2018 in table tennis explained

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: (Xu Xin, Ma Long, & Fan Zhendong)
  • Women: (Liu Shiwen, Ding Ning, & Zhu Yuling)
• April 29 – May 6: 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Halmstad^[2]
  • Men: (Fan Zhendong, Lin Gaoyuan, Ma Long, Wang Chuqin, & Xu Xin)
  • Women: (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: (Sora Matsushima & Yuma Tanigaki)
  • Cadet girls' doubles: (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: (XIANG Peng & XU Haidong)
  • Junior girls' doubles: (HUANG Fanzhen & SHI Xunyao)
  • Junior mixed doubles: (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: (Youssef Abdel-Aziz & Khalid Assar)
  • Women's doubles: (Farah Abdel-Aziz & Reem El-Eraky)
  • Mixed doubles: (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]

• Junior boys' singles: Youssef Abdel-Aziz
• Junior girls' singles: Marwa Al-Hodaby
• Junior boys' doubles: (Youssef Abdel-Aziz & Marwan Abdelwahab)
• Junior girls' doubles: (Farida Badawy & Sara El-Hakem)
• Mixed doubles: (Youssef Abdel-Aziz & Marwa Al-Hodaby)

• Cadet boys' singles: Mohamed Azzam
• Cadet girls' singles: Hend Fathy

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: (Andy Pereira & Jorge Campos)
  • Women's doubles: (Paulina Vega & Judith Morales)
  • Mixed doubles: (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: (Vitor Ishiy & Eric Jouti)
  • Women's doubles: (Alicia Cote & Zhang Mo)
  • Mixed doubles: (Brian Afanador & Adriana Díaz)

Junior and cadet

• February 20–23: 2018 Central American U15/U18 in San Salvador^[15]

• Junior boys' singles: Diego Vazquez
• Junior girls' singles: Clio Barcenas
• Junior boys' doubles: (Gary Castro & Genaro Roustan)
• Junior girls' doubles: (Lucia Cordero & Hidalynn Zapata)
• Junior Mixed doubles: (Oscar Villalta & Keren Bolanos Constanza)

• Cadet boys' singles: Jacobo Vahnish
• Cadet girls' singles: Marbella Aceves
• Cadet boys' doubles: (Sergio Carrillo & Diego de la Cruz)
• Cadet girls' doubles: (Marbella Aceves & Arantxa Cossio)
• Cadet Mixed doubles: (Sergio Carrillo & Mariana Lopez)

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

• Junior boys' singles: Martin Bentancor
• Junior girls' singles: Tamyres Fukase
• Junior boys' doubles: (Nicolas Burgos & Andres Martinez)
• Junior girls' doubles: (Tamyres Fukase & Livia Lima)
• Junior mixed doubles: (Guilherme Teodoro & Livia Lima)

• Youth boys' singles: Carlos Fernandez
• Youth girls' singles: Giulia Takahashi
• Youth boys' doubles: (Joel Cisneros & Carlos Fernandez)
• Youth girls' doubles: (Giulia Takahashi & Laura Watanabe)
• Youth mixed doubles: (Carlos Fernandez & Maria Maldonado)

