2018 Qatar Open (table tennis)

2018 Qatar Open
Tournament details
Dates	8–11 March 2018
Edition	22nd
Competitors	32S / 16D
Total prize money	US$235,000
Venue	Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena
Location	Doha, Qatar
Champions
Men's singles	Fan Zhendong
Women's singles	Liu Shiwen
Men's doubles	Fan Zhendong; Xu Xin
Women's doubles	Chen Ke; Wang Manyu

The 2018 Qatar Open was the second event of the 2018 ITTF World Tour. It was the first of six top-tier Platinum events on the tour, and took place from 8–11 March in Doha, Qatar.^[1]^[2]

Men's singles

Seeds

Fan Zhendong (champion)
Timo Boll (second round)
Lin Gaoyuan (semifinals)
Xu Xin (semifinals)
Koki Niwa (first round)
Wong Chun Ting (quarterfinals)
Simon Gauzy (first round)
Tomokazu Harimoto (quarterfinals)
Marcos Freitas (first round)
Chuang Chih-yuan (first round)
Jun Mizutani (second round)
Lee Sang-su (second round)
Hugo Calderano (final)
Omar Assar (first round)
Yuya Oshima (first round)
Li Ping (first round)

Draw

Top half

First round								Second round							Quarterfinals									Semifinals

1	Fan Zhendong	11	5	11	11	13
	Maharu Yoshimura	9	11	3	1	11		1	Fan Zhendong	8	11	11	11	11
	Patrick Franziska	11	7	7	11	11	5	11	Jun Mizutani	11	7	6	7	6
11	Jun Mizutani	5	11	11	7	13	11								1	Fan Zhendong	9	11	12	11	14
16	Li Ping	8	6	9	11	5										Jonathan Groth	11	6	10	3	12
	Jonathan Groth	11	11	11	5	11			Jonathan Groth	11	11	11	12
	Achanta Sharath Kamal	9	11	11	14	11			Achanta Sharath Kamal	7	7	2	10
5	Koki Niwa	11	9	8	12	9																		1	Fan Zhendong	11	7	11	11	11
7	Simon Gauzy	3	8	4	11	9																		4	Xu Xin	6	11	8	9	9
	Mattias Karlsson	11	11	11	8	11			Mattias Karlsson	11	9	5	3	8
	Zhou Yu	11	13	12	8	11			Zhou Yu	7	11	11	11	11
14	Omar Assar	5	11	10	11	6										Zhou Yu	5	12	5	11	11	12	8
12	Lee Sang-su	12	11	5	6	12	11								4	Xu Xin	11	10	11	13	6	10	11
	Bastian Steger	10	9	11	11	10	9	12	Lee Sang-su	8	5	5	3
	Tiago Apolónia	15	2	5	8	4		4	Xu Xin	11	11	11	11
4	Xu Xin	13	11	11	11	11

Bottom half

First round									Second round									Quarterfinals						Semifinals

3	Lin Gaoyuan	14	11	11	11
	Noshad Alamian	12	6	5	7				3	Lin Gaoyuan	w/o
	Fang Bo	11	11	9	13	10	11	11		Fang Bo
10	Chuang Chih-yuan	9	4	11	15	12	7	7										3	Lin Gaoyuan	11	11	11	11
9	Marcos Freitas	8	14	7	11	11	2											6	Wong Chun Ting	7	4	7	7
	Kou Lei	11	16	11	5	8	11			Kou Lei	11	5	9	8	4
	Benedikt Duda	7	12	6	12	11	11	4	6	Wong Chun Ting	6	11	11	11	11
6	Wong Chun Ting	11	10	11	10	13	7	11																3	Lin Gaoyuan	9	8	3	6
8	Tomokazu Harimoto	11	11	11	6	6	11																	13	Hugo Calderano	11	11	11	11
	Mihai Bobocica	5	7	6	11	11	3		8	Tomokazu Harimoto	7	8	11	11	8	11	11
	Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	6	11	2	12	10	11	11		Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	11	11	8	7	11	1	4
15	Yuya Oshima	11	5	11	10	12	4	8										8	Tomokazu Harimoto	5	6	6	7
13	Hugo Calderano	11	11	11	11	11												13	Hugo Calderano	11	11	11	11
	Lim Jong-hoon	1	7	9	13	5			13	Hugo Calderano	11	11	11	7	12
	Lin Yun-ju	14	5	6	3	5			2	Timo Boll	9	9	8	11	10
2	Timo Boll	12	11	11	11	11

