Seamaster 2017 World Tour Platinum Hybiome Austrian Open

Seamaster 2017 World Tour Platinum Hybiome Austrian Open CITY: Linz, Austria SITE: Tips-Arena Linz, Ziegeleistr 76, 4020 Linz, Austria DATE: 21-24 Sep 2017 PLAYERS: 139 men 80 women 219 total COUNTRIES: 33 TABLES: 12 TABLE BRAND: Donic BALL BRAND: DHS FLOOR BRAND: Gerflor MEDIA CONTACT: ITTF Promotion Manager Matt Pound: mpound@ittf.com OETTV Media & Press Officer Miguel Daxner: media@oettv.org Introduction Welcome to the Seamaster 2017 World Tour Platinum Hybiome Austrian Open. The Austrian Open is a Platinum Series event on the ITTF World Tour, which is the top of the two tiers (Platinum & Regular). The Austrian Open is the fifth out of six Platinum Series, as the players fight for points to qualify for the season ending Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Final later in the year. There are six titles on offer: men s singles, women s singles, men s doubles, women s doubles, under 21 men s singles, under 21 women s singles. This media kit is designed to provide an update on the Seamaster 2017 Hybiome Austrian 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 19 Sept 2017, 09:00am @ Tips Arena Qualification Day 1 20 Sept 2017, 09:00am @ Tips Arena Qualification Day 2 21 Sept 2017, 10:00am @ Tips Arena Main Draw Day 1 22 Sept 2017, 10:00am @ Tips Arena Main Draw Day 2 23 Sept 2017, 10:00am @ Tips Arena Main Draw Day 3 24 Sept 2017, 12:00pm @ Tips Arena Main Draw Day 4 Full schedule: http://bit.ly/2hhsqo2 Playing System Men s Singles: Main draw round of 32 16 seeded players + 16 players coming from the qualifications 123 players competing for 16 qualification slots (group qualifications followed by preliminary rounds). Women s Singles: Main draw round of 32 #ITTFWorldTour Page 1 of 10

16 seeded players + 16 players coming from the qualifications 63 players competing for 16 qualification slots (group qualifications followed by preliminary rounds). Men s Doubles: Main draw round of 16 Starts Main Draw without qualification, where the top 15 (+1 Host) entered pairs are accepted according to the Doubles ranking (maximum 2 Doubles or 4 players per association) Women s Doubles: Main draw round of 16 Starts Main Draw without qualification, where the top 15 (+1 Host) entered pairs are accepted according to the Doubles ranking (maximum 2 Doubles or 4 players per association) U21 Men s Singles: Main draw round of 32 Starts Main Draw without qualification, where the top 31 (+1 Host) entered entries are accepted according to the World Ranking (maximum 6 players per association) U21 Women s Singles: Main draw round of 32 Starts Main Draw without qualification, where the top 31 (+1 Host) entered entries are accepted according to the World Ranking (maximum 6 players per association) #ITTFWorldTour Page 2 of 10

Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Events and Winners There has been 9 World Tour so far, 4 Platinum (Qatar, Japan, China and Australia), 5 Regular series (Hungary, India and Korea, Bulgaria and Czech Republic). Type Location Men's Singles Women's Singles Regular Czech Republic HARIMOTO Tomokazu JPN ITO Mima JPN Regular Bulgaria OVTCHAROV Dimitrij GER ISHIKAWA Kasumi JPN Platinum Australia SAMSONOV Vladimir BLR CHEN Meng CHN Platinum China OVTCHAROV Dimitrij GER DING Ning CHN Platinum Japan MA Long CHN SUN Yingsha CHN Regular Korea BOLL Timo GER FENG Tianwei SGP Platinum Qatar MA Long CHN CHEN Meng CHN Regular India OVTCHAROV Dimitrij GER MORI Sakura JPN Regular Hungary YAN An CHN CHEN Xingtong CHN Type Location Men's Doubles Women's Doubles Regular Czech Republic GROTH Jonathan DEN FRANZISKA Patrick GER HAYATA Hina JPN ITO Mima JPN Regular Bulgaria UEDA Jin JPN YOSHIMURA Maharu JPN HAYATA Hina JPN ITO Mima JPN Platinum Australia JANG Woojin KOR LIM Jonghoon KOR CHEN Meng CHN ZHU Yuling CHN Platinum China UEDA Jin JPN YOSHIMURA Maharu JPN DING Ning CHN LIU Shiwen CHN Platinum Japan MA Long CHN XU Xin CHN CHEN Xingtong CHN SUN Yingsha CHN Regular Korea JANG Woojin KOR JEONG Sangeun KOR SHAN Xiaona GER SOLJA Petrissa GER Platinum Qatar MASATAKA Morizono JPN OSHIMA Yuya JPN CHEN Meng CHN WANG Manyu CHN Regular India MASATAKA Morizono JPN OSHIMA Yuya JPN EKHOLM Matilda SWE POTA Georgina HUN Regular Hungary FANG Bo CHN ZHOU Yu CHN CHEN Xingtong CHN LI Jiayi CHN #ITTFWorldTour Page 3 of 10

Race to Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals The players are all battling it out for points to secure their qualification to the Seamaster 2017 World Tour Grand Finals at Astana, 14-17 Dec 2017. How does it work? Men s & Women s Singles Places available: 15 players with the most points from the Seamaster 2017 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 16 th 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 8 th pair in order will be invited. Criteria: Have to play in a minimum of 4 events (playing together) Full criteria can be found here: http://bit.ly/2ldkzqu Current Race to World Tour Grand Final Standings: Men s Singles Rank Points Events Player Country 1 1050 3 MA Long CHN 2 1050 4 OVTCHAROV Dimitrij GER 3 700 4 BOLL Timo GER 4 650 3 FAN Zhendong CHN 5 600 7 HARIMOTO Tomokazu JPN 6 589 5 SAMSONOV Vladimir BLR 7 404 6 NIWA Koki JPN 8 397 7 MATSUDAIRA Kenta JPN 9 365 5 GAUZY Simon FRA 10 331 3 FANG Bo CHN 11 325 4 YOSHIDA Masaki JPN 12 300 2 MIZUTANI Jun JPN 13 300 3 WONG Chun Ting HKG 14 300 3 XU Xin CHN 15 289 6 OSHIMA Yuya JPN 16 274 5 CHUANG Chih-Yuan TPE #ITTFWorldTour Page 4 of 10

Women s Singles Rank Points Events Player Country 1 1531 5 CHEN Meng CHN 2 800 2 SUN Yingsha CHN 3 800 3 WANG Manyu CHN 4 675 7 ISHIKAWA Kasumi JPN 5 658 7 ITO Mima JPN 6 525 5 FENG Tianwei SGP 7 500 1 DING Ning CHN 8 413 8 MORI Sakura JPN 9 400 2 GU Yuting CHN 10 375 3 CHEN Xingtong CHN 11 366 4 SHAN Xiaona ^ GER 12 350 3 ZHU Yuling CHN 13 338 4 HAN Ying ^ GER 14 313 4 HIRANO Miu JPN 15 241 4 CHENG I-Ching TPE 16 212 7 KATO Miyu JPN The ITTF Race to Seamaster 2017 World Tour Grand Finals standing can be found here: http://bit.ly/2kbzywf #ITTFWorldTour Page 5 of 10

