2024 Korea Masters: Top Seeds, Prize Money, Venue
The 2024 Korea Masters is the thirty-fourth tournament of the 2024 BWF World Tour and also part of the Korea Masters series, which have been held since 2007. This tournament is organized by the Badminton Korea Association with sanction from the BWF.
The Korea Masters is back for its sixteenth edition and will be held from 5 to 10 November 2024 at Iksan Gymnasium in Iksan, South Korea.
The 2024 Korea Masters is the thirty-fourth tournament of the 2024 BWF World Tour and also part of the Korea Masters series, which have been held since 2007. This tournament is organized by the Badminton Korea Association with sanction from the BWF.
The BWF Korea Masters is set to welcome back the shuttlers for the Asian swing after a month-long break.
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The men’s singles main draw is led by singles world champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn. Two-time champion Jeon Hyeok-jin will also feature at the event.
Japan’s Tomoka Miyazaki leads in women’s draw in singles. Notably, there is no player from the top 10 rankings in women’s singles event.
2024 Korea Masters: Top Seeds
Men’s singles
- Kunlavut Vitidsarn
- Lee Chia-hao
- Chi Yu-jen
- Su Li-yang
- Takuma Obayashi
- Jeon Hyeok-jin
- Jason Teh
- Kantaphon Wangcharoen
Women’s singles
- Tomoka Miyazaki
- Putri Kusuma Wardani
- Pai Yu-po
- Nguyễn Thùy Linh
- Chiu Pin-chian
- Sim Yu-jin
- Lin Hsiang-ti
- Riko Gunji (withdran)
Men’s doubles
- Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik
- Lee Jhe-huei / Yang Po-hsuan
- Sabar Karyaman Gutama / Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani
- Chen Boyang / Liu Yi
- Muhammad Shohibul Fikri / Daniel Marthin
- Choong Hon Jian / Muhammad Haikal
- Ki Dong-ju / Seo Seung-jae
- Lee Fang-chih / Lee Fang-jen
Women’s doubles
- Baek Ha-na / Lee So-hee
- Li Yijing / Luo Xumin
- Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma / Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi
- Chang Ching-hui / Yang Ching-tun
- Jia Yifan / Zhang Shuxian (withdrew)
- Kim Hye-jeong / Kong Hee-yong
- Jeong Na-eun / Shin Seung-chan
- Hsu Yin-hui / Lin Jhih-yun
Mixed doubles
- Cheng Xing / Zhang Chi
- Dejan Ferdinansyah / Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
- Yang Po-hsuan / Hu Ling-fang
- Guo Xinwa / Chen Fanghui
- Ruttanapak Oupthong / Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat
- Ye Hong-wei / Nicole Gonzales Chan (withdrew)
- Chen Cheng-kuan / Hsu Yin-hui
- Wu Hsuan-yi / Yang Chu-yun
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2024 Korea Masters: Defending Champions
- Men’s singles: Kento Momota
- Men’s doubles: Lee Jhe-huei/ Yang Po-hsuan
- Men’s doubles: Lee Jhe-huei/ Yang Po-hsuan
- Women’s singles: Kim Ga-eun
- Women’s doubles: Jeong Na-eun/Kim Hye-jeong
- Mixed doubles: Seo Seung-jae/Chae Yoo-jung
2024 Korea Masters: Points Distribution
The points distribution is based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 300 event.
| Winner | Runner-up | 3/4 | 5/8 | 9/16 | 17/32 | 33/64 | 65/128 |
| 7,000 | 5,950 | 4,900 | 3,850 | 2,750 | 1,670 | 660 | 320 |
2024 Korea Masters: Prize Money
The 2024 Korea Masters carries a total prize money of US$210,000. Here’s the breakdown:
| Event | Winner | Finalist | Semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Last 16 |
| Singles | $15,700 | $7,980 | $3,045 | $1,260 | $735 |
| Doubles | $16,590 | $7,980 | $2,940 | $1,522.5 | $787.5 |