2019 Bulgaria Open (table tennis)

2019 Bulgaria Open
Tournament details
Dates	15-18 August 2019
Competitors	32S / 16D
Total prize money	US$190,000
Venue	Arena Asarel
Location	Panagyurishte, Bulgaria
Champions
Men's singles	Tomokazu Harimoto
Women's singles	Chen Xingtong
Men's doubles	Jeoung Young-sik; Lee Sang-su
Women's doubles	Gu Yuting; Mu Zi
Mixed doubles	Jun Mizutani; Mima Ito
← 2018

The 2019 Bulgaria Open was a table tennis tournament which took place at Arena Asarel in Panagyurishte, Bulgaria, from 15 to 18 August 2019 and had a total prize of $190,000.

Tournament

The 2019 Bulgaria Open was the eighth tournament of the 2019 ITTF World Tour and also part of the Bulgaria Open championships.^[1]

Venue

This tournament was held at the Arena Asarel in Panagyurishte, Bulgaria.

Point distribution

Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament.^[2]

Event	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finalist	Quarter-finalist	Round of 16	Round of 32
Singles	250	125	63	31	16	8
Doubles	200	100	50	25	13	—

Prize pool

The total prize money is US$190,000.^[3]

Event	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finalist	Quarter-finalist	Round of 16	Round of 32
Singles	$21,000	$10,600	$5,500	$2,800	$1,400	$750
Doubles	$6,000	$3,000	$1,500	—	—	—

Men's singles

Seeds

Tomokazu Harimoto (champion)
Dimitrij Ovtcharov (quarter-finals)
Koki Niwa (first round)
Jun Mizutani (quarter-finals)
Lee Sang-su (first round)
Liam Pitchford (second round)
Wong Chun Ting (second round)
Vladimir Samsonov (second round)
Jeoung Young-sik (first round)
Quadri Aruna (semi-finals)
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (first round)
Simon Gauzy (first round)
Jonathan Groth (first round)
Daniel Habesohn (first round)
Chuang Chih-yuan (quarter-finals)
Teodor Alexandrov (first round)

