title: 2018 in table tennis
text: # 2018 in table tennis
  
  This page lists notable table tennis events taking place in 2018.
  
  ## World table tennis events
  
  ### Senior
  
  * February 22 – 25: 2018 ITTF Team World Cup in London
     * Men: China (Xu Xin, Ma Long, & Fan Zhendong)
     * Women: China (Liu Shiwen, Ding Ning, & Zhu Yuling)
  * April 29 – May 6: 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Halmstad
     * Men: China (Fan Zhendong, Lin Gaoyuan, Ma Long, Wang Chuqin, & Xu Xin)
     * Women: China (Chen Meng, Ding Ning, Liu Shiwen, Wang Manyu, & Zhu Yuling)
  * September 28 – 30: 2018 ITTF Women's World Cup in Chengdu
     * Ding Ning defeated Zhu Yuling, 4–0, to win her third World Cup title.
     * Cheng I-ching took third place.
  * October 19 – 21: 2018 ITTF Men's World Cup in Paris
     * Fan Zhendong defeated Timo Boll, 4–1, to win his second World Cup title.
     * Lin Gaoyuan took third place.
  
  ### Junior and cadet
  
  * October 23 – 31: 2018 World Cadet Challenge in Tottori
     * Cadet boys' singles: ZENG Beixun
     * Cadet girls' singles: KUAI Man
     * Cadet boys' doubles: Japan (Sora Matsushima & Yuma Tanigaki)
     * Cadet girls' doubles: Japan (Honami Nakamori & Hikari Okubo)
     * Cadet mixed doubles: Iulian Chirita & Yukari Sugasawa
  * December 2–9: 2018 World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Bendigo
     * Junior boys' singles: XU Haidong
     * Junior girls' singles: QIAN Tianyi
     * Junior boys' doubles: China (XIANG Peng & XU Haidong)
     * Junior girls' doubles: China (HUANG Fanzhen & SHI Xunyao)
     * Junior mixed doubles: China (XU Yingbin & SHI Xunyao)
  
  ## Continental table tennis championships
  
  ### Africa (TT)
  
  **Senior**
  
  * March 1–3: 2018 ITTF African Cup in Nairobi
     * Men: Omar Assar defeated Quadri Aruna, to win his first ITTF African Cup title.
        * Ahmed Saleh took third place.
     * Women: Dina Meshref defeated Sarah Hanffou, to win her second ITTF African Cup title.
        * Offiong Edem took third place.
  * September 3–9: 2018 ITTF African Table Tennis Championships in Port Louis
     * Men's singles: Quadri Aruna
     * Women's singles: Dina Meshref
     * Men's doubles: Egypt (Youssef Abdel-Aziz & Khalid Assar)
     * Women's doubles: Egypt (Farah Abdel-Aziz & Reem El-Eraky)
     * Mixed doubles: Egypt (Ahmed Saleh & Dina Meshref)
  
  **Junior and cadet**
  
  * March 24–25: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Africa in Soliman
     * Four players to compete in Buenos Aires 2018 YOG: Yu Khinhang, Amin Ahmadian, Tatiana Kukulkova, & Sabina Šurjan
  * April 7–13: 2018 African Junior and Cadet Championships in Abidjan
  
  ### Americas (TT)
  
  **Senior**
  
  * March 4–8: 2018 Latin American Senior Championships in Havana
     * Men's singles: Eric Jouti
     * Women's singles: Bruna Takahashi
     * Men's doubles: Cuba (Andy Pereira & Jorge Campos)
     * Women's doubles: Chile (Paulina Vega & Judith Morales)
     * Mixed doubles: Brazil (Eric Jouti & Gui Lin)
  * June 15–17: 2018 ITTF Pan-America Cup in Asunción
     * Men's singles: Hugo Calderano
     * Women's singles: Zhang Mo
  * November 20–25: 2018 Pan American Table Tennis Championships in Santiago
     * Men's singles: Kanak Jha
     * Women's singles: Adriana Díaz
     * Men's doubles: Brazil (Vitor Ishiy & Eric Jouti)
     * Women's doubles: Canada (Alicia Cote & Zhang Mo)
     * Mixed doubles: Puerto Rico (Brian Afanador & Adriana Díaz)
  
