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2018 ITTF World Tour

The 2018 ITTF World Tour was the 23rd season of the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour.[1]

2018 ITTF World Tour
Details
Duration18 January 2018 – 16 December 2018
Edition23rd
Tournaments12 + Grand Finals
CategoriesWorld Tour Platinum (6)
World Tour (6)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesMen:
China Fan Zhendong (3)
Women:
China Wang Manyu (3)
Most tournament finalsMen:
China Xu Xin (5)
Women:
China Wang Manyu (6)
Points leaderMen:
China Xu Xin (1750)
Women:
China Wang Manyu (1856)
← 2017
2019 →

For the first time in its history, the tour included mixed doubles competitions in 2018. They featured at six events: the China Open, Japan Open, Korea Open, Australian Open and Austrian Open, as well as at the Grand Finals. This was to promote the mixed doubles category prior to its inclusion on the 2020 Olympics programme.[2]

Schedule edit

The tournaments in the 2018 tour were split into two tiers: World Tour Platinum and World Tour. The Platinum events offered higher prize money and more points towards the ITTF World Tour standings, which determined the qualifiers for the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in December.[3][4]

Below is the 2018 schedule announced by the International Table Tennis Federation:

Key
Grand Finals
World Tour Platinum
World Tour
No. Date Tournament Location Venue Prize (USD) Report Ref.
1 18–21 January   Hungarian Open Budapest Budapest Olympic Hall 150,000 Report [5]
2 8–11 March   Qatar Open Doha Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena 235,000 Report [6]
3 23–25 March   German Open Bremen ÖVB Arena 235,000 Report [7]
4 24–27 May   Hong Kong Open Hong Kong Queen Elizabeth Stadium 145,000 Report [8]
5 31 May–3 June   China Open Shenzhen Bao'an District Sports Center 346,000 Report [9]
6 8–10 June   Japan Open Kitakyushu Kitakyushu City General Gymnasium 170,000 Report [10]
7 19–22 July   Korea Open Daejeon Chungmu Sports Arena 266,000 Report [11]
8 26–29 July   Australian Open Geelong Geelong Arena 316,000 Report [12]
9 16–19 August   Bulgaria Open Panagyurishte Arena Asarel 160,000 Report [13]
10 23–26 August   Czech Open Olomouc OMEGA Sport Center 160,000 Report [14]
11 1–4 November   Swedish Open Stockholm Eriksdalshallen (Main venue)
Skanstullshallen (Second venue) 		150,000 Report [15]
12 8–11 November   Austrian Open Linz TipsArena Linz 251,000 Report [16]
13 13–16 December   Grand Finals Incheon Namdong Gymnasium 1,001,000 Report [17]

Results edit

Date Tournament Champions Runners-up
18–21 January

Hungarian Open

  • Location: Budapest, Hungary
  • Venue: Budapest Olympic Hall
  • Category: World Tour
  • Prize: $150,000
  • Draws: 32MS/32WS/16MD/16WD
  Fan Zhendong   Wang Chuqin
Score: 4–1 (11–6, 9–11, 11–7, 14–12, 11–3)
  Wang Manyu   Sun Yingsha
Score: 4–3 (9–11, 11–6, 10–12, 11–8, 9–11, 11–8, 11–4)
  Fan Zhendong
  Yu Ziyang 		  Pavel Platonov
  Vladimir Samsonov
Score: 3–0 (11–5, 11–5, 11–4)
  Chen Xingtong
  Sun Yingsha 		  Chen Ke
  Wang Manyu
Score: 3–0 (14–12, 11–8, 11–8)
8–11 March

Qatar Open

  Fan Zhendong   Hugo Calderano
Score: 4–0 (13–11, 12–10, 11–7, 11–7)
  Liu Shiwen   Wang Manyu
Score: 4–2 (8–11, 10–12, 11–9, 11–6, 11–5, 11–6)
  Fan Zhendong
  Xu Xin 		  Jun Mizutani
  Yuya Oshima
Score: 3–1 (9–11, 11–5, 11–9, 13–11)
  Chen Ke
  Wang Manyu 		  Chen Xingtong
  Sun Yingsha
Score: 3–1 (8–11, 11–2, 11–4, 11–4)
23–25 March

German Open

  Ma Long   Xu Xin
Score: 4–1 (11–9, 9–11, 11–9, 11–9, 11–6)
  Kasumi Ishikawa   Seo Hyo-won
Score: 4–1 (11–9, 10–12, 11–6, 11–7, 11–6)
  Ma Long
  Xu Xin 		  Jung Young-sik
  Lee Sang-su
Score: 3–0 (11–7, 11–8, 11–9)
  Hina Hayata
  Mima Ito 		  Jeon Ji-hee
  Yang Ha-eun
Score: 3–1 (11–3, 11–5, 10–12, 11–6)
24–27 May

