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BADMINTON · SUPER 750 · KUALA LUMPUR

2018 Malaysia Open prize money

$700,000 paid across five draws in Kuala Lumpur, 26 June-1 July 2018. Lee Chong Wei and Tai Tzu-ying won the singles and were paid $49,000 each, and each winning doubles pair took $51,800.

PRIZE MONEY $700,000
SINGLES WINNER $49,000
DOUBLES PAIR $51,800
PLAYERS PAID 214

What each round paid

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

Super 750

Went out Singles Doubles pair All five draws
WINNER $49,000 $51,800 $253,400
Runner-up $23,800 $24,500 $121,100
Semi-finals $9,800 $9,800 $98,000
Quarter-finals $3,850 $4,375 $83,300
Last 16 $2,100 $2,275 $88,200
Last 32 $700 $700 $51,100

Where the money went, round by round

Winner $253k
Runner-up $121k
Semi-finals $98k
Quarter-finals $83k
Last 16 $88k
Last 32 $51k

The five champions took $253,400 between them, 36% of the pot. Everyone out in the last 32 took 7%. A Super 750 pays every player or pair who reaches the last 32 of the main draw, which is everyone who plays in it.

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 $25,900 to each of them.

$4,900 of the pot was not paid out. The draws had empty places in the first round, and a player given a bye is paid for the round they reach, not for the one they skipped.

Men's singles

Every player paid, by the round reached

32 players

Player Country Went out Prize money
Lee Chong Wei Malaysia WINNER $49,000
Kento Momota Japan Runner-up $23,800
Srikanth Kidambi India Semi-finals $9,800
Tommy Sugiarto Indonesia Semi-finals $9,800
Brice Leverdez France Quarter-finals $3,850
Chou Tien-chen Chinese Taipei Quarter-finals $3,850
Shi Yuqi China Quarter-finals $3,850
Viktor Axelsen Denmark Quarter-finals $3,850
Jonatan Christie Indonesia Last 16 $2,100
Kantaphon Wangcharoen Thailand Last 16 $2,100
Lee Hyun-il South Korea Last 16 $2,100
Lin Dan China Last 16 $2,100
Ng Ka Long Hong Kong Last 16 $2,100
Son Wan-ho South Korea Last 16 $2,100
Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk Thailand Last 16 $2,100
Wang Tzu-wei Chinese Taipei Last 16 $2,100
Anders Antonsen Denmark Last 32 $700
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting Indonesia Last 32 $700
B. Sai Praneeth India Last 32 $700
Chen Long China Last 32 $700
Hans-Kristian Vittinghus Denmark Last 32 $700
Jan Ø. Jørgensen Denmark Last 32 $700
Kanta Tsuneyama Japan Last 32 $700
Kazumasa Sakai Japan Last 32 $700
Kenta Nishimoto Japan Last 32 $700
Khosit Phetpradab Thailand Last 32 $700
Liew Daren Malaysia Last 32 $700
Rajiv Ouseph England Last 32 $700
Rasmus Gemke Denmark Last 32 $700
Sameer Verma India Last 32 $700
Suppanyu Avihingsanon Thailand Last 32 $700
Wong Wing Ki Hong Kong Last 32 $700

Women's singles

Every player paid, by the round reached

32 players

Player Country Went out Prize money
Tai Tzu-ying Chinese Taipei WINNER $49,000
He Bingjiao China Runner-up $23,800
P. V. Sindhu India Semi-finals $9,800
Ratchanok Intanon Thailand Semi-finals $9,800
Akane Yamaguchi Japan Quarter-finals $3,850
Carolina Marín Spain Quarter-finals $3,850
Goh Jin Wei Malaysia Quarter-finals $3,850
Pornpawee Chochuwong Thailand Quarter-finals $3,850
Cheung Ngan Yi Hong Kong Last 16 $2,100
Lee Chia-hsin Chinese Taipei Last 16 $2,100
Lee Ying Ying Malaysia Last 16 $2,100
Michelle Li Canada Last 16 $2,100
Nitchaon Jindapol Thailand Last 16 $2,100
Nozomi Okuhara Japan Last 16 $2,100
Saina Nehwal India Last 16 $2,100
Sung Ji-hyun South Korea Last 16 $2,100
Aya Ohori Japan Last 32 $700
Chen Yufei China Last 32 $700
Chiang Ying-li Chinese Taipei Last 32 $700
Dinar Dyah Ayustine Indonesia Last 32 $700
Evgeniya Kosetskaya Russia Last 32 $700
Fitriani Indonesia Last 32 $700
Gregoria Mariska Tunjung Indonesia Last 32 $700
Kirsty Gilmour Scotland Last 32 $700
L Lam United States Last 32 $700
Line Kjærsfeldt Denmark Last 32 $700
Mia Blichfeldt Denmark Last 32 $700
Pai Yu-po Chinese Taipei Last 32 $700
Saena Kawakami Japan Last 32 $700
Sayaka Sato Japan Last 32 $700
Soniia Cheah Su Ya Malaysia Last 32 $700
Yip Pui Yin Hong Kong Last 32 $700

