2019 Korea Open (badminton)

The 2019 Korea Open was a badminton tournament which took place at Incheon Airport Skydome in Incheon, South Korea, from 24 to 29 September 2019 and had a total purse of $400,000.

Tournament

The 2019 Korea Open was the nineteenth tournament of the 2019 BWF World Tour and also part of the Korea Open championships, which have been held since 1991. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Korea Association with sanction from the BWF.

Venue

This international tournament was held at Incheon Airport Skydome in Incheon, South Korea.

Point distribution

Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 500 event.

Winner	Runner-up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	33/64	65/128
9,200	7,800	6,420	5,040	3,600	2,220	880	430

Prize money

The total prize money for this tournament was US$400,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.

Event	Winner	Finals	Semi-finals	Quarter-finals	Last 16
Singles	$30,000	$15,200	$5,800	$2,400	$1,400
Doubles	$31,600	$15,200	$5,600	$2,900	$1,500

Men's singles

Seeds

Japan Kento Momota (champion)
Chinese Taipei Chou Tien-chen (final)
China Shi Yuqi (withdrew)
Indonesia Jonatan Christie (quarter-finals)
Denmark Anders Antonsen (second round)
China Chen Long (first round)
Denmark Viktor Axelsen (second round)
Indonesia Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (second round)

Finals

Semifinals			Final

1	Japan Kento Momota	21	21

PFQ	India Parupalli Kashyap	13	15
	1	Japan Kento Momota	21	21

		2	Chinese Taipei Chou Tien-chen	19	17
	Chinese Taipei Wang Tzu-wei	21	13	11

2	Chinese Taipei Chou Tien-chen	12	21	21

Top half

Section 1

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

1	Japan K Momota	21	21

Q1	Thailand K Vitidsarn	17	13
	1	Japan K Momota	21	21

		Q3	South Korea Kim D-h	12	9
	Denmark R Gemke	21	15	13

Q3	South Korea Kim D-h	11	21	21
	1	Japan K Momota	21	21

			Malaysia Lee Z J	15	19
7	Denmark V Axelsen	21	21

Q4	China Zhao JP	12	15
	7	Denmark V Axelsen	18	16

			Malaysia Lee Z J	21	21
PFQ	Thailand S Avihingsanon	7	15

	Malaysia Lee Z J	21	21

Section 2

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

PFQ	Malaysia Liew D	21	21

	China Lin D	19	14
	PFQ	Malaysia Liew D	17	21	12

		PFQ	India P Kashyap	21	11	21
PFQ	India P Kashyap	21	21

Q2	Chinese Taipei Lu C-h	16	16
	PFQ	India P Kashyap	24	21

			Denmark J Ø. Jørgensen	22	8
8	Indonesia A S Ginting	21	22

	Thailand K Wangcharoen	16	20
	8	Indonesia A S Ginting	21	16	13

			Denmark J Ø. Jørgensen	17	21	21
	China Huang YX	14	21	13

	Denmark J Ø. Jørgensen	21	8	21

Bottom half

Section 3

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

	Japan K Tsuneyama	18	21	17

	Chinese Taipei Wang T-w	21	15	21
		Chinese Taipei Wang T-w	21	21

		5	Denmark A Antonsen	15	6
	India B. Sai Praneeth	9	7r

5	Denmark A Antonsen	21	11
		Chinese Taipei Wang T-w	21	15	21

		4	Indonesia J Christie	10	21	13
	Thailand K Phetpradab	21	14	21

	Hong Kong Lee C Y	18	21	19
		Thailand K Phetpradab	8	20

		4	Indonesia J Christie	21	22
	Denmark H-K Vittinghus	16	20

4	Indonesia J Christie	21	22

Section 4

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

PFQ	Indonesia S H Rhustavito	21	21

	Hong Kong Wong W K	12	9
	PFQ	Indonesia S H Rhustavito	21	21

			China Lu GZ	15	13
	China Lu GZ	21	13	21

6	China Chen L	15	21	13
	PFQ	Indonesia S H Rhustavito	18	9

		2	Chinese Taipei Chou T-c	21	21
	Hong Kong Ng K L	21	15	15

	Japan K Nishimoto	17	21	21
		Japan K Nishimoto	10	21	14

		2	Chinese Taipei Chou T-c	21	16	21
	Thailand S Thammasin	12	15

2	Chinese Taipei Chou T-c	21	21

Women's singles

Seeds

Japan Akane Yamaguchi (first round)
China Chen Yufei (quarter-finals)
Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu-ying (semi-finals)
Japan Nozomi Okuhara (quarter-finals)
India P. V. Sindhu (first round)
Thailand Ratchanok Intanon (final)
China He Bingjiao (champion)
India Saina Nehwal (first round)

