2018 New Zealand Open (badminton)

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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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.

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	129/256	257/512	513/1024
7,000	5,950	4,900	3,850	2,750	1,670	660	320	130	60	30

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

Lin Dan (Champion)
Jonatan Christie (Final)
B. Sai Praneeth (Semi-finals)
Hsu Jen-hao (First Round)
Sameer Verma (Quarter-finals)
Tommy Sugiarto (Quarter-finals)
Parupalli Kashyap (Withdrew)
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	S Verma	19	9
5	S Verma	21	21

	S D Kuncoro	8	10
				5	S Verma	21	21

					Lee C Y	17	19
	Lee C Y	21	21

	M Ludik	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


	S 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. S Praneeth	21	21
Q3	Sun FX	18	21	18

	Liew D	21	14	21
						D Liew	18	17

					3	B. S Praneeth	21	21
	M Zilberman	11	19

3	B. S 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	5^r

									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