Men's doubles

Every pair paid, by the round reached

32 pairs

Pair Country Went out Per pair
Keigo Sonoda
Takeshi Kamura 		Japan WINNER $51,800
Hiroyuki Endo
Yuta Watanabe 		Japan Runner-up $24,500
He Jiting
Tan Qiang 		China Semi-finals $9,800
Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen 		China Semi-finals $9,800
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Kim Astrup 		Denmark Quarter-finals $4,375
Goh V Shem
Tan Wee Kiong 		Malaysia Quarter-finals $4,375
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
Marcus Fernaldi Gideon 		Indonesia Quarter-finals $4,375
Tan Boon Heong
Yoo Yeon-seong 		Malaysia / South Korea Quarter-finals $4,375
Aaron Chia
Soh Wooi Yik 		Malaysia Last 16 $2,275
David Daugaard
Mathias Christiansen 		Denmark Last 16 $2,275
Fajar Alfian
Muhammad Rian Ardianto 		Indonesia Last 16 $2,275
Hendra Setiawan
Mohammad Ahsan 		Indonesia Last 16 $2,275
Huang Kaixiang
Wang Yilyu 		China Last 16 $2,275
Liu Cheng
Zhang Nan 		China Last 16 $2,275
Ong Yew Sin
Teo Ee Yi 		Malaysia Last 16 $2,275
Takuto Inoue
Yuki Kaneko 		Japan Last 16 $2,275
Berry Angriawan
Hardianto 		Indonesia Last 32 $700
Carsten Mogensen
Mathias Boe 		Denmark Last 32 $700
Chen Hung-ling
Wang Chi-lin 		Chinese Taipei Last 32 $700
Chirag Shetty
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy 		India Last 32 $700
Chooi Kah Ming
Low Juan Shen 		Malaysia Last 32 $700
Chung Eui-seok
Kim Duk-young 		South Korea Last 32 $700
Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Kittinupong Kedren 		Thailand Last 32 $700
Ivan Sozonov
Vladimir Ivanov 		Russia Last 32 $700
Kasper Antonsen
Niclas Nøhr 		Denmark Last 32 $700
Kittisak Namdash
Tinn Isriyanet 		Thailand Last 32 $700
Lee Chun Hei
Tang Chun Man 		Hong Kong Last 32 $700
Liao Min-chun
Su Ching-heng 		Chinese Taipei Last 32 $700
Lu Ching-yao
Yang Po-han 		Chinese Taipei Last 32 $700
Mads Conrad-Petersen
Mads Pieler Kolding 		Denmark Last 32 $700
Phillip Chew
Ryan Chew 		United States Last 32 $700
Takuro Hoki
Yugo Kobayashi 		Japan Last 32 $700

Women's doubles

Every pair paid, by the round reached

25 pairs

Pair Country Went out Per pair
Ayaka Takahashi
Misaki Matsutomo 		Japan WINNER $51,800
Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan 		China Runner-up $24,500
Della Destiara Haris
Rizki Amelia Pradipta 		Indonesia Semi-finals $9,800
Kim Hye-rin
Kong Hee-yong 		South Korea Semi-finals $9,800
Du Yue
Li Yinhui 		China Quarter-finals $4,375
Huang Dongping
Li Wenmei 		China Quarter-finals $4,375
Jongkolphan Kititharakul
Rawinda Prajongjai 		Thailand Quarter-finals $4,375
Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara 		Japan Quarter-finals $4,375
Chang Ye-na
Jung Kyung-eun 		South Korea Last 16 $2,275
Christinna Pedersen
Kamilla Rytter Juhl 		Denmark Last 16 $2,275
Koharu Yonemoto
Shiho Tanaka 		Japan Last 16 $2,275
Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan 		South Korea Last 16 $2,275
Maiken Fruergaard
Sara Thygesen 		Denmark Last 16 $2,275
Sayaka Hirota
Yuki Fukushima 		Japan Last 16 $2,275
Soong Fie Cho
Vivian Hoo 		Malaysia Last 16 $2,275
Tan Sueh Jeou
Lim Chiew Sien 		Malaysia Last 16 $2,275
Alexandra Bøje
Gronya Somerville 		Denmark / Australia Last 32 $700
Ariel Lee
Sydney Lee 		United States Last 32 $700
Chayanit Chaladchalam
Phataimas Muenwong 		Thailand Last 32 $700
Chen Hsiao-huan
Hu Ling-fang 		Chinese Taipei Last 32 $700
Chow Mei Kuan
Lee Meng Yean 		Malaysia Last 32 $700
Goh Yea Ching
Tee Jing Yi 		Malaysia Last 32 $700
Hsu Ya-ching
Wu Ti-jung 		Chinese Taipei Last 32 $700
Kurumi Yonao
Naoko Fukuman 		Japan Last 32 $700
Lim Jee Lynn
Yap Zhen 		Malaysia Last 32 $700

