The 2026 Thailand Open Super 500, part of the BWF World Tour, kicks off on Tuesday at the Nimibutr Stadium in Bangkok. This annual badminton event, first held in 1984, has been a Super 500 tournament on the HSBC BWF World Tour since 2018, offering valuable world ranking points and prize money as a key stop before major international competitions.
The tournament uses a standard single-elimination knockout format, with a qualifying draw and a main draw. The main draw features top-ranked players who qualify directly via world rankings, while the qualifying rounds give lower-ranked players a chance to enter the main event. Qualifying and the Round of 32 of the main draw begin on May 12.
India fields a strong 35-member contingent across all five categories – men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles. Leading shuttlers such as Ayush Shetty, Lakshya Sen, PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy, and the men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are expected to compete.
India looks to build on recent successes, including Ayush Shetty’s run to the final of the 2026 Badminton Asia Championships and Devika Sihag’s maiden BWF World Tour title at the Thailand Masters Super 300 earlier this season.
Indian entries for 2026 Thailand Open
Men’s Singles: Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth, Ayush Shetty, H.S. Prannoy, Kiran George, Tharun Mannepalli, S. Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian, Manav Choudhary
Women’s Singles: P.V. Sindhu, Malvika Bansod, Unnati Hooda, Anupama Upadhyaya, Devika Sihag, Anmol Kharb, Tanvi Sharma, Isharani Baruah, Anushka Shahapurkar, Rijul Saini, Samiya Imad Farooqui
Men’s Doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty, M.R. Arjun-Hariharan Amsakarunan, Manav Choudhary-Himanshu Tiwari, Ashith Surya-Vaibhaav
Women’s Doubles: Rutaparna Panda-Swetaparna Panda
Mixed Doubles: Dhruv Kapila-Tanisha Crasto, Rohan Kapoor-Ruthvika Shivani Gadde, Ashith Surya-Amrutha Pramuthesh, Mohit Jaglan-Lakshita Jaglan
India’s past performance at the Thailand Open
India has enjoyed notable success at the event. Kidambi Srikanth won the men’s singles title in 2013, followed by B Sai Praneeth in 2017. In doubles, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty created history by winning in 2019 and again in 2024.
2026 Thailand Open Schedule