Finals

Semi-finals			Final

6	Thailand Ratchanok Intanon	21	21

3	Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu-ying	19	11
	6	Thailand Ratchanok Intanon	21	22	17

		7	China He Bingjiao	18	24	21
	Canada Michelle Li	9	15

7	China He Bingjiao	21	21

Top half

Section 1

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

1	Japan A Yamaguchi	11r

	Indonesia Fitriani	10
		Indonesia Fitriani	16	7

			Japan S Takahashi	21	21
	China Li XR	15	3r

	Japan S Takahashi	21	11
		Japan S Takahashi	9	21

		6	Thailand R Intanon	21	23
6	Thailand R Intanon	21	21

	Hong Kong Cheung N Y	15	15
	6	Thailand R Intanon	21	21

			Japan A Ohori	4	13
Q4	South Korea Jeon J-i	17	9

	Japan A Ohori	21	21

Section 2

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

3	Chinese Taipei Tai T-y	21	21

	Thailand B Ongbamrungphan	13	9
	3	Chinese Taipei Tai T-y	21	21

			China Cai YY	11	11
	China Cai YY	21	21

	China Chen XX	13	11
	3	Chinese Taipei Tai T-y	24	22

			Indonesia G M Tunjung	22	20
8	India S Nehwal	21	18	1r

	South Korea Kim G-e	19	21	8
		South Korea Kim G-e	20	21	20

			Indonesia G M Tunjung	22	15	22
	Indonesia G M Tunjung	21	21

	Malaysia S Cheah S Y	15	12

Bottom half

Section 3

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

	Canada M Li	21	21

	Thailand P Chochuwong	19	19
		Canada M Li	21	8	21

			United States Zhang BW	15	21	10
	United States Zhang BW	7	24	21

5	India P. V. Sindhu	21	22	15
		Canada M Li	21	21	21

		4	Japan N Okuhara	23	16	19
	South Korea Sung J-h	21	21

	South Korea An S-y	19	16
		South Korea Sung J-h	13	18

		4	Japan N Okuhara	21	21
Q3	South Korea Sim Y-j	9	14

4	Japan N Okuhara	21	21

Section 4

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

Q1	Chinese Taipei Pai Y-p	16	18

	Thailand N Jindapol	21	21
		Thailand N Jindapol	23	13	13

		7	China He BJ	21	21	21
	China Han Y	17	21	15

7	China He BJ	21	14	21
	7	China He BJ	15	21	21

		2	China Chen YF	21	17	18
Q2	South Korea Kim H-m	21	21

	Denmark L Kjærsfeldt	7	19
	Q2	South Korea Kim H-m	13	11

		2	China Chen YF	21	21
PFQ	Russia E Kosetskaya	13	18

2	China Chen YF	21	21

Men's doubles

Seeds

Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (quarter-finals)
Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan (withdrew)
China Li Junhui / Liu Yuchen (semi-finals)
Japan Takeshi Kamura / Keigo Sonoda (final)
Japan Hiroyuki Endo / Yuta Watanabe (second round)
Indonesia Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto (champions)
China Han Chengkai / Zhou Haodong (first round)
Denmark Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (second round)

Finals

Semi-finals			Final

6	Indonesia Fajar Alfian Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto	27	22

3	China Li Junhui China Liu Yuchen	25	20
	6	Indonesia Fajar Alfian Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto	21	21

		4	Japan Takeshi Kamura Japan Keigo Sonoda	16	17
4	Japan Takeshi Kamura Japan Keigo Sonoda	21	21

	South Korea Choi Sol-gyu South Korea Seo Seung-jae	13	14

Top half

Section 1

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

1	Indonesia M F Gideon Indonesia K S Sukamuljo	22	21	21

	Malaysia A Chia Malaysia Soh W Y	24	10	13
	1	Indonesia M F Gideon Indonesia K S Sukamuljo	21	22

			Malaysia Goh V S Malaysia Tan W K	9	20
	Malaysia Ong Y S Malaysia Teo E Y	21	13	16

