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I've adapt Live Ranking in tennis into BWF World Ranking, and let me try it from #ThailandOpen2024.
If you want to look the latest ranking EVERY DAY in Top-99 Singles and Top-33 Doubles, it's on public Google Sheet. Hope you enjoy!
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After miss the World No.1 at Denmark Open, the same requirement happened again, this week.
IF Kunlavut loss before Semifinal, Antonsen or Christo can become the World No.1 by winning the French Open. (Antonsen and Christo were Defending Champion and Runner Up last year)
TWO or more Men's Singles in Top-5, BWF WR era:
China: 461 weeks, last time February 2026 (Yuqi + Shifeng)
Denmark: 235 weeks, April 2025 (Antonsen + Axelsen)
Indonesia: 43 weeks, April 2024 (Ginting + Christie)
🆕 FRANCE: 1st week from 20 October 2026 (Christo + Lanier)
Tracker MS/WS retweeted
🏆 𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐘 & 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐀𝐇 𝐉𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐀 𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐁𝐔𝐊𝐀 𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐊 2026!
✅ Akhiri penantian 1️⃣8️⃣ tahun sejak Chin Ee Hui/Wong Pei Tty memenangi edisi 2008
🆕 Gandingan 🇲🇾 ke-0️⃣2️⃣ dalam sejarah Juara Beregu Wanita di Terbuka Denmark
🥇 Gelaran Super 750 ke-0️⃣2️⃣ dalam kerjaya
Srikandi #BadmintonMalaysia 🇲🇾 Pearly Tan & M. Thinaah muncul Juara #DenmarkOpen2026 selepas mengatasi wakil Jepun di pentas Final 🔥
Ini merupakan gelaran ke-0️⃣2️⃣ mereka musim ini selepas Masters Indonesia di Januari.
Syabas dan Tahniah PearThin 🥳🎉
#VICTORDenmarkOpen
#UNBRKBL
#ShuttleHard
Jiang/Wei again and again, postponed Feng/Huang from taking Year-End World No.1
If they can win all the titles until World Tour Finals, they will be World No.1 in December. But, Feng/Huang can stop it by winning French Open next week.
Alex Lanier win: World No.5
France will have TWO MS in Top-5, become the FOURTH countries after China, Denmark, and Indonesia to have TWO Men's Singles in Top-5, BWF WR era.
Anders Antonsen win: WORLD NO.1
Fourth different MS to claim WR.1 in 2026. Never happened in a season.
Women's Singles in World Tour Finals 2026:
An Se Young,
> Current World Champion
> World No.1 for 104 consecutive weeks (Oct.13)
> World No.1 for 166 weeks in total
> Year-End World No.1 at 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
> WT Finals DEFENDING Champion
> 2026 Win/Loss, 61-1 (98.4%)
Akane Yamaguchi,
> 2022 Winner
> Seventh WT Finals appearances, after 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026
> In previous six, only once (2025) she missed Semifinal
> Win/Loss at World Tour Final: 15-9 (62.5%)
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Welcome back to Top-8 in Live Race to Finals.
Goh/Nur will confirm the spot, by playing first round of French Open on Tuesday.
Can Chia/Soh keep the tradition, of having TWO Malaysian MD in World Tour Finals 2020, 2022, 2024, 2025, and 2026?
From 21 last week, now left 14 Men's Singles who have mathematically possible to become Year-End World No.1.
On paper, Lakshya Sen and Koki Watanabe can finish 2026 as World No.1, by winning all the titles left, Qualified to World Tour Finals, and win it.
Live Ranking Japanese WD after this match.
#1 - Yuki/Mayu (WR.3)
#2 - Rin/Kie (WR.6)
#3 - Sumire/Miyu (WR.14, +10, NCH)
#4 - Rui/Sayaka (WR.15, -1)
#5 - Sayaka/Ayako (WR.20, +8, NCH)
#6 - Hinata/Nao (WR.21, win SF to #17. Title, JPN #3)
Path to World No.1 for Antonsen and @Popov_Christo.
SF - beat each other
Final - win the title from Lai or Lanier
Both Lai and Lanier, also aim their first Top-5 in career. Lai must win Semifinal, and Lanier takes the title. An interesting stakes, this weekend.
16 October 2020: Last time S750 Semifinal
16 October 2026: Welcome back to S750 SF
31 years old and 218 days, THE OLDEST S750 Semifinalist. Second WS in 31-yo, after Sindhu at Japan Open, last July.
Nozomi enter World No.9* in Live Ranking. Her best since 4 October 2022.
Start the week: World No.51
Live Ranking: WR #31
Top-50 debutant
Top-40 debutant
Top-32 debutant
Win Semifinal to No.28
Welcome back to Top-10, STOEVA!!
They also kick Li/Luo from Top-10.
With two Chinese WD in Top-10, it's the first week since 31 October 2023, when only Chen/Jia and Zhang Shu Xian/Zheng Yu.
NB: Three times Year-End WR.1, Liu/Tan entered Top-10 a week later, 7 November 2023.
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Never had a design of Race to Finals in October, and always wait until 1-2 tournaments left. Dont know why.
A #RacetoWTTFinals update 👀
More players have punched their tickets to the season finale of #WTTHongKong with their stellar performances at #ChinaSmash - check out this latest update 🤩
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Mixed Doubles in World Tour Finals 2026:
🇫🇷 Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue (World Champion)
🇩🇰 Mathias Christiansen / Alexandra Boje (Second WT Finals; First since Bali 2021; First to Qualify by number in 2026 edition)






















