The 2018 Malaysia Open (officially known as the Celcom Axiata Malaysia Open 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at

Axiata Arena Putra Indoor Stadium (Malay: ''Stadium Putra''), currently named as Axiata Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Background The stadium is located in the premise of the Kompleks Sukan Negar ...

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

from 26 June to 1 July 2018 and had a total purse of $700,000.

Tournament

The 2018 Malaysia Open was the eleventh tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Malaysia Open championships, which had been held since 1937. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Association of Malaysia with the sanction of the BWF. It was also the first ever new Super 750 Level 3 tournament of the BWF World Tour schedule.

Venue

This international tournament was held at the

Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (KL), officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, is the capital city and a Federal Territories of Malaysia, federal territory of Malaysia. It is the largest city in the country, covering an area of with a census population ...

Point distribution

Below is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 750 event.

Prize money

The total prize money for this tournament was US$700,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.

Men's singles

Seeds

Viktor Axelsen Viktor Axelsen (born 4 January 1994) is a Danish badminton player. He is a two-time Badminton at the Summer Olympics, Olympic Champion, two-time BWF World Championships, World Champion, and four-time European Badminton Championships, European Cha ...

''(quarter-finals)'' # Son Wan-ho ''(second round)'' # Shi Yuqi ''(quarter-finals)'' #

Srikanth Kidambi Srikanth Kidambi (born 7 February 1993) is an Indian badminton player. Known for his powerful smashes and quick footwork, he became the first Indian male to reach the World No. 1 ranking in the BWF World Rankings in April 2018. He made history ...

''(semi-finals)'' # Chen Long ''(first round)'' # Chou Tien-chen ''(quarter-finals)'' # Lee Chong Wei (champion) #

Prannoy Kumar Prannoy Haseena Sunil Kumar (born 17 July 1992), also known as H. S. Prannoy, is an Indian badminton player who currently trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad. He has won bronze medals at the 2023 World Championships ...

''(withdrew)''

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's singles

Seeds

# Tai Tzu-ying (champion) # Akane Yamaguchi ''(quarter-finals)'' # P. V. Sindhu ''(semi-finals)'' #

Ratchanok Intanon Ratchanok Intanon (, , ; born 5 February 1995) is a Thai badminton player who became the first Thai to become No.1 in women's singles. She is known for her relaxed hitting motion and light footwork, which has been described as 'balletic' by com ...

''(semi-finals)'' # Chen Yufei ''(first round)'' #

Carolina Marín Carolina María Marín Martín (born 15 June 1993) is a Spanish badminton player. She is an Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, Olympic Champion, three-time BWF World Championships, World Champion, and eight-time Europea ...

''(quarter-finals)'' #

Sung Ji-hyun Sung Ji-hyun (; born 29 July 1991) is a South Korean badminton player from Seoul. She is an Badminton Asia Championships, Asian Championship gold medalist, a two-time Badminton at the Summer Universiade, Summer Universiade gold medalist, and a ...

''(second round)'' # He Bingjiao ''(final)''

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Men's doubles

Seeds

# Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo ''(quarter-finals)'' # Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen ''(first round)'' # Liu Cheng / Zhang Nan ''(second round)'' # Li Junhui / Liu Yuchen ''(semi-finals)'' # Mads Conrad-Petersen / Mads Pieler Kolding ''(first round)'' # Takeshi Kamura / Keigo Sonoda (champions) # Takuto Inoue / Yuki Kaneko ''(second round)'' # Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto ''(second round)''

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

# Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan ''(final)'' # Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota ''(second round)'' # Kamilla Rytter Juhl / Christinna Pedersen ''(second round)'' # Shiho Tanaka / Koharu Yonemoto ''(second round)'' # Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi (champions) # Lee So-hee / Shin Seung-chan ''(second round)'' #

Jongkolphan Kititharakul Jongkolphan Kititharakul (; born 1 March 1993) is a Thai badminton player who specialized in doubles. She was the women's doubles gold medalist at the 2017 SEA Games, also part of the team that clinched the women's team gold medals in 2015, 2017 ...

/ Rawinda Prajongjai ''(quarter-finals)'' # Della Destiara Haris / Rizki Amelia Pradipta ''(semi-finals)''

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 1

Mixed doubles

Seeds

# Tontowi Ahmad /

Liliyana Natsir Liliyana Natsir (born 9 September 1985) is an Indonesian badminton player who specialized in doubles. She is one of the standout front court player, with dexterousness and skill in controlling and executing the shuttlecock. Natsir has tremendous ...

''(quarter-finals)'' # Wang Yilü / Huang Dongping ''(final)'' # Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet ''(quarter-finals)'' # Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong (champions) # Zhang Nan / Li Yinhui ''(second round)'' # Mathias Christiansen / Christinna Pedersen ''(first round)'' # Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai ''(first round)'' # He Jiting / Du Yue ''(quarter-finals)''

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

References

External links

Tournament link
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