2018 India Open badminton

The 2018 India Open, officially the Yonex-Sunrise Dr. Akhilesh Das Gupta India Open 2018, was a badminton tournament which took place at Siri Fort Indoor Stadium in India from 30 January to 4 February 2018 and had a total purse of $350,000. Template:TOC right

Tournament

The 2018 India Open was the fourth tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the India Open championships which has been held since 2008. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Association of India and sanctioned by the BWF. The tournament was renamed in a tribute for Akhilesh Das, president of the Badminton Association of India, who died in April 2017.

Venue

This international tournament was held at Siri Fort Indoor Stadium in New Delhi, India.

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 500 event.

Winner	Runner-up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	33/64	65/128	129/256	257/512	513/1024
9,200	7,800	6,420	5,040	3,600	2,220	880	430	170	80	40

Prize money

The total prize money for the 2018 tournament was US$350,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.

Event	Winner	Finals	Semifinals	Quarterfinals	Last 16
Singles	$26,250	$13,300	$5,075	$2,100	$1,225
Doubles	$27,650	$13,300	$4,900	$2,537.50	$1,312.50

Men's singles

Seeds

1. Template:Flagicon Viktor Axelsen (Withdrew)
2. Template:Flagicon Srikanth Kidambi (Second Round)
3. Template:Flagicon Chou Tien-chen (Final)
4. Template:Flagicon Shi Yuqi (Champion)
5. Template:Flagicon H. S. Prannoy (First Round)
6. Template:Flagicon Wang Tzu-wei (Quarterfinals)
7. Template:Flagicon Anders Antonsen (First Round)
8. Template:Flagicon B. Sai Praneeth (Quarterfinals)

Women's singles

Seeds

1. Template:Flagicon P. V. Sindhu (Final)
2. Template:Flagicon Carolina Marín (Quarterfinals)
3. Template:Flagicon Ratchanok Intanon (Semifinals)
4. Template:Flagicon Saina Nehwal (Quarterfinals)
5. Template:Flagicon Zhang Beiwen (Champion)
6. Template:Flagicon Cheung Ngan Yi (Semifinals)
7. Template:Flagicon Yip Pui Yin (Quarterfinals)
8. Template:Flagicon Beatriz Corrales (Quarterfinals)

Men's doubles

Seeds

1. Template:Flagicon Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Champions)
2. Template:Flagicon Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen (Second Round)
3. Template:Flagicon Lu Ching-yao / Yang Po-han (Second Round)
4. Template:Flagicon Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (Final)
5. Template:Flagicon Mathias Christiansen / David Daugaard (First Round)
6. Template:Flagicon Ong Yew Sin / Teo Ee Yi (Withdrew)
7. Template:Flagicon Angga Pratama / Rian Agung Saputro (Quarterfinals)
8. Template:Flagicon He Jiting / Tan Qiang (Quarterfinals)

Women's doubles

Seeds

1. Template:Flagicon Kamilla Rytter Juhl / Christinna Pedersen (Semifinals)
2. Template:Flagicon Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai (Final)
3. Template:Flagicon Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu (Champions)
4. Template:Flagicon Chayanit Chaladchalam / Phataimas Muenwong (Second Round)
5. Template:Flagicon Della Destiara Haris / Rizki Amelia Pradipta (Quarterfinals)
6. Template:Flagicon Ashwini Ponnappa / N. Sikki Reddy (Quarterfinals)
7. Template:Flagicon Meghana Jakkampudi / Poorvisha S Ram (Quarterfinals)
8. Template:Flagicon Kittipak Dubthuk / Natcha Saengchote (Quarterfinals)

Mixed doubles

Seeds

1. Template:Flagicon Tontowi Ahmad / Liliyana Natsir (Withdrew)
2. Template:Flagicon Chris Adcock / Gabrielle Adcock (Withdrew)
3. Template:Flagicon Tan Kian Meng / Lai Pei Jing (Second Round)
4. Template:Flagicon Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai (Quarterfinals)
5. Template:Flagicon Mathias Christiansen / Christina Pedersen (Champions)
6. Template:Flagicon He Jiting / Du Yue (Semifinals)
7. Template:Flagicon Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying (First Round)
8. Template:Flagicon Pranaav Jerry Chopra / N. Sikki Reddy (Semifinals)

External links

• Tournament Link