Men · CHN
Lin Shidong
World No. 10
- World ranking
- No. 10, 3,686 points
- Age
- 21 (born 18 April 2005)
- Birthplace
- Danzhou, Hainan, China
- Height
- 168 cm
- Plays
- Right-handed, Shakehand
Overview
Withdrew injured from the China Smash in September 2026 and from WTT Champions Frankfurt in November 2026.
Latest results
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Quarter-final | Truls Moregard | L 3-411-1, 8-11, 11-3, 7-11, 11-5, 7-11, 8-11 |
| 30 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | An Jaehyun | W 3-011-7, 11-9, 11-7 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Lim Jonghoon | W 3-011-7, 11-8, 11-2 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Mixed doubles, Final | Wong Chun Ting / Doo Hoi Kem with Kuai Man | W 3-14-11, 11-6, 11-3, 11-6 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Alexis Lebrun | L 2-311-6, 7-11, 11-9, 7-11, 8-11 |
Latest news
- Mixed Team World Cup: Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha lead China squad as Chen Yi and Zhou Qihao earn places
- How much do the top players play? Eleven counted every WTT match since June
- WTT Champions Frankfurt day one review: Wang Chuqin returns with a win as Miwa Harimoto survives
- WTT Champions Frankfurt preview: Wang Chuqin returns as Wang Manyu and Lin Shidong pull out
Honours
34 titles and gold medals on record, including World Championships, World Team Championships, World Cup.
All honours →News
- International
Mixed Team World Cup: Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha lead China squad as Chen Yi and Zhou Qihao earn places
Four players go on singles ranking, two on doubles ranking and two on recent results for the home event in Chengdu, with Wen Ruibo, Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong left out.
- Analysis
How much do the top players play? Eleven counted every WTT match since June
Five of the 20 players in the two world top 10s are missing from WTT Champions Frankfurt. Eleven counted every WTT match the top 20 have played since June, and the busiest players on the tour are mostly not the ones who have been injured.
- Day 1 review
WTT Champions Frankfurt day one review: Wang Chuqin returns with a win as Miwa Harimoto survives
Wang Chuqin beat Anders Lind in his first match for more than a month, Sofia Polcanova took the women's favourite to a decider and Truls Moregard and Shin Yubin withdrew.
- Preview
WTT Champions Frankfurt preview: Wang Chuqin returns as Wang Manyu and Lin Shidong pull out
Jang Woojin and Patrick Franziska, Sunday's finalists in Montpellier, are both in the draw, and 10 German players have a home crowd behind them from Tuesday.
- Day 6 review
WTT Champions Montpellier finals: Sun Yingsha beats Kuai Man as Jang Woojin comes from 3-1 down
Sun dropped the opening game before winning the next four, while Franziska was one game from the title before Jang won the last three.
- Day 6 preview
WTT Champions Montpellier finals day preview: Sun Yingsha meets Wang Yidi, Moregard plays Franziska
China are certain of the women's title, and Moregard is the last of the top four men's seeds left, with both finals in the late afternoon.
- Day 5 review
WTT Champions Montpellier day five review: Kuai Man ends Miwa Harimoto's run as Moregard survives
Four of the eight quarter-finals went the full seven games, and all four women's semi-finalists are Chinese.
- Day 5 preview
WTT Champions Montpellier day five preview: Miwa Harimoto faces Kuai Man as Moregard meets Lin Shidong
Five Chinese women are in the last eight, and Truls Moregard is the only one of the top four men's seeds still in the draw.
- Day 4 review
WTT Champions Montpellier day four review: Chen Yi beats Wang Manyu as Zhou knocks out Félix Lebrun
Neither top seed is left after the last 16, and France have no one in the quarter-finals after Gauzy also lost from two games up.
- Day 4 preview
WTT Champions Montpellier day four preview: Wang Manyu meets Chen Yi as Félix Lebrun plays Zhou Qihao
Eleven last-16 matches decide the rest of the quarter-final line-up, with the top seed Wang Manyu facing the new Asian champion in the first match of the day.
- Analysis
Why the men's world top 10 has got four years younger while the women's has aged
Sora Matsushima became the youngest men's world No 1 this month, and the players around him are younger too. Among the women, the change has gone the other way.
- 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.
- International
WTT Champions Montpellier 2026 preview: Wang Chuqin out as Lebrun brothers and Sun Yingsha learn their openers
Félix Lebrun opens against Anders Lind, Sun Yingsha returns against Camille Lutz, and Lin Shidong leads China's men after the world champion's withdrawal.
