The 2022 India Open (officially known as the Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2022 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament that took place at the K. D. Jadhav Indoor Hall in New Delhi, India, from 11 to 16 January 2022. It had a total prize pool of US$400,000.
The total prize money for this tournament was US$400,000. The distribution of the prize money was in accordance by BWF regulations.[1]
Event
Winner
Finalist
Semi-finals
Quarter-finals
Last 16
Singles
$30,000
$15,200
$5,800
$2,400
$1,400
Doubles
$31,600
$15,200
$5,600
$2,900
$1,500
Impact of COVID-19 on the tournament
Due to COVID-19, the tournament was held behind closed doors at K. D. Jadhav Indoor Hall with the participating players tested for COVID-19 daily.[3]
However, there were many shuttlers withdrawing from the tournament before and during the tournament. On 7 January 2022, the entire England contingent withdrew before the competition started after Sean Vendy and Nathan Robertson was tested positive with COVID-19.[4] On 12 January 2022, seven Indian shuttlers, including Srikanth Kidambi was withdrawn for the same reason.[5]Rodion Alimov and Alina Davletova had to withdraw as well after Alimov was tested positive, giving Terry Hee and Tan Wei Han a walkover on their mixed doubles semi-finals.[6]