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1 Seamaster 2018 World Tour Platinum Australian Open CITY: Geelong, Australia SITE: Geelong Arena, 110 Victoria Street, North Geelong VIC 3215 Australia DATE: July 2018 PLAYERS: 90 men 70 women 160 total COUNTRIES: 25 TABLES: 12 TABLE BRAND: Double Fish Volant King BALL BRAND: DHS 40+ FLOOR BRAND: Stag MEDIA CONTACT: ITTF Promotions Manager Caifeng Yang : caifeng@ittf.com Introduction Welcome to the Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Platinum Australia Open. The Australian Open is a Platinum Series event on the ITTF World Tour, which is the former of the two tiers (Platinum & Regular). The Australia Open is the fifth out of six Platinum Series, as the players fight for points to qualify for the season ending Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Final later in the year. There are five titles on offer: Men s Singles, Women s Singles, Men s Doubles, Women s Doubles, Mixed Doubles. This media kit is designed to provide an update on the Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Platinum Australian Open. Enclosed are statistics and notes that will be of assistance during the tournament. Players biographies as well as statistical, historical and personal data can be found on ITTF.com. Please make player interview requests through a member of the ITTF and OC media staff located in the press room Key Dates/Times 24 July 2018, Geelong Arena Qualification Day 1 25 July 2018, Geelong Arena Qualification Day 2 26 July 2018, Geelong Arena Day 1 27 July 2018, Geelong Arena Day 2 28 July 2018, Geelong Arena Day 3 29 July 2018, Geelong Arena Day 4 Qualification schedule: Main Draw schedule: #ITTFWorldTour Page 1 of 10

2 Playing System Men s Singles: Main draw round of seeded players + 16 players coming from the qualifications 66 players competing for 16 qualification, playing in preliminary round format Women s Singles: Main draw round of seeded players + 16 players coming from the qualifications 48 players competing for 16 qualification slots, playing in preliminary round format Men s Doubles: Main draw round of 16 8 seeded pairs + 8 non seeded pairs 14 pairs compete for 8 qualification slots, playing in knockout format Women s Doubles: Main draw round of 16 8 seeded pairs + 8 pairs from the qualification tournament Mixed Doubles: Main draw round of 16 8 seeded pairs + 8 pairs from the qualification tournament 12 pairs compete for 8 qualification slots, playing in knockout format #ITTFWorldTour Page 2 of 10

3 Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Events and Winners There has been 7 World Tour so far, 4 Platinum (Korea, China, Qatar, German), 3 Regular series (Hong Kong, Hungary, Japan). Type Location Men's Singles Women's Singles Platinum Korea JANG Woojin KOR ZHU Yuling CHN Regular Japan TOMOKAZU Harimoto JPN ITO Mima JPN Platinum China MA Long CHN WANG Manyu CHN Regular Hong Kong YOSHIMURA Kazuhiro JPN WANG Manyu CHN Platinum Germany MA Long CHN ISHIKAWA Kasumi JPN Platinum Qatar FAN Zhendong CHN LIU Shiwen CHN Regular Hungary FAN Zhendong CHN WANG Manyu CHN Type Location Men's Doubles Women's Doubles Platinum Korea JANG Woojin KOR LIM Jonghoon KOR CHEN Meng CHN DING Ning CHN Regular Japan JEOUNG Youngsik KOR LEE Sangsu KOR GU Yuting CHN MU Zi CHN Platinum China FAN Zhendong CHN LIN Gaoyuan CHN DING Ning CHN ZHU Yuling CHN Regular Hong Kong WONG Chun Ting HKG HO Kwan Kit HKG CHEN Xingtong CHN SUN Yingsha CHN Platinum Germany MA Long CHN XU Xin CHN HAYATA Hina JPN ITO Mima JPN Platinum Qatar FAN Zhendong CHN XU Xin CHN CHEN Ke CHN WANG Manyu CHN Regular Hungary FAN Zhendong CHN YU Ziyang CHN CHEN Xingtong CHN SUN Yingsha CHN Type Location Mixed Doubles Platinum Korea JANG Woojin KOR CHA Hyo Sim PRK Regular Japan LIANG Jingkun CHN CHEN Xingtong CHN Platinum China LIN Gaoyuan CHN CHEN Xingtong CHN #ITTFWorldTour Page 3 of 10

4 Race to Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals The players are all battling it out for points to secure their qualification to the Seamaster 2018 World Tour Grand Finals, Dec How does it work? Men s & Women s Singles Places available: 15 players with the most points from the Seamaster 2018 World Tour events, plus one host country player that meets the below criteria. If the player from the host association is already amongst the 15 invited players or does not meet the participation criteria, the 16th player in order will be invited. Criteria: Have to play in a minimum of 5 events Men s & Women s Doubles Places available: 7 doubles pairing with the most points, plus one host country player that meets the below criteria. If the pair from the host association is already amongst the 7 invited players or does not meet the participation criteria, the 8th pair in order will be invited. Criteria: Have to play in a minimum of 4 events as a pair #ITTFWorldTour Page 4 of 10

