Men · KOR
Lim Jonghoon
World No. 34 ▲4
- World ranking
- No. 34, 1,330 points
- Age
- 29 (born 21 January 1997)
- Plays
- Left-handed
Overview
Latest results
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Tomokazu Harimoto | L 1-36-11, 11-8, 4-11, 4-11 |
| 4 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Anton Källberg | W 3-21-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Lin Shidong | L 0-37-11, 8-11, 2-11 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's doubles, Final | Alexis Lebrun / Félix Lebrun with Oh Junsung | W 3-111-8, 5-11, 11-9, 11-9 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Mixed doubles, Final | Lin Yun-Ju / Cheng I-Ching with Shin Yubin | W 3-212-14, 11-9, 16-18, 13-11, 11-8 |
Latest news
- WTT Champions Frankfurt day four review: Verdonschot knocks out Calderano as Winter beats Han Ying
- WTT Champions Frankfurt day four preview: Han Ying meets Sabine Winter as Franziska plays Duda
- WTT Champions Frankfurt day three preview: Wang Chuqin meets Wen Ruibo as Calderano plays Liang Jingkun
- WTT Champions Frankfurt day two review: Han Ying beats Wang Yidi as Germany win all six matches
Honours
22 titles and gold medals on record, including World Team Championships, WTT Finals, Grand Smash.
All honours →News
- Day 4 review
WTT Champions Frankfurt day four review: Verdonschot knocks out Calderano as Winter beats Han Ying
The 21-year-old wildcard beat the sixth seed on a service fault at 12-11 in the fourth, Franziska came from two games down against Duda and four Germans are in the quarter-finals.
- Day 4 preview
WTT Champions Frankfurt day four preview: Han Ying meets Sabine Winter as Franziska plays Duda
The last 16 finishes with two all-German matches, the two Harimotos in the afternoon and Kaufmann, Mittelham and Verdonschot all trying to reach the quarter-finals.
- Day 3 preview
WTT Champions Frankfurt day three preview: Wang Chuqin meets Wen Ruibo as Calderano plays Liang Jingkun
The first round ends and the last 16 begins, with Dang Qiu and Dimitrij Ovtcharov in an all-German match and Kuai Man and Chen Yi starting in the women's draw.
- Day 2 review
WTT Champions Frankfurt day two review: Han Ying beats Wang Yidi as Germany win all six matches
The 43-year-old defender beat the third seed in straight games, Kaufmann, Verdonschot, Winter and Mittelham also won, and Lim Jonghoon came from two games down.
- Day 2 preview
WTT Champions Frankfurt day two preview: Wang Yidi and Hayata start as six Germans play
Kaufmann, Winter, Mittelham and Ovtcharov are among the home players in action, and Wang Chuqin finds out on Wednesday whether he plays Wen Ruibo or An Jaehyun.
- Day 1 review
WTT Champions Montpellier day one review: Sun Yingsha returns as Matsushima survives a scare
Sun Yingsha dropped 14 points in her first match for about three weeks, Félix Lebrun won in 15 minutes and the world No 1 let slip a two-game lead before recovering.
Results
Recent matches
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Tomokazu Harimoto | L 1-36-11, 11-8, 4-11, 4-11 |
| 4 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Anton Källberg | W 3-21-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Lin Shidong | L 0-37-11, 8-11, 2-11 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's doubles, Final | Alexis Lebrun / Félix Lebrun with Oh Junsung | W 3-111-8, 5-11, 11-9, 11-9 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Mixed doubles, Final | Lin Yun-Ju / Cheng I-Ching with Shin Yubin | W 3-212-14, 11-9, 16-18, 13-11, 11-8 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's doubles, Semi-final | Manav Thakkar / Manush Shah with Oh Junsung | W 3-011-8, 11-6, 11-3 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Mixed doubles, Semi-final | Sora Matsushima / Miwa Harimoto with Shin Yubin | W 3-111-7, 13-11, 11-13, 11-7 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's doubles, Quarter-final | Anton Källberg / Kristian Karlsson with Oh Junsung | W 3-011-8, 12-10, 11-8 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Mixed doubles, Quarter-final | Anders Lind / Anna Hursey with Shin Yubin | W 3-011-2, 11-5, 14-12 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's doubles, Last 16 | Zhou Guanhong / Li Hechen with Oh Junsung | W 3-011-4, 11-6, 11-5 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Mixed doubles, Last 16 | Jishan Liang / Sally Moyland with Shin Yubin | W 3-011-8, 11-2, 11-5 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Last 64 | Huang Youzheng | L 2-35-11, 11-6, 11-7, 5-11, 14-16 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's doubles, Quarter-final | Shunsuke Togami / Hiroto Shinozuka with Oh Junsung | L 2-312-10, 10-12, 6-11, 11-7, 10-12 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Mixed doubles, Quarter-final | Lin Yun-Ju / Cheng I-Ching with Shin Yubin | L 1-33-11, 2-11, 11-4, 9-11 |
| 12 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's doubles, Last 16 | Eduard Ionescu / Darius Movileanu with Oh Junsung | W 3-011-6, 11-9, 11-6 |
| 12 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Mixed doubles, Last 16 | Anders Lind / Anna Hursey with Shin Yubin | W 3-011-6, 11-9, 11-5 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's singles, Last 64 | Xiang Peng | L 1-312-10, 6-11, 7-11, 11-13 |
| 7 Aug 2026 | WTT Champions Yokohama 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Oh Junsung | L 0-38-11, 4-11, 10-12 |
| 5 Aug 2026 | WTT Champions Yokohama 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Lin Yun-Ju | W 3-29-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-13, 11-9 |
| 4 Jul 2026 | United States Smash 2026Mixed doubles, Final | Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha with Shin Yubin | W 3-211-9, 6-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-8 |
Official results from World Table Tennis. Times are UK dates.
