2018 Korea Masters


The 2018 Korea Masters was a badminton tournament which took place at Gwangju Women’s University Stadium in South Korea from 27 November to 2 December 2018 and had a total prize of $250,000.

Tournament

The 2018 Korea Masters was the twenty-sixth and last tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour before the 2018 BWF World Tour Finals. However, this tournament was not calculated in the rankings used as qualification for the World Tour Finals. It was part of the Korea Masters, which had been held since 2007. It was organized by the Badminton Korea Association and sanctioned by the BWF.

Venue

This international tournament was held at the Gwangju Women’s University Stadium in Gwangju, South Korea.

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 300 event.
WinnerRunner-up3/45/89/1617/3233/6465/128129/256257/512513/1024
7,0005,9504,9003,8502,7501,6706603201306030

Prize money

The total prize money for this year's tournament was US$250,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.
EventWinnerFinalsSemi-finalsQuarter-finalsLast 16
Singles$18,750$9,500$3,625$1,500$875
Doubles$19,750$9,500$3,500$1,812.50$937.50

Men's singles

Seeds

  1. Son Wan-ho
  2. Anthony Sinisuka Ginting '
  3. Tommy Sugiarto '
  4. Jonatan Christie '
  5. Khosit Phetpradab '
  6. Kantaphon Wangcharoen '
  7. Suppanyu Avihingsanon '
  8. Lee Dong-keun

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's singles

Seeds

  1. Ratchanok Intanon '
  2. Sung Ji-hyun '
  3. Nitchaon Jindapol '
  4. Gregoria Mariska Tunjung '
  5. Pornpawee Chochuwong '
  6. Busanan Ongbamrungphan '
  7. Goh Jin Wei '
  8. Han Yue '

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Men's doubles

Seeds

  1. Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto '
  2. Han Chengkai / Zhou Haodong '
  3. Goh V Shem / Tan Wee Kiong '
  4. Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan '
  5. Berry Angriawan / Hardianto '
  6. Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik '
  7. Lu Ching-yao / Yang Po-han '
  8. Po Li-wei / Wang Chi-lin '

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

  1. Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai '
  2. Lee So-hee / Shin Seung-chan '
  3. Chang Ye-na / Jung Kyung-eun
  4. Chayanit Chaladchalam / Phataimas Muenwong '
  5. Baek Ha-na / Kim Hye-rin '
  6. Ng Tsz Yau / Yuen Sin Ying '
  7. Hsu Ya-ching / Hu Ling-fang '
  8. Kim Hye-jeong / Kong Hee-yong

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

  1. Praveen Jordan / Melati Daeva Oktavianti '
  2. Seo Seung-jae / Chae Yoo-jung '
  3. Chen Tang Jie / Peck Yen Wei '
  4. Rinov Rivaldy / Pitha Haningtyas Mentari '
  5. Alfian Eko Prasetya / Marsheilla Gischa Islami '
  6. Lu Kai / Chen Lu '
  7. Tontowi Ahmad / Della Destiara Haris '
  8. Akbar Bintang Cahyono / Winny Oktavina Kandow '

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4