HONG KONG OPEN - SEEDINGS
compiled by Mike Grossman

November 5, 1996 (New Shuttlenws) - Following are the seedings for the badminton Hong Kong Open which is being held this week:

MEN'S SINGLES

1 - Rashid Sidek (Malaysia)
2 - Ong Ewe Hock (Malaysia)
3-4 - Fung Permadi (Chinese Taipei)
3-4 - Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen (Denmark)
5-8 - Budi Santoso (Indonesia)
5-8 - Soren Nielsen (Denmark)
5-8 - Indra Wijaya (Indonesia)
5-8 - Kim Hak Kyun (Korea)
9-16 - Deepankar Bhattacharya (India)
9-16 - Hwang Sun Ho (Korea)
9-16 - Dwi Aryanto (Indonesia)
9-16 - Pang Chen (Malaysia)
9-16 - Joris van Soerland (Netherlands)
9-16 - Kevin Han (USA)
9-16 - Tam Kai Chuen (Hong Kong)
9-16 - Rikard Magnusson (Sweden)

Notable among the non-seeds are Salim of Indonesia and Yan Wei of China, both quarterfinalists at the China Open.

WOMEN'S SINGLES

1 - Mia Audina (Indonesia)
2 - Camilla Martin (Denmark)
3-4 - Kim Ji Hyun (Korea)
3-4 - Meiluawati (Indonesia)
5-8 - Lee Joo Hyun (Korea)
5-8 - Anne Sondergaard (Denmark)
5-8 - Ra Kyung Min (Korea)
5-8 - Catrine Bengtsson (Sweden)

Among the non-seeds are Cindana, Olivia, and Ellen Engelina of Indonesia.

MEN'S DOUBLES

1 - Antonius/Denny Kantono (Indonesia)
2- Cheah Soon Kit/Yap Kin Hock (Malaysia)
3-4 - Rudy Wijaya/Tony Gunawan (Indonesia)
3-4 - Rexy Mainaky/Ricky Subagja (Indonesia)
5-8 - Par-Gunnar Jonsson/Peter Axelsson (Sweden)
5-8 - Henrik Svarrer/Michael Sogaard (Denmark)
5-8 - Jon Holst-Christensen/Thomas Lund (Denmark)
5-8 - Ha Tae Kwon/Kang Kyung Jin (Korea)

The Mainaky-Subagja seeding at 3-4 is reflective of the current world rankings that has Antonius and Kantono on top with Cheah and Yap in second.

Notable non-seeds are China Open champions Chandra Wijaya and Sigit of Indonesia, Kim Domg Moon and Yoo Yong Sung of Korea, and the new pairing of Bambang Suprianto and Dicky Purwotsugiono of Indonesia.

WOMEN'S DOUBLES

1 - Rosiana Zelin/Eliza (Indonesia)
2 - Helene Kirkegaard/Rikke Olsen (Denmark)
3-4 - Marlene Thomsen/Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen (Denmark)
3-4 - Isoliana Indarti/Denyana Lomban (Indonesia)
5-8 - Ng Ching/Tung Au Man (Hong Kong)
5-8 - R. Sookbonmak/D. Ingsuwaripaterna (Thailand)
5-8 - Elma Ong/Moira Ong (Canada)
5-8 - Chan Mei Mei/Koon Wai Chee (Hong Kong)

Unseeded entries include the China Open finalist pair from Korea, Park Soo Yun and Kim Mee Hyang, as well as the tandems of Susi Susanti/Finarsih and Carmelita and Nonong, all of Indonesia.

MIXED DOUBLES

1 - Nimpele Flandy/Rosalina Riseu (Indonesia)
2 - Michael Sogaard/Rikke Olsen (Denmark)
3-4 - Peter Axelsson/Catrine Bengtsson (Sweden)
3-4 - Imam Tohari/Erma Ermawati (Indonesia)
5-8 - Jens Eriksen/Marlene Thomsen (Denmark)
5-8 - Tam Kai Chuen/Tung Chau Man (Hong Kong)
5-8 - Ma Che Kong/Chan Mei Mei (Hong Kong)
5-8 - Chan Siu Kwong/Ling Wan Ting (Hong Kong)

Among the unseeded entries is the tough-to-beat pair of Lee Dong Soo and Park Soo Yun of Korea.