2018 ITTF Pan-America Cup

The 2018 ITTF Pan-America Cup was a table tennis competition that took place from 15–17 June in Asunción, Paraguay. The event was organised by the Paraguay Table Tennis Federation, under the authority of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). It was the second edition of the event.^[1]

2018 ITTF Pan-America Cup

Tournament details
Dates	15–17 June 2018
Edition	2nd
Total prize money	US$16,000
Venue	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico
Location	Asunción, Paraguay
Champions
Men's singles	Hugo Calderano
Women's singles	Zhang Mo
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Men's singles and women's singles events were held, with the winners and runners-up in each event qualifying automatically for the 2018 Men's and Women's World Cups.

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Singles details	Hugo Calderano	Gustavo Tsuboi	Kanak Jha
Women's Singles details	Zhang Mo	Yue Wu	Bruna Takahashi

Men's singles

Seeding

Players were seeded according to the June 2018 ITTF World Ranking.^[2]

1. Hugo Calderano
2. Gustavo Tsuboi
3. Kanak Jha
4. Marcelo Aguirre
5. Horacio Cifuentes
6. Marcos Madrid
7. Gustavo Gomez
8. Alberto Miño
9. Gaston Alto
10. Emil Santos (replaced by Axel Gavilán)
11. Brian Afanador
12. Marko Medjugorac
13. Samuel Gálvez
14. Edward Ly
15. Héctor Gatica
16. Feng Yijun

Group stage

Group 1 Cifuentes Gálvez Gatica Points 5 H. Cifuentes w/o 4–0 4 13 Samuel Gálvez w/d w/d - 15 Héctor Gatica 0–4 w/o 3

Group 2 Madrid Afanador Feng Points 6 Marcos Madrid 4–2 3–4 3 11 Brian Afanador 2–4 4–1 3[3] 16 Feng Yijun 4–3 1–4 3

Group 3 Gomez Medjugorac Gavilán Points 7 Gustavo Gomez 4–2 4–2 4 12 M. Medjugorac 2–4 2–4 2 - Axel Gavilán 2–4 4–2 3

Group 4 Miño Alto Ly Points 8 Alberto Miño 4–2 4–2 4 9 Gaston Alto 2–4 4–2 3 14 Edward Ly 2–4 2–4 2

Main draw

	Quarterfinals											Semifinals											Final
	1	Hugo Calderano	13	14	11	11
	7	Gustavo Gomez	11	12	8	5						1	Hugo Calderano	11	11	11	11
	5	Horacio Cifuentes	11	11	11	7	8	6	9			4	Marcelo Aguirre	6	4	2	9
	4	Marcelo Aguirre	7	9	8	11	11	11	11														1	Hugo Calderano	11	8	10	11	11	15
	3	Kanak Jha	11	12	7	11	11	12															2	Gustavo Tsuboi	9	11	12	6	7	13
	11	Brian Afanador	9	14	11	6	8	10				3	Kanak Jha	4	8	8	4
	8	Alberto Miño	11	11	11	6	7	7	6			2	Gustavo Tsuboi	11	11	11	11
	2	Gustavo Tsuboi	9	8	8	11	11	11	11														Third place
																							4	Marcelo Aguirre	6	13	10	11	11	6
																							3	Kanak Jha	11	15	12	5	9	11

^[4]

Women's singles

Seeding

Players were seeded according to the June 2018 ITTF World Ranking.^[2]

1. Zhang Mo
2. Yue Wu
3. Paulina Vega
4. Bruna Takahashi
5. Daniela Ortega
6. Paula Medina
7. Ana Codina
8. Eva Brito (replaced by Camila Arguelles)
9. Melanie Díaz
10. Caroline Kumahara
11. Yadira Silva
12. Alicia Côté
13. Estefania Ramirios
14. Emme Arias
15. Wang Xinyue
16. Lucero Ovelar

Group stage

Group 1 Ortega Silva Ovelar Points 5 Daniela Ortega 0–4 4–1 3 11 Yadira Silva 4–0 4–1 4 16 Lucero Ovelar 1–4 1–4 2

Group 2 Medina Ramirios Arguelles Points 6 Paula Medina 1–4 (ret.) 1–4 1 13 E. Ramirios 4–1 3–4 3 - C. Arguelles 4–1 4–3 4

Group 3 Codina Kumahara Arias Points 7 Ana Codina 0–4 4–0 3 10 C. Kumahara 4–0 4–0 4 14 Emme Arias 0–4 0–4 2

Group 4 Melanie Díaz Côté Wang Points 9 Melanie Díaz 4–1 3–4 3 12 Alicia Côté 1–4 0–4 2 15 Wang Xinyue 4–3 4–0 4

Main draw

	Quarterfinals											Semifinals											Final
	1	Zhang Mo	6	11	11	11	11
	15	Wang Xinyue	11	8	7	4	1					1	Zhang Mo	11	11	11	11
	-	Camila Arguelles	5	6	11	5	1					4	Bruna Takahashi	8	9	4	9
	4	Bruna Takahashi	11	11	9	11	11																1	Zhang Mo	8	11	11	11	13
	3	Paulina Vega	6	9	8	13	4																2	Yue Wu	11	8	4	5	11
	11	Yadira Silva	11	11	11	11	11					11	Yadira Silva	12	6	11	3	10	6
	10	Caroline Kumahara	6	12	8	6	6					2	Yue Wu	10	11	7	11	12	11
	2	Yue Wu	11	10	11	11	11																Third place
																							4	Bruna Takahashi	17	11	11	9	11
																							11	Yadira Silva	15	6	2	11	9

^[5]

See also

• 2018 Pan American Table Tennis Championships
• 2018 Europe Top 16 Cup
• 2018 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup
• 2018 ITTF-Oceania Cup

References

1. "2018 ITTF Pan-America Cup / Prospectus" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
2. "2018 ITTF Pan-America Cup / List of Participants" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
3. "Life on the knife-edge but Brian Afanador progresses". ITTF. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
4. "2018 ITTF Pan-America Cup / Men's Singles" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
5. "2018 ITTF Pan-America Cup / Women's Singles" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.

External links

• Official website Archived 2019-03-28 at the Wayback Machine