Croatia Open 2016

The 2016 Croatian will take place in the city of Zagreb this week. The Croatia Open ITTF World Tour begins on the 24th May and concludes on the 28th May. Interestingly this event is a Challenger Series, usually in challenger series the worlds top 20 do not participate however there are 3 players in the top 10 rankings in this series including Chuang Chih Yuan, Jun Mizutani and Wong Chun Ting! The Rio Olympics is fast approaching and many players are gaining important match preparations for the worlds largest sporting event. How will this tournament unfold? What a line up and a great event to follow!

Total number of entries so far is: 361

Main Draw

Men's Singles
Women's Singles
Men's Doubles
Women's Doubles

Live matches from the Croatia Open can be watched in the ITTF Live Streaming which has playback on demand with integrated chat with TableTennisDaily members!

Chuang Chih Yuan's, the World #6 has entered the Croatia Open as the #1 seed.


Chuang Chih Yuan no.1 seed - Photo by: Manfred Schillings


Men's Singles Seeds


Japan's Jun Mizutani enters the Croatia Open as the #2 seed - Photo by: ITTF Flickr

01) Chuang Chih Yuan
02) Jun Mizutani
03) Wong Chun Ting
04) Jung Youngsik
05) Lee Sang Su
06) Joo Se Hyuk
07) Tiago Apolonia
08) Alexander Shibaev
09) Simon Gauzy
10) Li Ping
11) Woojin Jang
12) Panagiotis Gioniis
13) Jakub Dyjas
14) Patrick Franziska
15) Ruwen Filus
16) Jonathan Groth
17) Ho Kwan Kit
18) Jiang Tianyi
19) Grigory Vlasov
20) Bojan Tokic
21) Sharath Kamal Achanta
22) Chen Chien-An
23) Daniel Gorak
24) Dmitrij Prokopcov
25) Steffen Mengel



Women Singles Seeds


Japan's Ai Fukuhara enters the Croatia Open as the #1 seed - Photo by: ITTF Flickr

01) Ai Fukuhara
02) Feng Tianwei
03) Ito Mima
04) Jihee Jeon
05) Haeun Yang
06) Miu Hirano
07) Lee Ho Ching
08) Doo Hoi Kem
09) Elizabeta Samara
10) Hitomi Sato
11) Choi Hyojoo
12) Polina Mikhailov
13) Zeng Jian
14) Honoka Hashimoto
15) Yihan Zhou
16) Yui Hamamoto
17) Shao Jieni
18) Miyu Kato
19) Lin Ye
20) Viktoria Pavlovich
21) Lee I-Chen
22) Huang Yi-Hua
23) Maria Dolgikh
24) Yulia Prokhorova
25) Carole Grundisch


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Live matches from the Croatia Open can be watched in the ITTF Live Streaming which has playback on demand with integrated chat with TableTennisDaily members!

The Croatia Open has a huge draw for a challenger series. The Rio Olympics is attracting all the best players. Some forum members have noted players are participating to improve their August ranking as the Olympics will take the August Ranking period. A fantastic event to follow, be sure to get involved on the TTD discussions and join us in the live chat in the ITTF Live Streaming!

We can use this thread as a means to display all the latest results, videos and news from this spectacular Croatia Open! What are your predictions from each event.

Japan's unranked Marina Matsuzawa has knocked out world number 8 Feng Tianwei in the second round of 32!

Quarter Final Results

Chuang Chih Yuan 4-2 Tiago Apolonia
Steffen Mengel 1-4 Jung Youngsik
Gionis Panagiotis 1-4 Ho Kwan Kit
Joo See Hyuk 4-1 Jun Mizutani

Semi Final Schedule

Chuang Chih Yuan vs Jung Youngsik
Ho Kwan Kit vs Joo See Hyuk

Live streaming here: http://www.tabletennisdaily.co.uk/livestreaming/