2018 Akita Masters

The 2018 Akita Masters (officially known as the Yonex Akita Masters 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at CNA Arena Akita in Japan from 24 to 29 July 2018 and had a total purse of $75,000.

2018 Akita Masters
Tournament details
Dates24–29 July
LevelSuper 100
Total prize moneyUS$75,000
VenueCNA Arena Akita
LocationAkita, Akita Prefecture, Japan
Champions
Men's Singles Sitthikom Thammasin
Women's Singles Sayaka Takahashi
Men's Doubles Akbar Bintang Cahyono
Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani
Women's Doubles Ayako Sakuramoto
Yukiko Takahata
Mixed Doubles Kohei Gondo
Ayane Kurihara
2019 →

Tournament

The 2018 Akita Masters was the fourth Super 100 tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Akita Masters championships, which was held for the first time. This tournament was organized by the Nippon Badminton Association with the sanction from the BWF.[1]

Venue

This international tournament was held at CNA Arena Akita in Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan.[1]

Point distribution

Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for BWF Tour Super 100 events.[2]

Winner Runner-up 3/4 5/8 9/16 17/32 33/64 65/128 129/256 257/512 513/1024
5,500 4,680 3,850 3,030 2,110 1,290 510 240 100 45 30

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.[1]

Event Winner Finals Semi-finals Quarter-finals Last 16
Singles $5,625 $2,850 $1,087.50 $450 $262.50
Doubles $5,925 $2,850 $1,050 $543.75 $281.25

Men's singles

Seeds
  1. Kanta Tsuneyama (Withdrew)
  2. Ihsan Maulana Mustofa (Final)
  3. Lu Guangzu (Second Round)
  4. Lin Yu-hsien (Second Round)
  5. Jan Ø. Jørgensen (Semi-finals)
  6. Panji Ahmad Maulana (Third Round)
  7. Yu Igarashi (Semi-finals)
  8. Sitthikom Thammasin (Champion)

Finals
Semi-finals Final
          
8 Sitthikom Thammasin 23 21
5 Jan Ø. Jørgensen 21 16
8 Sitthikom Thammasin 21 21
2 Ihsan Maulana Mustofa 10 13
7 Yu Igarashi 21 14 15
2 Ihsan Maulana Mustofa 14 21 21

Section 1
First Round Second Round Third Round Quarter-finals
1 K Tsuneyama
Y F Mainaky w / o
Y F Mainaky 13 3
Lee C-h 21 21
Lee C-h 21 21
Chan Y C 21 12 15 Lu C-h 8 14
Lu C-h 16 21 21 Lee C-h 16 16
8 S Thammasin 21 21
8 S Thammasin 21 21
K Naraoka 21 21 K Naraoka 8 15
P S Low 13 15 8 S Thammasin 13 21 21
F A Kholik 21 15 16
B Munkhbat 6 12
Hu C-e 8 7 F A Kholik 21 21
F A Kholik 21 21

Section 2
First Round Second Round Third Round Quarter-finals
4 Lin Y-h 20 20
C A D Wardoyo 21 21 C A D Wardoyo 22 22
Y Baba 11 17 C A D Wardoyo 21 21
Son S-h 19 17
A Susanto 12 11
Son S-h 22 11 22 Son S-h 21 21
K Leelavechabutr 20 21 20 C A D Wardoyo 19 21 8
5 J Ø. Jørgensen 21 19 21
5 J Ø. Jørgensen 21 18 21
Hsueh H-y 21 21 Hsueh H-y 19 21 17
Kim D-h 14 19 5 J Ø. Jørgensen 16 21 21
R Takeshita 21 14 14
Lin C-y 13 14
Chi Y-j 9 19 R Takeshita 21 21
R Takeshita 21 21

Section 3
First Round Second Round Third Round Quarter-finals
M B Pangisthu 17 16
H Shimono 21 21 H Shimono 18 21 21
R Tamang 21 17 10
H Shimono 19 23
N Matsukawa 21 21 7 Y Igarashi 21 25
V A Saputra 12 10 N Matsukawa 20 18
7 Y Igarashi 22 21
7 Y Igarashi 21 19 21
Wu SJ 21 7 15 M Koga 18 21 19
M Koga 13 21 21 M Koga 21 23
J Ho-shue 17 21
M Koga 21 21
N Yamazawa 21 15 16 K Bruun 13 18
K Bruun 19 21 21 K Bruun 17 21 21
3 Lu GZ 21 16 11

