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BADMINTON · SUPER 500 · HONG KONG

2018 Hong Kong Open prize money

$400,000 paid across five draws in Hong Kong, 13-18 November 2018. Son Wan-ho and Nozomi Okuhara won the singles and were paid $30,000 each, and each winning doubles pair took $31,600.

PRIZE MONEY $400,000
SINGLES WINNER $30,000
DOUBLES PAIR $31,600
PLAYERS PAID 121

What each round paid

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

Super 500

Went out Singles Doubles pair All five draws
WINNER $30,000 $31,600 $154,800
Runner-up $15,200 $15,200 $76,000
Semi-finals $5,800 $5,600 $56,800
Quarter-finals $2,400 $2,900 $54,000
Last 16 $1,400 $1,500 $58,400

Where the money went, round by round

Winner $155k
Runner-up $76k
Semi-finals $57k
Quarter-finals $54k
Last 16 $58k

The five champions took $154,800 between them, 39% of the pot. Everyone out in the last 16 took 15%. A Super 500 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 $15,800 to each of them.

Men's singles

Every player paid, by the round reached

16 players

Player Country Went out Prize money
Son Wan-ho South Korea WINNER $30,000
Kenta Nishimoto Japan Runner-up $15,200
Kento Momota Japan Semi-finals $5,800
Lee Cheuk Yiu Hong Kong Semi-finals $5,800
Jonatan Christie Indonesia Quarter-finals $2,400
Lee Dong-keun South Korea Quarter-finals $2,400
Sameer Verma India Quarter-finals $2,400
Srikanth Kidambi India Quarter-finals $2,400
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting Indonesia Last 16 $1,400
Chen Long China Last 16 $1,400
Hans-Kristian Vittinghus Denmark Last 16 $1,400
Jan Ø. Jørgensen Denmark Last 16 $1,400
Kanta Tsuneyama Japan Last 16 $1,400
Kantaphon Wangcharoen Thailand Last 16 $1,400
Khosit Phetpradab Thailand Last 16 $1,400
Prannoy H. S. India Last 16 $1,400

Women's singles

Every player paid, by the round reached

16 players

Player Country Went out Prize money
Nozomi Okuhara Japan WINNER $30,000
Ratchanok Intanon Thailand Runner-up $15,200
Sung Ji-hyun South Korea Semi-finals $5,800
Tai Tzu-ying Chinese Taipei Semi-finals $5,800
Akane Yamaguchi Japan Quarter-finals $2,400
Carolina Marín Spain Quarter-finals $2,400
He Bingjiao China Quarter-finals $2,400
Pornpawee Chochuwong Thailand Quarter-finals $2,400
Cai Yanyan China Last 16 $1,400
Chen Xiaoxin China Last 16 $1,400
Cheung Ngan Yi Hong Kong Last 16 $1,400
Gao Fangjie China Last 16 $1,400
Han Yue China Last 16 $1,400
Mia Blichfeldt Denmark Last 16 $1,400
Michelle Li Canada Last 16 $1,400
P. V. Sindhu India Last 16 $1,400

Men's doubles

Every pair paid, by the round reached

16 pairs

Pair Country Went out Per pair
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia WINNER $31,600
Keigo Sonoda
Takeshi Kamura
Japan Runner-up $15,200
Fajar Alfian
Muhammad Rian Ardianto
Indonesia Semi-finals $5,600
Hendra Setiawan
Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Semi-finals $5,600
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Kim Astrup
Denmark Quarter-finals $2,900
He Jiting
Tan Qiang
China Quarter-finals $2,900
Kim Gi-jung
Lee Yong-dae
South Korea Quarter-finals $2,900
Lee Jhe-huei
Lee Yang
Chinese Taipei Quarter-finals $2,900
B. Sumeeth Reddy
Manu Attri
India Last 16 $1,500
Carsten Mogensen
Mathias Boe
Denmark Last 16 $1,500
Chung Eui-seok
Kim Duk-young
South Korea Last 16 $1,500
Goh V Shem
Tan Wee Kiong
Malaysia Last 16 $1,500
Liao Min-chun
Su Ching-heng
Chinese Taipei Last 16 $1,500
Ou Xuanyi
Ren Xiangyu
China Last 16 $1,500
Takuro Hoki
Yugo Kobayashi
Japan Last 16 $1,500
Takuto Inoue
Yuki Kaneko
Japan Last 16 $1,500

Women's doubles

Every pair paid, by the round reached

16 pairs

Mixed doubles

Every pair paid, by the round reached

16 pairs

2018 Hong Kong Open by country

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

14 countries

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money was there at the 2018 Hong Kong Open?

$400,000, across the five draws in Hong Kong, 13-18 November 2018.

How much did Son Wan-ho win at the 2018 Hong Kong Open?

$30,000 for the men's singles title. Nozomi Okuhara was paid the same $30,000 for the women's.

How much did the doubles winners get at the 2018 Hong Kong Open?

$31,600 a pair, $15,800 each. That went to Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Marcus Fernaldi Gideon in the men's doubles, Sayaka Hirota and Yuki Fukushima in the women's and Arisa Igarashi and Yuta Watanabe in the mixed.

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

Nothing. A Super 500 pays from the last 16, where a singles player took $1,400 and a doubles pair $1,500.

Which country won the most at the 2018 Hong Kong Open?

Japan, with $149,100, 37% of the pot.

Where to next

Every other Hong Kong Open, and the rest of the 2018 season