2018 Bulgaria Open (table tennis)

The 2018 Bulgaria Open was the ninth event of the 2018 ITTF World Tour. The event was organised by the Bulgarian Table Tennis Federation, under the authority of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). It took place from 16–19 August in Panagyurishte, Bulgaria.[1]

2018 Bulgaria Open
Tournament details
Dates16–19 August 2018
Competitors32S / 16D
Total prize moneyUS$160,000
VenueArena Asarel
LocationPanagyurishte, Bulgaria
Champions
Men's Singles Xu Xin
Women's Singles Ding Ning
Men's Doubles Ma Long
Xu Xin
Women's Doubles Kasumi Ishikawa
Mima Ito

Men's singles

Seeds
  1. Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Second round)
  2. Xu Xin (Champion)
  3. Ma Long (First round)
  4. Tomokazu Harimoto (Semifinals)
  5. Koki Niwa (Quarterfinals)
  6. Chuang Chih-yuan (Second round)
  7. Kenta Matsudaira (Final)
  8. Jonathan Groth (First round)
  9. Mattias Karlsson (Second round)
  10. Vladimir Samsonov (Quarterfinals)
  11. Jin Ueda (First round)
  12. Maharu Yoshimura (First round)
  13. Emmanuel Lebesson (Second round)
  14. Kirill Gerassimenko (Second round)
  15. Liao Cheng-ting (First round)
  16. Stanislav Golovanov (First round)

Top half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Dimitrij Ovtcharov 11 8 11 11 11
Paul Drinkhall 9 11 6 7 8 1 Dimitrij Ovtcharov 9 11 7 3 11 6
Zheng Peifeng 11 11 11 11 Zheng Peifeng 11 8 11 11 9 11
15 Liao Cheng-ting 9 7 8 3 Zheng Peifeng 6 11 11 9 12 11 3
14 Kirill Gerassimenko 11 11 12 7 13 6 11 7 Kenta Matsudaira 11 7 13 11 10 7 11
Kirill Skachkov 5 9 14 11 11 11 7 14 Kirill Gerassimenko 15 11 8 9 6 10
Bojan Tokič 4 7 4 8 7 Kenta Matsudaira 13 8 11 11 11 12
7 Kenta Matsudaira 11 11 11 11 7 Kenta Matsudaira 11 11 9 6 11 11
6 Chuang Chih-yuan 5 5 11 11 8 11 11 4 Tomokazu Harimoto 5 6 11 11 7 6
Darko Jorgić 11 11 7 7 11 6 4 6 Chuang Chih-yuan 9 11 9 13 7
Lin Yun-ju 4 11 7 11 9 11 7 10 Vladimir Samsonov 11 9 11 15 11
10 Vladimir Samsonov 11 7 11 8 11 8 11 10 Vladimir Samsonov 4 8 11 11 6 5
13 Emmanuel Lebesson 11 10 11 12 11 4 Tomokazu Harimoto 11 11 9 3 11 11
Aliaksandr Khanin 7 12 5 10 2 13 Emmanuel Lebesson 4 5 7 14 5
Baek Ho-gyun 9 6 7 7 4 Tomokazu Harimoto 11 11 11 12 11
4 Tomokazu Harimoto 11 11 11 11

Bottom half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
3 Ma Long 11 11 12 11 11 11 6
Liam Pitchford 7 9 14 13 7 13 11   Liam Pitchford 7 7 7 11 7
Ma Te 11 11 11 7 9 11 Ma Te 11 11 11 8 11
12 Maharu Yoshimura 9 3 8 11 11 7   Ma Te 11 11 11 11
11 Jin Ueda 11 6 9 10 11 4 Daniel Habesohn 9 3 8 4
Masataka Morizono 9 11 11 12 7 11   Masataka Morizono 14 6 5 11 7 6
Daniel Habesohn 9 11 13 11 11 5 11 Daniel Habesohn 12 11 11 7 11 11
8 Jonathan Groth 11 8 11 13 8 11 8 Ma Te 9 8 2 8
5 Koki Niwa 8 11 11 11 11 2 Xu Xin 11 11 11 11
Qiu Dang 11 5 4 8 7 5 Koki Niwa 6 11 12 11 7 11
Ovidiu Ionescu 4 10 6 11 3 9 Mattias Karlsson 11 3 10 9 11 9
9 Mattias Karlsson 11 12 11 8 11 5 Koki Niwa 1 6 9 7
16 Stanislav Golovanov 6 4 10 6 2 Xu Xin 11 11 11 11
Yuya Oshima 11 11 12 11 Yuya Oshima 4 11 7 11 11 8 8
Wang Yang 3 4 1 11 4 2 Xu Xin 11 9 11 8 6 11 11
2 Xu Xin 11 11 11 8 11

