2018 Korea Open (badminton)


The 2018 Korea Open 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.

Venue

This international tournament was held at the SK Handball Stadium in Seoul, 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 500 event.
WinnerRunner-up3/45/89/1617/3233/6465/128129/256257/512513/1024
9,2007,8006,4205,0403,6002,2208804301708040

Prize money

The total prize money for this tournament was US$600,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.
EventWinnerFinalsSemi-finalsQuarter-finalsLast 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

  1. Viktor Axelsen '
  2. Kento Momota '
  3. Son Wan-ho '
  4. Chou Tien-chen
  5. Srikanth Kidambi '
  6. Kenta Nishimoto '
  7. Anthony Sinisuka Ginting '
  8. Tommy Sugiarto

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's singles

Seeds

  1. Akane Yamaguchi '
  2. Ratchanok Intanon '
  3. Nozomi Okuhara
  4. Sung Ji-hyun '
  5. Saina Nehwal '
  6. Zhang Beiwen '
  7. Sayaka Takahashi '
  8. Gao Fangjie

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Men's doubles

Seeds

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

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

  1. Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota '
  2. Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi
  3. Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu '
  4. Shiho Tanaka / Koharu Yonemoto '
  5. Lee So-hee / Shin Seung-chan '
  6. Mayu Matsumoto / Wakana Nagahara '
  7. Della Destiara Haris / Rizki Amelia Pradipta '
  8. Du Yue / Li Yinhui

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

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

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4