2018 German Open (badminton)


The 2018 German Open, officially the Yonex German Open 2018, was a badminton tournament which took place at Innogy Sporthalle in Germany from 6 to 11 March 2018 and had a total purse of $150,000.

Tournament

The 2018 German Open was the sixth tournament of the BWF World Tour and also part of the German Open championships which has been held since 1955. This tournament was organized by German Badminton Association and sanctioned by the BWF.

Venue

This international tournament was held at Innogy Sporthalle in Mülheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Point distribution

Below is a table with 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.
EventWinnerFinalsSemifinalsQuarterfinalsLast 16
Singles$11,250$5,700$2,175$900$525
Doubles$11,850$5,700$2,100$1087.50$562.50

Men's singles

Seeds

  1. Son Wan-ho '
  2. Lin Dan '
  3. Shi Yuqi '
  4. Chou Tien-chen
  5. Anthony Sinisuka Ginting '
  6. Ng Ka Long '
  7. Wang Tzu-wei '
  8. Jonatan Christie ''''

Women's singles

Seeds

  1. Akane Yamaguchi
  2. Sung Ji-hyun '
  3. Nozomi Okuhara '
  4. Chen Yufei '
  5. Beiwen Zhang '
  6. Nitchaon Jindapol '
  7. Sayaka Sato '
  8. Kirsty Gilmour ''''

Men's doubles

Seeds

  1. Takeshi Kamura / Keigo Sonoda '
  2. Mads Conrad-Petersen / Mads Pieler Kolding '
  3. Chen Hung-ling / Wang Chi-lin '
  4. Lee Jhe-huei / Lee Yang '
  5. Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen '
  6. Takuto Inoue / Yuki Kaneko
  7. Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto '
  8. Lu Ching-yao / Yang Po-han ''''

Women's doubles

Seeds

  1. Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan '
  2. Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi '
  3. Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota
  4. Shiho Tanaka / Koharu Yonemoto '
  5. Lee So-hee / Shin Seung-chan '
  6. Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai '
  7. Chang Ye-na / Kim Hye-rin '
  8. Della Destiara Haris / Rizki Amelia Pradipta ''''

Mixed doubles

Seeds

  1. Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet '
  2. Seo Seung-jae / Kim Ha-na '
  3. Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai
  4. Tan Kian Meng / Lai Pei Jing '
  5. Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Sapsiree Taerattanachai '
  6. Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying '
  7. Lee Chun Hei / Chau Hoi Wah '
  8. Choi Sol-gyu / Chae Yoo-jung ''''