2018 in badminton

International badminton events (Grade 1)

• May 20 – 27: 2018 Thomas & Uber Cup (Grade 1) in Bangkok^[1]
  • Thomas Cup winners:  China
  • Uber Cup winners:  Japan
• July 30 – August 5: 2018 BWF World Championships (Grade 1) in Nanjing^[2]
  • Singles: Kento Momota (m) / Carolina Marín (f)
  • Doubles:  China (Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen) (m) /  Japan (Mayu Matsumoto & Wakana Nagahara) (f)
  • Mixed:  China (Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong)
• October 15 – 21: 2018 World University Badminton Championships in Kuala Lumpur^[3]
• November 5 – 18: 2018 BWF World Junior Championships (Individual & Team; Grade 1) in Markham, Ontario^[4][5]
  • Singles: Kunlavut Vitidsarn (m) / Goh Jin Wei (f)
  • Doubles:  China (Di Zijian & Wang Chang) (m) /  China (Liu Xuanxuan & Xia Yuting) (f)
  • Mixed:  Indonesia (Leo Rolly Carnando & Indah Cahya Sari Jamil)
  • Team:  China
• December 12 – 16: HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2018 in Guangzhou^[6]
  • Singles: Shi Yuqi (m) / P. V. Sindhu (f)
  • Doubles:  China (Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen) (m) /  Japan (Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi) (f)
  • Mixed:  China (Wang Yilyu & Huang Dongping)

Continental badminton events

• February 6 – 11: 2018 Oceania Badminton Championships in Hamilton, New Zealand^[7][8]
  • Singles: Abhinav Manota (m) / Chen Hsuan-yu (f)
  • Doubles:  Australia (Matthew Chau & Sawan Serasinghe) (m) /  Australia (Setyana Mapasa & Gronya Somerville) (f)
  • Mixed:  Australia (Sawan Serasinghe & Setyana Mapasa)
  • Men's Team:  Australia (Anthony Joe, Ashwant Gobinathan, Eric Vuong, Jacob Schueler, Matthew Chau, Pit Seng Low, Raymond Tam, Robin Middleton, Ross Smith, Sawan Serasinghe)
  • Women's Team:  Australia (Gronya Somerville, Chen Hsuan-yu, Jennifer Tam, Joy Lai, Leanne Choo, Louisa Ma, Setyana Mapasa)
• February 6 – 11: 2018 Badminton Asia Team Championships in Alor Setar^[9]
  • Men:  Indonesia (Mohammad Ahsan, Jonatan Christie, Marcus Fernaldi Gideon, Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, Firman Abdul Kholik, Ihsan Maulana Mustofa, Angga Pratama, Rian Agung Saputro, Hendra Setiawan, Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo)
  • Women:  Japan (Yuki Fukushima, Sayaka Hirota, Misaki Matsutomo, Aya Ohori, Nozomi Okuhara, Sayaka Sato, Ayaka Takahashi, Shiho Tanaka, Akane Yamaguchi, Koharu Yonemoto)
• February 12 – 15: 2018 All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships in Algiers^[10]
  • Men:  Algeria (Adel Hamek, Adel Meddah, Koceila Mammeri, Majed Yacine Balahoune, Mohamed Abdelaziz Ouchefoun, Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi, Samy Khaldi, Sifeddine Larbaoui, Youcef Sabri Medel)
  • Women:  Mauritius (Aurelie Marie Elisa Allet, Ganesha Mungrah, Kate Foo Kune, Kobita Dookhee, Nicki Chan-Lam, Sendila Mourat)
