Japan Open 2016

The 2016 Japan Open is the 10th World Tour of the year and will take place in Tokyo. The Japan Open ITTF World Tour sponsored by Laox begins on the 15th June and concludes on the 19th June. This is a super World Tour event with a strong line up from CHINA with Ma Long leading the men's singles standings.

Total number of entries so far is: 184

Main Draw

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

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

China's Ma Long, the World #1 has entered the Japan Open as the #1 seed.


Ma Long no.1 seed - Photo by: ITTF


Men's Singles Seeds


Host nations's Jun Mizutani enters the Japan Open as the #5 seed - Photo by: ITTF Flickr

01) Ma Long
02) Fan Zhendong
03) Xu Xin
04) Zhang Jike
05) Jun Mizutani
06) Chuang Chih Yuan
07) Wong Chun Ting
08) Vladimir Samsonov
09) Fang Bo
10) Marcos Freitas
11) Tang Peng
12) Lee Sangsu
13) Maharu Yoshimura
14) Youngsik Jeoung
15) Koki Niwa
16) Tiago Apolonia


Women Singles Seeds


China's Liu Shiwen enters the Kuwait Open as the #1 seed - Photo by: ITTF Flickr

01) Liu Shiwen
02) Ding Ning
03) Zhu Yuling
04) Kasumi Ishikawa
05) Li Xiaoxia
06) Feng Tianwei
07) Ai Fukuhara
08) Han Ying
09) Mima Ito
10) Miu Hirano
11) Jeon Jihee
12) Wu Yang
13) Suh Hyowon
14) Cheng I-Ching
15) Yu Mengyu
16) Shan Xiaona

For full player entries click here.


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

What a great week of table tennis! The top players in the world are participating in both the men's and women's singles. Ma Long leads the men's singles with Fan Zhendong, Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin and Zhang Jike following closely looking to take the title. Recent Australian Open winner Jun Mizutani enters as the number 5 seed. With the Rio Olympics fast approaching players are preparing to find form. Newly world number 10 Wong Chun Ting will look to make a dent in the draw. Will Vladimir Samsonov be a threat to the Chinese? Portugal's Marcos Freitas and Tiago Apolonia will look to get some BIG wins! 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 World Tour event! What are your predictions from each event.

Ma Long and Xu Xin warming up in the training hall today

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Last 16 Results

Men

Ma Long 4-0 Jeoung Youngsik
Jun Mizutani 4-1 Maharu Yoshimura
Wong Chun Ting 4-0 Lee Sang Su
Xu Xin 4-1 Fang Bo 1-4
Zhang Jike 4-1 Lin Gaoyuan
Vladimir Samsonov 4-3 Stefan Fegerl
Simon Gauzy 4-1 Marcos Freitas
Fan Zhendong 4-1 Gustavo Tsuboi

12 year old Tomokazu Harimoto has become the youngest ever winner of an under 21 ITTF World Tour? event winning today in Japan!

Today's matches have commenced, you can follow the schedule here.

Zhang Jike vs Vladimir Samsonov live on TTD: http://www.tabletennisdaily.co.uk/livestreaming/