2018 BWF World Tour Finals

2018 BWF World Tour Finals
Tournament details
Dates	12–16 December
Level	World Tour Finals
Total prize money	US$1,500,000
Venue	Tianhe Gymnasium
Location	Tianhe, Guangzhou, China
Champions
Men's Singles	Shi Yuqi
Women's Singles	P. V. Sindhu
Men's Doubles	Li Junhui; Liu Yuchen
Women's Doubles	Misaki Matsutomo; Ayaka Takahashi
Mixed Doubles	Wang Yilü; Huang Dongping
← 2017 (Super Series)	2019 →

The 2018 BWF World Tour Finals (officially known as the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was the final tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour. It was held from 12 to 16 December 2018 in Guangzhou, China and had a total prize of $1,500,000.[1]

Tournament

The 2018 BWF World Tour was the first edition of the BWF World Tour Finals and was organized by the Guangzhou Sports Bureau, Guangzhou Sports Competitions Centre, Guangzhou Badminton Administrative Centre, and Guangzhou Badminton Association. It was hosted by the Chinese Badminton Association and Guangzhou Municipal Government with sanction from the BWF.[2]

Venue

This international tournament was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Tianhe, Guangzhou, China.[3]

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 Finals event.[4]

Winner	Runner-up	3/4	3rd in Group	4th in Group
12,000	10,200	8,400	6,600	4,800

Prize money

The total prize money for this year's tournament was US$1,500,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.[2]

Event	Winner	Finals	Semi-finals	3rd in Group	4th in Group
Singles	$120,000	$60,000	$30,000	$16,500	$9,000
Doubles	$126,000	$60,000	$30,000	$19,500	$10,500

Representatives

Eligible players

Below are the eligible players for World Tour Finals. Rankings used are accurate as of 29 November 2018.[5]

Men's singles

Rank	NOCs	Players	Seeds
1	Chinese Taipei (1)	Chou Tien-chen	1
2	Japan (1)	Kento Momota	2
3	Indonesia (1)	Tommy Sugiarto	3/4
4	China (1)	Shi Yuqi	3/4
5	South Korea (1)	Son Wan-ho
6	Thailand (1)	Kantaphon Wangcharoen
7	India (1)	Sameer Verma
8	Indonesia (2)	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

Women's singles

Rank	NOCs	Players	Seeds
1	Chinese Taipei (1)	Tai Tzu-ying	1
2	Japan (1)	Nozomi Okuhara	2
3	Japan (2)	Akane Yamaguchi	3/4
4	China (1)	Chen Yufei	3/4
5	Thailand (1)	Ratchanok Intanon
6	India (1)	P. V. Sindhu
8	Canada (1)	Michelle Li
11	United States (1)	Zhang Beiwen

Men's doubles

Rank	NOCs	Players	Seeds
1	Indonesia (1)	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	1
2	Chinese Taipei (1)	Chen Hung-ling Wang Chi-lin	2
3	Chinese Taipei (2)	Liao Min-chun Su Ching-heng	3/4
4	China (1)	Han Chengkai Zhou Haodong	3/4
5	Denmark (1)	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
6	Indonesia (2)	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan
7	Japan (1)	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe
10	China (2)	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen

Women's doubles

Rank	NOCs	Players	Seeds
1	Japan (1)	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	1
3	Japan (2)	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	2
4	Indonesia (1)	Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu	3/4
5	Thailand (1)	Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai	3/4
6	South Korea (1)	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan
7	Bulgaria (1)	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva
8	China (1)	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan
11	China (2)	Du Yue Li Yinhui

Mixed doubles

Rank	NOCs	Players	Seeds
1	China (1)	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	1
2	Japan (1)	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	2
3	Thailand (1)	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai	3/4
4	Malaysia (1)	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	3/4
5	China (2)	Wang Yilü Huang Dongping
6	Indonesia (1)	Hafiz Faizal Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
7	Malaysia (2)	Goh Soon Huat Shevon Jemie Lai
8	England (1)	Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith

