French Open Badminton: Former Indian champions of the tournament 

Women's Singles

Aparna Popat is the lone Indian woman to win the French Open in 1998

In the last decade, India has produced two of the brightest female badminton players in its history with P.V. Sindhu and Saina Nehwal conquering the world of badminton. Yet the French Open has continued to elude the grasp of both of them and other promising players for some obstacle or the other.

However, both Nehwal and Sindhu have been in spectacular form this year performing extremely well in the Commonwealth Games and the recently-concluded Asian Games, and are therefore strong contenders for this year's French Open title.

India has only won once in women's singles when Arjuna Awardee Aparna Popat became the lone Indian woman to bag the French Open two decades ago in 1998. Ever since then, the title has escaped the reach of the Indian women shuttlers.