Finals

Semifinals							Final

1	Fan Zhendong	11	7	11	11	11
4	Xu Xin	6	11	8	9	9	1	Fan Zhendong	13	12	11	11
3	Lin Gaoyuan	9	8	3	6		13	Hugo Calderano	11	10	7	7
13	Hugo Calderano	11	11	11	11

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Women's singles

Seeds

Chen Meng (semifinals)
Zhu Yuling (first round)
Feng Tianwei (second round)
Kasumi Ishikawa (semifinals)
Wang Manyu (final)
Mima Ito (first round)
Miu Hirano (quarterfinals)
Cheng I-ching (second round)
Doo Hoi Kem (first round)
Chen Szu-yu (first round)
Chen Xingtong (second round)
Lee Ho Ching (second round)
Hina Hayata (second round)
Miyu Kato (second round)
Sakura Mori (first round)
Seo Hyo-won (first round)

Draw

Top half

First round									Second round								Quarterfinals							Semifinals

1	Chen Meng	6	11	11	11	11
	Yang Xiaoxin	11	6	8	5	2			1	Chen Meng	11	9	11	17	11
	Ding Ning	11	11	4	11	11				Ding Ning	8	11	5	15	6
16	Seo Hyo-won	6	5	11	4	4											1	Chen Meng	12	11	18	11
12	Lee Ho Ching	11	11	11	11	11	11											Wang Yidi	10	8	16	6
	Saki Shibata	5	9	4	13	13	3		12	Lee Ho Ching	8	13	9	9
	Wang Yidi	11	4	8	11	11	9	11		Wang Yidi	11	15	11	11
6	Mima Ito	7	11	11	7	4	11	4																1	Chen Meng	8	6	11	8	7
5	Wang Manyu	12	11	11	11																			5	Wang Manyu	11	11	9	11	11
	Che Xiaoxi	10	3	5	6				5	Wang Manyu	11	11	11	12
	Honoka Hashimoto	8	11	3	11	7	11	9	14	Miyu Kato	5	9	8	10
14	Miyu Kato	11	8	11	6	11	6	11									5	Wang Manyu	5	11	11	11	11
9	Doo Hoi Kem	5	7	7	9													Sun Yingsha	11	4	5	5	2
	Sun Yingsha	11	11	11	11					Sun Yingsha	5	11	14	11	11	11
	Yoo Eun-chong	11	14	9	7	5			3	Feng Tianwei	11	6	12	7	13	4
3	Feng Tianwei	8	16	11	11	11

Bottom half

First round								Second round									Quarterfinals								Semifinals

4	Kasumi Ishikawa	11	11	11	11
	Yu Fu	5	8	7	4			4	Kasumi Ishikawa	11	11	3	11	6	11
	Miyu Nagasaki	11	11	12	11	11			Miyu Nagasaki	6	4	11	4	11	8
15	Sakura Mori	13	6	10	9	9											4	Kasumi Ishikawa	9	14	7	11	11	13
13	Hina Hayata	11	11	11	11												7	Miu Hirano	11	12	11	9	9	11
	Zeng Jian	9	6	8	4			13	Hina Hayata	10	11	10	11
	Chen Ke	11	9	8	9			7	Miu Hirano	12	13	12	13
7	Miu Hirano	13	11	11	11																				4	Kasumi Ishikawa	5	11	8	7	4
8	Cheng I-ching	11	11	11	8	11																				Liu Shiwen	11	7	11	11	11
	Bernadette Szőcs	6	9	9	11	5		8	Cheng I-ching	8	12	11	6	11
	Hitomi Sato	11	11	8	11	11			Hitomi Sato	11	14	6	11	13
10	Chen Szu-yu	3	7	11	2	7												Hitomi Sato	12	5	2	5	5
11	Chen Xingtong	8	11	11	13	11												Liu Shiwen	10	11	11	11	11
	Zhang Rui	1	4	7	11	4		11	Chen Xingtong	10	11	11	8	7	11	9
	Liu Shiwen	12	11	11	8	11	11		Liu Shiwen	12	9	6	11	11	7	11
2	Zhu Yuling	14	5	4	11	5	5

Finals

Semifinals							Final

1	Chen Meng	8	6	11	8	7
5	Wang Manyu	11	11	9	11	11	5	Wang Manyu	11	12	9	6	5	6
4	Kasumi Ishikawa	5	11	8	7	4		Liu Shiwen	8	10	11	11	11	11
	Liu Shiwen	11	7	11	11	11

