2018 Hong Kong Open (badminton)

The 2018 Hong Kong Open (officially known as the Yonex-Sunrise Hong Kong Open 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Hong Kong from 13 to 18 November 2018 and had a total prize of $400,000.

2018 Hong Kong Open

Tournament details
Dates	13–18 November
Level	Super 500
Total prize money	US$400,000
Venue	Hong Kong Coliseum
Location	Hong Kong
Champions
Men's singles	Son Wan-ho
Women's singles	Nozomi Okuhara
Men's doubles	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
Women's doubles	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota
Mixed doubles	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino
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Tournament

The 2018 Hong Kong Open was the twenty-fourth tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Hong Kong Open championships, which had been held since 1982. This tournament was organized by Hong Kong Badminton Association and sanctioned by the BWF.^[1]

Venue

This international tournament was held at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Hong Kong.^[1]

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.^[2]

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 was US$400,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.^[1]

Event	Winner	Finals	Semi-finals	Quarter-finals	Last 16
Singles	$30,000	$15,200	$5,800	$2,400	$1,400
Doubles	$31,600	$15,200	$5,600	$2,900	$1,500

Men's singles

Seeds

1. Kento Momota (semi-finals)
2. Shi Yuqi (first round)
3. Chou Tien-chen (first round)
4. Srikanth Kidambi (quarter-finals)
5. Chen Long (second round)
6. Son Wan-ho (champion)
7. Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (second round)
8. Kenta Nishimoto (final)

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	1	Kento Momota	21	16	19
	6	Son Wan-ho	18	21	21
								6	Son Wan-ho	14	21	21
								8	Kenta Nishimoto	21	17	13
	8	Kenta Nishimoto	21	21
	Q4	Lee Cheuk Yiu	18	12

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
	1	K Momota	21	12	21
		Lin D	19	21	15
								1	K Momota	17	21	21
									K Tsuneyama	21	17	16
		K Tsuneyama	6	21	21
		I M Mustofa	21	13	16
															1	K Momota	22	21	21
																J Christie	24	9	9
	7	A S Ginting	21	21
	Q1	Parupalli K	16	13
								7	A S Ginting	15	23
									J Christie	21	25
		J Christie	21	21
		K Sakai	16	13

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
	3	Chou T-c	21	21	20
		Lee D-k	8	23	22
									Lee D-k	21	21
									J Ø. Jørgensen	13	17
		J Ø. Jørgensen	17	21	21
		T Sugiarto	21	19	10
																Lee D-k	16	14
															6	Son W-h	21	21
	6	Son W-h	21	21
	Q3	T Saensomboonsuk	19	18
								6	Son W-h	21	21
									K Phetpradab	15	19
		K Phetpradab	16	21	21
		B. Sai Praneeth	21	11	15

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
		Ng K L	15	16
		K Wangcharoen	21	21
									K Wangcharoen	21	6	13
								8	K Nishimoto	16	21	21
	Q2	L Corvée	18	21	17
	8	K Nishimoto	21	11	21
															8	K Nishimoto	21	21
															4	S Kidambi	17	13
		Prannoy H. S.	21	13	21
		A Antonsen	14	21	19
									Prannoy H. S.	21	29	18
								4	S Kidambi	18	30	21
		Wong W K	11	15
	4	S Kidambi	21	21

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
		S Avihingsanon	17	14
		S Verma	21	21
									S Verma	w	/	o
								5	Chen L
		Liew D	16	16
	5	Chen L	21	21
																S Verma	15	21	11
															Q4	Lee C Y	21	19	21
		H-K Vittinghus	12	21	21
		Huang YX	21	15	16
									H-K Vittinghus	12	21
								Q4	Lee C Y	21	23
	Q4	Lee C Y	11
	2	Shi YQ	3r

Women's singles

Seeds

1. Tai Tzu-ying (semi-finals)
2. Akane Yamaguchi (quarter-finals)
3. P. V. Sindhu (second round)
4. Chen Yufei (first round)
5. Carolina Marín (quarter-finals)
6. Ratchanok Intanon (final)
7. Nozomi Okuhara (champion)
8. He Bingjiao (quarter-finals)

