SWISS OPEN: SEEDINGS

March 18, 1997 (NEW SHUTTLENWS) - Following are the seedings for the four-star Swiss Open badminton tournament being held at Saint Jakobshalle in Basel:

MEN'S SINGLES
1. Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen (Denmark)
2. Rashid Sidek (Malaysia)
3. Sun Jun (China)
4. Joko Suprianto (Indonesia)
5. Indra Wijaya (Indonesia)
6. Peter Gade Christensen (Denmark)
7. Park Sung Woo (Korea)
8. Allan Budi Kusuma (Indonesia)
9. Dong Jion (China)
10. Luo Yigang (China)
11. Hermawan Susanto (Indonesia)
12. Heryanto Arbi (Indonesia)
13. Chen Gang (China)
14. Ardy Wiranata (Indonesia)
15. Soren Nielsen (Denmark)
16. Hwang Sun Ho (Korea)

Unseeded quality entries include Pang Chen (Malaysia), Thomas Johansson and Rikard Magnusson (Sweden), Pullela Gopichand (India), Darren Hall and Peter Knowles (England), Jeroen van Dijk (Netherlands), Detlef Poste and Oliver Pongratz (Germany), and Peter Rasmussen, Martin Lundgaard Hansen and Kenneth Jonassen (Denmark).

WOMEN'S SINGLES
1. Camilla Martin (Denmark)
2. Ye Zhaoying (China)
3. Susi Susanti (Indonesia)
4. Wang Chen (China)
5. Kim Ji Hyun (Korea)
6. Ra Kyung Min (Korea)
7. Han Jing Na (China)
8. Lee Joo Hyun (Korea)

Unseeded quality entries include Cindana and Yuliani Sentoso (Indonesia), Dai Yun (China), and Choi Ma Ree (Korea).

MEN'S DOUBLES
1. Sigit Budiarto/Chandra Wijaya (Indonesia)
2. Ricky Subagja/Rexy Mainaky (Indonesia)
3. Kang Kyung Jin/Ha Tae Kwon (Korea)
4. Liu Yong/Zhang Wei (China)
5. Andrej Antropov/Nikolaj Zuev (Russia)
6. Chris Hunt/Simon Archer (England)
7. Peter Axelsson/Par-Gunnar Jonsson (Sweden)
8. Jim Laugessen/Thomas Stanvgaard (Denmark)

Unseeded quality entries include Jon Holst-Christensen/Michael Sogaard (Denmark), Julian Robertson/Anthony Clark (England), Ma Che Kong/Chow Kin Man (Hong Kong), Nick Ponting/John Quinn (England), Hermono/Hian Eng (Indonesia), Lee Song Soo/Yoo Yong Sung (Korea), James Anderson/Ian Pearson (England), and Jens Eriksen/Jesper Larsen (Denmark).

WOMEN'S DOUBLES
1. Ge Fei/Gu Jun (China)
2. Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen/Marlene Thomsen (Denmark)
3. Helene Kirkegaard/Rikke Olsen (Denmark)
4. Christine Gandrup/Marina Andrievskaya (Sweden)
5. Nicola Beck/Joanne Davies (England)
6. Qian Hong/ Liu Lu (China)
7. Ann Jorgensen/Majken Vange (Denmark)
8. Brenda Conijin/Nicole van Hooren (Netherlands) in place of Tung Chau Man/ Ng Ching (Hong Kong) who have withdrawn

Unseeded quality entries include Julie Bradbury/Donna Kellogg (England), Chung Jae Hee/Yim Kyung Jin (Korea), Huang Nanyan/Liu Zhong (China), Carmelita/Denis Nonong Zanata (Indonesia), Han Jingna/Ye Zhaoying (China), Denyana Lomban/Resiana Zelin, Jang Hye Ock/Kim Shin Young (Korea), Katrin Schmidt/Kerstin Ubben (Germany), and Margit Borg/Lim Xiao Qing (Sweden).

MIXED DOUBLES
1. Michael Sogaard/Rikke Olsen (Denmark)
2. Jens Eriksen/Marlene Thomsen (Denmark)
3. Thomas Stavngaard/Ann Jorgensen (Denmark)
4. Imam Tohari/Ema Ermawati (Indonesia)
5. Peter Axelsson/Catrine Bengtsson (Sweden)
6. Ha Tae Kwon/Kim Shin Young (Korea)
7. Liu Yong/Ge Fei (China)
8. Sandiarto/Finarsih (Indonesia)

Unseeded quality entries include Chris Hunt/Donna Kellogg (England), Tri Kusheryanto/Eliza Nathanael (Indonesia), Jesper Larsen/Helene Kirkegaard (Denmark), Flandy Nimpele/Minarti Timur (Indonesia), Nick Ponting/Julie Bradbury (England), Lee Dong Soo/Yim Kyung Jin (Korea), Chen Xing Dong/ Gu Jun (China), and Simon Archer/Joanne Wright (England).