	Malaysia Goh V S Malaysia Tan W K	16	21	21
	1	Indonesia M F Gideon Indonesia K S Sukamuljo	20	17

		6	Indonesia F Alfian Indonesia M R Ardianto	22	21
6	Indonesia F Alfian Indonesia M R Ardianto	21	20	21

Q3	China Ou XY China Zhang N	15	22	16
	6	Indonesia F Alfian Indonesia M R Ardianto	21	21

			Chinese Taipei Lee Y Chinese Taipei Wang C-l	18	18
	South Korea Ko S-h South Korea Shin B-c	16	18

	Chinese Taipei Lee Y Chinese Taipei Wang C-l	21	21

Section 2

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

3	China Li JH China Liu YC	21	21

PFQ	Malaysia M Arif A L Malaysia N M Azriyn A	11	13
	3	China Li JH China Liu YC	21	16	21

		Q1	South Korea Kang M-h South Korea Kim J-h	13	21	15
Q1	South Korea Kang M-h South Korea Kim J-h	21	21

	Netherlands J Maas Netherlands R Tabeling	16	9
	3	China Li JH China Liu YC	21	17	22

		Q4	China Huang KX China Liu C	14	21	20
5	Japan H Endo Japan Y Watanabe	21	17	21

	Japan T Inoue Japan Y Kaneko	11	21	13
	5	Japan H Endo Japan Y Watanabe	13	19

		Q4	China Huang KX China Liu C	21	21
	India M Attri India B. S Reddy	16	21	18

Q4	China Huang KX China Liu C	21	19	21

Bottom half

Section 3

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

Q2	Chinese Taipei Lee J-h Chinese Taipei Yang P-hs	20	22	18

	Indonesia W Nayaka Indonesia A Yusuf	22	20	21
		Indonesia W Nayaka Indonesia A Yusuf	22	14	10

			Denmark M Boe Denmark M Conrad-Petersen	20	21	21
	Denmark M Boe Denmark M Conrad-Petersen	21	21

7	China Han CK China Zhou HD	12	9
		Denmark M Boe Denmark M Conrad-Petersen	13	17

		4	Japan T Kamura Japan K Sonoda	21	21
	Chinese Taipei Liao M-c Chinese Taipei Su C-h	9	21	19

	China He JT China Tan Q	21	19	21
		China He JT China Tan Q	19	12

		4	Japan T Kamura Japan K Sonoda	21	21
	India S Rankireddy India C Shetty	19	21	18

4	Japan T Kamura Japan K Sonoda	21	18	21

Section 4

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

	South Korea Kim G-j South Korea Lee Y-d	21	10	19

	South Korea Choi S-g South Korea Seo S-j	19	21	21
		South Korea Choi S-g South Korea Seo S-j	21	21

		8	Denmark K Astrup Denmark A S Rasmussen	17	13
	Japan T Hoki Japan Y Kobayashi	15	18

8	Denmark K Astrup Denmark A S Rasmussen	21	21
		South Korea Choi S-g South Korea Seo S-j	21	18	21

			Malaysia Goh S F Malaysia N Izzuddin M R	18	21	18
	Russia V Ivanov Russia I Sozonov	13	12

	Malaysia Goh S F Malaysia N Izzuddin M R	21	21
		Malaysia Goh S F Malaysia N Izzuddin M R	19	21	21

		PFQ	Malaysia Chooi K M Malaysia Low J S	21	18	15
	Chinese Taipei Lu C-y Chinese Taipei Yang P-h	13	19

PFQ	Malaysia Chooi K M Malaysia Low J S	21	21

Women's doubles

Seeds

Japan Mayu Matsumoto / Wakana Nagahara (second round)
Japan Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi (quarter-finals)
Japan Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota (second round)
China Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan (quarter-finals)
Indonesia Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu (second round)
South Korea Lee So-hee / Shin Seung-chan (final)
China Du Yue / Li Yinhui (quarter-finals)
South Korea Kim So-yeong / Kong Hee-yong (champions)

Finals

Semi-finals			Final

	Japan Ayako Sakuramoto Japan Yukiko Takahata	13	21	5

8	South Korea Kim So-yeong South Korea Kong Hee-yong	21	13	21
	8	South Korea Kim So-yeong South Korea Kong Hee-yong	13	21	21

