The Syed Modi International Badminton Championships is an international badminton tournament, which is held annually in India.

This tournament was introduced to the badminton circuit as a BWF Grand Prix event in 2009. Since then the tournament is being annually held in Lucknow at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, although it was temporarily shifted to Hyderabad in 2010. In 2011, it was upgraded to the Grand Prix Gold event. Badminton World Federation launched a new event structure in 2017. This tournament was later included as a BWF World Tour Super 300 event which began to be competed in 2018.

History

The tournament was inaugurated by Uttar Pradesh Badminton Association (UPBA) in 1991 as the 'Syed Modi Memorial Badminton Tournament' in memory of the Commonwealth Games champion Syed Modi.

From its inauguration till 2003, it remained a national-level tournament. In 2004, it was organized as an International event for the first time, which saw some low-key foreign participation.

The tournament was halted from 2005 to 2008 due to a political impasse between the UPBA and the Government of Uttar Pradesh, which ended with relocation of the Uttar Pradesh Badminton Academy.

Syed Modi rahvusvaheline meistrietapp on India rahvusvaheline sulgpallivõistlus, mida peetakse igal aastal Lucknows, Indias. Turniir on nimetatud endise India sulgpalluri Syed Modi järgi, kes hukkus 1988. aastal autoõnnetuses.

Turniir peeti esmakordselt 2004. aastal ja on sellest ajast peale toimunud igal aastal. See on üks India prestiižsemaid sulgpallivõistlusi ja sellest võtavad osa maailma parimad mängijad.

Turniir toimub tavaliselt septembris või oktoobris ja kestab neli päeva. Meeste ja naiste üksikmängu ja paarismängu meistrid võidavad Syed Modi karika ja rahalise auhinna.

2023. aasta Syed Modi rahvusvaheline meistrietapp peetakse 18.-23. oktoobril Lucknows, Indias. Turniiril osaleb üle 200 mängija 20 riigist. Meeste üksikmängu tiitlit kaitseb India Lakshya Sen ja naiste üksikmängu tiitlit kaitseb Taiwani Tai Tzu-ying.