2018 Malaysia Open (badminton)

Venue

This international tournament was held at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[1]

Point distribution

Below is the tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 750 event.^[2]

Prize money

The total prize money for this year tournament is US$700,000. Distribution of prize money will be in accordance with BWF regulations.^[1]

Seeds

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	7	Lee Chong Wei	21	21
		Tommy Sugiarto	18	15
								7	Lee Chong Wei	21	23
									Kento Momota	17	21
	4	Srikanth Kidambi	13	13
		Kento Momota	21	21

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
	1	V Axelsen	21	18	21
		K Phetpradab	17	21	13
								1	V Axelsen	23	19	21
									T Saensomboonsuk	21	21	11
		A Antonsen	14	15
		T Saensomboonsuk	21	21
															1	V Axelsen	17	9
															7	Lee C W	21	21
	7	Lee C W	21	21
		K Sakai	13	10
								7	Lee C W	21	21
									Lee H-i	7	7
		S Avihingsanon	18	13
		Lee H-i	21	21

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
	3	Shi YQ	24	21
		R Ouseph	22	17
								3	Shi YQ	21	21
									Lin D	19	12
		Wong W K	17	8
		Lin D	21	21
															3	Shi YQ	21	13	13
																T Sugiarto	13	21	21
	5	Chen L	21	5
		K Wangcharoen	23	21
									K Wangcharoen	13	19
									T Sugiarto	21	21
		T Sugiarto	21	21
		S Verma	13	5

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
		H-K Vittinghus	21	11	16
		B Leverdez	16	21	21
									B Leverdez	10	21	25
									J Christie	21	17	23
		J Christie	21	21
	PFR	Liew D	18	17
																B Leverdez	18	14
															4	S Kidambi	21	21
		Wang T-w	21	21
		B. S Praneeth	12	7
									Wang T-w	20	12
								4	S Kidambi	22	21
		J Ø. Jørgensen	18	9
	4	S Kidambi	21	21

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
		Ng K L	21	21
	PFR	K Tsuneyama	17	13
									Ng K L	12	21	13
								6	Chou T-c	21	19	21
		R Gemke	19	17
	6	Chou T-c	21	21
															6	Chou T-c	19	11
																K Momota	21	21
		A S Ginting	21	17	14
		K Momota	12	21	21
									K Momota	21	0
								2	Son W-h	11	1r
		K Nishimoto	20	17
	2	Son W-h	22	21

Seeds

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Tai Tzu-ying	21	19	21
	3	P. V. Sindhu	15	21	11
								1	Tai Tzu-ying	22	21
								8	He Bingjiao	20	11
	4	Ratchanok Intanon	17	17
	8	He Bingjiao	21	21

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
	1	Tai T-y	21	21
		S Cheah S Y	10	9
								1	Tai T-y	21	21
									M Li	11	13
		S Sato	21	16
		M Li	23	21
															1	Tai T-y	21	21
																Goh J W	15	15
	7	Sung J-h	21	22	21
		Fitriani	11	24	12
								7	Sung J-h	21	18	21
									Goh J W	15	21	23
		Goh J W	21	21
		Pai Y-p	13	17

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
	3	P. V. Sindhu	26	21
		A Ohori	24	15
								3	P. V. Sindhu	21	21
									Lee Y Y	8	14
		Lee Y Y	21	19	21
		Chiang Y-l	14	21	7
															3	P. V. Sindhu	22	21
															5	C Marín	20	19
	5	C Marín	21	18	21
		G M Tunjung	4	21	8
								5	C Marín	24	21
									Cheung N Y	22	11
		K Gilmour	10	16
		Cheung N Y	21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
		P Chochuwong	21	21
		L Kjærsfeldt	16	10
									P Chochuwong	13	21	21
									N Okuhara	21	13	14
		N Okuhara	15	21	21
	5	Chen YF	21	15	11
																P Chochuwong	15	16
															4	R Intanon	21	21
		N Jindapol	21	21
		E Kosetskaya	11	15
									N Jindapol	18	15
								4	R Intanon	21	21
		M Blichfeldt	19	12
	4	R Intanon	21	21

