The 2018
Canada Open The Canada Open (french: Open du Canada) in badminton is an international open held in Canada since 1957. The tournament is traditionally held every year in September.
In 1957 the Canadian Badminton Federation decided to open the Canadian Nation ...
(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, ...
Canada Open 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament that took place at
Canadian Winter Sport Institute in Canada from 19 to 24 June 2018 and had a total purse of $75,000.
Tournament
The 2018 Canada Open was the third 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
Canada Open The Canada Open (french: Open du Canada) in badminton is an international open held in Canada since 1957. The tournament is traditionally held every year in September.
In 1957 the Canadian Badminton Federation decided to open the Canadian Nation ...
championships which has been held since 1957. This tournament was organized by the
Badminton Canada
Badminton Canada is the national governing body for the sport of badminton in Canada. The association is composed of 13
member associations representing all of the provinces and territories of Canada.
History
The association was founded as Cana ...
with the sanction of the
BWF.
Venue
This international tournament was held at
Markin-MacPhail Centre in
Calgary
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, maki ...
,
Alberta
Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...
, Canada.
Point distribution
Below is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the
BWF points system for the
BWF Tour Super 100 event.
Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$75,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.
Men's singles
Seeds
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Sameer Verma
Sameer Verma (born 22 October 1994) is an Indian badminton player. He trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy, Hyderabad. Sameer is the brother of Indian badminton player Sourabh Verma.
Career
2011
Verma won a silver medal in the Asian ...
''(withdrew)''
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Mark Caljouw
Mark Caljouw (born 25 January 1995) is a Dutch badminton player. He started playing badminton aged eight, at BC Randstad in Rijswijk.
Career
Caljouw was selected to join the national team in 2008, and made a debut in international senior tour ...
''(third round)''
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Ygor Coelho de Oliveira ''(second round)''
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Huang Yuxiang
Huang Yuxiang (; born 25 January 1993) is a Chinese badminton player. He won his first international senior title at the 2016 New Zealand Open.
Achievements
Asian Junior Championships
''Boys' singles''
BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 3 runner ...
''(second round)''
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Lee Dong-keun ''(second round)''
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Yu Igarashi ''(second round)''
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Nguyễn Tiến Minh
Nguyễn Tiến Minh (born February 12, 1983) is a Vietnamese badminton player. His best achievement to date was the bronze medal at the 2013 BWF World Championships, World Championship in 2013.
Career
Introduced to badminton by his father ...
''(third round)''
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Toby Penty
Toby Penty (born 12 August 1992) is a retired English badminton player. He started playing badminton at aged 9, and won U-19 English National Championships in 2011. In 2010, he won junior titles in the Netherlands and Switzerland. In 2017, he wo ...
''(quarter-finals)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Women's singles
Seeds
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Michelle Li
Michelle Li (born November 3, 1991) is a Canadian badminton player from Markham, Ontario. Li is the 2014 Commonwealth Games champion and the first Canadian to win an individual gold medal in women's singles badminton at the Commonwealth Games. S ...
''(second round)''
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Sayaka Takahashi ''(final)''
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Kim Hyo-min ''(first round)''
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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 ...
''(first round)''
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Gao Fangjie
Gao Fangjie (; ; born 29 September 1998) is a Chinese badminton player from Nanjing, Jiangsu. She was part of the Chinese junior team to win the gold medals at the 2015, and 2016 World Junior; and also at the 2016 Asia Junior Championships. In ...
''(quarter-finals)''
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Natalia Koch Rohde
Natalia Koch Rohde (born 1 August 1995) is a Danish badminton player.
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series
''Women's singles''
: BWF International Challenge tournament
: BWF International Series tournament
: BWF Future Series ...
''(withdrew)''
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Rachel Honderich ''(quarter-finals)''
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Brittney Tam ''(second round)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Men's doubles
Seeds
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Marcus Ellis
Marcus Ellis (born 14 September 1989) is a British badminton player. He was the men's doubles champion in the English National Championships. Ellis and Chris Langridge won a bronze medal in the men's doubles at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio d ...
/
Chris Langridge
Christopher Phillip Langridge (born 2 May 1985) is a retired British badminton player. He competed for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won three medals. He represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze me ...
(champions)
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Mark Lamsfuß
Mark Lamsfuß (born 19 April 1994) is a German badminton player and plays for the BC Wipperfeld. He and his partner, Isabel Lohau won a bronze medal in mixed doubles at the 2022 BWF World Championships.
Career
Lamsfuß started playing badmin ...
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Marvin Emil Seidel ''(final)''
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Josche Zurwonne /
Jones Ralfy Jansen ''(first round)''
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Jelle Maas
Jelle Maas (born 19 February 1991) is a Dutch retired badminton player specializing in doubles events. He was the bronze medalists at the 2018 European Championships and 2019 European Games. Badminton Nederland announced his retirement from the i ...
/
Robin Tabeling
Robin Tabeling (born 24 April 1994) is a Dutch badminton player, specializing in doubles play. He started playing badminton in Amstelveen at a club called BV van Zijderveld. He won a silver medal at the 2013 European Junior Championships in the ...
''(second round)''
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Nipitphon Phuangphuapet
Nipitphon Phuangphuapet ( th, นิพิฐพนธ์ พวงพั่วเพชร; , born 31 May 1991) is a Thai badminton player. He studies bachelor of Laws at Bangkok-Dhonburi University.
Achievements
Asian Championships
''Men' ...
