The 2018 All England Open, officially the Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships 2018, was a badminton tournament which took place at Arena Birmingham in England from 14 to 18 March 2018. It had a total purse of $1 million.
Tournament The 2018 All England Open was the seventh tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the All England Open championships, which has been held since 1899. This tournament was organized by Badminton England and sanctioned by the BWF. It was also the first ever new Super 1000 Level 2 tournament of the BWF World Tour schedule.
Venue This international tournament was held at Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, England.
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 1000 event.
WinnerRunner-up3/45/89/1617/3212,00010,2008,4006,6004,8003,000
Prize money The total prize money for this year's tournament was US$1,000,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.
EventWinnerFinalsSemi-finalsQuarter-finalsLast 16Last 32 Singles$70,000$34,000$14,000$5,500$3,000$1,000 Doubles$74,000$35,000$14,000$6,250$3,250$1,000
Men's singles Seeds
Viktor Axelsen (withdrew) Lee Chong Wei (quarterfinals) Srikanth Kidambi (second round) Chen Long (quarterfinals) Son Wan-ho (semifinals) Lin Dan (final) Shi Yuqi (champion) Chou Tien-chen (first round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Women's singles Seeds
Tai Tzu-ying (champion) Akane Yamaguchi (final) Ratchanok Intanon (first round) P. V. Sindhu (semifinals) Carolina Marín (quarterfinals) Sung Ji-hyun (first round) Nozomi Okuhara (quarterfinals) Chen Yufei (semifinals)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Men's doubles Seeds
Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (champions) Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen (final) Li Junhui / Liu Yuchen (quarterfinals) Liu Cheng / Zhang Nan (first round) Takeshi Kamura / Keigo Sonoda (first round) Mads Conrad-Petersen / Mads Pieler Kolding (semifinals) Chen Hung-ling / Wang Chi-lin (quarterfinals) Lee Jhe-huei / Lee Yang (second round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Women's doubles Seeds
Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan (quarterfinals) Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi (quarterfinals) Kamilla Rytter Juhl / Christinna Pedersen (champions) Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota (final) Shiho Tanaka / Koharu Yonemoto (semifinals) Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu (first round) Lee So-hee / Shin Seung-chan (quarterfinals) Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai (quarterfinals)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Mixed doubles Seeds
Tontowi Ahmad / Liliyana Natsir (second round) Wang Yilü / Huang Dongping (quarterfinals) Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet (first round) Praveen Jordan / Debby Susanto (quarterfinals) Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong (final) Mathias Christiansen / Christinna Pedersen (semifinals) Chris Adcock / Gabrielle Adcock (quarterfinals) Zhang Nan / Li Yinhui (semifinals)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
References
External links Tournament Link Official Website