2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals

The 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals was the final competition of the 2018 ITTF World Tour, the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour. It was the 23rd edition of the competition, and was held from 13–16 December in Incheon, South Korea.[1]

2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
Tournament details
Dates13–16 December 2018
Edition23rd
Total prize moneyUS$1,001,000
VenueNamdong Gymnasium
LocationIncheon, South Korea
Champions
Men's Singles Tomokazu Harimoto
Women's Singles Chen Meng
Men's Doubles Jang Woo-jin
Lim Jong-hoon
Women's Doubles Hina Hayata
Mima Ito
Mixed Doubles Wong Chun Ting
Doo Hoi Kem
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The competition featured events in five categories: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles.

Events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Singles
Tomokazu Harimoto Lin Gaoyuan Hugo Calderano
Jun Mizutani
Women's Singles
Chen Meng He Zhuojia Ding Ning
Zhu Yuling
Men's Doubles
Jang Woo-jin
Lim Jong-hoon		 Ho Kwan Kit
Wong Chun Ting		 Jung Young-sik
Lee Sang-su
Masataka Morizono
Yuya Oshima
Women's Doubles
Hina Hayata
Mima Ito		 Chen Xingtong
Sun Yingsha		 Jeon Ji-hee
Yang Ha-eun
Chen Ke
Wang Manyu
Mixed Doubles
Wong Chun Ting
Doo Hoi Kem		 Jang Woo-jin
Cha Hyo-sim		 Lim Jong-hoon
Yang Ha-eun
Masataka Morizono
Mima Ito

Qualification

Players earned points based on their performances in the singles and doubles tournaments at the 12 events of the 2018 ITTF World Tour. The top 16 men's and women's singles players, and the top eight men's, women's and mixed doubles pairs who satisfied the qualification criteria were invited to compete. China's Ma Long qualified for the men's singles event, but withdrew due to injury. His place was taken by Japan's Yuya Oshima.[2][3][4]

Tournament format

The singles and doubles tournaments consisted of knockout draws, with 16 players starting each of the singles events and eight pairs starting each of the doubles events. The seedings for the tournament draws were based on final tour standings, not the official ITTF world ranking.[1]

Men's singles

Players
  1. Xu Xin (Quarterfinals)
  2. Fan Zhendong (Quarterfinals)
  3. Liang Jingkun (Quarterfinals)
  4. Tomokazu Harimoto (Champion)
  5. Jang Woo-jin (Quarterfinals)
  6. Lin Gaoyuan (Final)
  7. Hugo Calderano (Semifinals)
  8. Jun Mizutani (Semifinals)
  9. Patrick Franziska (First round)
  10. Lim Jong-hoon (First round)
  11. Lee Sang-su (First round)
  12. Wong Chun Ting (First round)
  13. Liu Dingshuo (First round)
  14. Koki Niwa (First round)
  15. Timo Boll (First round)
  16. Yuya Oshima (First round)

Draw
First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Xu Xin 11 9 11 11 11
12 Wong Chun Ting 6 11 3 8 7 1 Xu Xin 3 11 11 13 2 9
11 Lee Sang-su 7 11 8 9 11 14 6 Lin Gaoyuan 11 9 13 11 11 11
6 Lin Gaoyuan 11 9 11 11 7 16 6 Lin Gaoyuan 11 11 11 12
8 Jun Mizutani 11 11 11 8 Jun Mizutani 5 9 6 10
13 Liu Dingshuo 9 5 4 w/o 8 Jun Mizutani 7 11 8 11 11 11
15 Timo Boll 6 4 7 11 3 Liang Jingkun 11 9 11 3 6 9
3 Liang Jingkun 11 11 11 13 6 Lin Gaoyuan 4 15 9 9 9
4 Tomokazu Harimoto 11 10 11 11 11 4 Tomokazu Harimoto 11 13 11 11 11
9 Patrick Franziska 7 12 8 7 7 4 Tomokazu Harimoto 12 11 11 9 11
10 Lim Jong-hoon 5 3 6 5 5 Jang Woo-jin 10 8 7 11 9
5 Jang Woo-jin 11 11 11 11 4 Tomokazu Harimoto 11 11 11 11
7 Hugo Calderano 11 4 11 8 9 11 11 7 Hugo Calderano 7 8 8 5
16 Yuya Oshima 5 11 8 11 11 4 7 7 Hugo Calderano 11 12 4 11 9 11
14 Koki Niwa 6 8 5 10 2 Fan Zhendong 6 10 11 5 11 9
2 Fan Zhendong 11 11 11 12

