The 2018

Akita Masters The Akita Masters (ヨネックス秋田マスタ－ズ) is an annual badminton tournament that usually contested in Akita City, Japan. This tournament is a part of the BWF World Tour tournaments and is leveled in BWF Tour Super 100. Venue & hos ...

(officially known as the

Yonex () is a Japanese sports equipment manufacturing company. Yonex produces equipment and apparel for tennis, badminton, golf, and running. Its range of products manufactured and commercialised includes equipment for badminton and tennis (rackets, ...

Akita Masters 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at

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from 24 to 29 July 2018 and had a total purse of $75,000.

Tournament

The 2018 Akita Masters was the fourth Super 100 tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the

championships, which was held for the first time. This tournament was organized by the

Nippon Badminton Association Nippon Badminton Association (NBA, 日本バドミントン協会; ''Nippon Badominton Kyōkai'') is the national governing body for the sport of badminton in Japan. History Badminton competition in Japan started as early as 1919 from YMCA acros ...

with the sanction from the BWF.

Venue

This international tournament was held at

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Point distribution

Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for

BWF Tour Super 100 The BWF World Tour is a Badminton World Federation#Grade 2, Grade 2 badminton tournament series, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It is a competition open to the top world ranked players in singles (men's and women's) and doubles (me ...

events.

Prize money

The total prize money for this year's tournament was US$75,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.

Men's singles

Seeds

Kanta Tsuneyama is a Japanese badminton player. Achievements Youth Olympic Games ''Mixed doubles'' Asia Junior Championships ''Boys' singles'' ''Boys' doubles'' BWF World Tour (3 titles) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 ...

''(withdrew)'' #

Ihsan Maulana Mustofa Ihsan Maulana Mustofa (born 18 November 1995) is an Indonesian badminton player who plays in singles event. He is from PB. Djarum, a badminton club in Kudus, Central Java and has joined the club since 2010. He was a boys' singles bronze medalis ...

''(final)'' #

Lu Guangzu Lu Guangzu (; born on 19 October 1996) is a Chinese badminton player. In 2018, Lu made into his first final at the Lingshui China Masters. Since then, he both won Australian Open The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually ...

''(second round)'' #

Lin Yu-hsien Lin Yu-hsien (; born 27 September 1991) is a Taiwanese badminton player. Career He plays in the men's singles. He participated in the 2016 Vietnam Open Grand Prix, in the 2016 Chinese Taipei Masters and in the 2015 Chinese Taipei Masters Gr ...

''(second round)'' # Jan Ø. Jørgensen ''(semi-finals)'' # Panji Ahmad Maulana ''(third round)'' #

Yu Igarashi is a Japanese badminton player. He won his first international title at the 2017 Osaka International tournament. Achievements Summer Universiade ''Men's singles'' BWF World Tour (1 runner-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on ...

''(semi-finals)'' #

Sitthikom Thammasin Sitthikom Thammasin ( th, สิทธิคมน์ ธรรมศิลป์; born 7 April 1995) is a Thai badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played wi ...

(champion)

Finals

Top half

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Section 2

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Section 4

Women's singles

Seeds

Sayaka Takahashi is a retired Japanese badminton player who was a singles specialist. She was the bronze medalist at the 2013 and 2014 Asian Championships. Takahashi reached a career high as world number 10 in the BWF World Ranking in February 2019. Personal ...

(champion) #

Minatsu Mitani is a retired Japanese badminton player who is a singles specialist from NTT East badminton club. She competed at the 2014 Asian Games. Mitani expressed her desire to retire after losing in the second round of 73rd All Japan Comprehensive Champ ...

''(second round)'' #

Sung Shuo-yun Sung Shuo-yun (; born 15 June 1997) is a Taiwanese badminton player. She won her first international title at the 2019 Norwegian International The Norwegian International in badminton is an international open held in Norway Norway, of ...

''(first round)'' #

Saena Kawakami is a Japanese badminton player. Achievements BWF World Tour (1 title, 2 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton W ...

''(quarter-finals)'' # Brittney Tam ''(first round)'' # Lyanny Alessandra Mainaky ''(first round)'' #

Shiori Saito is a Japanese badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and " ...

