2020 ITTF Challenge Series

2020 ITTF Challenge Series
Details
Duration4 February – 5 December 2020
Edition4th
Tournaments13
CategoriesChallenge Plus (7)
Challenge (6)
Achievements (singles)
← 2019
2021 →

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]

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. Date Tournament Location Venue Prize (USD) Report Ref.
1 4–8 February Spain Spanish Open Granada Palacio de Deportes de Granada 40,000 Report [3]
2 12–16 February Portugal Portugal Open Lisbon Pavilhão Desportivo do Casal Vistoso 70,000 Report [4]
3 11–15 March Oman Oman Open Muscat Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex 70,000 Report [5]
4 11–15 March Poland Polish Open Gliwice Gliwice Arena 40,000 Report [6]
5 1–5 April Italy Italian Open Riccione 40,000 Report [7]
6 22–26 April Slovenia Slovenia Open Otočec 40,000 Report
7 28 Apr.–2 May Croatia Croatia Open Zagreb 40,000 Report
8 29 Apr.–3 May Thailand Thailand Open Bangkok 40,000 Report
9 3–7 June Belarus Belarus Open Minsk [[ ]] TBA Report
10 18–22 August Nigeria Nigeria Open Lagos [[ ]] TBA Report
11 9–13 September North Korea Pyongyang Open Pyongyang [[ ]] TBA Report
12 27–31 October Belgium Belgium Open De Haan [[ ]] TBA Report
13 1–5 December Canada North American Open Vancouver [[ ]] TBA Report

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
Spain Spanish Open Kazakhstan Kirill Gerassimenko Japan Honoka Hashimoto Iran Nima Alamian
Iran Noshad Alamian 		Japan Satsuki Odo
Japan Saki Shibata 		Not held Romania Rareş Şipoş Japan Maki Shiomi
Portugal Portugal Open Germany Qiu Dang Japan Kasumi Ishikawa Portugal Diogo Carvalho
Portugal Joao Geraldo 		Japan Satsuki Odo
Japan Saki Shibata 		France Emmanuel Lebesson
France Yuan Jia Nan 		Russia Vladimir Sidorenko Japan Maki Shiomi
Oman Oman Open India Sharath Kamal Japan Hitomi Sato Serbia Aleksandar Karakašević
Slovakia Ľubomír Pištej 		Japan Honoka Hashimoto
Japan Hitomi Sato 		France Tristan Flore
France Laura Gasnier 		India Jeet Chandra Japan Maki Shiomi
Poland Polish Open Events cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Italy Italian Open
Slovenia Slovenia Open
Croatia Croatia Open
Thailand Thailand Open
Belarus Belarus Open
Nigeria Nigerian Open
North Korea Pyongyang Open
Belgium Belgium Open
Canada North American Open

See also

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.