Lin Gaoyuan (; born 19 March 1995) is a Chinese table tennis player. He was the Asian Cup champion in 2017, and was a member of the Chinese teams that took the gold medals at the World Team Championships in 2018 and 2022.
Career
2011 On 3 July 2011, in the 2011 ITTF Tour Korea Open men's singles semi-finals, Lin Gaoyuan lost 2-4 to South Korea's Lee Sang-soo and won the men's singles third place. On 10 July, in the men's doubles final of the 2011 ITTF Japan Open, Lin Gaoyuan/Wu Jiaji defeated the Japanese pair Matsudaira Kenta/Niwa Takuma 4-1 to win the championship. On 23 July, Lin Gaoyuan played for the Chinese team in the men's team final of the 2011 Asian Youth Table Tennis Championships, helping the Chinese team defeat the Japanese team with a total score of 3-0 and win the championship. On 20 October, Lin Gaoyuan played for the Guangzhou team in the men's table tennis final of the 7th City Games of the People's Republic of China. In the end, the Guangzhou team lost to the Baoding team 1-3 and won the runner-up. On 23 October, Lin Gaoyuan won the bronze medal in the men's singles table tennis competition at the 7th Urban Games of the People's Republic of China. On 14 November, in the men's team competition of the 2011 World Youth Table Tennis Championships, Lin Gaoyuan defeated Yoshimura Masaharu 3-1 in the first set, and defeated Niwa Takuma 3-1 in the fourth set. In the end, the Chinese team defeated the Japanese team 3-1 to win the men's team championship. On 21 November, in the men's singles final of the 2011 World Youth Table Tennis Championships, Lin Gaoyuan lost 2-4 to Takahiro Niwa and won the men's singles runner-up.
2018 On 26 February 2018, Lin Gaoyuan won the men's championship in the 2018 Table Tennis World Cup Team Tournament with the Chinese team.
2020 On 29 January 2020, in the 2020 German Table Tennis Open mixed doubles 1/8 finals, Lin Gaoyuan/Sun Yingsha lost 1-3 to Mizutani Jun/Ito Mima. On 1 February, in the men's singles semi-finals of the 2020 German Table Tennis Open, Lin Gaoyuan lost to Xu Xin 0-4. On 2 February, in the men's doubles final of the 2020 German Table Tennis Open, Lin Gaoyuan/Ma Long lost 2-3 to the Korean combination Zhao Dacheng/Zhang Yuzhen and won the runner-up. On 6 March, in the first round of the men's singles match of the 2020 ITTF World Tour Qatar Open, Lin Gaoyuan lost 3-4 to Belarusian player Samsonov. On 21 August, in the men's team final of the National Table Tennis Team Tokyo Olympic Simulation Tournament, the second team consisting of Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin and Lin Gaoyuan lost 0-3 to the men's team consisting of Ma Long, Xu Xin and Fan Zhendong and won the men's team runner-up. On 4 October, in the men's team final of the 2020 National Table Tennis Championships, the Guangdong team composed of Lin Gaoyuan, Zhou Qihao and Zhang Chao defeated the Beijing team 3-2 and won the championship.
2021 In May, Lin played the China Olympic Scrimmages, but he lost to Fang Bo in the group stage of the first leg. Lin lost 4–1 to Fan Zhendong in the quarter-finals of the second leg of the Chinese Olympic Scrimmage.
2023 On 21 February 2023, in the mixed doubles final of the first qualifying tournament for the Durban World Table Tennis Championships, Lin Gaoyuan/Chen Xingtong defeated Yu Ziyang/Sun Mingyang 3-1 to win the championship.
2026 On 5 October 2026, Lin's 90 ITTF ranking points expired. They were all from the 2025 China Smash, the only tournament he played, which expired on the exact day of this ranking update due to the one-year-limit.
Finals Men's singles ResultYearTournamentOpponentScoreRefWinner2017Asian Cup Fan Zhendong4–2Winner2017ITTF World Tour, Austrian Open Yan An4–1Runner-up2018Asian Cup Fan Zhendong0–4Runner-up2018Asian Games Fan Zhendong2–4Runner-up2018ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Tomokazu Harimoto1–4Winner2019ITTF World Tour, Hungarian Open Wang Chuqin4–0Runner-up2019ITTF Challenge Plus, Portugal Open Liang Jingkun1–4Runner-up2019ITTF World Tour Platinum, Qatar Open Ma Long2–4Runner-up2019ITTF World Tour Platinum, China Open Ma Long0–4Winner2019ITTF World Tour, Hong Kong Open Tomokazu Harimoto4–2Runner-up2019Asian Championships Xu Xin1–3Runner-up2019ITTF World Tour, Swedish Open Wang Chuqin0–4Runner-up2022WTT Contender Muscat Liang Jingkun1–4Runner-up2022WTT Champions European Summer Series Tomokazu Harimoto3–4Winner2023WTT Star Contender Bangkok Jang Woo-jin4–3Winner2023WTT Contender Zagreb Fan Zhendong4–3Runner-up2024World Cup Ma Long3–4Runner-up2024WTT Star Contender Bangkok Tomokazu Harimoto0–4
Men's doubles ResultYearTournamentPartnerOpponentsScoreRefWinner2011ITTF Pro Tour, Japan OpenWu Jiaji Kenta Matsudaira / Koki Niwa4–1Winner2014ITTF World Tour, Kuwait OpenStefan Fegerl Chiang Hung-chieh / Huang Sheng-sheng3–2Winner2017Asian ChampionshipsFan Zhendong Fang Bo / Zhou Yu3–1Winner2018ITTF World Tour, China OpenFan Zhendong Ovidiu Ionescu / Álvaro Robles3–0Runner-up2019ITTF World Tour, Hungarian OpenFan Zhendong Liang Jingkun / Xu Xin2–3Winner2019ITTF World Tour, Hong Kong OpenLiang Jingkun Jang Woo-jin / Lim Jong-hoon3–1Runner-up2019ITTF World Tour Platinum, Australian OpenMa Long Jeoung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su0–3Winner2019Asian ChampionshipsLiang Jingkun Fan Zhendong / Xu Xin3–1Runner-up2019ITTF World Tour, Swedish OpenLiang Jingkun Fan Zhendong / Xu Xin2–3Winner2019ITTF World Tour Platinum, Austrian OpenLiang Jingkun Jeoung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su3–0Runner-up2020ITTF World Tour Platinum, German OpenMa Long Cho Dae-seong / Jang Woo-jin2–3Winner2021WTT Contender LaškoZhou Qihao Yuta Tanaka / Yuto Kizukuri3–0Winner2021WTT Contender Novo MestoZhou Qihao Liang Jingkun / Wang Chuqin3–1Runner-up2022WTT Star Contender European Summer SeriesLiang Jingkun Cho Dae-seong / Lee Sang-su2–3Winner2023WTT Star Contender BangkokLin Shidong Lim Jong-hoon / Jang Woo-jin3–0Runner-up2023WTT Contender ZagrebLiang Jingkun Yuan Licen / Lin Shidong1–3Winner2023Asian ChampionshipsFan Zhendong Ma Long / Wang Chuqin3–2Winner2023WTT Contender TaiyuanLin Shidong Liang Jingkun / Wang Chuqin3–2Runner-up2024WTT FinalsLin Shidong Xiang Peng / Yuan Licen0–3Winner2024Singapore SmashMa Long Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin3–2Winner2024WTT Contender TaiyuanMa Long Liang Jingkun / Wang Chuqin3–1Runner-up2024China SmashLin Shidong Liang Jingkun / Wang Chuqin2–3
Mixed doubles ResultYearTournamentPartnerOpponentsScoreRefWinner2018ITTF World Tour, China OpenChen Xingtong Masataka Morizono / Mima Ito3–1Runner-up2018Asian GamesWang Manyu Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha2–4Winner2019ITTF Challenge Plus, Portugal OpenLiu Shiwen Ľubomír Pištej / Tatiana Kukulkova3–0Runner-up2019ITTF World Tour Platinum, Austrian OpenZhu Yuling Tomokazu Harimoto / Hina Hayata1–3Winner2023WTT Star Contender BangkokChen Xingtong Lim Jong-hoon / Shin Yu-bin3–2Winner2023Asian ChampionshipsWang Yidi Liang Jingkun / Qian Tianyi3–1Runner-up2023Asian GamesWang Yidi Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha1–4Runner-up2024WTT Contender DohaWang Manyu Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha2–3Runner-up2024WTT Contender TaiyuanWang Yidi Lin Shidong / Kuai Man1–3Runner-up2024China SmashWang Yidi Lin Shidong / Kuai Man1–3Winner2025National Games of ChinaLiu Shiwen Chen Yuanyu / Kuai Man4–2
References
External links
Lin Gaoyuan at Table Tennis Media