2018 badminton tournament in Seoul
2018 Korea Open Dates 25–30 September Level Super 500 Total prize money US$ 600,000Venue SK Handball Stadium Location Seoul , South Korea Men's singles Chou Tien-chen Women's singles Nozomi Okuhara Men's doubles Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe Women's doubles Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi Mixed doubles He Jiting Du Yue
The 2018 Korea Open (officially known as the Victor Korea Open 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament that took place at the SK Handball Stadium in Seoul , South Korea , from 25 to 30 September 2018 and had a total prize of $600,000.
Tournament [ ]
The 2018 Korea Open was the eighteenth tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Korea Open championships, which has been held since 1991. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Korea Association and sanctioned by the BWF .[1]
Venue [ ]
This international tournament was held at the SK Handball Stadium in Seoul , South Korea .[1]
Point distribution [ ]
Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 500 event.[2]
Winner
Runner-up
3/4
5/8
9/16
17/32
33/64
65/128
129/256
257/512
513/1024
9,200
7,800
6,420
5,040
3,600
2,220
880
430
170
80
40
Prize money [ ]
The total prize money for this tournament was US$600,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.[1]
Event
Winner
Finals
Semi-finals
Quarter-finals
Last 16
Singles
$45,000
$22,800
$8,700
$3,600
$2,100
Doubles
$47,400
$22,800
$8,400
$4,350
$2,250
Men's singles [ ]
Seeds [ ]
Viktor Axelsen (Second Round)
Kento Momota (Quarter-finals)
Son Wan-ho (Second Round)
Chou Tien-chen (Champion)
Srikanth Kidambi (Withdrew)
Kenta Nishimoto (Semi-finals)
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (Quarter-finals)
Tommy Sugiarto (Final)
Finals [ ]
Semi-finals
Final
Jonatan Christie
13
20
8
Tommy Sugiarto
21
22
8
Tommy Sugiarto
13
16
4
Chou Tien-chen
21
21
4
Chou Tien-chen
19
21
21
6
Kenta Nishimoto
21
18
14
Top half [ ]
Section 1 [ ]
Section 2 [ ]
Bottom half [ ]
Section 3 [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Quarter-finals
Wang T-w
21
21
T Saensomboonsuk
18
15
Wang T-w
18
18
7
A S Ginting
21
21
L Corvée
18
10
7
A S Ginting
21
21
7
A S Ginting
13
11
4
Chou T-c
21
21
K Sakai
9
21
21
B Leverdez
21
16
13
K Sakai
19
17
4
Chou T-c
21
21
I M Mustofa
18
14
4
Chou T-c
21
21
Section 4 [ ]
Women's singles [ ]
Seeds [ ]
Finals [ ]
Semi-finals
Final
1
Akane Yamaguchi
21
17
14
3
Nozomi Okuhara
16
21
21
3
Nozomi Okuhara
21
17
21
6
Zhang Beiwen
10
21
16
4
Sung Ji-hyun
18
19
6
Zhang Beiwen
21
21
Top half [ ]
Section 1 [ ]
Section 2 [ ]
Bottom half [ ]
Section 3 [ ]
Section 4 [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Quarter-finals
Pai Y-p
26
16
19
Cai YY
24
21
21
Cai YY
21
20
21
6
Zhang BW
15
22
23
10
9
6
Zhang BW
21
21
6
Zhang BW
21
21
K Gilmour
15
19
M Li
22
14
11
K Gilmour
20
21
21
K Gilmour
21
21
2
R Intanon
18
17
S Sato
9
19
2
R Intanon
21
21
Men's doubles [ ]
Seeds [ ]
Finals [ ]
Top half [ ]
Section 1 [ ]
Section 2 [ ]
Bottom half [ ]
Section 3 [ ]
Section 4 [ ]
Women's doubles [ ]
Seeds [ ]
Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota (Final)
Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi (Champions)
Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu (Withdrew)
Shiho Tanaka / Koharu Yonemoto (Semi-finals)
Lee So-hee / Shin Seung-chan (First Round)
Mayu Matsumoto / Wakana Nagahara (Quarter-finals)
Della Destiara Haris / Rizki Amelia Pradipta (Second Round)
Du Yue / Li Yinhui (Quarter-finals)
Finals [ ]
Semi-finals
Final
1
Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota
21
21
Naoko Fukuman Kurumi Yonao
15
12
1
Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota
11
18
2
Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi
21
21
4
Shiho Tanaka Koharu Yonemoto
10
11
2
Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi
21
21
Top half [ ]
Section 1 [ ]
Section 2 [ ]
Bottom half [ ]
Section 3 [ ]
Section 4 [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Quarter-finals
Q3
PFQ
w
/
o
PFQ
12
7
6
M Matsumoto W Nagahara
21
21
Q4
6
M Matsumoto W Nagahara
w
/
o
6
M Matsumoto W Nagahara
17
15
2
M Matsutomo A Takahashi
21
21
w
/
o
Q2
17
9
2
M Matsutomo A Takahashi
21
21
Chae Y-j Kim S-y
17
21
10
2
M Matsutomo A Takahashi
21
19
21
Mixed doubles [ ]
Seeds [ ]
Finals [ ]
Top half [ ]
Section 1 [ ]
Section 2 [ ]
Bottom half [ ]
Section 3 [ ]
Section 4 [ ]
References [ ]
External links [ ]
Super 1000 Super 750 Super 500 Super 300 Super 100
Grand Prix Super Series Super Series Premier Super 500