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2018 Qatar Open (table Tennis)
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 Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it sh .... Men's singles Seeds Draw Top half Bottom half Finals Women's singles Seeds Draw Top half Bottom half Finals Men's doubles Seeds Draw Women's doubles Seeds Draw References External linksTournament page on ITTF website {{2018 ITTF World Tour Qatar Open 2018 in Qatari sport Qatar Open Qatar Open Sports competitions in Doha Qatar Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah Arena
Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena ( ar, صالة علي بن حمد العطية), is an indoor sports arena in Doha, Qatar. It was built for the Qatar Olympic Committee, in order to host the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship. After the tournament, the management of the arena was transferred to Al-Sadd Sports Club, to become the home venue for Al Sadd Handball Team Al Sadd Handball Team ( ar, فريق السد لكرة اليد) is the handball team of Al Sadd SC, based in the capital city of Doha, Qatar. It currently competes in the Qatar Handball League (QHL). The team is one of the most successful in all .... International sports events The arena has hosted the following international sports events: * 2015 World Men's Handball Championship * 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships * 2016 Futsal Intercontinental Cup * 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals * 2016 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships References {{reflist Indoor arenas in Qatar Handball venues in Qatar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuang Chih-yuan
Chuang Chih-yuan (; born 2 April 1981) is a Taiwanese table tennis player. He won the ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals in 2002 and doubles title at the 2013 World Table Tennis Championships. He participated in the Summer Olympics five times, making the most appearances at Olympic Games among Taiwanese athletes. Career in table tennis Chuang's parents were both table tennis players in Taiwan. His father was a national doubles champion, and his mother Lee Kuei-mei was a member of the national team. After the end of Lee's career as a player, her son, Chih-yuan, became one of her prodigies in table tennis. Chuang started competing in 1989, at the age of eight. From the age of 13 his mother sent him to China for training several times. Chuang first made it to the Taiwan national team in 1998. In 1999, Chuang made his World Championships and ITTF Pro Tour debut. At the end of 2000, his mother decided to let Chuang train in Europe, including France and Germany. The process made his matches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bastian Steger
Bastian Steger (born 19 March 1981) is a German table tennis player. He competed for Germany at the 2012 Summer Olympics where he won a bronze medal in the team event. He also won the bronze medal in the men's team event during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a .... References External links * ** ** * * * 1981 births Living people German male table tennis players Olympic table tennis players of Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics {{Germany-tabletennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhou Yu (table Tennis)
Zhou Yu (; born 19 May 1992) is a Chinese male table tennis player. In 2012, he won Chinese National Championships at the age of twenty. He is the medalist in men's doubles event at both the 2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ... and 2015 World Championships. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhou, Yu 1992 births Living people Chinese male table tennis players Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Table tennis players from Jiangsu People from Siyang County World Table Tennis Championships medalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mattias Karlsson (table Tennis)
Mattias Falck (; né Karlsson) (born 7 September 1991) is a Swedish table tennis player. Career He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics as part of the Swedish team in the men's team event. Mattias won two medals at the 2016 European Table Tennis Championships. Paired with Matilda Ekholm he won a silver medal in mixed doubles, and paired with Kristian Karlsson he won a bronze medal in men's doubles. He won the Swedish National team championship with Halmstad BTK 2018 same years as he was a part of the Swedish National team who won a bronze medal at WTTC 2018 which was played in Halmstad Arena (the same arena where Halmstad BTK won gold a month later). In April 2019, he won a silver medal in the men's singles competition during the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, after losing the final to Ma Long from China. Falck's highest world rank was 7th, attained in August 2019. In 2020, Falck upset Xu Xin at the WTT Macau event in ITTF's restart campaign following the coronaviru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharath Kamal
Achanta Sharath Kamal (born 12 July 1982) is an Indian professional table tennis player. He is the first Indian table tennis player ever to become ten times Senior National Champion hence breaking the record of eight-time National Champion Kamlesh Mehta. In 2019 he was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award and in 2022, he was awarded the Khel Ratna Award, India's highest sporting honour. His ITTF world ranking is 32 . He beat Joo Se Hyuk and Chuang Chih-yuan, world no. 8 and 16 respectively in 2015 28th Asian cup at Jaipur. Sharath won the men's singles gold in the 16th Commonwealth table tennis championship held at Kuala Lumpur in 2004. He is a recipient of the Arjuna award for the year 2004. He currently lives in Düsseldorf, Germany. Over the past few years he has been playing in the European league. After stints in Spain and Sweden, he is currently playing in the German Bundesliga for the club Borussia Düsseldorf. He has won the US Open Table Tenni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Groth
