2018 Korea Masters Explained
The 2018 Korea Masters (officially known as Victor Korea Masters 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at Gwangju Women's University Stadium in South Korea from 27 November to 2 December 2018 and had a total prize of $250,000 (₩282,744,600).
Tournament
The 2018 Korea Masters was the twenty-sixth and last tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour before the 2018 BWF World Tour Finals. However, this tournament was not calculated in the rankings used as qualification for the World Tour Finals. It was part of the Korea Masters, which had been held since 2007. It was organized by the Badminton Korea Association and sanctioned by the BWF.[1]
Venue
This tournament was held at the Gwangju Women's University Stadium in Gwangju, South Korea.[1]
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 Super 300 event.[2]
width=75 | Winner | width=75 | Runner-up | width=75 | 3/4 | width=75 | 5/8 | width=75 | 9/16 | width=75 | 17/32 | width=75 | 33/64 | width=75 | 65/128 |
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7,000 | 5,950 | 4,900 | 3,850 | 2,750 | 1,670 | 660 | 320 | |
Prize money
The total prize money for this year's tournament was US$250,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.[1]
Event | Winner | Finals | Semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Last 16 |
Singles | $18,750 | $9,500 | $3,625 | $1,500 | $875 |
Doubles | $19,750 | $9,500 | $3,500 | $1,812.50 | $937.50 | |
Men's singles
Seeds
Son Wan-ho (champion)
- Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (withdrew)
- Tommy Sugiarto (withdrew)
- Jonatan Christie (withdrew)
Khosit Phetpradab (second round)
Kantaphon Wangcharoen (withdrew)
Suppanyu Avihingsanon (first round)
Lee Dong-keun (second round)
Top half
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 4
Women's singles
Seeds
Ratchanok Intanon (withdrew)
Sung Ji-hyun (second round)
Nitchaon Jindapol (quarter-finals)
- Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (first round)
Pornpawee Chochuwong (withdrew)
Busanan Ongbamrungphan (second round)
- Goh Jin Wei (semi-finals)
Han Yue (final)
Top half
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 4
Men's doubles
Seeds
- Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto (first round)
Han Chengkai / Zhou Haodong (withdrew)
- Goh V Shem / Tan Wee Kiong (second round)
- Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan (withdrew)
- Berry Angriawan / Hardianto (quarter-finals)
- Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik (quarter-finals)
- Lu Ching-yao / Yang Po-han (semi-finals)
- Po Li-wei / Wang Chi-lin (final)
Top half
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 4
Women's doubles
Seeds
Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai (withdrew)
Lee So-hee / Shin Seung-chan (final)
Chang Ye-na / Jung Kyung-eun (champions)
Chayanit Chaladchalam / Phataimas Muenwong (quarter-finals)
Baek Ha-na / Kim Hye-rin (semi-finals)
Ng Tsz Yau / Yuen Sin Ying (first round)
- Hsu Ya-ching / Hu Ling-fang (second round)
Kim Hye-jeong / Kong Hee-yong (quarter-finals)
Top half
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 4
Mixed doubles
Seeds
- Praveen Jordan / Melati Daeva Oktavianti (semi-finals)
Seo Seung-jae / Chae Yoo-jung (withdrew)
- Chen Tang Jie / Peck Yen Wei (second round)
- Rinov Rivaldy / Pitha Haningtyas Mentari (second round)
- Alfian Eko Prasetya / Marsheilla Gischa Islami (first round)
Lu Kai / Chen Lu (quarter-finals)
- Tontowi Ahmad / Della Destiara Haris (withdrew)
- Akbar Bintang Cahyono / Winny Oktavina Kandow (quarter-finals)
Top half
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 4
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: VICTOR Korea Masters 2018 Prospectus . Badminton World Federation. 5 November 2018.
- Web site: World Ranking System . . 4 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180127141620/http://system.bwf.website/documents/folder_1_81/folder_1_82/New-Regulations-2018/5.3.3.1%20World%20Ranking%20System.pdf . 27 January 2018 . dead .