2018 Iran Fajr International Challenge

The 2018 Iran Fajr International Challenge, officially The 27th Iran Fajr International Challenge 2018 was a badminton tournament which took place at Enghelab Sport Complex in Iran from 5 to 8 February 2018 and had a total purse of $25,000.

2018 Iran Fajr International Challenge
Tournament details
Dates5 – 8 February 2018
LevelInternational Challenge
Total prize moneyUS$25,000
VenueEnghelab Sport Complex
LocationZanjan, Iran
Champions
Men's Singles Phạm Cao Cường
Women's Singles Muralitharan Thinaah
Men's Doubles Francis Alwin
Nandagopal Kidambi
Women's Doubles Setayesh Abdolkarimi
Hamedanchi Azad Hale
← 2017

Tournament

The 2018 Iran Fajr International Challenge was the first tournament of the 2018 BWF International Challenge and also part of the Iran Fajr International Challenge championships which has been held since 1991. This tournament was organized by the Iran Badminton Federation.[1]

Venue

This international tournament was held at Enghelab Sport Complex in Zanjan, Iran.[1]

Point distribution

Below is the tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF International Challenge event.[2]

Winner Runner-up 3/4 5/8 9/16 17/32 33/64 65/128 129/256 257/512 513/1024
4,000 3,400 2,800 2,200 1,520 920 360 170 70 30 20

Prize money

The total prize money for this year tournament is US$25,000. Distribution of prize money is in accordance with BWF regulations.[1]

Event Winner Finals Semifinals Quarterfinals
Singles $2,700 $1,250 $700 $200
Doubles $2,800 $1,350 $700 $200

Men's singles

Seeds
  1. Nguyễn Tiến Minh (Final)
  2. Phạm Cao Cường (Champion)
  3. Duarte Nuno Anjo (Withdrew)
  4. Bahaedeen Ahmad Alshannik (Second Round)
  5. Job Castillo (Second Round)
  6. Emre Lale (Quarterfinals)
  7. Lê Đức Phát (Third Round)
  8. Sahil Sipani (Withdrew)

Finals
Semifinals Final
              
1 Nguyễn Tiến Minh 7 13 11 12 11
Aryamann Tandon 11 11 8 14 6
1 Nguyễn Tiến Minh 14 11 13 7
2 Phạm Cao Cường 15 13 11 11
Shreyansh Jaiswal 9 11 9 8
2 Phạm Cao Cường 11 6 11 11

Section 1
First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
1 Nguyễn T M 11 11 11
J Khong J M 8 11 2 10 A Kazemi 2 7 0
A Kazemi 11 2 11 12 1 Nguyễn T M 9 11 11 11
F Khanjani 11 11 11 F Khanjani 11 2 8 5
M R Bagheri 9 9 8 F Khanjani 8 11 14 11
A S Jindal 11 11 11 A S Jindal 11 7 12 8
M Chaharmali 7 8 5 1 Nguyễn T M 11 9 9 11 12
M A Kurt 7 11 11 8 10
8 S Sipani
M Aliakbarian 11 11 9 11 M Aliakbarian w / o
O Galandarov 7 4 11 4 M Aliakbarian 8 8 5
Z Ghaderi 11 7 6 5 M A Kurt 11 11 11
M N M Nayef 9 11 11 11 M N M Nayef 11 8 2 6
M Ansari 3 4 6 M A Kurt 9 11 11 11
M A Kurt 11 11 11

Section 2
First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
3 D N Anjo
A Tandon 11 11 11 A Tandon w / o
A Faghfouri 5 5 5 A Tandon 11 11 11
N Mineai 9 6 15 11 11 N Mineai 5 3 7
A Ghasemi 11 11 13 4 9 N Mineai 11 7 11 11
T Abbasov 5 11 3 P Shahbazi 8 11 7 7
P Shahbazi 11 13 11 A Tandon 11 11 9 11
M Shahbazi 9 6 11 6
5 J Castillo 6 11 9 13 2
M Moghimi 2 6 9 Nguyễn H Đ 11 8 11 11 11
Nguyễn H Đ 11 11 11 Nguyễn H Đ 14 10 11 10 9
M Hasan 2 2 2 M Shahbazi 12 12 7 12 11
E Taran 11 11 11 E Taran 5 6 7
M Shahbazi 8 11 12 11 M Shahbazi 11 11 11
A Ahmad 11 1 10 9