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	1	Tai Tzu-ying	12	1r
	7	Nozomi Okuhara	21	3
								7	Nozomi Okuhara	21	24
								6	Ratchanok Intanon	19	22
		Sung Ji-hyun	21	11	17
	6	Ratchanok Intanon	10	21	21

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
	1	Tai T-y	16	21	21
		Yip P Y	21	8	14
								1	Tai T-y	17	21	21
									Cheung N Y	21	16	9
		Cheung N Y	18	21	21
	Q3	D D Ayustine	21	17	13
															1	Tai T-y	18	21	21
															5	C Marín	21	9	14
	5	C Marín	21	21
		B Ongbamrungphan	10	18
								5	C Marín	21	21
									M Li	14	8
		Pai Y-p	11	14
		M Li	21	21

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
	4	Chen YF	21	10	20
		P Chochuwong	14	21	22
									P Chochuwong	17	21	21
									M Blichfeldt	21	10	13
		E Kosetskaya	21	19	15
		M Blichfeldt	18	21	21
																P Chochuwong	12	21	6
															7	N Okuhara	21	16	21
	7	N Okuhara	23	21
		S Cheah S Y	21	18
								7	N Okuhara	21	21
									Gao FJ	17	9
		S Kawakami	0r
		Gao FJ	2

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
		S Takahashi	21	13	19
		Cai YY	17	21	21
									Cai YY	16	18
								8	He BJ	21	21
	Q2	Li XR	21	8	12
	8	He BJ	11	21	21
															8	He BJ	13	11r
																Sung J-h	21	19
		Sung J-h	21	21
		A Ohori	10	12
									Sung J-h	26	22
								3	P. V. Sindhu	24	20
		N Jindapol	15	21	17
	3	P. V. Sindhu	21	13	21

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
		Chen XX	21	21
	Q1	R Hartawan	18	16
									Chen XX	16	16
								6	R Intanon	21	21
		S Sato	22	13	15
	6	R Intanon	20	21	21
															6	R Intanon	21	21
															2	A Yamaguchi	9	16
	Q4	Deng X	18	23	16
		Han Y	21	21	21
									Han Y	19	11
								2	A Yamaguchi	21	21
		S Nehwal	21	10	19
	2	A Yamaguchi	10	21	21

Men's doubles

Seeds

1. Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (champions)
2. Li Junhui / Liu Yuchen (first round)
3. Liu Cheng / Zhang Nan (first round)
4. Takeshi Kamura / Keigo Sonoda (final)
5. Chen Hung-ling / Wang Chi-lin (first round)
6. Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (quarter-finals)
7. Mads Conrad-Petersen / Mads Pieler Kolding (first round)
8. Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto (semi-finals)

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	1	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	21	18	21
		Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	14	21	9
								1	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	21	21
								4	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	13	12
	4	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	24	21
	8	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	22	15

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
	1	M F Gideon K S Sukamuljo	21	21
		H Endo Y Watanabe	14	15
								1	M F Gideon K S Sukamuljo	16	21	21
									M Boe C Mogensen	21	19	9
		M Boe C Mogensen	21	23
		S Rankireddy C Shetty	19	21
															1	M F Gideon K S Sukamuljo	20	21	21
															Q3	Kim G-j Lee Y-d	22	9	15
	7	M Conrad-Petersen M P Kolding	12	11
	Q3	Kim G-j Lee Y-d	21	21
								Q3	Kim G-j Lee Y-d	21	21
								Q1	Chung E-s Kim D-y	15	14
		K Kedren D Puavaranukroh	11	21	18
	Q1	Chung E-s Kim D-y	21	16	21

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
	3	Liu C Zhang N	21	18	15
		Goh V S Tan W K	11	21	21
									Goh V S Tan W K	16	21	12
									M Ahsan H Setiawan	21	12	21
		M Ahsan H Setiawan	21	24
		Kang M-h Kim W-h	17	22
																M Ahsan H Setiawan	21	21
															6	K Astrup A S Rasmussen	19	14
	6	K Astrup A S Rasmussen	28	21	21
		Lu C-y Yang P-h	30	19	16
								6	K Astrup A S Rasmussen	21	21
									Ou XY Ren XY	15	15
		Ou XY Ren XY	14	21	21
		W Nayaka A Yusuf	21	12	14

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
		Ong Y S Teo E Y	20	13
		T Hoki Y Kobayashi	22	21
									T Hoki Y Kobayashi	20	15
									He JT Tan Q	22	21
		He JT Tan Q	21	22
	5	Chen H-l Wang C-l	17	20
																He JT Tan Q	18	18
															4	T Kamura K Sonoda	21	21
	Q2	Chung Y Tam C H	13	21	17
		T Inoue Y Kaneko	21	12	21
									T Inoue Y Kaneko	19	19
								4	T Kamura K Sonoda	21	21
		B Angriawan Hardianto	10	14
	4	T Kamura K Sonoda	21	21

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
	Q4	Chang K-c Lu C-p	22	19
		Liao M-c Su C-h	24	21
									Liao M-c Su C-h	12	13
								8	F Alfian M R Ardianto	21	21
		V Ivanov I Sozonov	23	19
	8	F Alfian M R Ardianto	25	21
															8	F Alfian M R Ardianto	21	25
																Lee J-h Lee Y	17	23
		B Isara M Jongjit	12	18
		M Attri B. S Reddy	21	21
									M Attri B. S Reddy	16	15
									Lee J-h Lee Y	21	21
		Lee J-h Lee Y	21	21
	2	Li JH Liu YC	12	15

Women's doubles

Seeds

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

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	1	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	20	21	21
	4	Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu	22	9	12
								1	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	21	21
								7	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	18	17
	7	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	21	21
	6	Shiho Tanaka Koharu Yonemoto	16	12

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
	1	Y Fukushima S Hirota	21	21
	Q2	Lui L L Tsang H Y	10	9
								1	Y Fukushima S Hirota	21	16	21
									Dong WJ Feng XY	17	21	14
		Lin W-c Wu T-j	14	7
		Dong WJ Feng XY	21	21
															1	Y Fukushima S Hirota	21	21
																D D Haris R A Pradipta	15	19
	8	J Kititharakul R Prajongjai	21	21
		Gong X X Ng W C	8	3
								8	J Kititharakul R Prajongjai	21	9	10
									D D Haris R A Pradipta	19	21	21
		D D Haris R A Pradipta	19	21	21
		Ng T Y Yuen S Y	21	17	17

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
	4	G Polii A Rahayu	21	21
	PFQ	Ng S Y Wu Y T	14	16
								4	G Polii A Rahayu	21	21
									Baek H-n Kim H-r	15	18
		Baek H-n Kim H-r	21	21
	Q4	Cheung Y M Tsang W C	9	6
															4	G Polii A Rahayu	23	21
																Du Y Li YH	21	15
	5	M Matsumoto W Nagahara	26	19	18
		Du Y Li YH	24	21	21
									Du Y Li YH	21	21
									M Fruergaard S Thygesen	19	17
		E Kan I Zhong	5	9
		M Fruergaard S Thygesen	21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
		Ng W Y Yeung N T	13	17
		Li WM Zheng Y	21	21
									Li WM Zheng Y	15	16
								7	Lee S-h Shin S-c	21	21
		Hsu Y-c Hu L-f	21	18	15
	7	Lee S-h Shin S-c	14	21	21
															7	Lee S-h Shin S-c	13	21	21
																P Supajirakul S Taerattanachai	21	17	18
		P Supajirakul S Taerattanachai	19	21	24
		N Fukuman K Yonao	21	18	22
									P Supajirakul S Taerattanachai	21	21
									É Lefel A Tran	15	15
		É Lefel A Tran	4
	3	Chen QC Jia YF	1r

