The 2018 Vietnam Open (officially known as the

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-Sunrise Vietnam Open 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at Nguyen Du Cultural Sports Club in

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from 7 to 12 August 2018 and had a total purse of $75,000.

Tournament

The 2018 Vietnam Open was the sixth Super 100 tournament of the

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and also part of the Vietnam Open championships which had been held since 1996. This tournament was organized by the Ho Chi Minh City Badminton Association with the sanction from the BWF.

Venue

This international tournament was held at Nguyen Du Cultural Sports Club in

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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

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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

# Ygor Coelho de Oliveira ''(third round)'' #

Daren Liew Liew Daren (born 6 August 1987) is a Malaysian badminton player. His biggest success to date is having won the 2012 French Open Super Series. He reached a career high ranking of World No.10. He also represented Malaysia competed at the 2010 ...

''(withdrew)'' #

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 ...

''(second round)'' # Vladimir Malkov ''(third round)'' # Lu Guangzu ''(withdrew)'' #

Chong Wei Feng Chong Wei Feng (born 26 May 1987) is a Malaysian retired badminton player. He was drafted into the national team in 2004. His best achievement is reaching the semi-finals of the 2012 and 2013 China Open, where he was defeated by Chen Long on ...

''(third round)'' # Yu Igarashi ''(semi-finals)'' #

Sitthikom Thammasin Sitthikom Thammasin ( th, สิทธิคมน์ ธรรมศิลป์; born 7 April 1995) is a Thai badminton player. He won the men's singles title at the 2012 Singapore International Series when he was 17. Thammasin was part of the ...

''(third round)''

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Women's singles

Seeds

# Sayaka Takahashi ''(second round)'' #

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 ...

''(semi-finals)'' # Lee Ying Ying ''(second round)'' # Cai Yanyan ''(withdrew)'' #

Brittney Tam Brittney Shannon Tam (born 23 August 1997) is a Canadian badminton player. In 2012, she won a silver medal at the Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships in the mixed doubles event. In 2016, she won the gold medal in the mixed team event at the Pan ...

''(first 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 ...

''(second round)'' # Han Yue ''(final)'' #

Vũ Thị Trang Vũ Thị Trang (born 19 May 1992) is a badminton player from Vietnam. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was a bronze medallist at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. In 2016, Vũ married fellow Vie ...

''(quarter-finals)''

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Men's doubles

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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 ...

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

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. ...

''(second round)'' #

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 ''(first round)'' #

Angga Pratama Angga Pratama (born 12 May 1991) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with Jaya Raya Jakarta club. He competed in the men's doubles event in the international tournaments, and together with Ricky Karanda Suwardi, he won the 2015 Singap ...

Rian Agung Saputro Rian Agung Saputro (born 25 June 1990) is an Indonesian badminton player. He was partnered with Angga Pratama in men's doubles, but split after the 2014 Asian Games. Saputro was then partnered with Berry Angriawan. They debuted at the 2014 Ho ...

''(withdrew)'' #

Keiichiro Matsui is a Japanese badminton player who affiliated with the Hitachi team. Born in Ishikawa, he graduated from the Tomioka senior high school, and later educated at the Nippon Sport Science University. He was part of the national junior team that wo ...

Yoshinori Takeuchi is a Japanese badminton player. Career summary In 2013, he competed at the Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia. In 2014, he became the runner-up at the U.S. Open Grand Prix tournament in the men's doubles event partnered with Taiki Shimad ...

''(quarter-finals)'' #

Hiroki Okamura is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with Biprogy team. Achievements BWF World Tour (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 b ...

Masayuki Onodera 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 "d ...

''(second round)'' # Tan Boon Heong / Yoo Yeon-seong ''(second round)''

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Women's doubles

Seeds

# Ayako Sakuramoto /

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 ...

''(first round)'' #

Meghana Jakkampudi Meghana Jakkampudi (born 28 December 1995) is an Indian badminton player. She was the gold medalists at the 2019 South Asian Games The 2019 South Asian Games, officially the XIII South Asian Games, was a major multi-sport event which was or ...

/ Poorvisha S. Ram ''(first round)'' #

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 ''(quarter-finals)'' #

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 player. Achievements BWF World Tour 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 World Federation (BWF). T ...

(champions) #

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/ Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti ''(quarter-finals)'' # Nami Matsuyama /

Chiharu Shida is a Japanese badminton player from the Saishunkan team. She was the bronze medalists at the Asian and World Junior Championships in 2014 and 2015. Shida won her first international title at the 2016 Vietnam International, and claimed her first ...

''(final)'' #

Minami Kawashima Minami (kanji 南, hiragana みなみ) is a Japanese word meaning " south". Places Japan There are several Minami wards in Japan, most of them appropriately in the south part of a city: *Minami, Tokushima, a village in Tokushima Prefectur ...

Aoi Matsuda is a Japanese badminton player. Born in Osaka Prefecture, Matsuda graduated from the Toyama University of International Studies High School. She was a former Tricky Panders team and later affiliated with the Amer Sports Japan since April 2018. M ...

''(quarter-finals)'' #

Chen Hsiao-huan Chen Hsiao-huan (; born 12 March 1987) is a Taiwanese badminton player. Born in Kaohsiung City, Chen has been playing badminton since the age of 11; she is 1.57 m tall and plays right-handed. In 2015, she won the women's singles event at the nat ...

/ Hu Ling-fang ''(second round)''

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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 ...

''(withdrew)'' #

Đỗ Tuấn Đức Đỗ Tuấn Đức (born 6 February 1996) is a Vietnamese badminton player from Hanoi. He was the bronze medalist at the Gimcheon, South Korea 2012 Asian Junior Championships in the mixed doubles event partnered with Lê Thu Huyền. Đỗ wo ...

Phạm Như Thảo Phạm Như Thảo (born 30 May 1996) is a badminton player from Vietnam. She won her first senior title at the 2014 Vietnam International Series in the mixed doubles event. At the 2015 Eurasia Bulgaria International, Phạm clinched two titles ...

''(second round)'' #

Chen Tang Jie Chen Tang Jie (; born 5 January 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was part of the Malaysian 2016 Asian Junior Championships and 2016 BWF World Junior Championships team, and has help Malaysia to clinched a silver medal in the World Jun ...

/ Peck Yen Wei ''(second round)'' # Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif Arif / Rusydina Antardayu Riodingin ''(second round)'' #

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 ''(second round)'' #

Shivam Sharma Shivam Sharma (born 9 September 1993) is a cricketer who plays for Kings XI Punjab. Sharma is an all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls off break. In 2012, he captained the Delhi Under-19 and North Zone Under-19 cricket teams. In 2014, h ...

/ Poorvisha S. Ram ''(first round)'' #

Chen Sihang Chen may refer to: People *Chen (surname) (陳 / 陈), a common Chinese surname * Chen (singer) (born 1992), member of the South Korean-Chinese boy band EXO * Chen Chen (born 1989), Chinese-American poet * (), a Hebrew first name or surname: * ...

/ Xu Ya ''(quarter-finals)'' # Tseng Min-hao /

''(first round)''

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References

External links

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