2018 in table tennis

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This page lists notable table tennis events taking place in 2018.

World table tennis events

Senior
Junior and cadet
  • October 23 – 31: 2018 World Cadet Challenge in Japan Tottori[5]
    • Cadet boys' singles: China ZENG Beixun
    • Cadet girls' singles: China KUAI Man
    • Cadet boys' doubles:  Japan (Sora Matsushima & Yuma Tanigaki)
    • Cadet girls' doubles:  Japan (Honami Nakamori & Hikari Okubo)
    • Cadet mixed doubles: Romania Iulian Chirita & Japan Yukari Sugasawa
  • December 2–9: 2018 World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Australia Bendigo[6]
    • Junior boys' singles: China XU Haidong
    • Junior girls' singles: China 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
Junior and cadet
  • March 24–25: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Africa in Tunisia Soliman[9]
    • Four players to compete in Buenos Aires 2018 YOG: Azerbaijan Yu Khinhang, Iran Amin Ahmadian, Slovakia Tatiana Kukulkova, & Serbia Sabina Šurjan
  • April 7–13: 2018 African Junior and Cadet Championships in Ivory Coast Abidjan[10]

Americas (TT)

Senior
Junior and cadet
  • April 14–15: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Latin America in Paraguay Asunción[17]
    • Four players that have qualified to compete in Buenos Aires 2018 YOG: Italy Matteo Mutti, Thailand Yanapong Panagitgun, Italy Jamila Laurenti, & Singapore Goi Rui Xuan
  • June 1–2: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - North America in Canada Markham[18]
    • Four players that have qualified to compete in Buenos Aires 2018 YOG: North Korea Kim Song Gun, Germany Cédric Meissner, North Korea Pyon Song Gyong, & Germany Franziska Schreiner
  • July 10–15: 2018 Pan American Junior Table Tennis Championships in Dominican Republic Santo Domingo[19]
    • Junior boys' singles: United States Kanak Jha
    • Junior girls' singles: Puerto Rico 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
Junior and cadet
  • May 7–8: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Asia in Thailand Bangkok[21]
    • Four players qualified to compete at Buenos Aires 2018: Malaysia Javen Choong, India Manav Vikash Thakkar, South Korea Choi Hae-eun, & Croatia Andrea Pavlovic

Europe (TT)

Senior
U-21, Junior and cadet
  • February 12–13: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Europe in Czech Republic Hodonín[24][25]
    • Boys that qualified to compete in Buenos Aires 2018 YOG: France Bastian Rembert and Romania Cristian Pletea
    • Girls that qualified to compete in Buenos Aires 2018 YOG: Romania Andreea Dragoman and Hong Kong Lee Ka Yee
  • March 8–11: 2018 European Under-21 Table Tennis Championships in Belarus Minsk[26]
    • Men's singles: Czech Republic Tomas Polansky
    • Women's singles: Russia Mariia Tailakova
    • Men's doubles:  Turkey (Ibrahim Gündüz & Abdullah Yigenler)
    • Women's doubles: Ukraine Solomiya Brateyko & Poland Natalia Bajor
  • July 15–24: 2018 Table Tennis European Youth Championships in Romania Cluj-Napoca[27]
    • boys' singles: Greece Ioannis Sgouropoulos
    • girls' singles: Azerbaijan Ning Jing
    • boys' doubles:  Russia (Lev Katsman & Maksim Grebnev)
    • girls' doubles: Russia Anastasia Kolish & France Lucie Gauthier

Oceania (TT)

Senior
Junior and cadet
  • June 1–2: 2018 ITTF-Oceania Junior Championships in Cook Islands Rarotonga[30]
    • Junior boys' singles: Australia Benjamin Gould
    • Junior girls' singles: New Zealand VONG Hui-Ling
    • Cadet boys' singles: New Zealand Nathan Xu
    • Cadet girls' singles: New Zealand ZHOU Jiayi
  • June 8–9: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Oceania in Cook Islands Rarotonga[31]
    • Qualified to compete in Buenos Aires 2018 YOG: Singapore Pang Yew En Koen & India Archana Girish Kamath

2018 ITTF World Tour

World Tour Platinum events
World Tour events
Grand Finals

2018 ITTF Challenge Series

  • March 13 – 17: Polish Open in Poland Spała[45]
  • March 28 – April 1: Spanish Open in Spain Guadalajara[46]
    • Men's Singles: South Korea KIM Min-hyeok
    • Women's Singles: Japan 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 Slovenia Otočec[47]
    • Men's Singles: Japan Mizuki Oikawa
    • Women's Singles: Japan 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 Croatia Zagreb[48]
    • Men's Singles: Greece Panagiotis Gionis
    • Women's Singles: Japan Saki Shibata
    • Men's Doubles:  Hungary (Adam Szudi & Nandor Ecseki)
    • Women's Doubles:  Japan (Honoka Hashimoto & Hitomi Satō)
  • May 16 – 20: Thailand Open in Thailand Bangkok[49]
  • June 13 – 17: DPR Korea Open in North Korea Pyongyang[50]
    • Men's Singles: North Korea PAK Sin-hyok
    • Women's Singles: North Korea 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 Nigeria Lagos[51]
    • Men's Singles: Nigeria Quadri Aruna
    • Women's Singles: China Guo Yan
    • Men's Doubles:  France (Alexandre Robinot & Joe Seyfried)
    • Women's Doubles:  China (QI Fenjie & SUN Chen)
  • October 23 – 27: Belgium Open in Belgium De Haan[52]
    • Men's Singles: South Korea PARK Gang-hyeon
    • Women's Singles: Japan 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 Belarus Minsk[53]
    • Men's Singles: China ZHAO Zihao
    • Women's Singles: Japan 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 Thailand Bangkok[54]
  • August 22 – 26: Chinese Taipei Junior & Cadet Open (final) in Chinese Taipei Taipei[57]
Premium events
  • February 7 – 11: Oman Junior & Cadet Open in Oman Muscat[58]
  • February 14 – 18: Czech Junior & Cadet Open in Czech Republic Hodonín[59]
  • March 21 – 25: Italy Junior & Cadet Open in Italy Lignano[60]
  • April 25 – 29: French Junior & Cadet Open in France Metz[61]
  • September 12 – 16: Croatia Junior & Cadet Open in Croatia Varaždin[63]
  • November 7 – 11: Hungarian Junior & Cadet Open (final) in Hungary Szombathely[64]
Regular events
  • February 21 – 25: Swedish Junior & Cadet Open in Sweden Örebro[65]
  • March 19 – 23: Tunisia Junior & Cadet Open in Tunisia Soliman[66]
  • April 1 – 5: Côte d'Ivoire Junior & Cadet Open in Ivory Coast Abidjan[67]
  • April 18 – 22: Belgium Junior & Cadet Open in Belgium Spa[69]
  • May 17 – 20: Slovak Junior Open in Slovakia Senec[71]
  • July 25 – 29: Jordan Junior & Cadet Open in Jordan Amman[74]
  • September 19 – 23: Serbia Junior & Cadet Open in Serbia Belgrade[76]
  • November 2 – 4: Slovak Cadet Open in Slovakia Bratislava[78]
    • Cadet Boys' Singles: China CHEN Yifei
    • Cadet Girls' Singles: China 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) Portugal Guimarães[79]

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