2018 China Open (table tennis)

The 2018 China Open was the fifth event of the 2018 ITTF World Tour. It was the third of six top-tier Platinum events on the tour, and took place from 31 May to 3 June in Shenzhen, China.[1]

2018 China Open
Tournament details
Dates31 May–3 June 2018
Competitors32S / 16D
Total prize moneyUS$346,000
VenueBao'an District Sports Center
LocationShenzhen, China
Champions
Men's Singles Ma Long
Women's Singles Wang Manyu
Men's Doubles Fan Zhendong
Lin Gaoyuan
Women's Doubles Ding Ning
Zhu Yuling
Mixed Doubles Lin Gaoyuan
Chen Xingtong

China's Ma Long became the most successful player in the event's history, winning his seventh China Open men's singles title.[2]

Lin Gaoyuan and Chen Xingtong of China became the first ever winners of a mixed doubles tournament at an ITTF World Tour event, with the new category being included as part of the build-up to mixed doubles featuring on the table tennis programme at the 2020 Olympics.[3]

Men's singles

Seeds
  1. Fan Zhendong (Final)
  2. Timo Boll (Second round)
  3. Xu Xin (First round)
  4. Lin Gaoyuan (Semifinals)
  5. Ma Long (Champion)
  6. Wong Chun Ting (Second round)
  7. Lee Sang-su (Quarterfinals)
  8. Koki Niwa (Quarterfinals)
  9. Simon Gauzy (First round)
  10. Jun Mizutani (Quarterfinals)
  11. Hugo Calderano (First round)
  12. Tomokazu Harimoto (Second round)
  13. Kenta Matsudaira (First round)
  14. Marcos Freitas (First round)
  15. Chuang Chih-yuan (Second round)
  16. Omar Assar (First round)

Top half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Fan Zhendong 5 11 11 13 9 11
Jung Young-sik 11 5 2 11 11 8 1 Fan Zhendong 12 11 11 11
Emmanuel Lebesson 9 11 11 11 11 Emmanuel Lebesson 10 5 8 7
16 Omar Assar 11 9 4 8 3 1 Fan Zhendong 11 11 12 9 11
11 Hugo Calderano 9 7 11 12 6 8 Koki Niwa 9 6 10 11 3
Liam Pitchford 11 11 13 10 11 Liam Pitchford 8 11 6 9 13 12 9
Bojan Tokič 7 6 9 11 11 9 8 Koki Niwa 11 8 11 11 11 10 11
8 Koki Niwa 11 11 11 4 6 11 1 Fan Zhendong 13 11 12 9 8 11
6 Wong Chun Ting 7 8 11 11 11 11 4 Lin Gaoyuan 11 6 10 11 11 6
Robert Gardos 11 11 9 6 7 7 6 Wong Chun Ting 8 11 8 13 9 11 9
Patrick Franziska 8 11 4 8 3 10 Jun Mizutani 11 6 11 11 11 9 11
10 Jun Mizutani 11 6 11 11 11 10 Jun Mizutani 11 4 11 7 14 3 8
12 Tomokazu Harimoto 11 11 11 11 4 Lin Gaoyuan 9 11 8 11 12 11 11
Zhang Jike 8 3 8 6 12 Tomokazu Harimoto 2 8 10 11 4
Jeong Sang-eun 3 9 6 6 4 Lin Gaoyuan 11 11 12 7 11
4 Lin Gaoyuan 11 11 11 11

