2018 Australian Open (badminton)

2018 Australian Open
Tournament details
Dates	8–13 May
Level	Super 300
Total prize money	US$150,000
Venue	Quaycentre
Location	Sydney, Australia
Champions
Men's singles	Lu Guangzu
Women's singles	Cai Yanyan
Men's doubles	Berry Angriawan; Hardianto
Women's doubles	Ayako Sakuramoto; Yukiko Takahata
Mixed doubles	Seo Seung-jae; Chae Yoo-jung
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The 2018 Australian Open (officially known as the Crown Group Australian Open 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament that took place at Quaycentre in Australia from 8 to 13 May 2018. The purse totalled $150,000.

Tournament

The 2018 Australian Open was the ninth tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Australian Open championships, which had been held since 1975. This tournament was organized by Badminton Australia and sanctioned by the BWF.^[1]

Venue

This international tournament was held at Quaycentre in Sydney, Australia.^[1]

Point distribution

Below is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 300 event.^[2]

Winner	Runner-up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	33/64	65/128
7,000	5,950	4,900	3,850	2,750	1,670	660	320

Prize money

The total prize money for this tournament was US$150,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.^[1]

Event	Winner	Finals	Semi-finals	Quarter-finals	Last 16
Singles	$11,250	$5,700	$2,175	$900	$525
Doubles	$11,850	$5,700	$2,100	$1,087.50	$562.50

Men's singles

Seeds

Prannoy Kumar (withdrew)
B. Sai Praneeth (quarter-finals)
Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (withdrew)
Sameer Verma (quarter-finals)
Tommy Sugiarto (quarter-finals)
Parupalli Kashyap (withdrew)
Lee Cheuk Yiu (semi-finals)
Liew Daren (first round)

Wild card

Badminton Australia awarded a wild card entry to Anthony Joe of Australia.

Finals

Semi-finals					Final

	Zhao Junpeng	21	19	15

Q4	Lu Guangzu	12	21	21
					Q4	Lu Guangzu	21	23

					PFQ	Zhou Zeqi	8	21
PFQ	Zhou Zeqi	21	21

7	Lee Cheuk Yiu	14	15

Top half

Section 1

First round				Second round					Quarter-finals

PFQ	Chong Y H	21	21

WC	A Joe	18	15
				PFQ	Chong Y H	21	17	18

					S D Kuncoro	8	21	21
K R Rajarajan		15	8

S D Kuncoro		21	21
									S D Kuncoro	8	21	17

									Zhao JP	21	16	21
8	Liew D	15	18

Q3	Sun FX	21	21
				Q3	Sun FX	21	10	11

					Zhao JP	16	21	21
Zhao JP		21	21

A Mendrek		14	14

Section 2

First round					Second round				Quarter-finals

4	S Verma	13	21	21

PFQ	A Manota	21	9	7
					4	S Verma	21	21

						T Ueda	16	12
T Ueda		19	21	21

S Verma		21	17	12
									4	S Verma	14	6

									Q4	Lu GZ	21	21
PFQ	Heo K-h	9	21	18

Q4	Lu GZ	21	16	21
					Q4	Lu GZ	21	21

						Chong W F	15	11
Chong W F		21	19	21

K Watanabe		10	21	11

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round				Quarter-finals

PFQ	Ren PB	21	18	11

	Y Igarashi	19	21	21
						Y Igarashi	12	9

					5	T Sugiarto	21	21
	M Ludík	10	11

5	T Sugiarto	21	21
									5	T Sugiarto	12	15

									PFQ	Zhou ZQ	21	21
	A Jayaram	22	20	17

Q1	R Takeshita	20	22	21
					Q1	R Takeshita	8	14

					PFQ	Zhou ZQ	21	21
PFQ	N Karunaratne	17	20

PFQ	Zhou ZQ	21	22

Section 4

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals

	Cheam J W	21	21

Q2	Y F Mainaky	13	5
						Cheam J W	17	21	20

					7	Lee C Y	21	12	22
	L Sen	20	21	19

7	Lee C Y	22	13	21
										7	Lee C Y	23	21

										2	B. S Praneeth	21	13
R Y Chittaboina		11	17

P A Maulana		21	21
						P A Maulana	12	14

					2	B. S Praneeth	21	21
	M Zilberman	17	14

2	B. S Praneeth	21	21

Women's singles

Seeds

Saina Nehwal (withdrew)
Michelle Li (first round)
Cheung Ngan Yi (semi-finals)
Minatsu Mitani (semi-finals)
Neslihan Yiğit (withdrew)
Natsuki Nidaira (withdrew)
Brittney Tam (first round)
Shiori Saito (first round)