• 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: (Sharon Alguetti & Kanak Jha)
  • Junior girls' doubles: (Rachel Sung & Rachel Yang)
  • Junior mixed doubles: (Sharon Alguetti & Crystal Wang)
  • Junior boys' Team: (Kanak Jha, Nikhil Kumar, Sharon Alguetti & Nikolas Tio)
  • Junior girls' Team: (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: (Daniel Habesohn & Robert Gardos) (m) / (Nina Mittelham & Kristin Lang) (f)
  • Mixed doubles winners: (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: (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: (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: (Hu Heming & Chris Yan)
  • Women's doubles: (Michelle Bromley & Melissa Tapper)
  • Mixed doubles: (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: (Fan Zhendong & Xu Xin)
  • Women's Doubles: (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: (Ma Long & Xu Xin)
  • Women's Doubles: (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: (Fan Zhendong & Lin Gaoyuan)
  • Women's Doubles: (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: (JANG Woo-jin & LIM Jong-hoon)
  • Women's Doubles: (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: (Jung Young-sik & Lee Sang-su)
  • Women's Doubles: (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: (Masataka Morizono & Yuya Oshima)
  • Women's Doubles: (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: (Fan Zhendong & YU Ziyang)
  • Women's Doubles: (CHEN Xingtong & SUN Yingsha)
• May 24 – 27: 2018 Hong Kong Open in ^[39]
  • Men's Singles: Kazuhiro Yoshimura
  • Women's Singles: Wang Manyu
  • Men's Doubles: (Ho Kwan Kit & Wong Chun Ting)
  • Women's Doubles: (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: (Jung Young-sik & Lee Sang-su)
  • Women's Doubles: (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: (Ma Long & Xu Xin)
  • Women's Doubles: (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: (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: (LIAO Cheng-Ting & LIN Yun-Ju)
  • Women's Doubles: (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: (JANG Woo-jin & LIM Jong-hoon)
  • Women's Doubles: (Hina Hayata & Mima Ito)
  • Mixed Doubles: (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: (Jung Young-sik & Lee Sang-su)
  • Women's Doubles: (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: (AN Jae-hyun & CHO Seung-min)
  • Women's Doubles: (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: (Marek Badowski & Patryk Zatowka)
  • Women's Doubles: (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: (Adam Szudi & Nandor Ecseki)
  • Women's Doubles: (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: (Tobias Hippler & Kilian Ort)
  • Women's Doubles: (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: (JI Jiale & LIU Yebo)
  • Women's Doubles: (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: (Alexandre Robinot & Joe Seyfried)
  • Women's Doubles: (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: (AN Jae-hyun & CHO Seung-min)
  • Women's Doubles: (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: (Kakeru Sone & Yuta Tanaka)
  • Women's Doubles: (Satsuki Odo & Saki Shibata)

2018 ITTF World Junior Circuit

Golden Series events

• May 9 – 13: Thailand Junior & Cadet Open in Bangkok^[54]

• Junior Boys' Singles: KUANG Li
• Junior Girls' Singles: HUANG Fanzhen

• Cadet Boys' Singles: XIANG Peng
• Cadet Girls' Singles: CHEN Yi

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

• Junior Boys' Singles: Kakeru Sone
• Junior Girls' Singles: SHI Xunyao

• Cadet Boys' Singles: Hiroto Shinozuka
• Cadet Girls' Singles: KUAI Man

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

• Junior Boys' Singles: XU Haidong
• Junior Girls' Singles: SHI Xunyao
• Junior Boys' Doubles: (Kazuki Hamada & Hiroto Shinozuka)
• Junior Girls' Doubles: (QIAN Tianyi & SHI Xunyao)

• Cadet Boys' Singles: XIANG Peng
• Cadet Girls' Singles: CHEN Yi
• Cadet Boys' Doubles: (XIANG Peng & ZENG Beixun)
• Cadet Girls' Doubles: (CHEN Yi & LI Yuqi)

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

• Junior Boys' Singles: LI Hsin-Yang
• Junior Girls' Singles: BYUN Seo-young
• Junior Boys' Doubles: (FENG Yi-Hsin & LI Hsin-Yang)
• Junior Girls' Doubles: (CHIEN Tung-Chuan & YU Hsiu-Ting)

• Cadet Boys' Singles: Radin Khayyam
• Cadet Girls' Singles: BYUN Seo-young
• Cadet Boys' Doubles: (HUANG Yan-Cheng & LI Hsin-Yu)
• Cadet Girls' Doubles: (SER Lin Qian & ZHOU Jingyi)

Premium events

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

• Junior Boys' Singles: YUAN Licen
• Junior Girls' Singles: ZHANG Binyue

• Cadet Boys' Singles: XIANG Peng
• Cadet Girls' Singles: LI Yuqi

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

• Junior Boys' Singles: YU Heyi
• Junior Girls' Singles: SHI Xunyao
• Junior Boys' Doubles: (XU Yingbin & YU Heyi)
• Junior Girls' Doubles: (SHI Xunyao & SUN Yizhen)

• Cadet Boys' Singles: KUANG Li
• Cadet Girls' Singles: CHEN Yi
• Cadet Boys' Doubles: (KUANG Li & ZENG Beixun)
• Cadet Girls' Doubles: (Honami Nakamori & Sakura Yokoi)

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

• Junior Boys' Singles: XU Haidong
• Junior Girls' Singles: QIAN Tianyi
• Junior Boys' Doubles: (YU Heyi & YUAN Licen)
• Junior Girls' Doubles: (HUANG Fanzhen & QIAN Tianyi)