[5]

Women's singles

Players
  1. Wang Manyu (Quarterfinals)
  2. Kasumi Ishikawa (Quarterfinals)
  3. Liu Shiwen (Quarterfinals)
  4. Mima Ito (First round)
  5. Ding Ning (Semifinals)
  6. Chen Meng (Champion)
  7. Zhu Yuling (Semifinals)
  8. Seo Hyo-won (First round)
  9. Cheng I-ching (Quarterfinals)
  10. Chen Xingtong (First round)
  11. Hitomi Sato (First round)
  12. He Zhuojia (Final)
  13. Miu Hirano (First round)
  14. Sun Yingsha (First round)
  15. Feng Tianwei (First round)
  16. Saki Shibata (First round)

Draw
First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Wang Manyu 11 10 11 11 11
15 Feng Tianwei 3 12 6 6 5 1 Wang Manyu 14 7 12 8 14
10 Chen Xingtong 7 11 7 6 11 11 5 6 Chen Meng 16 11 10 11 16
6 Chen Meng 11 9 11 11 8 9 11 6 Chen Meng 9 11 11 5 13 11
7 Zhu Yuling 11 11 7 11 11 7 Zhu Yuling 11 6 5 11 11 3
11 Hitomi Sato 5 8 11 1 4 7 Zhu Yuling 11 11 11 11
14 Sun Yingsha 11 6 6 6 9 3 Liu Shiwen 1 6 9 6
3 Liu Shiwen 8 11 11 11 11 6 Chen Meng 9 11 11 12 11
4 Mima Ito 9 11 7 11 11 8 7 12 He Zhuojia 11 5 8 10 7
9 Cheng I-ching 11 3 11 6 8 11 11 9 Cheng I-ching 6 7 9 1
16 Saki Shibata 3 6 11 7 5 5 Ding Ning 11 11 11 11
5 Ding Ning 11 11 7 11 11 5 Ding Ning 14 11 17 4 6 5
8 Seo Hyo-won 5 5 8 4 12 He Zhuojia 12 9 19 11 11 11
12 He Zhuojia 11 11 11 11 12 He Zhuojia 11 11 11 14 9 7 11
13 Miu Hirano 6 3 11 8 7 2 Kasumi Ishikawa 4 9 13 12 11 11 9
2 Kasumi Ishikawa 11 11 9 11 11

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Men's doubles

Players
  1. Jung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su (Semifinals)
  2. Masataka Morizono / Yuya Oshima (Semifinals)
  3. Ho Kwan Kit / Wong Chun Ting (Final)
  4. Liao Cheng-ting / Lin Yun-ju (Quarterfinals)
  5. Jang Woo-jin / Lim Jong-hoon (Champions)
  6. Chen Chien-an / Chuang Chih-yuan (Quarterfinals)
  7. Lam Siu Hang / Ng Pak Nam (Quarterfinals)
  8. Nándor Ecseki / Ádám Szudi (Quarterfinals)

Draw
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Jung Young-sik
Lee Sang-su 		11 11 11
7 Lam Siu Hang
Ng Pak Nam 		7 7 3 1 Jung Young-sik
Lee Sang-su 		9 11 13 9
5 Jang Woo-jin
Lim Jong-hoon 		11 11 11 5 Jang Woo-jin
Lim Jong-hoon 		11 8 15 11
4 Liao Cheng-ting
Lin Yun-ju 		9 1 9 5 Jang Woo-jin
Lim Jong-hoon 		10 13 11 10 11
3 Ho Kwan Kit
Wong Chun Ting 		11 11 8 11 3 Ho Kwan Kit
Wong Chun Ting 		12 11 8 12 8
6 Chen Chien-an
Chuang Chih-yuan 		2 2 11 9 3 Ho Kwan Kit
Wong Chun Ting 		11 11 5 11
8 Nándor Ecseki
Ádám Szudi 		5 8 5 2 Masataka Morizono
Yuya Oshima 		9 3 11 4
2 Masataka Morizono
Yuya Oshima 		11 11 11

