# 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals

The 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals was the final competition of the 2018 ITTF World Tour, the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour. It was the 23rd edition of the competition, and was held from 13–16 December in Incheon, South Korea.
The competition featured events in five categories: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles.

## Events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's Singles details | Tomokazu Harimoto | Lin Gaoyuan | Hugo Calderano |
| Men's Singles details | Tomokazu Harimoto | Lin Gaoyuan | Jun Mizutani |
| Women's Singles details | Chen Meng | He Zhuojia | Ding Ning |
| Women's Singles details | Chen Meng | He Zhuojia | Zhu Yuling |
| Men's Doubles details | Jang Woo-jin Lim Jong-hoon | Ho Kwan Kit Wong Chun Ting | Jung Young-sik Lee Sang-su |
| Men's Doubles details | Jang Woo-jin Lim Jong-hoon | Ho Kwan Kit Wong Chun Ting | Masataka Morizono Yuya Oshima |
| Women's Doubles details | Hina Hayata Mima Ito | Chen Xingtong Sun Yingsha | Jeon Ji-hee Yang Ha-eun |
| Women's Doubles details | Hina Hayata Mima Ito | Chen Xingtong Sun Yingsha | Chen Ke Wang Manyu |
| Mixed Doubles details | Wong Chun Ting Doo Hoi Kem | Jang Woo-jin Cha Hyo-sim | Lim Jong-hoon Yang Ha-eun |
| Mixed Doubles details | Wong Chun Ting Doo Hoi Kem | Jang Woo-jin Cha Hyo-sim | Masataka Morizono Mima Ito |

## Qualification

Players earned points based on their performances in the singles and doubles tournaments at the 12 events of the 2018 ITTF World Tour. The top 16 men's and women's singles players, and the top eight men's, women's and mixed doubles pairs who satisfied the qualification criteria were invited to compete. China's Ma Long qualified for the men's singles event, but withdrew due to injury. His place was taken by Japan's Yuya Oshima.

## Tournament format

The singles and doubles tournaments consisted of knockout draws, with 16 players starting each of the singles events and eight pairs starting each of the doubles events. The seedings for the tournament draws were based on final tour standings, not the official ITTF world ranking.

## Men's singles
### Players

* Xu Xin (quarterfinals)
* Fan Zhendong (quarterfinals)
* Liang Jingkun (quarterfinals)
* Tomokazu Harimoto (champion)
* Jang Woo-jin (quarterfinals)
* Lin Gaoyuan (final)
* Hugo Calderano (semifinals)
* Jun Mizutani (semifinals)
* Patrick Franziska (first round)
* Lim Jong-hoon (first round)
* Lee Sang-su (first round)
* Wong Chun Ting (first round)
* Liu Dingshuo (first round)
* Koki Niwa (first round)
* Timo Boll (first round)
* Yuya Oshima (first round)

### Draw

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Xu Xin | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Wong Chun Ting | 6 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 7 | | | 1 | Xu Xin | 3 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Lee Sang-su | 7 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 14 | | 6 | Lin Gaoyuan | 11 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Lin Gaoyuan | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Lin Gaoyuan | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Jun Mizutani | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Jun Mizutani | 5 | 9 | 6 | 10 | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Liu Dingshuo | 9 | 5 | 4 | w/o | | | | 8 | Jun Mizutani | 7 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Timo Boll | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | | | | 3 | Liang Jingkun | 11 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Liang Jingkun | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Lin Gaoyuan | 4 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 4 | Tomokazu Harimoto | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Tomokazu Harimoto | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 9 | Patrick Franziska | 7 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 7 | | | 4 | Tomokazu Harimoto | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Lim Jong-hoon | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | | | | 5 | Jang Woo-jin | 10 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Jang Woo-jin | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Tomokazu Harimoto | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Hugo Calderano | 11 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | 7 | Hugo Calderano | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Yuya Oshima | 5 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 7 | Hugo Calderano | 11 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Koki Niwa | 6 | 8 | 5 | 10 | | | | 2 | Fan Zhendong | 6 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Fan Zhendong | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Women's singles
### Players

* Wang Manyu (quarterfinals)
* Kasumi Ishikawa (quarterfinals)
* Liu Shiwen (quarterfinals)
* Mima Ito (first round)
* Ding Ning (semifinals)
* Chen Meng (champion)
* Zhu Yuling (semifinals)
* Seo Hyo-won (first round)
* Cheng I-ching (quarterfinals)
* Chen Xingtong (first round)
* Hitomi Sato (first round)
* He Zhuojia (final)
* Miu Hirano (first round)
* Sun Yingsha (first round)
* Feng Tianwei (first round)
* Saki Shibata (first round)

### Draw

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Wang Manyu | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Feng Tianwei | 3 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | | | 1 | Wang Manyu | 14 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Chen Xingtong | 7 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 6 | Chen Meng | 16 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Chen Meng | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Chen Meng | 9 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Zhu Yuling | 11 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Zhu Yuling | 11 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Hitomi Sato | 5 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 4 | | | 7 | Zhu Yuling | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Sun Yingsha | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | | | 3 | Liu Shiwen | 1 | 6 | 9 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Liu Shiwen | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Chen Meng | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
| 4 | Mima Ito | 9 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | He Zhuojia | 11 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 |
| 9 | Cheng I-ching | 11 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | Cheng I-ching | 6 | 7 | 9 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Saki Shibata | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 5 | | | 5 | Ding Ning | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Ding Ning | 11 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Ding Ning | 14 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Seo Hyo-won | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | He Zhuojia | 12 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| 12 | He Zhuojia | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | 12 | He Zhuojia | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Miu Hirano | 6 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | | | 2 | Kasumi Ishikawa | 4 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Kasumi Ishikawa | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Men's doubles
### Players