''(quarter-finals)'' # Haruko Suzuki ''(second round)''

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

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Section 3

Section 4

Men's doubles

Seeds

# Jason Ho-shue /

Nyl Yakura Nyl Kiyoshi Yakura (born 14 February 1993) is a Canadian badminton player. He captured two gold medals at the Pan American Games, winning the men's doubles title in 2019 and 2023, and also a silver in the mixed doubles in 2019 File:2019 collag ...

''(second round)'' # Inkarat Apisuk / Tanupat Viriyangkura ''(semi-finals)'' #

Sabar Karyaman Gutama Sabar Karyaman Gutama (born 8 January 1996) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with Exist Jakarta club. He was part of the National team that won the bronze medal at the 2019 Asia Mixed Team Championships. Career Gutama is a member ...

/ Frengky Wijaya Putra ''(withdrew)'' #

Po Li-wei Po Li-wei (; born 2 May 1997) is a Taiwanese badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (wi ...

Yang Ming-tse Yang Ming-tse (; born 29 January 1997) is a Taiwanese badminton player. Achievements BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 4 runners-up) ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF Intern ...

''(second round)''

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

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Section 3

Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

Naoko Fukuman is a Japanese badminton player. Career In 2009 and 2010 she became the semifinalist of the Osaka International tournament in women's doubles event. In 2010, she became the runner-up of the Austrian International tournament partnered with Minat ...

Kurumi Yonao is a Japanese badminton player. She won a bronze medal in 2015 BWF World Championships in Jakarta with Naoko Fukuman. Achievements BWF World Championships ''Women's doubles'' Asian Championships ''Women's doubles'' BWF Superseries ...

''(quarter-finals)'' #

Ayako Sakuramoto is a Japanese badminton player from the Yonex team. Career Sakuramoto who educated at the Kyushu International University High School, won the girls' doubles bronze medal at the 2011 Asian Junior Badminton Championships. She also won 2012 gol ...

Yukiko Takahata is a Japanese badminton player from the Yonex team. In 2017, she became the women's doubles runner-up at the Osaka International tournament partnered with Ayako Sakuramoto. She won her first senior international title at the Spanish Internatio ...

(champions) #

Savitree Amitrapai Savitree Amitrapai ( th, สาวิตรี อมิตรพ่าย; born 19 November 1988) is a Thai badminton player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Achievements Asian Championships ''Women's d ...

/ Pacharapun Chochuwong ''(second round)'' #

Misato Aratama is a Japanese badminton player. Achievements BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton W ...

Akane Watanabe is a Japanese badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and ...

''(second round)''

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

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Section 3

Section 4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

Chang Ko-chi Chang Ko-chi (; born 21 November 1995) is a Taiwanese badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "s ...

Cheng Chi-ya Cheng Chi-ya (; born 26 December 1992) is a Taiwanese badminton player. She won her first international title at the 2013 Polish International Series in the women's singles event. Achievements BWF World Tour (2 runners-up) The BWF World To ...

''(semi-finals)'' # Kim Hwi-tae /

Kim Hye-jeong Kim Hye-jeong (Hangul: 김혜정; born 3 January 1998) is a South Korean badminton player. She has shown her potential as a badminton player since she was young. Kim entered the regular training in the second grade of elementary school in Wanwol ...

''(first round)'' #

Akbar Bintang Cahyono Akbar Bintang Cahyono (born 12 April 1996) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with PB Djarum, Djarum badminton club. He started his career in badminton when he was in the elementary school in 2005, and later joined the Ganesha badminton ...

Winny Oktavina Kandow Winny Oktavina Kandow (born 14 October 1998) is an Indonesian badminton player specializes in doubles from Tewasen village in South Minahasa (then of Minahasa), North Sulawesi. Career Trained at the Tangkas Intiland Jakarta, she managed to cl ...

''(quarter-finals)'' #

Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Danny Bawa Chrisnanta (born 30 December 1988) is a retired Singaporean badminton player. Career Danny competed at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games, where he captured a bronze medal in the mixed team and a silver medal in the men's doubles ...

Tournament

Venue

Point distribution

Prize money

Men's singles

Seeds

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's singles

Seeds

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Men's doubles

Seeds

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

References

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