Jun Mizutani

Jun Mizutani
Table tennis world championship 2013
Nation:	Japan
Date of birth:	June 9, 1989
Place of birth:	Iwata
Playing hand:	left handed
How to play:	Shakehand , attack
Current world rankings :	13
Best world ranking :	4 (Feb 2017)

Jun Mizutani ( Japanese 水 谷 隼 , Mizutani Jun ; born June 9, 1989 in Iwata , Shizuoka Prefecture ) is a Japanese table tennis professional who plays in Tokyo for Meiji University and also for the Chinese super league club Sichuan. He is considered a great talent, as he was the youngest national Japanese champion to date at the age of 17 and can boast further international successes. The largest include a 2016 Olympic bronze medal , two victories at the ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals and several silver and bronze medals with the national team at World and Asian Championships.

Career

Mizutani's parents were table tennis coaches in Japan. Mizutani started playing table tennis at the age of five. He was discovered by the German trainer Mario Amizic . In 2003 he came to Germany, where he joined the regional league team DJK SV Borussia 07 Münster . A year later he moved to DJK Germania Holthausen in the 2nd Bundesliga. From 2004 he was also increasingly active internationally in the adult sector, in Denmark he won bronze in doubles and thus his first medal on the Pro Tour . In 2005 he took part in a world championship for the first time and was among the last 32, and this year after a final defeat against Patrick Baum he was vice world champion. In October he moved up to a top 100 position in the world rankings for the first time. In 2006 he was signed by Borussia Düsseldorf , later he played for the Russian club UMMC Verkhnaya Pyshma .

With bronze he won his first individual medal on the Pro Tour at the Chinese Taipei Open 2007, at the Asian Championships in the same year he won bronze in doubles and - as in the next three competitions - silver with the team. Another great success followed in the team with a bronze medal in 2008 - after 14th place in the last participation - and Mizutani also qualified for the Olympic Games . In doubles with Seiya Kishikawa he reached the World Cup semi-finals in 2009 , in both singles and doubles he also won his first Pro Tour wins this year. In October he took part in the World Cup for the first time , and in the world rankings he got closer and closer to the top 10, which he finally reached in January 2010. That year he took bronze at the Asian Games, qualified for the first time for the Pro Tour Grand Finals, where he won gold in singles, and finished fourth in the World Cup , just as he did the year after. In 2012 he took part again in the Olympic Games , where he reached the second round in singles.

In doubles with Seiya Kishikawa, he also won bronze again at the 2013 World Cup , but in singles he was only among the last 128, and in the world rankings he temporarily fell back to 15th place. The following year was more successful, when he was able to win the Grand Finals again with a 4: 3 final victory over Dimitrij Ovtcharov and only narrowly missed a medal position at the World Cup for the third time in a row. With the team he won bronze at both the Asian Games and the World Cup . At the end of the year he was back on rank 5 in the world.

In 2015 he made it to the World Cup quarter-finals , his best placement to date. At the World Cup , he finished fourth for the fourth time in a row. He also showed strong performances in 2016: He won silver for the first time at the World Team Championship , at the Kuwait Open he took a 10: 4 lead against Xu Xin in the decisive set, but lost 10:12. He was then able to beat Xu Xin in the team final of the Olympic Games , where Mizutani won silver with the team and, after defeating Vladimir Samsonov, bronze in the individual. At club level he moved to Gazprom Fakel Orenburg , with whom he was able to win the Champions League straight away . Otherwise, however, he was unable to build on the strong performance from 2016 in 2017. At the World Cup in 2017 , he retired unexpectedly against the 13-year Tomokazu Harimoto from the World Cup against Simon Gauzy . With the introduction of the new world ranking calculation from 2018 , it fell out of the top 10 in the world. At the 2018 World Cup , he was again part of the Japanese team, which competed as the reigning runner-up, but surprisingly lost to England in the group stage and South Korea in the quarter-finals, and was thus eliminated for the first time since 2006 without a medal. In 2019, Mizutani took part in the World Cup, among other things , but was eliminated in the round of 32. From this year he also formed a mixed pair with Mima Itō , with whom he won silver at the Grand Finals , among other things .