Notes: In the women's singles, the 7th-ranked Carolina Marín, who received the wild cards as the women's singles world champion, withdrew from the competition due to injury. The player next in line, He Bingjiao could not fulfill the invitation due to injury as well.[6]

Representatives by nation

Top Nations
Rank	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total	Players
1	China	1	1	2	2	2	8	14
2	Japan	1	2	1	2	1	7	10^§
3	Indonesia	2		2	1	1	6	10
4	Chinese Taipei	1	1	2			4	6
4	Thailand	1	1		1	1	4	6
6	Malaysia					2	2	4
7	South Korea	1			1		2	3
8	India	1	1				2	2
9	Bulgaria				1		1	2
	Denmark			1			1	2
	England					1	1	2
12	Canada		1				1	1
12	United States		1				1	1
Total		8	8	8	8	8	40	63

§: Yuta Watanabe was the only player who played in two categories (men's doubles and mixed doubles).

Performances by nation

Nation	Group stage	Semi-finals	Final	Winner(s)
China	8	5	4	3
Japan	7	7	4	1
Indonesia	6
Chinese Taipei	4	1
Thailand	4	2
India	2	2	1	1
Malaysia	2
South Korea	2	2	1
Bulgaria	1
Canada	1
Denmark	1	1
England	1
United States	1
Total	40	20	10	5

Men's singles

Group A

Rank	Players	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA
1	Shi Yuqi	3	3	3	0	6	1	142	111
2	Son Wan-ho	2	3	2	1	5	3	150	125
3	Chou Tien-chen	1	3	1	2	3	5	141	159
4	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting	0	3	0	3	1	6	105	143

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
12 Dec	Shi Yuqi	2–1	Son Wan-ho	16–21	21–19	21–8
12 Dec	Chou Tien-chen	2–1	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting	17–21	21–18	21–18
13 Dec	Shi Yuqi	2–0	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting	21–8	21–19
13 Dec	Chou Tien-chen	1–2	Son Wan-ho	21–18	11–21	14–21
14 Dec	Son Wan-ho	2–0	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting	21–11	21–10
14 Dec	Chou Tien-chen	0–2	Shi Yuqi	17–21	19–21

Group B

Rank	Players	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA
1	Kento Momota	3	3	3	0	6	0	126	68
2	Sameer Verma	2	3	2	1	4	2	108	92
3	Tommy Sugiarto	1	3	1	2	2	5	105	134
4	Kantaphon Wangcharoen	0	3	0	3	1	6	99	144

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
12 Dec	Kento Momota	2–0	Sameer Verma	21–18	21–6
12 Dec	Tommy Sugiarto	2–1	Kantaphon Wangcharoen	21–18	18–21	21–11
13 Dec	Tommy Sugiarto	0–2	Sameer Verma	16–21	7–21
13 Dec	Kento Momota	2–0	Kantaphon Wangcharoen	21–15	21–7
14 Dec	Kantaphon Wangcharoen	0–2	Sameer Verma	9–21	18–21
14 Dec	Kento Momota	2–0	Tommy Sugiarto	21–14	21–8

Finals

Semi-finals					Final


3/4	Shi Yuqi	12	22	21

	Sameer Verma	21	20	17
					3/4	Shi Yuqi	21	21

					2	Kento Momota	12	11
	Son Wan-ho	14	12

2	Kento Momota	21	21

Women's singles

Group A

Rank	Players	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA
1	P. V. Sindhu	2	2	2	0	4	0	87	61
2	Akane Yamaguchi	1	2	1	1	2	2	79	65
3	Zhang Beiwen	0	2	0	3	0	4	44	84
N/A	Tai Tzu-ying	Retired