Draw

Finals

Semifinals							Final

1	Tomokazu Harimoto	11	11	11	11

	Marcos Freitas	8	9	4	8
							1	Tomokazu Harimoto	11	12	11	13	13	11

								Zhao Zihao	6	14	5	11	15	4
10	Quadri Aruna	6	14	2	8	10

	Zhao Zihao	11	12	11	11	12

Top half

Section 1

First round								Second round									Quarterfinals

1	T Harimoto	11	11	14	11

	Zhu LF	7	9	12	6
								1	T Harimoto	11	11	8	8	11	11

									Chen C-a	8	5	11	11	2	6
	Chen C-a	11	11	7	11	9	11

9	Jeoung Y-s	6	5	11	9	11	9
																	1	T Harimoto	11	11	14	7	13

																		T Jin	7	6	12	11	11
11	S Gnanasekaran	9	9	11	10	9

	T Jin	11	11	6	12	11
									T Jin	12	9	10	11	14	9	11

								8	V Samsonov	10	11	12	7	12	11	6
	Y Tanaka	11	8	11	11	15

8	V Samsonov	9	11	8	9	13

Section 2

First round								Second round									Quarterfinals

6	L Pitchford	11	11	9	4	11	11

	Kou L	6	9	11	11	8	6
								6	L Pitchford	11	9	9	11	8	11	5

								15	Chuang C-y	5	11	11	8	11	7	11
	Zheng PF	11	12	9	11	5	7

15	Chuang C-y	9	14	11	3	11	11
																	15	Chuang C-y	11	2	3	13	11	5	9

																		M Freitas	3	11	11	11	4	11	11
13	J Groth	2	9	9	11	7

	T Pucar	11	11	11	9	11
									T Pucar

									M Freitas	w/o
	M Freitas	13	11	11	11

3	K Niwa	11	6	1	9

Bottom half

Section 3

First round									Second round									Quarterfinals

4	J Mizutani	12	11	11	12

	K Yoshimura	10	4	9	10
									4	J Mizutani	w/o

										A Machi
	A Machi	11	10	11	11	12

14	D Habesohn	4	12	9	6	10
																		4	J Mizutani	11	9	11	10	9	11	11

																		10	Q Aruna	8	11	6	12	11	4	13
10	Q Aruna	11	8	11	7	11	7	11

	Ma T	8	11	7	11	7	11	7
									10	Q Aruna	11	11	4	3	11	5	11

									7	Wong C T	9	9	11	11	9	11	5
	T Monteiro	11	8	4	12	5	9

7	Wong C T	8	11	11	10	11	11

Section 4

First round									Second round								Quarterfinals

5	Lee S-s	6	13	7	5	12	11	6

	D Jorgic	11	11	11	11	10	9	11
										D Jorgic	6	6	7	11	15	8

										Zhao ZH	11	11	11	7	13	11
	Zhao ZH	11	9	11	11	4	11

12	S Gauzy	9	11	6	4	11	4
																		Zhao ZH	11	12	8	11	5	11

																	2	D Ovtcharov	6	10	11	6	11	9
16	T Alexandrov	4	5	8	9

	R Filus	11	11	11	11
										R Filus	8	7	8	7

									2	D Ovtcharov	11	11	11	11
	M Morizono	5	6	3	9

2	D Ovtcharov	11	11	11	11

Women's singles

Seeds

Kasumi Ishikawa (quarter-finals)
Mima Ito (semi-finals)
Miu Hirano (second round)
Suh Hyo-won second round()
He Zhuojia (final)
Saki Shibata (first round)
Hitomi Sato (quarter-finals)
Jeon Ji-hee (quarter-finals)
Bernadette Szocs (second round)
Sofia Polcanova (first round)
Chen Xingtong (champion)
Miyu Kato (second round)
Honoka Hashimoto (first round)
Elizabeta Samara (first round)
Georgina Pota (first round)
Maria Yovkova (first round)

