The 2026 Australian Open (officially known as the Sathio Group Australian Open 2026 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at the State Sports Centre in Sydney, Australia, from 9 to 14 June 2026 and had a total prize of US$ 500,000.
Tournament The 2026 Australian Open is the fifteenth tournament in the 2026 BWF World Tour. It is a part of the Australian Open, which have been held since 1975. This tournament is organized by Badminton Australia with sanction from the BWF.
Venue This tournament was held at the State Sports Centre in Sydney, Australia.
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 event.
Winner Runner-up 3/4 5/8 9/16 17/32 33/64 65/128 9,200 7,800 6,420 5,040 3,600 2,220 880 430
Prize money The total prize money for this tournament is US$500,000. The distribution of the prize money is in accordance with BWF regulations.
Event Winner Finalist Semi-finals Quarter-finals Last 16 Singles $37,500 $19,000 $7,250 $3,000 $1,750 Doubles $39,500 $19,000 $7,000 $3,625 $1,875
Men's singles Seeds
Chou Tien-chen (second round) Lin Chun-yi (second round) Alwi Farhan (champion) Loh Kean Yew (withdrew) Chi Yu-jen (first round) Ayush Shetty (withdrew) Yushi Tanaka (second round) Lee Cheuk Yiu (second round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Women's singles Seeds
Akane Yamaguchi (champion) Pornpawee Chochuwong (final) P. V. Sindhu (semi-finals) Nozomi Okuhara (semi-finals) Chiu Pin-chian (first round) Lin Hsiang-ti (quarter-finals) Supanida Katethong (first round) Huang Yu-hsun (quarter-finals)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Men's doubles Seeds
Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Shohibul Fikri (withdrew) Liang Weikeng / Wang Chang (semi-finals) Sabar Karyaman Gutama / Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani (final) Chen Boyang / Liu Yi (champions) Raymond Indra / Nikolaus Joaquin (withdrew) Chiu Hsiang-chieh / Wang Chi-lin (first round) Kang Min-hyuk / Ki Dong-ju (quarter-finals) Lee Fang-chih / Lee Fang-jen (quarter-finals)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Women's doubles
Seeds
Jia Yifan / Zhang Shuxian (champions) Hsieh Pei-shan / Hung En-tzu (first round) Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva (quarter-finals) Hsu Yin-hui / Lin Jhih-yun (semi-finals) Rachel Allessya Rose / Febi Setianingrum (semi-finals) Hsu Ya-ching / Sung Yu-hsuan (quarter-finals) Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma / Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari (final) Chang Ching-hui / Yang Ching-tun (first round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Mixed doubles
Seeds
Feng Yanzhe / Huang Dongping (champions) Guo Xinwa / Chen Fanghui (final) Ruttanapak Oupthong / Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat (semi-finals) Yang Po-hsuan / Hu Ling-fang (quarter-finals) Presley Smith / Jennie Gai (semi-finals) Dhruv Kapila / Tanisha Crasto (withdrew) Gao Jiaxuan / Wei Yaxin (withdrew) Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto / Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja (quarter-finals)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
References
External links Tournament link