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
12 Dec	Akane Yamaguchi	0–2	P. V. Sindhu	22–24	15–21
12 Dec	Tai Tzu-ying	~~2–0~~	Zhang Beiwen	~~21–15~~	~~21–17~~
13 Dec	Tai Tzu-ying	~~1–2~~	P. V. Sindhu	~~21–14~~	~~16–21~~	~~18–21~~
13 Dec	Akane Yamaguchi	2–0	Zhang Beiwen	21–10	21–10
14 Dec	P. V. Sindhu	2–0	Zhang Beiwen	21–9	21–15
14 Dec	Tai Tzu-ying	Retired	Akane Yamaguchi	~~17–21~~	12–11^r

Group B

Rank	Players	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA
1	Nozomi Okuhara	2	2	2	0	4	1	100	85
2	Ratchanok Intanon	1	2	1	1	3	2	88	81
3	Michelle Li	0	2	0	2	0	4	64	86
N/A	Chen Yufei	Retired

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
12 Dec	Chen Yufei	~~1–2~~	Ratchanok Intanon	~~18–21~~	~~22–20~~	~~17–21~~
12 Dec	Nozomi Okuhara	2–0	Michelle Li	21–18	23–21
13 Dec	Chen Yufei	~~1–2~~	Michelle Li	~~21–16~~	~~18–21~~	~~17–21~~
13 Dec	Nozomi Okuhara	2–1	Ratchanok Intanon	14–21	21–11	21–14
14 Dec	Ratchanok Intanon	2–0	Michelle Li	21–13	21–12
14 Dec	Nozomi Okuhara	Retired	Chen Yufei	5–4^r

Finals

Semi-finals				Final


	P. V. Sindhu	21	25

	Ratchanok Intanon	16	23
					P. V. Sindhu	21	21

				2	Nozomi Okuhara	19	17
3/4	Akane Yamaguchi	17	14

2	Nozomi Okuhara	21	21

Men's doubles

Group A

Rank	Players	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA
1	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	2	2	2	0	4	2	128	111
2	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	1	2	1	0	3	2	95	96
3	Han Chengkai Zhou Haodong	0	2	0	2	1	4	94	110
N/A	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	Retired

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
12 Dec	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	~~2–1~~	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	~~20–22~~	~~21–17~~	~~21–13~~
12 Dec	Han Chengkai Zhou Haodong	1–2	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	17–21	28–26	13–21
13 Dec	Han Chengkai Zhou Haodong	0–2	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	17–21	19–21
13 Dec	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	~~0–2~~	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	~~18–21~~	~~22–24~~
14 Dec	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	Walkover	Han Chengkai Zhou Haodong	Walkover
14 Dec	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	1–2	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	21–18	15–21	17–21

Group B

Rank	Players	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA
1	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	2	3	2	1	5	2	139	113
2	Chen Hung-ling Wang Chi-lin	2	3	2	1	4	3	135	128
3	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	1	3	1	2	3	4	117	129
4	Liao Min-chun Su Ching-heng	1	3	1	2	2	5	118	139

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
12 Dec	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	0–2	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	4–21	18–21
12 Dec	Chen Hung-ling Wang Chi-lin	2–0	Liao Min-chun Su Ching-heng	21–17	21–16
13 Dec	Liao Min-chun Su Ching-heng	0–2	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	18–21	14–21
13 Dec	Chen Hung-ling Wang Chi-lin	0–2	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	19–21	19–21
14 Dec	Liao Min-chun Su Ching-heng	2–1	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	11–21	21–17	21–17
14 Dec	Chen Hung-ling Wang Chi-lin	2–1	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	13–21	21–18	21–14

Finals

Semi-finals					Final


	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	18	21	21

2	Chen Hung-ling Wang Chi-lin	21	12	15
						Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	21	21

						Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	15	11
	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	19	13

	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	21	21

Women's doubles

Group A

Rank	Players	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA
1	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	3	3	3	0	6	1	145	109
2	Du Yue Li Yinhui	2	3	2	1	4	2	112	101
3	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	1	3	1	2	3	4	130	125
4	Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu	0	3	0	3	0	6	74	126

