Le Volant d'or de Toulouse Open Week Nr: 22 Dates: 01/06/2006 to 04/06/2006 Category: A City: Toulouse Country: France Prize Money: US$14.000 Website: http://www.volor.org/
History (Men’s Singles) 2004 : Chetan ANAND (IND) beat Kasper OEDUM (DEN) 15-5 11-15 15-10 2003 : Nikhil KANETKAR (IND) beat Andreas WOELK (GER) 15-9 15-11 2002 : Kasper OEDUM (DEN) beat Joachim PERSSON (DEN) 15-4 15-5 2000 : Yangchun XIE (CHN) beat Vladislav DRUZTCHENKO (UKR) 15-8 17-16 1999 : Pullela GOPICHAND (IND) beat Richard VAUGHAN (WAL) 15-13 14-15 15-6 1998 : Konstantin TATRANOV (UKR) beat Vladislav DRUZTCHENKO (UKR) 15-10 15-03 1997 : Thomas WAPP (SUI) beat Fernando SILVA (POR) 15-10 15-3 Ladies Single 2004 : Ella KARACHKOVA (RUS) beat Sara PERSSON (SWE) 7-11 13-10 11-3 2003 : Tine RASMUSSEN (DEN) beat Jeanine CICOGNINI (SUI) 11-3 11-3 2002 : Yaqiong ZEN (CHN) beat Tine HOY (DEN) 11-2 11-3 2000 : Huaiwen XU (CHN) beat Elena NOZDRAN (UKR) 11-4 8-11 11-4 1999 : Marina ANDRIEVSKAYA (SWE) beat Elena NOZDRAN (UKR) 11-4 11-9 1998 : Elena NOZDRAN (UKR) beat Vitoria Jo MUGGERIDGE (ENG) 1997 : Elena NOZDRAN (UKR) beat Natalia ATRACHTCHENKOVA (UKR) 11-3 11-3
Men’s Doubles 2004 : Thomas SANAVE (IND) Rupesh KUMAR (IND) beat Kristof HOPP (GER) Ingo KINDERVATER (GER) 15-7 15-13 2003 : Frédéric MAWET (BEL) Wouter CLAES (BEL) beat Jean-Michel LEFORT (FRA) Arief RASIDI (FRA) 12-15 15-10 15-3 2002 : Vincent LAIGLE (FRA) Svetoslav STOJANOV (FRA) battent Manuel DUBRULLE (FRA) Mihail POPOV (FRA) 15-4 15-2 2000 : Vincent LAIGLE (FRA) Svetoslav STOJANOV (BUL) beat Kristof HOPP(GER) Thomas TESCHE (GER) 15-5 15-9 1999 : Mihail POPOV (BUL) Svetoslav STOJANOV (BUL) beat Kristof HOPP (GER) Thomas TESCHE (GER) 15-12 6-15 15-11 1998 : Mihail POPOV (BUL) Svetoslav STOJANOV (BUL) beat Vincent LAIGLE (FRA) Manuel DUBRULLE (FRA) 15-12 6-15 15-11 1997 : Mihail POPOV (BUL) Svetoslav STOJANOV (BUL) beat Konstantin TATRANOV (UKR) Valeri STRELCOV (UKR) 15-4 15-4
(Ladies Doubles) 2004 : Anastasia RUSSKIKH (RUS) Petya NEDELCHEVA (BUL) beat Jwala GUTTA (IND) Shruti KURIAN (IND) 15-11 15-6 2003 : Kamila AUGUSTYN (POL) Nadia KOSTIUCZYK (POL) beat Elena NOZDRAN (UKR) Larisa GRIGA (UKR) 15-10 15-2 2002 : Akiko NAKASHIMA (JAP) Chihiro OHSAKA (JAP) battent Helle NIELSEN (GER) Majken VANGE (DEN) 11-6 13-10 2000 : Nicol PITRO (GER) Nicole GRETHER (GER) beat Claudia VOGELGSANG (GER) Huaiwen XU (CHN) 15-7 15-9 1999 : Nicol PITRO (GER) Anika SIETZ (GER) beat Neli NEDJALKOVA (BUL) Diana KOLEVA (BUL) 11-15 17-14 15-10 1998 : Elena NOZDRAN (UKR) Victoria EVTOUSHENKO (UKR) beat Santi WIBOWO (SUI) Judith BAUMEYER (SUI) 15-4 12-15 15-6 1997 : Elena NOZDRAN (UKR) Victoria EVTOUSHENKO (UKR) beat Armelle CASSEN (FRA) Tatiana VATTIER (FRA) 15-3 15-7