Section 3
First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
Chian C Y 11 11 11
N Rostampourlagaldani 8 5 2 Chian C Y 9 1 11 11
K Jindal 11 11 11 K Jindal 11 11 9 13
A Hosseinkhani 6 4 8 K Jindal 11 5 11 7 11
M Piroozi 6 4 6 7 Lê Đ P 8 11 8 11 8
L Muñoz 11 11 11 L Muñoz 11 11 9 10 8
H Motaghi 6 7 8 7 Lê Đ P 9 9 11 12 11
7 Lê Đ P 11 11 11 K Jindal 9 8 11
J Alhasanov 11 10 11 11 9 S Jaiswal 11 11 13
F Yasami 9 12 8 13 11 F Yasami 5 2 8
M Pairavand 9 11 10 S Jaiswal 11 11 11
S Jaiswal 11 13 12 S Jaiswal 11 11 11
B Atilano 11 11 11 2 11 B Atilano 7 9 4
A Jabbari 13 8 8 11 6 B Atilano 11 11 14
4 B A Alshannik 7 9 12

Section 4
First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
K Rzayev 10 14 7 11 9
M Masoumitabarzanjani 12 12 11 5 11 M Masoumitabarzanjani 12 3 8 3
S A Z Zadeh 6 7 4 S E Vatannejad 10 11 11 11
S E Vatannejad 11 11 11 S E Vatannejad 8 6 11 6
A Bastiani 6 E Lale 11 11 7 11
H Makkar w / o H Makkar 15 2 9 8
6 E Lale 14 11 11 11
6 E Lale 4 5 7
K G Kumar 11 11 11 2 Phạm C C 11 11 11
Alireza Qasemi 9 5 6 K G Kumar 11 11 11
A Bahri 11 11 11 A Bahri 0 3 5
Mohammed Almashaekhi 6 5 5 K G Kumar 9 7 6
S Huseynov 7 8 4 2 Phạm C C 11 11 11
A Karami 11 11 11 A Karami 4 9 6
2 Phạm C C 11 11 11

Women's singles

Seeds
  1. Lee Ying Ying (Final)
  2. Yvonne Li (Quarterfinals)
  3. Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka (Semifinals)
  4. Rasika Raje (Quarterfinals)
  5. Muralitharan Thinaah (Champion)
  6. Vrushali Gummadi (Second Round)
  7. Sonia Gonçalves (Second Round)
  8. Mariana Ugalde (Quarterfinals)

Finals
Semifinals Final
              
1 Lee Ying Ying 4 11 11 14
Thet Htar Thuzar 11 8 7 12
1 Lee Ying Ying 8 6 11 9
5 Muralitharan Thinaah 11 11 9 11
3 Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka 3 11 5 9
5 Muralitharan Thinaah 11 7 11 11

Section 1
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
1 Lee Y Y 11 11 11
S D Kashani 7 5 8 1 Lee Y Y 11 11 11
Q7 H Yaghobzadeh 8 11 2 12 P Kamrani 5 7 4
P Kamrani 11 9 11 14 1 Lee Y Y 11 10 15 11
6 V Gummadi 11 11 11 Trần T P T 8 12 13 6
Q5 H A Hale 5 1 6 6 V Gummadi 6 15 10 11 8
  Y Beigi 8 7 4 Trần T P T 11 14 12 8 11
Trần T P T 11 11 11

Section 2
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
4 R Raje 11 11 11
Y Kermani 9 4 5 4 R Raje 5 11 11 11
Q3 Lee Z Y 11 11 11 Q3 Lee Z Y 11 8 8 8
S Abedkhojasteh 7 9 2 4 R Raje 6 11 8 11 3
7 S Gonçalves 11 8 11 11 Thet H T 11 4 11 3 11
Q6 N Karami 8 11 7 8 7 S Gonçalves 5 7 3
  H Shams 9 5 2 Thet H T 11 11 11
Thet H T 11 11 11

Section 3
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
N Safai 11 11 11
Q2 E Sepidan 8 7 6 N Safai 11 8 7 3
E Feizmanesh 11 4 12 12 9 8 M Ugalde 6 11 11 11
8 M Ugalde 8 11 14 10 11 8 M Ugalde 3 9 12 2
V Gynga 11 3 3 7 3 V R Jakka 11 11 10 11
Q4 S Abdolkarimi 5 11 11 11 Q4 S Abdolkarimi 8 8 5
S Aghaei 9 12 3 7 3 V R Jakka 11 11 11
3 V R Jakka 11 10 11 11

Section 4
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
N Zamani 11 7 9 8
Q1 Y Tafreshi 9 11 11 11 Q1 Y Tafreshi 1 3 1
Vũ T A T 12 6 7 4 5 M Thinaah 11 11 11
5 M Thinaah 10 11 11 11 5 M Thinaah 11 11 7 12
Q8 R Tajik 11 11 13 2 Y Li 6 6 11 10
T Alinezhad 8 6 11 Q8 R Tajik 9 3 2
P Eskandari 4 8 2 2 Y Li 11 11 11
2 Y Li 11 11 11

Men's doubles

Seeds
  1. Bahaedeen Ahmad Alshannik / Mohd Naser Mansour Nayef (Quarterfinals)
  2. Kapil Chaudhary / Brijesh Yadav (Second Round)
  3. Job Castillo / Lino Muñoz (Second Round)
  4. Tarun Kona / Saurabh Sharma (Final)

