The 2018

Akita Masters The Akita Masters (ヨネックス秋田マスタ－ズ) is an annual badminton tournament that usually contested in Akita City, Japan. This tournament is a part of the BWF World Tour tournaments and is leveled in BWF Tour Super 100. Venue & h ...

(officially known as the

Yonex () is a Japanese sports equipment manufacturing company. Yonex produces equipment and apparel for tennis, badminton, golf, and running. Its range of products manufactured and commercialised includes equipment for badminton and tennis ( rackets, ...

Akita Masters 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at

CNA Arena Akita CNA Arena Akita is an arena in Rinkai-area, Akita, Japan. It is owned and run by the city. Cable Networks Akita acquired its naming rights in 2015. The silver-colored building opened in 1994 and holds 5,000 people. The gym has a dome-shaped 154 ...

in Japan from 24 to 29 July 2018 and had a total purse of $75,000.

Tournament

The 2018 Akita Masters was the fourth Super 100 tournament of the

2018 BWF World Tour The 2018 BWF World Tour, officially known as the 2018 HSBC BWF World Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the first season of the BWF World Tour of badminton, a circuit of 26 tournaments which led up to the World Tour Finals tournament. It replaced ...

and also part of the

championships, which was held for the first time. This tournament was organized by the Nippon Badminton Association with the sanction from the BWF.

Venue

This international tournament was held at

in Akita,

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, Japan.

Point distribution

Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for BWF Tour Super 100 events.

Prize money

The total prize money for this year's tournament was US$75,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.

Men's singles

Seeds

Kanta Tsuneyama is a Japanese badminton player. Achievements Youth Olympic Games ''Mixed doubles'' Asia Junior Championships ''Boys' singles'' ''Boys' doubles'' BWF World Tour (3 titles) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 ...

''(withdrew)'' #

Ihsan Maulana Mustofa Ihsan Maulana Mustofa (born 18 November 1995) is an Indonesian badminton player who plays in singles event. He is from PB. Djarum, a badminton club in Kudus, Central Java and has joined the club since 2010. He was a boys' singles bronze medalis ...

''(final)'' #

Lu Guangzu Lu Guangzu (; born on 19 October 1996) is a Chinese badminton player. In 2018, Lu made into his first final at the Lingshui China Masters. Since then, he both won Australian Open and Canada Open's titles. Career 2022 Lu reached the final ...

''(second round)'' #

Lin Yu-hsien Lin Yu-hsien (; born 27 September 1991) is a Taiwanese badminton player. Career He plays in the men's singles. He participated in the 2016 Vietnam Open Grand Prix, in the 2016 Chinese Taipei Masters and in the 2015 Chinese Taipei Masters Gran ...

''(second round)'' # Jan Ø. Jørgensen ''(semi-finals)'' # Panji Ahmad Maulana ''(third round)'' # Yu Igarashi ''(semi-finals)'' #

Sitthikom Thammasin Sitthikom Thammasin ( th, สิทธิคมน์ ธรรมศิลป์; born 7 April 1995) is a Thai badminton player. He won the men's singles title at the 2012 Singapore International Series when he was 17. Thammasin was part of the ...

(champion)

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's singles

Seeds

# Sayaka Takahashi (champion) #

Minatsu Mitani is a retired Japanese badminton player who is a singles specialist from NTT East badminton club. She competed at the 2014 Asian Games. Mitani expressed her desire to retire after losing in the second round of 73rd All Japan Comprehensive Cham ...

''(second round)'' # Sung Shuo-yun ''(first round)'' #

Saena Kawakami is a Japanese badminton player. Achievements BWF World Tour (1 title, 2 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton ...

''(quarter-finals)'' # Brittney Tam ''(first round)'' # Lyanny Alessandra Mainaky ''(first round)'' #

Shiori Saito is a Japanese badminton player who plays for ACT Saikyo badminton club. She was the champion of the women's singles event at the 2016 Sydney International tournament and in 2017, she was chosen to join the B squad of Japan national badminton t ...

''(quarter-finals)'' # Haruko Suzuki ''(second round)''

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Men's doubles

Seeds

# Jason Ho-shue /

Nyl Yakura Nyl Kiyoshi Yakura (born 14 February 1993) is a Canadian badminton player. He captured two gold medals at the Pan American Games, winning the men's doubles title in 2019 and 2023, and also a silver in the mixed doubles in 2019. Yakura, who grew ...

''(second round)'' # Inkarat Apisuk / Tanupat Viriyangkura ''(semi-finals)'' #

Sabar Karyaman Gutama Sabar Karyaman Gutama (born 8 January 1996) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with Exist Jakarta club. He was part of the National team that won the bronze medal at the 2019 Asia Mixed Team Championships. Career Gutama is a member ...

/ Frengky Wijaya Putra ''(withdrew)'' # Po Li-wei /

Yang Ming-tse Yang Ming-tse (; born 29 January 1997) is a Taiwanese badminton player. Achievements BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 4 runners-up) ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF Intern ...

''(second round)''

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

# Naoko Fukuman / Kurumi Yonao ''(quarter-finals)'' # Ayako Sakuramoto /

Yukiko Takahata is a Japanese badminton player from the Yonex team. In 2017, she became the women's doubles runner-up at the Osaka International tournament partnered with Ayako Sakuramoto. She won her first senior international title at the Spanish Internati ...

(champions) #

Savitree Amitrapai Savitree Amitrapai ( th, สาวิตรี อมิตรพ่าย; born 19 November 1988) is a Thai badminton player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Achievements Asian Championships ''Women's ...

/ Pacharapun Chochuwong ''(second round)'' # Misato Aratama / Akane Watanabe ''(second round)''

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

# Chang Ko-chi /

Cheng Chi-ya Cheng Chi-ya (; born 26 December 1992) is a Taiwanese badminton player. She won her first international title at the 2013 Polish International Series in the women's singles event. Achievements BWF World Tour (2 runners-up) The BWF World T ...

''(semi-finals)'' # Kim Hwi-tae /

Kim Hye-jeong Kim Hye-jeong (Hangul: 김혜정; born 3 January 1998) is a South Korean badminton player. She has shown her potential as a badminton player since she was young. Kim entered the regular training in the second grade of elementary school in Wanwol ...

''(first round)'' #

Akbar Bintang Cahyono Akbar Bintang Cahyono (born 12 April 1996) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with Djarum badminton club. He started his career in badminton when he was in the elementary school in 2005, and later joined the Ganesha badminton club in ...

Winny Oktavina Kandow Winny Oktavina Kandow (born 14 October 1998) is an Indonesian badminton player specializes in doubles from Tewasen village in South Minahasa (then of Minahasa), North Sulawesi. Career Trained at the Tangkas Intiland Jakarta, she managed to ...

''(quarter-finals)'' #

Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Danny Bawa Chrisnanta (born 30 December 1988) is a retired Singaporean badminton player. Career Danny competed at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games, where he captured a bronze medal in the mixed team and a silver medal in the men's doubles ...

Crystal Wong Crystal Wong Jia Ying (; born 2 August 1999) is a Singaporean badminton player. Career 2017–2021 Wong won her first senior international title at the 2017 Iran Fajr International series in Iran, along with her then-partner Ong Ren-ne. A ...

Tournament

Venue

Point distribution

Prize money

Men's singles

Seeds

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's singles

Seeds

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Men's doubles

Seeds

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

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

References

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