Draw

Finals

Semifinals									Final

5	He Zhuojia	11	11	11	13	3	11

	Wu Yang	9	8	8	15	11	8
									5	He Zhuojia	4	11	10	6	4

									11	Chen Xingtong	11	7	12	11	11
11	Chen Xingtong	6	11	11	9	9	11	11

2	Mima Ito	11	4	7	11	11	6	7

Top half

Section 1

First round								Second round								Quarterfinals

1	K Ishikawa	11	11	11	11

	Shao JN	6	6	6	6
								1	K Ishikawa	13	11	11	9	11

								9	B Szocs	11	8	4	11	7
	Cheng h-t	8	8	9	12	11	6

9	B Szocs	11	11	11	10	9	11
																1	K Ishikawa	10	5	9	4

																5	He ZJ	12	11	11	11
10	S Polcanova	11	5	9	10

	Mu Z	13	11	11	12
									Mu Z	5	11	7	4	12	9

								5	He ZJ	11	9	11	11	10	11
	M Kihara	8	11	2	4	11	9

5	He ZJ	11	7	11	11	7	11

Section 2

First round							Second round							Quarterfinals

7	H Sato	5	11	11	11	11

	H Ojio	11	9	8	0	3
							7	H Sato	11	4	11	11	11

								M Ando	4	11	9	8	7
	M Ando	11	9	11	11	11

16	M Yovkova	9	11	4	5	5
														7	H Sato

															Wu Y	w/o
15	G Pota	8	4	11	8	5

	Wu Y	11	11	4	11	11
								Wu Y	11	11	11	3	11

							4	Suh H-w	9	3	2	11	5
	Lee E-h	5	6	3	11	9

4	Suh H-w	11	11	11	9	11

Bottom half

Section 3

First round									Second round								Quarterfinals

3	M Hirano	w/o

	Y Han
									3	M Hirano	9	5	3	9

									11	Chen XT	11	11	11	11
	A Abe	11	5	7	13	11	8	11

11	Chen XT	9	11	11	11	8	11	13
																	11	Chen XT	11	11	11	11

																	8	Jeon J-h	6	8	2	4
13	H Hashimoto	13	6	11	6	7	9

	H Hayata	11	11	6	11	11	11
										H Hayata	11	7	9	11	11	7

									8	Jeon J-h	3	11	11	13	6	11
	Chen S-y

8	Jeon J-h	w/o

Section 4

First round									Second round								Quarterfinals

6	S Shibata	11	12	5	11	9	9

	Yu MY	4	14	11	7	11	11
										Yu MY	11	11	7	11	8	11

									12	M Kato	7	9	11	9	11	7
	Kim B-n	11	7	9	6	9

12	M Kato	7	11	11	11	11
																		Yu MY	5	8	11	6	8

																	2	M Ito	11	11	6	11	11
14	E Samara	13	6	9	4	11	11	4

	Fan SQ	11	11	11	11	9	8	11
										Fan SQ	6	7	9	5

									2	M Ito	11	11	11	11
	Shin Y-b	9	9	11	4	8

2	M Ito	11	11	0	11	11

Men's doubles

Seeds

Ho Kwan Kit / Wong Chun Ting (first round)
Lee Sang-su / Jeoung Young-sik (champion)
Chen Chien-an / Chuang Chih-yuan (quarter-finals)
Adam Szudi / Nandor Ecseki (quarter-finals)
Daniel Habesohn / Robert Gardos (first round)
Martin Allegro / Florent Lambiet (quarter-finals)
Lam Siu Hang / Ng Pak Nam (first round)
Teodor Alexandrov / Danislav Kodjabashev (quarter-finals)

Draw

First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals						Final

1	Ho K K Wong C T	12	7	10	11	7

	Y Uda K Yoshimura	10	11	12	7	11
								Y Uda K Yoshimura	11	11	13

							6	M Allegro F Lambiet	8	7	11
	M Bobocica N Stoyanov	5	1^r

6	M Allegro F Lambiet	11
															Y Uda K Yoshimura	11	11	11

															Ni Alamiyan No Alamiyan	6	4	6
7	Lam S H Ng P N	7	11	9	11	8

	Ni Alamiyan No Alamiyan	11	3	11	6	11
								Ni Alamiyan No Alamiyan	w/o

							4	N Ecseki A Szudi
	A Khanin P Platonov	8	7	11	3

4	N Ecseki A Szudi	11	11	5	11
																					Y Uda K Yoshimura	11	4	9	8

																				2	Jeoung Y-s Lee S-s	4	11	11	11
3	Chen C-a Chuang C-y	9	6	11	11	11

	Zhao ZH Zhu LF	11	11	8	9	8
							3	Chen C-a Chuang C-y	11	9	11	12	5

								Xia YZ Zheng PF	7	11	13	10	11
	Xia YZ Zheng PF	5	12	11	11

5	R Gardos D Habesohn	11	10	8	3
															Xia YZ Zheng PF	11	6	11	8

														2	Jeoung Y-s Lee S-s	7	11	13	11
8	T Alexandrov D Kodjabashev	11	11	11

	A Manole A Spelbus	4	2	8
							8	T Alexandrov D Kodjabashev	5	7	1

							2	Jeoung Y-s Lee S-s	11	11	11
	F Cnudde R Devos	2	9	7

2	Jeoung Y-s Lee S-s	11	11	11

Women's doubles

Seeds

Jeon Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun (quarter-finals)
Miyuu Kihara / Miyu Nagasaki (quarter-finals)
Hana Matelova / Barbora Balazova (first round)
Szandra Pergel / Dora Madarasz (first round)
Saki Shibata / Miu Hirano (final)
Chen Szu-yu / Cheng Hsien-tzu (first round)
Bernadette Szocs / Sofia Polcanova (semi-finals)
Maria Yovkova / Polina Trifonova (first round)

