2018 Australian Open (table tennis)

The 2018 Australian Open was the eighth event of the 2018 ITTF World Tour. The event was organised by ITTF-Oceania, under the authority of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). It was the fifth of six top-tier Platinum events on the tour, and took place from 26–29 July in Geelong, Australia.[1]

2018 Australian Open
Tournament details
Dates26–29 July 2018
Competitors32S / 16D
Total prize moneyUS$316,000
VenueGeelong Arena
LocationGeelong, Australia
Champions
Men's singlesChina Xu Xin
Women's singlesChina Liu Shiwen
Men's doublesSouth Korea Jung Young-sik
South Korea Lee Sang-su
Women's doublesJapan Hina Hayata
Japan Mima Ito
Mixed doublesSouth Korea Lee Sang-su
South Korea Jeon Ji-hee

Men's singles edit

Seeds edit

  1.   Dimitrij Ovtcharov (first round)
  2.   Xu Xin (champion)
  3.   Lee Sang-su (first round)
  4.   Koki Niwa (first round)
  5.   Tomokazu Harimoto (semifinals)
  6.   Hugo Calderano (first round)
  7.   Simon Gauzy (first round)
  8.   Jun Mizutani (first round)
  9.   Kenta Matsudaira (first round)
  10.   Chuang Chih-yuan (first round)
  11.   Quadri Aruna (second round)
  12.   Lim Jong-hoon (second round)
  13.   Jin Ueda (second round)
  14.   Patrick Franziska (quarterfinals)
  15.   Masaki Yoshida (first round)
  16.   David Powell (first round)

Draw edit

Top half edit

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   Dimitrij Ovtcharov 7 7 11 11 17 11 3
  Yu Ziyang 11 11 6 13 15 6 11     Yu Ziyang 11 9 11 5 11 11
  Maharu Yoshimura 11 6 8 11 11 11   Maharu Yoshimura 8 11 6 11 7 7
10   Chuang Chih-yuan 6 11 11 7 4 9     Yu Ziyang 9 3 11 8 11 11 8
16   David Powell 1 3 6 1   Liu Dingshuo 11 11 5 11 6 5 11
  Lin Yun-ju 11 11 11 11     Lin Yun-ju 11 11 8 9 8 6
  Liu Dingshuo 11 12 11 6 8 5 11   Liu Dingshuo 8 9 11 11 11 11
8   Jun Mizutani 4 10 9 11 11 11 9     Liu Dingshuo 11 11 11 11
6   Hugo Calderano 5 7 11 11 10 11 7   Yuya Oshima 6 5 3 8
  Yuya Oshima 11 11 6 5 12 8 11   Yuya Oshima 12 11 11 11
  Ricardo Walther 11 12 8 7 7 10 11   Quadri Aruna 10 9 8 4
11   Quadri Aruna 6 10 11 11 11 12     Yuya Oshima 12 9 11 8 11 11
12   Lim Jong-hoon 4 8 11 11 11 11   Jung Young-sik 10 11 6 11 9 6
  Álvaro Robles 11 11 2 9 5 6 12   Lim Jong-hoon 3 7 6 10
  Jung Young-sik 12 11 11 11   Jung Young-sik 11 11 11 12
3   Lee Sang-su 10 3 8 8

Bottom half edit

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
4   Koki Niwa 7 9 11 11 5 9
  Zhou Yu 11 11 8 5 11 11     Zhou Yu 11 14 12 11
  Sathiyan Gnanasekaran 11 7 11 7 5 11 11   Sathiyan Gnanasekaran 3 12 10 5
15   Masaki Yoshida 8 11 9 11 11 6 8   Zhou Yu 11 10 12 9 5 5
9   Kenta Matsudaira 14 10 9 11 11 8 10 5   Tomokazu Harimoto 9 12 10 11 11 11
  Yuki Hirano 12 12 11 9 3 11 12   Yuki Hirano 8 3 11 5 4
  Chen Chien-an 11 11 7 6 13 10 9 5   Tomokazu Harimoto 11 11 6 11 11
5   Tomokazu Harimoto 9 9 11 11 11 12 11 5   Tomokazu Harimoto 5 8 11 5 11 7
7   Simon Gauzy 11 7 7 8 11 4 2   Xu Xin 11 11 9 11 9 11
  Sharath Kamal 6 11 11 11 7 11   Sharath Kamal 14 11 9 3 11 7 8
  Kim Dong-hyun 6 9 11 8 2 14   Patrick Franziska 12 9 11 11 7 11 11
14   Patrick Franziska 11 11 8 11 11 14   Patrick Franziska 7 3 9 9
13   Jin Ueda 13 11 11 11 2   Xu Xin 11 11 11 11
  Masataka Morizono 11 9 9 3 13   Jin Ueda 11 8 3 11 8 1
  Taimu Arinobu 8 12 8 11 7 6 2   Xu Xin 7 11 11 7 11 11
2   Xu Xin 11 10 11 9 11 11

Finals edit

Semifinals Final
  Liu Dingshuo 11 11 11 11
  Yuya Oshima 6 5 3 8   Liu Dingshuo 10 11 10 13 6
5   Tomokazu Harimoto 5 8 11 5 11 7 2   Xu Xin 12 4 12 15 11
2   Xu Xin 11 11 9 11 9 11