Finals
Semifinals Final
7 Kenta Matsudaira 11 11 9 6 11 11
4 Tomokazu Harimoto 5 6 11 11 7 6 7 Kenta Matsudaira 10 12 8 6 4
Ma Te 9 8 2 8 2 Xu Xin 12 10 11 11 11
2 Xu Xin 11 11 11 11

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

Women's singles

Seeds
  1. Kasumi Ishikawa (Quarterfinals)
  2. Mima Ito (First round)
  3. Miu Hirano (Quarterfinals)
  4. Hitomi Sato (Semifinals)
  5. Hina Hayata (First round)
  6. Ding Ning (Champion)
  7. Miyu Kato (First round)
  8. Saki Shibata (Second round)
  9. Elizabeta Samara (First round)
  10. Honoka Hashimoto (Second round)
  11. Matilda Ekholm (First round)
  12. Bernadette Szőcs (Second round)
  13. Georgina Póta (Quarterfinals)
  14. Han Ying (Second round)
  15. Adriana Díaz (Second round)
  16. Maria Yovkova (First round)

Top half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Kasumi Ishikawa 11 11 11 11
Britt Eerland 8 4 4 6 1 Kasumi Ishikawa 8 11 11 11 11
Maki Shiomi 11 7 13 11 6 8 12 Bernadette Szőcs 11 7 8 9 1
12 Bernadette Szőcs 9 11 15 4 11 11 1 Kasumi Ishikawa 11 10 11 4 8 7
9 Elizabeta Samara 11 3 10 10 9 6 Ding Ning 8 12 7 11 11 11
Wen Jia 8 11 12 12 11 Wen Jia 6 8 8 12
Zhang Rui 6 4 13 6 6 Ding Ning 11 11 11 14
6 Ding Ning 11 11 15 11 6 Ding Ning 11 11 10 12 11
7 Miyu Kato 11 10 11 5 11 7 9 Liu Gaoyang 3 4 12 10 4
Liu Gaoyang 4 12 9 11 5 11 11   Liu Gaoyang 11 11 11 14 5 11
Li Xiang 11 11 11 11 Li Xiang 4 2 3 16 11 9
16 Maria Yovkova 3 2 2 3 Liu Gaoyang 11 11 2 11 11
11 Matilda Ekholm 8 7 11 11 8 10 3 Miu Hirano 8 9 11 7 4
Nina Mittelham 11 11 6 8 11 12 Nina Mittelham 2 2 4 4
Polina Mikhailova 7 4 9 7 3 Miu Hirano 11 11 11 11
3 Miu Hirano 11 11 11 11

Bottom half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
4 Hitomi Sato 6 12 11 10 11 11
Park Joo-hyun 11 10 8 12 5 8 4 Hitomi Sato 11 11 11 11
Natalia Partyka 9 7 7 5 10 Honoka Hashimoto 4 7 4 7
10 Honoka Hashimoto 11 11 11 11 4 Hitomi Sato 11 11 11 11
13 Georgina Póta 11 11 11 2 8 4 11 13 Georgina Póta 9 5 5 7
Kim Ha-yeong 7 8 8 11 11 11 9 13 Georgina Póta 11 2 11 9 11 12
Sarah De Nutte 6 5 5 7 8 Saki Shibata 9 11 8 11 9 10
8 Saki Shibata 11 11 11 11 4 Hitomi Sato 11 11 7 4 10 6
5 Hina Hayata 6 7 11 4 3 Wang Yidi 7 9 11 11 12 11
Liu Xi 11 11 9 11 11 Liu Xi 11 11 11 9 12
Lin Chia-hsuan 7 3 4 11 9 14 Han Ying 9 7 8 11 10
14 Han Ying 11 11 11 8 11   Liu Xi 9 5 11 11 8 11 6
15 Adriana Díaz 8 16 11 11 11 Wang Yidi 11 11 7 9 11 9 11
Irina Ciobanu 11 14 6 4 7 15 Adriana Díaz 7 5 7 11 3
Wang Yidi 11 7 11 13 11 11 Wang Yidi 11 11 11 6 11
2 Mima Ito 2 11 3 15 6 3

Finals
Semifinals Final
6 Ding Ning 11 11 10 12 11
Liu Gaoyang 3 4 12 10 4 6 Ding Ning 11 10 8 11 11 4 11
4 Hitomi Sato 11 11 7 4 10 6 Wang Yidi 7 12 11 8 6 11 2
Wang Yidi 7 9 11 11 12 11

