2018 ITTF Challenge Series

The 2018 ITTF Challenge Series was the second season of the International Table Tennis Federation's secondary professional table tennis tour, a level below the ITTF World Tour.[1]

ITTF Challenge Series
Tournament details
Dates13 March 2018 – 18 November 2018
Edition2nd
2017 2019

Schedule edit

Below is the schedule released by the ITTF:[2]

Tour Event Location Venue Date Prize money
(USD)
Ref.
Start Finish
1   Polish Open Spała Spała Olympic Center March 13 March 17 40,000 [3]
2   Spanish Open Guadalajara Palacio Multiusos de Guadalajara March 28 April 1 40,000 [4]
3   Slovenia Open Otočec Otočec Sports Centre April 2 April 6 40,000 [5]
4   Zagreb Open Zagreb Zagreb Hall of Sports May 2 May 6 40,000 [6]
5   Thailand Open Bangkok Fashion Island - Island Hall May 16 May 20 40,000 [7]
6   Pyongyang Open Pyongyang Pyongyang Table Tennis Hall June 13 June 17 40,000 [8]
7   Nigerian Open Lagos Sir Molade Okoya-Thomas Indoor Hall August 8 August 12 46,000 [9]
8   Belgium Open De Haan Sport en Recreatiecentrum Haneveld October 23 October 27 40,000 [10]
9   Belarus Open Minsk Palace of Tennis November 13 November 18 40,000 [11]

Winners edit

Event Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles U21 Men's singles U21 Women's singles
  Polish Open   Lim Jong-hoon   Yang Ha-eun   Jung Young-sik
  Lee Sang-su
  Jeon Ji-hee
  Yang Ha-eun
  Marek Badowski   Kim Ji-ho
  Spanish Open   Kim Min-hyeok   Saki Shibata   An Jae-hyun
  Cho Seung-min
  Honoka Hashimoto
  Hitomi Sato
  Cho Seung-min   Saki Shibata
  Slovenia Open   Mizuki Oikawa   Miyu Kato   Marek Badowski
  Patryk Zatowka
  Ng Wing Nam
  Soo Wai Yam
  Bence Majoros   Saki Shibata
  Zagreb Open   Panagiotis Gionis   Saki Shibata   Adam Szudi
  Nandor Ecseki
  Honoka Hashimoto
  Hitomi Sato
  Anders Lind   Saki Shibata
  Thailand Open   Xu Ruifeng   Liu Shiwen   Tobias Hippler
  Kilian Ort
  Orawan Paranang
  Suthasini Sawettabut
  Yuta Tanaka   Saki Shibata
  Pyongyang Open   Pak Sin-hyok   Kim Song-i   Ji Jiale
  Liu Yebo
  Cha Hyo-sim
  Kim Nam-hae
  Cao Wei   Guo Yuhan
  Nigerian Open   Quadri Aruna   Guo Yan   Alexandre Robinot
  Joe Seyfried
  Qi Fenjie
  Sun Chen
  Wang Shaobo   Guo Yan
  Belgian Open   Park Gang-hyeon   Saki Shibata   An Jae-hyun
  Cho Seung-min
  Satsuki Odo
  Saki Shibata
  Shunsuke Togami   Kim You-jin
  Belarus Open   Zhao Zihao   Saki Shibata   Kakeru Sone
  Yuta Tanaka
  Satsuki Odo
  Saki Shibata
  Zhao Zihao   He Aige

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "A motivating force, the Challenge tournaments". ITTF. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge Series Events". ITTF. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  3. ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge Polish Open". ITTF. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  4. ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge Spanish Open". ITTF. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  5. ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge Slovenia Open". ITTF. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  6. ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge Zagreb Open". ITTF. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  7. ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge Thailand Open". ITTF. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  8. ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge Pyongyang Open". ITTF. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  9. ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge Seamster Nigerian Open". ITTF. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  10. ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge Belgian Open". ITTF. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  11. ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge Belgosstrakh Belarus Open". ITTF. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

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