2018 German Open (table tennis)

The 2018 German Open was the third event of the 2018 ITTF World Tour. It was the second of six top-tier Platinum events on the tour, and took place from 22–25 March in Bremen, Germany.

China's Ma Long won the men's singles title for a fifth time, making him the most successful player in the tournament's history.

Seeds
• # 🇩🇪 Dimitrij Ovtcharov (first round, retired)

• # 🇩🇪 Timo Boll (quarterfinals)

• # 🇨🇳 Xu Xin (final)

• # 🇯🇵 Koki Niwa (second round)

• # 🇨🇳 Ma Long (champion)

• # 🇭🇰 Wong Chun Ting (semifinals)

• # 🇫🇷 Simon Gauzy (quarterfinals)

• # 🇯🇵 Tomokazu Harimoto (first round)

• # Marcos Freitas (second round)

• # Chuang Chih-yuan (second round)

• # 🇯🇵 Jun Mizutani (second round)

• # 🇰🇷 Lee Sang-su (second round)

• # 🇧🇷 Hugo Calderano (first round)

• # 🇪🇬 Omar Assar (first round)

• # 🇯🇵 Yuya Oshima (first round)

• # 🇸🇪 Kristian Karlsson (quarterfinals)

Seeds
• # 🇸🇬 Feng Tianwei (semifinals)

• # 🇯🇵 Kasumi Ishikawa (champion)

• # 🇯🇵 Mima Ito (second round)

• # 🇯🇵 Miu Hirano (second round)

• # Cheng I-ching (semifinals)

• # 🇭🇰 Doo Hoi Kem (first round)

• # Li Jie (first round)

• # Chen Szu-yu (first round)

• # 🇨🇳 Chen Xingtong (second round)

• # 🇭🇰 Lee Ho Ching (first round)

• # 🇯🇵 Hina Hayata (first round)

• # 🇯🇵 Miyu Kato (first round)

• # 🇯🇵 Sakura Mori (first round)

• # 🇰🇷 Seo Hyo-won (final)

• # 🇩🇪 Han Ying (second round)

• # 🇩🇪 Sabine Winter (first round)

Seeds
• # 🇭🇰 Ho Kwan Kit / Wong Chun Ting (quarterfinals)

• # 🇩🇪 Patrick Franziska / Jonathan Groth (quarterfinals)

• # 🇯🇵 Tomokazu Harimoto / Masataka Morizono (semifinals)

• # 🇸🇪 Kristian Karlsson / Mattias Karlsson (first round)

• # 🇨🇳 Ma Long / Xu Xin (champions)

• # 🇩🇪 Ruwen Filus / Ricardo Walther (quarterfinals)

• # 🇰🇷 Jung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su (final)

• # 🇯🇵 Jun Mizutani / Yuya Oshima (quarterfinals)

Seeds
• # 🇯🇵 Hina Hayata / Mima Ito (champions)

• # 🇭🇰 Doo Hoi Kem / Lee Ho Ching (semifinals)

• # 🇰🇷 Jeon Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun (final)

• # 🇸🇪 Matilda Ekholm / 🇭🇺 Georgina Póta (first round)

• # 🇭🇰 Ng Wing Nam / Soo Wai Yam Minnie (semifinals)

• # 🇮🇳 Manika Batra / Mouma Das (first round)

• # 🇸🇰 Barbora Balážová / 🇨🇿 Hana Matelová (first round)

• # 🇩🇪 Petrissa Solja / Sabine Winter (first round)