Hong Kong Open

  Kazuhiro Yoshimura   Cho Seung-min
Score: 4–1 (11–5, 5–11, 11–8, 11–3, 11–7)
  Wang Manyu   Chen Xingtong
Score: 4–2 (12–10, 11–8, 3–11, 11–6, 4–11, 11–9)
  Ho Kwan Kit
  Wong Chun Ting 		  Masataka Morizono
  Yuya Oshima
Score: 3–0 (11–6, 11–3, 11–9)
  Chen Xingtong
  Sun Yingsha 		  Chen Ke
  Wang Manyu
Score: 3–0 (11–9, 11–8, 11–9)
31 May–3 June

China Open

  • Location: Shenzhen, China
  • Venue: Bao'an District Sports Center
  • Category: World Tour Platinum
  • Prize: $346,000
  • Draws: 32MS/32WS/16MD/16WD/16XD
  Ma Long   Fan Zhendong
Score: 4–1 (7–11, 11–8, 11–4, 11–3, 14–12)
  Wang Manyu   Ding Ning
Score: 4–3 (13–11, 9–11, 9–11, 11–9, 11–8, 9–11, 11–5)
  Fan Zhendong
  Lin Gaoyuan 		  Ovidiu Ionescu
  Álvaro Robles
Score: 3–0 (11–9, 11–4, 11–4)
  Ding Ning
  Zhu Yuling 		  Jeon Ji-hee
  Yang Ha-eun
Score: 3–1 (11–9, 11–5, 4–11, 11–5)
  Lin Gaoyuan
  Chen Xingtong 		  Masataka Morizono
  Mima Ito
Score: 3–1 (13–11, 7–11, 11–5, 11–8)
8–10 June

Japan Open

  Tomokazu Harimoto   Zhang Jike
Score: 4–3 (9–11, 8–11, 11–9, 11–4, 10–12, 11–7, 13–11)
  Mima Ito   Wang Manyu
Score: 4–2 (11–7, 12–10, 8–11, 11–7, 6–11, 12–10)
  Jung Young-sik
  Lee Sang-su 		  Liang Jingkun
  Zhou Kai
Score: 3–1 (11–6, 5–11, 11–9, 11–5)
  Gu Yuting
  Mu Zi 		  Liu Shiwen
  Wang Manyu
w/o
  Liang Jingkun
  Chen Xingtong 		  Maharu Yoshimura
  Kasumi Ishikawa
Score: 3–0 (11–9, 11–9, 11–9)
19–22 July

Korea Open

  Jang Woo-jin   Liang Jingkun
Score: 4–0 (11–8, 11–9, 11–7, 11–3)
  Zhu Yuling   Chen Meng
Score: 4–1 (11–4, 7–11, 11–8, 11–5, 11–9)
  Jang Woo-jin
  Lim Jong-hoon 		  Ho Kwan Kit
  Wong Chun Ting
Score: 3–1 (11–8, 19–17, 9–11, 11–9)
  Chen Meng
  Ding Ning 		  Wang Manyu
  Zhu Yuling
Score: 3–1 (14–12, 9–11, 11–9, 13–11)
  Jang Woo-jin
  Cha Hyo Sim 		  Wang Chuqin
  Sun Yingsha
Score: 3–1 (5–11, 11–3, 11–4, 11–8)
26–29 July

Australian Open

  Xu Xin   Liu Dingshuo
Score: 4–1 (12–10, 4–11, 12–10, 15–13, 11–6)
  Liu Shiwen   Ding Ning
Score: 4–3 (11–5, 11–7, 3–11, 5–11, 6–11, 11–5, 11–6)
  Jung Young-sik
  Lee Sang-su 		  Masataka Morizono
  Yuya Oshima
Score: 3–0 (14–12, 11–5, 11–7)
  Hina Hayata
  Mima Ito 		  Honoka Hashimoto
  Hitomi Sato
Score: 3–0 (11–8, 11–9, 11–7)
  Lee Sang-su
  Jeon Ji-hee 		  Lim Jong-hoon
  Yang Ha-eun
Score: 3–2 (6–11, 11–7, 5–11, 11–8, 11–8)
16–19 August

