Masataka Morizono (森薗 政崇, Morizono Masataka, born 5 April 1995) is a Japanese table tennis player. With doubles partner Yuya Oshima, he won the gold medal in the men's doubles event at both the 2015 and 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals, as well as winning a silver medal in men's doubles at the 2017 World Championships.[3][4]
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 Morizono at the 2017 German Open | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 April 1995 Tokyo, Japan[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Table tennis career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing style | Left-handed, shakehand grip | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 21 (August 2015)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 50 (April 2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career records
editThe following senior career records stand as of April 2018:[5]
Singles
edit- ITTF World Tour
- Runner-up: 2014 Spanish Open
- Asian Championships: Last 32 (2015)
- Summer Universiade: Winner (2015, 2017)
Men's doubles
edit- World Championships: Runner-up (2017); QF (2015)
- ITTF World Tour Grand Finals: Winner (2015, 2017); Runner-up (2016)
- ITTF World Tour
- Winner: 2014 Czech Open, 2015 Croatia Open, 2016 German Open, 2016 Polish Open, 2017 India Open, 2017 Qatar Open
- Runner-up: 2013 Polish Open
- Asian Championships: SF (2015); QF (2017)
- Summer Universiade: Winner (2017); Runner-up (2015)
Mixed doubles
edit- Asian Championships: Runner-up (2017); QF (2015)
- Summer Universiade: QF (2015)
Team
edit- World Team Cup: QF (2015)
- Asian Championships: Runner-up (2015)
- Summer Universiade: Runner-up (2015, 2017)
References
edit- ^ "Player Database / Masataka Morizono". Japan Table Tennis Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "ITTF Player Profile / Masataka Morizono". ITTF. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "Back from the brink Masataka Morizono and Yuya Oshima regain title". ITTF. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "China Defends Men's Doubles Crown at ITTF World Championships". ITTF. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "ITTF Player Matches / Masataka Morizono". ITTF. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
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