• Cadet Boys' Singles: XIANG Peng
• Cadet Girls' Singles: CHEN Yi
• Cadet Boys' Doubles: (KUANG Li & XIANG Peng)
• Cadet Girls' Doubles: Elizabet Abraamian & Elena Zaharia

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

• Junior Boys' Singles: YU Heyi
• Junior Girls' Singles: ZHANG Binyue
• Junior Boys' Doubles: (XU Yingbin & YU Heyi)
• Junior Girls' Doubles: (SHI Xunyao & SUN Yizhen)

• Cadet Boys' Singles: XIANG Peng
• Cadet Girls' Singles: YANG Yiyun
• Cadet Boys' Doubles: (KUANG Li & XIANG Peng)
• Cadet Girls' Doubles: (Kaho Akae & Yukari Sugasawa)

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

• Junior Boys' Singles: XIANG Peng
• Junior Girls' Singles: SHI Xunyao
• Junior Boys' Doubles: (Cristian Pletea & Rares Sipos)
• Junior Girls' Doubles: (QIAN Tianyi & SHI Xunyao)

• Cadet Boys' Singles: XIANG Peng
• Cadet Girls' Singles: Yukari Sugasawa
• Cadet Boys' Doubles: (KUANG Li & XIANG Peng)
• Cadet Girls' Doubles: (Kaho Akae & Yukari Sugasawa)

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

• Junior Boys' Singles: GENG Linyu
• Junior Girls' Singles: ZUO Yue
• Junior Boys' Doubles: (GENG Linyu & SONG Zhuoheng)
• Junior Girls' Doubles: (LI Ruonan & ZUO Yue)

• Cadet Boys' Singles: CHEN Yuanyu
• Cadet Girls' Singles: KUAI Man
• Cadet Boys' Doubles: (LI Hsin-Yu & WANG Guan-Ru)
• Cadet Girls' Doubles: (HUANG Yu-Jie & TSAI Yun-En)

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

• Junior Boys' Singles: LIU Yebo
• Junior Girls' Singles: WU Yangchen
• Junior Boys' Doubles: (Maksim Grebnev & Lev Katsman)
• Junior Girls' Doubles: (WU Yangchen & ZANG Xiaotong)

• Cadet Boys' Singles: HUANG Youzheng
• Cadet Girls' Singles: CHEN Yi
• Cadet Boys' Doubles: (HUANG Yan-Cheng & LI Yan Jun)
• Cadet Girls' Doubles: (CHEN Yi & LI Yuqi)

Regular events

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

• Junior Boys' Singles: Truls Moregard
• Junior Girls' Singles: Yumento Soma
• Junior Boys' Doubles: (Aoto Sazu & Takeru Kashiwa)
• Junior Girls' Doubles: Camille Lutz & Celia Silva

• Cadet Boys' Singles: Theo Abrahamsson
• Cadet Girls' Singles: Prithika Pavade

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

• Junior Boys' Singles: Amin Ahmadian
• Junior Girls' Singles: Sabina Šurjan
• Junior Boys' Doubles: Csaba Andras & Jeremy Hazin
• Junior Girls' Doubles: (Lucie Gauthier & Leili Mostafavi)

• Cadet Boys' Singles: LIU Menglong
• Cadet Girls' Singles: Radmila Tominjak
• Cadet Boys' Doubles: (Aadil Anand & Payas Jain)
• Cadet Girls' Doubles: (Roa Amro & Farida Badawy)

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

• Junior Boys' Singles: Youssef Abdel-Aziz
• Junior Girls' Singles: CHEN Junjin
• Junior Boys' Doubles: (Youssef Abdel-Aziz & Ahmed El-Borhamy)
• Junior Girls' Doubles: (CHEN Junjin & LIN Lequan)

• Cadet Boys' Singles: Ziad Elshawa
• Cadet Girls' Singles: CHEN Junjin
• Cadet Boys' Doubles: (Jean-Pierre Bayala & Ange Michel Seri)
• Cadet Girls' Doubles: (CHEN Junjin & LIN Lequan)

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

• Junior Boys' Singles: Guilherme Teodoro
• Junior Girls' Singles: Valentina Rios

