2018 Bulgaria Open (table tennis)

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2018 Bulgaria Open
Tournament details
Dates	16–19 August 2018
Competitors	32S / 16D
Total prize money	US$160,000
Venue	Arena Asarel
Location	Panagyurishte, Bulgaria
Champions
Men's singles	Xu Xin
Women's singles	Ding Ning
Men's doubles	Ma Long Xu Xin
Women's doubles	Kasumi Ishikawa Mima Ito

The 2018 Bulgaria Open was the ninth event of the 2018 ITTF World Tour. The event was organised by the Bulgarian Table Tennis Federation, under the authority of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). It took place from 16–19 August in Panagyurishte, Bulgaria.^[1]

Men's singles

Seeds

Dimitrij Ovtcharov (second round)
Xu Xin (champion)
Ma Long (first round)
Tomokazu Harimoto (semifinals)
Koki Niwa (quarterfinals)
Chuang Chih-yuan (second round)
Kenta Matsudaira (final)
Jonathan Groth (first round)
Mattias Karlsson (second round)
Vladimir Samsonov (quarterfinals)
Jin Ueda (first round)
Maharu Yoshimura (first round)
Emmanuel Lebesson (second round)
Kirill Gerassimenko (second round)
Liao Cheng-ting (first round)
Stanislav Golovanov (first round)

Draw

Top half

First round									Second round								Quarterfinals									Semifinals

1	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	11	8	11	11	11
	Paul Drinkhall	9	11	6	7	8			1	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	9	11	7	3	11	6
	Zheng Peifeng	11	11	11	11					Zheng Peifeng	11	8	11	11	9	11
15	Liao Cheng-ting	9	7	8	3													Zheng Peifeng	6	11	11	9	12	11	3
14	Kirill Gerassimenko	11	11	12	7	13	6	11									7	Kenta Matsudaira	11	7	13	11	10	7	11
	Kirill Skachkov	5	9	14	11	11	11	7	14	Kirill Gerassimenko	15	11	8	9	6	10
	Bojan Tokič	4	7	4	8				7	Kenta Matsudaira	13	8	11	11	11	12
7	Kenta Matsudaira	11	11	11	11																					7	Kenta Matsudaira	11	11	9	6	11	11
6	Chuang Chih-yuan	5	5	11	11	8	11	11																		4	Tomokazu Harimoto	5	6	11	11	7	6
	Darko Jorgić	11	11	7	7	11	6	4	6	Chuang Chih-yuan	9	11	9	13	7
	Lin Yun-ju	4	11	7	11	9	11	7	10	Vladimir Samsonov	11	9	11	15	11
10	Vladimir Samsonov	11	7	11	8	11	8	11									10	Vladimir Samsonov	4	8	11	11	6	5
13	Emmanuel Lebesson	11	10	11	12	11											4	Tomokazu Harimoto	11	11	9	3	11	11
	Aliaksandr Khanin	7	12	5	10	2			13	Emmanuel Lebesson	4	5	7	14	5
	Baek Ho-gyun	9	6	7	7				4	Tomokazu Harimoto	11	11	11	12	11
4	Tomokazu Harimoto	11	11	11	11

Bottom half

First round									Second round									Quarterfinals						Semifinals

3	Ma Long	11	11	12	11	11	11	6
	Liam Pitchford	7	9	14	13	7	13	11		Liam Pitchford	7	7	7	11	7
	Ma Te	11	11	11	7	9	11			Ma Te	11	11	11	8	11
12	Maharu Yoshimura	9	3	8	11	11	7												Ma Te	11	11	11	11
11	Jin Ueda	11	6	9	10	11	4												Daniel Habesohn	9	3	8	4
	Masataka Morizono	9	11	11	12	7	11			Masataka Morizono	14	6	5	11	7	6
	Daniel Habesohn	9	11	13	11	11	5	11		Daniel Habesohn	12	11	11	7	11	11
8	Jonathan Groth	11	8	11	13	8	11	8																	Ma Te	9	8	2	8
5	Koki Niwa	8	11	11	11	11																		2	Xu Xin	11	11	11	11
	Qiu Dang	11	5	4	8	7			5	Koki Niwa	6	11	12	11	7	11
	Ovidiu Ionescu	4	10	6	11	3			9	Mattias Karlsson	11	3	10	9	11	9
9	Mattias Karlsson	11	12	11	8	11												5	Koki Niwa	1	6	9	7
16	Stanislav Golovanov	6	4	10	6													2	Xu Xin	11	11	11	11
	Yuya Oshima	11	11	12	11					Yuya Oshima	4	11	7	11	11	8	8
	Wang Yang	3	4	1	11	4			2	Xu Xin	11	9	11	8	6	11	11
2	Xu Xin	11	11	11	8	11

Finals

Semifinals								Final

7	Kenta Matsudaira	11	11	9	6	11	11
4	Tomokazu Harimoto	5	6	11	11	7	6	7	Kenta Matsudaira	10	12	8	6	4
	Ma Te	9	8	2	8			2	Xu Xin	12	10	11	11	11
2	Xu Xin	11	11	11	11

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Women's singles

Seeds

Kasumi Ishikawa (quarterfinals)
Mima Ito (first round)
Miu Hirano (quarterfinals)
Hitomi Sato (semifinals)
Hina Hayata (first round)
Ding Ning (champion)
Miyu Kato (first round)
Saki Shibata (second round)
Elizabeta Samara (first round)
Honoka Hashimoto (second round)
Matilda Ekholm (first round)
Bernadette Szőcs (second round)
Georgina Póta (quarterfinals)
Han Ying (second round)
Adriana Díaz (second round)
Maria Yovkova (first round)

Draw

Top half

First round									Second round								Quarterfinals								Semifinals

1	Kasumi Ishikawa	11	11	11	11
	Britt Eerland	8	4	4	6				1	Kasumi Ishikawa	8	11	11	11	11
	Maki Shiomi	11	7	13	11	6	8		12	Bernadette Szőcs	11	7	8	9	1
12	Bernadette Szőcs	9	11	15	4	11	11										1	Kasumi Ishikawa	11	10	11	4	8	7
9	Elizabeta Samara	11	3	10	10	9											6	Ding Ning	8	12	7	11	11	11
	Wen Jia	8	11	12	12	11				Wen Jia	6	8	8	12
	Zhang Rui	6	4	13	6				6	Ding Ning	11	11	11	14
6	Ding Ning	11	11	15	11																				6	Ding Ning	11	11	10	12	11
7	Miyu Kato	11	10	11	5	11	7	9																		Liu Gaoyang	3	4	12	10	4
	Liu Gaoyang	4	12	9	11	5	11	11		Liu Gaoyang	11	11	11	14	5	11
	Li Xiang	11	11	11	11					Li Xiang	4	2	3	16	11	9
16	Maria Yovkova	3	2	2	3													Liu Gaoyang	11	11	2	11	11
11	Matilda Ekholm	8	7	11	11	8	10										3	Miu Hirano	8	9	11	7	4
	Nina Mittelham	11	11	6	8	11	12			Nina Mittelham	2	2	4	4
	Polina Mikhailova	7	4	9	7				3	Miu Hirano	11	11	11	11
3	Miu Hirano	11	11	11	11

Bottom half

First round									Second round								Quarterfinals									Semifinals

4	Hitomi Sato	6	12	11	10	11	11
	Park Joo-hyun	11	10	8	12	5	8		4	Hitomi Sato	11	11	11	11
	Natalia Partyka	9	7	7	5				10	Honoka Hashimoto	4	7	4	7
10	Honoka Hashimoto	11	11	11	11												4	Hitomi Sato	11	11	11	11
13	Georgina Póta	11	11	11	2	8	4	11									13	Georgina Póta	9	5	5	7
	Kim Ha-yeong	7	8	8	11	11	11	9	13	Georgina Póta	11	2	11	9	11	12
	Sarah De Nutte	6	5	5	7				8	Saki Shibata	9	11	8	11	9	10
8	Saki Shibata	11	11	11	11																					4	Hitomi Sato	11	11	7	4	10	6
5	Hina Hayata	6	7	11	4	3																					Wang Yidi	7	9	11	11	12	11
	Liu Xi	11	11	9	11	11				Liu Xi	11	11	11	9	12
	Lin Chia-hsuan	7	3	4	11	9			14	Han Ying	9	7	8	11	10
14	Han Ying	11	11	11	8	11												Liu Xi	9	5	11	11	8	11	6
15	Adriana Díaz	8	16	11	11	11												Wang Yidi	11	11	7	9	11	9	11
	Irina Ciobanu	11	14	6	4	7			15	Adriana Díaz	7	5	7	11	3
	Wang Yidi	11	7	11	13	11	11			Wang Yidi	11	11	11	6	11
2	Mima Ito	2	11	3	15	6	3

Finals

Semifinals								Final

6	Ding Ning	11	11	10	12	11
	Liu Gaoyang	3	4	12	10	4		6	Ding Ning	11	10	8	11	11	4	11
4	Hitomi Sato	11	11	7	4	10	6		Wang Yidi	7	12	11	8	6	11	2
	Wang Yidi	7	9	11	11	12	11

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Men's doubles

Seeds

Masataka Morizono / Yuya Oshima (final)
Ma Long / Xu Xin (champions)
Koki Niwa / Jin Ueda (quarterfinals)
Nándor Ecseki / Ádám Szudi (quarterfinals)
Liao Cheng-ting / Lin Yun-ju (semifinals)
Mattias Karlsson / Pär Gerell (first round)
Marek Badowski / Patryk Zatowka (first round)
Teodor Alexandrov / Denislav Kodjabashev (first round)

Draw

First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final

1	Morizono / Oshima	10	11	11	7	11
	Devos / Oláh	12	4	8	11	6	1	Morizono / Oshima	11	13	9	5	11
	Zheng / Zhu	11	8	11	11			Zheng / Zhu	6	11	11	11	7
7	Badowski / Zatowka	7	11	2	7									1	Morizono / Oshima	11	12	8	10	13
6	Karlsson / Gerell	7	7	3											Drinkhall / Pitchford	5	10	11	12	11
	Drinkhall / Pitchford	11	11	11				Drinkhall / Pitchford	11	5	11	11
	Nuytinck / Robinot	11	9	11	6	7	3	Niwa / Ueda	3	11	8	6
3	Niwa / Ueda	8	11	6	11	11															1	Morizono / Oshima	11	4	8	6
4	Ecseki / Szudi	11	11	11																	2	Ma / Xu	9	11	11	11
	Gündüz / Yiğenler	2	5	8			4	Ecseki / Szudi	11	9	9	12
	Cnudde / Darcis	6	8	4			5	Liao / Lin	7	11	11	14
5	Liao / Lin	11	11	11										5	Liao / Lin	11	5	2	4
8	Alexandrov / Kodjabashev	8	11	8	7									2	Ma / Xu	9	11	11	11
	Jančařík / Reitspies	11	8	11	11			Jančařík / Reitspies	8	2	9
	Baek / Kim	11	5	5			2	Ma / Xu	11	11	11
2	Ma / Xu	13	11	11

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Women's doubles

Seeds

Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Sato (semifinals)
Hina Hayata / Miu Hirano (semifinals)
Kasumi Ishikawa / Mima Ito (champions)
Matilda Ekholm / Georgina Póta (first round)
Barbora Balážová / Hana Matelová (first round)
Katarzyna Grzybowska / Natalia Partyka (quarterfinals)
Chen Ke / Wang Yidi (quarterfinals)
Kalina Hristova / Ivet Ilieva (quarterfinals)

Draw

First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final

1	Hashimoto / Sato	11	11	11
	Lee / Park	7	8	4			1	Hashimoto / Sato	9	11	11	9	11
	Shcherbatykh / Tailakova						6	Grzybowska / Partyka	11	9	7	11	8
6	Grzybowska / Partyka	w/o												1	Hashimoto / Sato	9	7	7
5	Balážová / Matelová	11	6	11	6	6									Liu / Zhang	11	11	11
	Liu / Zhang	6	11	8	11	11		Liu / Zhang	11	11	11	12
	Mittelham / Winter	13	11	7	11			Mittelham / Winter	6	13	6	10
4	Ekholm / Póta	11	7	11	9																	Liu / Zhang	12	7	7	6
3	Ishikawa / Ito	11	9	11	11																3	Ishikawa / Ito	10	11	11	11
	Samara / Szőcs	7	11	5	8		3	Ishikawa / Ito	11	9	11	6	11
	Čechová / Eerland	3	4	5			7	Chen / Wang	9	11	2	11	6
7	Chen / Wang	11	11	11										3	Ishikawa / Ito	7	11	7	11	11
8	Hristova / Ilieva	3	11	11	11									2	Hayata / Hirano	11	6	11	5	3
	Lin / Lung	11	7	6	6		8	Hristova / Ilieva	6	1	10
	Bajor / Sikorska						2	Hayata / Hirano	11	11	12
2	Hayata / Hirano	w/o

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References

^ "2018 ITTF World Tour Bulgaria Open / Prospectus" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2018 Bulgaria Open / Results 16 August". ITTF. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2018 Bulgaria Open / Results 17 August". ITTF. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b "2018 Bulgaria Open / Results 18 August". ITTF. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2018 Bulgaria Open / Results 19 August". ITTF. Retrieved 26 August 2018.

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