The highly anticipated Victor China Open 2025, a Super 1000 event on the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour, is set to offer a substantial prize purse of US$2,000,000. This makes it one of the most lucrative tournaments on the BWF calendar, attracting top badminton talent from around the globe. The tournament will be held from July 22 to July 27, 2025, at the Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium in Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Players will be competing for significant earnings across all five disciplines: Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles, and Mixed Doubles.
China Open 2025 Prize Money Breakdown
In the singles categories (Men’s and Women’s), the champions will each receive a substantial $140,000. The finalists will take home $68,000, while players reaching the semi-finals are awarded $28,000. Quarter-finalists will earn $11,000, and those who make it to the Last 16 will receive $6,000. Even players exiting in the Last 32 round will be compensated with $2,000.
For the doubles categories (Men’s, Women’s, and Mixed), the winning pairs will be rewarded with an even higher prize of $148,000. The runner-up pairs in doubles will share $70,000, and semi-finalist pairs will earn $28,000. Quarter-finalist pairs receive $12,500, with those reaching the Last 16 taking home $6,500. Similar to singles, pairs eliminated in the Last 32 round will each receive $2,000.
Comparison to Other China Open Events
When comparing the China Open 2025 (badminton) to other major sporting events held in China, it’s clear that prize money varies significantly across different sports.
The China Open (tennis), an ATP 500 tournament, boasts a substantially larger total prize pool. For example, the 2024 men’s ATP China Open offered a total prize money of approximately $3,720,165. While the badminton singles winner receives $140,000, the men’s singles champion in tennis in 2024 received a much higher $695,750, indicating a considerably larger financial reward at the top tier of tennis compared to badminton.
On the other hand, the WTT China Smash (table tennis), a top-tier event in table tennis, offers a total prize pool closer to that of the badminton China Open, with a total of $2,000,000 in 2024. In WTT China Smash singles, the winner takes home $100,000, which is slightly less than the badminton singles champion. For doubles, the WTT China Smash champion pair receives $8,500, significantly lower than the $148,000 for badminton doubles winners, highlighting a notable difference in the prize money distribution for doubles events between these two sports.
This comparison illustrates that while the China Open (badminton) offers a competitive prize purse within its sport, the financial stakes for top players can differ significantly when compared to other major international tournaments in different disciplines like tennis and table tennis.