• Cadet Boys' Singles: Carlos Fernandez
• Cadet Girls' Singles: Natasha Ruiz

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

• Junior Boys' Singles: Ioannis Sgouropoulos
• Junior Girls' Singles: Yukari Sugasawa
• Junior Boys' Doubles: (Aoto Asazu & Takeru Kashiwa)
• Junior Girls' Doubles: (LEE Ka Yee & WONG Chin Yau)

• Cadet Boys' Singles: Arnau Pons
• Cadet Girls' Singles: Yukari Sugasawa
• Cadet Boys' Doubles: (Felix Lebrun & Fabio Rakotoarimanana)
• Cadet Girls' Doubles: (Kaho Akae & Yukari Sugasawa)

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

• Junior Boys' Singles: Vladimir Sidorenko
• Junior Girls' Singles: ZUO Yue
• Junior Boys' Doubles: (Maksim Grebnev & Lev Katsman)
• Junior Girls' Doubles: Zdena Blaskova & Jamila Laurenti

• Cadet Boys' Singles: Myshaal Sabhi
• Cadet Girls' Singles: YANG Shilu
• Cadet Boys' Doubles: (Ethan Claude & Myshaal Sabhi)
• Cadet Girls' Doubles: (XIE Jiatong & YANG Shilu)

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

• Junior Boys' Singles: Samuel Kulczycki
• Junior Girls' Singles: WANG Xiaotong
• Junior Boys' Doubles: Maciej Kolodziejczyk & Cedric Meissner
• Junior Girls' Doubles: (WANG Xiaotong & WEI Yuanhui)

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

• Junior Boys' Singles: SUN Zheng
• Junior Girls' Singles: Anna Wegrzyn

• Cadet Boys' Singles: Edward Ly
• Cadet Girls' Singles: Lavanya Maruthapandian

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

• Junior Boys' Singles: PANG Yew En Koen
• Junior Girls' Singles: DAI Tian
• Junior Boys' Doubles: Owen Cathcart & Laurens Devos
• Junior Girls' Doubles: (DAI Tian & YANG Hangguo)

• Cadet Boys' Singles: Jacobo Vahnish
• Cadet Girls' Singles: Parleen Kaur
• Cadet Boys' Doubles: (PARK Sang-Yong & Nathan Xu)
• Cadet Girls' Doubles: (Filomena & Loata Duncan)

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

• Junior Boys' Singles: LI Hsin-Yang
• Junior Girls' Singles: CHEN Ting-Ting
• Junior Boys' Doubles: (Amirreza Abbasi & Amin Ahmadian)
• Junior Girls' Doubles: (CAI Fong-En & CHEN Ting-Ting)

• Cadet Boys' Singles: LI Hsin-Yu
• Cadet Girls' Singles: SUI Xiaoran
• Cadet Boys' Doubles: (Deepit Patil & Dev Shroff)
• Cadet Girls' Doubles: (SUI Xiaoran & ZHANG Yulei)

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

• Junior Boys' Singles: TAI Ming-Wei
• Junior Girls' Singles: FANG Sih-Han
• Junior Boys' Doubles: (KAO Min-Chi & TAI Ming-Wei)
• Junior Girls' Doubles: (FANG Sih-Han & TSAI Yu-Chin)

• Cadet Boys' Singles: WANG Chen-You
• Cadet Girls' Singles: CHEN Tsai-Ni
• Cadet Boys' Doubles: (WANG Chen-You & YANG Tsan-Wei)
• Cadet Girls' Doubles: (CHEN Tsai-Ni & LIU Ru-Yun)

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

• Junior Boys' Singles: ZENG Beixun
• Junior Girls' Singles: Jinnipa Sawettabut
• Junior Boys' Doubles: Yanapong Panagitgun & Gerald Zong Jun Yu
• Junior Girls' Doubles: Eunice Lim & Jinnipa Sawettabut

• Cadet Boys' Singles: Payas Jain
• Cadet Girls' Singles: LI Zeyan
• Cadet Boys' Doubles: (LIU Shuanghao & XU Haotian)
• Cadet Girls' Doubles: (DING Zige & ZHANG Yunhan)

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

• Junior Boys' Singles: DING Shixian
• Junior Girls' Singles: Ekaterina Zironova
• Junior Boys' Doubles: (Youssef Abdel-Aziz & Marwan Abdelwahab)
• Junior Girls' Doubles: (WANG Yidan & ZHOU Bingru)

