Note: the season final was referred to as BWF World Tour Finals (from 2018) and BWF Super Series Masters Final (2008-2017), as well as HSBC World Tour Final. From 1983 to 2001 the season finals were called The World Badminton Grand Prix Finals. Get more like this, subscribe to the Global Badminton Community Newsletter
82013 Malaysia:Â Lee Chong Wei, Malaysia
In Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysian badminton fans hoped to see local hero and 1st seed Lee Chong Wei on top of the podium. LCW, as he is affectionately referred to, did the deed.
In the group stage, Lee Chong Wei won all 3 matches. He played a very close group match (23-21, 24-22) against Jan Ø. Jørgensen of Denmark. The semifinal draw set LCW up against the Danish opponent once again. This time the Malaysian superstar left no doubt. He won comfortably in two sets.
In the second semifinal, Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia came up against Kenichi Tago of Japan. Sugiarto won the semifinal in three sets and was ready to face Lee in the final.
Playing in front of a large number of Malaysian badminton fans, LCW showed his best skills and won the final, and thereby the season final, for the fourth time. (To this day, Lee Chong Wei is still the only player to have won the super series final four times.)
