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2018 Korea Open (badminton)

Summary

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.

2018 Korea Open
Tournament details
Dates25–30 September
LevelSuper 500
Total prize moneyUS$600,000
VenueSK Handball Stadium
LocationSeoul, South Korea
Champions
Men's singlesChinese Taipei Chou Tien-chen
Women's singlesJapan Nozomi Okuhara
Men's doublesJapan Hiroyuki Endo
Japan Yuta Watanabe
Women's doublesJapan Misaki Matsutomo
Japan Ayaka Takahashi
Mixed doublesChina He Jiting
China Du Yue
← 2017 2019 →

Tournament edit

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 edit

This international tournament was held at the SK Handball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea.[1]

Point distribution edit

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
9,200 7,800 6,420 5,040 3,600 2,220 880 430

Prize money edit

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 edit

Seeds edit

  1.   Viktor Axelsen (second round)
  2.   Kento Momota (quarter-finals)
  3.   Son Wan-ho (second round)
  4.   Chou Tien-chen (champion)
  5.   Srikanth Kidambi (withdrew)
  6.   Kenta Nishimoto (semi-finals)
  7.   Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (quarter-finals)
  8.   Tommy Sugiarto (final)

Finals edit

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 edit

Section 1 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
1   V Axelsen 21 21
  Hsu J-h 9 12
1   V Axelsen 25 9
Q1   Zhao JP 27 21
  H-K Vittinghus 13 21 17
Q1   Zhao JP 21 13 21
Q1   Zhao JP 17 16
  J Christie 21 21
PFQ   Hu Y 21 21
  Huang YX 15 19
PFQ   Hu Y 12 14
  J Christie 21 21
  J Christie 21 21
  K Tsuneyama 18 16

Section 2 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
3   Son W-h 21 21
  Lee C Y 16 17
3   Son W-h 21 13 22
Q3   Heo K-h 15 21 24
Q3   Heo K-h 21 21
  Lee D-k 10 18
Q3   Heo K-h 21 19 9
8   T Sugiarto 15 21 21
8   T Sugiarto 21 21
  Lee H-i 9 16
8   T Sugiarto 21 21
  Liew D 15 16
  Liew D 15 21 21
Q2   Zhou ZQ 21 10 17

Bottom half edit

Section 3 edit

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 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
  Lin D 19 21 21
  J Ø. Jørgensen 21 17 15
  Lin D 21 16 11
6   K Nishimoto 10 21 21
Q4   Lin Y-h 23 11 21
6   K Nishimoto 21 21 23
6   K Nishimoto w / o
2   K Momota
  A Antonsen 15 21 21
  S Verma 21 16 7
  A Antonsen 18 22 16
2   K Momota 21 20 21
PFQ   Chong W F 16 17
2   K Momota 21 21

Women's singles edit

Seeds edit

  1.   Akane Yamaguchi (semi-finals)
  2.   Ratchanok Intanon (second round)
  3.   Nozomi Okuhara (champion)
  4.   Sung Ji-hyun (semi-finals)
  5.   Saina Nehwal (quarter-finals)
  6.   Zhang Beiwen (final)
  7.   Sayaka Takahashi (quarter-finals)
  8.   Gao Fangjie (quarter-finals)

Finals edit

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 edit

Section 1 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
1   A Yamaguchi 21 11 21
  Han Y 16 21 15
1   A Yamaguchi 24 21 21
  Chen XX 26 19 17
  J D Jakobsen 17 8
  Chen XX 21 21
1   A Yamaguchi 21 21
8   Gao FJ 11 15
8   Gao FJ 21 21 21
Q1   Li XR 18 23 8
8   Gao FJ 10 21 21
  S Kawakami 21 19 16
  Chiang Y-l 10 13
  S Kawakami 21 21

Section 2 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
3   N Okuhara 21 21
  Lee C-h 9 8
3   N Okuhara 21 21
  Yip P Y 16 15
  Yip P Y 15 21 21
Q3   P Buranaprasertsuk 21 16 12
3   N Okuhara 15 21 22
5   S Nehwal 21 15 20
5   S Nehwal 21 21
  Kim H-m 12 11
5   S Nehwal 21 21
Q2   Kim G-e 18 18
Q2   Kim G-e 21 14 21
Q4   Lee S-y 10 21 18