• Cadet Boys' Singles: Radu Andrei Miron
• Cadet Girls' Singles: Ilona Sztwiertnia
• Cadet Boys' Doubles: (Dragos Alexandru Bujor & Radu Andrei Miron)
• Cadet Girls' Doubles: Farida Badawy & Malamatenia Papadimitriou

• November 2 – 4: Slovak Cadet Open in Bratislava^[78]
  • Cadet Boys' Singles: CHEN Yifei
  • Cadet Girls' Singles: XU Yi
  • Cadet Boys' Doubles: (NIU Zeqian & ZHANG Jinghan)
  • Cadet Girls' Doubles: (SUN Xiaomeng & XU Yi)
• November 27 – 30: Portugal Junior & Cadet Open (final) Guimarães^[79]

• Junior Boys' Singles: Manav Vikash Thakkar
• Junior Girls' Singles: LIU Yangzi
• Junior Boys' Doubles: (Manush Utpalbhai Shah & Manav Vikash Thakkar)
• Junior Girls' Doubles: (QIN Xiaoce & XIN Chenglin)

• Cadet Boys' Singles: XIONG Mengyang
• Cadet Girls' Singles: WANG Xinyu
• Cadet Boys' Doubles: (Ivor Ban & Lovro Zovko)
• Cadet Girls' Doubles: (Ines Matos & Patricia Santos)