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Men's doubles

Seeds

Ho Kwan Kit / Wong Chun Ting (first round)
Fan Zhendong / Xu Xin (champions)
Patrick Franziska / Jonathan Groth (quarterfinals)
Tomokazu Harimoto / Masataka Morizono (first round)
Kristian Karlsson / Mattias Karlsson (first round)
Ruwen Filus / Ricardo Walther (quarterfinals)
Jung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su (semifinals)
Mohammed Abdulwahhab / Abdulrahman Al-Naggar (first round)

Draw

First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals					Final

1	Ho / Wong	4	6	16	14
	Fang / Lin	11	11	14	16			Fang / Lin	10	12	11	12
	Achanta / Gnanasekaran	11	11	8	8	11		Achanta / Gnanasekaran	12	10	1	10
5	K. Karlsson / M. Karlsson	8	6	8	8	4									Fang / Lin
6	Filus / Walther	11	11	12											Mizutani / Oshima	w/o
	Kou / Nuytinck	9	3	10			6	Filus / Walther	5	11	4	6
	Mizutani / Oshima	11	11	11				Mizutani / Oshima	11	9	11	11
4	Harimoto / Morizono	7	9	7																Mizutani / Oshima	11	5	9	11
3	Franziska / Groth	11	11	11															2	Fan / Xu	9	11	11	13
	Calderano / Gauzy	4	7	9			3	Franziska / Groth	2	8	13	11	9
	Chen / Chuang	7	5	8			7	Jung / Lee	11	11	11	8	11
7	Jung / Lee	11	11	11										7	Jung / Lee	4	8	4
8	Abdulwahhab / Al-Naggar	4	4	7										2	Fan / Xu	11	11	11
	Gardos / Habesohn	11	11	11				Gardos / Habesohn	8	12	12	7	5
	Lam / Ng	8	12	12	7	5	2	Fan / Xu	11	10	10	11	11
2	Fan / Xu	11	10	10	11	11

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Women's doubles

Seeds

Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Sato (semifinals)
Doo Hoi Kem / Lee Ho Ching (semifinals)
Jeon Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun (quarterfinals)
Chen Xingtong / Sun Yingsha (final)
Miu Hirano / Mima Ito (quarterfinals)
Ng Wing Nam / Soo Wai Yam Minnie (first round)
Manika Batra / Mouma Das (quarterfinals)
Chen Ke / Wang Manyu (champions)

Draw

First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final

1	Hashimoto / Sato	11	11	11	7	11
	Choi / Kim	13	3	8	11	8	1	Hashimoto / Sato	5	12	11	5	13
	Feng / Yu	13	14	8	11	11		Feng / Yu	11	10	9	11	11
6	Ng / Soo	15	10	11	4	9								1	Hashimoto / Sato	7	11	5	12	11
8	Chen / Wang	11	11	10	11									8	Chen / Wang	11	9	11	10	13
	Noskova / Polcanova	7	7	12	5		8	Chen / Wang	11	14	8	11	12
	J. Sawettabut / S. Sawettabut	8	11	10	11	10	3	Jeon / Yang	6	16	11	7	10
3	Jeon / Yang	11	7	12	9	12															8	Chen / Wang	8	11	11	11
4	Chen / Sun	6	14	11	11	11															4	Chen / Sun	11	2	4	4
	Samara / Szőcs	11	12	8	13	5	4	Chen / Sun	11	8	6	11	11
	Ekholm / Li	6	12	9	9		5	Hirano / Ito	5	11	11	7	8
5	Hirano / Ito	11	10	11	11									4	Chen / Sun	7	11	11	13
7	Batra / Das	15	11	11										2	Doo / Lee	11	5	5	11
	Khetkhuan / Mynářová	13	9	3			7	Batra / Das	6	3	9
	Balážová / Matelová	11	7	8	8		2	Doo / Lee	11	11	11
2	Doo / Lee	8	11	11	11

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References

^ "2018 ITTF World Tour / Events". ITTF. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
^ "2018 Qatar Open / Prospectus" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
^ "2018 Qatar Open / Men's Singles Draw" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
^ "2018 Qatar Open / Women's Singles Draw" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
^ "2018 Qatar Open / Men's Doubles Draw" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
^ "2018 Qatar Open / Women's Doubles Draw" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.

External links

Tournament page on ITTF website

[1] "2018 ITTF World Tour / Events". ITTF. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

[2] "2018 Qatar Open / Prospectus" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

[3] "2018 Qatar Open / Men's Singles Draw" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.

[4] "2018 Qatar Open / Women's Singles Draw" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.

[5] "2018 Qatar Open / Men's Doubles Draw" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.

[6] "2018 Qatar Open / Women's Doubles Draw" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.

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