• February 13 – 18: 2018 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships in Kazan^[11]
  • Men:  Denmark (Anders Antonsen, Mads Conrad-Petersen, Mads Pieler Kolding, Emil Holst, Kim Astrup, Mathias Christiansen, Jan Ø. Jørgensen)
  • Women:  Denmark (Mia Blichfeldt, Kamilla Rytter Juhl, Christinna Pedersen, Line Kjaersfeldt, Maiken Fruergaard, Sara Thygesen, Natalia Koch Rohde)
• February 15 – 18: 2018 Pan Am Badminton Championships (Team) in Tacarigua^[12]
  • Men:  Canada (Austin James Bauer, Paul-Antoine Dostie-Gundon, Jason Ho-shue, Jonathan Lai, Ty Alexander Lindeman, Nyl Yakura, Brian Yang, Duncan Yao)
  • Women:  Canada (Anne-Julie Beaulieu, Catherine Choi, Michelle Li, Talia Ng, Stéphanie Pakenham, Brittney Tam, Michelle Tong, Josephine Wu)
• April 24 – 29: 2018 Badminton Asia Championships in Wuhan^[13]
  • Singles: Kento Momota (m) / Tai Tzu-ying (f)
  • Doubles:  China (Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen) (m) /  Japan (Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota) (f)
  • Mixed:  China (Wang Yilyu & Huang Dongping)
• April 24 – 29: 2018 European Badminton Championships in Huelva^[14]
  • Singles: Viktor Axelsen (m) / Carolina Marín (f)
  • Doubles:  Denmark (Kim Astrup & Anders Skaarup Rasmussen) (m) /  Bulgaria (Gabriela Stoeva & Stefani Stoeva) (f)
  • Mixed:  England (Chris Adcock & Gabby Adcock)
• April 26 – 29: 2018 Pan American Badminton Championships in Guatemala City^[15]
  • Singles: Ygor Coelho / Michelle Li (f)
  • Doubles:  Canada (Jason Ho-shue & Nyl Yakura) (m) /  Canada (Rachel Honderich & Kristen Tsai) (f)
  • Mixed:  Canada (Ty Alexander Lindeman & Josephine Wu)
• July 14 – 22: Badminton Asia Junior Championships 2018 in Jakarta^[16][17]
  • Singles: Lakshya Sen (m) / WANG Zhiyi (f)
  • Doubles:  China (DI Zijian & WANG Chang) (m) /  Indonesia (Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma & Ribka Sugiarto) (f)
  • Mixed:  China (GUO Xinwa & LIU Xuanxuan)
  • Team:  China defeated  Japan, 3–0 in matches played, in the final.  Indonesia &  Malaysia took third place.
• July 18 – 26: 2018 Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships in Salvador, Bahia^[18][19]
  • Singles: Jonathan Matias (m) / Talia Ng (f)
  • Doubles:  United States (Ryan Zheng & Winston Tsai) (m) /  Canada (Crystal Lai & Wendy Zhang) (f)
  • Mixed:  Canada (Kevin Wang & Wendy Zhang)
  • Team:  Canada defeated  Brazil, 3–2 in matches played, in the final.  United States took third place.
• September 7 – 16: 2018 European Junior Badminton Championships in Tallinn^[20][21]
  • Singles: Arnaud Merkle (m) / Line Christopher (f)
  • Doubles:  France (Fabien Delrue & William Villeger) (m) /  Turkey (Bengisu Ercetin & Nazlıcan Inci) (f)
  • Mixed:  France (Fabien Delrue & Juliette Moinard)
  • Team:  France defeated  Denmark, 3–2 in matches played, in the final. The semifinal loser teams were  Germany &  Russia.

