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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
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 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 Men's singles: Hugo Calderano Women's singles: Zhang Mo November 20–25: 2018 Pan American Table Tennis Championships in Santiago 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
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
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 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 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 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 Winners: Fan Zhendong (m) / Zhu Yuling (f)
Junior and cadet May 7–8: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Asia in Bangkok 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Men's singles: Hu Heming Women's singles: Jian Fang Lay
Junior and cadet June 1–2: 2018 ITTF-Oceania Junior Championships in Rarotonga 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Men's Singles: PARK Gang-hyeon Women's Singles: Saki Shibata