The 2018 Swiss Open, officially the Yonex Swiss Open 2018, was a badminton tournament which took place at

St. Jakobshalle St. Jakobshalle is an arena in Münchenstein, near Basel, Switzerland. It is primarily used for indoor sports and concert events. The arena originally had capacity for 9,000 people and was opened in September 1976. It is the home of the Swiss I ...

in Switzerland from 20 to 25 February 2018 and had a total purse of $150,000.

Tournament

The 2018 Swiss Open was the fifth tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the

Swiss Open The Omega European Masters is the Swiss stop on professional men's golf's European Tour, and in 2009 it became the first event in Europe to be co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour. Founded as the Swiss Open in 1923, the tournament was prefixed with ...

championships which had been held since 1955. This tournament was organized by Swiss Badminton with the sanction of the BWF.

Venue

This international tournament was held at

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, Switzerland.

Point distribution

Below is a table with the point distribution 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 compet ...

event.

Prize money

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

Men's singles

Seeds

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 ...

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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 ...

(champion) # Ygor Coelho de Oliveira ''(first round)'' #

Suppanyu Avihingsanon Suppanyu Avihingsanon ( th, สัพพัญญู อวิหิงสานนท์; ; born 24 October 1989) is a Thai badminton player. He was the men's singles gold medalist at the 2011 Summer Universiade. Achievements Summer Univer ...

''(quarterfinals)'' # Mark Caljouw ''(second round)'' #

Emil Holst Emil Holst (born 9 January 1991) is a Danish badminton player. He competed at the 2015 European Games and won a silver medal in the men's singles. Achievements European Games ''Men's singles'' European Junior Championships ''Boys' singl ...

''(first round)'' # Rasmus Gemke ''(withdrew)'' #

Lee Zii Jia Lee Zii Jia (, born 29 March 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was the men's singles gold medalist at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games and won his first BWF Super 1000 title at the 2021 All England Open. Lee is the reigning men's single ...

''(first round)''

Finals

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Section 3

Section 4

Women's singles

Seeds

# Sayaka Takahashi (champion) # Minatsu Mitani ''(semifinals)'' #

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 ...

''(second round)'' # Evgeniya Kosetskaya ''(semifinals)'' # Beatriz Corrales ''(quarterfinals)'' # Linda Zetchiri ''(quarterfinals)'' # Line Kjærsfeldt ''(quarterfinals)'' #

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 ...

''(quarterfinals)''

Finals

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Section 2

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Section 4

Men's doubles

Seeds

Mathias Boe Mathias Boe (born 11 July 1980) is a badminton player from Denmark. He was the gold medalist at the 2015 European Games, two time European champions winning in 2012 and 2017, and the silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He joined the De ...

Carsten Mogensen Carsten Mogensen (born 24 July 1983) is a former badminton player from Denmark. He was the gold medalist at the 2015 European Games, two time European champions winning in 2012 and 2017, and the silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Moge ...

(champions) # Mathias Christiansen / David Daugaard ''(second round)'' #

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 ...

''(semifinals)'' # Josche Zurwonne / Jones Ralfy Jansen ''(second round)'' #

Manu Attri Manu Attri (born 31 December 1992) is an Indian badminton player who currently plays men's and mixed doubles. He partners with Jishnu Sanyal for men's doubles events and previously partnered with B. Sumeeth Reddy. For mixed doubles events, he p ...

B. Sumeeth Reddy B. Sumeeth Reddy (born 26 September 1991) is an Indian badminton player who currently plays men's doubles. He was part of Indian team that clinched the gold medals in the 2016 and 2019 South Asian Games, and also claimed the men's doubles gold ...

''(withdrew)'' #

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)'' #

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. ...

''(first round)'' # Mark Lamsfuß / Marvin Emil Seidel ''(second round)''

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

# Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva ''(final)'' #

Olga Morozova Olga Vasilyevna Morozova ( rus, link=no, Ольга Васильевна Морозова, , ˈolʲɡə mɐˈrozəvə, a=Ru-Olga_Morozova.ogg; born 22 February 1949) is a retired tennis player who competed for the Soviet Union. She was the run ...

Anastasia Chervyakova Anastasiia Akchurina (born 14 June 1992 as Anastasia Mihailovna Chervyakova; russian: Анастасия Михайловна Червякова) is a Russian badminton player. She won the 2009 European Junior Badminton Championships in the girls ...

''(second round)'' # Sara Thygesen / Maiken Fruergaard ''(first round)'' # Misato Aratama / Akane Watanabe ''(second round)''

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

# Mark Lamsfuß / Isabel Herttrich (champions) # Ronan Labar / Audrey Fontaine ''(withdrew)'' # Sam Magee / Chloe Magee ''(withdrew)'' # Marvin Emil Seidel / Linda Efler ''(quarterfinals)'' #

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 ...

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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 ''(semifinals)'' #

/ Lauren Smith ''(final)'' #

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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 ...

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Finals

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Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

References

External links

Tournament Link

Official Website
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