2018 Australian Open (badminton)


The 2018 Australian Open was a badminton tournament that took place at Quaycentre in Australia from 8 to 13 May 2018. The purse totalled $150,000.

Tournament

The 2018 Australian Open was the ninth tournament of the BWF World Tour and also part of the Australian Open championships, which had been held since 1975. This tournament was organized by Badminton Australia and sanctioned by the BWF.

Venue

This international tournament was held at Quaycentre in Sydney, Australia.

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-up3/45/89/1617/3233/6465/128
7,0005,9504,9003,8502,7501,670660320

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. Prannoy Kumar '
  2. B. Sai Praneeth '
  3. Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk '
  4. Sameer Verma '
  5. Tommy Sugiarto '
  6. Parupalli Kashyap '
  7. Lee Cheuk Yiu
  8. Liew Daren ''''

Wild card

Badminton Australia awarded a wild card entry to Anthony Joe of Australia.

Women's singles

Seeds

  1. Saina Nehwal '
  2. Michelle Li '
  3. Cheung Ngan Yi '
  4. Minatsu Mitani '
  5. Neslihan Yiğit '
  6. Natsuki Nidaira '
  7. Brittney Tam
  8. Shiori Saito ''''

Men's doubles

Seeds

  1. Berry Angriawan / Hardianto
  2. Wahyu Nayaka / Ade Yusuf '
  3. Manu Attri / B. Sumeeth Reddy '
  4. He Jiting / Tan Qiang '
  5. Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik '
  6. Tan Boon Heong / Yoo Yeon-seong '
  7. Arjun M.R. / Ramchandran Shlok '
  8. Alwin Francis / Nandagopal Kidambi ''''

Women's doubles

Seeds

  1. Misato Aratama / Akane Watanabe '
  2. Ayako Sakuramoto / Yukiko Takahata
  3. Du Yue / Li Yinhui '
  4. Baek Ha-na / Lee Yu-rim ''''