The 2018

SaarLorLux Open The Hylo Open, formerly known as the BMW Badminton Cup, BMW Open, Bitburger Masters, Bitburger Open and SaarLorLux Open, is an international badminton tournament held at the Saarlandhalle in Saarbrücken, Germany, since 1988. It was sponsored by th ...

was a badminton tournament that took place at

Saarlandhalle Saarlandhalle is a 5,500-capacity multi-purpose indoor arena located in Saarbrücken, Germany. Originally opened in 1967 with funds from Saarland Sporttoto for sports competitions, it was later converted to multi-purpose indoor arena. The Ludwi ...

Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is S ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

, from 30 October to 4 November 2018 and had a total prize of $75,000.

Tournament

The 2018 SaarLorLux Open was the tenth 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 1988. This tournament was organized by German Badminton Association and sanctioned by the BWF.

Venue

This international tournament was held at

Saarland The Saarland (, ; french: Sarre ) is a state of Germany in the south west of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and ...

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

Men's singles

Seeds

# Lin Dan ''(third round)'' # Rasmus Gemke ''(withdrew)'' # Mark Caljouw ''(quarter-finals)'' #

Jan Ø. Jørgensen Jan Østergaard Jørgensen (born 31 December 1987) is a Danish retired badminton player who played for SIF (Skovshoved) in the national league. He won the men's singles title at the 2014 European Championships, and was the bronze medalist at the ...

''(withdrew)'' #

Rajiv Ouseph Theratil Rajiv Ouseph (born 30 August 1986) is a former badminton player from England who represented both England and Great Britain in the international tournaments. Ouseph was the European Champion, winning in 2017. Ouseph was born and brough ...

''(final)'' # Lucas Corvée ''(third round)'' #

Toby Penty Toby Penty (born 12 August 1992) is a retired English badminton player. He started playing badminton at aged 9, and won U-19 English National Championships in 2011. In 2010, he won junior titles in the Netherlands and Switzerland. In 2017, he wo ...

''(quarter-finals)'' # Parupalli Kashyap ''(quarter-finals)''

Finals

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Women's singles

Seeds

# Gao Fangjie ''(semi-finals)'' #

Gregoria Mariska Tunjung Gregoria Mariska Tunjung Cahyaningsih (born 11 August 1999) is an Indonesian badminton player who plays in the singles event. Her club is PB. Mutiara Cardinal in Bandung, West Java, and entered the national team in 2013. She won the girls' sing ...

''(withdrew)'' # Cai Yanyan (champion) # Chen Xiaoxin ''(final)'' #

Line Kjærsfeldt Line Højmark Kjærsfeldt (born 20 April 1994) is a Danish badminton player specializing in singles. She won a bronze medal at the 2010 BWF World Junior Championships in the women's doubles with Sandra-Maria Jensen. Kjærsfeldt also won a gold ...

''(semi-finals)'' # Beatriz Corrales ''(first round)'' #

Fitriani Fitriani (born 27 December 1998) is an Indonesian badminton player specializing in women's singles and women's doubles discipline affiliated with Exist club. She won team silver at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games and bronze medals at the 2017 Sout ...

''(quarter-finals)'' #

Linda Zetchiri Linda Zetchiri ( bg, Линда Зечири; born 27 July 1987) is a Bulgarian badminton player. She competed in the women's singles at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. Career Zetchiri is one of the leading Bulgarian players in the sport. Sh ...

''(second round)''

Finals

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Men's doubles

Seeds

Aaron Chia Aaron Chia Teng Fong (Chinese: 谢定峰, born 24 February 1997) is a Malaysian badminton player. He joined the national team since 2015. He represented Malaysia in the 2018 Thomas Cup. Chia and his partner Soh Wooi Yik were the All England O ...

Soh Wooi Yik Soh Wooi Yik (, born 17 February 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was part of the Malaysian 2015 and 2016 BWF World Junior Championships team, and has helped Malaysia clinch a silver medal in mixed team after being defeated by China in ...

''(final)'' #

Jelle Maas Jelle Maas (born 19 February 1991) is a Dutch retired badminton player specializing in doubles events. He was the bronze medalists at the 2018 European Championships and 2019 European Games , translation: Time for bright victories! , nations pa ...

