2018 Swiss Open (badminton) explained

Dates:20–25 February
Level:G2L5
Prize Money:150000
Venue:St. Jakobshalle
Location:Basel, Switzerland
Ms:Sameer Verma
Country Ms:IND
Ws:Sayaka Takahashi
Country Ws:JPN
Md1:Mathias Boe
Country Md1:DEN
Md2:Carsten Mogensen
Country Md2:DEN
Wd1:Ayako Sakuramoto
Country Wd1:JPN
Wd2:Yukiko Takahata
Country Wd2:JPN
Xd1:Mark Lamsfuß
Country Xd1:GER
Xd2:Isabel Herttrich
Country Xd2:GER
Previous:2017
Next:2019

The 2018 Swiss Open, officially the Yonex Swiss Open 2018, was a badminton tournament which took place at St. Jakobshalle in Switzerland from 20 to 25 February 2018 and had a total purse of $150,000.

Tournament

The 2018 Swiss Open was the fifth tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Swiss Open championships which had been held since 1955. This tournament was organized by Swiss Badminton with the sanction of the BWF.[1]

Venue

This international tournament was held at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland.[1]

Point distribution

Below is a table with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 300 event.[2]

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Prize money

The total prize money for this tournament was US$150,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.[1]

EventWinnerFinalsSemifinalsQuarterfinalsLast 16
Singles$11,250$5,700$2,175$900$525
Doubles$11,850$5,700$2,100$1087.50$562.50

Men's singles

Seeds

  1. Rajiv Ouseph (second round)
  2. Sameer Verma (champion)
  3. Ygor Coelho de Oliveira (first round)
  4. Suppanyu Avihingsanon (quarterfinals)
  5. Mark Caljouw (second round)
  6. Emil Holst (first round)
  7. Rasmus Gemke (withdrew)
  8. Lee Zii Jia (first round)

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

Women's singles

Seeds

  1. Sayaka Takahashi (champion)
  2. Minatsu Mitani (semifinals)
  3. Mia Blichfeldt (second round)
  4. Evgeniya Kosetskaya (semifinals)
  5. Beatriz Corrales (quarterfinals)
  6. Linda Zetchiri (quarterfinals)
  7. Line Kjærsfeldt (quarterfinals)
  8. Natalia Koch Rohde (quarterfinals)

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

Men's doubles

Seeds

  1. Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen (champions)
  2. Mathias Christiansen / David Daugaard (second round)
  3. Marcus Ellis / Chris Langridge (semifinals)
  4. Josche Zurwonne / Jones Ralfy Jansen (second round)
  5. Manu Attri / B. Sumeeth Reddy (withdrew)
  6. Peter Briggs / Tom Wolfenden (second round)
  7. Jacco Arends / Ruben Jille (first round)
  8. Mark Lamsfuß / Marvin Emil Seidel (second round)

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

  1. Gabriela Stoeva / Stefani Stoeva (final)
  2. Olga Morozova / Anastasia Chervyakova (second round)
  3. Sara Thygesen / Maiken Fruergaard (first round)
  4. Misato Aratama / Akane Watanabe (second round)

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

  1. Mark Lamsfuß / Isabel Herttrich (champions)
  2. Ronan Labar / Audrey Fontaine (withdrew)
  3. Sam Magee / Chloe Magee (withdrew)
  4. Marvin Emil Seidel / Linda Efler (quarterfinals)
  5. Jacco Arends / Selena Piek (quarterfinals)
  6. Ben Lane / Jessica Pugh (semifinals)
  7. Marcus Ellis / Lauren Smith (final)
  8. Mikkel Mikkelsen / Mai Surrow (quarterfinals)

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prospectus Swiss Open 2018. Badminton World Federation. 27 January 2018.
  2. Web site: World Ranking System . . 27 January 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 .