The 2018 Dutch Open (officially known as the

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Dutch Open 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place from 9 to 14 October 2018 at Topsportcentrum in

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, and had a total purse of $75,000.

Tournament

The 2018 Dutch Open was the ninth Super 100 tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Dutch Open championships, which had been held since 1932. This tournament was organised by

Badminton Nederland Badminton Netherlands ( nl, Badminton Nederland) is the national governing body for the sport of badminton in the Netherlands. , there are around 35,000 registered players and 503 clubs across the country. The association was divided into sev ...

and sanctioned by the BWF.

Venue

This international tournament was held at Topsportscentrum in

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Point distribution

Below is the point distribution table 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

# Mark Caljouw ''(semi-finals)'' #

Rajiv Ouseph Theratil Rajiv Ouseph (born 30 August 1986) is a former badminton player from England who represented both England and Great Britain in the international tournaments. Ouseph was the European Champion, winning in 2017. Ouseph was born and broug ...

''(withdrew)'' # Jan Ø. Jørgensen ''(withdrew)'' # Ygor Coelho de Oliveira ''(second round)'' # Lucas Corvée ''(third round)'' # Misha Zilberman ''(second round)'' #

Pablo Abián Pablo Abián Vicén (; born 12 June 1985) is a Spanish badminton player. He was the men's singles gold medalists at the 2015 European Games, 2018 and 2022 Mediterranean Games. Olympic Games 2008 (Beijing, China) He competed in badminton ...

''(third round)'' #

Parupalli Kashyap Parupalli Kashyap (born 8 September 1986) is an Indian badminton player. A former World No.6, he trains at Gopichand Badminton Academy. He was awarded the Arjuna Award by the Government of India in 2012. He created history by reaching the q ...

''(quarter-finals)''

Finals

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Women's singles

Seeds

Mia Blichfeldt Mia Blichfeldt (born 19 August 1997) is a Danish badminton player. She won the gold medals at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the girls' singles event, and later at the 2019 Minsk European Games in the women's singles event. Caree ...

(champion) # Beatriz Corrales ''(first round)'' # Rachel Honderich ''(semi-finals)'' #

Neslihan Yiğit Neslihan Yiğit (born February 26, 1994) is a Turkish badminton player. The tall athlete plays right-handed and is coached by Çağatay Taşdemir at Egospor club of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality. She won the women's singles title at the 2013 I ...

''(quarter-finals)'' # Chloe Birch ''(quarter-finals)'' # Yvonne Li ''(withdrew)'' #

Mette Poulsen Mette Poulsen (born 14 June 1993) is a Danish badminton player. She was the girls' doubles gold medalist at the 2011 European Junior Championships, and the women's singles bronze medalist at the 2017 European Championships. Poulsen helped the n ...

''(withdrew)'' #

Sabrina Jaquet Sabrina Jaquet (born 21 June 1987) is a former Swiss badminton player. She won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Championships. Jaquet competed at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. Jaquet retired after the 2020 Olympics. Achievement ...

''(quarter-finals)''

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Men's doubles

Seeds

Berry Angriawan Berry Angriawan (born 3 October 1991) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with Djarum club. He was part of Indonesia winning team at the 2016 Asia Team Championships and at the 2017 SEA Games. Career 2023 In September, Angriawan a ...

/ Hardianto ''(quarter-finals)'' #

Wahyu Nayaka Wahyu Nayaka Arya Pankaryanira (born 22 June 1992) is an Indonesian badminton player who plays in doubles category. Born in East Lombok Regency, East Lombok, Pankaryanira has joined the Ratih club in Banten. Achievements SEA Games ''Men's d ...

/ Ade Yusuf (champions) #

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 ...

''(second round)'' # Jones Ralfy Jansen / Josche Zurwonne ''(semi-finals)'' #

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 ...

''(final)'' #

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 ...

/ Sean Vendy ''(second round)'' #

Arjun M.R. Arjun Madathil Ramachandran (born 11 May 1997) is an Indian badminton player. He alongside India men's team won the 2022 Thomas & Uber Cup, 2022 Thomas Cup, and also bronze medal at the 2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships, 2020 Asia Team Cham ...

/ Ramchandran Shlok ''(quarter-finals)'' #

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 ...

Ruben Jille Ruben Jille (born 11 July 1996) is a Dutch badminton player, specializing in doubles play. The righthanded Jille, started playing badminton at a small local club in Houten, the place where he grew up. He chose to join the national team in 2014. ...

''(quarter-finals)''

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Women's doubles

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Gabriela Stoeva Gabriela Stoeva ( bg, Габриела Стоева; born 15 July 1994) is a Bulgarian badminton player specializing in doubles. Her current partner is her younger sister, Stefani Stoeva. The pair is the three-time European Champion and European ...

/ Stefani Stoeva (champions) #

Maiken Fruergaard Maiken Fruergaard Sørensen (born 11 May 1995) is a Danish badminton player, specializing in doubles play. As a junior player, she was the gold medalists at the 2013 European Junior Championships in the team and mixed doubles events, and in 2014 ...

/ Sara Thygesen ''(semi-finals)'' #

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 ''(final)'' # 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 ...

''(quarter-finals)'' # Rachel Honderich / Kristen Tsai ''(quarter-finals)'' #

Nami Matsuyama is a Japanese badminton player from the Saishunkan team. She was the girls' doubles gold medalist at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Bilbao, Spain partnered with Sayaka Hobara. Matsuyama won her first senior international title in Thail ...

/ Chiharu Shida ''(quarter-finals)'' #

Lim Chiew Sien Lim Chiew Sien (born 14 May 1994) is a Malaysian badminton player. She competed at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games and 2014 Asian Games. Career Lim joined the Malaysian national team when she was 16, played as a singles player for six years befo ...

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''(first round)'' # Delphine Delrue /

Léa Palermo Léa Palermo (born 7 July 1993) is a French badminton player. She started playing badminton at aged 8, then joined the France national badminton team in 2006. In 2009, she won the bronze medal at the European U17 Badminton Championships in the m ...

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Finals

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Mixed doubles

Seeds

/ Lauren Smith (champions) # Niclas Nøhr / Sara Thygesen ''(second round)'' #

''(semi-finals)'' #

/ Jessica Pugh ''(quarter-finals)'' # Ronan Labar / Audrey Fontaine ''(first round)'' #

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Mai Surrow Mai Surrow (born 18 September 1992) is a Danish badminton player. In 2016, she won the mixed doubles titles at the Portugal International tournament partnered with Mikkel Mikkelsen. In May 2016, she and Mikkelsen lifted their second title as a pa ...

''(quarter-finals)'' #

/ Cheryl Seinen ''(quarter-finals)'' #

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Kuhoo Garg Kuhoo Garg (born 22 September 1998) is an Indian badminton player. Achievements South Asian Games ''Women's doubles'' BWF World Tour (1 runner-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a s ...

''(first round)''

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References

External links

Tournament Link
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