Section 4
First Round Second Round Third Round Quarter-finals
Yang C-c 21 21
T Obayashi 11 18 Yang C-c 21 21
Chen C-w 18 18
Yang C-c 17 21 21
Shih K-c 21 21 21 6 P A Maulana 21 18 17
A Namkul 10 23 12 Shih K-c 14 26
6 P A Maulana 21 28
Yang C-c 16 22
Xu YM 21 17 24 2 I M Mustofa 21 24
Lee Y-k 18 21 22 Xu YM 13 14
T Ueda 21 21
T Ueda 13 18
2 I M Mustofa 21 21
N Shrestha 21 8 15
2 I M Mustofa 19 21 21

Women's singles

Seeds
  1. Sayaka Takahashi (Champion)
  2. Minatsu Mitani (Second Round)
  3. Sung Shuo-yun (First Round)
  4. Saena Kawakami (Quarter-finals)
  5. Brittney Tam (First Round)
  6. Lyanny Alessandra Mainaky (First Round)
  7. Shiori Saito (Quarter-finals)
  8. Haruko Suzuki (Second Round)

Finals
Semi-finals Final
          
1 Sayaka Takahashi 21 21
Ayumi Mine 11 12
1 Sayaka Takahashi 21 13 21
Q3 Mako Urushizaki 11 21 18
Q3 Mako Urushizaki 21 17 21
Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 15 21 11

Section 1
First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
1 S Takahashi 21 21
Sim Y-j 16 8
1 S Takahashi 21 21
Q1 Choirunnisa 14 11
N Shimoda 16 19
Q1 Choirunnisa 21 21
1 S Takahashi 16 21 21
Y Hashimoto 21 19 14
8 H Suzuki 21 21
Chang Y-l 11 11
8 H Suzuki 15 11
Y Hashimoto 21 21
P Chaiwan 19 18
Y Hashimoto 21 21

Section 2
First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
3 Sung S-y 13 9
Y Nakai 21 21
Y Nakai 20 9
A Mine 22 21
N Aimsaard 9 18
A Mine 21 21
A Mine 21 21
Q2 B S Rahayu 8 15
5 B Tam 14 11
Q2 B S Rahayu 21 21
Q2 B S Rahayu 21 12 21
Lin H-t 19 21 19
Y Nakamura 20 14
Lin H-t 22 21

Section 3
First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
Liang T-y 21 17 19
Q3 M Urushizaki 18 21 21
Q3 M Urushizaki 14 21 21
Lin Y-c 21 8 15
Lin Y-c 23 21
6 L A Mainaky 21 15
Q3 M Urushizaki 20 21 22
4 S Kawakami 22 19 20
Q4 Hui XR 19 20
S Katethong 21 22
S Katethong 21 14 19
4 S Kawakami 16 21 21
T Poopradubsil 17 15
4 S Kawakami 21 21

Section 4
First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
A Takahashi 18 21 20
C Jucharoen 21 16 22
C Jucharoen 16 15
7 S Saito 21 21
J Gai 8 5
7 S Saito 21 21
7 S Saito 15 23 14
P Buranaprasertsuk 21 21 21
P Buranaprasertsuk 21 21
Kim G-e 15 18
P Buranaprasertsuk 22 21
2 M Mitani 20 14
B Aimsaard 11 9
2 M Mitani 21 21

Men's doubles

Seeds
  1. Jason Ho-shue / Nyl Yakura (Second Round)
  2. Inkarat Apisuk / Tanupat Viriyangkura (Semi-finals)
  3. Sabar Karyaman Gutama / Frengky Wijaya Putra (Withdrew)
  4. Po Li-wei / Yang Ming-tse (Second Round)

Finals
Semi-finals Final
          
  Lee Sheng-mu
Lin Chia-yu 		17 14
Akbar Bintang Cahyono
Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani 		21 21
  Akbar Bintang Cahyono
Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani 		21 21
Hirokatsu Hashimoto
Hiroyuki Saeki 		16 6
  Hirokatsu Hashimoto
Hiroyuki Saeki 		21 21
2 Inkarat Apisuk
Tanupat Viriyangkura 		18 19

Section 1
First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
1 J Ho-shue
N Yakura 		9 15
A Koga
T Saito 		21 21 A Koga
T Saito 		21 21
Jin YL
Tang YZ 		5 19 A Koga
T Saito 		17 21 20
N Shrestha
R Tamang 		11 15 Lee S-m
Lin C-y 		21 16 22
N Phuangphuapet
N Yordphaisong 		21 21 N Phuangphuapet
N Yordphaisong 		15 19
S Hoshino
Y Nishikawa 		15 14 Lee S-m
Lin C-y 		21 21
Lee S-m
Lin C-y 		21 21

