2018 Japan Open (table tennis)

2018 Japan Open
Tournament details
Dates	8–10 June 2018
Competitors	32S / 16D
Total prize money	US$170,000
Venue	Kitakyushu City General Gymnasium
Location	Kitakyushu, Japan
Champions
Men's singles	Tomokazu Harimoto
Women's singles	Mima Ito
Men's doubles	Jung Young-sik; Lee Sang-su
Women's doubles	Gu Yuting; Mu Zi
Mixed doubles	Liang Jingkun; Chen Xingtong

The 2018 Japan Open was the sixth event of the 2018 ITTF World Tour. It took place from 8–10 June in Kitakyushu, Japan.^[1]

Men's singles edit

Seeds edit

Timo Boll (semifinals)
Ma Long (quarterfinals)
Wong Chun Ting (first round)
Lee Sang-su (semifinals)
Koki Niwa (first round)
Tomokazu Harimoto (champion)
Simon Gauzy (second round)
Kenta Matsudaira (quarterfinals)
Chuang Chih-yuan (quarterfinals)
Kristian Karlsson (first round)
Jonathan Groth (first round)
Mattias Karlsson (second round)
Jin Ueda (quarterfinals)
Maharu Yoshimura (second round)
Jeong Sang-eun (first round)
Masaki Yoshida (first round)

Draw edit

Top half edit

First round								Second round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals

1	Timo Boll	13	12	11	11
	Yuta Tanaka	11	10	5	7			1	Timo Boll	11	11	11	11
	Zhou Kai	11	1	8	12	9		12	Mattias Karlsson	7	6	8	5
12	Mattias Karlsson	5	11	11	14	11											1	Timo Boll	12	13	11	11	11
10	Kristian Karlsson	10	11	5	7	12	7										8	Kenta Matsudaira	14	11	3	7	9
	Benedikt Duda	12	8	11	11	10	11		Benedikt Duda	8	11	9	12	6
	Hwang Min-ha	8	9	5	8			8	Kenta Matsudaira	11	7	11	14	11
8	Kenta Matsudaira	11	11	11	11																					1	Timo Boll
5	Koki Niwa	11	8	2	8	11	7																				Zhang Jike	w/o
	Kazuhiro Yoshimura	9	11	11	11	9	11		Kazuhiro Yoshimura	11	9	11	8	11	6	6
	Ho Kwan Kit	6	7	11	6	8		13	Jin Ueda	8	11	7	11	5	11	11
13	Jin Ueda	11	11	7	11	11											13	Jin Ueda	11	7	11	11	11	7	7
11	Jonathan Groth	11	10	6	7	8												Zhang Jike	9	11	9	8	13	11	11
	Zhang Jike	7	12	11	11	11			Zhang Jike	8	11	2	11	11	2	15
	Liang Jingkun	8	11	11	11	14	11		Liang Jingkun	11	9	11	7	3	11	13
3	Wong Chun Ting	11	13	8	7	12	3

Bottom half edit

First round									Second round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals

4	Lee Sang-su	11	11	13	11	11
	Lim Jong-hoon	7	8	11	13	5			4	Lee Sang-su	11	11	6	11	9	7	11
	Liao Cheng-ting	9	12	11	11	12	14			Liao Cheng-ting	8	8	11	6	11	11	6
16	Masaki Yoshida	11	14	7	7	10	12											4	Lee Sang-su	11	8	9	3	11	11	11
9	Chuang Chih-yuan	11	11	11	16													9	Chuang Chih-yuan	3	11	11	11	8	5	4
	Álvaro Robles	3	9	8	14				9	Chuang Chih-yuan	11	9	7	11	11	11
	Jung Young-sik	9	9	11	5	11	11	4	7	Simon Gauzy	4	11	11	6	5	6
7	Simon Gauzy	11	11	8	11	3	6	11																			4	Lee Sang-su	5	12	4	5	11	9
6	Tomokazu Harimoto	11	11	11	11																						6	Tomokazu Harimoto	11	10	11	11	5	11
	Jang Woo-jin	9	8	3	6				6	Tomokazu Harimoto	11	11	12	11
	Zhou Yu	12	11	11	11					Zhou Yu	8	7	10	7
15	Jeong Sang-eun	10	5	3	6													6	Tomokazu Harimoto	11	11	11	3	2	11
14	Maharu Yoshimura	12	15	11	3	11												2	Ma Long	8	9	7	11	11	6
	Tiago Apolónia	10	13	9	11	9			14	Maharu Yoshimura	10	1	4	4
	Chiang Hung-chieh	2	6	2	1				2	Ma Long	12	11	11	11
2	Ma Long	11	11	11	11

