2018 New Zealand Open (badminton)

2018 New Zealand Open
Tournament details
Dates1–6 May
LevelSuper 300
Total prize moneyUS$150,000
VenueNorth Shore Events Centre
LocationAuckland, New Zealand
Champions
Men's singlesChina Lin Dan
Women's singlesJapan Sayaka Takahashi
Men's doublesChinese Taipei Chen Hung-ling
Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin
Women's doublesJapan Ayako Sakuramoto
Japan Yukiko Takahata
Mixed doublesChinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin
Chinese Taipei Lee Chia-hsin
2017 2019

The 2018 New Zealand Open (officially known as the Barfoot & Thompson New Zealand Open 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at North Shore Events Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, from 1 to 6 May 2018 and had a total purse of $150,000.

Tournament

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The 2018 New Zealand Open was the eighth tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the New Zealand Open championships which had been held since 1990. This tournament was organized by Badminton New Zealand and sanctioned by the BWF.[1]

Venue

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This international tournament was held at North Shore Events Centre in Auckland, New Zealand.[1]

Point distribution

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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.[2]

Winner Runner-up 3/4 5/8 9/16 17/32 33/64 65/128
7,000 5,950 4,900 3,850 2,750 1,670 660 320

Prize money

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The total prize money for this tournament was US$150,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.[1]

Event Winner Finals Semi-finals Quarter-finals Last 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

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Seeds

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  1. China Lin Dan (champion)
  2. Indonesia Jonatan Christie (final)
  3. India B. Sai Praneeth (semi-finals)
  4. Chinese Taipei Hsu Jen-hao (first round)
  5. India Sameer Verma (quarter-finals)
  6. Indonesia Tommy Sugiarto (quarter-finals)
  7. India Parupalli Kashyap (withdrew)
  8. Thailand Kantaphon Wangcharoen (quarter-finals)

Wild card

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Badminton New Zealand awarded a wild card entry to Abhinav Manota of New Zealand.

Finals

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Semi-finals Final
          
1 China Lin Dan 21 21
Q4 South Korea Heo Kwang-hee 16 16
1 China Lin Dan 21 21
2 Indonesia Jonatan Christie 14 19
3 India B. Sai Praneeth 21 19 8
2 Indonesia Jonatan Christie 14 21 21

Top half

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Section 1

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First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
1 China Lin D 21 21
Japan T Ueda 13 12
1 China Lin D 15 21 21
India L Sen 21 15 12
India L Sen 21 21
Malaysia Cheam J W 11 16
1 China Lin D 21 21
5 India Sa Verma 19 9
5 India Sa Verma 21 21
Indonesia S D Kuncoro 8 10
5 India Sa Verma 21 21
Hong Kong Lee C Y 17 19
Hong Kong Lee C Y 21 21
Czech Republic M Ludík 10 18

Section 2

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First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
4 Chinese Taipei Hsu J-h 23 12 18
India A Jayaram 21 21 21
India A Jayaram 15 22 6
Q4 South Korea Heo K-h 21 20 21
Q4 South Korea Heo K-h 18 21 21
Indonesia F A Kholik 21 17 16
Q4 South Korea Heo K-h 21 21
8 Thailand K Wangcharoen 7 16
8 Thailand K Wangcharoen 22 12 21
India K R Rajarajan 20 21 8
8 Thailand K Wangcharoen 21 11 21
Japan Y Igarashi 18 21 13
Japan Y Igarashi 21 21
Malaysia Chong W F 16 15

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
India So Verma 19 21 19
WC New Zealand A Manota 21 14 21
WC New Zealand A Manota 11 16
PFQ Sri Lanka N Karunaratne 21 21
Czech Republic A Mendrek 21 12 16
PFQ Sri Lanka N Karunaratne 18 21 21
PFQ Sri Lanka N Karunaratne 7 9
3 India B. Sai Praneeth 21 21
Q3 China Sun FX 18 21 18
Malaysia Liew D 21 14 21
Malaysia Liew D 18 17
3 India B. Sai Praneeth 21 21
Israel M Zilberman 11 19
3 India B. Sai Praneeth 21 21