Austrian Open Seeded Players & 2017 Stats Men s Singles 2017 Statistics Players name Date of Birth Age Hand Grip Pl. Style Seed WR % Won Plyd Won WONG Chun Ting HKG 07/09/1991 26 R Penhold Attack 1 7 57% 23 13 NIWA Koki JPN 10/10/1994 22 L Shakehand Attack 2 9 59% 34 20 FANG Bo CHN 09/01/1992 25 R Shakehand Attack 3 11 76% 17 13 GAUZY Simon FRA 25/10/1994 22 R Shakehand Attack 4 16 53% 17 9 FREITAS Marcos POR 08/04/1998 29 L Shakehand Attack 5 17 63% 8 5 MATSUDAIRA Kenta JPN 11/04/1991 26 R Shakehand Attack 6 12 58% 24 14 YAN An CHN 12/01/1993 24 R Shakehand Attack 7-100% 9 9 OSHIMA Yuya JPN 05/03/1994 23 R Shakehand Attack 8 18 61% 33 20 YOSHIDA Masaki JPN 30/09/1994 22 R Shakehand Attack 9 19 79% 28 22 FILUS Ruwen GER 14/02/1988 29 R Shakehand Defense 10 23 61% 38 23 FEGERL Stefan AUT 12/09/1988 29 R Shakehand Attack 11 34 20% 10 2 KARLSSON Kristian SWE 06/08/1991 26 L Shakehand Attack 12 24 57% 30 17 LEBESSON Emmanuel FRA 24/04/1988 29 L Shakehand Attack 13 20 63% 32 20 YOSHIMURA Maharu JPN 03/08/1993 24 R Shakehand Attack 14 25 71% 52 37 CALDERANO Hugo BRA 22/06/1996 21 R Shakehand Attack 15 26 73% 22 16 GARDOS Robert AUT 16/01/1979 37 R Shakehand Attack 16 57 53% 15 8 Women s Singles 2017 Statistics Players name Date of Birth Age Hand Grip Pl. Style Seed WR % Won Plyd Won CHEN Meng CHN 15/01/1994 23 R Shakehand Attack 1 2 85% 46 38 HIRANO Miu JPN 14/04/2000 17 R Shakehand Attack 2 6 61% 23 14 #ITTFWorldTour Page 6 of 10

ISHIKAWA Kasumi JPN 23/02/1993 24 L Shakehand Attack 3 5 62% 39 24 SUN Yingsha CHN 04/11/2000 16 R Shakehand Attack 4 11 95% 38 36 SATO Hitomi JPN 23/12/1997 19 R Shakehand Defense 5 12 72% 58 42 WANG Manyu CHN 09/02/1999 18 R Shakehand Attack 6 14 82% 38 31 HASHIMOTO Honoka JPN 05/07/1998 19 R Shakehand Defense 7 13 73% 66 48 LIU Jia AUT 16/02/1982 35 L Shakehand Attack 8 26 0% 0 0 HU Melek TUR 27/01/1989 28 R Shakehand Attack 9 25 0% 0 0 HAYATA Hina JPN 07/07/2000 17 L Shakehand Attack 10 17 63% 30 19 MORI Sakura JPN 17/04/1996 21 R Shakehand Attack 11 21 70% 30 21 KATO Miyu JPN 14/94/1999 18 R Shakehand Attack 12 20 63% 27 17 DOO Hoi Kem HKG 27/11/1996 20 R Shakehand Attack 13 32 60% 40 24 SHIOMI Maki JPN 12/05/2000 17 R Shakehand Attack 14 33 68% 40 27 LEE Ho Ching HKG 24/11/1992 24 R Shakehand Attack 15 42 45% 22 10 POLCANOVA Sofia AUT 03/09/1994 23 L Shakehand Attack 16 44 57% 35 20 Full list of players: http://bit.ly/2yqnvc2 #ITTFWorldTour Page 7 of 10

