The 2018 Australian Open (officially known as the Crown Group Australian Open 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament that took place at Quaycentre in Australia from 8 to 13 May 2018. The purse totalled $150,000.
Tournament The 2018 Australian Open was the ninth tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Australian Open championships, which had been held since 1975. This tournament was organized by Badminton Australia and sanctioned by the BWF.
Venue This international tournament was held at Quaycentre in Sydney, Australia.
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 300 event.
WinnerRunner-up3/45/89/1617/3233/6465/1287,0005,9504,9003,8502,7501,670660320
Prize money The total prize money for this tournament was US$150,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.
EventWinnerFinalsSemi-finalsQuarter-finalsLast 16 Singles$11,250$5,700$2,175$900$525 Doubles$11,850$5,700$2,100$1,087.50$562.50
Men's singles Seeds
Prannoy Kumar (withdrew) B. Sai Praneeth (quarter-finals) Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (withdrew) Sameer Verma (quarter-finals) Tommy Sugiarto (quarter-finals) Parupalli Kashyap (withdrew) Lee Cheuk Yiu (semi-finals) Liew Daren (first round)
Wild card Badminton Australia awarded a wild card entry to Anthony Joe of Australia.
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Women's singles Seeds
Saina Nehwal (withdrew) Michelle Li (first round) Cheung Ngan Yi (semi-finals) Minatsu Mitani (semi-finals) Neslihan Yiğit (withdrew) Natsuki Nidaira (withdrew) Brittney Tam (first round) Shiori Saito (first round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Men's doubles Seeds
Berry Angriawan / Hardianto (champions) Wahyu Nayaka / Ade Yusuf (final) Manu Attri / B. Sumeeth Reddy (semi-finals) He Jiting / Tan Qiang (first round) Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik (withdrew) Tan Boon Heong / Yoo Yeon-seong (first round) Arjun M.R. / Ramchandran Shlok (quarter-finals) Alwin Francis / Nandagopal Kidambi (first round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Women's doubles Seeds
Misato Aratama / Akane Watanabe (semi-finals) Ayako Sakuramoto / Yukiko Takahata (champions) Du Yue / Li Yinhui (second round) Baek Ha-na / Lee Yu-rim (final)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Mixed doubles Seeds
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
References
External links Tournament Link