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	129/256	257/512	513/1024
7,000	5,950	4,900	3,850	2,750	1,670	660	320	130	60	30

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[]

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		21	21
	WC	A Joe	18	15
								PFQ		21	17	18
									S D Kuncoro	8	21	21
			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		21	18	11
		Y Igarashi	19	21	21
									Y Igarashi	12	9
								5	T Sugiarto	21	21
		M Ludik	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		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[]

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		18	11
		L Ma	21	21
									L Ma	9	15
								PFQ		21	21
	Q4		13	17
	PFQ		21	21
															PFQ		15	13
																Cai YY	21	21
	PFQ		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
										21	8	6
			11	14
			21	21

Bottom half[]

Section 3[]

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
			18	20
			21	22
										21	21
										13	14
			21	21
	PFQ		17	14
																	14	13
															4	M Mitani	21	21
			9	15
			21	21
										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
			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
			21	15	15
			19	21	21
										5	5
									Han Y	21	21
		Han Y	21	21
	2	M Li	11	11

Men's doubles[]

Seeds[]

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
			7	15
															1	B Angriawan Hardianto	21	21
																Y Tsukamoto	10	18
	8	A Francis N Kidambi	30	7r
			28	8
										21	19	23
									Y Tsukamoto	18	21	25
		Y Tsukamoto	21	21
	Q2		17	19

Section 2[]

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
	3	M Attri B. S Reddy	21	21
	PFQ		11	10
								3	M Attri B. S Reddy	21	21
									Park K-h	17	17
		Park K-h	21	21
			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	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	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	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	21	19
		S K Gutama	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
			25	21
	Q4		23	12
										14	5
								2	W Nayaka A Yusuf	21	21
		T Viriyangkura	25	16	13
	2	W Nayaka A Yusuf	23	21	21

Women's doubles[]

Seeds[]

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
										9	16
									Y Barkah R E Putri Sari	21	21
		Y Barkah R E Putri Sari	21	21
			16	17

Section 2[]

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
								4	Baek H-n Lee Y-r	21	21
										10	5
			9	19
			21	21
															4	Baek H-n Lee Y-r	21	14	21
																Kim H-r Kong H-y	14	21	11
									J Tam	3	6
									Kim H-r Kong H-y	21	21
		Kim H-r Kong H-y	21	21
		L Ma	10	18

Bottom half[]

Section 3[]

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
			10	16
		M Jakkampudi P S Ram	21	21
									M Jakkampudi P S Ram	11	13
										21	21
			21	21
		P Supajirakul	14	9
																	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

w

/

o

N Matsuyama C Shida

A Pak

w

/

o

Huang DP Li WM

A Pak

13

13

2

A Sakuramoto Y Takahata

21

21

Zheng Y

w

/

o

2

6

2

A Sakuramoto Y Takahata

21

21

Mixed doubles[]

Seeds[]

Finals[]

	Semi-finals							Final
	8	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	Li YH	21	21
	8	Li YH	21	21
		P Kuna-Anuvit	18	14
								8	Li YH	13	21	22
								Q4	Park K-h Kong H-y	21	17	20
		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 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		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
		A Pak	18	12
								7	Chan P S Goh L Y	21	21
									R K Suwardi D Susanto	17	17
		Ou XY	21	14	11
		R K Suwardi D Susanto	13	21	21

Bottom half[]

Section 3[]

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
		P S Ram	21	21
			13	10
									P S Ram	6	13
								5	Seo S-j Chae Y-j	21	21
	Q2	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	5	15
	4	H Faizal G E Widjaja	21	21

Section 4[]

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
		L Ma	21	21
		M Fogarty	12	10
									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-j	21	21
			9	10
									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[]

External links[]

• Tournament Link

Preceded by 2017 Australian Super Series	Australian Open	Succeeded by 2019 Australian Open
Preceded by 2018 New Zealand Open	BWF World Tour 2018 BWF season	Succeeded by 2018 U.S. Open