2023 BWF season

The 2023 BWF season is the overall badminton circuit organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) for the 2023 badminton season. The world badminton tournament in 2023 consists of: 1. BWF tournaments (Grade 1; Major Events)
 * BWF World Mixed Team Championships (Sudirman Cup)
 * BWF World Championships

2. BWF World Tour (Grade 2)
 * Level 1 (BWF World Tour Finals)
 * Level 2 (BWF World Tour Super 1000)
 * Level 3 (BWF World Tour Super 750)
 * Level 4 (BWF World Tour Super 500)
 * Level 5 (BWF World Tour Super 300)
 * Level 6 (BWF Tour Super 100)

3. Continental Circuit (Grade 3) BWF Open Tournaments: BWF International Challenge, BWF International Series, and BWF Future Series.

The Sudirman Cup is mixed teams event. The others – Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, Super 100, International Challenge, International Series, and Future Series are all individual tournaments. The higher the level of tournament, the larger the prize money and the more ranking points available.

The 2023 BWF season calendar comprises these six levels of BWF tournaments.

Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2023 calendar, with the champions and runners-up documented.
 * Key

BWF Player of the Year Awards
The followings are the nominees and the winners of the 2023 BWF Player of the Year Awards.

Retirements
Following is a list of notable players (winners of the main tour title, and/or part of the BWF Rankings top 100 for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional badminton, during the 2023 season:
 * Mychelle Crhystine Bandaso (born 1 May 1998 in Tarakan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia) reached a career-high ranking of no. 27 in mixed doubles on 9 August 2022. She won her first BWF World Tour title at the 2019 Russian Open Super 100 event in mixed doubles with her partner Adnan Maulana. She also won a bronze medal in the individual event at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games. According to former badminton player Debby Susanto, Bandaso retired due to an unspecified medical condition. The 2022 Indonesia Masters was her last tournament.
 * 🇫🇷 Brice Leverdez (born 9 April 1986 in La Garenne-Colombes, France) reached a career-high ranking of no. 19 in men's singles on 12 July 2018. He won the 2013 Mediterranean Games, and won the 2013 Scottish Open. He also won a silver medal in the men's singles at the 2019 European Games. The 2023 Orléans Masters was his last tournament.
 * Liew Daren (born 6 August 1987 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) reached a career-high ranking of no. 10 in men's singles on 7 March 2013. He won the 2012 French Open, and won the bronze medal at the 2018 World Championships. Liew was also part of the Malaysian team who won the silver medal at the 2014 Thomas Cup and the gold at the mixed team event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Liew announced his retirement on 26 April 2023, to focus full time on coaching fellow Malaysian player Lee Zii Jia. The 2023 Swiss Open was his last tournament.
 * 🇹🇭 Puttita Supajirakul (born 29 March 1996 in Phitsanulok, Thailand) reached a career-high ranking of no. 9 in the women's doubles on 22 June 2017 and no. 34 in the mixed doubles on 27 November 2014. She announced her retirement from the Thai national team through her social media account on 30 May 2023. The 2023 Malaysia Masters was her last tournament.
 * 🇨🇳 Wang Yilyu (born 8 November 1994 in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China) reached a career-high ranking of no. 1 in the mixed doubles on 12 April 2018, and no. 10 in the men's doubles on 15 June 2017. BWF announced his retirement on 1 June 2023. The 2023 Indonesia Masters was his last tournament.
 * 🇨🇳 Du Yue (born 15 February 1998 in Yichang, Hubei, China) reached a career-high ranking of no. 5 in the women's doubles on 17 March 2020, and no. 8 in the mixed doubles on 31 May 2018. BWF announced her retirement on 1 June 2023. The 2023 Spain Masters was her last tournament.
 * Niluka Karunaratne (born 13 February 1985 in Galle, Sri Lanka) reached a career-high ranking of no. 34 in the men's singles on 27 June 2013. He announced his retirement on 1 October 2023.