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

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

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

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	7r
		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

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

N Matsuyama C Shida

A Pak F A Rahardja

w

/

o

Huang DP Li WM

A Pak F A Rahardja

13

13

2

A Sakuramoto Y Takahata

21

21

Cao TW Zheng Y

S Fu A Tagle

w

/

o

S Fu A Tagle

2

6

2

A Sakuramoto Y Takahata

21

21

Mixed doubles

Seeds

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

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