2018 Australian Open (badminton)

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.

2018 Australian Open
Tournament details
Dates8–13 May
LevelSuper 300
Total prize moneyUS$150,000
VenueQuaycentre
LocationSydney, Australia
Champions
Men's singlesChina Lu Guangzu
Women's singlesChina Cai Yanyan
Men's doublesIndonesia Berry Angriawan
Indonesia Hardianto
Women's doublesJapan Ayako Sakuramoto
Japan Yukiko Takahata
Mixed doublesSouth Korea Seo Seung-jae
South Korea Chae Yoo-jung
2017 2019

Tournament

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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

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

Point distribution

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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

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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

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Seeds

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  1.   Prannoy Kumar (withdrew)
  2.   B. Sai Praneeth (quarter-finals)
  3.   Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (withdrew)
  4.   Sameer Verma (quarter-finals)
  5.   Tommy Sugiarto (quarter-finals)
  6.   Parupalli Kashyap (withdrew)
  7.   Lee Cheuk Yiu (semi-finals)
  8.   Liew Daren (first round)

Wild card

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

Finals

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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

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Section 1

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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

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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

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Section 3

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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

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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

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Seeds

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  1.   Saina Nehwal (withdrew)
  2.   Michelle Li (first round)
  3.   Cheung Ngan Yi (semi-finals)
  4.   Minatsu Mitani (semi-finals)
  5.   Neslihan Yiğit (withdrew)
  6.   Natsuki Nidaira (withdrew)
  7.   Brittney Tam (first round)
  8.   Shiori Saito (first round)

Finals

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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

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Section 1

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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

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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

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Section 3

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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

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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

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Seeds

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

Finals

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Semi-finals Final
          
1 21 21
3 17 15
1 21 9 21
2 9 21 15
17 11
2 21 21

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
1 21 21
9 15
1 21 21
17 17
21 21
7 15
1 21 21
10 18
8 30 7r
28 8
21 19 23
18 21 25
21 21
Q2 17 19

Section 2

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First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
3 21 21
PFQ 11 10
3 21 21
17 17
21 21
13 13
3 17 21 21
7 21 19 18
7 21 21
7 15
7 21 25
15 23
21 12 21
19 21 17

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
18 13
21 21
21 22 21
PFQ 16 24 15
15 21 7
PFQ 21 15 21
19 21 22
21 14 20
21 21
Q1 8 5
17 21 26
PFQ 21 18 24
PFQ 21 21
4 16 18

Section 4

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First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
14 11
Q3 21 21
Q3 23 21
21 19
21 20 21
6 19 22 18
Q3 19 21 21
2 21 14 23
25 21
Q4 23 12
14 5
2 21 21
  I Apisuk
  T Viriyangkura
25 16 13
2 23 21 21

Women's doubles

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Seeds

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

Finals

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Semi-finals Final
          
1 16 17
4 21 21
4 21 18
2 23 21
18 16
2 21 21

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
1 21 21
13 16
21 21
19 14
1 21 21
15 13
9 16
21 21
21 21
16 17

Section 2

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First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
4 21 21
10 5
9 19
21 21
4 21 14 21
14 21 11
3 6
21 21
21 21
10 18

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
10 16
21 21
11 13
21 21
21 21
14 9
17 12
21 21
11 9
21 21
22 21
3 20 16

Section 4

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First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
w / o
w / o
13 13
2 21 21
w / o
2 6
2 21 21

Mixed doubles

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Seeds

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Finals

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Semi-finals Final
          
8 16 23
7 21 25
7 12 21
5 21 23
5 21 21
5 16 12

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
1 21 21
13 10
1 21 21
10 18
Q3 21 23 15
23 21 21
1 17 13
8 21 21
8 21 21
18 14
8 13 21 22
Q4 21 17 20
21 14 12
Q4 16 21 21

Section 2

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First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
PFQ 11 12
21 21
21 21
15 12
Q1 19 14
21 21
3 10
7 21 21
7 21 21
18 12
7 21 21
17 17
21 14 11
13 21 21

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
21 21
13 10
6 13
5 21 21
Q2 6 13
5 21 21
5 21 21
11 16
10 11
21 21
21 21
4 18 17
5 15
4 21 21

Section 4

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First round Second round Quarter-finals
               
21 21
12 10
11 11
5 21 21
21 17 18
5 16 21 21
5 16 24 21
2 21 22 13
21 21
9 10
7 15
2 21 21
6 15
2 21 21

References

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  1. ^ a b c "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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Preceded by Australian Open Succeeded by
Preceded by BWF World Tour
2018 BWF season
Succeeded by