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

Men's doubles

Seeds
  1. Masataka Morizono / Yuya Oshima (Final)
  2. Ma Long / Xu Xin (Champions)
  3. Koki Niwa / Jin Ueda (Quarterfinals)
  4. Nándor Ecseki / Ádám Szudi (Quarterfinals)
  5. Liao Cheng-ting / Lin Yun-ju (Semifinals)
  6. Mattias Karlsson / Pär Gerell (First round)
  7. Marek Badowski / Patryk Zatowka (First round)
  8. Teodor Alexandrov / Denislav Kodjabashev (First round)

Draw
First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Morizono / Oshima 10 11 11 7 11
Devos / Oláh 12 4 8 11 6 1 Morizono / Oshima 11 13 9 5 11
Zheng / Zhu 11 8 11 11 Zheng / Zhu 6 11 11 11 7
7 Badowski / Zatowka 7 11 2 7 1 Morizono / Oshima 11 12 8 10 13
6 Karlsson / Gerell 7 7 3 Drinkhall / Pitchford 5 10 11 12 11
Drinkhall / Pitchford 11 11 11 Drinkhall / Pitchford 11 5 11 11
Nuytinck / Robinot 11 9 11 6 7 3 Niwa / Ueda 3 11 8 6
3 Niwa / Ueda 8 11 6 11 11 1 Morizono / Oshima 11 4 8 6
4 Ecseki / Szudi 11 11 11 2 Ma / Xu 9 11 11 11
Gündüz / Yiğenler 2 5 8 4 Ecseki / Szudi 11 9 9 12
Cnudde / Darcis 6 8 4 5 Liao / Lin 7 11 11 14
5 Liao / Lin 11 11 11 5 Liao / Lin 11 5 2 4
8 Alexandrov / Kodjabashev 8 11 8 7 2 Ma / Xu 9 11 11 11
Jančařík / Reitspies 11 8 11 11 Jančařík / Reitspies 8 2 9
Baek / Kim 11 5 5 2 Ma / Xu 11 11 11
2 Ma / Xu 13 11 11

[2][3][5]

Women's doubles

Seeds
  1. Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Sato (Semifinals)
  2. Hina Hayata / Miu Hirano (Semifinals)
  3. Kasumi Ishikawa / Mima Ito (Champions)
  4. Matilda Ekholm / Georgina Póta (First round)
  5. Barbora Balážová / Hana Matelová (First round)
  6. Katarzyna Grzybowska / Natalia Partyka (Quarterfinals)
  7. Chen Ke / Wang Yidi (Quarterfinals)
  8. Kalina Hristova / Ivet Ilieva (Quarterfinals)

Draw
First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Hashimoto / Sato 11 11 11
Lee / Park 7 8 4 1 Hashimoto / Sato 9 11 11 9 11
Shcherbatykh / Tailakova 6 Grzybowska / Partyka 11 9 7 11 8
6 Grzybowska / Partyka w/o 1 Hashimoto / Sato 9 7 7
5 Balážová / Matelová 11 6 11 6 6 Liu / Zhang 11 11 11
Liu / Zhang 6 11 8 11 11   Liu / Zhang 11 11 11 12
Mittelham / Winter 13 11 7 11 Mittelham / Winter 6 13 6 10
4 Ekholm / Póta 11 7 11 9 Liu / Zhang 12 7 7 6
3 Ishikawa / Ito 11 9 11 11 3 Ishikawa / Ito 10 11 11 11
Samara / Szőcs 7 11 5 8 3 Ishikawa / Ito 11 9 11 6 11
Čechová / Eerland 3 4 5 7 Chen / Wang 9 11 2 11 6
7 Chen / Wang 11 11 11 3 Ishikawa / Ito 7 11 7 11 11
8 Hristova / Ilieva 3 11 11 11 2 Hayata / Hirano 11 6 11 5 3
Lin / Lung 11 7 6 6 8 Hristova / Ilieva 6 1 10
Bajor / Sikorska 2 Hayata / Hirano 11 11 12
2 Hayata / Hirano w/o

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References
  1. "2018 ITTF World Tour Bulgaria Open / Prospectus" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  2. "2018 Bulgaria Open / Results 16 August". ITTF. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  3. "2018 Bulgaria Open / Results 17 August". ITTF. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  4. "2018 Bulgaria Open / Results 18 August". ITTF. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  5. "2018 Bulgaria Open / Results 19 August". ITTF. Retrieved 26 August 2018.

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