2018 Qatar Open (table tennis)

Badminton tournament

2018 Qatar OpenTournament 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[edit]

### Seeds[edit]

1. Fan Zhendong (champion)
2. Timo Boll (second round)
3. Lin Gaoyuan (semifinals)
4. Xu Xin (semifinals)
5. Koki Niwa (first round)
6. Wong Chun Ting (quarterfinals)
7. Simon Gauzy (first round)
8. Tomokazu Harimoto (quarterfinals)
9. Marcos Freitas (first round)
10. Chuang Chih-yuan (first round)
11. Jun Mizutani (second round)
12. Lee Sang-su (second round)
13. Hugo Calderano (final)
14. Omar Assar (first round)
15. Yuya Oshima (first round)
16. Li Ping (first round)

### Draw[edit]

#### Top half[edit]

| First round | | | Second round | | | Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals |

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| 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[edit]

| First round | | | Second round | | | Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals |

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| 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[edit]

| Semifinals | | | Final |

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| 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[edit]

### Seeds[edit]

1. Chen Meng (semifinals)
2. Zhu Yuling (first round)
3. Feng Tianwei (second round)
4. Kasumi Ishikawa (semifinals)
5. Wang Manyu (final)
6. Mima Ito (first round)
7. Miu Hirano (quarterfinals)
8. Cheng I-ching (second round)
9. Doo Hoi Kem (first round)
10. Chen Szu-yu (first round)
11. Chen Xingtong (second round)
12. Lee Ho Ching (second round)
13. Hina Hayata (second round)
14. Miyu Kato (second round)
15. Sakura Mori (first round)
16. Seo Hyo-won (first round)

### Draw[edit]

#### Top half[edit]

| First round | | | Second round | | | Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals |

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| 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[edit]

| First round | | | Second round | | | Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals |

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| 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[edit]

| Semifinals | | | Final |

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| 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[edit]

### Seeds[edit]

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

### Draw[edit]

| First round | | | Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Final |

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| 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[edit]

### Seeds[edit]

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

### Draw[edit]

| First round | | | Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Final |

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| 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[edit]

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.

## External links[edit]

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