2018 New Zealand Open (badminton)

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.

2018 New Zealand Open

Tournament details
Dates	1–6 May
Level	Super 300
Total prize money	US$150,000
Venue	North Shore Events Centre
Location	Auckland, New Zealand
Champions
Men's singles	Lin Dan
Women's singles	Sayaka Takahashi
Men's doubles	Chen Hung-ling Wang Chi-lin
Women's doubles	Ayako Sakuramoto Yukiko Takahata
Mixed doubles	Wang Chi-lin Lee Chia-hsin
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Tournament

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

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

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 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

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

Seeds

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

Wild card

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

Finals

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

Top half

Section 1

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

Section 2

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

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
		So Verma	19	21	19
	WC	A Manota	21	14	21
								WC	A Manota	11	16
								PFQ	N Karunaratne	21	21
		A Mendrek	21	12	16
	PFQ	N Karunaratne	18	21	21
															PFQ	N Karunaratne	7	9
															3	B. Sai Praneeth	21	21
	Q3	Sun FX	18	21	18
		Liew D	21	14	21
									Liew D	18	17
								3	B. Sai Praneeth	21	21
		M Zilberman	11	19
	3	B. Sai Praneeth	21	21

Section 4

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

Women's singles

Seeds

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

Wild card

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

Finals

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

Top half

Section 1

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

Section 2

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

Bottom half

Section 3

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

Section 4

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

Men's doubles

Seeds

1. Chen Hung-ling / Wang Chi-lin (champions)
2. Berry Angriawan / Hardianto (final)
3. Kittinupong Kedren / Dechapol Puavaranukroh (second round)
4. Bodin Isara / Nipitphon Phuangphuapet (semi-finals)
5. Manu Attri / B. Sumeeth Reddy (quarter-finals)
6. Wahyu Nayaka / Ade Yusuf Santoso (second round)
7. He Jiting / Tan Qiang (semi-finals)
8. Francis Alwin / Nandagopal Kidambi (first round)

Finals

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

Top half

Section 1

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

Section 2

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

Bottom half

Section 3

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

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
	S Leung M Wheller		13	9
	Chan P S Chen T J		21	21
									Chan P S Chen T J	21	22
								6	W Nayaka A Y Santoso	19	20
		M A Abdul Latif N M A Ayub
	6	W Nayaka A Y Santoso	w	/	o
																Chan P S Chen T J	21	17	16
															2	B Angriawan Hardianto	13	21	21
	Q3	T Ellis W Newman	13	15
		Ou XY Ren XY	21	21
									Ou XY Ren XY	21	19	7
								2	B Angriawan Hardianto	15	21	21
		R Cheng J Feng	5	7
	2	B Angriawan Hardianto	21	21

Women's doubles

Seeds

1. Della Destiara Haris / Rizki Amelia Pradipta (quarter-finals)
2. Naoko Fukuman / Kurumi Yonao (quarter-finals)
3. Chow Mei Kuan / Lee Meng Yean (first round)
4. Misato Aratama / Akane Watanabe (first round)

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
		Ayako Sakuramoto Yukiko Takahata	21	21
		Arisa Higashino Kie Nakanishi	16	9
									Ayako Sakuramoto Yukiko Takahata	21	21
									Cao Tongwei Zheng Yu	9	19
		Kim Hye-rin Kong Hee-yong	21	10	18
		Cao Tongwei Zheng Yu	15	21	21

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
								1	D D Haris R A Pradipta	21	21
									M Jakkampudi P S Ram	15	6
	M Jakkampudi P S Ram		21	21
	E Calder-Hawkins J Ng C M		17	14
															1	D D Haris R A Pradipta	8	21	15
																A Sakuramoto Y Takahata	21	15	21
	Y Barkah R E Putri Sari		13	10
	A Sakuramoto Y Takahata		21	21
								A Sakuramoto Y Takahata		21	21
								R Laisuan S Mingchua		15	7
	S L Lee J Villegas		12	4
	R Laisuan S Mingchua		21	21

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
	4	M Aratama A Watanabe	17	12
		Goh Y C V Hoo K M	21	21
								Goh Y C V Hoo K M		19	17
								A Higashino K Nakanishi		21	21
	T Otene J Yu		4	5
	A Higashino K Nakanishi		21	21
															A Higashino K Nakanishi		21	21
															Baek H-n Lee Y-r		17	17
	Baek H-n Lee Y-r		21	21
	C Alley E Smith		6	2
								Baek H-n Lee Y-r		21	15	21
								S Parwsampren P Supajirakul		15	21	9
	N Matsuyama C Shida
	S Parwsampren P Supajirakul		w	/	o