Finals edit

Semifinals								Final

1	Timo Boll
	Zhang Jike	w/o							Zhang Jike	11	11	9	4	12	7	11
4	Lee Sang-su	5	12	4	5	11	9	6	Tomokazu Harimoto	9	8	11	11	10	11	13
6	Tomokazu Harimoto	11	10	11	11	5	11

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Women's singles edit

Seeds edit

Kasumi Ishikawa (quarterfinals)
Wang Manyu (final)
Mima Ito (champion)
Miu Hirano (quarterfinals)
Cheng I-ching (quarterfinals)
Chen Xingtong (semifinals)
Feng Tianwei (first round)
Liu Shiwen (semifinals)
Doo Hoi Kem (first round)
Hitomi Sato (second round)
Seo Hyo-won (second round)
Hina Hayata (second round)
Elizabeta Samara (first round)
Lee Ho Ching (second round)
Miyu Kato (second round)
Chen Szu-yu (second round)

Draw edit

Top half edit

First round									Second round							Quarterfinals								Semifinals

1	Kasumi Ishikawa	9	11	11	12	11
	Kim Ha-yeong	11	1	7	10	5			1	Kasumi Ishikawa	11	11	4	11	11
	Bernadette Szőcs	10	6	11	11	12	11			Bernadette Szőcs	6	9	11	1	7
9	Doo Hoi Kem	12	11	6	4	10	6									1	Kasumi Ishikawa	3	4	12	11	7	9
15	Miyu Kato	11	11	7	4	5	11	11								6	Chen Xingtong	11	11	10	9	11	11
	Miyuu Kihara	9	4	11	11	11	4	8	15	Miyu Kato	2	7	11	6	8
	Miyu Nagasaki	6	4	10	11	7			6	Chen Xingtong	11	11	6	11	11
6	Chen Xingtong	11	11	12	9	11																		6	Chen Xingtong	11	11	11	9	9	7	7
5	Cheng I-ching	11	9	11	11	11																		3	Mima Ito	8	9	6	11	11	11	11
	Lin Ye	7	11	9	8	2			5	Cheng I-ching	11	6	12	11	11
	Hu Limei	11	10	9	8	9			10	Hitomi Sato	7	11	10	5	8
10	Hitomi Sato	8	12	11	11	11										5	Cheng I-ching	3	7	13	11	3	6
11	Seo Hyo-won	11	11	15	6	12										3	Mima Ito	11	11	11	8	11	11
	Gu Yuting	7	7	13	11	10			11	Seo Hyo-won	7	7	2	4
	Yoo Eun-chong	7	10	6	9				3	Mima Ito	11	11	11	11
3	Mima Ito	11	12	11	11

