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Ever wonder what shuttles professional badminton players play with? There are so many out there (just take a look of this list of over 300 shuttles!), so which ones are actually used in competitive play? There’s a list of BWF-approved shuttlecocks, but that doesn’t mean they’re actually used, and some shuttles are more popular than others. So what exactly is being used?
Well, I compiled all of the shuttles that the professional badminton tournaments that are part of the BWF World Tour (the big tournaments that are numbered “Super 100 to 1000” and also the World Tour Finals).
All of the data comes from 2023. Currently, many tournaments that are later in the year do not state what shuttles they will be using yet, but I collected the data of what is known so far. I’ll update this in the future once the data is available.
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Here’s the summarized data so far:
| Shuttle | Number of tournaments |
| Yonex Aerosensa 50 | 13 |
| Yonex Tournament Grade (F-90) | 2 |
| Victor Master Ace | 2 |
| Li-Ning G800 | 1 |
| Li-Ning G900 | 1 |
As you can see, the shuttles used in the biggest badminton tournaments below to the three biggest badminton brands in the world – Yonex, Victor, and Li-Ning!
The vast majority of professional badminton tournaments use Yonex Aerosensa 50 (AS-50) shuttles! Not a big surprise here as they are really high quality as I noted in my full review.
The Yonex Tournament Grade shuttles, also known as the F-90, are supposed to be an even higher grade than the Yonex Aerosensa 50 and are quite difficult to find outside of Japan. I personally never got my hands on a tube of them but I have played with them before. The sticker on the shuttle simply says “Tournament” on it with the classic Yonex blue and green. In any case, they tend to be really expensive but are supposed to be of the highest quality!
Next, 2 more tournaments use Victor Master Ace, the highest quality shuttle made by Victor. I haven’t played too much with these shuttles before, but they are quite good. I remember them feeling less dense than the Yonex Aerosensa 50 but it flew well.
Lastly, 2 tournaments use the top 2 Li-Ning shuttles – G900 (previously called A+ 600) and G800 (previously called A+ 300). I haven’t played with Li-Ning shuttles much so can’t give much of an opinion about these shuttles.
Here is all the data on a per tournament basis that was taken from BWF’s tournament website:
| Tournament | Category | Shuttle |
| Petronas Malaysia Open | Super 1000 | Yonex Aerosensa 50 |
| Yonex Sunrise India Open | Super 750 | Yonex Aerosensa 50 |
| Daihatsu Indonesia Masters 2023 | Super 500 | Yonex Aerosensa 50 |
| Princess Sirivannavari Thailand Masters 2023 | Super 300 | Yonex Aerosensa 50 |
| Yonex German Open | Super 300 | Yonex Aerosensa 50 |
| Yonex All England Open | Super 1000 | Yonex Tournament Grade (F-90) |
| Ruichang China Masters | Super 100 | Li-Ning G800 |
| Yonex Swiss Open | Super 300 | Yonex Aerosensa 50 |
| Madrid Spain Masters | Super 300 | No data |
| Orléans Masters Badminton 2023 presented by Victor | Super 300 | Victor Master Ace |
| Perodua Malaysia Masters 2023 presented by Daihatsu | Super 500 | Yonex Aerosensa 50 |
| Toyota Gazoo Racing Thailand Open | Super 500 | Yonex Aerosensa 50 |
| KFF Singapore Open | Super 750 | Li-Ning G900 |
| Kapal Api Group Indonesia Open | Super 1000 | Yonex Aerosensa 50 |
| Yonex Taipei Open | Super 300 | Yonex Aerosensa 50 |
| Yonex Canada Open | Super 500 | Yonex Aerosensa 50 |
| Yonex US Open | Super 300 | Yonex Aerosensa 50 |
| Daihatsu Japan Open | Super 750 | Yonex Tournament Grade (F-90) |
| Sathio GROUP Australian Open 2023 | Super 500 | Victor Master Ace |
| New Zealand Open | Super 300 | No data for 2023 (cancelled), but previously have used Yonex Aerosensa 50 |
| China Open | Super 1000 | No data |
| BNI Indonesia Masters I | Super 100 | No data |
| Vietnam Open | Super 100 | No data |
| Kaohsiung Open | Super 100 | No data |
| Clash of Clans Arctic Open 2023 powered by YONEX | Super 500 | Yonex Aerosensa 50 |
| Abu Dabi Masters | Super 100 | No data |
| Yonex French Open | Super 750 | No data |
| BNI Indonesia Masters II | Super 100 | No data |
| Hylo Open | Super 300 | No data |
| Korea Masters | Super 300 | No data In 2022, they used Yonex Aerosensa 50 |
| Kumamoto Masters Japan | Super 500 | No data |
| China Masters | Super 750 | No data |
| Syed Modi India International | Super 300 | No data |
| India Super 100 I | Super 100 | No data |
| India Super 100 II | Super 100 | No data |
| HSBC World Tour Finals | World Tour Finals | No data In 2022, it simply said “Li-Ning” as the shuttle. So presumably the highest Li-Ning shuttle available. |
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