Section 4

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First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
Q2 Japan K Naraoka 21 19 10
Indonesia P A Maulana 11 21 21
Indonesia P A Maulana 17 3
6 Indonesia T Sugiarto 21 21
India S Dey 18 10
6 Indonesia T Sugiarto 21 21
6 Indonesia T Sugiarto 21 5r
2 Indonesia J Christie 17 14
Japan K Watanabe 21 21
Q1 Indonesia V A Saputra 13 14
Japan K Watanabe 13 15
2 Indonesia J Christie 21 21
China Zhao JP 19 10
2 Indonesia J Christie 21 21

Women's singles

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Seeds

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  1. Japan Sayaka Takahashi (champion)
  2. Chinese Taipei Lee Chia-hsin (first round)
  3. Indonesia Fitriani (second round)
  4. Japan Minatsu Mitani (semi-finals)
  5. Turkey Neslihan Yiğit (withdrew)
  6. Indonesia Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (quarter-finals)
  7. Japan Haruko Suzuki (quarter-finals)
  8. Japan Natsuki Nidaira (first round)

Wild card

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Badminton New Zealand awarded a wild card entry to Sally Fu of New Zealand.

Finals

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Semi-finals Final
          
1 Japan Sayaka Takahashi 17 21 21
4 Japan Minatsu Mitani 21 12 11
1 Japan Sayaka Takahashi 21 21
China Zhang Yiman 13 14
  China Zhang Yiman 21 21
China Han Yue 19 15

Top half

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Section 1

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First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
1 Japan S Takahashi 21 21
South Korea Jeon J-i 6 14
1 Japan S Takahashi 21 21
Australia Chen H-y 7 7
India V R Jakka 16 19
Australia Chen H-y 21 21
1 Japan S Takahashi 21 21
Thailand P Chaiwan 10 11
PFQ Thailand M Hemrachatanun 21 21
PFQ England G Bland 19 17
PFQ Thailand M Hemrachatanun
Thailand P Chaiwan w / o
Australia J Tam 9 11
Thailand P Chaiwan 21 21

Section 2

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First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
4 Japan M Mitani 21 21
Indonesia Y Y Susanto 13 6
4 Japan M Mitani 21 21
PFQ South Korea Kim G-e 15 18
Indonesia J Muljati 9 5
PFQ South Korea Kim G-e 21 21
4 Japan M Mitani 21 21
7 Japan H Suzuki 17 11
7 Japan H Suzuki 21 21
Q1 New Zealand S Li 12 9
7 Japan H Suzuki 21 21
Q2 Japan Y Nakai 19 13
Q2 Japan Y Nakai 21 21
India S U R Chukka 14 13

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
Q3 China Ji ST 21 21
PFQ United States D Gupta 13 13
Q3 China Ji ST 21 14 18
PFQ Thailand C Jucharoen 17 21 21
PFQ Thailand C Jucharoen 21 11
8 Japan N Nidaira 19 19r
PFQ Thailand C Jucharoen 16 16
China Zhang YM 21 21
WC New Zealand S Fu 15 11
China Zhang YM 21 21
China Zhang YM 21 15 21
3 Indonesia Fitriani 17 21 17
Q4 United States C Pan 12 2
3 Indonesia Fitriani 21 21

Section 4

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First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
Israel K Polikarpova 18 9
Switzerland S Jaquet 21 21
Switzerland S Jaquet 5 12
6 Indonesia G M Tunjung 21 21
Canada B Tam 17 19
6 Indonesia G M Tunjung 21 21
6 Indonesia G M Tunjung 19 16
China Han Y 21 21
China Cai YY 21 21
Indonesia R Hartawan 10 15
China Cai YY 11 17
China Han Y 21 21
China Han Y 21 21
2 Chinese Taipei Lee C-h 11 11

