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Austrian Open 2013 - ITTF World Tour, Major Series 23 Jan 2013 - 27 Jan 2013, Wels, Austria
The first World Tour Major Series tournament of the year the ITTF World Tour Austrian Open Major Series is due to take place on Wednesday 23rd January in Wels and will conclude on Sunday 27th January.
The number 1 seed for the Men's Singles is reigning Olympic and World champion of China, Zhang Jike. The entries from China have had a mix around due to players commitments in the Chinese Super League. Ma Long, Wang Hao, Wang Liqin and newly acclaimed World Number one Xu Xin have been replaced by Zhou Yu, Fang Bo and Hao Shuai. Ma Lin and Dimitrij Ovtcharov have withdrawn. Chuang Chih Yuan now takes the number 2 seeded poistion, followed by Hao Shuai. Korea's Ryu Seungmin is next in line at number 4 with host nation's Chen Weixing taking the fifth seeded position. The next three players in line are European in Zhang Jike's age category.
Total number of entries is: 298
Main Draw
Men's Singles
Men's Doubles
Women's Singles
Women's Doubles
Live matches from the Austrian Open can be watched in our ITTF Live Streaming which has integrated chat!
China's Zhang Jike, the World #2 has entered the Austrian Open as the #1 seed.
Zhang Jike the number 1 seed, photo by: Feng Li/Getty Images Europe
Men's Singles Seeds
Zhou Yu enters the tournament as the #19 seed - Photo by: Alex Lomaev
1 Zhang Jike CHN
2 Chuang Chih Yuan TPE
3 Hao Shuai CHN
4 Ryu Seungmin KOR
5 Chen Weixing AUT
6 Marcos Freitas POR
7 Adrien Mattenet FRA
8 Patrick Baum GER
9 Christian Suss GER
10 Chan Kazuhiro JPN
11 Tiago Apolonia POR
12 Andrej Gacina CRO
13 Kenta Matsudaira JPN
14 Gionis Panagiotis GRE
15 Taku Takakiwa JPN
16 Joao Monteiro POR
For full Men's entries click here
Women Singles Seeds
Ding Ning enters the tournament as the #1 seed - Photo by: Remy Gros
1 Ding Ning CHN
2 Li Xiaoxia CHN
3 Kasumi Ishikawa JPN
4 Wu Yang CHN
5 Chen Meng CHN
6 Viktoria Pavlovich BLR
7 Jiang Huajun HKG
8 Li Jiao NED
9 Zhu Yuling CHN
10 Wu Jiaduo GER
11 Liu Jia AUT
12 Iveta Vacenovska CZE
13 Wen Jia CHN
14 Misako Wakamiya JPN
15 Huang Yi-Hua TPE
16 Li Xue FRA
For full Women's entries click here
Men's Doubles
1 Kristian Karlsson/Mattias Karlsson
2 Chan Kazuhiro/Kenji Matsudaira
3 Chuang Chih-Yuan/Sheng-Sheng Huang
4 Robert Gardos/Daniel Habesohn
5 Kenta Matsudaira/Maharu Yoshimura
6 Cazuo Matsumoto/Thiago Monteiro
7 Tan Ruiwu/Wang Zengyi
8 Ovidiu Ionescu/Hunor Szocs
Women's Doubles
1 Cheng I-Ching/Huang Yi-Hua
2 Jiang Huajun/Lee Ho Ching
3 Kristin Silbereisen/Wu Jiaduo
4 Kasumi Ishikawa/Misaki Morizono
5 Katerina Penkavova/Iveta Vacenovska
6 Alexandra Privalova/Yana Timina
7 Zhenqi Barthel/Shan Xiaona
8 Sofia Polcanova/Amelie Solja
Live matches from the Austrian Open 2013 can be watched in our ITTF Live Streaming which has integrated chat!
This is the first major World Tour series of the year! The line up is huge! Who do you think will win? Will Zhang Jike prove his number 1 seeding, can the young guns of China including Zhou Yu and Fang Bo pose a threat in the draw? Can China's Hao Shuai the recent China Open Champion make a dent in the draw. European players Marcos Freitas, Adrien Mattenet, Patrick Baum and Christian Suss will all be trying to have their hands on the trophy!
We can use this thread as a means to display all the latest results, videos and news from this spectacular 1st World Tour event of the year! What are your predictions from each event.
The first World Tour Major Series tournament of the year the ITTF World Tour Austrian Open Major Series is due to take place on Wednesday 23rd January in Wels and will conclude on Sunday 27th January.
The number 1 seed for the Men's Singles is reigning Olympic and World champion of China, Zhang Jike. The entries from China have had a mix around due to players commitments in the Chinese Super League. Ma Long, Wang Hao, Wang Liqin and newly acclaimed World Number one Xu Xin have been replaced by Zhou Yu, Fang Bo and Hao Shuai. Ma Lin and Dimitrij Ovtcharov have withdrawn. Chuang Chih Yuan now takes the number 2 seeded poistion, followed by Hao Shuai. Korea's Ryu Seungmin is next in line at number 4 with host nation's Chen Weixing taking the fifth seeded position. The next three players in line are European in Zhang Jike's age category.
Total number of entries is: 298
Main Draw
Men's Singles
Men's Doubles
Women's Singles
Women's Doubles
Live matches from the Austrian Open can be watched in our ITTF Live Streaming which has integrated chat!
China's Zhang Jike, the World #2 has entered the Austrian Open as the #1 seed.