Draw

First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals						Final

1	Jeon J-h Yang H-e	8	11	11	13

	M Batra A Kamath	11	9	9	11
							1	Jeon J-h Yang H-e	11	7	13	14	8

								Gu YT Mu Z	7	11	11	16	11
	Gu YT Mu Z	11	11	11

8	P Trifonova M Yovkova	5	3	4
															Gu YT Mu Z	8	12	13	11

														7	S Polcanova B Szocs	11	10	11	5
7	S Polcanova B Szocs	11	11	2	11	11

	P Chasselin L Gasnier	6	13	11	6	8
							7	S Polcanova B Szocs	11	11	11

								G Dvorak S-X Zhang	7	4	4
	G Dvorak S-X Zhang	w/o

4	D Madarasz S Pergel
																					Gu YT Mu Z	11	11	11

																				5	M Hirano S Shibata	7	6	5
3	B Balazova H Matelova	5	7	11

	D Monteiro Dodean E Samara	11	11	13
								D Monteiro Dodean E Samara	6	10	8

								Chen XT Li JY	11	12	11
	Chen XT Li JY	w/o

6	Chen S-y Cheng H-t
															Chen XT Li JY	3	11	6	8

														5	M Hirano S Shibata	11	5	11	11
5	M Hirano S Shibata	11	11	11

	Lin Y Yu MY	7	6	7
							5	M Hirano S Shibata	11	16	4	11

							2	M Kihara M Nagasaki	3	14	11	9
	N Bogdanova D Trigolos	9	7	10

2	M Kihara M Nagasaki	11	11	12

Mixed doubles

Seeds

Jeon Ji-hee / Lee Sang-su (first round)
Stefan Fegerl / Sofia Polcanova (quarter-finals)
Tomokazu Harimoto / Kasumi Ishikawa (semi-finals)
Adam Szudi / Szandra Pergel (first round)
Laura Gasnier / Tristan Flore (quarter-finals)
Ovidiu Ionescu / Bernadette Szocs (semi-finals)
Jun Mizutani / Mima Ito (champion)
Denislav Kodjabashev / Maria Yovkova (first round)

Draw

First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals						Final

1	Lee S-s Jeon J-h	8	5	12	6

	Ma T Wu Y	11	11	10	11
								Ma T Wu Y	11	11	8	11

							5	T Flore L Gasnier	6	6	11	6
	A Shibaev P Mikhailova	4	9	11	7

5	T Flore L Gasnier	11	11	3	11
															Ma T Wu Y	11	11	7	11

														6	O Ionescu B Szocs	4	3	11	5
6	O Ionescu B Szocs	11	8	11	11

	M Badowski N Bajor	6	11	8	8
							6	O Ionescu B Szocs	11	11	12

								Cho D-s Shin Y-b	9	6	10
	Cho D-s Shin Y-b	8	12	8	11	11

4	A Szudi S Pergel	11	10	11	7	6
																					Ma T Wu Y	8	10	11	9

																				7	J Mizutani M Ito	11	12	9	11
3	T Harimoto K Ishikawa	11	11	9	11

	A Karakasevic I Lupulesku	4	6	11	3
							3	T Harimoto K Ishikawa	14	11	11

								L Tromer B Eerland	12	8	8
	L Tromer B Eerland	11	11	8	11

8	D Kodjabashev M Yovkova	8	7	11	6
														3	T Harimoto K Ishikawa	2	3	6

														7	J Mizutani M Ito	11	11	11
7	J Mizutani M Ito	w/o

	N Ecseki D Madarasz
							7	J Mizutani M Ito	11	10	11	7	11

							2	S Fegerl S Polcanova	6	12	8	11	3
	N Stoyanov G Piccolin	11	9	6	7

2	S Fegerl S Polcanova	6	11	11	11

References

^ "2019 Bulgaria Open / Prospectus" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
^ "2019 ITTF World Tour – Points Allocation" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
^ "2019 ITTF World Tour – Prize Money" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 7 February 2025.

[1] "2019 Bulgaria Open / Prospectus" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 8 February 2025.

[2] "2019 ITTF World Tour – Points Allocation" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 7 February 2025.

[3] "2019 ITTF World Tour – Prize Money" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 7 February 2025.

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