Seamaster 2019 World Tour Platinum LION Japan Open
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Seamaster 2019 World Tour Platinum LION Japan Open CITY: Sappora, Japan SITE: Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center, 5-11-1-1, Toyohira, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo-shi, 062-8572, Japan DATE: 12 Jun - 16 Jun 2019 PLAYERS: 104 men 95 women 199 total COUNTRIES: 28 TABLES: 8 TABLE BRAND: Victas VF-25W BALL BRAND: DHS 40+ FLOOR BRAND: Super Weaving Surface (Red) MEDIA CONTACT: ITTF Media Officer: Seet Cheng Howe ([email protected]) Introduction Welcome to the Seamaster 2019 World Tour Platinum LION Japan Open. The LION Japan is a Platinum Series event on the ITTF World Tour, which is the former of the two tiers (Platinum & Regular). The LION Japan Open is the third out of six Platinum Series, as the players fight for points to qualify for the season ending Seamaster 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Final from 12-15 December. 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 2019 LION Japan 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 12 June 2019, 09:00am @ Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center – Qualification Day 1 13 June 2019, 10:00am @ Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center – Qualification Day 2 14 June 2019, 10:00am @ Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center – Main Draw Day 1 15 June 2019, 14:00am @ Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center – Mixed Doubles Finals 16 June 2019, 10:00am @ Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center – Finals Schedule: Qualification | Main Draw #ITTFWorldTour Page 1 of 12 Playing System Men’s Singles: Main draw round of 32 16 seeded players + 16 players coming from the qualifications 88 players competing for 16 qualification slots in a Knock Out Format Women’s Singles: Main draw round of 32 16 seeded players + 16 players coming from the qualifications 79 players competing for 16 qualification slots in a Knock Out Format Men’s Doubles: Main draw round of 16 8 seeded players + 8 players coming from the qualifications 10 pairs competing for 8 qualification slots in a Knock Out Format Women’s Doubles: Main draw round of 16 8 seeded players + 8 players coming from the qualifications 9 pairs competing for 8 qualification slots in a Knock Out Format Mixed Doubles: Main draw round of 16 8 seeded players + 8 players coming from the qualifications 13 pairs competing for 8 qualification slots in a Knock Out Format #ITTFWorldTour Page 2 of 12 Seamaster 2019 ITTF World Tour Events and Winners There has been 4 World Tour so far, 2 Platinum (Qatar, China), 1 Regular series (Hungary, Hong Kong). Type Location Men's Singles Women's Singles Regular Hong Kong LIN Gaoyuan CHN WANG Yidi CHN Platinum China MA Long CHN CHEN Meng CHN Platinum Qatar MA Long CHN WANG Manyu CHN Regular Hungary LIN Gaoyuan CHN CHEN Meng CHN Type Location Men's Doubles Women's Doubles Regular Hong Kong LIANG Jingkun CHN LIN Gaoyuan CHN CHEN Ke CHN MU Zi CHN Patrick Platinum China Timo BOLL GER GER GU Yuting CHN LIU Shiwen CHN FRANZISKA Platinum Qatar HO Kwan Kit HKG WONG Chunting HKG SUN Yingsha CHN WANG Manyu CHN Regular Hungary LIANG Jingkun CHN XU Xin CHN WANG Manyu CHN ZHU Yuling CHN Type Location Mixed Doubles Regular Hong Kong LIN Yun-Ju TPE CHENG I-Ching TPE Platinum China LIN Yun-Ju TPE CHENG I-Ching TPE Platinum Qatar XU Xin CHN LIU Shiwen CHN Regular Hungary XU Xin CHN LIU Shiwen CHN #ITTFWorldTour Page 3 of 12 Race to Seamaster 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals The players are all battling it out for points to secure their qualification to the Seamaster 2019 World Tour Grand Finals, 12-15 Dec 2019. How does it work? Men’s & Women’s Singles Places available: 15 players with the most points from the Seamaster 2019 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 & Mixed 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 (playing together) Criteria: For XD, maximum of 1 pair