The 2018 Macau Open was a badminton tournament which took place at

Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion Macau The Tap Seac Multi-sports Pavilion (; pt, Pavilhão Polidesportivo Tap Seac) is an indoor sporting arena located in São Lázaro, Macau, China. The land on which the Tap Seac Multi-sport Pavilion sits at present belongs to the Ho-Tung Primary Sc ...

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from 30 October to 4 November 2018 and had a total prize of $150,000.

Tournament

The 2018 Macau Open was the twenty-second 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 Macau Open championships, which had been held since 2006. This tournament was organized by

Badminton Federation of Macau Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players per ...

and sanctioned by the BWF.

Venue

This international tournament was held at

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 300 The BWF World Tour is a Grade 2 badminton tournament series, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It is a competition open to the top world ranked players in singles (men's and women's) and doubles (men's, women's and mixed). The competi ...

event.

Prize money

The total prize money for this year's tournament was US$150,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.

Men's singles

Seeds

# Ng Ka Long ''(quarter-finals)'' #

Wong Wing Ki Vincent Wong Wing Ki (, born Wong Shu Ki (黃書棋); 18 March 1990) is a retired badminton player who represented Hong Kong. Name change Wong Wing Ki was born Wong Shu Ki (黃書棋), but he changed his name when he was 17. "Shu" is homophon ...

''(second round)'' #

Lee Hyun-il Lee Hyun-il ( ko, 이현일; born 17 April 1980) is a former badminton player from South Korea. He is a former World and Asian Championships bronze medalist, and was part of South Korean team that won the 2003 Sudirman Cup as well the gold medal ...

(champion) #

Liew Daren Liew Daren (born 6 August 1987) is a Malaysian badminton player. His biggest success to date is having won the 2012 French Open Super Series. He reached a career high ranking of World No.10. He also represented Malaysia competed at the 2010 ...

''(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 ...

''(withdrew)'' # Yu Igarashi ''(first round)'' #

Chong Wei Feng Chong Wei Feng (born 26 May 1987) is a Malaysian retired badminton player. He was drafted into the national team in 2004. His best achievement is reaching the semi-finals of the 2012 and 2013 China Open, where he was defeated by Chen Long on ...

''(second round)'' # Misha Zilberman ''(second round)''

Wild card

awarded a wild card entry to

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of Macau.

Finals

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Women's singles

Seeds

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 ...

(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 Champ ...

''(second round)'' #

Cheung Ngan Yi Cheung Ngan Yi (; born 27 April 1993) is a Hong Kong badminton player. Career Cheung participated in the 2011 BWF World Junior Championships, the 2015 Malaysia Super Series Premier Qualification and in the 2016 Vietnam Open Grand Prix. In 2 ...

''(semi-finals)'' #

Pai Yu-po Pai Yu-po (; born 18 April 1991) is a Taiwanese badminton player. She started playing badminton at age 9, and debuted at the 2007 Vietnam International The Vietnam International or Vietnam Satellite or Hanoi International in badminton is an inte ...

''(second round)'' # Han Yue ''(final)'' #

Yip Pui Yin Yip Pui Yin (; born 6 August 1987) is a badminton player from Hong Kong. Career Yip played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim. In the women's singles event she reached the third round after beating Laura Molina of Spain an ...

''(first round)'' #

Soniia Cheah Su Ya Soniia Cheah Su Ya (Chinese:谢抒芽, born 19 June 1993) is a former Malaysian badminton player. She is the younger sister of Lyddia Cheah who is also a professional badminton player. Career In her junior career, she represented Malaysia at ...

''(quarter-finals)'' #

Zhang Yiman Zhang Yiman (, born 15 January 1997) is a Chinese badminton player. She won her first World Tour title at the 2019 Vietnam Open. She also won a bronze medal at the 2021 World Championships in the women's singles category. Career 2021 In ...

''(first round)''

Wild card

awarded a wild card entry to

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of Macau.

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Men's doubles

Seeds

Chen Hung-ling Chen Hung-ling (; born 10 February 1986) is a Taiwanese badminton player. Chen Hung-ling is a doubles specialist. His best results have come with Cheng Wen-hsing in mixed doubles, but he routinely competes in men's doubles with Lin Yu-lang. In 2 ...

Wang Chi-lin Wang Chi-lin (; born 18 January 1995) is a Taiwanese badminton player who specializes in doubles. He is the 2020 Olympics men's doubles champion. Career In 2021, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he and his partner Lee Yang defeated the 2018 World ...

''(quarter-finals)'' #

Liao Min-chun Liao Min-chun (; born 27 January 1988) is a Taiwanese badminton player. In 2013, he won the men's doubles title at the Vietnam International tournament partnered with Yang Po-han. Teamed-up with Su Ching-heng in the men's doubles, he won the In ...

