2018 Japan Open (badminton)


The 2018 Japan Open was a badminton tournament which took place at Musashino Forest Sports Plaza in Tokyo, Japan, from 11 to 16 September 2018 and had a total prize of $700,000.

Tournament

The 2018 Japan Open was the sixteenth tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Japan Open championships, which had been held since 1977. This tournament was organized by Nippon Badminton Association, and sanctioned by the BWF.

Venue

This international tournament was held at Musashino Forest Sports Plaza in Tokyo, Japan.

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 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. Shi Yuqi '
  3. Kento Momota
  4. Son Wan-ho '
  5. Chou Tien-chen '
  6. Chen Long '
  7. Srikanth Kidambi '
  8. Ng Ka Long

    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. He Bingjiao '
  8. Nozomi Okuhara

    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. Li Junhui / Liu Yuchen '
  3. Takeshi Kamura / Keigo Sonoda '
  4. Liu Cheng / Zhang Nan '
  5. Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen '
  6. Mads Conrad-Petersen / Mads Pieler Kolding '
  7. Takuto Inoue / Yuki Kaneko '
  8. Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

  1. Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota
  2. Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi '
  3. Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan '
  4. Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu '
  5. Shiho Tanaka / Koharu Yonemoto '
  6. Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai '
  7. Lee So-hee / Shin Seung-chan '
  8. Mayu Matsumoto / Wakana Nagahara

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

  1. Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong
  2. Wang Yilü / Huang Dongping '
  3. Tontowi Ahmad / Liliyana Natsir '
  4. Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet '
  5. Zhang Nan / Li Yinhui '
  6. Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai '
  7. Chris Adcock / Gabrielle Adcock '
  8. Hafiz Faizal / Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4