Finals

Semi-finals				Final

	Cai Yanyan	21	21

3	Cheung Ngan Yi	19	11
					Cai Yanyan	21	21

				Q2	Ayumi Mine	14	13
4	Minatsu Mitani	17	17

Q2	Ayumi Mine	21	21

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round				Quarter-finals

PFQ	M Hemrachatanun	18	11

	L Ma	21	21
						L Ma	9	15

					PFQ	Ji ST	21	21
Q4	Y Jiang	13	17

PFQ	Ji ST	21	21
									PFQ	Ji ST	15	13

										Cai YY	21	21
PFQ	C Pan	14	12

	Cai YY	21	21
					Cai YY		21	21

					Zhang YM		10	12
P Chaiwan		20	21	16

Zhang YM		22	17	21

Section 2

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals

3	Cheung N Y	21	21

	J Tam	5	12
					3	Cheung N Y	21	21

						S Jaquet	9	5
	S Jaquet	21	13	21

Q1	Kim G-e	16	21	14
										3	Cheung N Y	11	21	21

										Q3	Y Nakai	21	14	15
7	B Tam	24	11	12

Q3	Y Nakai	22	21	21
					Q3	Y Nakai	19	21	21

						L A Mainaky	21	8	6
D Gupta		11	14

L A Mainaky		21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

First round				Second round				Quarter-finals

S K P Kudaravalli		18	20

Y Y Susanto		21	22
				Y Y Susanto		21	21

				J Muljati		13	14
	J Muljati	21	21

PFQ	I Zhong	17	14
									Y Y Susanto	14	13

								4	M Mitani	21	21
C Jucharoen		9	15

Jeon J-i		21	21
					Jeon J-i	12	12

				4	M Mitani	21	21
	K Polikarpova	10	13

4	M Mitani	21	21

Section 4

First round					Second round				Quarter-finals

Q2	A Mine	21	21

	S U R Chukka	8	19
					Q2	A Mine	21	21

						Chen H-y	6	9
	Chen H-y	8	21	22

8	S Saito	21	15	20
									Q2	A Mine	21	21

										Han Y	15	13
G Bland		21	15	15

V R Jakka		19	21	21
					V R Jakka		5	5

					Han Y		21	21
	Han Y	21	21

2	M Li	11	11

Men's doubles

Seeds

Berry Angriawan / Hardianto (champions)
Wahyu Nayaka / Ade Yusuf (final)
Manu Attri / B. Sumeeth Reddy (semi-finals)
He Jiting / Tan Qiang (first round)
Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik (withdrew)
Tan Boon Heong / Yoo Yeon-seong (first round)
Arjun M.R. / Ramchandran Shlok (quarter-finals)
Alwin Francis / Nandagopal Kidambi (first round)

Finals

Semi-finals				Final

1	Berry Angriawan Hardianto	21	21

3	Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy	17	15
				1	Berry Angriawan Hardianto	21	9	21