		6	South Korea Lee So-hee South Korea Shin Seung-chan	21	19	17
	Japan Nami Matsuyama Japan Chiharu Shida	21	19	15

6	South Korea Lee So-hee South Korea Shin Seung-chan	15	21	21

Top half

Section 1

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

1	Japan M Matsumoto Japan W Nagahara	21	21

	Thailand C Chaladchalam Thailand P Muenwong	12	10
	1	Japan M Matsumoto Japan W Nagahara	16	21	14

			South Korea Chang Y-n South Korea Kim H-r	21	17	21
	China Dong WJ China Feng XY	15	16

	South Korea Chang Y-n South Korea Kim H-r	21	21
		South Korea Chang Y-n South Korea Kim H-r	20	19

			Japan A Sakuramoto Japan Y Takahata	22	21
5	Indonesia G Polii Indonesia A Rahayu	21	21

	Chinese Taipei Hsu y-c Chinese Taipei Hu L-f	13	15
	5	Indonesia G Polii Indonesia A Rahayu	19	17

			Japan A Sakuramoto Japan Y Takahata	21	21
Q3	Canada C Choi Canada J Wu	13	8

	Japan A Sakuramoto Japan Y Takahata	21	21

Section 2

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

4	China Chen QC China Jia YF	21	21

Q4	Chinese Taipei Chang C-h Chinese Taipei Yang C-t	7	9
	4	China Chen QC China Jia YF	21	20	21

			Canada R Honderich Canada K Tsai	13	22	6
	Canada R Honderich Canada K Tsai	21	21

	Netherlands S Piek Netherlands C Seinen	14	17
	4	China Chen QC China Jia YF	18	16

		8	South Korea Kim S-y South Korea Kong H-y	21	21
8	South Korea Kim S-y South Korea Kong H-y	21	21

	Malaysia V Hoo K M Malaysia Yap C W	11	18
	8	South Korea Kim S-y South Korea Kong H-y	21	18	21

			Bulgaria G Stoeva Bulgaria S Stoeva	7	21	13
	Bulgaria G Stoeva Bulgaria S Stoeva	21	21

PFQ	Hong Kong Ng W Y Hong Kong Yeung N T	18	9

Bottom half

Section 3

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

	China Li WM China Zheng Y	21	21

	Malaysia Chow M K Malaysia Lee M Y	14	16
		China Li WM China Zheng Y	17	22	14

		7	China Du Y China Li YH	21	20	21
	France D Delrue France L Palermo	12	23	10

7	China Du Y China Li YH	21	21	21
	7	China Du Y China Li YH	19	21	13

			Japan N Matsuyama Japan C Shida	21	16	21
	Russia E Bolotova Russia A Davletova	17	17

	Japan N Matsuyama Japan C Shida	21	21
		Japan N Matsuyama Japan C Shida	21	22

		3	Japan Y Fukushima Japan S Hirota	18	20
Q1	South Korea Jeong N-e South Korea Kim M-j	6	0r

3	Japan Y Fukushima Japan S Hirota	21	0

Section 4

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

	Denmark M Fruergaard Denmark S Thygesen	17	12

	Thailand J Kititharakul Thailand R Prajongjai	21	21
		Thailand J Kititharakul Thailand R Prajongjai	9	21	10

		6	South Korea Lee S-h South Korea Shin S-c	21	18	21
	South Korea Baek H-n South Korea Jung K-e	19	20

6	South Korea Lee S-h South Korea Shin S-c	21	22
	6	South Korea Lee S-h South Korea Shin S-c	16	21	21

		2	Japan M Matsutomo Japan A Takahashi	21	19	18
	China Liu XX China Xia YT	21	14	16

	Thailand P Supajirakul Thailand S Taerattanachai	15	21	21
		Thailand P Supajirakul Thailand S Taerattanachai	10	18

		2	Japan M Matsutomo Japan A Takahashi	21	21
Q2	Hong Kong Ng T Y Hong Kong Yuen S Y	9	15

2	Japan M Matsutomo Japan A Takahashi	21	21

Mixed doubles

Seeds

China Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong (final)
China Wang Yilü / Huang Dongping (first round)
Japan Yuta Watanabe / Arisa Higashino (quarter-finals)
Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Sapsiree Taerattanachai (champions)
Malaysia Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying (first round)
South Korea Seo Seung-jae / Chae Yoo-jung (semi-finals)
Indonesia Praveen Jordan / Melati Daeva Oktavianti (quarter-finals)
Hong Kong Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet (first round)

