Ho Kwan kit

Ho Kwan kit
Nation:	Hong Kong
Date of birth:	April 20, 1997
Playing hand:	left handed
How to play:	Shakehand (attack)
Current world rankings :	101 (March 2020)
Best world ranking :	28 (June 2016)

Ho Kwan Kit (born April 20, 1997 in Hong Kong ) is a table tennis player from Hong Kong. He took part in the 2016 Olympic Games.

Career

Ho Kwan Kit was one of Hong Kong's best players from a young age. He performed internationally for the first time in 2014 and was able to reach the final at the Philippines Open, where he defeated Zhan Jian and thus secured gold. In 2015 he moved into the top 100 of the world rankings for the first time and took part in the World Youth Championship, but had to admit defeat to Xue Fei in the quarterfinals. In doubles, mixed and together with the team he was able to win bronze. He also took part for the first time in the adult division at the World Cup and the Australian Open, where he met Jung Young-sik in the final , but lost 4-0. He won gold in doubles with Lam Siu Hang .

In 2016 he took part for the first time in singles in the Asian Cup and with the team in the World Cup and in the Olympic Games, in which the Hong Kong team reached the quarter-finals. In June, Ho reached a personal record with world number 28. At the China Open he had to admit defeat in the quarter-finals 3: 4 against Olympic runner-up Zhang Jike , in doubles with Tang Peng and Wong Chun Ting as well as in the U-21 area he won numerous medals on the World Tour this year , at the Grand Finals, he and Tang took bronze.

In 2017 he reached the World Cup quarter-finals in doubles with Wong Chun Ting , which they lost after a 2-0 lead 3: 4 against the eventual winners Fan Zhendong / Xu Xin . They also won bronze at the Asian Cup and silver at the World Tour Grand Finals in December after they had awarded four match points in the final against Masataka Morizono / Yūya Ōshima . In 2018, the Hong Kong team reached the round of 16 at the World Cup , losing in the group stage to eventual runner-up world champions Germany and semi-finalists Sweden and in the main round to Japan. In addition, Ho and Wong won the Hong Kong Open doubles with a 3-0 final win over Morizono / Ōshima . At the Grand Finals they reached the final again, but this time they lost to Jang Woojin / Lim Jong-hoon . In 2019 they won the Qatar Open and qualified again in doubles for the Grand Finals - for Ho it was the fourth time in a row - but could not win a medal there for the first time due to the first round against Fan Zhendong / Xu Xin. In July 2019, Ho Kwan Kit was no longer in the top 100 for the first time since the beginning of 2015.

Play style

Ho Kwan Kit is an attacking player. He uses the Neo Hurricane 03 on the forehand and the Tenergy 05 on the backhand . He uses the wood of the world champion Ma Long, namely the DHS Hurricane 03 .

