The 2018 ITTF World Tour was the 23rd season of the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour.
[1] For the first time in its history, the tour included mixed doubles competitions in 2018.
This was to promote the mixed doubles category prior to its inclusion on the 2020 Olympics programme.
The Platinum events offered higher prize money and more points towards the ITTF World Tour standings, which determined the qualifiers for the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in December.
[3][4] Below is the 2018 schedule announced by the International Table Tennis Federation: Hungarian Open Qatar Open German Open Hong Kong Open China Open Japan Open Korea Open Australian Open Bulgaria Open Czech Open Swedish Open Austrian Open Grand Finals The 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals took place in Incheon, South Korea, from 13 to 16 December 2018.