Overview of titles and successes

• Japanese Champion Men's Singles 2019
• Winner Japan Open Singles 2012
• Victory over Timo Boll at the 2010 Men's World Cup in Moscow
• First Korean Open men's singles 2009
• Japanese champion men's singles and doubles (with Seiya Kishikawa ) 2006–2009
• German team champion 2008 with Borussia Düsseldorf
• Japanese champion men's singles and doubles 2008
• Japanese champion men's singles and doubles 2007
• DTTB Cup winner 2008 with Borussia Düsseldorf
• Third Taiwan Open men's singles (including victory over Oh Sang Eun WR: 6) and doubles in 2007
• Winner Japan Open U21 Singles 2007
• Quarter-finals World Championship men's doubles 2007
• Japanese Junior Champion Singles 2007
• ETTU Cup winner 2006/07 with Borussia Düsseldorf
• Third Polish Open men's doubles 2006
• Victory over Ryu Seung Min (Olympic champion) at the Chinese Taipei Open 2006
• Individual Vice World Champion Junior World Championships 2005 (behind Patrick Baum )
• Team World Champion Junior World Championship 2005
• Double World Champion Junior World Championships 2005
• Victory over Chuang Chih-Yuan (WR: 12) at the 2005 Men's World Championship
• Victory over Wang Hao (WR: 4) at the Asian Championships 2005

