The Hellas International or Greece International in badminton is an international open held in Athens, Greece since 2000 and are thereby one of the most recent international championships in Europe. In 2005, the tournament then upgraded to two star badminton event, the World Grand Prix with the total prize money $50,000. The tournament was held in Thessaloniki, and draws more than 120 players from 22 countries.[1][2] In 2006, the tournament was known as Hellas International, and in season 2007/2008 it was introduced again in the European circuit as an BWF International Series with the total pursue $5,000.[3][4]

Previous winners

The table below gives an overview of the winners at the tournament.[5]

YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doubles
2000Boris KesovPetya NedelchevaYasen Borisov
Luben Panov
Diana Koleva
Petya Nedelcheva
Slantchezar Tzankov
Petya Nedelcheva
2001Theodoros VelkosDiana DimovaYulian Hristov
Georgi Petrov
Chrisa Georgali
Christina Mavromatidou
Yulian Hristov
Diana Dimova
2002Georgi PetrovPetya NedelchevaKonstantin Dobrev
Georgi Petrov
Petya Nedelcheva
Neli Boteva
Konstantin Dobrev
Petya Nedelcheva
2003Conrad HückstädtFlorentina PetreAlexandra Olariu
Florentina Petre
Yulian Hristov
Diana Dimova
2004No competition
2005Niels Christian KaldauHuaiwen XuRobert Blair
Anthony Clark
Gail Emms
Donna Kellogg
Anthony Clark
Donna Kellogg
2006Georgi PetrovHui DingBlagovest Kisyov
Georgi Petrov
Atu Rosalina
Claudia Vogelgsang
Giovanni Traina
Hui Ding
2007Marc ZwieblerPetya NedelchevaAu Kok Leong
Goh Ying Jin
Diana Dimova
Petya Nedelcheva
Mads Pieler Kolding
Line Damkjær Kruse
2008Hsieh Yu-hsinHung Shih-hanChien Yu-hsun
Lin Yen-jui
Maria Helsbøl
Anne Skelbæk
Chen Hung-ling
Hsieh Pei-chen
2009–
2012
No competition
2013Misbun Ramdan MisbunLinda ZetchiriNikolaj Nikolaenko
Nikolai Ukk
Cemre Fere
Neslihan Kılıç
René Mattisson
Tilde Iversen
2014Kim BruunMathias Christiansen
David Daugaard
Özge Bayrak
Neslihan Yiğit
Sam Magee
Chloe Magee
2015Fabian RothFontaine ChapmanMiłosz Bochat
Paweł Pietryja
Steffi Annys
Flore Vandenhoucke
Ilya Zhdanov
Tatjana Bibik
2016Ivan RusevMariya MitsovaDaniel Nikolov
Ivan Rusev
Mariya Mitsova
Petya Nedelcheva
Lilian Mihaylov
Petya Nedelcheva
2017Kim BruunAliye DemirbağEkaterina Kut
Daria Serebriakova
Osman Uyhan
Aliye Demirbağ
2018Toma Junior PopovPorntip BuranaprasertsukPorntip Buranaprasertsuk
Kristina Silich
Dimitar Yanakiev
Mariya Mitsova
2019Lars SchänzlerMariya MitsovaMiłosz Bochat
Paweł Śmiłowski
Zehra Erdem
İlayda Nur Özelgül
Alex Vlaar
Mariya Mitsova
2020No competition
2021Lee Shun YangAbigail HoldenJunaidi Arif
Muhammad Haikal
Low Yeen Yuan
Valeree Siow
Yap Roy King
Valeree Siow
2022–
2025
No competition
2026[6]


Performances by nation

Updated after the 2021 edition.

Top Nations
PosNationMSWSMDWDXDTotal
14884731
231127
322116
4410.55.5
521115
1315
711114
81113
9'112
112
22
112
1310.51.5
1411
11
11
170.50.5
0.50.5
Total161616161680

References

  1. ^ "HELEXPO THESSALONIKI GRAND PRIX – 26 sept au 2 oct 05" (in French). masterbad. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Δύσκολη πρεμιέρα στην Θεσσαλονίκη" (in Greek). Contra.gr. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Hellas International 2007". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Badminton Europe Circuit 2007/2008 - Tournament List". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Greece". Badminton Europe. pp. 6–7. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Hellas International 2026 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 26 March 2026.