Bottom half edit

Section 3 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
  Sung S-y 21 9 13
  Zhang YM 19 21 21
  Zhang YM 17 12
7   S Takahashi 21 21
  L A Mainaky 9 11
7   S Takahashi 21 21
7   S Takahashi 15 11
4   Sung J-h 21 21
  E Kosetskaya 18 18
  L Kjærsfeldt 21 21
  L Kjærsfeldt 14 8
4   Sung J-h 21 21
  A Ohori 21 16 13
4   Sung J-h 18 21 21

Section 4 edit

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
  V R Jakka 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 edit

Seeds edit

  1.   Takeshi Kamura / Keigo Sonoda (second round)
  2.   Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen (withdrew)
  3.   Mads Conrad-Petersen / Mads Pieler Kolding (first round)
  4.   Takuto Inoue / Yuki Kaneko (quarter-finals)
  5.   Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (first round)
  6.   Chen Hung-ling / Wang Chi-lin (second round)
  7.   Liao Min-chun / Su Cheng-heng (second round)
  8.   Hiroyuki Endo / Yuta Watanabe (champions)

Finals edit

Semi-finals Final
          
    Takuro Hoki
  Yugo Kobayashi 		21 21
Q1   Choi Sol-gyu
  Seo Seung-jae 		11 14
    Takuro Hoki
  Yugo Kobayashi 		21 15 10
8   Hiroyuki Endo
  Yuta Watanabe 		9 21 21
    Chooi Kah Ming
  Low Juan Shen 		13 12
8   Hiroyuki Endo
  Yuta Watanabe 		21 21

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
1   T Kamura
  K Sonoda 		21 21
  Han CK
  Zhou HD 		15 14
1   T Kamura
  K Sonoda 		21 10 9
  Kim G-j
  Lee Y-d 		18 21 21
  Kim G-j
  Lee Y-d 		22 21
  V Ivanov
  I Sozonov 		20 16
  Kim G-j
  Lee Y-d 		21 21 15
  T Hoki
  Y Kobayashi 		23 17 21
6   Chen H-l
  Wang C-l 		21 21
Q3   Kim J-h
  Park K-h 		10 6
6   Chen H-l
  Wang C-l 		15 19
  T Hoki
  Y Kobayashi 		21 21
  T Hoki
  Y Kobayashi 		21 21
  P Chew
  R Chew 		8 14

Section 2 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
4   T Inoue
  Y Kaneko 		21 21
  M Lamsfuß
  M E Seidel 		13 18
4   T Inoue
  Y Kaneko 		21 21
  D Daugaard
  F Søgaard 		17 18
  D Daugaard
  F Søgaard 		21 21
  A B Cahyono
  M R P Isfahani 		13 12
4   T Inoue
  Y Kaneko 		10 15
Q1   Choi S-g
  Seo S-j 		21 21
5   K Astrup
  A S Rasmussen 		21 14 11
  Lee J-h
  Lee Y 		12 21 21
  Lee J-h
  Lee Y 		21 20 12
Q1   Choi S-g
  Seo S-j 		18 22 21
  Lu C-y
  Yang P-h 		19 20
Q1   Choi S-g
  Seo S-j 		21 22

Bottom half edit

Section 3 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
Q4   Chang K-c
  Lu C-p 		17 16
  Chooi K M
  Low J S 		21 21
  Chooi K M
  Low J S 		21 21
7   Liao M-c
  Su C-h 		19 16
  Chung E-s
  Kim D-y 		18 21 19
7   Liao M-c
  Su C-h 		21 18 21
  Chooi K M
  Low J S 		21 14 21
  K Kedren
  D Puavaranukroh 		19 21 15
  M Arif A L
  N M Azriyn A 		20 21 13
  He JT
  Tan Q 		22 18 21
  He JT
  Tan Q 		18 16
  K Kedren
  D Puavaranukroh 		21 21
  K Kedren
  D Puavaranukroh 		21 21
3   M Conrad-Petersen
  M P Kolding 		15 19

