2018 All England Open


The 2018 All England Open, officially the Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships 2018, was a badminton tournament which took place at Arena Birmingham in England from 14 to 18 March 2018. It had a total purse of $1 million.

Tournament

The 2018 All England Open was the seventh tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the All England Open championships, which has been held since 1899. This tournament was organized by Badminton England and sanctioned by the BWF. It was also the first ever new Super 1000 Level 2 tournament of the BWF World Tour schedule.

Venue

This international tournament was held at Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, England.

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 1000 event.
WinnerRunner-up3/45/89/1617/3233/6465/128129/256257/512513/1024
12,00010,2008,4006,6004,8003,0001,20060024012060

Prize money

The total prize money for this year's tournament was US$1,000,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.
EventWinnerFinalsSemi-finalsQuarter-finalsLast 16Last 32
Singles$70,000$34,000$14,000$5,500$3,000$1,000
Doubles$74,000$35,000$14,000$6,250$3,250$1,000

Men's singles

Seeds

  1. Viktor Axelsen '
  2. Lee Chong Wei '
  3. Srikanth Kidambi '
  4. Chen Long '
  5. Son Wan-ho '
  6. Lin Dan '
  7. Shi Yuqi
  8. Chou Tien-chen

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's singles

Seeds

  1. Tai Tzu-ying
  2. Akane Yamaguchi '
  3. Ratchanok Intanon '
  4. P. V. Sindhu '
  5. Carolina Marín '
  6. Sung Ji-hyun '
  7. Nozomi Okuhara '
  8. Chen Yufei

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Men's doubles

Seeds

  1. Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
  2. Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen '
  3. Li Junhui / Liu Yuchen '
  4. Liu Cheng / Zhang Nan '
  5. Takeshi Kamura / Keigo Sonoda '
  6. Mads Conrad-Petersen / Mads Pieler Kolding '
  7. Chen Hung-ling / Wang Chi-lin '
  8. Lee Jhe-huei / Lee Yang

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

  1. Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan '
  2. Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi '
  3. Kamilla Rytter Juhl / Christinna Pedersen
  4. Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota '
  5. Shiho Tanaka / Koharu Yonemoto '
  6. Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu '
  7. Lee So-hee / Shin Seung-chan '
  8. Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

  1. Tontowi Ahmad / Liliyana Natsir '
  2. Wang Yilü / Huang Dongping '
  3. Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet '
  4. Praveen Jordan / Debby Susanto '
  5. Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong '
  6. Mathias Christiansen / Christinna Pedersen '
  7. Chris Adcock / Gabrielle Adcock '
  8. Zhang Nan / Li Yinhui '

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4