Season by season
| Year | Singles | Won-lost | Win % | Titles | Finals | Doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 20-12 | 62% | 1 | 1 | 36-8 |
| 2025 | 22 | 10-12 | 45% | 0 | 0 | 56-12 |
| 2024 | 30 | 15-15 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 35-9 |
| 2023 | 23 | 14-9 | 61% | 0 | 0 | 54-19 |
| 2022 | 33 | 23-10 | 70% | 0 | 2 | 11-4 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3-1 | 75% | 0 | 0 | 4-1 |
WTT and ITTF events from 2021, main draw and qualifying, walkovers left out. Team-event matches are listed under recent matches but not counted here.
Head to head
Singles against the players met most often.
- Tomokazu Harimoto1-6
- Quadri Aruna4-1
- Hugo Calderano2-3
- Manav Thakkar3-1
- Ricardo Walther2-2
- Lin Yun-Ju3-0
- Simon Gauzy3-0
- Oh Junsung2-1
- Dang Qiu1-2
- Yukiya Uda1-2
Where the ranking points come from
1,360 points from 9 counted results (ITTF world ranking, week 46, 9 November 2026). A player's best results over 12 months count; each drops off a year after the event.
| Event | Result | Points | Drops off | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WTT Contender Zagreb 2026 | Winner | 415 | Counts | 21 June 2027 |
| Singapore Smash 2026 | Last 16 | 380 | Counts | 8 March 2027 |
| WTT Contender Lagos 2026 | Semi-final | 180 | Counts | 31 May 2027 |
| WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026 | Last 16 | 140 | Counts | 15 November 2027 |
| WTT Champions Yokohama 2026 | Last 16 | 140 | Counts | 16 August 2027 |
| United States Smash 2026 | Qualifying | 45 | Counts | 12 July 2027 |
| WTT Contender Skopje 2026 | Last 16 | 30 | Counts | 14 June 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026 | Last 32 | 30 | Counts | 22 February 2027 |
| WTT Feeder Tashkent 2026 | Participation | 0 | Counts | 9 August 2027 |
| Europe Smash - Sweden 2026 | Last 64 | 20 | Not counted | 23 August 2027 |
| China Smash 2026 | Last 64 | 20 | Not counted | 18 October 2027 |
| WTT Champions Montpellier 2026 | Last 32 | 15 | Not counted | 8 November 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2026 | Qualifying | 12 | Not counted | 28 June 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Doha 2026 | Qualifying | 12 | Not counted | 25 January 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Muscat 2025 | Qualifying | 12 | Not counted | 23 November 2026 |
From World Table Tennis's ranking records.
Honours
Honours
At the majors and Grand Smashes
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Championships | R16 | Not held | R16 | Not held | R128 | Not held | 0 |
| World Team Championships | Not held | – | Not held | SF | Not held | – | 0 |
| Singapore Smash | Not held | R16 | R16 | R64 | R64 | R16 | 0 |
| Saudi Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | R32 | Not held | Not held | 0 |
| China Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | R64 | – | R64 | 0 |
| United States Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | R64 | Q | 0 |
| Europe Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | R64 | R64 | 0 |
W won, F final, SF semi-final, QF quarter-final, R16 last 16 and so on; Grp group stage, Q qualifying, – did not play or no record, Not held: no event that year. Singles, except the World Team Championships, which show the team's finish in years the player played or won a medal. Full results from 2021 from World Table Tennis's records; earlier years show medals only.