				2	Wahyu Nayaka Ade Yusuf	9	21	15
	Keiichiro Matsui Yoshinori Takeuchi	17	11

2	Wahyu Nayaka Ade Yusuf	21	21

Top half

Section 1

First round				Second round					Quarter-finals

1	B Angriawan Hardianto	21	21

	P Chew R Chew	9	15
				1	B Angriawan Hardianto	21	21

					P Kuna-Anuvit N Trinkajee	17	17
P Kuna-Anuvit N Trinkajee		21	21

C Chen T Wong		7	15
									1	B Angriawan Hardianto	21	21

										M Takano Y Tsukamoto	10	18
8	A Francis N Kidambi	30	7^r

	Jung T-i Kim H-t	28	8
				Jung T-i Kim H-t		21	19	23

				M Takano Y Tsukamoto		18	21	25
	M Takano Y Tsukamoto	21	21

Q2	Kan C-y Liao C-h	17	19

Section 2

First round					Second round				Quarter-finals

3	M Attri B. S Reddy	21	21

PFQ	L Defolky M Fariman	11	10
					3	M Attri B. S Reddy	21	21

						Choi H-g Park K-h	17	17
Choi H-g Park K-h		21	21

S Leung M Wheller		13	13
									3	M Attri B. S Reddy	17	21	21

									7	Arjun M.R. R Shlok	21	19	18
7	Arjun M.R. R Shlok	21	21

	R Tam E Vuong	7	15
					7	Arjun M.R. R Shlok	21	25

						H Okamura M Onodera	15	23
H Okamura M Onodera		21	12	21

Chai B Wang ZK		19	21	17

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals

A B Cahyono M R P Isfahani		18	13

K Matsui Y Takeuchi		21	21
						K Matsui Y Takeuchi	21	22	21

					PFQ	Chen T J Goh S H	16	24	15
	R Kapoor S Sharma	15	21	7

PFQ	Chen T J Goh S H	21	15	21
										K Matsui Y Takeuchi	19	21	22

										Kang M-h Kim W-h	21	14	20
	Kang M-h Kim W-h	21	21

Q1	A Joe P S Low	8	5
						Kang M-h Kim W-h	17	21	26

					PFQ	Ou XY Ren XY	21	18	24
PFQ	Ou XY Ren XY	21	21

4	He JT Tan Q	16	18

Section 4

First round					Second round				Quarter-finals

	Đỗ T Đ Phạm H N	14	11

Q3	Choi S-g Seo S-j	21	21
					Q3	Choi S-g Seo S-j	23	21

						S K Gutama F W Putra	21	19
	S K Gutama F W Putra	21	20	21

6	Tan B H Yoo Y-s	19	22	18
									Q3	Choi S-g Seo S-j	19	21	21

									2	W Nayaka A Yusuf	21	14	23
	J Sun Y Zhang	25	21

Q4	S Aroliveettil Trần P N	23	12
						J Sun Y Zhang	14	5

					2	W Nayaka A Yusuf	21	21
	I Apisuk T Viriyangkura	25	16	13

2	W Nayaka A Yusuf	23	21	21

Women's doubles

Seeds

Misato Aratama / Akane Watanabe (semi-finals)
Ayako Sakuramoto / Yukiko Takahata (champions)
Du Yue / Li Yinhui (second round)
Baek Ha-na / Lee Yu-rim (final)

