The 2018 BWF World Tour Finals (officially known as the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was the final tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour. It was held from 12 to 16 December 2018 in Guangzhou, China and had a total prize of $1,500,000.
Tournament The 2018 BWF World Tour was the first edition of the BWF World Tour Finals and was organized by the Guangzhou Sports Bureau, Guangzhou Sports Competitions Centre, Guangzhou Badminton Administrative Centre, and Guangzhou Badminton Association. It was hosted by the Chinese Badminton Association and Guangzhou Municipal Government with sanction from the BWF.
Venue This international tournament was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Tianhe, Guangzhou, China.
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 Finals event.
WinnerRunner-up3/43rd in Group4th in Group12,00010,2008,4006,6004,800
Prize money The total prize money for this year's tournament was US$1,500,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.
Achievement Winner(s) Runner(s)-up Semi-finalist(s) 3rd in group 4th in group Singles$120,000$60,000$30,000$16,500$9,000 Doubles$126,000$60,000$30,000$19,500$10,500
Representatives
Eligible players Below are the eligible players for World Tour Finals. Rankings used are accurate as of 29 November 2018.
Men's singles Seeds Rank NOCs Players Performances Winner Runner-up Semifinalists 1 1 Chou Tien-chen 3Super 500: Singapore Open, Korea OpenSuper 300: German Open 3Super 750: Denmark Open, Fuzhou China OpenSuper 500: India Open 3Super 1000: China OpenSuper 500: Indonesia Masters Super 300: Chinese Taipei Open 2 2 (1) Kento Momota 4Super 1000: Indonesia Open Super 750: Japan Open, Denmark Open, Fuzhou China Open 2Super 1000: China OpenSuper 750: Malaysia Open 2Super 750: French OpenSuper 500: Hong Kong Open 3/4 3 (1) Tommy Sugiarto 1Super 300: Thailand Masters 2Super 500: Thailand Open, Korea Open 1Super 750: Malaysia Open 3/4 4 (1) Shi Yuqi 2Super 1000: All England OpenSuper 500: India Open 2Super 1000: Indonesia OpenSuper 750: French Open 3Super 1000: China OpenSuper 750: Fuzhou China OpenSuper 300: German Open 5 (1) Son Wan-ho 2Super 500: Hong Kong OpenSuper 300: Korea Masters 2Super 1000: All England OpenSuper 500: Indonesia Masters 6 (1) Kantaphon Wangcharoen 2Super 300: Thailand Masters, Swiss Open 7 (1) Sameer Verma 2Super 300: Swiss Open, Syed Modi International 8 (2) 2Super 1000: China OpenSuper 500: Indonesia Masters
Women's singles Seeds Rank NOCs Players Performances Winner Runner-up Semifinalists 1 1 Tai Tzu-ying 6Super 1000: All England Open, Indonesia OpenSuper 750: Malaysia Open, Denmark Open Super 500: Indonesia Masters Super 300: Chinese Taipei Open 2Super 750: French OpenSuper 500: Malaysia Masters 1Super 500: Hong Kong Open 2 2 (1) Nozomi Okuhara 3Super 500: Thailand Open, Korea Open, Hong Kong Open 2Super 750: Japan Open, Fuzhou China Open 2Super 1000: China OpenSuper 300: German Open 3/4 3 (2) 2Super 750: French OpenSuper 300: German Open 1Super 1000: All England Open 3Super 1000: China OpenSuper 500: Malaysia Masters, Korea Open 3/4 4 (1) Chen Yufei 1Super 750: Fuzhou China Open 3Super 1000: Indonesia Open, China OpenSuper 300: German Open 3Super 1000: All England OpenSuper 750: Japan Open, French Open 5 (1) Ratchanok Intanon 1Super 500: Malaysia Masters 1Super 500: Hong Kong Open 3Super 750: Malaysia OpenSuper 500: Indonesia Masters, India Open 6 (1) P. V. Sindhu 2Super 500: India Open, Thailand Open 2Super 1000: All England OpenSuper 750: Malaysia Open 8 (1) Michelle Li 1Super 300: Macau Open 1Super 300: U.S. Open 11 (1) Beiwen Zhang 1Super 500: India Open 2Super 500: Korea OpenSuper 300: U.S. Open 1Super 500: Thailand Open
