The 2018 Singapore Open (officially known as the Singapore Badminton Open 2018) was a badminton tournament which took place at the

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from 17 to 22 July 2018 and had a total purse of $355,000.

Tournament

The 2018 Singapore Open was the fourteenth tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Singapore Open championships, which had been held since 1929. This tournament was organized by the Singapore Badminton Association with the sanction from 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 500 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 tournament was US$355,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.

Men's singles

Seeds

Chou Tien-chen Chou Tien-chen ( Chinese: 周天成; born 8 January 1990) is a Taiwanese badminton player. He became the first local shuttler in 17 years to win the men's singles title of the Chinese Taipei Open in 2016 since Indonesian-born Fung Permadi won ...

(champion) #

Ng Ka Long Angus Ng Ka-long (born 24 June 1994) is a badminton player from Hong Kong. He has a career-high ranking of 6th in the men's singles discipline. He won the 2016 Hong Kong Super Series and the 2020 Thailand Masters. Early life and education ...

''(second round)'' #

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 homopho ...

''(first round)'' # Sameer Verma ''(withdrew)'' #

Khosit Phetpradab Khosit Phetpradab ( th, โฆษิต เพชรประดับ; born 8 July 1994) is a Thai badminton player. Achievements SEA Games ''Men's singles'' BWF World Tour (1 runner-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 ...

''(second round)'' # B. Sai Praneeth ''(first round)'' # Tommy Sugiarto ''(withdrew)'' # Lee Hyun-il ''(quarter-finals)''

Finals

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Section 4

Women's singles

Seeds

Ratchanok Intanon Ratchanok Intanon ( th, รัชนก อินทนนท์, , ; 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, w ...

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Nitchaon Jindapol Nitchaon Jindapol ( th, ณิชชาอร จินดาพล; born 31 March 1991) is a Thai badminton singles player. She was a member of the national women's team which finished as runners-up at the 2010 Asian Games. She graduated at the ...

''(semi-finals)'' #

Zhang Beiwen Beiwen Zhang (; born 12 July 1990) is a Chinese-born American badminton player who is a singles specialist. Career Zhang was born in China and moved to Singapore at the age of 13 in 2003 and played with the Singapore National Team until 2012. ...

''(first round)'' # Michelle Li ''(second round)'' # Sayaka Takahashi (champion) # Cheung Ngan Yi ''(withdrew)'' #

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 ...

''(final)'' # Pornpawee Chochuwong ''(second round)''

Finals

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Section 2

Bottom half

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Section 4

Men's doubles

Seeds

# Liao Min-chun / Su Ching-heng ''(first round)'' #

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (born 13 August 2000) is an Indian badminton player. He and his partner, Chirag Shetty, are the first men's doubles pair from India to be ranked inside the top 10 of the BWF World Ranking, with a career-high ranking of 5 ...

Chirag Shetty Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty (born 4 July 1997) is an Indian badminton player. He and his partner, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, are the first men's doubles pair from India to be ranked inside the top 10 of the BWF World Ranking, with a career-high ...

''(second 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 wo ...

Kittisak Namdash Kittisak Namdash ( th, กิตติศักดิ์ นามเดช; born 4 August 1995) is a Thai badminton player. He was the boys' doubles champion at the Singapore Youth International tournament partnered with Peeranat Boontan. In 20 ...

''(quarter-finals)'' # Mark Lamsfuß / Marvin Emil Seidel ''(first round)'' #

Mohammad Ahsan Mohammad Ahsan (born 7 September 1987) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with Djarum club who specializes in the men's doubles. He is three-time World Champion, three-time season ending finals champion, and Asian Games gold medalist ...

/ Hendra Setiawan (champions) # Jason Ho-shue / Nyl Yakura ''(first 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 ''(first round)'' #

Chai Biao Chai Biao (; born 10 October 1990) is a Chinese professional badminton player. Chai has concentrated on men's doubles for the majority of his senior career in badminton. His most successful partnership was with Hong Wei: together they reached the ...

/ Wang Zekang ''(withdrew)''

Finals

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Section 2

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Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

Jongkolphan Kititharakul Jongkolphan Kititharakul ( th, จงกลพรรณ กิติธรากุล; born 1 March 1993) is a Thai badminton player who specializes in doubles. She was the women's doubles gold medalist at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, also ...

/ Rawinda Prajongjai ''(semi-finals)'' #

Della Destiara Haris Della Destiara Haris (born 8 December 1992) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with Jaya Raya Jakarta club. In the junior event, she was the mixed doubles silver medalist at the 2009 BWF World Junior Championships, 2009 World Junior C ...

/ Rizki Amelia Pradipta ''(first round)'' # Naoko Fukuman / Kurumi Yonao ''(second round)'' # Chayanit Chaladchalam / Phataimas Muenwong ''(quarter-finals)'' # Ayako Sakuramoto / Yukiko Takahata (champions) # Tang Jinhua /

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 he ...

''(quarter-finals)'' # Émilie Lefel / Anne Tran ''(first round)'' # Ashwini Ponnappa /

N. Sikki Reddy Nelakurihi Sikki Reddy (born 18 August 1993) is an Indian badminton player who plays doubles and mixed doubles. In 2016, she won the 2016 Brazil Open Grand Prix, Brazil and 2016 Russia Open Grand Prix, Russia Open Grand Prix title in the mixed ...

''(first round)''

Finals

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Section 2

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Section 3

Section 4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

# Tontowi Ahmad /

Liliyana Natsir Liliyana Natsir (born 9 September 1985) is an Indonesian former 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 tre ...

''(final)'' #

Goh Soon Huat Goh Soon Huat (born 27 June 1990) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was a part of the Malaysia team that won bronze in the men's team event at the Incheon 2014 Asian Games. He switched to mixed doubles and paired up with Shevon Jemie Lai d ...

/ Shevon Jemie Lai (champions) # Marcus Ellis / Lauren Smith ''(second round)'' # Chris Adcock /

Gabby Adcock Gabrielle Marie Adcock ( née White; born 30 September 1990) is an English retired badminton player. Career Gabby started playing badminton aged 10 in the badminton club at her school and became a full-time player straight from school at 16. ...

''(second round)'' # Mark Lamsfuß / Isabel Herttrich ''(second round)'' # Marvin Emil Seidel / Linda Efler ''(second round)'' #

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 p ...

/ Chau Hoi Wah ''(quarter-finals)'' # Pranav Chopra /

''(second round)''

Finals

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Section 2

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Section 4

References

External links

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Singapore Open (badminton) The Singapore Open is a badminton event that has been held in Singapore annually since 1929. Badminton World Federation categorized Singapore Open as one of the seven BWF World Tour Super 500 events in the BWF events structure since 2018. In 2 ...