- International
Asian Championships 2026: Harimoto and Chen Yi win singles titles as China and Japan share the honours
Harimoto came from two games down to beat Li Tianyang, Chen Yi swept Miwa Harimoto, and Japan's women came from 2-1 down to beat China in the team final.
Results
Recent matches
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Quarter-final | Truls Moregard | L 3-411-1, 8-11, 11-3, 7-11, 11-5, 7-11, 8-11 |
| 30 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | An Jaehyun | W 3-011-7, 11-9, 11-7 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Lim Jonghoon | W 3-011-7, 11-8, 11-2 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Mixed doubles, Final | Wong Chun Ting / Doo Hoi Kem with Kuai Man | W 3-14-11, 11-6, 11-3, 11-6 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Alexis Lebrun | L 2-311-6, 7-11, 11-9, 7-11, 8-11 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Mixed doubles, Semi-final | Lin Yun-Ju / Cheng I-Ching with Kuai Man | W 3-011-5, 11-5, 11-9 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Mixed doubles, Quarter-final | Alexis Lebrun / Satsuki Odo with Kuai Man | W 3-011-4, 11-9, 12-10 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's doubles, Quarter-final | Alexis Lebrun / Félix Lebrun with Wen Ruibo | L 0-39-11, 7-11, 6-11 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Kanak Jha | W 3-011-7, 11-3, 12-10 |
| 12 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Mixed doubles, Last 16 | Eduard Ionescu / Bernadette Szőcs with Kuai Man | W 3-111-6, 12-10, 9-11, 11-3 |
| 12 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's doubles, Last 16 | Kristian Karlsson / Anton Källberg with Wen Ruibo | W 3-27-11, 11-7, 11-6, 8-11, 11-7 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's singles, Last 64 | Chen Yuanyu | W 3-111-9, 7-11, 11-4, 11-6 |
| 5 Jul 2026 | United States Smash 2026Men's doubles, Final | Wen Ruibo / Yuan Licen with Huang Youzheng | L 2-39-11, 11-8, 11-6, 7-11, 9-11 |
| 3 Jul 2026 | United States Smash 2026Men's doubles, Semi-final | Benedikt Duda / Dang Qiu with Huang Youzheng | W 3-011-7, 11-8, 11-6 |
| 3 Jul 2026 | United States Smash 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Alexis Lebrun | L 0-39-11, 9-11, 8-11 |
| 2 Jul 2026 | United States Smash 2026Men's doubles, Quarter-final | Quek Izaac / Pang Koen with Huang Youzheng | W 3-111-9, 11-7, 4-11, 11-4 |
| 1 Jul 2026 | United States Smash 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Yuta Tanaka | W 3-011-9, 11-8, 11-5 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | United States Smash 2026Men's doubles, Last 16 | Eduard Ionescu / Darius Movileanu with Huang Youzheng | W 3-011-4, 11-2, 11-4 |
| 28 Jun 2026 | United States Smash 2026Men's singles, Last 64 | Park Ganghyeon | W 3-011-5, 11-2, 11-6 |
| 19 Jun 2026 | WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Yukiya Uda | L 1-311-6, 9-11, 15-17, 6-11 |
Official results from World Table Tennis. Times are UK dates.
Season by season
| Year | Singles | Won-lost | Win % | Titles | Finals | Doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | 22-13 | 63% | 1 | 1 | 21-7 |
| 2025 | 45 | 36-9 | 80% | 1 | 4 | 30-5 |
| 2024 | 53 | 44-9 | 83% | 5 | 6 | 27-5 |
| 2023 | 38 | 27-11 | 71% | 1 | 3 | 57-12 |
| 2022 | 24 | 18-6 | 75% | 1 | 1 | 22-6 |
WTT and ITTF events from 2022, 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 Jingkun6-2
- Lin Yun-Ju7-0
- An Jaehyun6-1
- Dang Qiu4-2
- Tomokazu Harimoto1-5
- Shunsuke Togami5-0
- Anton Källberg4-1
- Truls Moregard3-2
- Alexis Lebrun2-3
- Fan Zhendong2-3
Where the ranking points come from
3,686 points from 8 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore Smash 2026 | Quarter-final | 580 | Counts | 8 March 2027 |
| World Team Championships London 2026 | Winner (team) | 571 | Counts | 17 May 2027 |
| WTT Finals Hong Kong 2025 | Semi-final | 525 | Counts | 14 December 2026 |
| Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 | Winner | 500 | Counts | 11 October 2027 |
| WTT Champions Doha 2026 | Semi-final | 450 | Counts | 18 January 2027 |
| Europe Smash - Sweden 2026 | Last 16 | 380 | Counts | 23 August 2027 |
| United States Smash 2026 | Last 16 | 380 | Counts | 12 July 2027 |
| WTT Champions Montpellier 2026 | Quarter-final | 300 | Counts | 8 November 2027 |
| ITTF Mixed Team World Cup Chengdu 2025 | Winner (team) | 256 | Not counted | 7 December 2026 |
| WTT Contender Muscat 2026 | Quarter-final | 120 | Not counted | 1 February 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Doha 2026 | Last 16 | 115 | Not counted | 25 January 2027 |
| ITTF-ATTU Asian Team Championships Tashkent 2026 | Winner (team) | 111 | Not counted | 1 November 2027 |
| ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup Haikou 2026 | Quarter-final | 90 | Not counted | 15 February 2027 |
| WTT Contender Zagreb 2026 | Last 16 | 30 | Not counted | 21 June 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2026 | Last 64 | 5 | Not counted | 28 June 2027 |
From World Table Tennis's ranking records.