Section 4 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
  Kang M-h
  Kim W-h 		13 18
  Ou XY
  Ren XY 		21 21
  Ou XY
  Ren XY 		21 8 18
8   H Endo
  Y Watanabe 		18 21 21
Q2   Lee F-c
  Lee F-j 		24 18
8   H Endo
  Y Watanabe 		26 21
8   H Endo
  Y Watanabe 		22 21
  A Chia
  Soh W Y 		20 14
  B Isara
  M Jongjit 		22 24
  A Chia
  Soh W Y 		24 26
  A Chia
  Soh W Y 		21 21
  Huang KX
  Wang ZK 		16 11
  Huang KX
  Wang ZK 		21 17 23
PFQ   Lee S-h
  Yang P-h 		13 21 21

Women's doubles edit

Seeds edit

  1.   Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota (final)
  2.   Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi (champions)
  3.   Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu (withdrew)
  4.   Shiho Tanaka / Koharu Yonemoto (semi-finals)
  5.   Lee So-hee / Shin Seung-chan (first round)
  6.   Mayu Matsumoto / Wakana Nagahara (quarter-finals)
  7.   Della Destiara Haris / Rizki Amelia Pradipta (second round)
  8.   Du Yue / Li Yinhui (quarter-finals)

Finals edit

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 edit

Section 1 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
1   Y Fukushima
  S Hirota 		21 21
  Chang C-h
  Yang C-t 		14 10
1   Y Fukushima
  S Hirota 		21 21
  L Efler
  I Herttrich 		14 11
Q1  
 
  L Efler
  I Herttrich 		w / o
1   Y Fukushima
  S Hirota 		21 21
  Chow M K
  Lee M Y 		13 14
5   Lee S-h
  Shin S-c 		1r
  Chow M K
  Lee M Y 		5
  Chow M K
  Lee M Y 		21 18 21
  Chang Y-n
  Jung K-e 		13 21 14
  J Goliszewski
  L Käpplein 		10 12
  Chang Y-n
  Jung K-e 		21 21

Section 2 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
PFQ   Vivian Hoo K M
  Yap C W 		21 21
  E Kan
  I Zhong 		14 12
PFQ   Vivian Hoo K M
  Yap C W 		19 21 18
  A S Awanda
  N K M Istarani 		21 19 21
  A S Awanda
  N K M Istarani 		21 14 22
PFQ   Chang H-t
  Cheng C-y 		15 21 20
  A S Awanda
  N K M Istarani 		21 14 12
  N Fukuman
  K Yonao 		19 21 21
7   D D Haris
  R A Pradipta 		21 21
  Choi H-i
  Kim M-j 		12 17
7   D D Haris
  R A Pradipta 		19 22 19
  N Fukuman
  K Yonao 		21 20 21
  N Fukuman
  K Yonao 		13 22 21
  S Paewsampran
  P Supajirakul 		21 20 15

Bottom half edit

Section 3 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
  Hsu Y-c
  Wu T-j 		21 21 21
PFQ   Chen S-y
  Sung S-y 		16 23 10
  Hsu Y-c
  Wu T-j 		14 18
8   Du Y
  Li YH 		21 21
  Kim H-j
  Kong H-y 		8 21 17
8   Du Y
  Li YH 		21 19 21
8   Du Y
  Li YH 		14 15
4   S Tanaka
  K Yonemoto 		21 21
  Tang JH
  Yu XH 		24 21
  Ng W Y
  Yeung N T 		22 15
  Tang JH
  Yu XH 		21 15 14
4   S Tanaka
  K Yonemoto 		12 21 21
  Cao TW
  Zheng Y 		15 21 11
4   S Tanaka
  K Yonemoto 		21 15 21

Section 4 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
Q3  
 
PFQ   Peng L-t
  Yu C-h 		w / o
PFQ   Peng L-t
  Yu C-h 		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
  Lee Y-n
  Seong A-y 		w / o
Q2  
 