Bottom half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
3 Xu Xin 7 11 6 7 6
Lim Jong-hoon 11 9 11 11 11 Lim Jong-hoon 11 14 11 11 11
Kristian Karlsson 9 11 4 7 3 15 Chuang Chih-yuan 8 12 13 6 7
15 Chuang Chih-yuan 11 9 11 11 11 Lim Jong-hoon 11 11 11 11
14 Marcos Freitas 6 14 3 6 7 7 Lee Sang-su 9 9 5 6
Jang Woo-jin 11 12 11 11 11 Jang Woo-jin 8 7 12 7 6
Yuya Oshima 12 7 11 7 13 7 Lee Sang-su 11 11 10 11 11
7 Lee Sang-su 14 11 9 11 15 Lim Jong-hoon 9 3 4 12 2
5 Ma Long 11 11 11 11 5 Ma Long 11 11 11 10 11
Lin Yun-ju 5 8 9 5 5 Ma Long 9 11 11 11 11
Wang Chuqin 12 6 7 11 11 8 11 Wang Chuqin 11 3 7 9 8
13 Kenta Matsudaira 10 11 11 9 8 11 4 5 Ma Long 11 7 12 11 8 11 11
9 Simon Gauzy 3 2 9 9 Liang Jingkun 13 11 10 9 11 3 6
Liang Jingkun 11 11 11 11 Liang Jingkun 5 11 12 7 4 11 11
Darko Jorgić 7 11 9 5 7 2 Timo Boll 11 9 10 11 11 9 5
2 Timo Boll 11 9 11 11 11

Finals
Semifinals Final
1 Fan Zhendong 13 11 12 9 8 11
4 Lin Gaoyuan 11 6 10 11 11 6 1 Fan Zhendong 11 8 4 3 12
Lim Jong-hoon 9 3 4 12 2 5 Ma Long 7 11 11 11 14
5 Ma Long 11 11 11 10 11

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Women's singles

Seeds
  1. Zhu Yuling (Second round)
  2. Kasumi Ishikawa (Quarterfinals)
  3. Feng Tianwei (Second round)
  4. Wang Manyu (Champion)
  5. Miu Hirano (First round)
  6. Mima Ito (Semifinals)
  7. Cheng I-ching (First round)
  8. Chen Xingtong (Second round)
  9. Ding Ning (Final)
  10. Seo Hyo-won (First round)
  11. Hitomi Sato (Quarterfinals)
  12. Chen Szu-yu (First round)
  13. Sun Yingsha (First round)
  14. Lee Ho Ching (First round)
  15. Doo Hoi Kem (Second round)
  16. Hina Hayata (Second round)

Top half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Zhu Yuling 11 11 6 11 11
Minami Ando 4 6 11 8 7 1 Zhu Yuling 11 9 11 11 9 8 5
Saki Shibata 11 11 11 11 Saki Shibata 5 11 7 8 11 11 11
10 Seo Hyo-won 7 9 8 9   Saki Shibata 17 15 7 12 11
15 Doo Hoi Kem 12 12 12 11 16 Jeon Ji-hee 15 13 11 10 5
Miyu Kato 10 10 14 7 14 15 Doo Hoi Kem 11 8 7 11 8 11
Jeon Ji-hee 14 7 6 11 11 8 17 Jeon Ji-hee 4 11 11 8 11 13
7 Cheng I-ching 12 11 11 9 9 11 15 Saki Shibata 2 7 9 6
5 Miu Hirano 10 11 7 5 14 2 9 Ding Ning 11 11 11 11
Gu Yuting 12 6 11 11 12 11 Gu Yuting 5 9 10 11 11 10
Che Xiaoxi 9 10 16 7 9 9 Ding Ning 11 11 12 8 9 12
9 Ding Ning 11 12 14 11 11 9 Ding Ning 11 11 11 11
11 Hitomi Sato 11 11 14 8 5 14 11 Hitomi Sato 7 3 7 5
Lin Ye 6 7 12 11 11 12 11 Hitomi Sato 11 10 11 15 14
Ji Eun-chae 3 2 7 7 3 Feng Tianwei 8 12 6 13 12
3 Feng Tianwei 11 11 11 11