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
	Q1
		C Chaladchalam P Muenwong	w	/	o
									C Chaladchalam P Muenwong	13	21	21
								6	S Tanaka K Yonemoto	21	16	23
	Q3	Kim H-j Kong H-y	15	21	19
	6	S Tanaka K Yonemoto	21	17	21
															6	S Tanaka K Yonemoto	21	21
															2	M Matsutomo A Takahashi	17	18
		Chang Y-n Jung K-e	21	21
		Chang C-h Yang C-t	9	10
									Chang Y-n Jung K-e	14	22
								2	M Matsutomo A Takahashi	21	24
		A Ponnappa N. S Reddy	21	10	8
	2	M Matsutomo A Takahashi	18	21	21

Mixed doubles

Seeds

1. Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong (withdrew)
2. Wang Yilü / Huang Dongping (final)
3. Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet (second round)
4. Mathias Christiansen / Christinna Pedersen (first round)
5. Zhang Nan / Li Yinhui (first round)
6. Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying (first round)
7. Yuta Watanabe / Arisa Higashino (champions)
8. Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai (second round)

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	7	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	21	21
		Lee Yang Hsu Ya-ching	11	10
								7	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	21	21
								2	Wang Yilü Huang Dongping	18	14
		Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai	17	13
	2	Wang Yilü Huang Dongping	21	21

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
	PFQ	Y Kaneko M Matsutomo	19	21	19
		Y Kobayashi K Yonemoto	21	11	21
									Y Kobayashi K Yonemoto	12	21	14
								Q1	T Hoki W Nagahara	21	16	21
	Q1	T Hoki W Nagahara	21	21
		J Fischer Nielsen A Bøje	19	14
															Q1	T Hoki W Nagahara	13	19
															7	Y Watanabe A Higashino	21	21
	7	Y Watanabe A Higashino	21	21
		T Ahmad D D Haris	15	9
								7	Y Watanabe A Higashino	21	21
									He JT Du Y	17	12
	Q3	Mak H C Yeung N T	12	7
		He JT Du Y	21	21

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
	4	M Christiansen C Pedersen	21	20
		Lee Y Hsu Y-c	23	22
									Lee Y Hsu Y-c	21	21
									S Rankireddy A Ponnappa	17	11
		Wang C-l Lee C-h	16	21	14
		S Rankireddy A Ponnappa	21	19	21
																Lee Y Hsu Y-c	21	21
																N Phuangphuapet S Amitrapai	16	14
	5	Zhang N Li YH	14	15
	PFQ	R Alexander A Saufika	21	21
								PFQ	R Alexander A Saufika	14	14
									N Phuangphuapet S Amitrapai	21	21
	Q4	Ou XY Feng XY	20	23	17
		N Phuangphuapet S Amitrapai	22	21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
		Ren XY Zhou CM	21	16
		D Puavaranukroh S Taerattanachai	23	21
									D Puavaranukroh S Taerattanachai	23	21
									C Adcock G Adcock	21	12
		C Adcock G Adcock	21	21
	6	Chan P S Goh L Y	19	16
																D Puavaranukroh S Taerattanachai	21	15	21
																H Faizal G E Widjaja	12	21	13
		H Faizal G E Widjaja	21	21
	Q2	Chung Y Wu Y T	18	19
									H Faizal G E Widjaja	21	14	21
								3	Tang C M Tse Y S	16	21	15
		N Nøhr S Thygesen	9	10
	3	Tang C M Tse Y S	21	21

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
		Chang T C Ng W Y	21	15	15
		P Jordan M D Oktavianti	18	21	21
									P Jordan M D Oktavianti	21	21
								8	Goh S H S J Lai	14	16
		R Labar A Mittelheisser	7	8
	8	Goh S H S J Lai	21	21
																P Jordan M D Oktavianti	14	21	14
															2	Wang YL Huang DP	21	14	21
		Tan K M Lai P J	20	21	21
		Chang K-c Cheng C-y	22	17	18
									Tan K M Lai P J	11	21	6
								2	Wang YL Huang DP	21	18	21
		Lee C H Chau H W	16	21	15
	2	Wang YL Huang DP	21	15	21