It’s the second season finale in the Chinese city of Hangzhou!

Dip into these engaging HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2024 facts to get yourself informed.

• China have dominated the tournament since its inception in 2018, winning 11 titles across six seasons.
• They are still the solitary nation to have produced winners in all five categories.
• Japan can join the club if Hiroki Midorikawa/Natsu Saito emerge mixed doubles winners.
• Japanese players/pairs have contested 11 finals, second highest behind China.
• Indonesia, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Malaysia, Korea and Denmark have had representatives without fail at every edition.
• Of those, Denmark have played at least one final since the delayed 2020 edition in Bangkok – all in men’s singles.
• One of the finalists is Anders Antonsen, the only top seed this year with previous success (2020).
• Men’s singles is the category China have gone the longest without winning. Shi Yu Qi, seeded second this time, was their last champion (2018).
• Indonesia, who have not had a winner in the category at a season finale since Joko Suprianto’s 1995 World Badminton Grand Prix Finals victory, place their hope on Jonatan Christie.
• Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan’s 2019 triumph remains the Indonesians’ sole World Tour Finals title.
• China’s Olympic gold medallists Chen Qing Chen/Jia Yi Fan and Zheng Si Wei/Huang Ya Qiong are the only champions are back to defend their crowns.
• Repeat glory will make them the most successful World Tour Finals players with four titles each.
• Zheng and Chen won back-to-back Super Series Finals as a mixed pair (2016, 2017).
• Chen was also the last to ace two departments at the same season-concluding event (women’s and mixed doubles in 2016). Chinese Taipei’s Yang Po Hsuan could emulate her.
• If triumphant, Yang will be the first male shuttler to do a double at a single edition in the series’ 41-year history.

Standout Stat: Chen is one championship away from equalling Ge Fei’s record seven season finale titles.