  **Junior and cadet**
  
  * February 20–23: 2018 Central American U15/U18 in San Salvador
  * March 21–25: 2018 South American U15/U18 in Santiago
  * April 14–15: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Latin America in Asunción
     * Four players that have qualified to compete in Buenos Aires 2018 YOG: Matteo Mutti, Yanapong Panagitgun, Jamila Laurenti, & Goi Rui Xuan
  * June 1–2: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - North America in Markham
     * Four players that have qualified to compete in Buenos Aires 2018 YOG: Kim Song Gun, Cédric Meissner, Pyon Song Gyong, & Franziska Schreiner
  * July 10–15: 2018 Pan American Junior Table Tennis Championships in Santo Domingo
     * Junior boys' singles: Kanak Jha
     * Junior girls' singles: Adriana Diaz
     * Junior boys' doubles: United States (Sharon Alguetti & Kanak Jha)
     * Junior girls' doubles: United States (Rachel Sung & Rachel Yang)
     * Junior mixed doubles: United States (Sharon Alguetti & Crystal Wang)
     * Junior boys' Team: United States (Kanak Jha, Nikhil Kumar, Sharon Alguetti & Nikolas Tio)
     * Junior girls' Team: United States (Amy Wang, Crystal Wang, Rachel Sung & Rachel Yang)
  
  ### Asia (TT)
  
  **Senior**
  
  * April 6–8: 2018 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup in Yokohama
     * Winners: Fan Zhendong (m) / Zhu Yuling (f)
  
  **Junior and cadet**
  
  * May 7–8: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Asia in Bangkok
     * Four players qualified to compete at Buenos Aires 2018: Javen Choong, Manav Vikash Thakkar, Choi Hae-eun, & Andrea Pavlovic
  
  ### Europe (TT)
  
  **Senior**
  
  * February 3–4: 2018 Europe Top 16 Cup in Montreux
     * Men: Timo Boll defeated Dimitrij Ovtcharov, 4–0 (13–11, 11–6, 11–3, 11–6), to win his sixth Europe Top 16 Cup title.
        * Jonathan Groth took third place.
     * Women: Bernadette Szőcs defeated Li Jie, 4–1 (12–10, 8–11, 11–6, 11–5, 11–7), to win her first Europe Top 16 Cup title.
        * Elizabeta Samara took third place.
  * September 18–23: 2018 European Table Tennis Championships in Alicante
     * singles winners: Timo Boll (m) / Li Qian (f)
     * doubles winners: Austria (Daniel Habesohn & Robert Gardos) (m) / Germany (Nina Mittelham & Kristin Lang) (f)
     * Mixed doubles winners: Germany (Ruwen Filus & Han Ying)
  
  **U-21, Junior and cadet**
  
  * February 12–13: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Europe in Hodonín
     * Boys that qualified to compete in Buenos Aires 2018 YOG: Bastian Rembert and Cristian Pletea
     * Girls that qualified to compete in Buenos Aires 2018 YOG: Andreea Dragoman and Lee Ka Yee
  * March 8–11: 2018 European Under-21 Table Tennis Championships in Minsk
     * Men's singles: Tomas Polansky
     * Women's singles: Mariia Tailakova
     * Men's doubles: Turkey (Ibrahim Gündüz & Abdullah Yigenler)
     * Women's doubles: Solomiya Brateyko & Natalia Bajor
  * July 15–24: 2018 Table Tennis European Youth Championships in Cluj-Napoca
     * boys' singles: Ioannis Sgouropoulos
     * girls' singles: Ning Jing
     * boys' doubles: Russia (Lev Katsman & Maksim Grebnev)
     * girls' doubles: Anastasia Kolish & Lucie Gauthier
  
  ### Oceania (TT)
  
  **Senior**
  
  * March 15–19: 2018 Oceania Championships in Gold Coast, Queensland
     * Men's singles: Chris Yan
     * Women's singles: Jian Fang Lay
     * Men's doubles: Australia (Hu Heming & Chris Yan)
     * Women's doubles: Australia (Michelle Bromley & Melissa Tapper)
     * Mixed doubles: Australia (Chris Yan & Jian Fang Lay)
  * May 18–19: 2018 ITTF-Oceania Cup in Port Vila
     * Men's singles: Hu Heming
     * Women's singles: Jian Fang Lay
  
  **Junior and cadet**
  
  * June 1–2: 2018 ITTF-Oceania Junior Championships in Rarotonga
     * Junior boys' singles: Benjamin Gould
     * Junior girls' singles: VONG Hui-Ling
     * Cadet boys' singles: Nathan Xu
     * Cadet girls' singles: ZHOU Jiayi
  * June 8–9: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Oceania in Rarotonga
     * Qualified to compete in Buenos Aires 2018 YOG: Pang Yew En Koen & Archana Girish Kamath
  
