The 2018

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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 Russian Open was the fifth Super 100 tournament of the

2018 BWF World Tour The 2018 BWF World Tour, officially known as the 2018 HSBC BWF World Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the first season of the BWF World Tour of badminton, a circuit of 26 tournaments which led up to the World Tour Finals tournament. It replaced ...

and also part of the

championships which had been held since 1992. This tournament was organized by the

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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 the

BWF Tour Super 100 The BWF World Tour is a 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 (men's, women's and mixed). The compe ...

event.

Prize money

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

Men's singles

Seeds

Pablo Abián Pablo Abián Vicén (; born 12 June 1985) is a Spanish badminton player. He was the men's singles gold medalists at the 2015 European Games, 2018 and 2022 Mediterranean Games. Olympic Games 2008 (Beijing, China) He competed in badminton ...

''(Third Round)'' # Vladimir Malkov ''(Semi-finals)'' #

Misha Zilberman Misha Zilberman ( he, מישה זילברמן, russian: Миша Зильберман; born 30 January 1989) is an Israeli badminton player. He competed for Israel at the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Summer Olympics. He also won a bronze medal at the 2 ...

''(Quarter-finals)'' #

Parupalli Kashyap Parupalli Kashyap (born 8 September 1986) is an Indian badminton player. A former World No.6, he trains at Gopichand Badminton Academy. He was awarded the Arjuna Award by the Government of India in 2012. He created history by reaching the qu ...

''(Second Round)'' #

Subhankar Dey Subhankar Dey (born 6 June 1993) is an Indian badminton player. Born in Kolkata, he currently trains in Vashi, Navi Mumbai, at his own badminton academy named Subhankar Dey Badminton Academy. He is also running another Badminton Centre which is ...

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Pannawit Thongnuam Pannawit Thongnuam ( th, ปัณณวิชญ์ ทองน่วม; born 24 December 1995) is a Thai male badminton player. He plays in the men's singles. He won his first international title at the 2017 Smiling Fish International tourna ...

''(Withdrew)'' #

Kalle Koljonen Kalle Koljonen (born 26 February 1994) is a Finnish badminton player. In 2014, he won a bronze medal at the European Men's Team Championships in Basel. He won his first international title at the 2015 Hungarian International. Koljonen became fir ...

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Sourabh Verma Sourabh Verma (born 30 December 1992) is an Indian badminton player. He is a three time men's singles title Champion at the Indian National Championships. Verma reached a career high world ranking of no. 28 in December 2019. Career overview S ...

(Champion)

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Women's singles

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Evgeniya Kosetskaya Evgeniya Andreevna Kosetskaya (russian: Евгения Андреевна Косецкая; born 16 December 1994) is a Russian badminton player. She was the women's doubles silver medalist at the 2015 Baku European Games, and settled the women's ...

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Lee Ying Ying Lee Ying Ying (李盈盈, born 25 October 1997) is a Malaysian badminton player. Lee started playing badminton at aged 8 in Ipoh. She made her debut in the international tournament in 2015, and at the same year she was selected to join the natio ...

''(Second Round)'' # Natalia Perminova ''(First Round)'' #

Yvonne Li Yvonne Li (born 30 May 1998) is a German 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 ...

''(Semi-finals)'' #

Kisona Selvaduray Kisona Selvaduray (born 1 October 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. She was the bronze medalist at the 2013 Asian Youth Games in the women's singles category. She won her first senior international title at the Indonesia International Seri ...

''(Withdrew)'' # Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli ''(Withdrew)'' # Mugdha Agrey ''(Second Round)'' #

Kristin Kuuba Kristin Kuuba (born 15 February 1997) is an Estonian badminton player. She was a bronze medalist at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the girls' doubles event with her partner Helina Rüütel. Kuuba competed at the 2014 Nanjing Youth Ol ...

''(Quarter-finals)''

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Men's doubles

Seeds

# Vladimir Ivanov /

Ivan Sozonov Ivan Andreyevich Sozonov (russian: Иван Андреевич Созонов; born 6 July 1989) is a Russian badminton player. He competed for Russia at the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Summer Olympics. His current partner is Vladimir Ivanov. The duo' ...

