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: 34 TABLES: 8 TABLE BRAND: Double Fish 233 BALL BRAND: DHS 40+ FLOOR BRAND: Gerflor (Taraflex) MEDIA CONTACT: ITTF Promotions Manager Yang Caifeng: caifeng@ittf.com Introduction Welcome to the Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Hong Kong Open. The Hong Kong Open is a Regular Series event on the ITTF World Tour, which is the latter of the two tiers (Platinum & Regular). The Hong Kong Open is the second out of six Regular 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 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 2018 Hong Kong 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 22 May 2018, 10:00am @ QES Qualification Day 1 23 May 2018, 10:00am @ QES Qualification Day 2 24 May 2018, 10:00am @ QES Main Draw Day 1 25 May 2018, 14:00am @ QES Main Draw Day 2 26 May 2018, 10:00am @ QES Main Draw Day 3 27 May 2018, 14:00am @ QES Main Draw Day 4 Full schedule: https://bit.ly/2kdihay Playing System Men s Singles: Main draw round of 32 16 seeded players (1 Hong Kong Player) + 16 players coming from the qualifications 107 players competing for 16 qualification slots, group stage followed by 2 Preliminary rounds Women s Singles: Main draw round of 32 16 seeded players (2 Hong Kong Players) + 16 players coming from the qualifications 66 players competing for 16 qualification slots, group stage followed by 1 Preliminary round. #ITTFWorldTour Page 1 of 8
Men s Doubles: Main draw round of 16 8 seeded pairs (2 Hong Kong Pair) + 8 pairs from the qualification tournament 25 pairs compete for 8 qualification slots, playing in knockout format Women s Doubles: Main draw round of 16 8 seeded pairs (2 Hong Kong Pair) + 8 pairs from the qualification tournament 12 pairs compete for 8 qualification slots, playing in knockout format U21 Men s Singles: Main draw round of 32 Main Draw, no qualification, a total of 28 (+4 Host) entries is accepted according to the World Ranking (maximum 4 players per association) U21 Women s Singles: Main draw round of 32 Main Draw, no qualification, a total of 28 (+4 Host) entries is accepted according to the World Ranking (maximum 4 players per association) #ITTFWorldTour Page 2 of 8
Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Events and Winners There has been 3 World Tour so far, 2 Platinum (Qatar, German), 1 Regular series (Hungary). Type Location Men's Singles Women's Singles Platinum German 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 German 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 #ITTFWorldTour Page 3 of 8
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, 13-16 Dec 2018. 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 8
Current Race to World Tour Grand Final Standings (after GER Open): Men s Singles Rank Points Events Player Country 1 750 2 FAN Zhendong CHN 2 500 2 XU Xin CHN 2 500 1 MA Long CHN 4 388 3 CALDERANO Hugo BRA 5 300 2 WONG Chun Ting HKG 6 256 3 FRANZISKA Patrick GER 7 200 1 LIN Gaoyuan CHN 8 158 3 KARLSSON Mattias SWE 9 156 3 GROTH Jonathan DEN 10 150 2 BOLL Timo GER 11 131 3 KARLSSON Kristian SWE 12 125 2 WANG Chunqin CHN 12 125 2 GAUZY Simon FRA 12 125 2 HARIMOTO TOMOKAZU JPN 15 100 2 MIZUTANI Jun JPN 15 100 2 LEE Sangsu KOR 15 100 1 ZHOU Yu CHN Women s Singles Rank Points Events Player Country 1 700 2 ISHIKAWA Kasumi JPN 2 550 2 WANG Manyu CHN 3 500 1 LIU Shiwen CHN 4 325 3 SUN Yingsha CHN 4 325 2 SUH Hyowon KOR 6 250 2 FENG Tianwei SGP 6 250 2 CHENG I-Ching TPE 8 231 2 CHEN Meng CHN 9 163 3 CHEN Xingtong CHN 10 150 2 HIRANO Miu JPN 11 125 2 SATO Hitomi JPN 12 113 3 CHEN Szu-Yu TPE 13 106 3 LEE Ho Ching HKG 14 100 1 WANG Yidi CHN 14 100 2 WU Yang CHN 14 100 2 YANG Haeun KOR 14 100 2 JEON Jihee KOR The ITTF Race to Seamaster 2018 World Tour Grand Finals standing can be found here: http://bit.ly/2g2mvr3 #ITTFWorldTour Page 5 of 8