Robin Tabeling Robin Tabeling (born 24 April 1994) is a Dutch badminton player, specializing in doubles play. He started playing badminton in Amstelveen at a club called BV van Zijderveld. He won a silver medal at the 2013 European Junior Championships in the ...

''(semi-finals)'' # Marcus Ellis /

Chris Langridge Christopher Phillip Langridge (born 2 May 1985) is a retired British badminton player. He competed for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won three medals. He represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze m ...

(champions) # Mark Lamsfuß /

Marvin Emil Seidel Marvin Emil Seidel (; born 9 November 1995) is a German badminton player. He was the bronze medalist at the 2013 European Junior Badminton Championships, 2013 European Junior Championships in the boys' doubles, and a silver medalist at the 2021 E ...

''(quarter-finals)''

Finals

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Women's doubles

Seeds

Gabriela Stoeva Gabriela Stoeva ( bg, Габриела Стоева; born 15 July 1994) is a Bulgarian badminton player specializing in doubles. Her current partner is her younger sister, Stefani Stoeva. The pair is the three-time European Champion and European ...

Stefani Stoeva Stefani Stoeva ( bg, Стефани Стоева; born 23 September 1995) is a Bulgarian badminton player specializing in doubles. Her current partner is her older sister, Gabriela Stoeva. They competed at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. The d ...

(champions) #

Delphine Delrue Delphine Aurore Delrue (born 6 November 1998) is a French badminton player. Delrue started playing badminton at aged seven, and she affiliate with the USEE Badminton club in 2006. Delrue was selected to join the national team in INSEP in 2016. In ...

Léa Palermo Léa Palermo (born 7 July 1993) is a French badminton player. She started playing badminton at aged 8, then joined the France national badminton team in 2006. In 2009, she won the bronze medal at the European U17 Badminton Championships in the m ...

''(second round)'' #

Johanna Goliszewski Johanna Goliszewski (born 9 May 1986) is a German badminton player who has worked as a sport soldier in the Bundeswehr. She became the member of the Germany national badminton team in 2003. Teamed-up with Carla Nelte in the women's doubles, she ...

/ Lara Käpplein ''(quarter-finals)'' # Anastasia Chervyakova /

Olga Morozova Olga Vasilyevna Morozova ( rus, link=no, Ольга Васильевна Морозова, , ˈolʲɡə mɐˈrozəvə, a=Ru-Olga_Morozova.ogg; born 22 February 1949) is a retired tennis player who competed for the Soviet Union. She was the run ...

''(quarter-finals)''

Finals

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Mixed doubles

Seeds

# Marcus Ellis / Lauren Smith (champions) # Mark Lamsfuß /

Isabel Herttrich Isabel Lohau ('' née'' Herttrich; born 17 March 1992) is a German badminton player, specializing in doubles play. She started playing badminton at her hometown Hersbruck in 2001, and in 2010 she joined the Germany national badminton team. She ...

''(quarter-finals)'' # Jacco Arends / Selena Piek ''(withdrew)'' #

Linda Efler Linda Efler (born 23 January 1995) is a German badminton player who became the member of the national team in 2013. She affiliate with SC Union 08 Lüdinghausen, and won the National Championships women's doubles title in 2019 and 2020, also in t ...

''(semi-finals)'' #

Lu Kai Lu Kai (198 – December 269 or January 270), courtesy name Jingfeng, was a Chinese military general and politician of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. Born in the influential Lu clan of the Wu region toward ...

/ Chen Lu ''(final)'' #

/ Cheryl Seinen ''(first round)'' #

Sam Magee Samuel Magee (born 9 January 1990) is a retired Irish badminton player. He won the 2009 European Junior Badminton Championships, 2009 European Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event at Milan, Italy with his partner Sylvain Grosjean of F ...

Chloe Magee Chloe Noelle Magee (born 29 November 1988) is an Irish people, Irish professional badminton player. She represented her country at the Badminton at the Summer Olympics, Olympic Games for three consecutive times in Badminton at the 2008 Summer Oly ...

''(quarter-finals)'' # Ren Xiangyu /

Zhou Chaomin Zhou Chaomin (, born 18 March 1998) is a Chinese 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 "single ...

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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