See also

• International Table Tennis Federation
• 2018 in sports

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018 ITTF Team World Cup. ITTF. 21 January 2018.
2. Web site: Liebherr 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships. ITTF. 21 January 2018.
3. Web site: 2018 ITTF Women's World Cup. ITTF. 21 January 2018.
4. Web site: Liebherr 2018 ITTF Men's World Cup. ITTF. 21 January 2018.
5. Web site: 2018 ITTF World Cadet Challenge. ITTF. 22 October 2018.
6. Web site: 2018 World Junior Table Tennis Championships. ITTF. 21 January 2018.
7. Web site: 2018 ITTF-African Cup. ITTF. 3 March 2018.
8. Web site: 2018 ITTF-African Championships. ITTF. 31 August 2018.
9. Web site: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Africa. ITTF. 3 March 2018.
10. Web site: 2018 African Junior and cadet Championships. ITTF. 27 March 2018.
11. Web site: 2018 Latin American Senior Championships. ITTF. 3 March 2018.
12. Web site: 2018 Latin American Senior Championships Results Book. ITTF. 9 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180310135758/https://d3mjm6zw6cr45s.cloudfront.net/2018/03/Full-Results-Friday-9th-March.pdf. 10 March 2018. dead.
13. Web site: 2018 Pan American Cup. ITTF. 2 June 2018.
14. Web site: 2018 Pan America Championships. ITTF. 23 October 2018.
15. Web site: 2018 Central American U15/U18. ITTF. 27 March 2018.
16. Web site: 2018 South American U15/U18. ITTF. 3 March 2018.
17. Web site: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series – Latin America. ITTF. 27 March 2018.
18. Web site: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - North America. ITTF. 3 June 2018.
19. Web site: 2018 Pan American Junior Championships. ITTF. 2 July 2018.
20. Web site: LION 31st ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup Yokohama 2018. ITTF. 8 April 2018.
21. Web site: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Asia. ITTF. 3 June 2018.
22. Web site: China Construction Bank 2018 ITTF Europe Top 16 Cup. ITTF. 4 February 2018.
23. Web site: Liebherr 2018 ITTF European Championships. ITTF. 31 August 2018.
24. Web site: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Europe. ITTF. 3 March 2018.
25. Web site: First for Romania, Cristian Pletea reserves Youth Olympic Games place. ITTF. 4 March 2018.
26. Web site: 2018 European U21 Championships. ITTF. 3 March 2018.
27. Web site: 2018 European Youth Championships. ITTF. 2 July 2018.
28. Web site: 2018 ITTF-Oceania Championships. ITTF. 3 March 2018.
29. Web site: 2018 ITTF-Oceania Cup. ITTF. 1 May 2018.
30. Web site: 2018 ITTF-Oceania Junior Championships. ITTF. 3 June 2018.
31. Web site: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Oceania. ITTF. 3 June 2018.
32. Web site: Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Qatar Open. ITTF. 12 January 2018.
33. Web site: Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Platinum, German Open. ITTF. 12 January 2018.
34. Web site: Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Platinum, China Open. ITTF. 1 May 2018.
35. Web site: Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Korea Open. ITTF. 2 July 2018.
36. Web site: Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Australian Open. ITTF. 2 July 2018.
37. Web site: Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Austrian Open. ITTF. 23 October 2018.
38. Web site: Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour, Hungarian Open. ITTF. 12 January 2018.
39. Web site: Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour, Hang Seng Hong Kong Open. ITTF. 21 March 2018.
40. Web site: Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour, LION Japan Open. ITTF. 3 June 2018.
41. Web site: Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour, Asarel Bulgaria Open. ITTF. 30 July 2018.
42. Web site: Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour, Czech Open. ITTF. 30 July 2018.
43. Web site: Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour, Swedish Open. ITTF. 23 October 2018.
44. Web site: Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals. ITTF. 23 October 2018.
45. Web site: 2018 ITTF Challenge, Polish Open. ITTF. 12 January 2018.
46. Web site: 2018 ITTF Challenge, Spanish Open. ITTF. 30 January 2018.
47. Web site: 2018 ITTF Challenge, Slovenia Open. ITTF. 21 March 2018.
48. Web site: 2018 ITTF Challenge, Croatia (Zagreb) Open. ITTF. 21 March 2018.
49. Web site: 2018 ITTF Challenge, Thailand Open. ITTF. 21 March 2018.
50. Web site: 2018 ITTF Challenge, DPR Korea (Pyongyang) Open. ITTF. 3 June 2018.
51. Web site: 2018 ITTF Challenge, Nigeria Open. ITTF. 30 July 2018.
52. Web site: 2018 ITTF Challenge, Belgium Open. ITTF. 23 October 2018.
53. Web site: 2018 ITTF Challenge, Belgosstrakh Belarus Open. ITTF. 23 October 2018.
54. Web site: 2018 Thailand Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Golden Series Junior Circuit. ITTF. 21 March 2018.
55. Web site: 2018 China Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Golden Series Junior Circuit. ITTF. 2 July 2018.
56. Web site: 2018 Hang Seng Hong Kong Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Golden Series Junior Circuit. ITTF. 30 July 2018.
57. Web site: 2018 Chinese Taipei Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Golden Series Junior Circuit. ITTF. 30 July 2018.
58. Web site: 2018 Oman Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Premium Junior Circuit. ITTF. 12 January 2018.
59. Web site: 2018 Czech Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Premium Junior Circuit. ITTF. 12 January 2018.
60. Web site: 2018 Italian Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Premium Junior Circuit. ITTF. 30 January 2018.
61. Web site: 2018 French Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Premium Junior Circuit. ITTF. 21 March 2018.
62. Web site: 2018 Polish Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Premium Junior Circuit. ITTF. 1 May 2018.
63. Web site: 2018 Croatia Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Premium Junior Circuit. ITTF. 31 August 2018.
64. Web site: 2018 Hungarian Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Premium Junior Circuit. ITTF. 23 October 2018.
65. Web site: 2018 Swedish Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit. ITTF. 12 January 2018.
66. Web site: 2018 Tunisia Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit. ITTF. 30 January 2018.
67. Web site: 2018 Cote d’Ivoire Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit. ITTF. 21 March 2018.
68. Web site: 2018 Paraguay Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit. ITTF. 21 March 2018.
69. Web site: 2018 Belgium Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit. ITTF. 21 March 2018.
70. Web site: 2018 Spanish Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit. ITTF. 21 March 2018.
71. Web site: 2018 Slovak Junior Open, ITTF Junior Circuit. ITTF. 1 May 2018.
72. Web site: 2018 Canada Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit. ITTF. 1 May 2018.
73. Web site: 2018 Cook Islands Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit. ITTF. 3 June 2018.
74. Web site: 2018 Jordan Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit. ITTF. 2 July 2018.
75. Web site: 2018 El Salvador Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit. ITTF. 30 July 2018.
76. Web site: 2018 Serbian Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit. ITTF. 31 August 2018.
77. Web site: 2018 Egypt Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit. ITTF. 23 October 2018.
78. Web site: 2018 Slovak Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit. ITTF. 23 October 2018.
79. Web site: 2018 Portugal Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit. ITTF. 23 October 2018.