World Team Championships 1
- Bronze 2024 Team
WTT Finals 1
- Winner 2025 Doubles WTT Finals Hong Kong 2025
Grand Smash 3
- Winner 2026 China Smash doubles China Smash 2026
- Winner 2026 United States Smash doubles United States Smash 2026
- Winner 2025 United States Smash doubles United States Smash 2025
WTT tour 18
- Winner 2026 WTT Star Contender Ljubljana doubles WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2026
- Winner 2026 WTT Contender Zagreb singles WTT Contender Zagreb 2026
- Winner 2026 WTT Contender Zagreb doubles WTT Contender Zagreb 2026
- Winner 2026 WTT Contender Skopje doubles WTT Contender Skopje 2026
- Winner 2025 WTT Star Contender Muscat doubles WTT Star Contender Muscat 2025
- Winner 2025 WTT Contender Zagreb doubles WTT Contender Zagreb 2025
- Winner 2025 WTT Star Contender Ljubljana doubles WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2025
- Winner 2025 WTT Contender Skopje doubles WTT Contender Skopje 2025
- Winner 2025 WTT Contender Taiyuan doubles WTT Contender Taiyuan 2025
- Winner 2025 WTT Star Contender Chennai doubles WTT Star Contender Chennai 2025
- Winner 2024 WTT Contender Lagos doubles WTT Contender Lagos 2024
- Winner 2024 WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro doubles WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro 2024
- Winner 2024 WTT Star Contender Goa doubles WTT Star Contender Goa 2024
- Winner 2024 WTT Contender Doha doubles WTT Contender Doha 2024
- Winner 2023 WTT Contender Antalya doubles WTT Contender Antalya 2023
- Winner 2023 WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro doubles WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro 2023
- Winner 2023 WTT Contender Lagos doubles WTT Contender Lagos 2023
- Winner 2022 WTT Contender Nova Gorica doubles WTT Contender Nova Gorica 2022
Club
Club matches
T.League: 5-8 in singles, all seasons on record.
| Date | League | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Mar 2026 | T.LeagueKanazawa Port 3-2 T.T Saitama | Yuto Kizukuri / Taimu Arinobu with Masaki Yoshida | W 2-011-7, 11-9 |
| 7 Mar 2026 | T.LeagueKanazawa Port 1-3 Kinoshita Meister Tokyo | Lin Yun-Ju / Yan An with Masaki Yoshida | L 0-29-11, 9-11 |
| 7 Mar 2026 | T.LeagueKanazawa Port 1-3 Kinoshita Meister Tokyo | Ryuusei Kawakami | L 0-38-11, 10-11, 5-11 |
| 1 Mar 2026 | T.LeagueKanazawa Port 3-2 T.T Saitama | Daito Ono / Taimu Arinobu with Masaki Yoshida | W 2-011-5, 11-8 |
| 1 Mar 2026 | T.LeagueKanazawa Port 3-2 T.T Saitama | Yukiya Uda | L 1-39-11, 11-10, 10-11, 7-11 |
| 10 Jan 2026 | T.LeagueKanazawa Port 2-3 Okayama Rivets | Satoshi Aida | L 0-36-11, 7-11, 7-11 |
| 14 Nov 2025 | T.LeagueKanazawa Port 2-3 Kinoshita Meister Tokyo | Sora Matsushima / Ryoichi Yoshiyama with Masaki Yoshida | W 2-17-11, 11-3, 11-8 |
| 14 Nov 2025 | T.LeagueKanazawa Port 2-3 Kinoshita Meister Tokyo | Ryoichi Yoshiyama | W 3-111-6, 11-10, 7-11, 11-7 |
| 12 Oct 2025 | T.LeagueKanazawa Port 3-1 Kinoshita Meister Tokyo | Kenta Tazoe / Park Ganghyeon with Masaki Yoshida | W 2-011-10, 11-4 |
| 12 Oct 2025 | T.LeagueKanazawa Port 3-1 Kinoshita Meister Tokyo | Kazuhiro Yoshimura | W 3-210-11, 11-10, 10-11, 11-4, 11-7 |
| 11 Oct 2025 | T.LeagueKanazawa Port 2-3 Shizuoka Jade | Asuka Machi / Yuto Abe with Kanta Tokuda | L 1-211-4, 8-11, 9-11 |
| 11 Oct 2025 | T.LeagueKanazawa Port 2-3 Shizuoka Jade | Yuto Abe | L 1-310-11, 10-11, 11-5, 8-11 |
| 23 Feb 2019 | T.LeagueOkayama Rivets 2-3 Kinoshita Meister Tokyo | Hou Yingchao | W 3-011-6, 13-11, 11-7 |
| 23 Feb 2019 | T.LeagueOkayama Rivets 2-3 Kinoshita Meister Tokyo | Jun Mizutani | L 0-113-15 |
| 21 Feb 2019 | T.LeagueOkayama Rivets 3-1 Ryukyu Asteeda | Chen Chien-An | W 3-113-11, 11-8, 9-11, 14-12 |
| 27 Dec 2018 | T.LeagueOkayama Rivets 3-2 Kinoshita Meister Tokyo | Tomokazu Harimoto | L 0-34-11, 4-11, 10-12 |
| 26 Dec 2018 | T.LeagueOkayama Rivets 1-3 T.T Saitama | Wong Chun Ting | L 1-35-11, 16-14, 10-12, 8-11 |
| 17 Nov 2018 | T.LeagueOkayama Rivets 1-3 Ryukyu Asteeda | Koki Niwa | L 1-38-11, 11-4, 14-16, 8-11 |
| 16 Nov 2018 | T.LeagueOkayama Rivets 3-1 T.T Saitama | Maharu Yoshimura | W 3-28-11, 10-12, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8 |
Official results from the leagues: the Tischtennis Bundesliga and the T.League.
Results, rankings and playing details from World Table Tennis. Biography, clubs, equipment and championship medals from worldtabletennis.com, en.wikipedia.org, checked 6 November 2026.