2018 Swiss Open (badminton)

2018 Swiss Open
Tournament details
Dates	20–25 February
Level	Super 300
Total prize money	US$150,000
Venue	St. Jakobshalle
Location	Basel, Switzerland
Champions
Men's singles	Sameer Verma
Women's singles	Sayaka Takahashi
Men's doubles	Mathias Boe; Carsten Mogensen
Women's doubles	Ayako Sakuramoto; Yukiko Takahata
Mixed doubles	Mark Lamsfuß; Isabel Herttrich
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The 2018 Swiss Open, officially the Yonex Swiss Open 2018, was a badminton tournament which took place at St. Jakobshalle in Switzerland from 20 to 25 February 2018 and had a total purse of $150,000.

Tournament

The 2018 Swiss Open was the fifth tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Swiss Open championships which had been held since 1955. This tournament was organized by Swiss Badminton with the sanction of the BWF.^[1]

Venue

This international tournament was held at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland.^[1]

Point distribution

Below is a table with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 300 event.^[2]

Winner	Runner-up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	33/64	65/128
7,000	5,950	4,900	3,850	2,750	1,670	660	320

Prize money

The total prize money for this tournament was US$150,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.^[1]

Event	Winner	Finals	Semifinals	Quarterfinals	Last 16
Singles	$11,250	$5,700	$2,175	$900	$525
Doubles	$11,850	$5,700	$2,100	$1087.50	$562.50

Men's singles

Seeds

Rajiv Ouseph (second round)
Sameer Verma (champion)
Ygor Coelho de Oliveira (first round)
Suppanyu Avihingsanon (quarterfinals)
Mark Caljouw (second round)
Emil Holst (first round)
Rasmus Gemke (withdrew)
Lee Zii Jia (first round)

Finals

Semifinals					Final

	Lucas Corvée	14	21	18

	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	21	12	21
						Jan Ø. Jørgensen	15	13

					2	Sameer Verma	21	21
	Kantaphon Wangcharoen	14	21	12

2	Sameer Verma	21	11	21

Top half

Section 1

First Round					Second Round					Quarterfinals

1	R Ouseph	21	21

	A Yelegar	14	13
					1	R Ouseph	22	17	14

						K Watanabe	20	21	21
L Claerbout		21	13	14

K Watanabe		14	21	21
										K Watanabe	14	21	13

										L Corvée	21	19	21
6	E Holst	16	21	20

Q4	A Merklé	21	12	22
					Q4	A Merklé	21	13	20

						L Corvée	18	21	22
	L Corvée	22	21

Q2	R Takeshita	20	11

Section 2

First Round					Second Round				Quarterfinals

4	S Avihingsanon	21	19	21

	K Bruun	11	21	19
					4	S Avihingsanon	22	21

						Soong J V	20	14
	Soong J V	24	21

PFQ	A Namkul	22	19
									4	S Avihingsanon	13	16

										J Ø. Jørgensen	21	21
8	Lee Z J	15	14

	J Ø. Jørgensen	21	21
						J Ø. Jørgensen	21	21

					PFQ	I Zulkarnain	19	18
	E Heino	23	14	10

PFQ	I Zulkarnain	21	21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

First Round					Second Round					Quarterfinals

S Thammasin		8	21	21

T Ueda		21	13	19
					S Thammasin		20	21	10^r

					K Wangcharoen		22	18	11
	K Wangcharoen	21	21

PFQ	K Schäfer	19	14
											K Wangcharoen	21	21

										Q3	R. M. V. Gurusaidutt	8	15
S Verma		21	21

M Zilberman		11	18
						S Verma	18	14

					Q3	R. M. V. Gurusaidutt	21	21
Q3	R. M. V. Gurusaidutt	21	21

3	Y Coelho	16	11

Section 4

First Round					Second Round					Quarterfinals

WC	C Kirchmayr	11	15

	K Momota	21	21
						K Momota	21	21

					5	M Caljouw	15	16
PFQ	A Mendrek	24	8	15

5	M Caljouw	22	21	21
											K Momota	17	16

										2	S Verma	21	21
Q1	L Schänzler	15	14

	Y Igarashi	21	21
						Y Igarashi	21	18	16

					2	S Verma	11	21	21
	T Rouxel	20	10

2	S Verma	22	21