Bottom half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
4 Wang Manyu 10 11 11 11 11
Honoka Hashimoto 12 1 5 9 4 4 Wang Manyu 11 11 11 11
Yang Ha-eun 11 11 13 9 8 11 Yang Ha-eun 4 8 5 4
14 Lee Ho Ching 8 9 11 11 11 7 4 Wang Manyu 11 11 14 6 11
12 Chen Szu-yu 6 7 3 7 Han Ying 8 6 12 11 4
Han Ying 11 11 11 11 Han Ying 11 11 11 11
Sofia Polcanova 6 9 2 6 8 Chen Xingtong 7 4 5 8
8 Chen Xingtong 11 11 11 11 4 Wang Manyu 11 12 11 10 11
6 Mima Ito 11 11 12 11 6 Mima Ito 8 10 5 12 8
Wu Yang 7 3 10 8 6 Mima Ito 10 14 11 7 13 7 12
Amelie Solja 6 4 8 8 16 Hina Hayata 12 12 4 11 11 11 10
16 Hina Hayata 11 11 11 11 6 Mima Ito 11 8 12 11 3 11
13 Sun Yingsha 11 11 11 6 6 8 5 2 Kasumi Ishikawa 2 11 10 8 11 7
Yui Hamamoto 8 4 5 11 11 11 11 Yui Hamamoto 10 5 6 5
Petrissa Solja 11 8 9 8 11 1 2 Kasumi Ishikawa 12 11 11 11
2 Kasumi Ishikawa 5 11 11 11 9 11

Finals
Semifinals Final
Saki Shibata 2 7 9 6
9 Ding Ning 11 11 11 11 9 Ding Ning 11 11 11 9 8 11 5
4 Wang Manyu 11 12 11 10 11 4 Wang Manyu 13 9 9 11 11 9 11
6 Mima Ito 8 10 5 12 8

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Men's doubles

Seeds
  1. Ho Kwan Kit / Wong Chun Ting (First round)
  2. Jung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su (First round)
  3. Ma Long / Xu Xin (Semifinals)
  4. Patrick Franziska / Jonathan Groth (First round)
  5. Masataka Morizono / Yuya Oshima (Quarterfinals)
  6. Fan Zhendong / Lin Gaoyuan (Champions)
  7. Tomokazu Harimoto / Jin Ueda (First round)
  8. Ruwen Filus / Ricardo Walther (First round)

Draw
First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Ho / Wong 8 9 7
Fegerl / Monteiro 11 11 11 Fegerl / Monteiro
Lam / Ng 11 2 8 11 5 6 Fan / Lin w/o
6 Fan / Lin 4 11 11 9 11 6 Fan / Lin 11 6 3 11 14
5 Morizono / Oshima 11 11 11 Jang / Lim 5 11 11 6 12
Pištej / Pitchford 6 7 3 5 Morizono / Oshima 11 7 11 8 9
Jang / Lim 11 10 9 11 11 Jang / Lim 9 11 8 11 11
4 Franziska / Groth 8 12 11 4 7 6 Fan / Lin 11 11 11
3 Ma / Xu 11 11 11 Ionescu / Robles 9 4 4
Chen / Chuang 9 9 9 3 Ma / Xu 12 11 13
Liao / Lin 12 11 12 Liao / Lin 10 4 11
8 Filus / Walther 10 6 10 3 Ma / Xu 9 9 11 11 10
7 Harimoto / Ueda 11 8 12 5 Ionescu / Robles 11 11 4 4 12
Ionescu / Robles 7 11 14 11   Ionescu / Robles 8 11 12 11
Cassin / Lebesson 11 7 9 11 11 Cassin / Lebesson 11 6 10 7
2 Jung / Lee 7 11 11 3 7

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Women's doubles

Seeds
  1. Hina Hayata / Mima Ito (Semifinals)
  2. Doo Hoi Kem / Lee Ho Ching (First round)
  3. Jeon Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun (Final)
  4. Chen Xingtong / Sun Yingsha (Quarterfinals)
  5. Ding Ning / Zhu Yuling (Champions)
  6. Ng Wing Nam / Soo Wai Yam Minnie (Quarterfinals)
  7. Maria Xiao / Zhang Mo (First round)
  8. Miu Hirano / Kasumi Ishikawa (Semifinals)