/
Nanthakarn Yordphaisong
Nanthakarn Yordphaisong ( th, นันทกานต์ ยอดไพสง; born 23 September 1993) is a Thai badminton player. He was the men's doubles runner-up at the 2017 China and Vietnam International Challenge tournament partnered ...
''(second round)''
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Han Chengkai
Han Chengkai (, born 29 January 1998) is a Chinese badminton player. He won the boys' doubles title at the 2016 Asian and World Junior Championships. Han also part of the Chinese team that won the 2019 Tong Yun Kai and Sudirman Cups. Together ...
/
Zhou Haodong
Zhou Haodong (, born 20 February 1998) is a Chinese badminton player. Together with his partner Han Chengkai, he was awarded as the 2018 Most Promising Player of the Year by the BWF.
Achievements
BWF World Junior Championships
''Boys' dou ...
''(quarter-finals)''
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Peter Briggs
Peter Briggs (born 12 December 1965) is an English cinematographer, screenwriter and television writer. Although he has worked in the motion picture industry for more than 20 years, he is best known for the film ''Hellboy''. His films draw he ...
/
Tom Wolfenden ''(second round)''
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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 ...
''(quarter-finals)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Women's doubles
Seeds
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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)
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Selena Piek
Selena Piek (born 30 September 1991) is a Dutch badminton player who specializes in doubles. Her current partner is Cheryl Seinen for women's doubles and Robin Tabeling for mixed doubles. She won the 2014 and 2015 editions of Dutch National Bad ...
/
Cheryl Seinen
Cheryl Seinen (born 4 August 1995) is a Dutch badminton player. She won the women's doubles gold medal at the 2019 European Games with Selena Piek, and later the silver medal in 2023 with Debora Jille. Seinen has won the women's doubles events in ...
''(second round)''
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Émilie Lefel /
Anne Tran
Anne Tran (born 27 April 1996) is a French badminton player. Tran was the women's doubles champion at the 2013 and 2017 French National Championships. She was part of the French junior team that won the silver medal at the 2013 European Junior ...
''(semi-finals)''
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Misato Aratama /
Akane Watanabe ''(second round)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Mixed doubles
Seeds
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Marcus Ellis
Marcus Ellis (born 14 September 1989) is a British badminton player. He was the men's doubles champion in the English National Championships. Ellis and Chris Langridge won a bronze medal in the men's doubles at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio d ...
/
Lauren Smith (champions)
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Mark Lamsfuß
Mark Lamsfuß (born 19 April 1994) is a German badminton player and plays for the BC Wipperfeld. He and his partner, Isabel Lohau won a bronze medal in mixed doubles at the 2022 BWF World Championships.
Career
Lamsfuß started playing badmin ...
/
Isabel Herttrich
Isabel Lohau (''née'' Herttrich; born 17 March 1992) is a German badminton player, specializing in doubles play. She started playing badminton at her hometown Hersbruck in 2001, and in 2010 she joined the Germany national badminton team. She al ...
''(final)''
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Jacco Arends
Jacco Arends (born 28 January 1991) is a Dutch retired badminton player who specializes in doubles. Arends began playing badminton at his hometown club BC Duinwijck, and in 2009, he won European Junior Championships in mixed doubles with Selena P ...
/
Selena Piek
Selena Piek (born 30 September 1991) is a Dutch badminton player who specializes in doubles. Her current partner is Cheryl Seinen for women's doubles and Robin Tabeling for mixed doubles. She won the 2014 and 2015 editions of Dutch National Bad ...
''(semi-finals)''
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Marvin Emil Seidel /
Linda Efler ''(semi-finals)''
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Lu Kai
Lu Kai (198 – December 269 or January 270), courtesy name Jingfeng, was a Chinese military general and politician of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. Born in the influential Lu clan of the Wu region towar ...
/
Chen Lu ''(quarter-finals)''
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Ben Lane
Ben Lane (born 13 July 1997) is an English badminton player. He won the men's doubles silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and a bronze medal in the European Championships.
Personal life
Ben's mother Suzanne Louis-Lane, represented En ...
/
Jessica Pugh ''(second round)''
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Robin Tabeling
Robin Tabeling (born 24 April 1994) is a Dutch badminton player, specializing in doubles play. He started playing badminton in Amstelveen at a club called BV van Zijderveld. He won a silver medal at the 2013 European Junior Championships in the ...
/
Cheryl Seinen
Cheryl Seinen (born 4 August 1995) is a Dutch badminton player. She won the women's doubles gold medal at the 2019 European Games with Selena Piek, and later the silver medal in 2023 with Debora Jille. Seinen has won the women's doubles events in ...
''(quarter-finals)''
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Đỗ Tuấn Đức
Đỗ Tuấn Đức (born 6 February 1996) is a Vietnamese badminton player from Hanoi. He was the bronze medalist at the Gimcheon, South Korea 2012 Asian Junior Championships in the mixed doubles event partnered with Lê Thu Huyền. Đỗ won ...
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Phạm Như Thảo ''(first round)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
References
External links
Tournament Link
{{Canadian Open (badminton)
Canadian Open (badminton)
Canada Open The Canada Open (french: Open du Canada) in badminton is an international open held in Canada since 1957. The tournament is traditionally held every year in September.
In 1957 the Canadian Badminton Federation decided to open the Canadian Nation ...
Canada Open The Canada Open (french: Open du Canada) in badminton is an international open held in Canada since 1957. The tournament is traditionally held every year in September.
In 1957 the Canadian Badminton Federation decided to open the Canadian Nation ...
Sports competitions in Calgary
June 2018 sports events in Canada