Finals
Semifinals Final
              
Amir Ghasemi
Alireza Qasemi 		11 4 5 13 7
4 Tarun Kona
Saurabh Sharma 		8 11 11 11 11
4 Tarun Kona
Saurabh Sharma 		11 6 11 8 9
Francis Alwin
Nandagopal Kidambi 		9 11 7 11 11
  Francis Alwin
Nandagopal Kidambi 		11 11 11
Muhammad Amar Mohd Sani
Muhammad Amir Mohd Sani 		7 8 6

Section 1
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
1 B A Alshannik
M N M Nayef 		11 11 11
M Aliakbarian
M Chaharmali 		11 11 11 M Aliakbarian
M Chaharmali 		6 4 9
A Kazemi
E Taran 		4 6 5 1 B A Alshannik
M N M Nayef 		2 11 8 5
A Ghasemi
A Qasemi 		11 8 11 11
A Ghasemi
A Qasemi 		8 11 11 11
M Almashaekhi
M Hasan 		4 3 7 A Faghfouri
N Minaei 		11 8 9 3
A Faghfouri
N Minaei 		11 11 11

Section 2
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
4 T Kona
S Sharma 		11 12 11
S E Vatannejad
F Khanjani 		6 12 5 11 11 S E Vatannejad
F Khanjani 		8 10 2
A Jabbari
M Piroozi 		11 10 11 6 9 4 T Kona
S Sharma 		7 11 15 11
H Motaghi
M Shahbazi 		11 7 14 9
M M Mirshekari
S Santarash 		7 10 11 6
H Motaghi
M Shahbazi 		11 11 11 H Motaghi
M Shahbazi 		11 12 8 11
T Abbasov
J Alhasanov 		2 5 7

Section 3
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
D N Anjo
B Atilano
M Ansari
A Hosseinkhani 		w / o M Ansari
A Hosseinkhani 		14 11 12
A Bahri
M Masoumitabarzanjani 		4 9 6 M R Bagheri
F Yasami 		12 3 10
M R Bagheri
F Yasami 		11 11 11 M Ansari
A Hosseinkhani 		8 8 5
Z Ghaderi
P Shahbazi 		7 2 3 F Alwin
N Kidambi 		11 11 11
F Alwin
N Kidambi 		11 11 11 F Alwin
N Kidambi 		11 9 11 12
3 J Castillo
L Muñoz 		5 11 7 10

Section 4
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
M Amar Mohd Sani
M Amir Mohd Sani 		11 11 11
A Karami
N Rostampourlagaldani 		9 8 8 M Amar Mohd Sani
M Amir Mohd Sani 		w / o
A Bastani
M Moghimi
M Amar Mohd Sani
M Amir Mohd Sani 		11 11 11
O Galandarov
K Rzayev 		5 11 10 8 M Pairavand
S A Zaki Zadeh 		7 8 6
M Pairavand
S A Zaki Zadeh 		11 8 12 11 M Pairavand
S A Zaki Zadeh 		8 11 11 1 12
2 K Chaudhary
B Yadav 		11 9 9 11 10

Women's doubles

Seeds
  1. Soong Fie Cho / Tee Jing Yi (Withdrew)
  2. Sorayya Aghaei / Sara Delavari Kashani (Quarterfinals)

Finals
First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Soong F C
Tee J Y
S Abdolkarimi
H Azad Hale 		11 11 11 S Abdolkarimi
H Azad Hale 		w / o
T Alinezhad
P Nabavi 		9 8 2 S Abdolkarimi
H Azad Hale 		11 11 11
P Eskandari
R Tajik 		7 4 7
H Ahmadi
N Karami 		6 7 4
P Eskandari
R Tajik 		9 11 11 11 P Eskandari
R Tajik 		11 11 11
H Kabari
E Sepidan 		11 8 4 9 S Abdolkarimi
H Azad Hale 		11 11 11
S K Rahman
S Rafei 		4 2 4 S Abedkhojasteh
H Shams 		3 9 5
E Feizmanesh
P Kamrani 		11 11 11 E Feizmanesh
P Kamrani 		11 13 11
N Safai
H Yaghobzadeh 		11 6 9 11 11 N Safai
H Yaghobzadeh 		5 11 6
Y Tafreshi
N Zamani 		8 11 11 6 6 E Feizmanesh
P Kamrani 		3 11 13 8
Y Beigi
Y Kermani 		8 11 6 7 S Abedkhojasteh
H Shams 		11 9 15 11
S Abedkhojasteh
H Shams 		11 4 11 11 S Abedkhojasteh
H Shams 		1
2 S Aghaei
S D Kashani 		0r

References
  1. "Prospectus The 27th Iran Fajr International Challenge 2018" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  2. "World Ranking System" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
Preceded by
2017 U.S. International Challenge		 BWF International Challenge
2018 BWF Season		 Succeeded by
2018 Austrian Open
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