2019 ITTF Challenge Series

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]

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

Schedule

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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. Date Tournament Location Venue Prize (USD) Report Ref.
1 13–17 February   Portugal Open Lisbon Pavilhão Desportivo do Casal Vistoso 60,000 Report [4]
2 20–24 March   Oman Open Muscat Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex 65,000 Report [5]
3 20–24 March   Spanish Open Guadalajara Palacio Multiusos de Guadalajara 30,000 Report [6]
4 1–5 May   Serbia Open Belgrade BG Sport Centre Kovilovo 30,000 Report [7]
5 8–12 May   Slovenia Open Otočec Športni Center Otočec 30,000 Report [8]
6 14–18 May   Croatia Open Zagreb Hall of Sports Zagreb 30,000 Report [9]
7 22–26 May   Thailand Open Bangkok Island Hall, Fashion Island 30,000 Report [10]
8 24–28 July   Pyongyang Open Pyongyang Pyongyang Table Tennis Hall 60,000 Report [11]
9 7–11 August   Nigeria Open Lagos Sir Molade Okoya-Thomas Indoor Sports Hall 60,000 Report [12]
10 10–14 September   Paraguay Open Asunción SND Arena 60,000 Report [13]
11 16–20 October   Polish Open Władysławowo Olympic Sport Center 30,000 Report [14]
12 30 October–3 November   Belarus Open Minsk Palace of Tennis 30,000 Report [15]
13 13–17 November   Indonesia Open Batam Hi-Test Arena 30,000 Report [16]
14 4–8 December   North American Open Markham Markham Pan Am Centre 75,000 Report [17]

Winners

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Key
Challenge Plus
Challenge
Event Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles U21 Men's singles U21 Women's singles
  Portugal Open   Liang Jingkun   Hina Hayata   Cao Wei
  Xu Yingbin
  Fan Siqi
  Yang Huijing
  Lin Gaoyuan
  Liu Shiwen
  Shunsuke Togami   Fan Siqi
  Oman Open   Lin Yun-ju   Hina Hayata   Liao Cheng-ting
  Lin Yun-ju
  Satsuki Odo
  Saki Shibata
  Lin Yun-ju
  Cheng I-ching
  Vladimir Sidorenko   Satsuki Odo
  Spanish Open   Zhai Yujia   Miyu Kato   Kilian Ort
  Qiu Dang
  Stéphanie Loeuillette
  Yuan Jianan
Not held   Horacio Cifuentes   Adriana Díaz
  Serbia Open   Paul Drinkhall   Hina Hayata   Diago Carvalho
  João Geraldo
  Ng Wing Nam
  Soo Wai Yam Minnie
  Leo De Nodrest   Maria Malanina
  Slovenia Open   Wei Shihao   Georgina Póta   Eric Jouti
  Gustavo Tsuboi
  Miyuu Kihara
  Miyu Nagasaki
  Feng Yi-hsin   Miyu Nagasaki
  Croatia Open   Anton Kallberg   Miyuu Kihara   Shunsuke Togami
  Yukiya Uda
  Miyuu Kihara
  Miyu Nagasaki
  Yukiya Uda   Sun Jiayi
  Thailand Open   Ruwen Filus   Hitomi Sato   Ruwen Filus
  Steffen Mengel
  Satsuki Odo
  Saki Shibata
  Li Hsin-yu   Yuka Umemura
  Pyongyang Open   An Ji-song   Kim Song-i   Ham Yu-song
  Ri Kwang-myong
  Cha Hyo-sim
  Kim Nam-hae
  Ham Yu-song
  Cha Hyo-sim
  Feng Yi-hsin   Pyon Song-gyong
  Nigerian Open   Quadri Aruna   Polina Mikhaylova   Cédric Nuytinck
  Quentin Robinot
  Polina Mikhaylova
  Yana Noskova
  Kilian Ort
  Wan Yuan
  Cristian Pletea   Andreea Dragoman
  Paraguay Open   Masataka Morizono   Hina Hayata   Masataka Morizono
  Ľubomír Pištej
  Honoka Hashimoto
  Maki Shiomi
  Brian Afanador
  Adriana Díaz
  Horacio Cifuentes   Maki Shiomi
  Polish Open   Xu Yingbin   He Zhuojia   Gastón Alto
  Horacio Cifuentes
  Honoka Hashimoto
  Maki Shiomi
Not held   Xiang Peng   Kuai Man
  Belarus Open   Emmanuel Lebesson   Hina Hayata   Xu Haidong
  Zhao Zhaoyan
  Satsuki Odo
  Saki Shibata
  Sai Linwei   Shi Xunyao
  Indonesia Open   Harmeet Desai   Shao Jieni   Ibrahima Diaw
  Padasak Tanviriyavechakul
  Luo Xue
  Shao Jieni
  Yuma Tanigaki   Moe Nomura
  North American Open   Xiang Peng   Kasumi Ishikawa   Cao Wei
  Xu Yingbin
  Honoka Hashimoto
  Hitomi Sato
  Ľubomír Pištej
  Barbora Balážová
  Manav Thakkar   Wang Xiaotong

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "A motivating force, the Challenge tournaments". ITTF. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Changes to 2019 Challenge Series" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  3. ^ "2019 ITTF Challenge Series / Events". ITTF. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge Plus, Portugal Open". ITTF. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge Plus, Oman Open". ITTF. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge, Spanish Open". ITTF. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge, Serbia Open". ITTF. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge, Slovenia Open". ITTF. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge, Croatia Open". ITTF. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  10. ^ "Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge, Thailand Open". ITTF. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  11. ^ "Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge Plus, Pyongyang Open". ITTF. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  12. ^ "Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge Plus, Nigerian Open". ITTF. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge Plus, Paraguay Open". ITTF. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  14. ^ "Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge, Polish Open". ITTF. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  15. ^ "Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge, Belgosstrakh Belarus Open". ITTF. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  16. ^ "Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge, Indonesia Open". ITTF. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  17. ^ "Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge, North American Open". ITTF. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
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