Finals

Semi-finals			Final

1	China Zheng Siwei China Huang Yaqiong	21	21

6	South Korea Seo Seung-jae South Korea Chae Yoo-jung	11	16
	1	China Zheng Siwei China Huang Yaqiong	14	13

		4	Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai	21	21
4	Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai	20	21	21

	Indonesia Rinov Rivaldy Indonesia Pitha Haningtyas Mentari	22	11	18

Top half

Section 1

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

1	China Zheng SW China Huang YQ	21	21

	Indonesia T Ahmad Indonesia W O Kandow	19	11
	1	China Zheng SW China Huang YQ	21	21

			England C Adcock England G Adcock	8	10
	France T Gicquel France D Delrue	11	12

	England C Adcock England G Adcock	21	21
	1	China Zheng SW China Huang YQ	21	21

		7	Indonesia P Jordan Indonesia M D Oktavianti	10	18
7	Indonesia P Jordan Indonesia M D Oktavianti	24	23

	England M Ellis England L Smith	22	21
	7	Indonesia P Jordan Indonesia M D Oktavianti	21	21

			Indonesia H Faizal Indonesia G E Widjaja	13	14
Q2	Denmark N Nøhr Denmark S Thygesen	15	17

	Indonesia H Faizal Indonesia G E Widjaja	21	21

Section 2

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

3	Japan Y Watanabe Japan A Higashino	21	21

PFQ	Hong Kong Chang T C Hong Kong Ng W Y	14	12
	3	Japan Y Watanabe Japan A Higashino	21	21

			China Lu K China Chen L	7	9
	Malaysia Tan K M Malaysia Lai P J	21	19	13

	China Lu K China Chen L	11	21	21
	3	Japan Y Watanabe Japan A Higashino	14	16

		6	South Korea Seo S-j South Korea Chae Y-j	21	21
6	South Korea Seo S-j South Korea Chae Y-j	20	21	21

Q1	South Korea Choi S-g South Korea Shin S-c	22	14	13
	6	South Korea Seo S-j South Korea Chae Y-j	21	21

			Russia R Alimov Russia A Davletova	16	12
	Russia R Alimov Russia A Davletova	21	21

PFQ	Canada J Hurlburt-Yu Canada J Wu	16	17

Bottom half

Section 3

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

	Japan T Hoki Japan W Nagahara	14	12

	Japan Y Kaneko Japan M Matsutomo	21	21
		Japan Y Kaneko Japan M Matsutomo	21	21

			Thailand N Phuangphuapet Thailand S Amitrapai	17	12
	Thailand N Phuangphuapet Thailand S Amitrapai	21	21

5	Malaysia Chan P S Malaysia Goh L Y	12	10
		Japan Y Kaneko Japan M Matsutomo	15	12

		4	Thailand D Puavaranukroh Thailand S Taerattanachai	21	21
	Republic of Ireland S Magee Republic of Ireland C Magee	21	21

	China Ou XY China Feng XY	18	18
		Republic of Ireland S Magee Republic of Ireland C Magee	8	22	10

		4	Thailand D Puavaranukroh Thailand S Taerattanachai	21	20	21
Q4	South Korea Kang M-h South Korea Kim H-j	20	14

4	Thailand D Puavaranukroh Thailand S Taerattanachai	22	21

Section 4

First Round			Second Round			Quarter-finals

	Netherlands R Tabeling Netherlands S Piek	21	21

	Japan K Gondo Japan A Kurihara	13	14
		Netherlands R Tabeling Netherlands S Piek	17	12

			China He JT China Du Y	21	21
	China He JT China Du Y	21	22

8	Hong Kong Tang C M Hong Kong Tse Y S	12	20
		China He JT China Du Y	24	24	20

			Indonesia R Rivaldy Indonesia P H Mentari	26	22	22
	Indonesia R Rivaldy Indonesia P H Mentari	21	18	21

	South Korea Ko S-h South Korea Eom H-w	18	21	18
		Indonesia R Rivaldy Indonesia P H Mentari	20	21	21

		Q3	Chinese Taipei Wang C-l Chinese Taipei Cheng C-y	22	16	18
Q3	Chinese Taipei Wang C-l Chinese Taipei Cheng C-y	3

2	China Wang YL China Huang DP	1r

External links

Preceded by2019 China Open

BWF World Tour 2019 BWF season

Succeeded by2019 Indonesia Masters Super 100