Mixed doubles

Every pair paid, by the round reached

32 pairs

Pair Country Went out Per pair
Huang Yaqiong
Zheng Siwei 		China WINNER $51,800
Huang Dongping
Wang Yilyu 		China Runner-up $24,500
Arisa Igarashi
Yuta Watanabe 		Japan Semi-finals $9,800
Chris Adcock
Gabby Adcock 		England Semi-finals $9,800
Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Sapsiree Taerattanachai 		Thailand Quarter-finals $4,375
Du Yue
He Jiting 		China Quarter-finals $4,375
Liliyana Natsir
Tontowi Ahmad 		Indonesia Quarter-finals $4,375
Tang Chun Man
Tse Ying Suet 		Hong Kong Quarter-finals $4,375
Alexandra Bøje
Joachim Fischer Nielsen 		Denmark Last 16 $2,275
Annisa Saufika
Ronald Alexander 		Indonesia Last 16 $2,275
Chloe Magee
Sam Magee 		Ireland Last 16 $2,275
Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
Hafiz Faizal 		Indonesia Last 16 $2,275
Lee Chia-hsin
Wang Chi-lin 		Chinese Taipei Last 16 $2,275
Li Yinhui
Zhang Nan 		China Last 16 $2,275
Misaki Matsutomo
Yugo Kobayashi 		Japan Last 16 $2,275
Niclas Nøhr
Sara Thygesen 		Denmark Last 16 $2,275
Audrey Mittelheisser
Ronan Labar 		France Last 32 $700
Chan Peng Soon
Goh Liu Ying 		Malaysia Last 32 $700
Chau Hoi Wah
Lee Chun Hei 		Hong Kong Last 32 $700
Chen Hsiao-huan
Liao Min-chun 		Chinese Taipei Last 32 $700
Christinna Pedersen
Mathias Christiansen 		Denmark Last 32 $700
Evgenia Dimova
Evgenij Dremin 		Russia Last 32 $700
Goh Soon Huat
Shevon Jemie Lai 		Malaysia Last 32 $700
Hsu Ya-ching
Lee Jhe-huei 		Chinese Taipei Last 32 $700
Hu Ling-fang
Lu Ching-yao 		Chinese Taipei Last 32 $700
Kittipak Dubthuk
Parinyawat Thongnuam 		Thailand Last 32 $700
Koharu Yonemoto
Takuro Hoki 		Japan Last 32 $700
Kuhoo Garg
Rohan Kapoor 		India Last 32 $700
Lai Pei Jing
Tan Kian Meng 		Malaysia Last 32 $700
Mayu Matsumoto
Yuki Kaneko 		Japan Last 32 $700
Melati Daeva Oktavianti
Praveen Jordan 		Indonesia Last 32 $700
N. Sikki Reddy
Pranav Chopra 		India Last 32 $700

2018 Malaysia Open by country

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

19 countries

Japan $188k China $172k Malaysia $77k Chinese Taipei $66k Indonesia $44k Thailand $33k Denmark $27k India $25k South Korea $24k Hong Kong $11k England $11k France $4,550 Spain $3,850 Ireland $2,275 Canada $2,100 Russia $2,100 United States $2,100 Scotland $700 Australia $350

Frequently asked questions

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

$700,000, across the five draws in Kuala Lumpur, 26 June-1 July 2018.

How much did Lee Chong Wei win at the 2018 Malaysia Open?

$49,000 for the men's singles title. Tai Tzu-ying was paid the same $49,000 for the women's.

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

$51,800 a pair, $25,900 each. That went to Keigo Sonoda and Takeshi Kamura in the men's doubles, Ayaka Takahashi and Misaki Matsutomo in the women's and Huang Yaqiong and Zheng Siwei in the mixed.

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

$700 in singles and $700 to a doubles pair, for going out in the last 32.

Which country won the most at the 2018 Malaysia Open?

Japan, with $188,125, 27% of the pot.

Where to next

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

Every Malaysia Open

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