Bottom half edit

First round								Second round								Quarterfinals						Semifinals

4	Miu Hirano	11	10	11	11	11
	Yu Fu	7	12	7	9	7		4	Miu Hirano	11	9	11	11	11
	Minami Ando	11	12	11	11				Minami Ando	9	11	8	8	7
13	Elizabeta Samara	3	10	8	6											4	Miu Hirano	4	7	3	4
16	Chen Szu-yu	10	11	11	11	11										8	Liu Shiwen	11	11	11	11
	Ma Wenting	12	5	1	8	8		16	Chen Szu-yu	4	11	7	3	7
	Britt Eerland	4	5	2	4			8	Liu Shiwen	11	7	11	11	11
8	Liu Shiwen	11	11	11	11																	8	Liu Shiwen	7	11	10	11	6	6
7	Feng Tianwei	11	11	11	3	4	7															2	Wang Manyu	11	7	12	9	11	11
	Mu Zi	8	9	13	11	11	11		Mu Zi	12	6	9	11	11	11
	Zhou Yihan	3	14	4	6	5		12	Hina Hayata	10	11	11	5	8	7
12	Hina Hayata	11	12	11	11	11											Mu Zi	5	9	8	8
14	Lee Ho Ching	11	11	11	11											2	Wang Manyu	11	11	11	11
	Satsuki Odo	5	3	2	7			14	Lee Ho Ching	6	7	8	11	9
	Ng Wing Nam	7	7	6	7			2	Wang Manyu	11	11	11	7	11
2	Wang Manyu	11	11	11	11

Finals edit

Semifinals									Final

6	Chen Xingtong	11	11	11	9	9	7	7
3	Mima Ito	8	9	6	11	11	11	11	3	Mima Ito	11	12	8	11	6	12
8	Liu Shiwen	7	11	10	11	6	6		2	Wang Manyu	7	10	11	7	11	10
2	Wang Manyu	11	7	12	9	11	11

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Men's doubles edit

Seeds edit

Ho Kwan Kit / Wong Chun Ting (semifinals)
Jin Ueda / Maharu Yoshimura (first round)
Jung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su (champions)
Tomokazu Harimoto / Yuto Kizukuri (quarterfinals)
Kristian Karlsson / Mattias Karlsson (first round)
Chen Chien-an / Chuang Chih-yuan (quarterfinals)
Lam Siu Hang / Ng Pak Nam (first round)
Jang Woo-jin / Lim Jong-hoon (quarterfinals)

Draw edit

First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final

1	Ho / Wong	11	11	11
	Puthikungasern / Verakultawan	1	2	6			1	Ho / Wong	11	7	9	11	11
	Sanglertsilpachai / Tantakool	11	6	2	11		6	Chen / Chuang	3	11	11	6	5
6	Chen / Chuang	4	11	11	13									1	Ho / Wong	8	11	10	11	9
8	Jang / Lim	11	11	11										3	Jung / Lee	11	8	12	9	11
	Panagitgun / Pankhaoyoy	4	5	7			8	Jang / Lim	10	10	8
	Robles / Szőcs	11	8	8	5		3	Jung / Lee	12	12	11
3	Jung / Lee	7	11	11	11																3	Jung / Lee	11	5	11	11
4	Harimoto / Kizukuri	8	10	11	11	11																Liang / Zhou	6	11	9	5
	Källberg / Pištej	11	12	5	6	6	4	Harimoto / Kizukuri	11	7	6	7
	Liang / Zhou	11	11	8	8	11		Liang / Zhou	9	11	11	11
5	Karlsson / Karlsson	8	5	11	11	6									Liang / Zhou	11	11	11
7	Lam / Ng	8	11	6	11	8									Liao / Lin	5	6	5
	Liao / Lin	11	8	11	6	11		Liao / Lin	5	11	12	11
	Duda / Qiu	11	7	11	5	11		Duda / Qiu	11	7	10	7
2	Ueda / Yoshimura	9	11	9	11	9

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Women's doubles edit

Seeds edit

Hina Hayata / Mima Ito (quarterfinals)
Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Sato (first round)
Doo Hoi Kem / Lee Ho Ching (first round)
Jeon Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun (semifinals)
Ng Wing Nam / Soo Wai Yam Minnie (quarterfinals)
Liu Shiwen / Wang Manyu (final)
Barbora Balážová / Hana Matelová (quarterfinals)
Elizabeta Samara / Bernadette Szőcs (quarterfinals)

