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,^[5] and was a member of the Chinese teams that took the gold medals at the World Team Championships in 2018 and 2022.

Lin Gaoyuan
Lin Gaoyuan at the 2017 German Open
Personal information
Born	(1995-03-19) 19 March 1995 (age 30) Shenzhen, China[1]
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing style	Left-handed, shakehand grip
Equipment(s)	Yuanjian Moye Sword, DHS H3 National Blue (FH, Black), DIGNICS 05 (BH, Red)
Highest ranking	2 (May 2019)[3]
Current ranking	9 (7 January 2025)[4]
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships 3 0 3 World Cup 4 1 1 Total 7 1 4 Men's table tennis Representing  China World Championships 2018 Halmstad Team 2022 Chengdu Team 2024 Busan Team 2019 Budapest Doubles 2021 Houston Mixed doubles 2021 Houston Doubles World Cup 2018 London Team 2019 Tokyo Team 2023 Chengdu Mixed team 2024 Chengdu Mixed team 2024 Macao Singles 2018 Paris Singles ITTF World Tour Grand Finals 2018 Incheon Singles 2017 Astana Singles 2019 Zhengzhou Singles Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Team 2022 Hangzhou Team 2018 Jakarta Singles 2018 Jakarta Mixed doubles 2022 Hangzhou Mixed doubles Asian Championships 2017 Wuxi Doubles 2019 Yogyakarta Team 2019 Yogyakarta Doubles 2023 Pyeongchang Doubles 2023 Pyeongchang Mixed doubles 2023 Pyeongchang Team 2024 Astana Team 2019 Yogyakarta Singles Asian Cup 2017 Ahmedabad Singles 2018 Yokohama Singles World Junior Championships 2009 Cartagena Team 2010 Bratislava Team 2011 Manama Team 2012 Hyderabad Doubles 2012 Hyderabad Team 2009 Cartagena Doubles 2010 Bratislava Singles 2010 Bratislava Mixed doubles 2011 Manama Singles 2012 Hyderabad Singles 2012 Hyderabad Mixed doubles 2009 Cartagena Singles 2009 Cartagena Mixed doubles 2010 Bratislava Doubles 2011 Manama Doubles 2011 Manama Mixed doubles Asian Junior Championships 2010 Bangkok Team 2011 New Delhi Team 2010 Bangkok Singles 2010 Bangkok Doubles 2011 New Delhi Singles Representing  China / Guangdong National Games of China 2021 Shaanxi Team 2017 Tianjin Doubles All China Table Tennis Championships 2010 Zhangjiagang Team 2016 Anshan Mixed doubles 2019 Tianjin Mixed doubles 2022 Huangshi Mixed doubles 2020 Weihai Team 2018 Anshan Team 2018 Anshan Mixed doubles 2020 Weihai Doubles 2014 Huangshi Doubles 2015 Harbin Team 2015 Harbin Mixed doubles

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lin.

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.^[6] 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.^[7] 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.^[8] 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.^[9] 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.^[10] 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.^[11] 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.^[12]

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.^[13]

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.^[14] 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.^[15] 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.^[16] 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.^[17] 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.^[18] 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.^[19]

2021

In May, Lin played the China Olympic Scrimmages, but he lost to Fang Bo in the group stage of the first leg.^[20] Lin lost 4–1 to Fan Zhendong in the quarter-finals of the second leg of the Chinese Olympic Scrimmage.^[21]

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.^[22]

Finals

Men's singles

Result	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Ref
Winner	2017	Asian Cup	Fan Zhendong	4–2	[23]
Winner	2017	ITTF World Tour, Austrian Open	Yan An	4–1	[24]
Runner-up	2018	Asian Cup	Fan Zhendong	0–4	[25]
Runner-up	2018	Asian Games	Fan Zhendong	2–4	[26]
Runner-up	2018	ITTF World Tour Grand Finals	Tomokazu Harimoto	1–4	[27]
Winner	2019	ITTF World Tour, Hungarian Open	Wang Chuqin	4–0	[28]
Runner-up	2019	ITTF Challenge Plus, Portugal Open	Liang Jingkun	1–4	[29]
Runner-up	2019	ITTF World Tour Platinum, Qatar Open	Ma Long	2–4	[30]
Runner-up	2019	ITTF World Tour Platinum, China Open	Ma Long	0–4	[31]
Winner	2019	ITTF World Tour, Hong Kong Open	Tomokazu Harimoto	4–2	[32]
Runner-up	2019	Asian Championships	Xu Xin	1–3	[33]
Runner-up	2019	ITTF World Tour, Swedish Open	Wang Chuqin	0–4	[34]
Runner-up	2022	WTT Contender Muscat	Liang Jingkun	1–4	[35]
Runner-up	2022	WTT Champions European Summer Series	Tomokazu Harimoto	3–4	[36]
Winner	2023	WTT Star Contender Bangkok	Jang Woo-jin	4–3	[37]
Winner	2023	WTT Contender Zagreb	Fan Zhendong	4–3	[38]
Runner-up	2024	World Cup	Ma Long	3–4	[39]
Runner-up	2024	WTT Star Contender Bangkok	Tomokazu Harimoto	0–4	[40]

