# 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.
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.
* Hugo Calderano
* Gustavo Tsuboi
* Kanak Jha
* Marcelo Aguirre
* Horacio Cifuentes
* Marcos Madrid
* Gustavo Gomez
* Alberto Miño
* Gaston Alto
* Emil Santos (replaced by Axel Gavilán)
* Brian Afanador
* Marko Medjugorac
* Samuel Gálvez
* Edward Ly
* Héctor Gatica
* 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 |
| 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | 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 | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Marcelo Aguirre | 6 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 6 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Kanak Jha | 11 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 11 | |

## Women's singles
### Seeding

Players were seeded according to the June 2018 ITTF World Ranking.
* Zhang Mo
* Yue Wu
* Paulina Vega
* Bruna Takahashi
* Daniela Ortega
* Paula Medina
* Ana Codina
* Eva Brito (replaced by Camila Arguelles)
* Melanie Díaz
* Caroline Kumahara
* Yadira Silva
* Alicia Côté
* Estefania Ramirios
* Emme Arias
* Wang Xinyue
* 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | 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 | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Bruna Takahashi | 17 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | Yadira Silva | 15 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 9 | | |