  ## 2018 ITTF World Tour
  
  ### World Tour Platinum events
  
  * March 8 – 11: 2018 Qatar Open in Doha
     * Men's Singles: Fan Zhendong
     * Women's Singles: Liu Shiwen
     * Men's Doubles: China (Fan Zhendong & Xu Xin)
     * Women's Doubles: China (CHEN Ke & Wang Manyu)
  * March 23 – 25: 2018 German Open in Bremen
     * Men's Singles: Ma Long
     * Women's Singles: Kasumi Ishikawa
     * Men's Doubles: China (Ma Long & Xu Xin)
     * Women's Doubles: Japan (Hina Hayata & Mima Ito)
  * May 31 – June 3: 2018 China Open in Shenzhen
     * Men's Singles: Ma Long
     * Women's Singles: Wang Manyu
     * Men's Doubles: China (Fan Zhendong & Lin Gaoyuan)
     * Women's Doubles: China (Ding Ning & Zhu Yuling)
  * July 19 – 22: 2018 Korea Open in Daejeon
     * Men's Singles: JANG Woo-jin
     * Women's Singles: Zhu Yuling
     * Men's Doubles: South Korea (JANG Woo-jin & LIM Jong-hoon)
     * Women's Doubles: China (Chen Meng & Ding Ning)
  * July 26 – 29: 2018 Australian Open in Geelong
     * Men's Singles: Xu Xin
     * Women's Singles: Liu Shiwen
     * Men's Doubles: South Korea (Jung Young-sik & Lee Sang-su)
     * Women's Doubles: Japan (Hina Hayata & Mima Ito)
  * November 8 – 11: Austrian Open (final) in Linz
     * Men's Singles: Liang Jingkun
     * Women's Singles: Chen Meng
     * Men's Doubles: Japan (Masataka Morizono & Yuya Oshima)
     * Women's Doubles: Japan (Hina Hayata & Mima Ito)
  
  ### World Tour events
  
  * January 18 – 21: 2018 Hungarian Open in Budapest
     * Men's Singles: Fan Zhendong
     * Women's Singles: Wang Manyu
     * Men's Doubles: China (Fan Zhendong & YU Ziyang)
     * Women's Doubles: China (CHEN Xingtong & SUN Yingsha)
  * May 24 – 27: 2018 Hong Kong Open in Hong Kong
     * Men's Singles: Kazuhiro Yoshimura
     * Women's Singles: Wang Manyu
     * Men's Doubles: Hong Kong (Ho Kwan Kit & Wong Chun Ting)
     * Women's Doubles: China (CHEN Xingtong & SUN Yingsha)
  * June 8 – 10: 2018 Japan Open in Kitakyushu
     * Men's Singles: Tomokazu Harimoto
     * Women's Singles: Mima Ito
     * Men's Doubles: South Korea (Jung Young-sik & Lee Sang-su)
     * Women's Doubles: China (Gu Yuting & Mu Zi)
  * August 16 – 19: 2018 Bulgaria Open in Panagyurishte
     * Men's Singles: Xu Xin
     * Women's Singles: Ding Ning
     * Men's Doubles: China (Ma Long & Xu Xin)
     * Women's Doubles: Japan (Kasumi Ishikawa & Mima Ito)
  * August 23 – 26: 2018 Czech Open in Olomouc
     * Men's Singles: ZHENG Peifeng
     * Women's Singles: Kasumi Ishikawa
     * Men's Doubles: Patrick Franziska & Jonathan Groth
     * Women's Doubles: China (Liu Gaoyang & Zhang Rui)
  * November 1 – 4: Swedish Open (final) in Stockholm
     * Men's Singles: Fan Zhendong
     * Women's Singles: Mima Ito
     * Men's Doubles: Chinese Taipei (LIAO Cheng-Ting & LIN Yun-Ju)
     * Women's Doubles: China (CHEN Xingtong & SUN Yingsha)
  
  ### Grand Finals
  
  * December 13 – 16: 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in Incheon
     * Men's Singles: Tomokazu Harimoto
     * Women's Singles: Chen Meng
     * Men's Doubles: South Korea (JANG Woo-jin & LIM Jong-hoon)
     * Women's Doubles: Japan (Hina Hayata & Mima Ito)
     * Mixed Doubles: Hong Kong (Wong Chun Ting & Doo Hoi Kem
  