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
JPN	Asian Championship	2013	Busan	COR	Quarter finals			2
JPN	Asian Championship	2012	Macau	CHN	Quarter finals			2
JPN	Asian Championship	2009	Lucknow	IND	Quarter finals	Quarter finals		2
JPN	Asian Championship	2007	Yangzhou	CHN	last 16	Semifinals		2
JPN	Asian Championship	2005	Jeju-do	COR	last 16
JPN	Asian Cup	2017	Ahmedabad	IND	5th place
JPN	Asian Cup	2016	Dubai	UAE	5th place
JPN	Asian Cup	2015	Jaipur	IND	3rd place
JPN	Asian Cup	2014	Wuhan	CHN	3rd place
JPN	Asian Cup	2008	Sapporo	JPN	4th Place
JPN	Asian Cup	2007	Hanoi	VIE	3rd place
JPN	Asian Games	2014	Incheon	COR	Quarter finals	Quarter finals		3
JPN	Asian Games	2010	Guangzhou	CHN	Semifinals
JPN	Asian Games	2006	Doha	QAT	last 16	Quarter finals
JPN	Asian Youth Champ.ATTU Cadets	2003	Hyderabad	IND	gold
JPN	Asian Championship (Juniors)	2007	Hoengseong	COR	Semifinals	gold		1
JPN	Asian Championship (Juniors)	2006	Kitakyushu	JPN	Semifinals
JPN	Asian Championship (Juniors)	2005	New Delhi	IND			silver
JPN	Olympic games	2016	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	bronze			2
JPN	Olympic games	2012	London	CLOSELY	last 16			Quarter finals
JPN	Olympic games	2008	Beijing	CHN	last 32			Quarter finals
JPN	Pro tour	2020	Doha	QAT	last 16		gold
JPN	Pro tour	2020	Magdeburg	GER	Quarter finals		silver
JPN	Pro tour	2019	Stockholm	SWE	last 16		silver
JPN	Pro tour	2019	Olomouc	CZE	last 16		silver
JPN	Pro tour	2019	Panagyurishte	BUL	Quarter finals		gold
JPN	Pro tour	2019	Geelong	OUT	last 32		silver
JPN	Pro tour	2019	Busan	COR	last 32		Semifinals
JPN	Pro tour	2018	Daejeon	COR	Semifinals
JPN	Pro tour	2018	Doha	QAT	last 16	silver
JPN	Pro tour	2017	Tokyo	JPN	Semifinals
JPN	Pro tour	2016	Melbourne	OUT	gold
JPN	Pro tour	2016	Otočec	SLO	gold
JPN	Pro tour	2016	Warsaw	POLE	gold
JPN	Pro tour	2015	catfish	AUT	gold
JPN	Pro tour	2015	Incheon	COR	last 32	Semifinals
JPN	Pro tour	2014	Ekaterinburg	RUS	Semifinals
JPN	Pro tour	2014	Yokohama	JPN	silver	gold
JPN	Pro tour	2014	Magdeburg	GER	silver
JPN	Pro tour	2013	Berlin	GER	Quarter finals
JPN	Pro tour	2013	Yokohama	JPN	Quarter finals
JPN	Pro tour	2013	Incheon City	COR	Quarter finals	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2013	Kuwait City	KUW	Quarter finals	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2012	Kobe	JPN	gold
JPN	Pro tour	2012	Shanghai	CHN	Quarter finals
JPN	Pro tour	2012	Incheon City	COR	last 32
JPN	Pro tour	2012	Santiago de Chile	CHI	Quarter finals	Semifinals
JPN	Pro tour	2012	Almeria	ESP	Semifinals	gold
JPN	Pro tour	2012	Kuwait City	KUW	gold
JPN	Pro tour	2012	Doha	QAT	Quarter finals
JPN	Pro tour	2011	Stockholm	SWE	Quarter finals
JPN	Pro tour	2011	Schwechat	AUT	Quarter finals
JPN	Pro tour	2011	Suzhou	CHN	Semifinals
JPN	Pro tour	2011	Kobe	JPN	silver
JPN	Pro tour	2011	Shenzen	CHN	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2011	Dubai	UAE	Semifinals
JPN	Pro tour	2011	Doha	QAT	Quarter finals	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2010	catfish	AUT	last 16	Semifinals
JPN	Pro tour	2010	Budaörs	HUN	gold	silver
JPN	Pro tour	2010	Suzhou	CHN	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2010	Kobe	JPN	silver	Semifinals
JPN	Pro tour	2010	Kuwait City	KUW	last 16	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2010	Doha	QAT	last 32	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2009	Sheffield	CLOSELY	Quarter finals	silver
JPN	Pro tour	2009	Seoul	COR	gold	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2009	Wakayama	JPN	Quarter finals	gold
JPN	Pro tour	2009	Su Zhou	CHN	last 16	gold
JPN	Pro tour	2009	Bremen	GER	Semifinals	silver
JPN	Pro tour	2009	Doha	QAT	last 16	Semifinals
JPN	Pro tour	2008	Berlin	GER	last 32			5
JPN	Pro tour	2008	Singapore	SIN	last 16	Semifinals
JPN	Pro tour	2008	Daejeon	COR	last 16	Quarter finals
JPN	Pro tour	2008	Doha	QAT	last 32	Quarter finals
JPN	Pro tour	2007	Stockholm	SWE	last 32	Quarter finals
JPN	Pro tour	2007	Bremen	GER	last 32	Quarter finals
JPN	Pro tour	2007	Toulouse	FRA	last 64	Quarter finals
JPN	Pro tour	2007	catfish	AUT	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
JPN	Pro tour	2007	St. Petersburg	RUS	Quarter finals	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2007	Taipei	TPE	Semifinals	Semifinals
JPN	Pro tour	2007	Nanjing	CHN	last 32	Quarter finals
