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 ^[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]

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

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

Cadet boys' singles: Jacobo Vahnish Cadet girls' singles: Marbella Aceves Cadet boys' doubles:   Guatemala (Sergio Carrillo & Diego de la Cruz) Cadet girls' doubles:   Mexico (Marbella Aceves & Arantxa Cossio) Cadet Mixed doubles:   Guatemala (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:   Chile (Nicolas Burgos & Andres Martinez) Junior girls' doubles:   Brazil (Tamyres Fukase & Livia Lima) Junior mixed doubles:   Brazil (Guilherme Teodoro & Livia Lima)

Youth boys' singles: Carlos Fernandez Youth girls' singles: Giulia Takahashi Youth boys' doubles:   Peru (Joel Cisneros & Carlos Fernandez) Youth girls' doubles:   Brazil (Giulia Takahashi & Laura Watanabe) Youth mixed doubles:   Peru (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:   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]

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   Hong Kong ^[56]

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

Cadet Boys' Singles: XIANG Peng Cadet Girls' Singles: CHEN Yi Cadet Boys' Doubles:   China (XIANG Peng & ZENG Beixun) Cadet Girls' Doubles:   China (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:   Chinese Taipei (FENG Yi-Hsin & LI Hsin-Yang) Junior Girls' Doubles:   Chinese Taipei (CHIEN Tung-Chuan & YU Hsiu-Ting)

Cadet Boys' Singles: Radin Khayyam Cadet Girls' Singles: BYUN Seo-young Cadet Boys' Doubles:   Chinese Taipei (HUANG Yan-Cheng & LI Hsin-Yu) Cadet Girls' Doubles:   Singapore (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:   China (XU Yingbin & YU Heyi) Junior Girls' Doubles:   China (SHI Xunyao & SUN Yizhen)

Cadet Boys' Singles: KUANG Li Cadet Girls' Singles: CHEN Yi Cadet Boys' Doubles:   China (KUANG Li & ZENG Beixun) Cadet Girls' Doubles:   Japan (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:   China (YU Heyi & YUAN Licen) Junior Girls' Doubles:   China (HUANG Fanzhen & QIAN Tianyi)

Cadet Boys' Singles: XIANG Peng Cadet Girls' Singles: CHEN Yi Cadet Boys' Doubles:   China (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:   China (XU Yingbin & YU Heyi) Junior Girls' Doubles:   China (SHI Xunyao & SUN Yizhen)

Cadet Boys' Singles: XIANG Peng Cadet Girls' Singles: YANG Yiyun Cadet Boys' Doubles:   China (KUANG Li & XIANG Peng) Cadet Girls' Doubles:   Japan (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:   Romania (Cristian Pletea & Rares Sipos) Junior Girls' Doubles:   China (QIAN Tianyi & SHI Xunyao)

Cadet Boys' Singles: XIANG Peng Cadet Girls' Singles: Yukari Sugasawa Cadet Boys' Doubles:   China (KUANG Li & XIANG Peng) Cadet Girls' Doubles:   Japan (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:   China (GENG Linyu & SONG Zhuoheng) Junior Girls' Doubles:   China (LI Ruonan & ZUO Yue)

Cadet Boys' Singles: CHEN Yuanyu Cadet Girls' Singles: KUAI Man Cadet Boys' Doubles:   Chinese Taipei (LI Hsin-Yu & WANG Guan-Ru) Cadet Girls' Doubles:   Chinese Taipei (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:   Russia (Maksim Grebnev & Lev Katsman) Junior Girls' Doubles:   China (WU Yangchen & ZANG Xiaotong)

Cadet Boys' Singles: HUANG Youzheng Cadet Girls' Singles: CHEN Yi Cadet Boys' Doubles:   Chinese Taipei (HUANG Yan-Cheng & LI Yan Jun) Cadet Girls' Doubles:   China (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:   Japan (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:   France (Lucie Gauthier & Leili Mostafavi)

Cadet Boys' Singles: LIU Menglong Cadet Girls' Singles: Radmila Tominjak Cadet Boys' Doubles:   India (Aadil Anand & Payas Jain) Cadet Girls' Doubles:   Egypt (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:   Egypt (Youssef Abdel-Aziz & Ahmed El-Borhamy) Junior Girls' Doubles:   China (CHEN Junjin & LIN Lequan)

Cadet Boys' Singles: Ziad Elshawa Cadet Girls' Singles: CHEN Junjin Cadet Boys' Doubles:   Ivory Coast (Jean-Pierre Bayala & Ange Michel Seri) Cadet Girls' Doubles:   China (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:   Japan (Aoto Asazu & Takeru Kashiwa) Junior Girls' Doubles:   Hong Kong (LEE Ka Yee & WONG Chin Yau)

Cadet Boys' Singles: Arnau Pons Cadet Girls' Singles: Yukari Sugasawa Cadet Boys' Doubles:   France (Felix Lebrun & Fabio Rakotoarimanana) Cadet Girls' Doubles:   Japan (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:   Russia (Maksim Grebnev & Lev Katsman) Junior Girls' Doubles: Zdena Blaskova & Jamila Laurenti

Cadet Boys' Singles: Myshaal Sabhi Cadet Girls' Singles: YANG Shilu Cadet Boys' Doubles:   France (Ethan Claude & Myshaal Sabhi) Cadet Girls' Doubles:   China (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:   China (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:   China (DAI Tian & YANG Hangguo)

Cadet Boys' Singles: Jacobo Vahnish Cadet Girls' Singles: Parleen Kaur Cadet Boys' Doubles:   New Zealand (PARK Sang-Yong & Nathan Xu) Cadet Girls' Doubles:   Fiji (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:   Iran (Amirreza Abbasi & Amin Ahmadian) Junior Girls' Doubles:   Chinese Taipei (CAI Fong-En & CHEN Ting-Ting)

Cadet Boys' Singles: LI Hsin-Yu Cadet Girls' Singles: SUI Xiaoran Cadet Boys' Doubles:   India (Deepit Patil & Dev Shroff) Cadet Girls' Doubles:   China (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:   Chinese Taipei (KAO Min-Chi & TAI Ming-Wei) Junior Girls' Doubles:   Chinese Taipei (FANG Sih-Han & TSAI Yu-Chin)

Cadet Boys' Singles: WANG Chen-You Cadet Girls' Singles: CHEN Tsai-Ni Cadet Boys' Doubles:   Chinese Taipei (WANG Chen-You & YANG Tsan-Wei) Cadet Girls' Doubles:   Chinese Taipei (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:   China (LIU Shuanghao & XU Haotian) Cadet Girls' Doubles:   China (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:   Egypt (Youssef Abdel-Aziz & Marwan Abdelwahab) Junior Girls' Doubles:   China (WANG Yidan & ZHOU Bingru)

Cadet Boys' Singles: Radu Andrei Miron Cadet Girls' Singles: Ilona Sztwiertnia Cadet Boys' Doubles:   Romania (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:   China (NIU Zeqian & ZHANG Jinghan)
  • Cadet Girls' Doubles:   China (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:   India (Manush Utpalbhai Shah & Manav Vikash Thakkar) Junior Girls' Doubles:   China (QIN Xiaoce & XIN Chenglin)

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

See also

• International Table Tennis Federation
• 2018 in sports

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External links

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