# Lin Gaoyuan

Lin Gaoyuan (Chinese: 林高远; pinyin: Lín Gāoyuǎn; 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.

## Finals
### Men's singles

| Result | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score |
| Winner | 2017 | Asian Cup | Fan Zhendong | 4–2 |
| Winner | 2017 | ITTF World Tour, Austrian Open | Yan An | 4–1 |
| Runner-up | 2018 | Asian Cup | Fan Zhendong | 0–4 |
| Runner-up | 2018 | Asian Games | Fan Zhendong | 2–4 |
| Runner-up | 2018 | ITTF World Tour Grand Finals | Tomokazu Harimoto | 1–4 |
| Winner | 2019 | ITTF World Tour, Hungarian Open | Wang Chuqin | 4–0 |
| Runner-up | 2019 | ITTF Challenge Plus, Portugal Open | Liang Jingkun | 1–4 |
| Runner-up | 2019 | ITTF World Tour Platinum, Qatar Open | Ma Long | 2–4 |
| Runner-up | 2019 | ITTF World Tour Platinum, China Open | Ma Long | 0–4 |
| Winner | 2019 | ITTF World Tour, Hong Kong Open | Tomokazu Harimoto | 4–2 |
| Runner-up | 2019 | Asian Championships | Xu Xin | 1–3 |
| Runner-up | 2019 | ITTF World Tour, Swedish Open | Wang Chuqin | 0–4 |
| Runner-up | 2022 | WTT Contender Muscat | Liang Jingkun | 1–4 |
| Runner-up | 2022 | WTT Champions European Summer Series | Tomokazu Harimoto | 3–4 |
| Winner | 2023 | WTT Star Contender Bangkok | Jang Woo-jin | 4–3 |
| Winner | 2023 | WTT Contender Zagreb | Fan Zhendong | 4–3 |
| Runner-up | 2024 | World Cup | Ma Long | 3–4 |
| Runner-up | 2024 | WTT Star Contender Bangkok | Tomokazu Harimoto | 0–4 |

### Men's doubles

| Result | Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Winner | 2011 | ITTF Pro Tour, Japan Open | Wu Jiaji | Kenta Matsudaira / Koki Niwa | 4–1 |
| Winner | 2014 | ITTF World Tour, Kuwait Open | Stefan Fegerl | Chiang Hung-chieh / Huang Sheng-sheng | 3–2 |
| Winner | 2017 | Asian Championships | Fan Zhendong | Fang Bo / Zhou Yu | 3–1 |
| Winner | 2018 | ITTF World Tour, China Open | Fan Zhendong | Ovidiu Ionescu / Álvaro Robles | 3–0 |
| Runner-up | 2019 | ITTF World Tour, Hungarian Open | Fan Zhendong | Liang Jingkun / Xu Xin | 2–3 |
| Winner | 2019 | ITTF World Tour, Hong Kong Open | Liang Jingkun | Jang Woo-jin / Lim Jong-hoon | 3–1 |
| Runner-up | 2019 | ITTF World Tour Platinum, Australian Open | Ma Long | Jeoung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su | 0–3 |
| Winner | 2019 | Asian Championships | Liang Jingkun | Fan Zhendong / Xu Xin | 3–1 |
| Runner-up | 2019 | ITTF World Tour, Swedish Open | Liang Jingkun | Fan Zhendong / Xu Xin | 2–3 |
| Winner | 2019 | ITTF World Tour Platinum, Austrian Open | Liang Jingkun | Jeoung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su | 3–0 |
| Runner-up | 2020 | ITTF World Tour Platinum, German Open | Ma Long | Cho Dae-seong / Jang Woo-jin | 2–3 |
| Winner | 2021 | WTT Contender Laško | Zhou Qihao | Yuta Tanaka / Yuto Kizukuri | 3–0 |
| Winner | 2021 | WTT Contender Novo Mesto | Zhou Qihao | Liang Jingkun / Wang Chuqin | 3–1 |
| Runner-up | 2022 | WTT Star Contender European Summer Series | Liang Jingkun | Cho Dae-seong / Lee Sang-su | 2–3 |
| Winner | 2023 | WTT Star Contender Bangkok | Lin Shidong | Lim Jong-hoon / Jang Woo-jin | 3–0 |
| Runner-up | 2023 | WTT Contender Zagreb | Liang Jingkun | Yuan Licen / Lin Shidong | 1–3 |
| Winner | 2023 | Asian Championships | Fan Zhendong | Ma Long / Wang Chuqin | 3–2 |
| Winner | 2023 | WTT Contender Taiyuan | Lin Shidong | Liang Jingkun / Wang Chuqin | 3–2 |
| Runner-up | 2024 | WTT Finals | Lin Shidong | Xiang Peng / Yuan Licen | 0–3 |
| Winner | 2024 | Singapore Smash | Ma Long | Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin | 3–2 |
| Winner | 2024 | WTT Contender Taiyuan | Ma Long | Liang Jingkun / Wang Chuqin | 3–1 |
| Runner-up | 2024 | China Smash | Lin Shidong | Liang Jingkun / Wang Chuqin | 2–3 |

### Mixed doubles

| Result | Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Winner | 2018 | ITTF World Tour, China Open | Chen Xingtong | Masataka Morizono / Mima Ito | 3–1 |
| Runner-up | 2018 | Asian Games | Wang Manyu | Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha | 2–4 |
| Winner | 2019 | ITTF Challenge Plus, Portugal Open | Liu Shiwen | Ľubomír Pištej / Tatiana Kukulkova | 3–0 |
| Runner-up | 2019 | ITTF World Tour Platinum, Austrian Open | Zhu Yuling | Tomokazu Harimoto / Hina Hayata | 1–3 |
| Winner | 2023 | WTT Star Contender Bangkok | Chen Xingtong | Lim Jong-hoon / Shin Yu-bin | 3–2 |
| Winner | 2023 | Asian Championships | Wang Yidi | Liang Jingkun / Qian Tianyi | 3–1 |
| Runner-up | 2023 | Asian Games | Wang Yidi | Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha | 1–4 |
| Runner-up | 2024 | WTT Contender Doha | Wang Manyu | Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha | 2–3 |
| Runner-up | 2024 | WTT Contender Taiyuan | Wang Yidi | Lin Shidong / Kuai Man | 1–3 |
| Runner-up | 2024 | China Smash | Wang Yidi | Lin Shidong / Kuai Man | 1–3 |