JPN	Pro tour	2007	Chiba	JPN	last 64	Quarter finals
JPN	Pro tour	2007	Salwa Cup	KUW	last 64	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2007	Doha	QAT	last 64	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2006	Warsaw	POLE	last 64	Semifinals
JPN	Pro tour	2006	Bayreuth	GER		Quarter finals
JPN	Pro tour	2006	Yokohama	JPN	last 64	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2006	Kunshan	CHN	last 64	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2006	Taipei	TPE	last 16	silver
JPN	Pro tour	2005	Gothenburg	SWE	last 64	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2005	Magdeburg	GER	last 32
JPN	Pro tour	2005	Yokohama	JPN	last 32
JPN	Pro tour	2005	Taipei	TPE	last 32	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2005	Suncheon	COR	last 16	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2004	Leipzig	GER	last 64	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2004	Aarhus	THE		Semifinals
JPN	Pro tour	2004	Warsaw	POLE	last 64
JPN	Pro tour	2004	Kobe	JPN	last 32
JPN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2019	Zhengzhou	CHN	last 16		silver
JPN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2018	Incheon	COR	Semifinals
JPN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2016	Doha	QAT	last 16
JPN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2015	Lisbon	POR	last 16
JPN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2014	Bangkok	THA	gold
JPN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2011	London	CLOSELY	last 16
JPN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2010	Seoul	COR	gold
JPN	World Championship	2019	Budapest	HUN	last 32
JPN	World Championship	2018	Halmstad	SWE				Quarter finals
JPN	World Championship	2017	Dusseldorf	GER	last 64
JPN	World Championship	2016	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				2
JPN	World Championship	2015	Suzhou	CHN	Quarter finals
JPN	World Championship	2014	Tokyo	JPN				3
JPN	World Championship	2013	Paris	FRA	last 128	Semifinals
JPN	World Championship	2012	Dortmund	GER				3
JPN	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED	Quarter finals	last 16
JPN	World Championship	2010	Moscow	RUS				3
JPN	World Championship	2009	Yokohama	JPN	last 16	Semifinals	last 16
JPN	World Championship	2008	Guangzhou	CHN				3
JPN	World Championship	2007	Zagreb	HRV	last 32	Quarter finals	last 32
JPN	World Championship	2006	Bremen	GER				14th
JPN	World Championship	2005	Shanghai	CHN	last 32	last 64	last 64
JPN	World cup	2017	Liege	BEL	Quarter finals
JPN	World cup	2015	Halmstad	SWE	4th Place
JPN	World cup	2014	Dusseldorf	GER	4th Place
JPN	World cup	2011	Paris	FRA	4th Place
JPN	World cup	2010	Magdeburg	GER	4th Place
JPN	World cup	2009	Moscow	RUS	9-12 space
JPN	Youth World Championship	2005	Linz	AUT	silver	Semifinals		1
JPN	Youth World Championship	2004	Kobe	JPN	last 16	gold
JPN	Youth World Championship	2003	Santiago	CHI	last 16
JPN	World Junior Circuit	2005	Suva	FIJ	Semifinals
JPN	World Junior Circuit	2005	Platja d'Aro	ESP	gold
JPN	World Junior Circuit	2005	Örebro	SWE	gold
JPN	World Junior Circuit	2004	Cetniewo	POLE	Quarter finals
JPN	World Junior Circuit Finals	2005	Santo Domingo	DOM	gold
JPN	WTC World Team Cup	2013	Guangzhou	CHN				3rd place
JPN	WTC World Team Cup	2009	Linz	AUT	5th place

Web links

Commons : Jun Mizutani  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Player data sponsor page (accessed on January 11, 2016)
• Jun Mizutani biography on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (accessed June 22, 2014)
• Jun Mizutani in the Sports-Reference database (archived from the original ) (accessed June 22, 2014)

literature

• Rahul Nelson: Cast off for a genius , table tennis magazine , 2006/12 pages 48–52

Individual evidence

1. ↑ results.ittf.link . (accessed July 1, 2018).
2. ↑ ittf.com - Déjà Vu, Once Again Jun Mizutani Suffers Nightmares at Hands of Xu Xin ( Memento of the original from September 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on October 3, 2016)  
3. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2016/7 page 6
4. ↑ Grand Finals: Fan Zhendong and Ma Long move into the final. mytischtennis.de, December 14, 2019, accessed on February 10, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Jun Mizutani Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed June 22, 2014)