Zhang Jike the number 1 seed, photo by: Feng Li/Getty Images Europe
Men's Singles Seeds

Zhou Yu enters the tournament as the #19 seed - Photo by: Alex Lomaev
1 Zhang Jike CHN
2 Chuang Chih Yuan TPE
3 Hao Shuai CHN
4 Ryu Seungmin KOR
5 Chen Weixing AUT
6 Marcos Freitas POR
7 Adrien Mattenet FRA
8 Patrick Baum GER
9 Christian Suss GER
10 Chan Kazuhiro JPN
11 Tiago Apolonia POR
12 Andrej Gacina CRO
13 Kenta Matsudaira JPN
14 Gionis Panagiotis GRE
15 Taku Takakiwa JPN
16 Joao Monteiro POR
For full Men's entries click here
Women Singles Seeds

Ding Ning enters the tournament as the #1 seed - Photo by: Remy Gros
1 Ding Ning CHN
2 Li Xiaoxia CHN
3 Kasumi Ishikawa JPN
4 Wu Yang CHN
5 Chen Meng CHN
6 Viktoria Pavlovich BLR
7 Jiang Huajun HKG
8 Li Jiao NED
9 Zhu Yuling CHN
10 Wu Jiaduo GER
11 Liu Jia AUT
12 Iveta Vacenovska CZE
13 Wen Jia CHN
14 Misako Wakamiya JPN
15 Huang Yi-Hua TPE
16 Li Xue FRA
For full Women's entries click here
Men's Doubles
1 Kristian Karlsson/Mattias Karlsson
2 Chan Kazuhiro/Kenji Matsudaira
3 Chuang Chih-Yuan/Sheng-Sheng Huang
4 Robert Gardos/Daniel Habesohn
5 Kenta Matsudaira/Maharu Yoshimura
6 Cazuo Matsumoto/Thiago Monteiro
7 Tan Ruiwu/Wang Zengyi
8 Ovidiu Ionescu/Hunor Szocs
Women's Doubles
1 Cheng I-Ching/Huang Yi-Hua
2 Jiang Huajun/Lee Ho Ching
3 Kristin Silbereisen/Wu Jiaduo
4 Kasumi Ishikawa/Misaki Morizono
5 Katerina Penkavova/Iveta Vacenovska
6 Alexandra Privalova/Yana Timina
7 Zhenqi Barthel/Shan Xiaona
8 Sofia Polcanova/Amelie Solja
Live matches from the Austrian Open 2013 can be watched in our ITTF Live Streaming which has integrated chat!
This is the first major World Tour series of the year! The line up is huge! Who do you think will win? Will Zhang Jike prove his number 1 seeding, can the young guns of China including Zhou Yu and Fang Bo pose a threat in the draw? Can China's Hao Shuai the recent China Open Champion make a dent in the draw. European players Marcos Freitas, Adrien Mattenet, Patrick Baum and Christian Suss will all be trying to have their hands on the trophy!
We can use this thread as a means to display all the latest results, videos and news from this spectacular 1st World Tour event of the year! What are your predictions from each event.