Jonathan Groth (born 9 November 1992) is a Danish table tennis player. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's singles event, in which he was eliminated in the third round by Ma Long Ma Long (; born 20 October 1988) is a Chinese table tennis player and the reigning Olympic singles champion. Widely regarded as the greatest table tennis player of all time, he is the first and only male player to complete a career Double Grand .... He is currently ranked in the top 20 of the World Rankings. References 1992 births Living people Danish male table tennis players Olympic table tennis players of Denmark Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2015 European Games Table tennis players at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in table tennis European Games silver medalists for Denmark Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Danish people {{Denmark-tabletennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Franziska
Patrick Franziska (born 11 June 1992) is a German table tennis player. He is currently sponsored by Butterfly and plays with FC Saarbrücken-TT in the German Bundesliga (TTBL). Career 2021 Patrick Franziska represented Germany at the Tokyo Olympics. In March, he entered the WTT Star Contender event at WTT Doha, but lost 11-9 in the fifth to Sharath Kamal Achanta Sharath Kamal (born 12 July 1982) is an Indian professional table tennis player. He is the first Indian table tennis player ever to become ten times Senior National Champion hence breaking the record of eight-time National Champion Kam .... Table tennis career * 2010 European Championships - Gold in Team Event * 2013 European Championships - Gold in Team Event * 2014 European Championships - Silver in Team Event * 2014 World Championships - Silver in Team Event * 2015 European Championships - Silver in Team Event * 2016 European Championships - Gold in Men's Doubles * 2017 European Championships - Gold in Team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maharu Yoshimura
is a Japanese table tennis player. Life and career 1993–2010: Early life and background Yoshimura was born in Ibaraki Prefecture to a Filipina mother and a Japanese father. His first name is a Japanese transliteration of the Tagalog word "Mahal", meaning "beloved". 2011–present In 2011, while in junior high school, he competed in the February Table Tennis Tournament Japan where he advanced to the top 12. He defeated Kazuhiro Zhang in the semi-finals but lost to Jun Mizutani in the final game. His achievements include the Asian Championships (New Delhi, India; the first victory of a Japanese player in the men's singles) and the All Japan Table Tennis Championships. At the 2015 World Table Tennis Championships, Yoshimura won a silver medal in the mixed doubles event with Kasumi Ishikawa. At the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships, Yoshimura won a gold medal in the mixed doubles event with Kasumi Ishikawa. Career records *Japan Top 12 Table Tennis Tournament (2011) **M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Ping (table Tennis)
Li Ping (, born 18 May 1986) is a Chinese-Qatari table tennis player. With Cao Zhen, he won the gold medal in the mixed doubles event of the 2009 World Table Tennis Championships, representing China. He represented Qatar at the 2016 Summer Olympics, losing 3:4 to Dimitrij Ovtcharov in the third round. He also won the ITTF World Tour The ITTF World Tour, known as the ITTF Pro Tour until 2011, is an annual series of table tennis tournaments introduced by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in 1996. The tour includes events in seven categories: Men's and Women's Single ... Belarus Open in 2015. References Chinese male table tennis players Qatari male table tennis players Naturalised citizens of Qatar Qatari people of Chinese descent Chinese emigrants to Qatar Living people 1986 births Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players for Qatar Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Table tennis players from Tianjin Natural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuya Oshima
is a Japanese table tennis player. With doubles partner Masataka Morizono, he won the gold medal in the men's doubles event at both the 2015 and 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals, as well as winning a silver medal in men's doubles at the 2017 World Championships. Career records The following senior career records stand as of April 2018: Singles *ITTF World Tour Grand Finals: QF (2015); Last 16 (2016, 2017) *ITTF World Tour **Winner: 2015 Philippines Open, 2016 Swedish Open *Asian Championships: Last 16 (2015, 2017) *Summer Universiade: Runner-up (2015) Men's doubles *World Championships: Runner-up (2017); QF (2015) *ITTF World Tour Grand Finals: Winner (2015, 2017); Runner-up (2016) *ITTF World Tour **Winner: 2014 Czech Open, 2015 Croatia Open, 2016 German Open, 2016 Polish Open, 2017 India Open, 2017 Qatar Open **Runner-up: 2018 Qatar Open *Asian Championships: SF (2015); QF (2017) *Summer Universiade: Winner (2017); Runner-up (2015) Mixed doubles *Asian Championships: SF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar Assar
Omar Assar (born 22 July 1991 in Desouk) is an Egyptian table tennis player. He won silver in singles and gold in team play at the 2011 Arab Games in Doha. He also competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics in the Men's singles, but was defeated in the second round on both occasions. Career 2012 Olympics At the 2012 Summer Olympics Assar competed in the men's singles, where he lost in the second round to Panagiotis Gionis, and the men's team event, where Egypt lost in the first round to Austria. 2016 Olympics At the 2016 Summer Olympics Assar competed in the men's singles only. He lost in the second round again, this time narrowly losing 3–4 to Lei Kou of Ukraine. ITTF World Championships 2017 ''Men's singles'' Assar competed in the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships, seeded as number 50, facing off against Italian player Marco Rech in the first round, whom he defeated in a close match (4-3), having lost the first 3 sets. In the second round, he was defeated by H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |