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BADMINTON · SUPER 300 · MÜLHEIM

2018 German Open prize money

$150,000 paid across five draws in Mülheim, 6-11 March 2018. Chou Tien-chen and Akane Yamaguchi won the singles and were paid $11,250 each, and each winning doubles pair took $11,850.

PRIZE MONEY $150,000
SINGLES WINNER $11,250
DOUBLES PAIR $11,850
PLAYERS PAID 120

What each round paid

One singles player, or one doubles pair, for going out at each stage

Super 300

Went out Singles Doubles pair All five draws
WINNER $11,250 $11,850 $58,050
Runner-up $5,700 $5,700 $28,500
Semi-finals $2,175 $2,100 $21,300
Quarter-finals $900 $1,088 $20,250
Last 16 $525 $562 $21,900

Where the money went, round by round

Winner $58k
Runner-up $28k
Semi-finals $21k
Quarter-finals $20k
Last 16 $22k

The five champions took $58,050 between them, 39% of the pot. Everyone out in the last 16 took 15%. A Super 300 pays from the last 16. A player who goes out in the first round of the main draw is not paid.

Doubles money is paid to the pair. On every player page it is counted half to each partner, so a doubles title here is worth $5,925 to each of them.

Men's singles

Every player paid, by the round reached

16 players

Player Country Went out Prize money
Chou Tien-chen Chinese Taipei WINNER $11,250
Ng Ka Long Hong Kong Runner-up $5,700
Kenta Nishimoto Japan Semi-finals $2,175
Shi Yuqi China Semi-finals $2,175
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting Indonesia Quarter-finals $900
Jonatan Christie Indonesia Quarter-finals $900
Kento Momota Japan Quarter-finals $900
Lin Dan China Quarter-finals $900
Huang Yuxiang China Last 16 $525
Kanta Tsuneyama Japan Last 16 $525
Kantaphon Wangcharoen Thailand Last 16 $525
Lee Hyun-il South Korea Last 16 $525
Mark Caljouw Netherlands Last 16 $525
Pablo Abián Spain Last 16 $525
Subhankar Dey India Last 16 $525
Suppanyu Avihingsanon Thailand Last 16 $525

Women's singles

Every player paid, by the round reached

16 players

Player Country Went out Prize money
Akane Yamaguchi Japan WINNER $11,250
Chen Yufei China Runner-up $5,700
Nitchaon Jindapol Thailand Semi-finals $2,175
Nozomi Okuhara Japan Semi-finals $2,175
Beiwen Zhang United States Quarter-finals $900
Chiang Ying-li Chinese Taipei Quarter-finals $900
Saena Kawakami Japan Quarter-finals $900
Sung Ji-hyun South Korea Quarter-finals $900
Aya Ohori Japan Last 16 $525
Brittney Tam Canada Last 16 $525
Chen Xiaoxin China Last 16 $525
Gao Fangjie China Last 16 $525
Kim Hyo-min South Korea Last 16 $525
Neslihan Arın Turkey Last 16 $525
Pai Yu-po Chinese Taipei Last 16 $525
Sayaka Sato Japan Last 16 $525

Men's doubles

Every pair paid, by the round reached

16 pairs

Pair Country Went out Per pair
Takuto Inoue
Yuki Kaneko
Japan WINNER $11,850
Fajar Alfian
Muhammad Rian Ardianto
Indonesia Runner-up $5,700
Goh V Shem
Tan Wee Kiong
Malaysia Semi-finals $2,100
Hendra Setiawan
Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Semi-finals $2,100
Kim Won-ho
Seo Seung-jae
South Korea Quarter-finals $1,088
Lee Jhe-huei
Lee Yang
Chinese Taipei Quarter-finals $1,088
Liao Min-chun
Su Ching-heng
Chinese Taipei Quarter-finals $1,088
Mads Conrad-Petersen
Mads Pieler Kolding
Denmark Quarter-finals $1,088
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Kim Astrup
Denmark Last 16 $562
Angga Pratama
Rian Agung Saputro
Indonesia Last 16 $562
Han Chengkai
Zhou Haodong
China Last 16 $562
Jelle Maas
Robin Tabeling
Netherlands Last 16 $562
Kasper Antonsen
Niclas Nøhr
Denmark Last 16 $562
Keigo Sonoda
Takeshi Kamura
Japan Last 16 $562
Kittisak Namdash
Tinn Isriyanet
Thailand Last 16 $562
Raphael Beck
Sam Magee
Germany / Ireland Last 16 $562

Women's doubles

Every pair paid, by the round reached

16 pairs

Pair Country Went out Per pair
Sayaka Hirota
Yuki Fukushima
Japan WINNER $11,850
Huang Dongping
Zheng Yu
China Runner-up $5,700
Chang Ye-na
Kim Hye-rin
South Korea Semi-finals $2,100
Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva
Bulgaria Semi-finals $2,100
Chae Yoo-jung
Jung Kyung-eun
South Korea Quarter-finals $1,088
Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
China Quarter-finals $1,088
Jongkolphan Kititharakul
Rawinda Prajongjai
Thailand Quarter-finals $1,088
Maiken Fruergaard
Sara Thygesen
Denmark Quarter-finals $1,088
Anggia Shitta Awanda
Ni Ketut Mahadewi Istarani
Indonesia Last 16 $562
Carla Nyenhuis
Isabel Lohau
Germany Last 16 $562
Chiang Kai-hsin
Hung Shih-han
Chinese Taipei Last 16 $562
Della Destiara Haris
Rizki Amelia Pradipta
Indonesia Last 16 $562
Du Yue
Li Yinhui
China Last 16 $562
Kim So-yeong
Kong Hee-yong
South Korea Last 16 $562
Koharu Yonemoto
Shiho Tanaka
Japan Last 16 $562
Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara
Japan Last 16 $562

Mixed doubles

Every pair paid, by the round reached

16 pairs

Pair Country Went out Per pair
Goh Soon Huat
Shevon Jemie Lai
Malaysia WINNER $11,850
Niclas Nøhr
Sara Thygesen
Denmark Runner-up $5,700
Chae Yoo-jung
Choi Sol-gyu
South Korea Semi-finals $2,100
Du Yue
He Jiting
China Semi-finals $2,100
Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Sapsiree Taerattanachai
Thailand Quarter-finals $1,088
Lauren Smith
Marcus Ellis
England Quarter-finals $1,088
Melati Daeva Oktavianti
Praveen Jordan
Indonesia Quarter-finals $1,088
P Chochuwong
Tinn Isriyanet
Thailand Quarter-finals $1,088
Arisa Igarashi
Yuta Watanabe
Japan Last 16 $562
Hsu Ya-ching
Lee Yang
Chinese Taipei Last 16 $562
Imke van der Aar
Jelle Maas
Netherlands Last 16 $562
Jacco Arends
Selena Piek
Netherlands Last 16 $562
Kim Ha-na
Seo Seung-jae
South Korea Last 16 $562
Lee Chia-hsin
Wang Chi-lin
Chinese Taipei Last 16 $562
N. Sikki Reddy
Pranav Chopra
India Last 16 $562
Tang Chun Man
Tse Ying Suet
Hong Kong Last 16 $562

2018 German Open by country

What each country's players took home, doubles money split between the partners

19 countries

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money was there at the 2018 German Open?

$150,000, across the five draws in Mülheim, 6-11 March 2018.

How much did Chou Tien-chen win at the 2018 German Open?

$11,250 for the men's singles title. Akane Yamaguchi was paid the same $11,250 for the women's.

How much did the doubles winners get at the 2018 German Open?

$11,850 a pair, $5,925 each. That went to Takuto Inoue and Yuki Kaneko in the men's doubles, Sayaka Hirota and Yuki Fukushima in the women's and Goh Soon Huat and Shevon Jemie Lai in the mixed.

How much did a first-round loser get at the 2018 German Open?

Nothing. A Super 300 pays from the last 16, where a singles player took $525 and a doubles pair $562.

Which country won the most at the 2018 German Open?

Japan, with $44,925, 30% of the pot.

Where to next

Every other German Open, and the rest of the 2018 season