Section 2
First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
4 Po L-w
Yang M-t 		19 15
A B Cahyono
M R P Isfahani 		21 21 A B Cahyono
M R P Isfahani 		21 21
Hu C-e
Lin C-y 		7 14 A B Cahyono
M R P Isfahani 		21 21
H Okamura
M Onodera 		23 21 D B Chrisnanta
T Hee Y K 		16 16
Lee F-c
Lee F-j 		21 19 H Okamura
M Onodera 		15 17
Lin S-c
Yang P-h 		18 17 D B Chrisnanta
T Hee Y K 		21 21
D B Chrisnanta
T Hee Y K 		21 21

Section 3
First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
Jung J-w
Kim H-t 		4
M Kaneko
Y Kubota 		1r Jung J-w
Kim H-t 		17 14
H Hashimoto
H Saeki 		21 19 24 H Hashimoto
H Saeki 		21 21
Tan B H
Yoo Y-s 		16 21 22 H Hashimoto
H Saeki 		21 24
Lu C-h
Shih K-c 		13 19 Li JQ
Liu ZR 		6 22
Li JQ
Liu ZR 		21 21 Li JQ
Liu ZR 		w / o
3 S K Gutama
F W Putra

Section 4
First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
K Tamate
K Yamashita 		21 21
Lin S-k
Tseng M-h 		15 19 K Tamate
K Yamashita 		21 23
K Ichikawa
D Umayahara 		17 18 Lin Y-s
Su L-w 		19 21
Lin Y-s
Su L-w 		21 21 K Tamate
K Yamashita 		10 19
Chang K-c
Lin Y-h 		20 23 21 2 I Apisuk
T Viriyangkura 		21 21
Cai RQ
Zhang SJ 		22 21 23 Cai RQ
Zhang SJ 		12 15
2 I Apisuk
T Viriyangkura 		21 21

Women's doubles

Seeds
  1. Naoko Fukuman / Kurumi Yonao (Quarter-finals)
  2. Ayako Sakuramoto / Yukiko Takahata (Champions)
  3. Savitree Amitrapai / Pacharapun Chochuwong (Second Round)
  4. Misato Aratama / Akane Watanabe (Second Round)

Finals
Semi-finals Final
          
  Nami Matsuyama
Chiharu Shida 		21 21
Asumi Kugo
Megumi Yokoyama 		17 18
  Nami Matsuyama
Chiharu Shida 		21 11
2 Ayako Sakuramoto
Yukiko Takahata 		23 21
  Kim Hye-jeong
Kim So-yeong 		18 22
2 Ayako Sakuramoto
Yukiko Takahata 		21 24

Section 1
First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
1 N Fukuman
K Yonao 		21 21
Kuo Y-w
Lin W-c 		14 18 S Hobara
N Sone 		6 17
S Hobara
N Sone 		21 21 1 N Fukuman
K Yonao 		15 23
N Matsuyama
C Shida 		21 22 N Matsuyama
C Shida 		21 25
Citra P S D
Jin YJ 		18 20 N Matsuyama
C Shida 		21 21
R Eto
A Matsuda 		21 21 R Eto
A Matsuda 		12 15
Chang C-h
Yang C-t 		10 16

Section 2
First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
3 S Amitrapai
P Chochuwong 		20 18
M Kashihara
M Kato 		18 21 21 M Kashihara
M Kato 		22 21
Chen S
Shen YB 		21 7 7 M Kashihara
M Kato 		21 18 13
Chang H-t
Yu C-h 		11 13 A Kugo
M Yokoyama 		17 21 21
A Kugo
M Yokoyama 		21 21 A Kugo
M Yokoyama 		21 21
Guo YX
Zhou SQ 		15 21 21 Guo YX
Zhou SQ 		15 16
W O Kandow
A Wiratama 		21 16 10

Section 3
First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
Wang XW
Wang ZX 		13 9
E Honda
N Shimizu 		21 21 E Honda
N Shimizu 		19 14
R Kawashima
S Ozaki 		21 20 14 Chen H-h
Hu L-f 		21 21
Chen H-h
Hu L-f 		14 22 21 Chen H-h
Hu L-f 		14 19
R Laisuan
S Mingchua 		12 14 Kim H-j
Kim S-y 		21 21
Kim H-j
Kim S-y 		21 21 Kim H-j
Kim S-y 		21 21
4 M Aratama
A Watanabe 		18 14