2018 BWF Season (Grade 2)

• January 9 – December 2: 2018 BWF Season

Level Two (Super 1000)

• March 14 – 18: 2018 All England Open in Birmingham^[22]
  • Singles: Shi Yuqi (m) / Tai Tzu-ying (f)
  • Doubles:  Indonesia (Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo) (m) /  Denmark (Kamilla Rytter Juhl & Christinna Pedersen) (f)
  • Mixed:  Japan (Yuta Watanabe & Arisa Higashino)
• July 3 – 8: 2018 Indonesia Open in Jakarta^[23]
  • Singles: Kento Momota (m) / Tai Tzu-ying (f)
  • Doubles:  Indonesia (Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo) (m) /  Japan (Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota) (f)
  • Mixed:  Indonesia (Tontowi Ahmad & Liliyana Natsir)
• September 18 – 23: 2018 China Open (final) in Changzhou^[24]
  • Singles: Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (m) / Carolina Marín (f)
  • Doubles:  Denmark (Kim Astrup & Anders Skaarup Rasmussen) (m) /  Japan (Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi) (f)
  • Mixed:  China (Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong)

Level Three (Super 750)

• June 26 – July 1: Malaysia Open 2018 in Kuala Lumpur^[25]
  • Singles: Lee Chong Wei (m) / Tai Tzu-ying (f)
  • Doubles:  Japan (Takeshi Kamura & Keigo Sonoda) (m) /  Japan (Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi) (f)
  • Mixed:  China (Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong)
• September 11 – 16: Japan Open 2018 in Tokyo^[26]
  • Singles: Kento Momota (m) / Carolina Marín (f)
  • Doubles:  Indonesia (Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo) (m) /  Japan (Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota) (f)
  • Mixed:  China (Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong)
• October 16 – 21: Denmark Open 2018 in Odense^[27]
  • Singles: Kento Momota (m) / Tai Tzu-ying (f)
  • Doubles:  Indonesia (Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo) (m) /  Japan (Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota) (f)
  • Mixed:  China (Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong)
• October 23 – 28: French Open 2018 in Paris^[28]
  • Singles: Chen Long (m) / Akane Yamaguchi (f)
  • Doubles:  China (Han Chengkai & Zhou Haodong) (m) /  Japan (Mayu Matsumoto & Wakana Nagahara) (f)
  • Mixed:  China (Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong)
• November 6 – 11: China Masters 2018 (final) in Fuzhou^[29]
  • Singles: Kento Momota (m) / Chen Yufei (f)
  • Doubles:  Indonesia (Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo) (m) /  South Korea (Lee So-hee & Shin Seung-chan) (f)
  • Mixed:  China (Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong)

Level Four (Super 500)

• January 16 – 21: 2018 Malaysia Masters in Kuala Lumpur^[30]
  • Singles: Viktor Axelsen (m) / Ratchanok Intanon (f)
  • Doubles:  Indonesia (Fajar Alfian & Muhammad Rian Ardianto) (m) /  Denmark (Kamilla Rytter Juhl & Christinna Pedersen) (f)
  • Mixed:  Hong Kong (Tang Chun Man & Tse Ying Suet)
• January 23 – 28: 2018 Indonesia Masters in Jakarta^[31]
  • Singles: Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (m) / Tai Tzu-ying (f)
  • Doubles:  Indonesia (Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo) (m) /  Japan (Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi) (f)
  • Mixed:  China (Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong)
• January 30 – February 4: 2018 India Open in New Delhi^[32]
  • Singles: Shi Yuqi (m) / Zhang Beiwen (f)
  • Doubles:  Indonesia (Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo) (m) /  Indonesia (Greysia Polii & Apriyani Rahayu) (f)
  • Mixed:  Denmark (Mathias Christiansen & Christinna Pedersen)
• July 10 – 15: 2018 Thailand Open in Bangkok^[33]
  • Singles: Kanta Tsuneyama (m) / Nozomi Okuhara (f)
  • Doubles:  Japan (Takeshi Kamura & Keigo Sonoda) (m) /  Indonesia (Greysia Polii & Apriyani Rahayu) (f)
  • Mixed:  Indonesia (Hafiz Faizal & Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja)
• July 17 – 22: 2018 Singapore Open in  Singapore^[34]
  • Singles: Chou Tien-chen (m) / Sayaka Takahashi (f)
  • Doubles:  Indonesia (Mohammad Ahsan & Hendra Setiawan) (m) /  Japan (Ayako Sakuramoto & Yukiko Takahata) (f)
  • Mixed:  Malaysia (Goh Soon Huat & Shevon Jemie Lai)
• September 25 – 30: 2018 Korea Open in Seoul^[35]
  • Singles: Chou Tien-chen (m) / Nozomi Okuhara (f)
  • Doubles:  Japan (Hiroyuki Endo & Yuta Watanabe) (m) /  Japan (Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi) (f)
  • Mixed:  China (He Jiting & Du Yue)
• November 13 – 18: 2018 Hong Kong Open (final) in  Hong Kong^[36]
  • Singles: Son Wan-ho (m) / Nozomi Okuhara (f)
  • Doubles:  Indonesia (Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo) (m) /  Japan (Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota) (f)
  • Mixed:  Japan (Yuta Watanabe & Arisa Higashino)

Level Five (Super 300)