Men's doubles

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Seeds

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Finals

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Semi-finals Final
          
1 Chinese Taipei Chen Hung-ling
Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin
21 21
7 China He Jiting
China Tan Qiang
14 13
1 Chinese Taipei Chen Hung-ling
Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin
21 21
2 Indonesia Berry Angriawan
Indonesia Hardianto
17 17
4 Thailand Bodin Isara
Thailand Nipitphon Phuangphuapet
18 16
2 Indonesia Berry Angriawan
Indonesia Hardianto
21 21

Top half

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Section 1

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First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
1 Chinese Taipei Chen H-l
Chinese Taipei Wang C-l
21 21
Q1 New Zealand V Harris
New Zealand K Zhang
13 6
1 Chinese Taipei Chen H-l
Chinese Taipei Wang C-l
21 21
South Korea Jung T-i
South Korea Kim H-t
13 12
New Zealand J Boyle
New Zealand M Graham
8 7
South Korea Jung T-i
South Korea Kim H-t
21 21
1 Chinese Taipei Chen H-l
Chinese Taipei Wang C-l
21 21
China Chai B
China Wang ZK
11 17
8 India F Alwin
India N Kidambi
15 13
Indonesia S K Gutama
Indonesia F W Putra
21 21
Indonesia S K Gutama
Indonesia F W Putra
19 14
China Chai B
China Wang ZK
21 21
China Chai B
China Wang ZK
21 21
Vietnam Bảo M
Vietnam Dương B Đ
6 16

Section 2

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First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
3 Thailand K Kedren
Thailand D Puavaranukroh
17 21 21
Malaysia Tan B H
South Korea Yoo Y-s
21 9 14
3 Thailand K Kedren
Thailand D Puavaranukroh
18 19
Thailand I Apisuk
Thailand T Viriyangkura
21 21
South Korea Choi H-g
South Korea Park K-h
10 17
Thailand I Apisuk
Thailand T Viriyangkura
21 21
Thailand I Apisuk
Thailand T Viriyangkura
24 18 14
7 China He JT
China Tan Q
22 21 21
7 China He JT
China Tan Q
21 21
India R Kapoor
India S Sharma
13 13
7 China He JT
China Tan Q
21 18 21
Q4 Indonesia A B Cahyono
Indonesia M R P Isfahani
18 21 13
Q4 Indonesia A B Cahyono
Indonesia M R P Isfahani
21 21
India Arjun M.R.
India R Shlok
12 14

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
Thailand P Kuna-anuvit
Thailand N Trinkajee
21 21
Q2 Denmark J Lindqvist
New Zealand C Steeghs
8 14
Thailand P Kuna-anuvit
Thailand N Trinkajee
9 12
5 India M Attri
India B. S Reddy
21 21
New Zealand J Curtin
New Zealand D Oud
14 15
5 India M Attri
India B. S Reddy
21 21
5 India M Attri
India B. S Reddy
10 15
4 Thailand B Isara
Thailand N Phuangphuapet
21 21
Australia C Chen
Australia T Wong
9 12
New Zealand O Guo
New Zealand D Vong
21 21
New Zealand O Guo
New Zealand D Vong
12 15
4 Thailand B Isara
Thailand N Phuangphuapet
21 21
Vietnam Đỗ T Đ
Vietnam Phạm H N
17 15
4 Thailand B Isara
Thailand N Phuangphuapet
21 21

Section 4

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First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
Australia S Leung
Australia M Wheller
13 9
Malaysia Chan P S
Malaysia Chen T J
21 21
Malaysia Chan P S
Malaysia Chen T J
21 22
6 Indonesia W Nayaka
Indonesia A Y Santoso
19 20
Malaysia M A Abdul Latif
Malaysia N M A Ayub
6 Indonesia W Nayaka
Indonesia A Y Santoso
w / o
Malaysia Chan P S
Malaysia Chen T J
21 17 16
2 Indonesia B Angriawan
Indonesia Hardianto
13 21 21
Q3 New Zealand T Ellis
New Zealand W Newman
13 15
China Ou XY
China Ren XY
21 21
China Ou XY
China Ren XY