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. From this season, the ITTF Challenge Series will be split into two tiers: Challenge Plus and Challenge.
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:
Key Challenge PlusChallenge
No.DateTournamentLocationVenuePrize (USD)ReportRef.113–17 February Portugal OpenLisbonPavilhão Desportivo do Casal Vistoso60,000Report220–24 March Oman OpenMuscatSultan Qaboos Sports Complex65,000Report320–24 March Spanish OpenGuadalajaraPalacio Multiusos de Guadalajara30,000Report41–5 May Serbia OpenBelgradeBG Sport Centre Kovilovo30,000Report58–12 May Slovenia OpenOtočecŠportni Center Otočec30,000Report614–18 May Croatia OpenZagrebHall of Sports Zagreb30,000Report722–26 May Thailand OpenBangkokIsland Hall, Fashion Island30,000Report824–28 July Pyongyang OpenPyongyangPyongyang Table Tennis Hall60,000Report97–11 August Nigeria OpenLagosSir Molade Okoya-Thomas Indoor Sports Hall60,000Report1010–14 September Paraguay OpenAsunciónSND Arena60,000Report1116–20 October Polish OpenWładysławowoOlympic Sport Center30,000Report1230 October–3 November Belarus OpenMinskPalace of Tennis30,000Report1313–17 November Indonesia OpenBatamHi-Test Arena30,000Report144–8 December North American OpenMarkhamMarkham Pan Am Centre75,000Report
Winners Key Challenge PlusChallenge
EventMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doublesU21 Men's singlesU21 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 JiananNot 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 ShiomiNot 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 2019 World Table Tennis Championships 2019 ITTF World Tour
References
External links International Table Tennis Federation 2019 ITTF Challenge Series