• January 9 – 14: 2018 Thailand Masters in Bangkok^[37]
  • Singles: Tommy Sugiarto (m) / Nichaon Jindapon (f)
  • Doubles:  Thailand (Tinn Isriyanet & Kittisak Namdash) (m) /  Thailand (Jongkolphan Kititharakul & Rawinda Prajongjai) (f)
  • Mixed:  Malaysia (Chan Peng Soon & Goh Liu Ying)
• February 20 – 25: 2018 Swiss Open in Basel^[38]
  • Singles: Sameer Verma (m) / Sayaka Takahashi (f)
  • Doubles:  Denmark (Mathias Boe & Carsten Mogensen) (m) /  Japan (Ayako Sakuramoto & Yukiko Takahata) (f)
  • Mixed:  Germany (Mark Lamsfuß & Isabel Herttrich)
• March 6 – 11: 2018 German Open in Mülheim^[39]
  • Singles: Chou Tien-chen (m) / Akane Yamaguchi (f)
  • Doubles:  Japan (Takuto Inoue & Yuki Kaneko) (m) /  Japan (Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota) (f)
  • Mixed:  Malaysia (Goh Soon Huat & Shevon Jemie Lai)
• May 1 – 6: 2018 New Zealand Open in Auckland^[40]
  • Singles: Lin Dan (m) / Sayaka Takahashi (f)
  • Doubles:  Chinese Taipei (Chen Hung-ling & Wang Chi-lin) (m) /  Japan (Ayako Sakuramoto & Yukiko Takahata) (f)
  • Mixed:  Chinese Taipei (Wang Chi-lin & Lee Chia-hsin)
• May 8 – 13: 2018 Australian Open in Sydney^[41]
  • Singles: LU Guangzu (m) / Cai Yanyan (f)
  • Doubles:  Indonesia (Berry Angriawan & Hardianto) (m) /  Japan (Ayako Sakuramoto & Yukiko Takahata) (f)
  • Mixed:  South Korea (Seo Seung-jae & Chae Yoo-jung)
• June 12 – 17: 2018 U.S. Open in Fullerton^[42]
  • Singles: Lee Dong-keun (m) / Li Xuerui (f)
  • Doubles:  China (OU Xuanyi & REN Xiangyu) (m) /  China (Tang Jinhua & Yu Xiaohan) (f)
  • Mixed:  Malaysia (Chan Peng Soon & Goh Liu Ying)
• August 28 – September 2: 2018 Spanish Open in Barcelona^[43]
  • Singles: Rasmus Gemke (m) / Minatsu Mitani (f)
  • Doubles:  South Korea (Kim Gi-jung & Lee Yong-dae) (m) /  Japan (Mayu Matsumoto & Wakana Nagahara) (f)
  • Mixed:  Denmark (Niclas Nøhr & Sara Thygesen)
• October 2 – 7: 2018 Chinese Taipei Open in Taipei^[44]
  • Singles: Lee Zii Jia (m) / Tai Tzu-ying (f)
  • Doubles:  Chinese Taipei (Chen Hung-ling & Wang Chi-lin) (m) /  Japan (Nami Matsuyama & Chiharu Shida) (f)
  • Mixed:  Indonesia (Alfian Eko Prasetya & Marsheilla Gischa Islami)
• October 30 – November 4: 2018 Macau Open in  Macau^[45]
  • Singles: Lee Hyun-il (m) / Michelle Li (f)
  • Doubles:  South Korea (Kim Gi-jung & Lee Yong-dae) (m) /  Malaysia (Vivian Hoo Kah Mun & Yap Cheng Wen) (f)
  • Mixed:  Hong Kong (Tang Chun Man & Tse Ying Suet)
• November 20 – 25: 2018 Syed Modi International in Lucknow^[46]
  • Singles: Sameer Verma (m) / Han Yue (f)
  • Doubles:  Indonesia (Fajar Alfian & Muhammad Rian Ardianto) (m) /  Malaysia (Chow Mei Kuan & Lee Meng Yean) (f)
  • Mixed:  China (OU Xuanyi & Feng Xueying)
• November 27 – December 2: Korea Masters 2018 (final) in Gwangju^[47]
  • Singles: Son Wan-ho (m) / Li Xuerui (f)
  • Doubles:  South Korea (Choi Sol-gyu & Seo Seung-jae) (m) /  South Korea (Chang Ye-na & Jung Kyung-eun) (f)
  • Mixed:  South Korea (Ko Sung-hyun & Eom Hye-won)

Level Six (Super 100)