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Konstantin Abramov Konstantin Andreevich Abramov (russian: Константин Андреевич Абрамов; born 16 May 1992) is a Russian badminton player. In 2014, he won the Turkey International tournament partnered with Alexandr Zinchenko. In 2017, he and ...

Alexandr Zinchenko Alexandr Borisovich Zinchenko (russian: Александр Борисович Зинченко; born 6 February 1995) is a Russian badminton player. Zinchenko started playing badminton at the Solntsevo Sports School in Moscow, at the age of eight ...

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Shia Chun Kang Shia Chun Kang (Chinese: 谢俊康; pinyin: Xiè Jùnkāng; born 27 September 1996) is a Malaysian badminton player. Together with his former partner, Tan Wee Gieen, he achieved a career-high ranking of 52 in the men's doubles category. Career ...

Tan Wee Gieen Tan Wee Gieen (born 14 May 1994) is a Malaysian badminton player. He started playing badminton at home when he was nine years old and influenced by his family. His brothers, Tan Wee Kiong and Tan Wee Tat are also professional badminton players. ...

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Tarun Kona Tarun Kona (born 17 November 1989) is an Indian badminton player. He entered the national team in 2006, and in 2011, he won the men's doubles title at the National Championships. Achievements BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up) The BWF Grand Prix ...

Saurabh Sharma Saurabh Sharma (born 30 December 1997) is an Indian badminton player. He has represented India in BWF International tournaments, having won multiple mixed doubles and men's doubles tournaments. He also became the U-19 Mixed doubles champion in ...

''(Withdrew)''

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Women's doubles

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Chow Mei Kuan Chow Mei Kuan (; born 23 December 1994) is a Malaysian retired badminton player. She started playing badminton at the age of 7 in her primary school. Chow made a debut in the international senior tournament in 2012. She won gold medals at the ...

Lee Meng Yean Lee Meng Yean (born 30 March 1994) is a Malaysian badminton player. Together with Chow Mei Kuan, she won the 2018 Syed Modi International and achieved a career-high ranking of 10 in women's doubles. Career She was the 2011 Asian Junior Badm ...

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Ekaterina Bolotova Ekaterina Vladimirovna Malkova ((russian: Екатерина Владимировна Малькова; born 12 December 1992; née Bolotova) is a Russian badminton player. She was the women's doubles silver medalist at the 2015 Baku European Ga ...

Alina Davletova Alina Ilgizarovna Davletova (russian: Алина Ильгизаровна Давлетова; born 17 July 1998) is a Russian badminton player. She won the mixed doubles title at the European Junior Championships in 2017 and at the European Champ ...

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Mixed doubles

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Evgenij Dremin Evgenij Nikolaevich Dremin (russian: Евгений Николаевич Дремин; born 24 February 1981) is a Russian badminton player. Achievements BWF World Tour The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented ...

Evgenia Dimova Evgenia Aleksandrovna Dimova (russian: Евгения Александровна Димова; born 29 April 1982) is a Russian badminton player. Achievements BWF World Tour The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and imple ...

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Rohan Kapoor Rohan Kapoor (or ''Ruhan'', born 1965) is a Hindi actor and singer, son of Mahendra Kapoor. He started his film career at the age of 16 as an assistant director with Manoj Kumar for the film ''Kranti''. After that, he became active on the stag ...

Kuhoo Garg Kuhoo Garg (born 22 September 1998) is an Indian badminton player. Achievements South Asian Games ''Women's doubles'' BWF World Tour (1 runner-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a s ...

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Anoushka Parikh Anoushka Ashit Parikh (born 26 March 1997) is an Indian badminton player. Achievements South Asian Games ''Women's doubles'' BWF International Challenge/Series ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tou ...

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Rodion Alimov Rodion Igorevich Alimov (russian: Родион Игоревич Алимов; born 21 April 1998) is a Russian badminton player. He won the mixed doubles title at the European Junior Championships in 2017 and at the European Championships in 2021 ...

''(Second Round)''

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References

External links

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