Bulgaria Open

  Xu Xin   Kenta Matsudaira
Score: 4–1 (12–10, 10–12, 11–8, 11–6, 11–4)
  Ding Ning   Wang Yidi
Score: 4–3 (11–7, 10–12, 8–11, 11–8, 11–6, 4–11, 11–2)
  Ma Long
  Xu Xin 		  Masataka Morizono
  Yuya Oshima
Score: 3–1 (9–11, 11–4, 11–8, 11–6)
  Kasumi Ishikawa
  Mima Ito 		  Liu Gaoyang
  Zhang Rui
Score: 3–1 (10–12, 11–7, 11–7, 11–6)
23–26 August

Czech Open

  Zheng Peifeng   Marcos Freitas
Score: 4–2 (13–11, 6–11, 8–11, 11–7, 11–8, 11–6)
  Kasumi Ishikawa   Wen Jia
Score: 4–2 (8–11, 11–8, 11–4, 7–11, 11–6, 13–11)
  Patrick Franziska
  Jonathan Groth 		  Mattias Falck
  Kristian Karlsson
Score: 3–1 (11–5, 9–11, 12–10, 11–7)
  Liu Gaoyang
  Zhang Rui 		  Sun Jiayi
  Zeng Jian
Score: 3–0 (11–6, 13–11, 11–2)
1–4 November

Swedish Open

  • Location: Stockholm, Sweden
  • Venue: Eriksdalshallen (Main venue)
    Skanstullshallen (Second venue)
  • Category: World Tour
  • Prize: $150,000
  • Draws: 32MS/32WS/16MD/16WD
  Fan Zhendong   Xu Xin
Score: 4–1 (11–7, 14–12, 13–11, 9–11, 11–9)
  Mima Ito   Zhu Yuling
Score: 4–0 (11–3, 11–3, 11–5, 11–8)
  Liao Cheng-ting
  Lin Yun-ju 		  Mattias Falck
  Kristian Karlsson
Score: 3–2 (10–12, 11–8, 11–8, 6–11, 13–11)
  Chen Xingtong
  Sun Yingsha 		  Liu Gaoyang
  Zhang Rui
Score: 3–1 (11–5, 9–11, 11–7, 11–6)
8–11 November

Austrian Open

  Liang Jingkun   Xu Xin
Score: 4–3 (11–5, 4–11, 11–6, 9–11, 13–11, 11–13, 11–2)
  Chen Meng   Wang Manyu
Score: 4–0 (11–8, 11–9, 11–4, 11–7)
  Masataka Morizono
  Yuya Oshima 		  Jeoung Young-sik
  Lee Sang-su
Score: 3–1 (12–10, 11–9, 3–11, 11–4)
  Hina Hayata
  Mima Ito 		  Chen Xingtong
  Sun Yingsha
Score: 3–0 (11–6, 11–7, 11–8)
  Xu Xin
  Liu Shiwen 		  Chen Chien-an
  Cheng I-ching
Score: 3–2 (9–11, 11–6, 11–9, 10–12, 11–5)
13–16 December

Grand Finals

  Tomokazu Harimoto   Lin Gaoyuan
Score: 4–1 (11–4, 13–15, 11–9, 11–9, 11–9)
  Chen Meng   He Zhuojia
Score: 4–1 (9–11, 11–5, 11–8, 12–10, 11–7)
  Jang Woo-jin
  Lim Jong-hoon 		  Ho Kwan Kit
  Wong Chun Ting
Score: 3–2 (10–12, 13–11, 11–8, 10–12, 11–8)
  Hina Hayata
  Mima Ito 		  Chen Xingtong
  Sun Yingsha
Score: 3–0 (11–9, 13–11, 12–10)
  Wong Chun Ting
  Doo Hoi Kem 		  Jang Woo-jin
  Cha Hyo-sim
Score: 3–0 (11–6, 11–8, 11–4)

Grand Finals edit

Main article: 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals

The 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals took place in Incheon, South Korea, from 13 to 16 December 2018.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour". ITTF. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Mixed Doubles Featured for the First Time on the ITTF World Tour in Lead-up to Tokyo 2020". ITTF. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Cities announced for 2018 ITTF World Tour". ITTF. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour / Events". ITTF. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour, Hungarian Open". ITTF. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Qatar Open". ITTF. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Platinum, German Open". ITTF. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour, Hang Seng Hong Kong Open". ITTF. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Platinum, China Open". ITTF. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour, LION Japan Open". ITTF. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  11. ^ "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Korea Open". ITTF. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  12. ^ "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Australian Open". ITTF. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  13. ^ "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour, Asarel Bulgaria Open". ITTF. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  14. ^ "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour, Czech Open". ITTF. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  15. ^ "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour, Swedish Open". ITTF. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  16. ^ "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour, Austrian Open". ITTF. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  17. ^ "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour, Grand Finals". ITTF. Retrieved 15 December 2018.

External links edit

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