per NOC Full criteria: https://bit.ly/2QqmA3e Points system (Platinum) Full Points allocation: https://bit.ly/2C47sTR #ITTFWorldTour Page 4 of 12 Current Race to World Tour Grand Final Standings (after HKG Open): Men’s Singles Rank Events Player Country Points 1 4 LIN Gaoyuan CHN 1100 2 2 MA Long CHN 1000 3 3 XU Xin CHN 463 4 3 HARIMOTO Tomokazu JPN 425 5 4 FALCK Mattias SWE 264 6 4 LIANG Jingkun CHN 229 7 3 BOLL Timo GER 181 8 3 MIZUTANI Jun JPN 181 8 2 FAN Zhendong CHN 163 10 4 WONG Chun Ting HKG 157 11 4 WANG Chuqin CHN 156 11 4 LIN Yun-Ju TPE 133 13 4 FRANZISKA Patrick GER 124 14 3 NIWA Koki JPN 116 15 4 GAUZY Simon FRA 107 16 3 CALDERANO Hugo BRA 106 Women’s Singles Rank Events Player Country Points 1 3 WANG Manyu CHN 863 2 2 CHEN Meng CHN 750 3 3 LIU Shiwen CHN 463 4 2 ITO Mima JPN 425 5 2 WANG Yidi CHN 383 6 2 ZHU Yuling CHN 325 7 3 DING Ning CHN 300 8 3 SUN Yingsha CHN 256 9 3 CHEN Xingtong CHN 189 9 3 FENG Tianwei SGP 189 11 2 CHENG I-Ching TPE 188 12 3 HIRANO Miu JPN 163 13 2 HE Zhuojia CHN 124 14 3 POLCANOVA Sofia AUT 114 15 3 CHEN Szu-Yu TPE 99 15 3 DOO Hoi Kem HKG 99 #ITTFWorldTour Page 5 of 12 Men’s Doubles Rank Events Player Country Points 1 2 BOLL Timo / FRANZISKA Patrick GER 450 2 2 HO Kwan Kit / WONG Chun Ting HKG 350 3 2 LIANG Jingkun / LIN Gaoyuan CHN 219 4 1 LIANG Jingkun / XU Xin CHN 200 5 2 JANG Woojin / LIM Jonghoon KOR 175 6 2 JEOUNG Youngsik / LEE Sangsu KOR 150 6 1 MA Long / WANG Chuqin CHN 150 8 4 LIAO Cheng-Ting / LIN Yun-Ju TPE 113 Women’s Doubles Rank Events Player Country Points 1 2 WANG Manyu / ZHU Yuling CHN 350 2 1 SUN Yingsha / WANG Manyu CHN 300 2 1 GU Yuting / LIU Shiwen CHN 300 4 1 CHEN Ke/MU Zi CHN 200 5 1 DING Ning / WANG Yidi CHN 150 6 3 DOO Hoi Kem / LEE Ho Ching HKG 113 7 1 CHEN Meng / SUN Yingsha CHN 100 7 1 JEON Jihee / YOO Eunchong KOR 100 Mixed Doubles Rank Events Player Country Points 1 4 LIN Yun-Ju / CHENG I-Ching TPE 600 2 2 XU Xin / LIU Shiwen CHN 500 3 4 WONG Chun Ting / DOO Hoi Kem HKG 232 4 1 MORIZONO Masataka / ITO Mima JPN 150 5 4 HO Kwan Kit / LEE Ho Ching HKG 132 6 3 SZUDI Adam / PERGEL Szandra HUN 113 7 4 FLORE Tristan / GASNIER Laura FRA 107 7 4 FEGERL Stefan / POLCANOVA Sofia AUT 107 The full standings for the race to the 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals can be found here: https://bit.ly/2HPzENg #ITTFWorldTour Page 6 of 12 Japan Open Seeded Players & 2019 Stats Men’s Singles 2019 WT Statistics May 2019 Players name Date of Birth Age Hand Grip Pl. Style Seed % Won Played Won WR FAN Zhendong CHN 22/01/1997 22 R Shakehand Attack 1 1 71% 7 5 LIN Gaoyuan CHN 19/03/1995 24 L Shakehand Attack 2 2 90% 20 18 XU Xin CHN 08/01/1990 29 L Penhold Attack 3 3 75% 12 9 HARIMOTO Tomokazu JPN 27/06/2003 15 R Shakehand Attack 4 4 75% 12 9 MA Long CHN 20/10/1988 30 R Shakehand Attack 5 5 100% 10 10 LIANG Jingkun CHN 20/10/1996 22 R Shakehand Attack 6 6 71% 14 10 CALDERANO Hugo BRA 22/06/1996 22 R Shakehand Attack 7 8 50% 6 3 JANG Woojin KOR 10/09/1995 23 R Shakehand Attack 8 9 40% 5 2 LEE Sangsu KOR 31/08/1990 28 R Shakehand Attack 9 10 0% 3 0 NIWA Koki JPN 10/10/1994 24 L Shakehand Attack 10 12 50% 6 3 MIZUATNI JUN JPN 09/06/1989 30 L Shakehand Attack 11 13 63% 8 5 OVTCHAROV Dimitrij GER 02/09/1988 30 R Shakehand Attack 12 15 50% 4 2 LIM Jonghoon KOR 21/01/1997 22 L Shakehand Attack 13 16 60% 10 6 WONG Chun Ting HKG 07/09/1991 27 R Penhold Attack 14 18 50% 8 4 JEONG Youngsik 20/01/1992 27 R Shakehand Attack 15 19 60% 5 3 LIN Yun-Ju TPE 17/08/2001 17 L Shakehand Attack 16 21 71% 14 10 * Seeding based on Jun WR List of players (Men): https://bit.ly/2KaCMGR Link to WT Stats: https://bit.ly/2Jj4jSG Link to WR (Men): https://bit.ly/2IsOITb Top seed (Fan Zhendong): - Fan Zhendong did not compete at the Japan Open in 2018 - He has won a title on Japan soil (2019 ITTF Asian Cup in Yokohama) but has not won a World Tour Title in 2019 - Fan has held the position of World number 1 for the last 14 months #ITTFWorldTour Page 7 of 12 Women’s Singles 2019 Statistics Jan 2019 Players name Date of Birth Age Hand Grip Pl.