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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^[1]
  • 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^[2]
  • 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^[3]
  • 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^[4]
  • 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^[5]
  • 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^[6]
  • 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^[7]
  • 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^[8]
  • 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^[9]
  • 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^[10]

Americas (TT)

Senior

• March 4–8: 2018 Latin American Senior Championships in Havana^[11][12]
  • 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^[13]
  • Men's singles: Hugo Calderano
  • Women's singles: Zhang Mo
• November 20–25: 2018 Pan American Table Tennis Championships in Santiago^[14]
  • 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^[15]

• March 21–25: 2018 South American U15/U18 in Santiago^[16]

• April 14–15: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Latin America in Asunción^[17]
  • 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^[18]
  • 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^[19]
  • 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^[20]
  • Winners: Fan Zhendong (m) / Zhu Yuling (f)

Junior and cadet

• May 7–8: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Asia in Bangkok^[21]
  • 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^[22]
  • 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^[23]
  • 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^[24][25]
  • 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^[26]
  • 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^[27]
  • 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^[28]
  • 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^[29]
  • Men's singles: Hu Heming
  • Women's singles: Jian Fang Lay

Junior and cadet

• June 1–2: 2018 ITTF-Oceania Junior Championships in Rarotonga^[30]
  • 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^[31]
  • 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^[32]
  • 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^[33]
  • 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^[34]
  • 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^[35]
  • 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^[36]
  • 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^[37]
  • 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^[38]
  • 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^[39]
  • 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^[40]
  • 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^[41]
  • 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^[42]
  • 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^[43]
  • 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^[44]
  • 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^[45]
  • 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^[46]
  • 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^[47]
  • 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^[48]
  • 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^[49]
  • 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^[50]
  • 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^[51]
  • 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^[52]
  • 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^[53]
  • 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^[54]

• July 4 – 8: China Junior & Cadet Open in Taicang^[55]

• August 1 – 5: Hong Kong Junior & Cadet Open in  Hong Kong^[56]

• August 22 – 26: Chinese Taipei Junior & Cadet Open (final) in Taipei^[57]

Premium events

• February 7 – 11: Oman Junior & Cadet Open in Muscat^[58]

• February 14 – 18: Czech Junior & Cadet Open in Hodonín^[59]

• March 21 – 25: Italy Junior & Cadet Open in Lignano^[60]

• April 25 – 29: French Junior & Cadet Open in Metz^[61]

• May 23 – 27: Polish Junior & Cadet Open in Władysławowo^[62]

• September 12 – 16: Croatia Junior & Cadet Open in Varaždin^[63]

• November 7 – 11: Hungarian Junior & Cadet Open (final) in Szombathely^[64]

Regular events

• February 21 – 25: Swedish Junior & Cadet Open in Örebro^[65]

• March 19 – 23: Tunisia Junior & Cadet Open in Soliman^[66]

• April 1 – 5: Côte d'Ivoire Junior & Cadet Open in Abidjan^[67]

• April 9 – 13: Paraguay Junior & Cadet Open in Asunción^[68]

• April 18 – 22: Belgium Junior & Cadet Open in Spa^[69]

• May 9 – 13: Spanish Junior & Cadet Open in Castell-Platja d'Aro^[70]

• May 17 – 20: Slovak Junior Open in Senec^[71]

• May 28 – 31: Canada Junior & Cadet Open in Markham, Ontario^[72]

• June 4 – 7: Cook Islands Junior & Cadet Open in Rarotonga^[73]

• July 25 – 29: Jordan Junior & Cadet Open in Amman^[74]

• August 15 – 19: El Salvador Junior & Cadet Open in San Salvador^[75]

• September 19 – 23: Serbia Junior & Cadet Open in Belgrade^[76]

• October 24 – 28: Egypt Junior & Cadet Open in Sharm El Sheikh^[77]

• November 2 – 4: Slovak Cadet Open in Bratislava^[78]
  • 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^[79]

See also

• International Table Tennis Federation
• 2018 in sports

References

External links

• International Table Tennis Federation
• European Table Tennis Union
• Asian Table Tennis Union