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
	Cheah Y S Peck Y W
	Kim H-r Kong H-y		w	/	o
								Kim H-r Kong H-y		21	18	21
								A S Awanda M C Sahputri		18	21	19
	S Leydon-Davis Xie YS
	A S Awanda M C Sahputri		w	/	o
															Kim H-r Kong H-y		21	21
															Chae Y-j Kim H-j		18	19
	J Jiang S Li		11	13
	N K M Istirani N K Maheswari		21	21
								N K M Istirani N K Maheswari		15	21	11
								Chae Y-j Kim H-j		21	16	21
		Chae Y-j Kim H-j	21	23	21
	3	Chow M K Lee M Y	15	25	16

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
	Cao TW Zheng Y		21	21
	S Fu A Tagle		8	7
								Cao TW Zheng Y		21	21
								Y Nakai N Ono		8	15
	Huang DP Li WM
	Y Nakai N Ono		w	/	o
																Cao TW Zheng Y	21	21
															2	N Fukuman K Yonao	16	15
	R Apalisok A Tan		w	/	o
	Du Y Li YH
									R Apalisok A Tan	3	6
								2	N Fukuman K Yonao	21	21
		A Pak F A Rahardja	12	11
	2	N Fukuman K Yonao	21	21

Mixed doubles

Seeds

1. Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Sapsiree Taerattanachai (semi-finals)
2. He Jiting / Du Yue (semi-finals)
3. Wang Chi-lin / Lee Chia-hsin (champions)
4. Pranav Chopra / N. Sikki Reddy (withdrew)
5. Choi Sol-gyu / Kim Ha-na (first round)
5. Seo Seung-jae / Chae Yoo-jung (final)
7. Wang Zekang / Li Yinhui (withdrew)
8. Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying (quarter-finals)

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	1	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai	21	15	15
	5	Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung	16	21	21
								5	Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung	19	21	19
								3	Wang Chi-lin Lee Chia-hsin	21	14	21
	3	Wang Chi-lin Lee Chia-hsin	17	21	21
	2	He Jiting Du Yue	21	18	18

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
	1	D Puavaranukroh S Taerattanachai	21	21
	Q3	A Jeffery K Xu	9	4
								1	D Puavaranukroh S Taerattanachai	21	21
									R Kapoor K Garg	11	11
	R Kapoor K Garg		11	21	21
	M Zilberman K Polikarpova		21	7	10
															1	D Puavaranukroh S Taerattanachai	21	21
																R Alexander A Saufika	15	11
	5	Choi S-g Kim H-n	17	12
		R Alexander A Saufika	21	21
								R Alexander A Saufika		21	22
								Y E Saputra M G islami		17	20
	Y E Saputra M G islami		21	21
	M Fogarty I Zhong		10	9

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
	PFQ	C Chen J Tam	6	8
		H Faizal G E Widjaja	21	21
								H Faizal G E Widjaja		21	19	14
								Ou XY Cao TW		19	21	21
	Ou XY Cao TW		21	21
	P Kuna-Anuvit S Paewsampran		17	16
																Ou XY Cao TW	19	16
															5	Seo S-j Chae Y-j	21	21
	5	Seo S-j Chae Y-j	21	20	21
		Chen T J Peck Y W	16	22	15
								5	Seo S-j Chae Y-j	18	21	21
									R K Suwardi D Susanto	21	17	19
	R K Suwardi D Susanto		13	21	21
	S Jomkoh P Supajirakul		21	13	17

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
	S Sharma P S Ram		21	21
	N Tagle F A Rahardja		19	11
									S Sharma P S Ram	16	14
								8	Chan P S Goh L Y	21	21
	Q4	Kang M-h Baek H-n	8	18
	8	Chan P S Goh L Y	21	21
															8	Chan P S Goh L Y	21	16	22
															3	Wang C-l Lee C-h	16	21	24
	J Feng S Li		5	10
	Park K-h Kong H-y		21	21
									Park K-h Kong H-y	18	16
								3	Wang C-l Lee C-h	21	21
		Kim W-h Lee Y-r	16	21	19
	3	Wang C-l Lee C-h	21	19	21

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Quarter-finals
	M Phillips A Pak		17	13
	Đỗ T Đ Phạm N T		21	21
									Đỗ T Đ Phạm N T	21	21
								PFQ	D Oud J Ng C M	18	13
		J Boyle J Yu	18	22	4
	PFQ	D Oud J Ng C M	21	20	21
																Đỗ T Đ Phạm N T	12	11
															2	He JT Du Y	21	21
		D Vong A Tagle	11	8
	Q2	Kim H-t Kim H-j	21	21
								Q2	Kim H-t Kim H-j	14	15
								2	He JT Du Y	21	21
	Q1	A Manota J Villegas	4	9
	2	He JT Du Y	21	21