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Tomokazu Harimoto
Harimoto at the 2017 German Open
Personal information
Nationality Japan
Born (2003-06-27) 27 June 2003 (age 21)
Sendai, Japan[1]
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed, shakehand grip
Highest ranking11 (January 2018)[2]
Current ranking13 (April 2018)
Medal record
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2018 London Team
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Wuxi Team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Cape Town Singles
Gold medal – first place 2016 Cape Town Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Cape Town Doubles
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bangkok Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Bangkok Singles

Tomokazu Harimoto (Japanese: 張本 智和; born 27 June 2003) is a Japanese table tennis player. In August 2017, he became the youngest ever winner of an ITTF World Tour men's singles title, winning the Czech Open title at the age of 14 years and 61 days.[3]

Records

  • June 2016: Youngest ever winner of an ITTF World Tour under-21 men's singles title (12 years, 355 days).[1]
  • December 2016: Youngest ever winner of the boys' singles title at the World Junior Championships (13 years, 163 days).[4]
  • August 2017: Youngest ever winner of an ITTF World Tour men's singles title (14 years, 61 days).[3]
  • January 2018: Youngest ever winner of the men's singles title at the Japanese National Championships (14 years, 207 days).[5]

Career

ITTF Major tournament performance timeline

Key
W F SF QF #R RR

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (S) Singles Tournament; (D) Doubles Tournament; (MD) Mixed Doubles Tournament; (T) Team Tournament.

Tournament 2017 2018
World Cup
World Championships S QF
T QF
D
MD
World Tour Grand Finals S QF
D
Olympic Games S
T

Senior career highlights, as of April 2018:[6]

ITTF Career Singles Finals: 2

Result Date Tournament Tier Opponent Score
Runner-Up February, 2017 2017 ITTF World Tour India Open World Tour GermanyDimitrij Ovtcharov 6-11, 8-11, 4-11, 12-14
Win August, 2017 Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Czech Open World Tour Germany Timo Boll 11-3, 4-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-9

ITTF Career Doubles Finals: 10

Result Date Tournament Tier Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up June, 2017 2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum China Open World Tour Japan Yuto Kizukuri Japan JIn Ueda

Japan Maharu Yoshimura

10-12, 11-9, 8-11, 9-11
Runner-up November, 2017 2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum German Open World Tour Platinum Japan Yuto Kizukuri South Korea Jung Young-sik

South Korea Lee Sang-su

11-8, 11-3, 5-11, 14-16, 6-11

Singles

Men's doubles

Team events

Awards

Record against top-10 players

Harimoto's singles match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in bold:

Statistics correct as of 7 May 2018. * indicates current world rank no. 1.

Player Ranking Record Win% Last match
China Fan Zhendong* 1 1–1 50% Won (11-8, 8-11, 11-9, 11-8) at 2018 ITTF Asia Cup
Germany Timo Boll 1 1–1 50% Won (11-3, 4-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-9) at 2017 World Tour Czech Open
Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov 1 0-2 0% Lost (7-11, 13-11, 8-11, 14-12, 8-11, 11-5, 7-11) at 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
China Xu Xin 1 0-2 0% Lost (3-4) at 2017 World Tour Swedish Open
China Ma Long 1 0-1 0% Lost (0-4) at 2015 GAC Group ITTF World Tour Poland Open
BelarusVladimir Samsonov 1 2-0 100% Won (9-11, 9-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-8) at 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships
Chinese TaipeiChuang Chih-yuan 3 3-1 75% Won (4-11, 11-7, 14-12, 11-8) at 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships
JapanJun Mizutani 4 1-0 100% Won (11-7, 11-6, 14-12, 7-11, 11-8) at 2017 World Table Tennis Championships
Japan Koki Niwa 5 2-0 100% Won (11-9, 10-12, 11-6, 11-5, 10-12, 6-11, 12-10) at 2018 Asian Cup
Hong Kong Wong Chun Ting 6 2-1 66% Won (11-3, 11-8, 11-9) at 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships
Portugal Marcos Freitas 7 0-1 0% Lost (2-4) at 2017 ITTF World tour Platinum German Open
South Korea Jung Young-sik 7 0-1 0% Lost (15-17, 11-6, 11-9, 3-11, 9-11) at 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships
Singapore Gao Ning 9 1-0 100% Won (3-0) at 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships

References

  1. ^ a b "Tomokazu Harimoto: 12-Year-Old Shakes Up The World". Butterfly Online. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  2. ^ "ITTF Player Profile / Tomokazu Harimoto". ITTF. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Record breaker, Tomokazu Harimoto, youngest ever". ITTF. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Boys' Singles success means Tomokazu Harimoto youngest ever champion". ITTF. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  5. ^ "14-year-old Tomokazu Harimoto becomes youngest national table tennis singles champion". Japan Times. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  6. ^ "ITTF Player Matches / Tomokazu Harimoto". ITTF. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Tomokazu Harimoto chosen as ITTF's Breakthrough Star award recipient". Japan Times. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
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