Men's doubles

Result	Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponents	Score	Ref
Winner	2011	ITTF Pro Tour, Japan Open	Wu Jiaji	Kenta Matsudaira / Koki Niwa	4–1	[41]
Winner	2014	ITTF World Tour, Kuwait Open	Stefan Fegerl	Chiang Hung-chieh / Huang Sheng-sheng	3–2	[42]
Winner	2017	Asian Championships	Fan Zhendong	Fang Bo / Zhou Yu	3–1	[43]
Winner	2018	ITTF World Tour, China Open	Fan Zhendong	Ovidiu Ionescu / Álvaro Robles	3–0	[44]
Runner-up	2019	ITTF World Tour, Hungarian Open	Fan Zhendong	Liang Jingkun / Xu Xin	2–3	[45]
Winner	2019	ITTF World Tour, Hong Kong Open	Liang Jingkun	Jang Woo-jin / Lim Jong-hoon	3–1	[46]
Runner-up	2019	ITTF World Tour Platinum, Australian Open	Ma Long	Jeoung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su	0–3	[47]
Winner	2019	Asian Championships	Liang Jingkun	Fan Zhendong / Xu Xin	3–1	[48]
Runner-up	2019	ITTF World Tour, Swedish Open	Liang Jingkun	Fan Zhendong / Xu Xin	2–3	[49]
Winner	2019	ITTF World Tour Platinum, Austrian Open	Liang Jingkun	Jeoung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su	3–0	[50]
Runner-up	2020	ITTF World Tour Platinum, German Open	Ma Long	Cho Dae-seong / Jang Woo-jin	2–3	[51]
Winner	2021	WTT Contender Laško	Zhou Qihao	Yuta Tanaka / Yuto Kizukuri	3–0	[52]
Winner	2021	WTT Contender Novo Mesto	Zhou Qihao	Liang Jingkun / Wang Chuqin	3–1	[53]
Runner-up	2022	WTT Star Contender European Summer Series	Liang Jingkun	Cho Dae-seong / Lee Sang-su	2–3	[54]
Winner	2023	WTT Star Contender Bangkok	Lin Shidong	Lim Jong-hoon / Jang Woo-jin	3–0	[55]
Runner-up	2023	WTT Contender Zagreb	Liang Jingkun	Yuan Licen / Lin Shidong	1–3	[56]
Winner	2023	Asian Championships	Fan Zhendong	Ma Long / Wang Chuqin	3–2	[57]
Winner	2023	WTT Contender Taiyuan	Lin Shidong	Liang Jingkun / Wang Chuqin	3–2	[58]
Runner-up	2024	WTT Finals	Lin Shidong	Xiang Peng / Yuan Licen	0–3	[59]
Winner	2024	Singapore Smash	Ma Long	Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin	3–2	[60]
Winner	2024	WTT Contender Taiyuan	Ma Long	Liang Jingkun / Wang Chuqin	3–1	[61]
Runner-up	2024	China Smash	Lin Shidong	Liang Jingkun / Wang Chuqin	2–3	[62]

Mixed doubles

Result	Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponents	Score	Ref
Winner	2018	ITTF World Tour, China Open	Chen Xingtong	Masataka Morizono / Mima Ito	3–1	[63]
Runner-up	2018	Asian Games	Wang Manyu	Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha	2–4	[64]
Winner	2019	ITTF Challenge Plus, Portugal Open	Liu Shiwen	Ľubomír Pištej / Tatiana Kukulkova	3–0	[65]
Runner-up	2019	ITTF World Tour Platinum, Austrian Open	Zhu Yuling	Tomokazu Harimoto / Hina Hayata	1–3	[66]
Winner	2023	WTT Star Contender Bangkok	Chen Xingtong	Lim Jong-hoon / Shin Yu-bin	3–2	[67]
Winner	2023	Asian Championships	Wang Yidi	Liang Jingkun / Qian Tianyi	3–1	[57]
Runner-up	2023	Asian Games	Wang Yidi	Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha	1–4	[68]
Runner-up	2024	WTT Contender Doha	Wang Manyu	Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha	2–3	[69]
Runner-up	2024	WTT Contender Taiyuan	Wang Yidi	Lin Shidong / Kuai Man	1–3	[70]
Runner-up	2024	China Smash	Wang Yidi	Lin Shidong / Kuai Man	1–3	[71]