Finals

Semi-finals				Final

1	Misato Aratama Akane Watanabe	16	17

4	Baek Ha-na Lee Yu-rim	21	21
				4	Baek Ha-na Lee Yu-rim	21	18

				2	Ayako Sakuramoto Yukiko Takahata	23	21
	Chae Yoo-jung Kim Hye-jeong	18	16

2	Ayako Sakuramoto Yukiko Takahata	21	21

Top half

Section 1

First round			Second round				Quarter-finals

			1	M Aratama A Watanabe	21	21

				A S Awanda M C Sahputri	13	16
A S Awanda M C Sahputri	21	21

Y Nakai N Ono	19	14
							1	M Aratama A Watanabe	21	21

								Y Barkah R E Putri Sari	15	13



			L Y Khoo A-L Slee		9	16

			Y Barkah R E Putri Sari		21	21
Y Barkah R E Putri Sari	21	21

R Laisuan S Mingchua	16	17

Section 2

First round			Second round				Quarter-finals

			4	Baek H-n Lee Y-r	21	21

				E Kan I Zhong	10	5
M Tam Y Zhang	9	19

E Kan I Zhong	21	21
							4	Baek H-n Lee Y-r	21	14	21

								Kim H-r Kong H-y	14	21	11



			J Tam K Xu		3	6

			Kim H-r Kong H-y		21	21
Kim H-r Kong H-y	21	21

Jiang YZ L Ma	10	18

Bottom half

Section 3

First round			Second round				Quarter-finals

M Chan J Vega	10	16

M Jakkampudi P S Ram	21	21
			M Jakkampudi P S Ram		11	13

			M Kashihara M Kato		21	21
M Kashihara M Kato	21	21

S Paewsampran P Supajirakul	14	9
							M Kashihara M Kato	17	12

							Chae Y-j Kim H-j	21	21
Chen H-y S Kurniawan	11	9

Chae Y-j Kim H-j	21	21
				Chae Y-j Kim H-j	22	21

			3	Du Y Li YH	20	16

Section 4

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

A Pak
F A Rahardja

w

/

o

A Pak
F A Rahardja

w

/

o

A Pak
F A Rahardja

13

2

A Sakuramoto
Y Takahata

21

Cao TW
Zheng Y

S Fu
A Tagle

w

/

o

S Fu
A Tagle

2

6

2

A Sakuramoto
Y Takahata

21

Mixed doubles

Seeds

Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai (quarter-finals)
He Jiting / Du Yue (quarter-finals)
Pranav Chopra / N. Sikki Reddy (withdrew)
Hafiz Faizal / Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja (second round)
Choi Sol-gyu / Kim Ha-na (semi-finals)
Seo Seung-jae / Chae Yoo-jung (champions)
Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying (final)
Wang Zekang / Li Yinhui (semi-finals)

Finals

Semi-finals				Final

8	Wang Zekang Li Yinhui	16	23

7	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	21	25
				7	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	12	21

				5	Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung	21	23
5	Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung	21	21

5	Choi Sol-gyu Kim Ha-na	16	12

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals

1	Goh S H S J Lai	21	21

	N Tagle B Tam	13	10
					1	Goh S H S J Lai	21	21

						Chen T J Peck Y W	10	18
Q3	Kang M-h Baek H-n	21	23	15

	Chen T J Peck Y W	23	21	21
										1	Goh S H S J Lai	17	13

										8	Wang ZK Li YH	21	21
8	Wang ZK Li YH	21	21

	P Kuna-Anuvit S Paewsampran	18	14
					8	Wang ZK Li YH	13	21	22

					Q4	Park K-h Kong H-y	21	17	20
	S Jomkoh P Supajirakul	21	14	12

Q4	Park K-h Kong H-y	16	21	21

Section 2

First round					Second round				Quarter-finals

PFQ	J Sun J Tam	11	12

	Y E Saputra M G Islami	21	21
					Y E Saputra M G Islami		21	21

					M Zilberman K Polikarpova		15	12
Q1	J Tan D J Y Zhang	19	14

	M Zilberman K Polikarpova	21	21
										Y E Saputra M G Islami	3	10

									7	Chan P S Goh L Y	21	21
7	Chan P S Goh L Y	21	21

	M Philips A Pak	18	12
					7	Chan P S Goh L Y	21	21

						R K Suwardi D Susanto	17	17
Ou XY Cao TW		21	14	11

R K Suwardi D Susanto		13	21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

First round				Second round				Quarter-finals

S Sharma P S Ram		21	21

Y F Mainaky L A Mainaky		13	10
					S Sharma P S Ram	6	13

				5	Seo S-j Chae Y-j	21	21
Q2	L Defolky S Kurniawan	6	13

5	Seo S-j Chae Y-j	21	21
								5	Seo S-j Chae Y-j	21	21

									Kim W-h Lee Y-r	11	16
R Kapoor K Garg		10	11

Kim W-h Lee Y-r		21	21
					Kim W-h Lee Y-r	21	21

				4	H Faizal G E Widjaja	18	17
	A Manota J Villegas	5	15

4	H Faizal G E Widjaja	21	21

Section 4

First round					Second round				Quarter-finals

S Leung L Ma		21	21

M Fogarty I Zhong		12	10
						S W H Leung L Ma	11	11

					5	Choi S-g Kim H-n	21	21
	R Alexander A Saufika	21	17	18

5	Choi S-g Kim H-n	16	21	21
									5	Choi S-g Kim H-n	16	24	21

									2	He JT Du Y	21	22	13
Kim H-t Kim H-j		21	21

S Aroliveettil M Chan		9	10
						Kim H-t Kim H-j	7	15

					2	He JT Du Y	21	21
	Đỗ T Đ Phạm N T	6	15

2	He JT Du Y	21	21

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Prospectus Australia Open 2018" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
^ "World Ranking System" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

External links

Tournament Link

[pros-1] "Prospectus Australia Open 2018" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

[2] "World Ranking System" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

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