Draw edit

First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals						Final

1	Hayata / Ito	11	11	11
	Choi / Yoo	7	7	7			1	Hayata / Ito	11	11	11	9	9
	Lin / Yu	3	6	11	11	8	6	Liu / Wang	5	13	9	11	11
6	Liu / Wang	11	11	7	9	11								6	Liu / Wang	11	6	11	11
8	Samara / Szőcs	11	11	11										4	Jeon / Yang	6	11	7	5
	Kola / Phomma	4	5	8			8	Samara / Szőcs	6	11	11	3
	Diaconu / Dragoman	8	4	7			4	Jeon / Yang	11	7	13	11
4	Jeon / Yang	11	11	11																6	Liu / Wang
3	Doo / Lee	4	14	11	8																Gu / Mu	w/o
	Cheng / Liu	11	16	9	11			Cheng / Liu	11	8	11	11	11
	Kihara / Nagasaki	11	9	8	8		5	Ng / Soo	4	11	13	9	5
5	Ng / Soo	9	11	11	11										Cheng / Liu	4	4	11	4
7	Balážová / Matelová	2	11	11	11										Gu / Mu	11	11	6	11
	Ho / Ma	11	4	4	7		7	Balážová / Matelová	12	2	15	2	7
	Gu / Mu	11	11	11				Gu / Mu	10	11	13	11	11
2	Hashimoto / Sato	8	9	7

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Mixed doubles edit

Seeds edit

Maharu Yoshimura / Kasumi Ishikawa (final)
Wong Chun Ting / Doo Hoi Kem (quarterfinals)
Chen Chien-an / Cheng I-ching (quarterfinals)
Ho Kwan Kit / Lee Ho Ching (semifinals)
Mattias Karlsson / Matilda Ekholm (first round)
Jang Woo-jin / Jeon Ji-hee (quarterfinals)
Lee Sang-su / Choi Hyo-joo (semifinals)
Liang Jingkun / Chen Xingtong (champions)

Draw edit

First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals						Final

1	Yoshimura / Ishikawa	11	11	11
	Chuang / Chen	5	3	7			1	Yoshimura / Ishikawa	11	3	11	11
	Gao / Yu	11	9	3	11	12	6	Jang / Jeon	1	11	7	6
6	Jang / Jeon	4	11	11	7	14								1	Yoshimura / Ishikawa	11	11	11
7	Lee / Choi	8	11	11	12	11								7	Lee / Choi	6	6	5
	Pištej / Balážová	11	13	8	10	8	7	Lee / Choi	11	11	7	11
	Yu / Wang	11	10	9	11	10	3	Chen / Cheng	9	3	11	8
3	Chen / Cheng	9	12	11	8	12														1	Yoshimura / Ishikawa	9	9	9
4	Ho / Lee	9	6	11	11	11														8	Liang / Chen	11	11	11
	Tanviriyavechakul / Sawettabut	11	11	8	9	8	4	Ho / Lee	15	11	11
	Harimoto / Hirano	11	11	11				Harimoto / Hirano	13	5	8
5	Karlsson / Ekholm	7	6	6										4	Ho / Lee	11	9	6	7
8	Liang / Chen	11	11	10	11									8	Liang / Chen	7	11	11	11
	Robles / Dvorak	7	6	12	3		8	Liang / Chen	11	10	11	8	11
	Szőcs / Szőcs	13	3	13			2	Wong / Doo	6	12	9	11	9
2	Wong / Doo	15	11	15

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References edit

^ "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour, LION Japan Open / Prospectus" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
^ "2018 Japan Open / Men's Singles" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
^ "2018 Japan Open / Women's Singles" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
^ "2018 Japan Open / Men's Doubles" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
^ "2018 Japan Open / Women's Doubles" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
^ "2018 Japan Open / Mixed Doubles" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.

External links edit

Tournament page on ITTF website

[1] "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour, LION Japan Open / Prospectus" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.

[2] "2018 Japan Open / Men's Singles" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.

[3] "2018 Japan Open / Women's Singles" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.

[4] "2018 Japan Open / Men's Doubles" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.

[5] "2018 Japan Open / Women's Doubles" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.

[6] "2018 Japan Open / Mixed Doubles" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.

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