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
	PFR	L Lam	17	13
		Lee C-h	21	21
									Lee C-h	21	7	13
								8	He BJ	19	21	21
		S Kawakami	13	12
	8	He BJ	21	21
															8	He BJ	21	21
															2	A Yamaguchi	18	18
	10	S Nehwal	21	21
		Yip P Y	12	16
								10	S Nehwal	15	13
								2	A Yamaguchi	21	21
	PFR	D D Ayustine	21	12	13
	2	A Yamaguchi	17	21	21

Seeds

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
		He Jiting Tan Qiang	14	19
	6	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	21	21
								6	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	21	21
									Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	8	10
	4	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	22	21	17
		Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	24	19	21

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
	1	M F Gideon K S Sukamuljo	21	21
		Lu C-y Yang P-h	16	17
								1	M F Gideon K S Sukamuljo	21	30
									A Chia Soh W Y	18	28
		A Chia Soh W Y	21	21
		P Chew R Chew	16	15
															1	M F Gideon K S Sukamuljo	17	11
																He JT Tan Q	21	21
	5	M Conrad-Petersen M P Kolding	13	12
		Huang KX Wang YL	21	21
									Huang KX Wang YL	21	19	16
									He JT Tan Q	16	21	21
		He JT Tan Q	21	22
		K Antonsen N Nøhr	16	20

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
	3	Liu C Zhang N	21	19	25
		V Ivanov I Sozonov	13	21	23
								3	Liu C Zhang N	14	23	17
									Goh V S Tan W K	21	21	21
		Goh V S Tan W K	21	21
		T Isriyanet K Namdash	15	10
																Goh V S Tan W K	9	17
															6	T Kamura K Sonoda	21	21
	6	T Kamura K Sonoda	21	16	21
		Chen H-l Wang C-l	19	21	15
								6	T Kamura K Sonoda	21	21
									M Ahsan H Setiawan	14	16
	PFR	Lee C H Tang C M	17	17
		M Ahsan H Setiawan	21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
		K Kedren D Puavaranukroh	21	12	14
	PFR	Tan B H Yoo Y-s	18	21	21
								PFR	Tan B H Yoo Y-s	21	23
								7	T Inoue Y Kaneko	15	21
		S Rankireddy C Shetty	16	15
	7	T Inoue Y Kaneko	21	21
															PFR	Tan B H Yoo Y-s	21	17	9
															4	Li JH Liu YC	19	21	21
		Chung E-s Kim D-y	12	12
		M Christiansen D Daugaard	21	21
									M Christiansen D Daugaard	21	21	20
								4	Li JH Liu YC	23	18	22
		Liao M-c Su C-h	13	18
	4	Li JH Liu YC	21	21

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
		T Hoki Y Kobayashi	21	22	12
		K Astrup A S Rasmussen	19	24	21
									K Astrup A S Rasmussen	17	21	21
								8	F Alfian M R Ardianto	21	14	10
		Chooi K M Low J S	21	18	18
	8	F Alfian M R Ardianto	16	21	21
																K Astrup A S Rasmussen	17	15
																H Endo Y Watanabe	21	21
		H Endo Y Watanabe	21	13	21
		B Angriawan Hardianto	15	21	13
									H Endo Y Watanabe	21	17	21
									Ong Y S Teo E Y	15	21	16
		Ong Y S Teo E Y	21	18	21
	2	M Boe C Mogensen	17	21	13

Seeds

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	21	21
		Kim Hye-rin Kong Hee-yong	10	15
								1	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	12	12
								5	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	21	21
	5	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	21	21
	8	Della Destiara Haris Rizki Amelia Pradipta	9	9

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
								1	Chen QC Jia YF	21	12	21
		Chang Y-n Jung K-e	21	21					Chang Y-n Jung K-e	18	21	16
		C Chaladchalam P Muenwong	16	7											1	Chen QC Jia YF	21	21
															7	J Kititharakul R Prajongjai	11	14
								7	J Kititharakul R Prajongjai	21	21
		A Bøje G Somerville	11	18					M Fruergaard S Thygesen	11	18
		M Fruergaard S Thygesen	21	21