[2][3][4][5]

Women's singles edit

Seeds edit

  1.   Kasumi Ishikawa (semifinals)
  2.   Liu Shiwen (champion)
  3.   Mima Ito (quarterfinals)
  4.   Miu Hirano (quarterfinals)
  5.   Cheng I-ching (first round)
  6.   Feng Tianwei (second round)
  7.   Ding Ning (final)
  8.   Hitomi Sato (quarterfinals)
  9.   Seo Hyo-won (second round)
  10.   Hina Hayata (first round)
  11.   Gu Yuting (second round)
  12.   Miyu Kato (first round)
  13.   Saki Shibata (second round)
  14.   Chen Szu-yu (first round)
  15.   Jeon Ji-hee (second round)
  16.   Jian Fang Lay (first round)

Draw edit

Top half edit

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   Kasumi Ishikawa 11 7 11 9 11 11
  Minami Ando 5 11 2 11 7 4 1   Kasumi Ishikawa 11 11 11 11 11
  Barbora Balážová 10 6 7 4 13   Saki Shibata 9 13 4 7 8
13   Saki Shibata 12 11 11 11 1   Kasumi Ishikawa 11 11 11 8 11
15   Jeon Ji-hee 9 9 13 11 11 5 11 8   Hitomi Sato 4 6 8 11 6
  Li Jie 11 11 11 5 6 11 6 15   Jeon Ji-hee 11 11 7 7 9 7
  Manika Batra 9 2 7 4 8   Hitomi Sato 9 6 11 11 11 11
8   Hitomi Sato 11 11 11 11 1   Kasumi Ishikawa 8 7 7 8
7   Ding Ning 11 11 11 11 7   Ding Ning 11 11 11 11
  Cheng Hsien-tzu 7 6 6 8 7   Ding Ning 11 11 11 12
  Yui Hamamoto 11 4 11 3 10 6 9   Seo Hyo-won 3 8 7 10
9   Seo Hyo-won 8 11 7 11 12 11 7   Ding Ning 11 11 11 11
12   Miyu Kato 11 8 9 11 10 11 4   Miu Hirano 6 6 2 8
  Yu Mengyu 8 11 11 7 12 13   Yu Mengyu 4 8 2 11 14
  Choi Hyo-joo 10 8 9 6 4   Miu Hirano 11 11 11 9 16
4   Miu Hirano 12 11 11 11

Bottom half edit

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
3   Mima Ito 13 10 11 11 3 11
  Lin Ye 11 12 7 9 11 4 3   Mima Ito 11 11 7 9 11 2 11
  Zeng Jian 9 11 11 11 12   Zeng Jian 9 5 11 11 2 11 7
14   Chen Szu-yu 11 9 6 6 10 3   Mima Ito 7 6 3 11 12 10
16   Jian Fang Lay 4 5 5 6   He Zhuojia 11 11 11 6 10 12
  He Zhuojia 11 11 11 11   He Zhuojia 11 11 11 13
  Li Jiayi 10 8 11 4 11 8 6   Feng Tianwei 7 6 7 11
6   Feng Tianwei 12 11 9 11 9 11   He Zhuojia 11 5 6 11 6 7
5   Cheng I-ching 12 11 7 11 6 8 2   Liu Shiwen 7 11 11 5 11 11
  Suthasini Sawettabut 10 6 11 13 11 11     Suthasini Sawettabut 11 6 7 9 11 4
  Yang Ha-eun 13 11 9 9 11 12   Yang Ha-eun 6 11 11 11 6 11
10   Hina Hayata 11 8 11 11 5 10   Yang Ha-eun 3 7 6 7
11   Gu Yuting 11 11 11 11 2   Liu Shiwen 11 11 11 11
  Satsuki Odo 5 5 6 4 11   Gu Yuting 9 5 7 14 11 3
  Marina Matsuzawa 8 8 9 9 2   Liu Shiwen 11 11 11 12 9 11
2   Liu Shiwen 11 11 11 11

Finals edit

Semifinals Final
1   Kasumi Ishikawa 8 7 7 8
7   Ding Ning 11 11 11 11 7   Ding Ning 5 7 11 11 11 5 6
  He Zhuojia 11 5 6 11 6 7 2   Liu Shiwen 11 11 3 5 6 11 11
2   Liu Shiwen 7 11 11 5 11 11

[2][3][4][5]

