Men · CHN
Lin Gaoyuan
Outside the world top 100
- World ranking
- Outside the top 100
- Age
- 31 (born 19 March 1995)
- Plays
- Left-handed
Overview
Latest results
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2025 | China Smash 2025Men's singles, Last 32 | Liang Jingkun | L 1-311-8, 11-13, 9-11, 5-11 |
| 29 Sep 2025 | China Smash 2025Men's singles, Last 64 | Wong Chun Ting | W 3-011-6, 11-8, 11-7 |
| 17 Aug 2025 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2025Men's singles, Last 64 | Simon Gauzy | L 2-311-9, 9-11, 2-11, 11-6, 9-11 |
| 7 Jul 2025 | United States Smash 2025Men's singles, Last 64 | Alvaro Robles | L 2-311-9, 11-7, 10-12, 8-11, 4-11 |
| 22 May 2025 | World Table Tennis Championships Finals Doha 2025Men's doubles, Quarter-final | Kao Cheng-Jui / Lin Yun-Ju with Lin Shidong | L 1-35-11, 9-11, 11-5, 8-11 |
Latest news
Honours
7 titles and gold medals on record, including Grand Smash.
All honours →News
Results
Recent matches
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2025 | China Smash 2025Men's singles, Last 32 | Liang Jingkun | L 1-311-8, 11-13, 9-11, 5-11 |
| 29 Sep 2025 | China Smash 2025Men's singles, Last 64 | Wong Chun Ting | W 3-011-6, 11-8, 11-7 |
| 17 Aug 2025 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2025Men's singles, Last 64 | Simon Gauzy | L 2-311-9, 9-11, 2-11, 11-6, 9-11 |
| 7 Jul 2025 | United States Smash 2025Men's singles, Last 64 | Alvaro Robles | L 2-311-9, 11-7, 10-12, 8-11, 4-11 |
| 22 May 2025 | World Table Tennis Championships Finals Doha 2025Men's doubles, Quarter-final | Kao Cheng-Jui / Lin Yun-Ju with Lin Shidong | L 1-35-11, 9-11, 11-5, 8-11 |
| 21 May 2025 | World Table Tennis Championships Finals Doha 2025Men's doubles, Last 16 | Jang Woojin / Cho Daeseong with Lin Shidong | W 3-011-5, 11-9, 11-9 |
| 20 May 2025 | World Table Tennis Championships Finals Doha 2025Men's singles, Last 32 | Simon Gauzy | L 2-411-2, 8-11, 11-13, 9-11, 11-6, 3-11 |
| 20 May 2025 | World Table Tennis Championships Finals Doha 2025Men's singles, Last 64 | Horacio Cifuentes | W 4-011-4, 11-9, 11-2, 13-11 |
| 19 May 2025 | World Table Tennis Championships Finals Doha 2025Men's doubles, Last 32 | Iulian Chirita / Eduard Ionescu with Lin Shidong | W 3-011-6, 11-6, 12-10 |
| 18 May 2025 | World Table Tennis Championships Finals Doha 2025Men's singles, Last 128 | Youssef Abdelaziz | W 4-26-11, 11-2, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7, 11-6 |
| 17 May 2025 | World Table Tennis Championships Finals Doha 2025Men's doubles, Last 64 | Carlo Rossi / John Oyebode with Lin Shidong | W 3-011-5, 11-7, 11-7 |
| 5 Apr 2025 | WTT Champions Incheon 2025Men's singles, Quarter-final | Lee Sangsu | L 2-410-12, 9-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-9, 4-11 |
| 4 Apr 2025 | WTT Champions Incheon 2025Men's singles, Last 16 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | W 3-111-7, 12-10, 12-14, 11-3 |
| 1 Apr 2025 | WTT Champions Incheon 2025Men's singles, Last 32 | Jonathan Groth | W 3-17-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-9 |
| 14 Mar 2025 | WTT Champions Chongqing 2025Men's singles, Last 16 | Liang Jingkun | L 1-313-15, 11-4, 9-11, 7-11 |
| 11 Mar 2025 | WTT Champions Chongqing 2025Men's singles, Last 32 | Cho Daeseong | W 3-011-5, 11-6, 11-3 |
| 20 Nov 2024 | WTT Finals Fukuoka 2024Men's doubles, Quarter-final | Hiroto Shinozuka / Shunsuke Togami with Lin Shidong | L 0-38-11, 6-11, 7-11 |
| 20 Nov 2024 | WTT Finals Fukuoka 2024Men's singles, Last 16 | Darko Jorgic | L 0-38-11, 7-11, 9-11 |
| 1 Nov 2024 | WTT Contender Muscat 2024Men's singles, Semi-final | Wen Ruibo | L w/o |
| 1 Nov 2024 | WTT Contender Muscat 2024Men's singles, Quarter-final | Ovidiu Ionescu | W 3-111-3, 9-11, 11-4, 11-8 |
Official results from World Table Tennis. Times are UK dates.
Season by season
| Year | Singles | Won-lost | Win % | Titles | Finals | Doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 6-6 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 3-1 |
| 2024 | 34 | 22-12 | 65% | 0 | 2 | 22-9 |
| 2023 | 22 | 19-3 | 86% | 2 | 2 | 20-5 |
| 2022 | 25 | 16-9 | 64% | 0 | 3 | 4-2 |
| 2021 | 11 | 7-4 | 64% | 0 | 0 | 17-3 |
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.
- Liang Jingkun1-7
- Wong Chun Ting4-1
- Ma Long2-3
- Anton Källberg4-0
- Fan Zhendong2-2
- Wang Chuqin0-4
- Jang Woojin3-0
- Jonathan Groth2-1
- Lee Sangsu1-2
- Tomokazu Harimoto1-2
Honours
Honours
At the majors and Grand Smashes
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Championships | QF | Not held | QF | Not held | R32 | Not held | 0 |
| WTT Finals | R16 | R16 | – | SF | – | – | 0 |
| Singapore Smash | Not held | R64 | QF | R64 | – | – | 0 |
| Saudi Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | R32 | Not held | Not held | 0 |
| China Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | QF | R32 | – | 0 |
| United States Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | R64 | – | 0 |
| Europe Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | 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.
Grand Smash 1
- Winner 2024 Singapore Smash doubles Singapore Smash 2024
WTT tour 6
- Winner 2024 WTT Contender Taiyuan doubles WTT Contender Taiyuan 2024
- Winner 2023 WTT Contender Zagreb singles WTT Contender Zagreb 2023
- Winner 2023 WTT Star Contender Bangkok doubles WTT Star Contender Bangkok 2023
- Winner 2023 WTT Star Contender Bangkok singles WTT Star Contender Bangkok 2023
- Winner 2021 WTT Contender Novo Mesto doubles WTT Contender Novo Mesto 2021
- Winner 2021 WTT Contender Laško doubles WTT Contender Laško 2021
Results, rankings and playing details from World Table Tennis. Eleven has not written a biography for this player yet.