Prize Money Men s Singles and Women s singles: Winner: US$ 24,000 Runner-up: US$ 12,000 Semi finalist: US$ 6,100 Quarter finalist: US$ 3,200 Round of 16: US$ 1,700 Round of 32: US$ 900 Men s Doubles and Women s Doubles: Winner: US$ 8,000 Runner-up: US$ 4,000 Semi finalist: US$ 2,000 Total: US$ 210,000 Past Winners Men's Singles City Year Winner Runner Up Linz 2016 MATSUDAIRA Kenta JPN CALDERANO Hugo BRA Wels 2015 MIZUTANI Jun JPN OVTCHAROV Dimitrij GER Wels 2013 FANG Bo CHN HAO Shuai CHN Schwechat 2011 MA Long CHN ZHANG Jike CHN Wels 2010 APOLONIA Tiago POR BOLL Timo GER Salzburg 2008 BOLL Timo GER CHUANG Chih-Yuan TPE Wels 2007 CHEN Qi CHN HE Zhiwen ESP Wels 2004 BOLL Timo GER SAIVE Jean-Michel BEL Wels 2002 BOLL Timo GER WALDNER Jan-Ove SWE Linz/Wels 1999 KONG Linghui CHN LIU Guoliang CHN Linz 1997 PRIMORAC Zoran CRO KARLSSON Peter SWE Women s Singles Venue Year Winner Runner Up Linz 2016 ITO Mima JPN HAMAMOTO Yui JPN Wels 2015 HAN Ying GER CHENG I-Ching TPE Wels 2013 DING Ning CHN LI Xiaoxia CHN Schwechat 2011 DING Ning CHN LIU Shiwen CHN Wels 2010 GUO Yue CHN WU Yang CHN Salzburg 2008 LI Qian POL TOTH Krisztina HUN Wels 2007 ZHANG Yining CHN GUO Yan CHN Wels 2004 NIU Jianfeng CHN CAO Zhen CHN Wels 2002 LI Nan CHN LI Jiawei SGP Linz/Wels 1999 GOTSCH-HE Qianhong GER LI Ju CHN Linz 1997 TIAN-ZORNER Jing GER QIAO Yunping CHN #ITTFWorldTour Page 8 of 10

Men s Doubles Venue Year Winning Pair Linz 2016 FRANZISKA Patrick (GER) GROTH Jonathan (DEN) Wels 2015 JANG Woojin (KOR) LEE Sangsu (KOR) Wels 2013 HAO Shuai (CHN) ZHANG Jike (CHN) Schwechat 2011 WANG Hao (CHN) MA Long (CHN) Wels 2010 TANG Peng (HKG) JIANG Tianyi (HKG) Salzburg 2008 Team event Wels 2007 YANG Zi (SGP) GAO Ning (SGP) Wels 2004 KO Lai Chak (HKG) LI Ching (HKG) Wels 2002 CHEUNG Yuk (HKG) LEUNG Chu Yan (HKG) Linz/Wels 1999 KONG Linghui (CHN) LIU Guoliang (CHN) Linz 1997 ROSSKOPF Jorg (GER) SAMSONOV Vladimir (BLR) Women s Doubles Venue Year Winner Linz 2016 HASHIMOTO Honoka (JPN) SATO Hitomi (JPN) Wels 2015 SHAN Xiaona (GER) SOLJA Petrissa (GER) Wels 2013 DING Ning (CHN) LI Xiaoxia (CHN) Schwechat 2011 DING Ning (CHN) LI Xiaoxia (CHN) Wels 2010 GUO Yue (CHN) LI Xiaoxia (CHN) Salzburg 2008 Team event Wels 2007 FUKUHARA Ai (JPN) SAYAKA Hirano (JPN) Wels 2004 KONISHI An (JPN) LI Jiao (NED) Wels 2002 GUO Yue (CHN) FAN Ying (CHN) Linz/Wels 1999 LI Ju (CHN) WANG Nan (CHN) Linz 1997 LEE Eunsil (KOR) RYU Jihae (KOR) Most Successful Austrian Open Players Kenta Matsudaira (JPN) will be looking to defend his Men s Singles title, and win it for the 2 nd time. No men player has ever successfully defended his title. Li Qian (POL) is the only past female Champion to be competing in Austria. Men s singles Timo Boll (Germany) two Women s singles Ding Ning (China) two Men s doubles None. Both China and Hong Kong won the Men s Doubles thrice each. Women s doubles Li Xiaoxia (China) - three. Partners all were Chinese Ding Ning (2), Guo Yue (1) Tournament Facts First edition started in 1997 2017 will be the first time Austria host a Platinum series. The 2017 edition will be the 12 th time Austria will be hosting a World Tour. Chen Meng (CHN) will be looking to win her 3 rd World Tour title for the year. #ITTFWorldTour Page 9 of 10

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