Men's doubles Seeds Rank NOCs Players Performances Winner Runner-up Semifinalists 1 1 (1) Marcus Fernaldi GideonKevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 8Super 1000: All England Open, Indonesia OpenSuper 750: Japan Open, Denmark Open, Fuzhou China OpenSuper 500: Indonesia Masters, India Open, Hong Kong Open 1Super 750: French Open 1Super 1000: China Open 2 2 Chen Hung-lingWang Chi-lin 2Super 300: New Zealand Open, Chinese Taipei Open 3Super 1000: China OpenSuper 750: Japan OpenSuper 500: Malaysia Masters 3/4 3 (2) Liao Min-chunSu Ching-heng 1Super 300: Chinese Taipei Open 1Super 1000: Indonesia Open 3/4 4 (1) Han ChengkaiZhou Haodong 1Super 750: French Open 1Super 1000: China Open 2Super 500: India Open, Singapore Open 5 (1) Kim Astrup 1Super 1000: China Open 1Super 500: India Open 6 (2) Mohammad AhsanHendra Setiawan 1Super 500: Singapore Open 5Super 750: Denmark Open, Fuzhou China OpenSuper 500: India Open, Hong Kong OpenSuper 300: German Open 7 (1) Hiroyuki EndoYuta Watanabe 1Super 500: Korea Open 2Super 750: Malaysia OpenSuper 500: Thailand Open 1Super 1000: All England Open 10 (2) Li JunhuiLiu Yuchen 2Super 750: Japan OpenSuper 500: Indonesia Masters 1Super 750: Malaysia Open
Women's doubles Seeds Rank NOCs Players Performances Winner Runner-up Semifinalists 1 1 (1) Misaki MatsutomoAyaka Takahashi 4Super 1000: China OpenSuper 750: Malaysia OpenSuper 500: Indonesia Masters, Korea Open 1Super 500: Thailand Open 2Super 1000: Indonesia Open 2 3 (2) Mayu MatsumotoWakana Nagahara 1Super 750: French Open 3Super 1000: Indonesia Open, China OpenSuper 750: Fuzhou China Open 2Super 1000: All England OpenSuper 300: 2018 Spain Masters 3/4 4 (1) Greysia PoliiApriyani Rahayu 2Super 500: India Open, Thailand Open 1Super 500: Indonesia Masters 5Super 1000: China OpenSuper 750: Japan Open, Denmark Open, French OpenSuper 500: Hong Kong Open 3/4 5 (1) Rawinda Prajongjai 1Super 300: Thailand Masters 1Super 500: India Open 2Super 500: Thailand Open, Singapore Open 6 Lee So-heeShin Seung-chan 1Super 750: Fuzhou China Open 2Super 500: Hong Kong OpenSuper 300: Korea Masters 3Super 750: French OpenSuper 500: Malaysia Masters, Indonesia Masters 7 (1) Gabriela StoevaStefani Stoeva 2Super 750: French OpenSuper 300: Swiss Open 2Super 1000: China OpenSuper 300: German Open 8 (1) Chen QingchenJia Yifan 3Super 750: Malaysia Open, Japan OpenSuper 500: Malaysia Masters 1Super 1000: Indonesia Open 11 (2) Du YueLi Yinhui 2Super 750: Japan OpenSuper 500: India Open
Mixed doubles Seeds Rank NOCs Players Performances Winner Runner-up Semifinalists 1 1 (1) Zheng SiweiHuang Yaqiong 7Super 1000: China OpenSuper 750: Malaysia Open, Japan Open, Denmark Open, French Open, Fuzhou China OpenSuper 500: Indonesia Masters 2Super 1000: All England OpenSuper 500: Malaysia Masters 1Super 1000: Indonesia Open 2 2 (1) Yuta WatanabeArisa Higashino 1Super 1000: All England Open 5Super 750: Malaysia Open, Japan Open, French Open, Fuzhou China OpenSuper 500: Hong Kong Open 3/4 3 (1) Sapsiree Taerattanachai 2Super 750: Denmark OpenSuper 300: Thailand Masters 5Super 750: French OpenSuper 500: Singapore Open, Korea Open, Hong Kong OpenSuper 300: New Zealand Open 3/4 4 Chan Peng SoonGoh Liu Ying 2Super 300: Thailand Masters, U.S. Open 2Super 1000: Indonesia OpenSuper 300: Australian Open 1Super 750: Japan Open 5 (2) Wang YilyuHuang Dongping 3Super 750: Malaysia Open, Japan Open, Fuzhou China Open 2Super 1000: China OpenSuper 500: Hong Kong Open 6 Hafiz FaizalGloria Emanuelle Widjaja 1Super 500: Thailand Open 2Super 1000: Indonesia OpenSuper 500: Malaysia Masters 7 (2) Goh Soon HuatShevon Jemie Lai 2Super 500: Singapore OpenSuper 300: German Open 2Super 500: Malaysia Masters, Indonesia Masters 8 (1) Marcus EllisLauren Smith 2Super 300: Swiss Open, Spain Masters Notes: In the women's singles, the 7th-ranked Carolina Marín, who received the wild cards as the women's singles world champion, withdrew from the competition due to injury. The player next in line, He Bingjiao could not fulfill the invitation due to injury as well.
Representatives by nation Top Nations Rank Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total Players 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 14 2 1 2 1 2 1 7 10§ 3 2 2 1 1 6 10 4 1 1 2 4 6 1 1 1 1 4 6 6 2 2 4 7 1 1 2 3 8 1 1 2 2 9 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 12 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total 8 8 8 8 8 40 63 §: Yuta Watanabe from Japan was the only player who played in two categories (men's doubles and mixed doubles).
Performances by nation
Nation Group stage Semi-finals Final Winner(s) 8 5 4 3 7 7 4 1 6 4 1 4 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total 40 20 10 5
Men's singles
Group A Rank Players Pts Pld W L SF SA PF PA 1 Shi Yuqi 3 3 3 0 6 1 142 111 2 Son Wan-ho 2 3 2 1 5 3 150 125 3 Chou Tien-chen 1 3 1 2 3 5 141 159 4 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 0 3 0 3 1 6 105 143
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 12 Dec Shi Yuqi 2–1 Son Wan-ho 16–21 21–19 21–8 12 Dec Chou Tien-chen 2–1 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 17–21 21–18 21–18 13 Dec Shi Yuqi 2–0 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 21–8 21–19 13 Dec Chou Tien-chen 1–2 Son Wan-ho 21–18 11–21 14–21 14 Dec Son Wan-ho 2–0 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 21–11 21–10 14 Dec Chou Tien-chen 0–2 Shi Yuqi 17–21 19–21
Group B Rank Players Pts Pld W L SF SA PF PA 1 Kento Momota 3 3 3 0 6 0 126 68 2 Sameer Verma 2 3 2 1 4 2 108 92 3 Tommy Sugiarto 1 3 1 2 2 5 105 134 4 Kantaphon Wangcharoen 0 3 0 3 1 6 99 144
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 12 Dec Kento Momota 2–0 Sameer Verma 21–18 21–6 12 Dec Tommy Sugiarto 2–1 Kantaphon Wangcharoen 21–18 18–21 21–11 13 Dec Tommy Sugiarto 0–2 Sameer Verma 16–21 7–21 13 Dec Kento Momota 2–0 Kantaphon Wangcharoen 21–15 21–7 14 Dec Kantaphon Wangcharoen 0–2 Sameer Verma 9–21 18–21 14 Dec Kento Momota 2–0 Tommy Sugiarto 21–14 21–8
Finals
Women's singles
Group A Rank Players Pts Pld W L SF SA PF PA 1 P. V. Sindhu 2 2 2 0 4 0 87 61 2 Akane Yamaguchi 1 2 1 1 2 2 79 65 3 Beiwen Zhang 0 2 0 3 0 4 44 84 N/A Tai Tzu-ying Retired
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 12 Dec Akane Yamaguchi 0–2 P. V. Sindhu 22–24 15–21 12 Dec Tai Tzu-ying 2–0 Beiwen Zhang 21–15 21–17 13 Dec Tai Tzu-ying 1–2 P. V. Sindhu 21–14 16–21 18–21 13 Dec Akane Yamaguchi 2–0 Beiwen Zhang 21–10 21–10 14 Dec P. V. Sindhu 2–0 Beiwen Zhang 21–9 21–15 14 Dec Tai Tzu-ying Retired Akane Yamaguchi 17–21 12–11r
Group B Rank Players Pts Pld W L SF SA PF PA 1 Nozomi Okuhara 2 2 2 0 4 1 100 85 2 Ratchanok Intanon 1 2 1 1 3 2 88 81 3 Michelle Li 0 2 0 2 0 4 64 86 N/A Chen Yufei Retired
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 12 Dec Chen Yufei 1–2 Ratchanok Intanon 18–21 22–20 17–21 12 Dec Nozomi Okuhara 2–0 Michelle Li 21–18 23–21 13 Dec Chen Yufei 1–2 Michelle Li 21–16 18–21 17–21 13 Dec Nozomi Okuhara 2–1 Ratchanok Intanon 14–21 21–11 21–14 14 Dec Ratchanok Intanon 2–0 Michelle Li 21–13 21–12 14 Dec Nozomi Okuhara Retired Chen Yufei 5–4r
Finals
Men's doubles
Group A Rank Players Pts Pld W L SF SA PF PA 1 Li Junhui Liu Yuchen 2 2 2 0 4 2 128 111 2 Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 1 2 1 1 3 2 95 96 3 Han Chengkai Zhou Haodong 0 2 0 2 1 4 94 110 N/A Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo Retired
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 12 Dec Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 2–1 Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 20–22 21–17 21–13 12 Dec Han Chengkai Zhou Haodong 1–2 Li Junhui Liu Yuchen 17–21 28–26 13–21 13 Dec Han Chengkai Zhou Haodong 0–2 Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 17–21 19–21 13 Dec Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 0–2 Li Junhui Liu Yuchen 18–21 22–24 14 Dec Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo Walkover Han Chengkai Zhou Haodong Walkover 14 Dec Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 1–2 Li Junhui Liu Yuchen 21–18 15–21 17–21
Group B Rank Players Pts Pld W L SF SA PF PA 1 Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe 2 3 2 1 5 2 139 113 2 Chen Hung-ling Wang Chi-lin 2 3 2 1 4 3 135 128 3 Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan 1 3 1 2 3 4 117 129 4 Liao Min-chun Su Ching-heng 1 3 1 2 2 5 118 139