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
12 Dec	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	0–2	Du Yue Li Yinhui	19–21	15–21
12 Dec	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	2–0	Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu	21–11	21–16
13 Dec	Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu	0–2	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	14–21	8–21
13 Dec	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	2–0	Du Yue Li Yinhui	21–9	21–19
14 Dec	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	2–1	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	19–21	21–19	21–14
14 Dec	Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu	0–2	Du Yue Li Yinhui	18–21	7–21

Group B

Rank	Players	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA
1	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	3	3	3	0	6	1	146	95
2	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	2	3	2	1	5	3	155	128
3	Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai	1	3	1	2	2	4	81	118
4	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	0	3	0	3	1	6	104	140

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
12 Dec	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	2–0	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	21–10	21–16
12 Dec	Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai	0–2	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	14–21	8–21
13 Dec	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	2–1	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	21–18	20–22	21–17
13 Dec	Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai	2–0	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	21–16	21–18
14 Dec	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	2–0	Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai	21–5	21–12
14 Dec	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	2–1	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	21–14	14–21	21–9

Finals

Semi-finals				Final


1	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	22	11

	Du Yue Li Yinhui	20	3^r
				1	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	21	22

					Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	12	20
	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	21	21

2	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	13	13

Mixed doubles

Group A

Rank	Players	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA
1	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	3	3	3	0	6	0	126	88
2	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai	2	3	2	1	4	2	111	106
3	Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith	1	3	1	2	2	5	131	140
4	Goh Soon Huat Shevon Jemie Lai	0	3	0	3	1	6	113	147

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
12 Dec	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	2–0	Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith	21–16	21–17
12 Dec	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai	2–0	Goh Soon Huat Shevon Jemie Lai	21–19	21–10
13 Dec	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	2–0	Goh Soon Huat Shevon Jemie Lai	21–16	21–12
13 Dec	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai	2–0	Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith	21–16	21–19
14 Dec	Goh Soon Huat Shevon Jemie Lai	1–2	Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith	20–22	22–20	14–21
14 Dec	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	2–0	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai	21–19	21–8

Group B

Rank	Players	Pts	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	PF	PA
1	Wang Yilü Huang Dongping	3	3	3	0	6	0	127	88
2	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	1	3	1	2	3	4	125	127
3	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	1	3	1	2	2	4	102	111
4	Hafiz Faizal Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja	1	3	1	2	2	5	113	141

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
12 Dec	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	1–2	Hafiz Faizal Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja	18–21	21–16	18–21
12 Dec	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	0–2	Wang Yilü Huang Dongping	20–22	13–21
13 Dec	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	0–2	Wang Yilü Huang Dongping	12–21	14–21
13 Dec	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	2–0	Hafiz Faizal Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja	21–14	21–12
14 Dec	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	2–0	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	21–9	21–18
14 Dec	Wang Yilü Huang Dongping	2–0	Hafiz Faizal Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja	21–16	21–13

Finals

Semi-finals					Final


1	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	19	21	21

3/4	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai	21	14	12
					1	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	21	21	18

						Wang Yilü Huang Dongping	23	16	21
2	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	9	21	13

	Wang Yilü Huang Dongping	21	19	21

References

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[1] Almond, Florence (13 November 2018). "Guangzhou ready to host BWF World Tour Finals as new structured season climaxes". www.insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media Company. Retrieved 2 December 2018.

[pros-2] "HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2018 Guangzhou Prospectus" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 9 November 2018.

[3] Meese, Joe (28 November 2018). "Guangzhou and the Pearl River Delta". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 2 December 2018.

[4] "World Ranking System" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

[5] "HSBC BWF World Tour Finals Guangzhou eligible players" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

[6] Sukumar, Dev (30 November 2018). "Michelle Li Makes History for Pan Am". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

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