YONEX Canada Open 2024 is the closing HSBC BWF World Tour tournament before the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

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• England were the last to win all five categories in a year (2004). Denmark are the only nation to have seeded players in every discipline this time.
• Their No.1 men’s pair, Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen are the sole top seeds to have aced their event.
• If they defend their title, they will become the first back-to-back men’s doubles champions since Canadians William Milroy/Mike Beres (2006-2007).
• Victory for third seeds Ben Lane/Sean Vendy instead will make England the most successful in the department in tournament history. They lead the all-time table on nine victories, same as Canada and Malaysia.
• Denmark’s longest intervals are in men’s singles and mixed doubles, last winning in 1993. Their players are seeded first in both (Anders Antonsen, Mathias Christiansen/Alexandra Boje).
• Japan have produced winners at four of the last five Canada Opens.
• In 2023, for the second time in four editions, their players took home three titles – women’s singles and doubles and mixed doubles.
• Except Michelle Li, no player or pair have won consecutive crowns from the beginning of the 2010s.
• Li is also the only shuttler to win three on the spin this century (2014-2016).
• Glory in Calgary will make her Canada Open’s most successful women’s singles star. She is currently tied on five titles with compatriot Marjorie Shedd.
• While Hong Kong China never topped the men’s singles podium, they can count on seventh seed Ng Ka Long Angus this season. Ng finished runner-up twice (2014, 2015).
• Indonesia’s two seeded mixed pairs – Dejan Ferdinansyah/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja (2) and Praveen Jordan/Serena Kani (7) could end their country’s 14-year wait if they triumph. Taufik Hidayat was the last Indonesian titlist (2010).
• Thailand are yet to win women’s doubles but possess fourth seeds Laksika Kanlaha/Phatamais Muenwong.

Standout stat: Only Australian and Japanese pairs won the category at the six most recent editions.