• March 27 – April 1: Orleans Masters 2018 in Orléans^[48]
  • Singles: Mark Caljouw (m) / Shiori Saito (f)
  • Doubles:  Germany (Mark Lamsfuß & Marvin Emil Seidel) (m) /  Bulgaria (Gabriela Stoeva & Stefani Stoeva) (f)
  • Mixed:  Denmark (Niclas Nøhr & Sara Thygesen)
• April 10 – 15: Lingshui China Masters in Lingshui^[49]
  • Singles: Lin Yu-hsien (m) / Li Xuerui (f)
  • Doubles:  China (Han Chengkai & Zhou Haodong) (m) /  China (Du Yue & Li Yinhui) (f)
  • Mixed:  China (GUO Xinwa & LIU Xuanxuan)
• June 19 – 24: Canada Open 2018 in Calgary^[50]
  • Singles: LU Guangzu (m) / Li Xuerui (f)
  • Doubles:  England (Marcus Ellis & Chris Langridge) (m) /  Japan (Ayako Sakuramoto & Yukiko Takahata) (f)
  • Mixed:  England (Marcus Ellis & Lauren Smith)
• July 24 – 29: Japan Masters 2018 in Akita^[51]
  • Singles: Sitthikom Thammasin (m) / Sayaka Takahashi (f)
  • Doubles:  Indonesia (Akbar Bintang Cahyono & Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani) (m) /  Japan (Ayako Sakuramoto & Yukiko Takahata) (f)
  • Mixed:  Japan (Kohei Gondo & Ayane Kurihara)
• July 24 – 29: Russian Open 2018 in Vladivostok^[52]
  • Singles: Sourabh Verma (m) / Ho Yen Mei (f)
  • Doubles:  Malaysia (Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif & Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub) (m) /  Japan (Chisato Hoshi & Kie Nakanishi) (f)
  • Mixed: Vladimir Ivanov & KIM Min-Kyung
• August 7 – 12: Vietnam Open 2018 in Ho Chi Minh City^[53]
  • Singles: Shesar Hiren Rhustavito (m) / Yeo Jia Min (f)
  • Doubles:  South Korea (Ko Sung-hyun & Shin Baek-cheol) (m) /  Japan (Misato Aratama & Akane Watanabe) (f)
  • Mixed:  Thailand (Nipitphon Phuangphuapet & Savitree Amitrapai)
• September 4 – 9: Hyderabad Open in  India^[54]
  • Singles: Sameer Verma (m) / Kim Ga-eun (f)
  • Doubles:  India (Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty) (m) /  Hong Kong (Ng Tsz Yau & Yuen Sin Ying) (f)
  • Mixed:  Indonesia (Akbar Bintang Cahyono & Winny Oktavina Kandow)
• September 18 – 23: 2018 Bangka Belitung Indonesia Masters in Pangkal Pinang^[55]
  • Singles: Ihsan Maulana Mustofa (m) / Minatsu Mitani (f)
  • Doubles:  Chinese Taipei (Chang Ko-chi & Lu Chia-pin) (m) /  Japan (Ayako Sakuramoto & Yukiko Takahata) (f)
  • Mixed:  Indonesia (Rinov Rivaldy & Pitha Haningtyas Mentari)
• October 9 – 14: Dutch Open 2018 in Almere^[56]
  • Singles: Sourabh Verma (m) / Mia Blichfeldt (f)
  • Doubles:  Indonesia (Wahyu Nayaka & Ade Yusuf) (m) /  Bulgaria (Gabriela Stoeva & Stefani Stoeva) (f)
  • Mixed:  England (Marcus Ellis & Lauren Smith)
• October 30 – November 4: SaarLorLux 2018 in Saarbrücken^[57]
  • Singles: Subhankar Dey (m) / Cai Yanyan (f)
  • Doubles:  England (Marcus Ellis & Chris Langridge) (m) /  Bulgaria (Gabriela Stoeva & Stefani Stoeva) (f)
  • Mixed:  England (Marcus Ellis & Lauren Smith)
• November 21 – 25: Scottish Open 2018 (final) in Glasgow^[58]
  • Singles: LIU Haichao (m) / Kirsty Gilmour (f)
  • Doubles:  England (Marcus Ellis & Chris Langridge) (m) /  Bulgaria (Gabriela Stoeva & Stefani Stoeva) (f)
  • Mixed:  England (Marcus Ellis & Lauren Smith)

Leagues

• December 23, 2017 – January 14, 2018: 2017-18 Premier Badminton League in  India^[59]
  • The Hyderabad Hunters defeated the Bengaluru Blasters, 4–3, to win their first Premier Badminton League title.