2020 ITTF Challenge Series

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2020 ITTF Challenge Series
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Duration4 February – 5 December 2020
Edition4th
Tournaments13
CategoriesChallenge Plus (7)
Challenge (6)
Achievements (singles)
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The 2020 ITTF Challenge Series is the fourth season of the International Table Tennis Federation's secondary professional table tennis tour, a level below the ITTF World Tour. As in the previous season, the ITTF Challenge Series is split into two tiers: Challenge Plus and Challenge. [1]

Contents

Schedule

ITTF Challenge Series is divided into two tiers: Challenge Plus and Challenge.

Below is the 2020 schedule announced by the International Table Tennis Federation: [2]

Key
Challenge Plus
Challenge
No.DateTournamentLocationVenuePrize (USD)ReportRef.
14–8 February Flag of Spain.svg Spanish Open Granada Palacio de Deportes de Granada 40,000 Report [3]
212–16 February Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Open Lisbon Pavilhão Desportivo do Casal Vistoso70,000 Report [4]
311–15 March Flag of Oman.svg Oman Open Muscat Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex 70,000 Report [5]
411–15 March Flag of Poland.svg Polish Open Gliwice Gliwice Arena 40,000 Report [6]
51–5 April Flag of Italy.svg Italian Open Riccione 40,000 Report [7]
622–26 April Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia Open Otočec 40,000 Report
728 Apr.–2 May Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Open Zagreb 40,000 Report
829 Apr.–3 May Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Open Bangkok 40,000 Report
93–7 June Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus Open Minsk [[ ]]TBA Report
1018–22 August Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Open Lagos [[ ]]TBA Report
119–13 September Flag of North Korea.svg Pyongyang Open Pyongyang [[ ]]TBA Report
1227–31 October Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Open De Haan [[ ]]TBA Report
131–5 December Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg North American Open Vancouver [[ ]]TBA Report

Winners

Key
Challenge Plus
Challenge
EventMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doublesU21 Men's singlesU21 Women's singles
Flag of Spain.svg Spanish Open Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kirill Gerassimenko Flag of Japan.svg Honoka Hashimoto Flag of Iran.svg Nima Alamian
Flag of Iran.svg Noshad Alamian 		Flag of Japan.svg Satsuki Odo
Flag of Japan.svg Saki Shibata 		Not held Flag of Romania.svg Rareş Şipoş Flag of Japan.svg Maki Shiomi
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Open Flag of Germany.svg Qiu Dang Flag of Japan.svg Kasumi Ishikawa Flag of Portugal.svg Diogo Carvalho
Flag of Portugal.svg Joao Geraldo 		Flag of Japan.svg Satsuki Odo
Flag of Japan.svg Saki Shibata 		Flag of France.svg Emmanuel Lebesson
Flag of France.svg Yuan Jia Nan 		Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Sidorenko Flag of Japan.svg Maki Shiomi
Flag of Oman.svg Oman Open Flag of India.svg Sharath Kamal Flag of Japan.svg Hitomi Sato Flag of Serbia.svg Aleksandar Karakašević
Flag of Slovakia.svg Ľubomír Pištej 		Flag of Japan.svg Honoka Hashimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Hitomi Sato 		Flag of France.svg Tristan Flore
Flag of France.svg Laura Gasnier 		Flag of India.svg Jeet Chandra Flag of Japan.svg Maki Shiomi
Flag of Poland.svg Polish Open Events cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Flag of Italy.svg Italian Open
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia Open
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Open
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Open
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus Open
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigerian Open
Flag of North Korea.svg Pyongyang Open
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Open
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg North American Open

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References

  1. ↑ "ITTF Challenge – Event Information Map" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "2020 ITTF Challenge Series / Events". ITTF. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "2020 ITTF Challenge, Spanish Open". ITTF. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "2020 ITTF Challenge Plus, Portugal Open". ITTF. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "2019 ITTF Challenge Plus, Oman Open". ITTF. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "2020 ITTF Challenge, Polish Open". ITTF. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "2020 ITTF Challenge, Italian Open". ITTF. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
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