2019 ITTF Challenge Series

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2019 ITTF Challenge Series
Details
Duration13 February – 8 December
Edition3rd
Tournaments17
CategoriesChallenge Plus (6)
Challenge (10)
Achievements (singles)
2018
2020

The 2019 ITTF Challenge Series was the third season of the International Table Tennis Federation's secondary professional table tennis tour, a level below the ITTF World Tour. [1] From this season, the ITTF Challenge Series will be split into two tiers: Challenge Plus and Challenge. [2]

Contents

Schedule

The tournaments in the 2019 tour have been split into two tiers: Challenge Plus and Challenge.

Below is the 2019 schedule announced by the International Table Tennis Federation: [3]

Key
Challenge Plus
Challenge
No.DateTournamentLocationVenuePrize (USD)ReportRef.
113–17 February Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Open Lisbon Pavilhão Desportivo do Casal Vistoso60,000 Report [4]
220–24 March Flag of Oman.svg Oman Open Muscat Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex 65,000 Report [5]
320–24 March Flag of Spain.svg Spanish Open Guadalajara Palacio Multiusos de Guadalajara 30,000 Report [6]
41–5 May Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia Open Belgrade BG Sport Centre Kovilovo30,000 Report [7]
58–12 May Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia Open Otočec Športni Center Otočec30,000 Report [8]
614–18 May Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Open Zagreb Hall of Sports Zagreb30,000 Report [9]
722–26 May Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Open Bangkok Island Hall, Fashion Island 30,000 Report [10]
824–28 July Flag of North Korea.svg Pyongyang Open Pyongyang Pyongyang Table Tennis Hall 60,000 Report [11]
97–11 August Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Open Lagos Sir Molade Okoya-Thomas Indoor Sports Hall 60,000 Report [12]
1010–14 September Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay Open Asunción SND Arena 60,000 Report [13]
1116–20 October Flag of Poland.svg Polish Open Władysławowo Olympic Sport Center 30,000 Report [14]
1230 October–3 November Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus Open Minsk Palace of Tennis 30,000 Report [15]
1313–17 November Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Open Batam Hi-Test Arena30,000 Report [16]
144–8 December Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg North American Open Markham Markham Pan Am Centre 75,000 Report [17]

Winners

Key
Challenge Plus
Challenge
EventMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doublesU21 Men's singlesU21 Women's singles
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Open Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Jingkun Flag of Japan.svg Hina Hayata Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cao Wei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Yingbin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Siqi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Huijing
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Gaoyuan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Shiwen
Flag of Japan.svg Shunsuke Togami Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Siqi
Flag of Oman.svg Oman Open Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Yun-ju Flag of Japan.svg Hina Hayata Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Liao Cheng-ting
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Yun-ju
Flag of Japan.svg Satsuki Odo
Flag of Japan.svg Saki Shibata
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Yun-ju
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Cheng I-ching
Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Sidorenko Flag of Japan.svg Satsuki Odo
Flag of Spain.svg Spanish Open Flag of Denmark.svg Zhai Yujia Flag of Japan.svg Miyu Kato Flag of Germany.svg Kilian Ort
Flag of Germany.svg Qiu Dang
Flag of France.svg Stéphanie Loeuillette
Flag of France.svg Yuan Jianan
Not held Flag of Argentina.svg Horacio Cifuentes Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Adriana Díaz
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia Open Flag of England.svg Paul Drinkhall Flag of Japan.svg Hina Hayata Flag of Portugal.svg Diago Carvalho
Flag of Portugal.svg João Geraldo
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Ng Wing Nam
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Soo Wai Yam Minnie
Flag of France.svg Leo De Nodrest Flag of Russia.svg Maria Malanina
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia Open Flag of Croatia.svg Wei Shihao Flag of Hungary.svg Georgina Póta Flag of Brazil.svg Eric Jouti
Flag of Brazil.svg Gustavo Tsuboi
Flag of Japan.svg Miyuu Kihara
Flag of Japan.svg Miyu Nagasaki
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Feng Yi-hsin Flag of Japan.svg Miyu Nagasaki
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Open Flag of Sweden.svg Anton Kallberg Flag of Japan.svg Miyuu Kihara Flag of Japan.svg Shunsuke Togami
Flag of Japan.svg Yukiya Uda
Flag of Japan.svg Miyuu Kihara
Flag of Japan.svg Miyu Nagasaki
Flag of Japan.svg Yukiya Uda Flag of Croatia.svg Sun Jiayi
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Open Flag of Germany.svg Ruwen Filus Flag of Japan.svg Hitomi Sato Flag of Germany.svg Ruwen Filus
Flag of Germany.svg Steffen Mengel
Flag of Japan.svg Satsuki Odo
Flag of Japan.svg Saki Shibata
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Li Hsin-yu Flag of Japan.svg Yuka Umemura
Flag of North Korea.svg Pyongyang Open Flag of North Korea.svg An Ji-song Flag of North Korea.svg Kim Song-i Flag of North Korea.svg Ham Yu-song
Flag of North Korea.svg Ri Kwang-myong
Flag of North Korea.svg Cha Hyo-sim
Flag of North Korea.svg Kim Nam-hae
Flag of North Korea.svg Ham Yu-song
Flag of North Korea.svg Cha Hyo-sim
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Feng Yi-hsin Flag of North Korea.svg Pyon Song-gyong
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigerian Open Flag of Nigeria.svg Quadri Aruna Flag of Russia.svg Polina Mikhaylova Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Cédric Nuytinck
Flag of France.svg Quentin Robinot
Flag of Russia.svg Polina Mikhaylova
Flag of Russia.svg Yana Noskova
Flag of Germany.svg Kilian Ort
Flag of Germany.svg Wan Yuan
Flag of Romania.svg Cristian Pletea Flag of Romania.svg Andreea Dragoman
Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay Open Flag of Japan.svg Masataka Morizono Flag of Japan.svg Hina Hayata Flag of Japan.svg Masataka Morizono
Flag of Slovakia.svg Ľubomír Pištej
Flag of Japan.svg Honoka Hashimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Maki Shiomi
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Brian Afanador
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Adriana Díaz
Flag of Argentina.svg Horacio Cifuentes Flag of Japan.svg Maki Shiomi
Flag of Poland.svg Polish Open Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Yingbin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg He Zhuojia Flag of Argentina.svg Gastón Alto
Flag of Argentina.svg Horacio Cifuentes
Flag of Japan.svg Honoka Hashimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Maki Shiomi
Not held Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xiang Peng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Kuai Man
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus Open Flag of France.svg Emmanuel Lebesson Flag of Japan.svg Hina Hayata Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Haidong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhao Zhaoyan
Flag of Japan.svg Satsuki Odo
Flag of Japan.svg Saki Shibata
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sai Linwei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shi Xunyao
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Open Flag of India.svg Harmeet Desai Flag of Portugal.svg Shao Jieni Flag of Senegal.svg Ibrahima Diaw
Flag of Thailand.svg Padasak Tanviriyavechakul
Flag of Portugal.svg Luo Xue
Flag of Portugal.svg Shao Jieni
Flag of Japan.svg Yuma Tanigaki Flag of Japan.svg Moe Nomura
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg North American Open Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xiang Peng Flag of Japan.svg Kasumi Ishikawa Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cao Wei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Yingbin
Flag of Japan.svg Honoka Hashimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Hitomi Sato
Flag of Slovakia.svg Ľubomír Pištej
Flag of Slovakia.svg Barbora Balážová
Flag of India.svg Manav Thakkar Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Xiaotong

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