7 ranked Chen Qing Chen! On the men’s side Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien Chen #6 and #7 from Japan Kodai Naraoka. The Canadian National Team will feature in the tournament as well with #18 Michelle Li, #30 Brian Yang and the rest of the team who contributed to the country’s 14 consecutive titles at the Pan Am Cup leading the charge!
One month from now, from July 1st to 6th, shuttles will fly and athletes from across the globe will be competing for the title in this HSBC World Tour Super 300 tournament.
“The YONEX Canada Open is the premier event held in Canada each year. The USD $240K prize purse offers an attractive incentive for players to travel to Canada and show off their tremendous skills,” shared Badminton Canada Executive Director, Bryan Merrett, “The importance of this event in the Canadian badminton community cannot be overstated. With thousands of aspiring players all over the country playing and loving the sport, the YONEX Canada Open 2025 is an important ‘see it, be it’ opportunity!”
A variety of ticket packages are available for purchase, tickets are limited:
These packages provide the best price per ticket and the discount codes apply to all of them! To get 20% off, you can use your favourite Canadian athlete’s personal code, and 10% will go directly to the athlete by Badminton Canada after the tournament. See codes at the bottom of the page.
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For more information or media inquiries please contact:
Bryan R. Merrett
Executive Director
613-518-1501, X2083
bmerrett@badminton.ca
Athlete discount codes:
| Brian Yang – Code:2025YCOBYANG | Catherine Choi – Code :2025YCOCCHOI |
| Crystal Lai – Code: 2025YCOCLAI | Chloe Hoang – Code: 2025YCOCHOANG |
| Eliana Zhang – Code: 2025YCOEZHANG | Jackie Dent – Code: 2025YCOJDENT |
| Jonathan Lai – Code: 2025YCOJLAI | Joshua Nguyen – Code: 2025YCOJNGUYEN |
| Josephine Wu – Code: 2025YCOJWU | Jacqueline Cheung – Code: 2025YCOJCHEUNG |
| Michelle Li – Code: 2025YCOMLI | Kevin Lee – Code: 2025YCOKLEE |
| Nyl Yakura – Code: 2025YCONYAKURA | Rachel Chan – Code: 2025YCORCHAN |
| Ty Lindeman – Code: 2025YCOTLINDEMAN | Timothy Lock – Code: 2025YCOTLOCK |
| Victor Lai – Code: 2025YCOVLAI | Wendy Zhang – Code: 2025YCOWZHANG |
About the HSBC BWF World Tour
The HSBC BWF World Tour is a circuit of 31 tournaments attracting the top world-ranked players in singles (men’s and women’s) and doubles (men’s, women’s, and mixed). The tournaments are divided into four levels – Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, and Super 300. Each of these tournaments offers different ranking points and prize money. The highest points and prize pool are offered at the Super 1000 level. The HSBC BWF World Tour Finals, held in December, is the ultimate goal for players on the World Tour, with only the top eight players in each of the five disciplines qualifying to compete in the season finale. To see the complete list of the main draw and qualifying players for the Yonex Canada Open 2025, click here.
About Badminton Canada
With shuttles reaching speeds as high as 565 kph, badminton attracts more than 220 million people worldwide to play the sport weekly, making badminton the second most participated-in sport in the world. Badminton Canada works to grow the game across the country through events, coaching and officials’ development, and developing programs such as Shuttletime. In Canada, over 2 million people
picked up a badminton racquet and played our sport. Some play at the cottage, some in the backyard, at school, the local community centre or as part of an organized Badminton Canada competition. Badminton is easily accessible – for any Canadian – at any age – for life!