5 Current Race to World Tour Grand Final Standings (after KOR Open): Men s Singles Rank Points Events Player Country FAN Zhendong CHN MA Long CHN LIN Gaoyuan CHN XU Xin CHN JANG Woojin KOR CALDERANO Hugo BRA HARIMOTO Tomokazu JPN LIANG Jingkun CHN MIZUTANI Jun JPN WONG Chun Ting HKG LIM Jonghoon KOR LEE Sangsu KOR FRANZISKA Patrick GER YOSHIMURA Kazuhiro JPN BOLL Timo GER CHUANG Chih-Yuan TPE Women s Singles Rank Points Events Player Country WANG Manyu CHN ISHIKAWA Kasumi JPN LIU Shiwen CHN ITO Mima JPN ZHU Yuling CHN CHEN Meng CHN SUH Hyowon KOR CHEN Xingtong CHN SUN Yingsha CHN CHENG I-Ching TPE DING Ning CHN FENG Tianwei SGP SHIBATA Saki JPN SATO Hitomi JPN JEON Jihee KOR HIRANO Miu JPN The ITTF Race to Seamaster 2018 World Tour Grand Finals standing can be found here: #ITTFWorldTour Page 5 of 10

6 Australia Open Seeded Players & 2018 Stats Men s Singles Players name Date of Birth Age Hand Grip Pl. Style Seed JUL 2018 WR 2018 WT Stats % WON Played Won OVTCHAROV Dimitrij GER 02/09/ R Shakehand Attack % 3 1 XU Xin CHN 08/01/ L Penhold Attack % 12 8 LEE Sangsu KOR 31/08/ R Shakehand Attack % NIWA Koki JPN 10/10/ L Shakehand Attack % 8 3 HARIMOTO Tomokazu JPN 27/06/ R Shakehand Attack % 13 9 CALDERANO Hugo BRA 22/06/ R Shakehand Attack % 14 9 GAUZY Simon FRA 25/10/ R Shakehand Attack % 8 3 MIZUTANI Jun JPN 09/06/ R Shakehand Attack % 11 7 MATSUDAIRA Kenta JPN 11/04/ R Shakehand Attack % 6 2 CHUANG Chih-Yuan TPE 02/04/ R Shakehand Attack % 13 6 ARUNA Quadri HGR 09/08/ R Shakehand Attack % 12 7 LIM Jonghoon KOR 21/01/ L Shakehand Attack % UEDA Jin JPN 10/12/ R Shakehand Attack % 13 7 FRANZISKA Patrick GER 11/06/ R Shakehand Attack % YOSHIDA Masaki JPN 30/09/ R Shakehand Attack % 14 8 POWELL David AUS 08/04/ R Shakehand Attack % 0 0 *Seeding based on JUNE WR List List of players (Men): Link to WT stats: Link to WR (Men): #ITTFWorldTour Page 6 of 10

7 Women s Singles Players name Date of Birth Age Hand Grip Pl. Style Seed JUL 2018 WR 2018 WT Stats % WON Played Won ISHIKAWA Kasumi JPN 23/02/ L Shakehand Attack % LIU Shiwen CHN 12/04/ R Shakehand Attack % ITO Mima JPN 21/10/ R Shakehand Attack % HIRANO Miu JPN 14/04/ R Shakehand Attack % 12 6 CHENG I-Ching TPE 15/02/ R Shakehand Attack % 13 8 FENG Tianwei SGP 31/08/ R Shakehand Attack % 12 6 DING Ning CHN 20/06/ L Shakehand Attack % 11 8 SATO Hitomi JPN 23/12/ R Shakehand Defend % 15 9 SUH Hyowon KOR 10/05/ R Shakehand Defend % 15 9 HAYATA Hina JPN 07/07/ L Shakehand Attack % 10 3 GU Yuting CHN 14/01/ L Shakehand Attack % 13 9 KATO Miyu JPN 14/04/ R Shakehand Attack % 14 8 SHIBATA Saki JPN 25/08/ R Shakehand Attack % CHEN Szu-Yu TPE 01/08/ R Shakehand Attack % 13 6 JEON Jihee KOR 28/10/ L Shakehand Attack % LAY Jian Fang AUS 06/03/ R Penhold Attack *Seeding based on JUNE WR List List of players (Women): Link to WT stats: Link to WR (Women): #ITTFWorldTour Page 7 of 10

