2019 ITTF Challenge Series

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

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

Winners

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

See also

References

  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.