* Jung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su (semifinals)
* Masataka Morizono / Yuya Oshima (semifinals)
* Ho Kwan Kit / Wong Chun Ting (final)
* Liao Cheng-ting / Lin Yun-ju (quarterfinals)
* Jang Woo-jin / Lim Jong-hoon (champions)
* Chen Chien-an / Chuang Chih-yuan (quarterfinals)
* Lam Siu Hang / Ng Pak Nam (quarterfinals)
* Nándor Ecseki / Ádám Szudi (quarterfinals)

### Draw

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Jung Young-sik Lee Sang-su | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Lam Siu Hang Ng Pak Nam | 7 | 7 | 3 | | 1 | Jung Young-sik Lee Sang-su | 9 | 11 | 13 | 9 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Jang Woo-jin Lim Jong-hoon | 11 | 11 | 11 | | 5 | Jang Woo-jin Lim Jong-hoon | 11 | 8 | 15 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Liao Cheng-ting Lin Yun-ju | 9 | 1 | 9 | | | | | | | | 5 | Jang Woo-jin Lim Jong-hoon | 10 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
| 3 | Ho Kwan Kit Wong Chun Ting | 11 | 11 | 8 | 11 | | | | | | | 3 | Ho Kwan Kit Wong Chun Ting | 12 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 8 |
| 6 | Chen Chien-an Chuang Chih-yuan | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | Ho Kwan Kit Wong Chun Ting | 11 | 11 | 5 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Nándor Ecseki Ádám Szudi | 5 | 8 | 5 | | 2 | Masataka Morizono Yuya Oshima | 9 | 3 | 11 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Masataka Morizono Yuya Oshima | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Women's doubles
### Players

* Hina Hayata / Mima Ito (champions)
* Chen Xingtong / Sun Yingsha (final)
* Jeon Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun (semifinals)
* Chen Ke / Wang Manyu (semifinals)
* Liu Gaoyang / Zhang Rui (quarterfinals)
* Doo Hoi Kem / Lee Ho Ching (quarterfinals)
* Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Sato (quarterfinals)
* Ng Wing Nam / Soo Wai Yam Minnie (quarterfinals)

### Draw

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Hina Hayata Mima Ito | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Liu Gaoyang Zhang Rui | 6 | 9 | 9 | | 1 | Hina Hayata Mima Ito | 12 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 11 | | | | | |
| 6 | Doo Hoi Kem Lee Ho Ching | 11 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 3 | Jeon Ji-hee Yang Ha-eun | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | Jeon Ji-hee Yang Ha-eun | 7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | 1 | Hina Hayata Mima Ito | 11 | 13 | 12 |
| 4 | Chen Ke Wang Manyu | 11 | 14 | 11 | | | | | | | | | 2 | Chen Xingtong Sun Yingsha | 9 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | Honoka Hashimoto Hitomi Sato | 7 | 12 | 9 | | 4 | Chen Ke Wang Manyu | 2 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | | | | | |
| 8 | Ng Wing Nam Soo Wai Yam Minnie | 6 | 4 | 6 | | 2 | Chen Xingtong Sun Yingsha | 11 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 11 | | | | | |
| 2 | Chen Xingtong Sun Yingsha | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Mixed doubles
### Players

* Lee Sang-su / Jeon Ji-hee (quarterfinals)
* Jang Woo-jin / Cha Hyo-sim (final)
* Chen Chien-an / Cheng I-ching (quarterfinals)
* Lim Jong-hoon / Yang Ha-eun (semifinals)
* Maharu Yoshimura / Kasumi Ishikawa (quarterfinals)
* Masataka Morizono / Mima Ito (semifinals)
* Wong Chun Ting / Doo Hoi Kem (champions)
* Ľubomír Pištej / Barbora Balážová (quarterfinals)

### Draw

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Lee Sang-su Jeon Ji-hee | 11 | 7 | 9 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Masataka Morizono Mima Ito | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | | 6 | Masataka Morizono Mima Ito | 9 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| 7 | Wong Chun Ting Doo Hoi Kem | 11 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 7 | Wong Chun Ting Doo Hoi Kem | 11 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 11 | | | | | |
| 3 | Chen Chien-an Cheng I-ching | 6 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 9 | | | | | | | | 7 | Wong Chun Ting Doo Hoi Kem | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 4 | Lim Jong-hoon Yang Ha-eun | 11 | 11 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Jang Woo-jin Cha Hyo-sim | 6 | 8 | 4 |
| 8 | Ľubomír Pištej Barbora Balážová | 6 | 7 | 10 | | | 4 | Lim Jong-hoon Yang Ha-eun | 12 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | | | | | |
| 5 | Maharu Yoshimura Kasumi Ishikawa | 10 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | Jang Woo-jin Cha Hyo-sim | 10 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 11 | | | | | |
| 2 | Jang Woo-jin Cha Hyo-sim | 12 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## ITTF Star Awards

The 2018 ITTF Star Awards ceremony was held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Incheon on 12 December.
Awards were handed out in seven categories:
* Male Table Tennis Star: Fan Zhendong
* Female Table Tennis Star: Ding Ning
* Male Para Table Tennis Star: Jordi Morales
* Female Para Table Tennis Star: Kelly van Zon
* Table Tennis Star Coach: Massimo Costantini
* Table Tennis Breakthrough Star: Manika Batra
* Table Tennis Star Point: Xu Xin (versus Stefan Fegerl at the 2018 World Team Championships)