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 singlesJapan Tomokazu Harimoto
Women's singlesChina Chen Meng
Men's doublesSouth Korea Jang Woo-jin
South Korea Lim Jong-hoon
Women's doublesJapan Hina Hayata
Japan Mima Ito
Mixed doublesHong Kong Wong Chun Ting
Hong Kong 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
Japan Tomokazu Harimoto China Lin Gaoyuan Brazil Hugo Calderano
Japan Jun Mizutani
Women's Singles
China Chen Meng China He Zhuojia China Ding Ning
China Zhu Yuling
Men's Doubles
South Korea Jang Woo-jin
South Korea Lim Jong-hoon		 Hong Kong Ho Kwan Kit
Hong Kong Wong Chun Ting		 South Korea Jung Young-sik
South Korea Lee Sang-su
Japan Masataka Morizono
Japan Yuya Oshima
Women's Doubles
Japan Hina Hayata
Japan Mima Ito		 China Chen Xingtong
China Sun Yingsha		 South Korea Jeon Ji-hee
South Korea Yang Ha-eun
China Chen Ke
China Wang Manyu
Mixed Doubles
Hong Kong Wong Chun Ting
Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem		 South Korea Jang Woo-jin
North Korea Cha Hyo-sim		 South Korea Lim Jong-hoon
South Korea Yang Ha-eun
Japan Masataka Morizono
Japan 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. China Xu Xin (quarterfinals)
  2. China Fan Zhendong (quarterfinals)
  3. China Liang Jingkun (quarterfinals)
  4. Japan Tomokazu Harimoto (champion)
  5. South Korea Jang Woo-jin (quarterfinals)
  6. China Lin Gaoyuan (final)
  7. Brazil Hugo Calderano (semifinals)
  8. Japan Jun Mizutani (semifinals)
  9. Germany Patrick Franziska (first round)
  10. South Korea Lim Jong-hoon (first round)
  11. South Korea Lee Sang-su (first round)
  12. Hong Kong Wong Chun Ting (first round)
  13. China Liu Dingshuo (first round)
  14. Japan Koki Niwa (first round)
  15. Germany Timo Boll (first round)
  16. Japan Yuya Oshima (first round)

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

[5]

Women's singles

Players
  1. China Wang Manyu (quarterfinals)
  2. Japan Kasumi Ishikawa (quarterfinals)
  3. China Liu Shiwen (quarterfinals)
  4. Japan Mima Ito (first round)
  5. China Ding Ning (semifinals)
  6. China Chen Meng (champion)
  7. China Zhu Yuling (semifinals)
  8. South Korea Seo Hyo-won (first round)
  9. Chinese Taipei Cheng I-ching (quarterfinals)
  10. China Chen Xingtong (first round)
  11. Japan Hitomi Sato (first round)
  12. China He Zhuojia (final)
  13. Japan Miu Hirano (first round)
  14. China Sun Yingsha (first round)
  15. Singapore Feng Tianwei (first round)
  16. Japan Saki Shibata (first round)

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

[6]

Men's doubles

Players
  1. South Korea Jung Young-sik / South Korea Lee Sang-su (semifinals)
  2. Japan Masataka Morizono / Japan Yuya Oshima (semifinals)
  3. Hong Kong Ho Kwan Kit / Hong Kong Wong Chun Ting (final)
  4. Chinese Taipei Liao Cheng-ting / Chinese Taipei Lin Yun-ju (quarterfinals)
  5. South Korea Jang Woo-jin / South Korea Lim Jong-hoon (champions)
  6. Chinese Taipei Chen Chien-an / Chinese Taipei Chuang Chih-yuan (quarterfinals)
  7. Hong Kong Lam Siu Hang / Hong Kong Ng Pak Nam (quarterfinals)
  8. Hungary Nándor Ecseki / Hungary Ádám Szudi (quarterfinals)

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

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Women's doubles

Players
  1. Japan Hina Hayata / Japan Mima Ito (champions)
  2. China Chen Xingtong / China Sun Yingsha (final)
  3. South Korea Jeon Ji-hee / South Korea Yang Ha-eun (semifinals)
  4. China Chen Ke / China Wang Manyu (semifinals)
  5. China Liu Gaoyang / China Zhang Rui (quarterfinals)
  6. Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem / Hong Kong Lee Ho Ching (quarterfinals)
  7. Japan Honoka Hashimoto / Japan Hitomi Sato (quarterfinals)
  8. Hong Kong Ng Wing Nam / Hong Kong Soo Wai Yam Minnie (quarterfinals)

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

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Mixed doubles

Players
  1. South Korea Lee Sang-su / South Korea Jeon Ji-hee (quarterfinals)
  2. South Korea Jang Woo-jin / North Korea Cha Hyo-sim (final)
  3. Chinese Taipei Chen Chien-an / Chinese Taipei Cheng I-ching (quarterfinals)
  4. South Korea Lim Jong-hoon / South Korea Yang Ha-eun (semifinals)
  5. Japan Maharu Yoshimura / Japan Kasumi Ishikawa (quarterfinals)
  6. Japan Masataka Morizono / Japan Mima Ito (semifinals)
  7. Hong Kong Wong Chun Ting / Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem (champions)
  8. Slovakia Ľubomír Pištej / Slovakia Barbora Balážová (quarterfinals)

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

See also

References
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  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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2018. 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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