2019 BWF season

• BWF World Mixed Team Championships
• BWF World Championships

• Level 1
• Level 2
• Level 3
• Level 4
• Level 5
• Level 6

Schedule

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

BWF Player of the Year Awards

Retirements

• Liliyana Natsir ' reached a career high of no. 1 in the mixed doubles event with two different partners. Having won 51 individual titles, including a gold at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, four golds at the World Championships, and a gold at the World Cup. She officially announced her retirement on 27 January 2019. The 2019 Indonesia Masters was her last tournament.
• Debby Susanto ' reached a career high of no. 2 in the mixed doubles event on 2 November 2016. She won a mixed doubles bronze medal at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, in addition to 7 individual titles. She announced her retirement at the 2019 Djarum Superliga Badminton tournament on 24 February 2019. The 2019 Indonesia Masters was her last tournament.
• Kamilla Rytter Juhl ' reached a career high of no. 1 in the mixed doubles and no.2 in the women's doubles event. She won silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics; a gold, a silver, and two bronze medals at the World Championships; seven gold, a silver, and two bronze medals at the European Championships; also 24 titles in BWF sanctioned tournaments, with the prestigious 2018 All England Open as her last title. She announced her retirement in July 2018, due to her being pregnant, and officially announced her retirement from the BWF World Tour on 11 March 2019.
• Christinna Pedersen ' reached a career high of no. 1 in the mixed doubles and no.2 in the women's doubles event. She won a silver and a bronze medal at the Olympic Games; a silver, and four bronze medals at the World Championships; six gold, and two silver medals at the European Championships; also 36 titles in BWF sanctioned tournaments, with the prestigious 2018 All England Open as her last title. She officially announced her retirement from the BWF World Tour on 11 March 2019. The 2019 Swiss Open was her last tournament.
• Tang Jinhua ' reached a career high of no. 1 in the women's doubles on 29 May 2014. She was part of the national team that won the 2009 and 2010 World Junior Championships, 2010 Asian Junior Championships, 2013 Sudirman Cup, also in 2014 and 2016 Uber Cup. In the individual events, she was two times girls' doubles gold medalists at the Asian Junior Championships and once in World Junior. Tang had captured 23 senior titles in the women's and mixed doubles events. She announced her retirement on her Weibo account on 16 May 2019. The 2018 Korea Open was her last tournament.
• Lee Chong Wei ' reached a career high of no. 1 in the men's singles on 29 June 2006, spent a whopping 349 weeks, including a 199-week streak from 2008-2012. He won three silver medals at the Summer Olympics in 2008 Beijing, 2012 London, and 2016 Rio. He had bagged 69 titles throughout his career, including 46 titles in high level BWF Superseries event. He diagnosed with early-stage nose cancer in July 2018, and after treatment in Taiwan, he announced that he had no intention to retire. Lee finally was unable to compete in high-level tournament after failing several times tests from his doctor, and announced his retirement on 13 June 2019. The 2018 Indonesia Open was his last tournament.
• Jacco Arends ' reached a career high of no. 12 in the mixed doubles on 26 November 2015. He was a bronze medalist at the 2016 European Championships, having won 13 individual titles, including a Grand Prix title. He announced his retirement from the professional badminton through his Instagram account on 17 July 2019. The 2019 U.S. Open was his last tournament.
• Rajiv Ouseph ' reached a career high of no. 10 in the men's singles on 27 October 2016. He was a gold medalist at the 2017 European Championships, had collected five Commonwealth Games medals, won eleven BWF events including 2010 U.S. Open, and in 2016 Rio Olympics, he became the first Great Britain men's singles player to reach the Olympic quarterfinals. He announced his retirement on 17 July 2019, and after went down in the first of the 2019 BWF World Championships on 19 August, became his last career as a professional badminton player. Ouseph hopes to return to badminton in a coaching or advisory capacity.
• Yu Xiaohan ' reached a career high of no. 9 in the women's doubles on 3 May 2018. She was part of the national team that won the 2011 Asian and 2012 World Junior Championships. She captured 12 individual events titles, including 2015 Singapore and 2017 Korea Opens. She announced her retirement through her personal social media Weibo on 13 October 2019, where before, she had given a resignation letter to the coach on 30 September 2019. The 2019 Belarus International was her last title and tournament.
• Li Xuerui ' reached a career high of no. 1 in the women's singles on 20 December 2012. Having won 27 individual titles, including a gold at the 2012 London Summer Olympics. She helps the national team won the Uber Cup in 2012, 2014 and 2016; the Sudirman Cup in 2013 and 2015; and at the Asian Games in 2014. She was awarded the BWF Female Player of the Year in 2013. BWF website announced her retirement from the international tournaments on 17 October 2019. The 2019 Korea Open was her last tournament.
• Lee Hyun-il ' reached a career high of no. 1 in the men's singles on 21 February 2004. Lee previously announced his retirement from international badminton and only competed in national competitions after the 2008 Beijing Olympics. However, he made a came back in April 2010. He competed in three consecutive Olympic Games in 2004, 2008 and 2012. He was a bronze medalist in 2006 World Championships, and was part of the national team that won the 2002, 2014 Asian Games and 2003 Sudirman Cup. At the BWF tour, he has collected 25 titles. Lee who joined the Miryang City team in 2018, announced his retirement on 22 November 2019. He won his last international title in 2018 Macau Open, and the 2019 Italian International became his last tournament.
• Minatsu Mitani ' reached a career high of world no. 9 in the women's singles. She competed at the 2014 Asian Games, won a bronze medal in 2014 BWF World Championships and collected six international individual titles. She expressed his desire to retire after lost in the second round of 73rd All Japan Comprehensive Championships on 28 November, and officially announced her retirement at the first day of 2019 S/J League on 20 December. The 2019 Akita Masters was her last international tournament.
• Ayane Kurihara reached a career high of world no. 11 in the mixed doubles. She spent 22 years in badminton career, and entered the national team at the age of nineteen. Kurihara competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and collected seven international individual titles. She announced her retirement through her Twitter account on 23 December 2019. The 2019 Korea Masters was her last tournament.