The men's singles tournament of the

2019 BWF World Championships The 2019 BWF World Championships was a badminton tournament which was held from 19 to 25 August 2019 at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland. Host city selection Basel was chosen to be the host of the 2019 edition of the championships over 2020 ...

( World Badminton Championships) took place from 19 to 25 August.

Seeds

The seeding list is based on the

World Rankings A ranking is a relationship between a set of items such that, for any two items, the first is either "ranked higher than", "ranked lower than" or "ranked equal to" the second. In mathematics, this is known as a weak order or total preorder of o ...

from 30 July 2019. Kento Momota (champion)

Chou Tien-chen Chou Tien-chen (Chinese: 周天成; born 8 January 1990) is a Taiwanese badminton player. He became the first local shuttler in 17 years to win the men's singles title of the Chinese Taipei Open in 2016 since Indonesian-born Fung Permadi won i ...

''(quarterfinals)'' Chen Long ''(quarterfinals)''

Jonatan Christie Leonardus Jonatan Christie (born 15 September 1997) is an Indonesian badminton player specializing in the singles discipline affiliated with the Tangkas Specs club. He won the men's singles title at the Badminton at the 2017 Southeast Asian Ga ...

''(quarterfinals)'' Anders Antonsen ''(final)'' Anthony Sinisuka Ginting ''(third round)'' Srikanth Kidambi ''(third round)'' Kenta Nishimoto ''(third round)'' Ng Ka Long ''(third round)''

Sameer Verma Sameer Verma (born 22 October 1994) is an Indian badminton player. He trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy, Hyderabad. Sameer is the brother of Indian badminton player Sourabh Verma. Career 2011 Verma won a silver medal in the Asian ...

''(first round)'' Lin Dan ''(second round)'' Kantaphon Wangcharoen ''(semifinals)''

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 ...

''(third round)'' Lee Zii Jia ''(quarterfinals)''

Tommy Sugiarto Tommy Sugiarto (born 31 May 1988) is an Indonesian badminton player who is a singles specialist. He was the bronze medalist at the 2014 World Championships. Sugiarto competed at the 2014 Asian Games and 2016 Summer Olympics. Personal life ...

''(second round)''

B. Sai Praneeth Bhamidipati Sai Praneeth (born 10 August 1992) is an Indian badminton player. He became the first Indian male shuttler in 36 years to win a bronze medal in the BWF World Championships in 2019 after Prakash Padukone in 1983. Sai Praneeth was ho ...

Seeds

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

References