  Lee Y-n
  Seong A-y 		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 edit

Seeds edit

  1.   Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong (first round)
  2.   Mathias Christiansen / Christinna Pedersen (final)
  3.   Chris Adcock / Gabrielle Adcock (second round)
  4.   Hafiz Faizal / Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja (quarter-finals)
  5.   He Jiting / Du Yue (champions)
  6.   Wang Chi-lin / Lee Chia-hsin (second round)
  7.   Yuta Watanabe / Arisa Higashino (quarter-finals)
  8.   Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Sapsiree Taerattanachai (semi-finals)

Finals edit

Semi-finals Final
          
8   Dechapol Puavaranukroh
  Sapsiree Taerattanachai 		19 11
5   He Jiting
  Du Yue 		21 21
5   He Jiting
  Du Yue 		21 21
2   Mathias Christiansen
  Christinna Pedersen 		18 16
    Seo Seung-jae
  Chae Yoo-jung 		22 13 15
2   Mathias Christiansen
  Christinna Pedersen 		20 21 21

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
1   Zheng SW
  Huang YQ 		5r
  Chang T C
  Ng W Y 		11
  Chang T C
  Ng W Y 		21 21
Q1   Kim Y-h
  Seong A-y 		16 16
Q1   Kim Y-h
  Seong A-y 		21 21
  M Arif A L
  R A Riodingin 		19 18
  Chang T C
  Ng W Y 		9 17
8   D Puavaranukroh
  S Taerattanachai 		21 21
8   D Puavaranukroh
  S Taerattanachai 		17 21 21
  Choi S-g
  Shin S-c 		21 15 16
8   D Puavaranukroh
  S Taerattanachai 		21 19 23
  Y Kaneko
  M Matsutomo 		18 21 21
  R Rivaldy
  P H Mentari 		18 13
  Y Kaneko
  M Matsutomo 		21 21

Section 2 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
4   H Faizal
  G E Widjaja 		21 21
Q2   Lee F-c
  Chang C-h 		15 11
4   H Faizal
  G E Widjaja 		21 20 21
  P Jordan
  M D Oktavianti 		16 22 13
  Ou XY
  Tang JH 		10 21
  P Jordan
  M D Oktavianti 		21 23
4   H Faizal
  G E Widjaja 		14 10
5   He JT
  Du Y 		21 21
5   He JT
  Du Y 		21 21 21
Q3   S Jomkoh
  P Supajirakul 		14 23 15
5   He JT
  Du Y 		21 21
  Kim H-t
  Kim H-j 		13 15
  R Alexander
  A Saufika 		20 17
  Kim H-t
  Kim H-j 		22 21

Bottom half edit

Section 3 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
  M E Seidel
  L Efler 		21 8 18
  Kim W-h
  Baek H-n 		18 21 21
  Kim W-h
  Baek H-n 		10 16
7   Y Watanabe
  A Higashino 		21 21
  M Lamsfuß
  I Herttrich 		21 15 11
7   Y Watanabe
  A Higashino 		17 21 21
7   Y Watanabe
  A Higashino 		16 16
  Seo S-j
  Chae Y-j 		21 21
  Seo S-j
  Chae Y-j 		21 21
  Ren XY
  Cao TW 		16 15
  Seo S-j
  Chae Y-j 		25 21
3   C Adcock
  G Adcock 		23 13
Q4   Lee F-j
  Chang H-t 		14 12
3   C Adcock
  G Adcock 		21 21

Section 4 edit

First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
  Lu K
  Chen Lu 		18 19
  Lee Y
  Hsu Y-c 		21 21
  Lee Y
  Hsu Y-c 		19 21 21
6   Wang C-l
  Lee C-h 		21 15 15
PFQ   T Hoki
  K Yonemoto 		15 19
6   Wang C-l
  Lee C-h 		21 21
  Lee Y
  Hsu Y-c 		15 14
2   M Christiansen
  C Pedersen 		21 21
  Chen T J
  Peck Y W 		17 21 21
  Chang K-c
  Cheng C-y 		21 14 17
  Chen T J
  Peck Y W 		13 20
2   M Christiansen
  C Pedersen 		21 22
  Mak H C
  Yeung N T 		15 15
2   M Christiansen
  C Pedersen 		21 21

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Prospectus Korea Open 2018" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  2. ^ "World Ranking System" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

External links edit

  • Tournament Link
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