| Dates: | 20–25 November |
| Level: | G2L5 |
| Prize Money: | 150000 |
| Venue: | Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium |
| Location: | Lucknow, India |
| Ms: | Sameer Verma |
| Country Ms: | IND |
| Ws: | Han Yue |
| Country Ws: | CHN |
| Md1: | Fajar Alfian |
| Country Md1: | INA |
| Md2: | Muhammad Rian Ardianto |
| Country Md2: | INA |
| Wd1: | Chow Mei Kuan |
| Country Wd1: | MAS |
| Wd2: | Lee Meng Yean |
| Country Wd2: | MAS |
| Xd1: | Ou Xuanyi |
| Country Xd1: | CHN |
| Xd2: | Feng Xueying |
| Country Xd2: | CHN |
| Previous: | 2017 |
| Next: | 2019 |
The 2018 Syed Modi International Badminton Championships was a badminton tournament which took place at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium in Lucknow, India, from 20 to 25 November 2018 and had a total prize of $150,000.
The 2018 Syed Modi International was the twenty-fifth tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Syed Modi International Badminton Championships, which had been held since 1991. This tournament was organized by Badminton Association of India and sanctioned by the BWF.[1]
This international tournament was held at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7,000 | 5,950 | 4,900 | 3,850 | 2,750 | 1,670 | 660 | 320 |
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 |
Srikanth Kidambi (withdrew) Prannoy Kumar (first round) Sameer Verma (champion) B. Sai Praneeth (quarter-finals)
Misha Zilberman (withdrew)
Lu Guangzu (final) Sourabh Verma (first round)
Sitthikom Thammasin (semi-finals) P. V. Sindhu (withdrew) Saina Nehwal (final)
Sayaka Takahashi (withdrew) Han Yue (champion) Zhang Yiman (quarter-finals) Li Xuerui (semi-finals) Rituparna Das (quarter-finals) Takuto Inoue / Yuki Kaneko (withdrew) Hiroyuki Endo / Yuta Watanabe (first round) Han Chengkai / Zhou Haodong (quarter-finals)
Vladimir Ivanov / Ivan Sozonov (semi-finals) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty (final) Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi (first round) Ashwini Ponnappa / N. Sikki Reddy (final) Ekaterina Bolotova / Alina Davletova (semi-finals) Meghana Jakkampudi / Poorvisha S. Ram (first round) Pranav Chopra / N. Sikki Reddy (first round) Evgenij Dremin / Evgenia Dimova (second round) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Ashwini Ponnappa (semi-finals) Nipitphon Phuangphuapet / Savitree Amitrapai (quarter-finals)