8 Prize Money Men s Singles and Women s singles: Winner: US$ 34,000 Runner-up: US$ 17,000 Semi finalist: US$ 7,300 Quarter finalist: US$ 4,500 Round of 16: US$ 2,800 Round of 32: US$ 1,750 Men s, Women s & Mixed Doubles: Winner: US$ 8,000 Runner-up: US$ 4,000 Semi finalist: US$ 2,000 Total: US$ 316,000 Past Winners Men's Singles City Year Winner Runner Up Gold Coast 2017 SAMSONOV Vladimir BLR GAUZY Simon FRA Melbourne 2016 MIZUTANI Jun JPN LI Hu SGP Gold Coast 2015 JEOUNG Youngsik KOR HO Kwan Kit HKG Sydney 2014 WU Zhikang SGP ZENG Jian SGP Melbourne 1999 MA Lin CHN KREANGAN Kalinikos GRE Melbourne 1998 KONG Linghui CHN KIM Taesoo KOR Melbourne 1997 DING Song CHN HUANG Jonny CAN Brisbane 1996 SCHLAGER WERNER AUT HUANG Jonny CAN Women s Singles Venue Year Winner Runner Up Gold Coast 2017 CHEN Meng CHN WANG Manyu CHN Melbourne 2016 HAYATA Hina JPN ISHIGAKI Yuka JPN Gold Coast 2015 FUKUHARA Ai JPN JEON Jihee KOR Sydney 2014 FENG Tianwei SGP MORIZONO Masaki HKG Melbourne 1999 CHEN Jing TPE SUN Jin JPN Melbourne 1998 YANG Ying CHN WANG Chen USA Melbourne 1997 DENG Yaping CHN YANG Ying CHN Brisbane 1996 WANG Chen USA MICHIHIRO Yuko JPN #ITTFWorldTour Page 8 of 10

9 Men s Doubles Venue Year Winning Pair Gold Coast 2017 JANG Woojin (KOR) PARK Ganghyeon (KOR) Melbourne 2016 MORITA Yuki (JPN) TAKUYA Jin (JPN) Gold Coast 2015 HO Kwan Kit (HKG) LAM Siu Hang (HKG) Sydney 2014 TANG Peng (HKG) WONG Chun Ting (HKG) Melbourne 1999 JINDRAK Karl (AUT) SCHLAGER WERNER (AUT) Melbourne 1998 KONG Linghui (CHN) LIU Guoliang (CHN) Melbourne 1997 MA Lin (CHN) YAN Sen (CHN) Brisbane 1996 JINDRAK Karl (AUT) SCHLAGER WERNER (AUT) Women s Doubles Venue Year Winning Pair Gold Coast 2017 CHEN Meng (CHN) ZHU Yuling (CHN) Melbourne 2016 HASHIMOTO Honoka (JPN) SATO Hitomi (JPN) Gold Coast 2015 JEON Jihee (KOR) LEE Dasom (KOR) Sydney 2014 FUJII Yuko (JPN) TASHIRO Saki (JPN) Melbourne 1999 CHEN Jing (TPE) XU Jing (TPE) Melbourne 1998 WU Na (CHN) YANG Ying (CHN) Melbourne 1997 DENG Yaping (CHN) YANG Ying (CHN) Brisbane 1996 WANG Chen (USA) ZHU Fang (ESP) Most Successful Australia Open Players SAMSONOV Vladimir (BLR), MIZUTANI Jun (JPN), JEOUNG Youngsik (KOR), HAYATA Hina (JPN) & FENG Tianwei (SGP) are looking to win respective Singles title for a second time. Men s singles No Player has won the title more than once Women s singles No Player has won the title more than once Men s doubles Karl Jindrak & Werner Schlager (AUT) 2 times Women s doubles Yang Ying (CHN) 2, with Wu Na (1) & Deng Yaping (1) Australia Open Facts Held for the first time in 1996, Brisbane. The 2018 edition will be the 1 st time Geelong will be hosting. The Singles title has always been won by a different player every edition. In 2017, SAMSONOV Vladimir (BLR) became the first player to win a World Tour Singles title on every continent. #ITTFWorldTour Page 9 of 10

10 World Tour 2018 Facts Zhang Yining (CHN) is the most successful singles player in World Tour Tournaments with 29 titles. Of those still playing, Vladimir Samsonov (BLR) has 27, Ma Long (CHN) has 26, Timo Boll (GER) has 19 and Ding Ning (CHN) has 16. The Mixed Doubles event will make its 4th ever appearance on a World Tour Event at the Australia Open after debuting in Shenzhen at the 2018 China Open. Jang Woojin (KOR) became the first ever Triple Champion at the 2018 Korea Open (Mixed doubles, Men s doubles, Men s Singles Champion) ITTF.com Make sure you follow the Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Platinum Australia Open on ITTF.com to obtain the following: Head to head comparisons between each player: TV Schedule: Main Draw Schedule: List of seeded players (M): List of seeded players (W): Live streaming at Live twitter blog #ITTFWorldTour: Photos for editorial use: Upcoming ITTF calendar: Everything you need to do with international table tennis! #ITTFWorldTour Page 10 of 10

Seamaster 2018 World Tour Hang Seng Hong Kong Open

Seamaster 2018 World Tour Hang Seng Hong Kong Open CITY: Hong Kong SITE: Queen Elizabeth Stadium (QES), 18 Oi Kwan Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong DATE: 22-27 May 2018 PLAYERS: 123 men 82 women 205 total COUNTRIES: