2018 in table tennis

Overview of the events of 2018 in table tennis

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

## World table tennis events

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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

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### Africa (TT)

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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

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### Americas (TT)

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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)

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* 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)

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* 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)

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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)

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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)

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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

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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

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* 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

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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

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* 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

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* 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)

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* 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)

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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

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* 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)

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* 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

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* 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)

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* 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)

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* 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)

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* 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)

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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

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* 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)

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* 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)

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* 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

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* 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)

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* 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)

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* 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

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* 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)

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* 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)

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* 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)

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* 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)

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* 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

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* 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)

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## See also

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* International Table Tennis Federation
* 2018 in sports

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## External links

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* International Table Tennis Federation
* European Table Tennis Union
* Asian Table Tennis Union