2018 New Zealand Open (badminton)


The 2018 New Zealand Open was a badminton tournament which took place at North Shore Events Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, from 1 to 6 May 2018 and had a total purse of $150,000.

Tournament

The 2018 New Zealand Open was the eighth tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the New Zealand Open championships which had been held since 1990. This tournament was organized by Badminton New Zealand and sanctioned by the BWF.

Venue

This international tournament was held at North Shore Events Centre in Auckland, New Zealand.

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.
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 tournament was US$150,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.
EventWinnerFinalsSemi-finalsQuarter-finalsLast 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

  1. Lin Dan
  2. Jonatan Christie '
  3. B. Sai Praneeth '
  4. Hsu Jen-hao '
  5. Sameer Verma '
  6. Tommy Sugiarto '
  7. Parupalli Kashyap '
  8. Kantaphon Wangcharoen

    Wild card

awarded a wild card entry to Abhinav Manota of New Zealand.

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's singles

Seeds

  1. Sayaka Takahashi
  2. Lee Chia-hsin '
  3. Fitriani '
  4. Minatsu Mitani '
  5. Neslihan Yiğit '
  6. Gregoria Mariska Tunjung '
  7. Haruko Suzuki '
  8. Natsuki Nidaira

    Wild card

awarded a wild card entry to Sally Fu of New Zealand.

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Men's doubles

Seeds

  1. Chen Hung-ling / Wang Chi-lin
  2. Berry Angriawan / Hardianto '
  3. Kittinupong Kedren / Dechapol Puavaranukroh '
  4. Bodin Issara / Nipitphon Phuangphuapet '
  5. Manu Attri / B. Sumeeth Reddy '
  6. Wahyu Nayaka / Ade Yusuf '
  7. He Jiting / Tan Qiang '
  8. Francis Alwin / Nandagopal Kidambi

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

  1. Della Destiara Haris / Rizki Amelia Pradipta '
  2. Naoko Fukuman / Kurumi Yonao '
  3. Chow Mei Kuan / Lee Meng Yean '
  4. Misato Aratama / Akane Watanabe '

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4