  ## 2018 ITTF Challenge Series
  
  * March 13 – 17: Polish Open in Spała
     * Men's Singles: LIM Jong-hoon
     * Women's Singles: Yang Ha-eun
     * Men's Doubles: South Korea (Jung Young-sik & Lee Sang-su)
     * Women's Doubles: South Korea (Jeon Ji-hee & Yang Ha-eun)
  * March 28 – April 1: Spanish Open in Guadalajara
     * Men's Singles: KIM Min-hyeok
     * Women's Singles: Saki Shibata
     * Men's Doubles: South Korea (AN Jae-hyun & CHO Seung-min)
     * Women's Doubles: Japan (Honoka Hashimoto & Hitomi Satō)
  * April 2 – 6: Slovenia Open in Otočec
     * Men's Singles: Mizuki Oikawa
     * Women's Singles: Miyu Kato
     * Men's Doubles: Poland (Marek Badowski & Patryk Zatowka)
     * Women's Doubles: Hong Kong (NG Wing Nam & Minnie Wai-Yam SOO)
  * April 10 – 14: Croatia Open in Zagreb
     * Men's Singles: Panagiotis Gionis
     * Women's Singles: Saki Shibata
     * Men's Doubles: Hungary (Adam Szudi & Nandor Ecseki)
     * Women's Doubles: Japan (Honoka Hashimoto & Hitomi Satō)
  * May 16 – 20: Thailand Open in Bangkok
     * Men's Singles: XU Ruifeng
     * Women's Singles: Liu Shiwen
     * Men's Doubles: Germany (Tobias Hippler & Kilian Ort)
     * Women's Doubles: Thailand (Orawan Paranang & Suthasini Sawettabut)
  * June 13 – 17: DPR Korea Open in Pyongyang
     * Men's Singles: PAK Sin-hyok
     * Women's Singles: Kim Song-i
     * Men's Doubles: China (JI Jiale & LIU Yebo)
     * Women's Doubles: North Korea (CHA Hyo-sim & KIM Nam-hae)
  * August 8 – 12: Nigeria Open in Lagos
     * Men's Singles: Quadri Aruna
     * Women's Singles: Guo Yan
     * Men's Doubles: France (Alexandre Robinot & Joe Seyfried)
     * Women's Doubles: China (QI Fenjie & SUN Chen)
  * October 23 – 27: Belgium Open in De Haan
     * Men's Singles: PARK Gang-hyeon
     * Women's Singles: Saki Shibata
     * Men's Doubles: South Korea (AN Jae-hyun & CHO Seung-min)
     * Women's Doubles: Japan (Satsuki Odo & Saki Shibata)
  * November 13 – 18: Belarus Open (final) in Minsk
     * Men's Singles: ZHAO Zihao
     * Women's Singles: Saki Shibata
     * Men's Doubles: Japan (Kakeru Sone & Yuta Tanaka)
     * Women's Doubles: Japan (Satsuki Odo & Saki Shibata)
  
  ## 2018 ITTF World Junior Circuit
  
  ### Golden Series events
  
  * May 9 – 13: Thailand Junior & Cadet Open in Bangkok
  * July 4 – 8: China Junior & Cadet Open in Taicang
  * August 1 – 5: Hong Kong Junior & Cadet Open in Hong Kong
  * August 22 – 26: Chinese Taipei Junior & Cadet Open (final) in Taipei
  
  ### Premium events
  
  * February 7 – 11: Oman Junior & Cadet Open in Muscat
  * February 14 – 18: Czech Junior & Cadet Open in Hodonín
  * March 21 – 25: Italy Junior & Cadet Open in Lignano
  * April 25 – 29: French Junior & Cadet Open in Metz
  * May 23 – 27: Polish Junior & Cadet Open in Władysławowo
  * September 12 – 16: Croatia Junior & Cadet Open in Varaždin
  * November 7 – 11: Hungarian Junior & Cadet Open (final) in Szombathely
  
  ### Regular events
  
  * February 21 – 25: Swedish Junior & Cadet Open in Örebro
  * March 19 – 23: Tunisia Junior & Cadet Open in Soliman
  * April 1 – 5: Côte d'Ivoire Junior & Cadet Open in Abidjan
  * April 9 – 13: Paraguay Junior & Cadet Open in Asunción
  * April 18 – 22: Belgium Junior & Cadet Open in Spa
  * May 9 – 13: Spanish Junior & Cadet Open in Castell-Platja d'Aro
  * May 17 – 20: Slovak Junior Open in Senec
  * May 28 – 31: Canada Junior & Cadet Open in Markham, Ontario
  * June 4 – 7: Cook Islands Junior & Cadet Open in Rarotonga
  * July 25 – 29: Jordan Junior & Cadet Open in Amman
  * August 15 – 19: El Salvador Junior & Cadet Open in San Salvador
  * September 19 – 23: Serbia Junior & Cadet Open in Belgrade
  * October 24 – 28: Egypt Junior & Cadet Open in Sharm El Sheikh
  * November 2 – 4: Slovak Cadet Open in Bratislava
     * Cadet Boys' Singles: CHEN Yifei
     * Cadet Girls' Singles: XU Yi
     * Cadet Boys' Doubles: China (NIU Zeqian & ZHANG Jinghan)
     * Cadet Girls' Doubles: China (SUN Xiaomeng & XU Yi)
  * November 27 – 30: Portugal Junior & Cadet Open (final) Guimarães
  