2018 ITTF Women's World Cup

The 2018 ITTF Women's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Chengdu, China, from 28 to 30 September 2018. It was the 22nd edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event, and the ninth time that it has been staged in China.

In the final, China's Ding Ning defeated fellow Chinese player Zhu Yuling, 4–0, to win her third World Cup title.

Qualification
In total, 20 players qualified for the World Cup: A maximum of two players from each association could qualify.
 * The current World Champion
 * 18 players from the five Continental Cups held during 2018
 * A wild card, selected by the ITTF


 * Notes

Competition format
The tournament consisted of two stages: a preliminary group stage and a knockout stage. The players seeded 9 to 20 were drawn into four groups, with three players in each group. The top two players from each group then joined the top eight seeded players in the second stage of the competition, which consisted of a knockout draw.

Seeding
The seeding list was based on the official ITTF world ranking for September 2018.

• # 🇨🇳 Zhu Yuling (final)

• # 🇯🇵 Kasumi Ishikawa (semifinals)

• # 🇨🇳 Ding Ning (champion)

• # Cheng I-ching (semifinals)

• # 🇯🇵 Miu Hirano (quarterfinals)

• # 🇰🇷 Seo Hyo-won (quarterfinals)

• # 🇭🇰 Doo Hoi Kem (quarterfinals)

• # 🇦🇹 Sofia Polcanova (quarterfinals)

• # Li Jie (preliminary round)

• # 🇷🇴 Elizabeta Samara (first round)

• # 🇨🇦 Zhang Mo (preliminary round)

• # 🇷🇴 Bernadette Szőcs (first round)

• # Chen Szu-yu (first round)

• # 🇸🇪 Matilda Ekholm (first round)

• # 🇭🇺 Georgina Póta (first round)

• # 🇦🇹 Liu Jia (first round)

• # 🇪🇬 Dina Meshref (preliminary round)

• # 🇰🇵 Kim Song-i (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Yue Wu (preliminary round)

• # 🇦🇺 Jian Fang Lay (first round)

Preliminary stage
The preliminary group stage took place on 28 September, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.

Main draw
The knockout stage took place from 29 to 30 September.