2018 in table tennis
Appearance
This page lists notable table tennis events taking place in 2018.
World table tennis events
[edit]- 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]
- December 2–9: 2018 World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Bendigo[6]
Continental table tennis championships
[edit]Africa (TT)
[edit]- 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.
- Men: Omar Assar defeated Quadri Aruna, to win his first ITTF African Cup title.
- 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]
- April 7–13: 2018 African Junior and Cadet Championships in Abidjan[10]
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Americas (TT)
[edit]- 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]
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- April 14–15: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Latin America in Asunción[17]
- June 1–2: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - North America in Markham[18]
- 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)
[edit]- Senior
- April 6–8: 2018 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup in Yokohama[20]
- Winners: Fan Zhendong (m) / Zhu Yuling (f)
- Junior and cadet
Europe (TT)
[edit]- 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.
- 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.
- 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]
- 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)
[edit]- 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]
- Junior and cadet
- June 1–2: 2018 ITTF-Oceania Junior Championships in Rarotonga[30]
- June 8–9: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Oceania in Rarotonga[31]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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
[edit]- 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]
- 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]
2018 ITTF World Junior Circuit
[edit]- Golden Series events
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- Premium events
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- May 23 – 27: Polish Junior & Cadet Open in Władysławowo[62]
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- November 7 – 11: Hungarian Junior & Cadet Open (final) in Szombathely[64]
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- Regular events
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- May 9 – 13: Spanish Junior & Cadet Open in Castell-Platja d'Aro[70]
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- May 28 – 31: Canada Junior & Cadet Open in Markham, Ontario[72]
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- August 15 – 19: El Salvador Junior & Cadet Open in San Salvador[75]
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- October 24 – 28: Egypt Junior & Cadet Open in Sharm El Sheikh[77]
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- November 2 – 4: Slovak Cadet Open in Bratislava[78]
- November 27 – 30: Portugal Junior & Cadet Open (final) Guimarães[79]
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See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "2018 African Junior and cadet Championships". ITTF. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ "2018 Latin American Senior Championships". ITTF. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "2018 Latin American Senior Championships Results Book" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- ^ "2018 Pan American Cup". ITTF. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
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- ^ "2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - North America". ITTF. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
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- ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge, Belgium Open". ITTF. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge, Belgosstrakh Belarus Open". ITTF. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "2018 Thailand Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Golden Series Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "2018 China Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Golden Series Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ "2018 Hang Seng Hong Kong Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Golden Series Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "2018 Chinese Taipei Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Golden Series Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "2018 Oman Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Premium Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "2018 Czech Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Premium Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "2018 Italian Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Premium Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
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- ^ "2018 Tunisia Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "2018 Cote d'Ivoire Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
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- ^ "2018 Slovak Junior Open, ITTF Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ "2018 Canada Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ "2018 Cook Islands Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "2018 Jordan Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ "2018 El Salvador Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "2018 Serbian Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ "2018 Egypt Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "2018 Slovak Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "2018 Portugal Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 23 October 2018.