Honours
Honours
At the majors and Grand Smashes
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Championships | Not held | – | Not held | QF | Not held | 0 |
| World Team Championships | – | Not held | – | Not held | W | 1 |
| World Cup | Not held | Not held | – | F | – | 0 |
| WTT Finals | – | – | SF | SF | – | 0 |
| Singapore Smash | R32 | R32 | R16 | W | QF | 1 |
| Saudi Smash | Not held | Not held | SF | Not held | Not held | 0 |
| China Smash | Not held | Not held | W | SF | – | 1 |
| United States Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | SF | R16 | 0 |
| Europe Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | F | R16 | 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 2022 from World Table Tennis's records; earlier years show medals only.
World Championships 1
- Bronze 2023 Mixed doubles
World Team Championships 1
- Gold 2026 Team
World Cup 1
- Silver 2025 Singles
Grand Smash 8
- Winner 2026 Europe Smash doubles Europe Smash - Sweden 2026
- Winner 2025 China Smash doubles China Smash 2025
- Winner 2025 Europe Smash doubles Europe Smash - Sweden 2025
- Winner 2025 United States Smash doubles United States Smash 2025
- Winner 2025 Singapore Smash singles Singapore Smash 2025
- Winner 2025 Singapore Smash doubles Singapore Smash 2025
- Winner 2024 China Smash singles
- Winner 2024 China Smash doubles China Smash 2024
Continental and multi-sport 6
- Gold 2026 Asian Games singles
- Gold 2026 Asian Games doubles
- Gold 2026 Asian Games mixed doubles
- Silver 2026 Asian Games team
- Gold 2022 Singles WTT Feeder European Summer Series 2022
- Gold 2022 Doubles WTT Feeder European Summer Series 2022
WTT tour 20
- Winner 2026 WTT Contender Muscat doubles WTT Contender Muscat 2026
- Winner 2024 WTT Champions Frankfurt singles WTT Champions Frankfurt 2024
- Winner 2024 WTT Contender Muscat singles WTT Contender Muscat 2024
- Winner 2024 WTT Contender Muscat doubles WTT Contender Muscat 2024
- Winner 2024 WTT Champions Macao singles WTT Champions Macao 2024
- Winner 2024 WTT Contender Almaty singles WTT Contender Almaty 2024
- Winner 2024 WTT Contender Almaty doubles WTT Contender Almaty 2024
- Winner 2024 WTT Contender Taiyuan doubles WTT Contender Taiyuan 2024
- Winner 2023 WTT Contender Almaty doubles WTT Contender Almaty 2023
- Winner 2023 WTT Star Contender Ljubljana doubles WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2023
- Winner 2023 WTT Contender Zagreb doubles WTT Contender Zagreb 2023
- Winner 2023 WTT Star Contender Bangkok doubles WTT Star Contender Bangkok 2023
- Winner 2023 WTT Contender Amman singles WTT Contender Amman 2023
- Winner 2023 WTT Contender Amman doubles WTT Contender Amman 2023
- Winner 2023 WTT Feeder Amman doubles WTT Feeder Amman 2023
- Winner 2023 WTT Feeder Doha doubles WTT Feeder Doha 2023
- Winner 2023 WTT Contender Doha doubles WTT Contender Doha 2023
- Winner 2023 WTT Contender Durban doubles WTT Contender Durban 2023
- Winner 2022 WTT Feeder Otocec doubles WTT Feeder Otocec 2022
- Winner 2022 WTT Contender Muscat doubles WTT Contender Muscat 2022
Results, rankings and playing details from World Table Tennis. Biography, clubs, equipment and championship medals from en.wikipedia.org, checked 6 November 2026.