Hong Kong Open Seeded Players & 2018 Stats Men s Singles 2018 WT Stats Players name Date of Birth Age Hand Grip Pl. Style Seed WR % WON Played Won WONG Chun Ting HKG 07/09/1991 26 R Penhold Attack 1 7 60% 10 6 LEE Sangsu KOR 31/08/1990 27 R Shakehand Attack 2 8 64% 11 7 MATSUDAIRA Kenta JPN 11/04/1991 27 R Shakehand Attack 3 14-0 0 FREITAS Marcos POR 08/04/1988 29 L Shakehand Attack 4 15 33% 3 1 CHUANG Chih-Yuan TPE 02/04/1981 36 R Shakehand Attack 5 16 50% 12 6 ASSAR Omar EGY 22/07/1991 26 R Shakehand Attack 6 17 0% 5 0 GROTH Jonathan DEN 02/11/1992 25 L Shakehand Attack 7 18 70% 20 14 FILUS Ruwen GER 14/02/1988 30 R Shakehand Defend 8 21 63% 10 10 YOSHIMURA Maharu JPN 03/08/1993 24 R Shakehand Defend 9 22 75% 8 6 STEGER Bastian GER 19/03/1981 37 R Shakehand Attack 10 23 57% 7 4 FRANZISKA Patrick GER 11/06/1992 25 R Shakehand Attack 11 24 76% 25 19 UEDA Jin JPN 10/12/1991 28 R Shakehand Attack 12 25 67% 6 4 ARUNA Quadri HGR 09/08/1988 29 R Shakehand Attack 13 26 50% 8 4 JEONG Sangeun KOR 02/04/1990 28 R Shakehand Attack 14 27 67% 6 4 LEBESSON Emmanuel FRA 22/04/1988 30 L Shakehand Attack 15 28 23% 6 2 OSHIMA Yuya JPN 05/03/1994 24 R Shakehand Attack 16 29 56% 9 5 List of players (Men): https://bit.ly/2iatryj #ITTFWorldTour Page 6 of 8
Women s Singles 2018 WT Stats Players name Date of Birth Age Hand Grip Pl. Style Seed WR % WON Played Won ISHIKAWA Kasumi JPN 23/02/1993 25 L Shakehand Attack 1 3 89% 9 8 FENG Tianwei SGP 31/08/1986 31 R Shakehand Attack 2 4 67% 9 6 WANG Manyu CHN 09/02/1999 19 R Shakehand Attack 3 5 89% 18 16 HIRANO Miu JPN 14/04/2000 18 R Shakehand Attack 4 6 57% 7 4 ITO Mima JPN 21/10/2000 17 R Shakehand Attack 5 7 67% 9 6 CHEN Xingtong CHN 27/05/1997 21 R Shakehand Attack 6 8 75% 16 12 LIU Shiwen CHN 12/04/1991 27 R Shakehand Attack 7 10 100% 7 7 SUH Hyowon KOR 10/05/1987 31 R Shakehand Defend 8 12 67% 6 4 SATO Hitomi KOR 23/12/1997 20 R Shakehand Defend 9 13 69% 16 11 CHEN Szu-Yu TPE 01/08/1993 24 R Shakehand Attack 10 14 50% 6 3 SUN Yingsha CHN 04/11/2000 17 R Shakehand Attack 11 15 86% 28 24 LEE Ho Ching HKG 24/11/1992 25 R Shakehand Attack 12 16 60% 15 9 DOO Hoi Kem HKG 27/11/1996 21 R Shakehand Attack 13 17 54% 13 7 HAYATA Hina JPN 07/07/2000 17 L Shakehand Attack 14 18 71% 7 5 KATO Miyu JPN 14/04/1999 19 R Shakehand Attack 15 19 33% 3 1 POLCANOVA Sofia AUT 03/09/1994 23 L Shakehand Attack 16 21 62% 13 8 List of players (Women): https://bit.ly/2x1ftjq #ITTFWorldTour Page 7 of 8
Prize Money Men s Singles and Women s singles: Winner: US$ 17,700 Runner-up: US$ 8,800 Semi finalist: US$ 4,400 Quarter finalist: US$ 2,150 Round of 16: US$ 1,000 Round of 32: US$ 650 Men s Doubles and Women s Doubles: Winner: US$ 5,000 Runner-up: US$ 2,600 Semi finalist: US$ 1,300 Total: US$ 145,000 Past Winners The 2018 Hong Kong Open is the first World Tour to be held in Hong Kong Tournament Facts The 2018 Hong Kong Open is the first World Tour event to be held in Hong Kong. Grand Slam Champion Zhang Jike will make his first 2018 appearance at an ITTF organized competition in Hong Kong ITTF.com Make sure you follow the Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Hong Kong Open on ITTF.com to obtain the following: Head to head comparisons between each player: http://bit.ly/2dwi4eu TV Schedule: https://bit.ly/2gawdcg Main Draw Schedule: https://bit.ly/2gawdji List of players (M): https://bit.ly/2iatryj List of players (W): https://bit.ly/2x1ftjq Live streaming at https://tv.ittf.com/ Live twitter blog #ITTFWorldTour: http://bit.ly/2fgu6fa Photos for editorial use: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ittfworld/albums Upcoming ITTF calendar: https://www.ittf.com/2018-event-calendar/ Everything you need to do with international table tennis! #ITTFWorldTour Page 8 of 8