(Mixed) 2004 : Svetoslav STOYANOV (FRA) Anastasia RUSSKIKH (RUS) beat Jean-Michel LEFORT (FRA) Rahmawati WENY (FRA) 15-3 15-0 2003 : Vladislav DRUZTCHENKO (UKR) Elena NOZDRAN (UKR) beat Dimitry MIZNIKOV (UKR) Natalia GOLOVKINA (UKR) 15-2 15-6 2002 : Jonas JENSEN (DEN) Majken VANGE (DEN) beat Carsten MOGENSEN (DEN) Kamilla RYTTER JUHL (DEN) 11-5 11-8 2000 : Bjoern SIEGEMUND (GER) Nicol PITRO (GER) beat Russel HOGG (SCO) Kirsteen Mc EWAN (SCO) 15-5 15-11 1999 : Michael KECK (GER) Nicol PITRO(GER) beat Vladislav DRUZTCHENKO (UKR) Victoria EVTOUSHENKO (UKR) 15-6 15-9 1998 : Michael KECK (GER) Nicol PITRO(GER) beat Vladislav DRUZTCHENKO (UKR) Victoria EVTOUSHENKO (UKR) 15-10 15-10 1997 : Valeri STRELCOV (UKR) Elena NOZDRAN (UKR) beat Konstantin TATRANOV (UKR) Victoria EVTOUSHENKO (UKR) 8-15 15-9 3-6 Ab
Women favourites 2000-Huaiwen XU XU is Chinese but lives in Germany. Like all Asian competitors, she plays to a very impressive standard. She is currently ranked number 50 in the world rankings due to not having participated in many Grand Prix tournaments. She is capable however, of regularly beating those ranked much higher than herself. Cerainly, Elena Nozdran is not one to disagree as it was XU who ended her challenge for the Volant D’Or in 2000. For a few years now, the German players challenge regularly for the Volant D’Or.
1999-Marina ANDRIEWSKAYA Although hard to guess from her name, Marina is Swedish. She is also very well ranked at an international level : among the top 30. Despite being ranked lower than Helena, Marina won the tournament in 1999. The Swedish are not regular competitors at the tournament. In fact, at the same time of year, there have been tournaments in Iceland or Norway and the Swedes have preferred to participate closer to home. They came in 1999 but it is unlikely that Marina will return to challenge again for the trophy.
Men favourites 2000-Yangchung XIE Another Chinese competitor living in Germany, XIE won the Volant D’Or in 2000. He beat the favourite and regular Volant D’Or contendor Vladislav Drutchenko.
1999-Pullela GOPICHAND For three years, the Indian competitors have included the Volant D’Or tournament in their calender. In 1999, while looking for the points to qualify for the 2000 Olympic Games. GOPICHAND won out against a very talented young welsh player Richard VAUGHAN. Since then, these two players have risen to the top of the international game, distinguishing themselves in many international competitions. Pullela, among other victories, won the All England in 2001. Both were invited and present in Brunei in August 2001 for the World Grand Prix finals which had the 16 best players in the world competing. Currently, both are counted among the world’s top 20 - we dream of having them return to play for the Volant D’Or...who knows....