2018 Malaysia Open (badminton)


The 2018 Malaysia Open was a badminton tournament which took place at Axiata Arena in Malaysia from 26 June to 1 July 2018 and had a total purse of $700,000.

Tournament

The 2018 Malaysia Open was the eleventh tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Malaysia Open championships, which had been held since 1937. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Association of Malaysia with the sanction of the BWF. It was also the first ever new Super 750 Level 3 tournament of the BWF World Tour schedule.

Venue

This international tournament was held at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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 750 event.
WinnerRunner-up3/45/89/1617/3233/6465/128129/256257/512513/1024
11,0009,3507,7006,0504,3202,6601,06052021010050

Prize money

The total prize money for this tournament was US$700,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.
EventWinnerFinalsSemi-finalsQuarter-finalsLast 16Last 32
Singles$49,000$23,800$9,800$3,850$2,100$700
Doubles$51,800$24,500$9,800$4,375$2,275$700

Men's singles

Seeds

  1. Viktor Axelsen '
  2. Son Wan-ho '
  3. Shi Yuqi '
  4. Srikanth Kidambi '
  5. Chen Long '
  6. Chou Tien-chen '
  7. Lee Chong Wei
  8. Prannoy Kumar

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's singles

Seeds

  1. Tai Tzu-ying
  2. Akane Yamaguchi '
  3. P. V. Sindhu '
  4. Ratchanok Intanon '
  5. Chen Yufei '
  6. Carolina Marín '
  7. Sung Ji-hyun '
  8. He Bingjiao

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Men's doubles

Seeds

  1. Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo '
  2. Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen '
  3. Liu Cheng / Zhang Nan '
  4. Li Junhui / Liu Yuchen '
  5. Mads Conrad-Petersen / Mads Pieler Kolding '
  6. Takeshi Kamura / Keigo Sonoda
  7. Takuto Inoue / Yuki Kaneko '
  8. Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

  1. Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan '
  2. Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota '
  3. Kamilla Rytter Juhl / Christinna Pedersen '
  4. Shiho Tanaka / Koharu Yonemoto '
  5. Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi
  6. Lee So-hee / Shin Seung-chan '
  7. Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai '
  8. Della Destiara Haris / Rizki Amelia Pradipta

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

  1. Tontowi Ahmad / Liliyana Natsir '
  2. Wang Yilü / Huang Dongping '
  3. Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet '
  4. Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong
  5. Zhang Nan / Li Yinhui '
  6. Mathias Christiansen / Christinna Pedersen '
  7. Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai '
  8. He Jiting / Du Yue

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4