Draw
First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Hayata / Ito w/o
Szőcs / Yang 1 Hayata / Ito 7 11 11 11
Han / Li 7 10 11 6 Ng / Soo 11 7 7 8
6 Ng / Soo 11 12 13 1 Hayata / Ito 9 11 11 5 6
5 Ding / Zhu 11 11 11 5 Ding / Zhu 11 8 6 11 11
Dwijayanti / Indriani 4 9 9 5 Ding / Zhu 11 11 11 11
Oktariyani / Sintya 5 7 6 4 Chen / Sun 13 9 9 4
4 Chen / Sun 11 11 11 5 Ding / Zhu 11 11 4 11
3 Jeon / Yang 11 11 11 3 Jeon / Yang 9 5 11 5
Choi / Jung 7 8 4 3 Jeon / Yang 11 11 11
Cheng / Liu 11 7 11 1 11 Cheng / Liu 5 7 4
7 Xiao / Zhang 7 11 8 11 7 3 Jeon / Yang 11 5 8 11 12
8 Hirano / Ishikawa 12 11 11 8 Hirano / Ishikawa 8 11 11 7 10
Zeng / Zhou 10 9 9 8 Hirano / Ishikawa 11 11 7 11
Lin / Yu 11 6 11 9 11 Lin / Yu 2 6 11 7
2 Doo / Lee 8 11 8 11 6

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Mixed doubles

Seeds
  1. Masataka Morizono / Mima Ito (Final)
  2. Wong Chun Ting / Doo Hoi Kem (Quarterfinals)
  3. Chen Chien-an / Cheng I-ching (Quarterfinals)
  4. Lee Sang-su / Jeon Ji-hee (Semifinals)
  5. Ho Kwan Kit / Lee Ho Ching (First round)
  6. Lin Gaoyuan / Chen Xingtong (Champions)
  7. Lim Jong-hoon / Yang Ha-eun (Semifinals)
  8. Patrick Franziska / Petrissa Solja (Quarterfinals)

Draw
First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Morizono / Ito 11 12 11
Filus / Han 6 10 4 1 Morizono / Ito 11 11 11
Robles / Dvorak 8 12 11 12 8 Franziska / Solja 8 8 3
8 Franziska / Solja 11 14 8 14 1 Morizono / Ito 11 12 11
7 Lim / Yang 11 11 14 7 Lim / Yang 7 10 5
Chuang / Chen 4 5 12 7 Lim / Yang 11 11 11
Pištej / Balážová 4 3 12 11 3 Chen / Cheng 5 5 3
3 Chen / Cheng 11 11 10 13 1 Morizono / Ito 11 11 5 8
4 Lee / Jeon 11 11 8 11 6 Lin / Chen 13 7 11 11
Fegerl / Polcanova 7 7 11 8 4 Lee / Jeon 7 11 11 9 12
Zhang / Wang 7 11 9 11 11 Zhang / Wang 11 8 8 11 10
5 Ho / Lee 11 9 11 6 8 4 Lee / Jeon 3 7 11 8
6 Lin / Chen 11 11 11 6 Lin / Chen 11 11 4 11
Nuytinck / Lung 3 3 7 6 Lin / Chen 11 11 11
Ionescu / Szőcs 11 5 11 6 9 2 Wong / Doo 2 8 3
2 Wong / Doo 9 11 9 11 11

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References
  1. "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Platinum, China Open / Prospectus" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  2. "Ma Long best in the world, view endorsed in Shenzhen". ITTF. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  3. "Lin Gaoyuan and Chen Xingtong history makers, win inaugural ITTF World Tour Mixed Doubles title". ITTF. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  4. "2018 China Open / Men's Singles" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  5. "2018 China Open / Women's Singles" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  6. "2018 China Open / Men's Doubles" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  7. "2018 China Open / Women's Doubles" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  8. "2018 China Open / Mixed Doubles" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
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