Section 4
First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
R Iwanaga
Y Suizu 		21 21
B Aimsaard
N Aimsaard 		19 11 R Iwanaga
Y Suizu 		21 22
Y Nakai
N Ono 		21 21 Y Nakai
N Ono 		10 20
Cheng Y-c
Hsieh P-s 		18 17 R Iwanaga
Y Suizu 		13 16
M Fujii
R Kakiiwa 		2 A Sakuramoto
Y Takahata 		21 21
Cheng C-y
Sung S-y 		w / o Cheng C-y
Sung S-y 		11 15
2 A Sakuramoto
Y Takahata 		21 21

Mixed doubles

Seeds
  1. Chang Ko-chi / Cheng Chi-ya (Semi-finals)
  2. Kim Hwi-tae / Kim Hye-jeong (First Round)
  3. Akbar Bintang Cahyono / Winny Oktavina Kandow (Quarter-finals)
  4. Danny Bawa Chrisnanta / Crystal Wong Jia Ying (Quarter-finals)

Finals
Semi-finals Final
          
1 Chang Ko-chi
Cheng Chi-ya 		16 21 14
Alfian Eko Prasetya
Angelica Wiratama 		21 17 21
  Alfian Eko Prasetya
Angelica Wiratama 		9 23 17
Kohei Gondo
Ayane Kurihara 		21 21 21
  Rinov Rivaldy
Pitha Haningtyas Mentari 		17 21 15
Kohei Gondo
Ayane Kurihara 		21 19 21

Section 1
First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
1 Chang K-c
Cheng C-y 		21 21
C Hemming
Liew F T 		12 21 9 Lin C-y
Lin W-c 		18 16
Lin C-y
Lin W-c 		21 14 21 1 Chang K-c
Cheng C-y 		21 21
T Saito
A Watanabe 		20 18 Tseng M-h
Hsieh P-s 		18 11
Tseng M-h
Hsieh P-s 		22 21 Tseng M-h
Hsieh P-s 		21 21
Lin S-k
Cheng Y-c 		21 21 Lin S-k
Cheng Y-c 		19 14
N Ishikawa
K Kameda 		17 12

Section 2
First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
4 D B Chrisnanta
C Wong J Y 		21 21
Lee F-c
Yang C-t 		17 14
4 D B Chrisnanta
C Wong J Y 		21 16 21
K Mitsuhashi
N Shinoya 		15 21 14
K Mitsuhashi
N Shinoya 		21 21
Lee F-j
Yu C-h 		19 14
4 D B Chrisnanta
C Wong J Y 		14 12
A E Prasetya
A Wiratama 		21 21
Chen K
Liu L 		16 19
A E Prasetya
A Wiratama 		21 21
A E Prasetya
A Wiratama 		21 21
Yang P-h
Lin Y-c 		18 19
Y Kubota
C Shida
Yang P-h
Lin Y-c 		w / o

Section 3
First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
Po L-w
Chang C-h 		21 21
Y F Mainaky
L A Mainaky 		15 11
Po L-w
Chang C-h 		22 20
R Rivaldy
P H Mentari 		24 22
R Rivaldy
P H Mentari 		21 21
Yang M-t
Sung S-y 		11 11
R Rivaldy
P H Mentari 		21 21
3 A B Cahyono
W O Kandow 		14 11
T Hee Y K
Citra P S D 		21 21
Chi Y-j
Chen H-h 		15 9
T Hee Y K
Citra P S D 		21 18 17
3 A B Cahyono
W O Kandow 		17 21 21
T Urai
R Miyaura 		15 8
3 A B Cahyono
W O Kandow 		21 21

Section 4
First Round Second Round Quarter-finals
               
K Tamate
M Zaitsu 		21 21
Su L-w
Lin H-t 		16 19
K Tamate
M Zaitsu 		7 17
N Phuangphuapet
S Amitrapai 		21 21
N Phuangphuapet
S Amitrapai 		21 21
Lin S-c
Kuo Y-w 		11 9
N Phuangphuapet
S Amitrapai 		22 17 13
K Gondo
A Kurihara 		20 21 21
H Okamura
Y Takahata 		21 21
M Narongrit
S Katethong 		16 17
H Okamura
Y Takahata 		19 8
K Gondo
A Kurihara 		21 21
K Gondo
A Kurihara 		21 21
2 Kim H-t
Kim H-j 		19 13

References
  1. "Prospectus Akita Masters 2018" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  2. "World Ranking System" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
Preceded by
Debut year		 Akita Masters Succeeded by
2019 Akita Masters
Preceded by
2018 Singapore Open		 BWF World Tour
2018 BWF season		 Succeeded by
2018 Russian Open
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