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Women's doubles

Players
  1. Hina Hayata / Mima Ito (Champions)
  2. Chen Xingtong / Sun Yingsha (Final)
  3. Jeon Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun (Semifinals)
  4. Chen Ke / Wang Manyu (Semifinals)
  5. Liu Gaoyang / Zhang Rui (Quarterfinals)
  6. Doo Hoi Kem / Lee Ho Ching (Quarterfinals)
  7. Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Sato (Quarterfinals)
  8. Ng Wing Nam / Soo Wai Yam Minnie (Quarterfinals)

Draw
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Hina Hayata
Mima Ito 		11 11 11
5 Liu Gaoyang
Zhang Rui 		6 9 9 1 Hina Hayata
Mima Ito 		12 3 9 12 11
6 Doo Hoi Kem
Lee Ho Ching 		11 9 4 9 3 Jeon Ji-hee
Yang Ha-eun 		10 11 11 10 6
3 Jeon Ji-hee
Yang Ha-eun 		7 11 11 11 1 Hina Hayata
Mima Ito 		11 13 12
4 Chen Ke
Wang Manyu 		11 14 11 2 Chen Xingtong
Sun Yingsha 		9 11 10
7 Honoka Hashimoto
Hitomi Sato 		7 12 9 4 Chen Ke
Wang Manyu 		2 11 11 11 8
8 Ng Wing Nam
Soo Wai Yam Minnie 		6 4 6 2 Chen Xingtong
Sun Yingsha 		11 5 13 7 11
2 Chen Xingtong
Sun Yingsha 		11 11 11

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Mixed doubles

Players
  1. Lee Sang-su / Jeon Ji-hee (Quarterfinals)
  2. Jang Woo-jin / Cha Hyo-sim (Final)
  3. Chen Chien-an / Cheng I-ching (Quarterfinals)
  4. Lim Jong-hoon / Yang Ha-eun (Semifinals)
  5. Maharu Yoshimura / Kasumi Ishikawa (Quarterfinals)
  6. Masataka Morizono / Mima Ito (Semifinals)
  7. Wong Chun Ting / Doo Hoi Kem (Champions)
  8. Ľubomír Pištej / Barbora Balážová (Quarterfinals)

Draw
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Lee Sang-su
Jeon Ji-hee 		11 7 9 10
6 Masataka Morizono
Mima Ito 		9 11 11 12 6 Masataka Morizono
Mima Ito 		9 16 12 1 2
7 Wong Chun Ting
Doo Hoi Kem 		11 10 11 8 11 7 Wong Chun Ting
Doo Hoi Kem 		11 14 10 11 11
3 Chen Chien-an
Cheng I-ching 		6 12 2 11 9 7 Wong Chun Ting
Doo Hoi Kem 		11 11 11
4 Lim Jong-hoon
Yang Ha-eun 		11 11 12 2 Jang Woo-jin
Cha Hyo-sim 		6 8 4
8 Ľubomír Pištej
Barbora Balážová 		6 7 10 4 Lim Jong-hoon
Yang Ha-eun 		12 4 8 11 8
5 Maharu Yoshimura
Kasumi Ishikawa 		10 11 5 11 5 2 Jang Woo-jin
Cha Hyo-sim 		10 11 11 5 11
2 Jang Woo-jin
Cha Hyo-sim 		12 8 11 9 11

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ITTF Star Awards

The 2018 ITTF Star Awards ceremony was held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Incheon on 12 December.[10]

Awards were handed out in seven categories:

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See also

References
  1. "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  2. "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals / Qualification Criteria" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  3. "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals / Players' List" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  4. "Ma Long withdraws from World Tour Grand Finals". ITTF. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  5. "2018 Grand Finals / Men's singles" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  6. "2018 Grand Finals / Women's singles" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  7. "2018 Grand Finals / Men's doubles" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  8. "2018 Grand Finals / Women's doubles" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  9. "2018 Grand Finals / Mixed doubles" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  10. "The Stars come out in Korea!". ITTF. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
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