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
								4	S Tanaka K Yonemoto	19	21	21
		Kim H-r Kong H-y	21	21					Kim H-r Kong H-y	21	18	23
		Goh Y C Tee J Y	19	18												Kim H-r Kong H-y	21	21	21
																Du Y Li YH	16	23	19
								6	Lee S-h Shin S-c	12	19
		Du Y Li YH	21	21					Du Y Li YH	21	21
		Chen H-h Hu L-f	15	9

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
		V Hoo K M Soong F C	16	21	21
		N Fukuman K Yonao	21	18	15				V Hoo K M Soong F C	14	9
		Chow M K Lee M Y	16	22				5	M Matsutomo A Takahashi	21	21
	5	M Matsutomo A Takahashi	21	24											5	M Matsutomo A Takahashi	21	19	21
		Lim J L Yap Z	12	6												M Matsumoto W Nagahara	18	21	15
		M Matsumoto W Nagahara	21	21					M Matsumoto W Nagahara	21	21
								3	K R Juhl C Pedersen	16	15

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
		Lim C S Tan S J	21	21
		A Lee S Lee	5	5					Lim C S Tan S J	15	15
								8	D D Haris R A Pradipta	21	21
															8	D D Haris R A Pradipta	21	21	21
		Huang DP Li WM	18	21	21											Huang DP Li WM	15	23	17
		Hsu Y-c Wu T-j	21	10	11				Huang DP Li WM	21	21
								2	Y Fukushima S Hirota	16	14

Seeds

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
		Chris Adcock Gabrielle Adcock	21	18	19
	4	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	17	21	21
								4	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	21	21
								2	Wang Yilü Huang Dongping	19	18
		Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	15	13
	2	Wang Yilü Huang Dongping	21	21

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
	1	T Ahmad L Natsir	21	21
		Liao M-c Chen H-h	18	11
								1	T Ahmad L Natsir	21	21
									S Magee C Magee	18	14
		S Magee C Magee	22	21
	PFR	P Thongnuam K Dubthuk	20	15
															1	T Ahmad L Natsir	14	23	13
																C Adcock G Adcock	21	21	21
	5	Zhang N Li YH	21	21
		Tan K M Lai P J	8	12
								5	Zhang N Li YH	14	11
									C Adcock G Adcock	21	21
		P Jordan M D Oktavianti	21	17	18
		C Adcock G Adcock	14	21	21

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
	4	Zheng SW Huang YQ	21	21
		P Chopra N. S Reddy	16	12
								4	Zheng SW Huang YQ	21	21
									N Nøhr S Thygesen	16	17
		Lee C H Chau H W	12	15
		N Nøhr S Thygesen	21	21
															4	Zheng SW Huang YQ	21	21
															8	He JT Du Y	8	10
	8	He JT Du Y	21	21
		R Kapoor K Garg	9	10
								8	He JT Du Y	21	21
									R Alexander A Saufika	12	16
		R Labar A Fontaine	7	21	11
		R Alexander A Saufika	21	18	21

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
		Lu C-y Hu L-f	13	12
		Y Watanabe A Higashino	21	21
									Y Watanabe A Higashino	21	21
									H Faisal G E Widjaja	15	19
		H Faisal G E Widjaja	21	11	21
	6	M Christiansen C Pedersen	16	21	15
																Y Watanabe A Higashino	23	16	21
															3	Tang C M Tse Y S	21	21	15
		E Dremin E Dimova	19	21	10
		J F Nielsen A Bøje	21	18	21
									J F Nielsen A Bøje	15	26	10
								3	Tang C M Tse Y S	21	24	21
		T Hoki K Yonemoto	16	15
	3	Tang C M Tse Y S	21	21

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals
		Chan P S Goh L Y	22	9
		Wang C-l Lee C-h	24	21
									Wang C-l Lee C-h	17	15
									D Puavaranukroh S Taerattanachai	21	21
		D Puavaranukroh S Taerattanachai	18	21	21
	7	Goh S H S J Lai	21	15	14
																D Puavaranukroh S Taerattanachai	13	21	14
															2	Wang YL Huang DP	21	14	21
		Y Kobayashi M Matsutomo	21	21
		Lee J-h Hsu Y-c	12	15
									Y Kobayashi M Matsutomo	10	14
								2	Wang YL Huang DP	21	21
		Y Kaneko M Matsumoto	16	14
	2	Wang YL Huang DP	21	21