2018 French Open (badminton)


The 2018 French Open was a badminton tournament which took place at Stade Pierre de Coubertin in Paris, France, from 23 to 28 October 2018 and had a total prize of $750,000.

Tournament

The 2018 French Open is the twenty-first tournament of the BWF World Tour and also part of the French Open championships, which had been held since 1909. This tournament is organized by French Badminton Federation and sanctioned by the BWF.

Venue

This international tournament was held at Stade Pierre de Coubertin in Paris, France.

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 750 event.
WinnerRunner-up3/45/89/1617/32
11,0009,3507,7006,0504,3202,660

Prize money

The total prize money for this year's tournament was US$750,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.
EventWinnerFinalsSemi-finalsQuarter-finalsLast 16Last 32
Singles$52,500$25,500$10,500$4,125$2,250$750
Doubles$55,500$26,250$10,500$4,687.50$2,437.50$750

Men's singles

Seeds

  1. Kento Momota '
  2. Shi Yuqi '
  3. Viktor Axelsen '
  4. Chou Tien-chen '
  5. Srikanth Kidambi '
  6. Chen Long
  7. Son Wan-ho '
  8. Anthony Sinisuka Ginting ''''

Women's singles

Seeds

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

Men's doubles

Seeds

  1. Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo '
  2. Li Junhui / Liu Yuchen '
  3. Liu Cheng / Zhang Nan '
  4. Takeshi Kamura / Keigo Sonoda '
  5. Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen '
  6. Mads Conrad-Petersen / Mads Pieler Kolding '
  7. Chen Hung-ling / Wang Chi-lin
  8. Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto ''''

Women's doubles

Seeds

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

Mixed doubles

Seeds

  1. Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong
  2. Wang Yilyu / Huang Dongping '
  3. Tontowi Ahmad / Liliyana Natsir '
  4. Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet '
  5. Zhang Nan / Li Yinhui '
  6. Mathias Christiansen / Christinna Pedersen '
  7. Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying '
  8. Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai ''''