/ Su Ching-heng ''(second round)'' # Han Chengkai /

Zhou Haodong Zhou Haodong (, born 20 February 1998) is a Chinese badminton player. Together with his partner 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 Jun ...

''(first round)'' # Wahyu Nayaka /

Ade Yusuf Ade Yusuf Santoso (born 19 May 1993) is an Indonesian badminton player from the Hi-Qua Wima club in Surabaya. Achievements Southeast Asian Games ''Men's doubles'' BWF World Tour (1 title, 2 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was ann ...

''(first round)'' #

Lu Ching-yao Lu Ching-yao (; born 7 June 1993) is a Taiwanese badminton player. He was the silver medalist at the 2011 Asian Junior Championships, and 2015 Summer Universiade. He won his first senior international title at the 2014 Singapore International ...

/ Yang Po-han ''(semi-finals)'' #

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

Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani (born 6 August 1998) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with Jaya Raya Jakarta club. He was born in Blitar and in 2015, he won the boys' doubles title at the Indonesia Junior International Challenge tourna ...

''(first round)'' #

Tinn Isriyanet Tinn Isriyanet ( th, ติณณ์ อิสริยะเนตร; born 7 July 1993) is a Thai badminton player. He was past of the Thailand team that won the mixed team bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Junior Badminton Championships. He w ...

/ Tanupat Viriyangkura ''(first round)'' #

Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif (born 22 August 1989) is a Malaysian badminton player. He competed in the international tournament as an independent player. He married an Indonesian badminton player Rusydina Antardayu Riodingin on 14 September 2019. ...

/ Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub ''(quarter-finals)''

Wild card

awarded a wild card entry to Che Pui Ngai / Leong Iok Chong of Macau.

Finals

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Women's doubles

Seeds

# 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 Internatio ...

''(quarter-finals)'' #

Tang Jinhua Tang Jinhua (; born 8 January 1992) is a Chinese retired badminton player who competed at the highest level during the second decade of the 2000s, winning numerous women's doubles and occasional mixed doubles events with a variety of partners. S ...

Yu Xiaohan Yu Xiaohan () is a retired badminton player from China. She won the 2015 Singapore Super Series with Ou Dongni. Yu was suspended for 7 months by BWF because one of her sample during 2015 Summer Universiade contained sibutramine. She announced h ...

''(withdrew)'' # Chayanit Chaladchalam / Phataimas Muenwong ''(first round)'' # Nami Matsuyama /

Chiharu Shida is a Japanese badminton player from the Saishunkan team. She was the bronze medalists at the Asian and World Junior Championships in 2014 and 2015. Shida won her first international title at the 2016 Vietnam International, and claimed her first ...

''(semi-finals)''

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Mixed doubles

Seeds

Tang Chun Man Jordan Tang Chun Man (, born 20 March 1995) is a Hong Kong badminton player. He started playing badminton at the age of seven, and joined the national team when he was 18. He won his first title in the 2016 Chinese Taipei Masters partnering wit ...

/ Tse Ying Suet (champions) #

Lee Chun Hei Reginald Lee Chun Hei (, born 25 January 1994) is a Hong Kong badminton player. He is a former Asian Champion and World Championships bronze medalist in the mixed doubles category partnered with Chau Hoi Wah. Career Reginald Lee Chun Hei par ...

/ Chau Hoi Wah ''(final)'' #

Chang Tak Ching Chang Tak Ching (; born 22 January 1995) is a Hong Kong badminton player. He, partnered with Ng Wing Yung, participated in the 2021 BWF World Championships' mixed doubles event, and defeated the top seeds and the defending champions Zheng Siwei ...

Ng Wing Yung Ng Wing Yung (; born 17 May 1995) is a Hong Kong badminton player. She, partnered with Chang Tak Ching, participated in the 2021 BWF World Championships' mixed doubles event, and defeated the top seed, the defending champions Zheng Siwei and Hu ...

''(first round)'' #

Chen Tang Jie Chen Tang Jie (; born 5 January 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was part of the Malaysian 2016 Asian Junior Championships and 2016 BWF World Junior Championships team, and has help Malaysia to clinched a silver medal in the World Jun ...

/ Peck Yen Wei ''(second round)'' #

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' ...

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 d ...

''(quarter-finals)'' #

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 cl ...

''(semi-finals)'' # Alfian Eko Prasetya /

Marsheilla Gischa Islami Marsheilla Gischa Islami (born 25 March 1997) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with Djarum badminton club. Career 2023 In January, Islami and her partner Akbar Bintang Cahyono competed at the home tournament, Indonesia Masters, ...

''(quarter-finals)'' #

Chang Ko-chi Chang Ko-chi (; born 21 November 1995) is a Taiwanese badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "s ...

/ Cheng Chi-ya ''(second round)''

Wild card

awarded a wild card entry to Che Pui Ngai / Gong Xue Xin of Macau.

Finals

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Section 4

References

External links

Official Website

Tournament Link
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