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team	U-21
HKG	Asian Games	2018	Jakarta	IDN	last 16		Semifinals	Quarter finals
HKG	Asian Championship	2019	Yogyakarta	IDN	last 32	Quarter finals	Quarter finals	6th place
HKG	Asian Championship	2017	Wuxi	CHN	last 32	Semifinals		5th place
HKG	Asian Championship	2015	Pattaya	THA	Quarter finals	Quarter finals		5th place
HKG	Asian Cup	2017	Ahmedabad	IND	11-16 space
HKG	Asian Cup	2016	Dubai	UAE	9-12 space
HKG	Olympic games	2016	Rio de Janeiro	CHN				Quarter finals
HKG	ITTF Challenge Series	2018	Spala	POLE	last 32	Semifinals
HKG	ITTF Challenge Series	2017	Warsaw	POLE	last 32	gold
HKG	ITTF World Tour	2020	Doha	QAT	Agony	Semifinals	Semifinals
HKG	ITTF World Tour	2020	Budapest	HUN	Agony	Semifinals	Quarter finals
HKG	ITTF World Tour	2019	Busan	COR	Agony	Quarter finals	Semifinals
HKG	ITTF World Tour	2019	Hong Kong	HKG	last 32	Semifinals	Quarter finals
HKG	ITTF World Tour	2019	Doha	QAT	Agony	gold	Semifinals
HKG	ITTF World Tour	2018	Linz	AUT	Agony	Semifinals
HKG	ITTF World Tour	2018	Daejeon	COR	Agony	silver	Quarter finals
HKG	ITTF World Tour	2018	Kitakyushu	JPN	last 32	Semifinals	Semifinals
HKG	ITTF World Tour	2018	Hong Kong	HKG	Agony	gold
HKG	ITTF World Tour	2017	Stockholm	SWE	last 32	silver
HKG	ITTF World Tour	2017	Magdeburg	GER	last 64	Semifinals			Semifinals
HKG	ITTF World Tour	2017	Linz	AUT	last 32	Semifinals			last 32
HKG	ITTF World Tour	2016	Cheng you	CHN	Quarter finals	Semifinals			gold
HKG	ITTF World Tour	2016	Otocec	SLO	last 32	gold
HKG	ITTF World Tour	2016	Zagreb	CRO	last 16	Semifinals
HKG	ITTF World Tour	2016	Warsaw	POLE	last 32	Quarter finals			Semifinals
HKG	ITTF World Tour	2016	Kuwait City	KUW	last 32	silver			silver
HKG	ITTF World Tour	2016	Doha	QAT	last 32	Quarter finals			gold
HKG	ITTF World Tour	2016	Budapest	HUN	last 64	last 16			Semifinals
HKG	ITTF World Tour	2016	Berlin	GER	Agony	silver			last 32
HKG	ITTF World Tour	2015	Stockholm	SWE	last 16	Quarter finals			Semifinals
HKG	ITTF World Tour	2015	Gold coast	OUT	silver	gold			Semifinals
HKG	ITTF World Tour	2015	Doha	QAT	last 32	last 32			silver
HKG	ITTF World Tour	2015	Budapest	HUN	last 32	Agony			gold
HKG	ITTF World Tour	2014	Stockholm	SWE	last 64	Agony			Semifinals
HKG	ITTF World Tour	2014	Subic Bay	PHI	gold				last 16
HKG	ITTF World Tour Grand Finals	2019	Zhengzhou	CHN		Quarter finals
HKG	ITTF World Tour Grand Finals	2018	Incheon	COR		silver
HKG	ITTF World Tour Grand Finals	2017	Astana	KAZ		silver
HKG	ITTF World Tour Grand Finals	2016	Doha	QAT		Semifinals			Quarter finals
HKG	World Team Cup	2018	London	CLOSELY				Quarter finals
HKG	World Championship	2019	Budapest	HUN	last 128	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
HKG	World Championship	2018	Halmstad	SWE				9-12 space
HKG	World Championship	2017	Dusseldorf	GER	last 64	Quarter finals	last 32
HKG	World Championship	2016	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				Quarter finals
HKG	World Championship	2015	Suzhou	CHN	last 64	last 64
HKG	Youth World Championship	2015	Hyderabad	IND	Quarter finals	Semifinals	Semifinals	Semifinals
HKG	Youth World Championship	2014	Shanghai	CHN	last 32	last 16	Quarter finals	8th place

Individual evidence

1. ↑ tabletennis.guide: Table tennis: video, photos, rankings, analytics. Retrieved October 31, 2018 . 
2. ^ Pressure mounts, Korean duo responds. ittf.com, December 10, 2016, accessed March 21, 2020 . 
3. ^ A medal two years in the making. ittf.com, June 2, 2017, accessed March 21, 2020 . 
4. ^ All Chinese final in Men's doubles awaits. ittf.com, April 17, 2017, accessed March 21, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Back from the brink Masataka Morizono and Yuya Oshima regain title. ittf.com, December 17, 2017, accessed March 21, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Astana avenged, gold for Ho Kwan Kit and Wong Chun Ting. ittf.com, May 27, 2018, accessed March 21, 2020 . 
7. ↑ 5 Talking Points from the final day in Incheon. ittf.com, December 16, 2018, accessed March 21, 2020 . 
8. ^ Message from Doha: intentions clear, crystal clear. ittf.com, March 31, 2019, accessed March 21, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Zhengzhou review: Olympic champion falls, Olympic places reserved. ittf.com, December 12, 2019, accessed March 21, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Ho Kwan Kit's Equipment | Racket & Rubbers. Retrieved October 31, 2018 . 
11. ↑ tabletennis.guide: Table tennis: video, photos, rankings, analytics. Retrieved October 31, 2018 . 
12. ↑ SofaScore.com LiveScore: Kwan Kit Ho. Live score, schedule and results - table tennis - SofaScore. Retrieved October 31, 2018 . 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Ho is the family name here, Kwan Kit is the first name.