Men's doubles edit

Seeds edit

Draw edit

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1   Jung / Lee 11 11 11
  Desai / Shetty 6 5 4 1   Jung / Lee 11 16 11
  Kamal / Gnanasekaran 11 11 7 11   Kamal / Gnanasekaran 7 14 4
8   Gould / Townsend 7 6 11 7 1   Jung / Lee 11 11 6 12
7   Liao / Lin 11 3 9 11 11 7   Liao / Lin 9 6 11 10
  Nuytinck /   Robinot 9 11 11 4 9 7   Liao / Lin 11 11 11 11
  Calderano /   Gauzy 4 5 9 3   Franziska / Walther 13 8 8 9
3   Franziska / Walther 11 11 11 1   Jung / Lee 14 11 11
4   Niwa / Ueda 11 11 11 11 2   Morizono / Oshima 12 5 7
  Källberg /   Pištej 9 9 13 8 4   Niwa / Ueda 15 3 9 6
  Allegro / Lambiet 12 10 9 8 6   Jang / Lim 13 11 11 11
6   Jang / Lim 10 12 11 11 6   Jang / Lim 11 8 9 12 10
5   Chen / Chuang 11 7 11 13 11 2   Morizono / Oshima 6 11 11 10 12
  Dyjas /   Robles 9 11 4 15 7 5   Chen / Chuang 8 10 5
  Anthony / Thakkar 8 3 9 2   Morizono / Oshima 11 12 11
2   Morizono / Oshima 11 11 11

[2][3][5]

Women's doubles edit

Seeds edit

  1.   Hina Hayata / Mima Ito (champions)
  2.   Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Sato (final)
  3.   Jeon Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun (semifinals)
  4.   Manika Batra / Mouma Das (quarterfinals)
  5.   Miu Hirano / Miyu Nagasaki (quarterfinals)
  6.   Cheng Hsien-tzu / Liu Hsing-yin (quarterfinals)
  7.   Barbora Balážová /   Galia Dvorak (first round)
  8.   Jee Min-hyung / Nie Mingxuan (first round)

Draw edit

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1   Hayata / Ito w/o
  Yu / Zhou 1   Hayata / Ito 9 11 11 11
  Choi / Shin 11 8 11 9 9 5   Hirano / Nagasaki 11 7 3 9
5   Hirano / Nagasaki 9 11 4 11 11 1   Hayata / Ito 11 10 8 13 11
7   Balážová /   Dvorak 7 8 8 3   Jeon / Yang 9 12 11 11 8
  Gu / Li 11 11 11   Gu / Li 10 11 3 5
  S. Mukherjee / Sahasrabudhe 7 8 3 3   Jeon / Yang 12 9 11 11
3   Jeon / Yang 11 11 11 1   Hayata / Ito 11 11 11
4   Batra / Das 11 7 11 11 2   Hashimoto / Sato 8 9 7
  Quah / Wu 3 11 5 4 4   Batra / Das 7 6 10
  Lin / Zeng 11 13 11   Lin / Zeng 11 11 12
8   Jee / Nie 6 11 4   Lin / Zeng 6 9 7
6   Cheng / Liu 11 9 11 13 2   Hashimoto / Sato 11 11 11
  A. Mukherjee / Patkar 5 11 6 11 6   Cheng / Liu 5 2 6
  Baah-Danso / Kwabi 2   Hashimoto / Sato 11 11 11
2   Hashimoto / Sato w/o

[2][3][5]

Mixed doubles edit

Seeds edit

  1.   Lee Sang-su / Jeon Ji-hee (champions)
  2.   Maharu Yoshimura / Kasumi Ishikawa (semifinals)
  3.   Chen Chien-an / Cheng I-ching (semifinals)
  4.   Lim Jong-hoon / Yang Ha-eun (final)
  5.   Chuang Chih-yuan / Chen Szu-yu (quarterfinals)
  6.   Gao Ning / Yu Mengyu (quarterfinals)
  7.   Álvaro Robles / Galia Dvorak (first round)
  8.   Kane Townsend / Parleen Kaur (quarterfinals)

Draw edit

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1   Lee / Jeon 11 11 11
  Anthony / Patkar 9 8 9 1   Lee / Jeon 12 10 11 10 11
  Pištej / Balážová 11 11 11   Pištej / Balážová 10 12 7 12 9
7   Robles / Dvorak 7 4 7 1   Lee / Jeon 13 11 11
5   Chuang / Chen w/o 3   Chen / Cheng 11 9 9
  Abrefa / Kwabi 5   Chuang / Chen 10 11 9
  Zhou / Che 9 8 7 3   Chen / Cheng 12 13 11
3   Chen / Cheng 11 11 11 1   Lee / Jeon 6 11 5 11 11
4   Lim / Yang 11 11 11 4   Lim / Yang 11 7 11 8 8
  Shu / Cheng 3 2 3 4   Lim / Yang 11 11 11
  Sam / Baah-Danso 8   Townsend / Kaur 4 3 6
8   Townsend / Kaur w/o 4   Lim / Yang 11 11 11 11
6   Gao / Yu 7 11 13 11 2   Yoshimura / Ishikawa 7 9 13 6
  Gould / Jee 11 8 11 9 6   Gao / Yu 5 9 12 5
  Kamal / Batra 11 9 3 7 2   Yoshimura / Ishikawa 11 11 10 11
2   Yoshimura / Ishikawa 6 11 11 11

[2][3][4]

References edit

  1. ^ "2018 Australian Open / Prospectus" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e "2018 Australian Open / Results / 26 July". ITTF. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e "2018 Australian Open / Results / 27 July". ITTF. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "2018 Australian Open / Results / 28 July". ITTF. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d "2018 Australian Open / Results / 29 July". ITTF. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

External links edit