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table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

events taking place in 2019.

World table tennis events

;Senior * April 21–28:

2019 World Table Tennis Championships The 2019 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from 21 to 28 April 2019. It was the 55th edition of the championships, and the fourth time that they were held in Budapest. Schedule Five events were contested, with qualif ...

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Ma Long Ma Long (; born 20 October 1988) is a Chinese table tennis player and the reigning Olympic singles champion. Widely regarded as the greatest table tennis player of all time, he is the first and only male player to complete a career Double Grand ...

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Liu Shiwen Liu Shiwen (; born 12 April 1991) is a Chinese table tennis player. She is a five-time World Cup champion, one-time World Champion, three-time ITTF World Tour Grand Finals champion and four-time Asian Cup champion. She is known to be one of the ...

(f) ** Doubles: (Ma Long &

Wang Chuqin Wang Chuqin (simplified Chinese: 王楚钦; born 11 May 2000) is a Chinese table tennis player who is currently world rank number 2 in ITTF and is the top left hand player. Most recently, he was the silver medallist in Men's singles, gold medalli ...

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Sun Yingsha Sun Yingsha (simplified Chinese: 孙颖莎; born 4 November 2000) is a Chinese table tennis player. She is the current world No. 1 in women's singles. Career 2019 In the 2019 World Team Cup, Sun came back from down 10–7 in the deciding fifth ...

Wang Manyu Wang Manyu (, born 9 February 1999) is a Chinese table tennis player. She is the current world champion in women's singles and doubles. In the 2017 T2 Asia Pacific League, she replaced Ding Ning in round 2 for team Persson. 2018 began with Wang ...

) (f) ** Mixed: ( Xu Xin & Liu Shiwen) * October 18–20:

2019 ITTF Women's World Cup The 2019 ITTF Women's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Chengdu, China, from 18 to 20 October 2019. It was the 23rd edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event. Qualification In total, 20 players qualified for the World Cup: * The cu ...

Chengdu Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chi ...

** Winner: Liu Shiwen * November 6–10:

2019 ITTF Team World Cup The 2019 Table Tennis World Cup, ITTF Team World Cup (also known as the ZEN-NOH 2019 ITTF Team World Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a table tennis competition that took place in Tokyo, Japan, from 6 to 10 November 2019. It was the 12th edition o ...

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

** Men: defeated , 3–1 in games played, to win their eighth consecutive and tenth overall Men's ITTF Team World Cup title. *** Both and took third place each. ** Women: defeated , 3–0 in games played, to win their ninth consecutive and 11th overall Women's ITTF Team World Cup title. *** Both and took third place each. * November 29 – December 1:

2019 ITTF Men's World Cup The 2019 ITTF Men's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Chengdu, China, from 29 November to 1 December 2019. It was the 40th edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event. Qualification In total, 20 players qualified for the World Cup: * ...

in Chengdu ;Junior and cadet * October 23–31: 2019 ITTF World Cadet Challenge in

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** Singles: Darius Movileanu (m) / Kaho Akae (f) ** Men's doubles: Sora Matsushima & Navid Shams ** Women's doubles: Kaho Akae & LEE Yeon-hui ** Mixed: Izaac Yong QUEK & Elena Zaharia * November 24 – December 1:

2019 World Junior Table Tennis Championships The 2019 World Junior Table Tennis Championships were held in Korat, Thailand, from 24 November to 1 December 2019. Medal summary Events Medal table See also *2019 World Table Tennis Championships * 2019 ITTF World Tour References Ext ...

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Continental table tennis championships

Africa (TT)

;Senior * August 3–5: 2019 ITTF African Cup in

Lagos Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the List of cities in Africa by population, second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national ca ...

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Omar Assar Omar Assar (born 22 July 1991 in Desouk) is an Egyptian table tennis player. He won silver in singles and gold in team play at the 2011 Arab Games in Doha. He also competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics in the Men's singles, but was defe ...

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Dina Meshref Dina Alaa Meshref (Egyptian: دينا علاء مشرف; born 10 March 1994 in Quebec City) is an Egyptian table tennis player who is currently world rank number 28 in ITTF, she is African number 1 table tennis player. She represented Egypt in t ...

(f) * August 20–29:

2019 African Games The 12th African Games was held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were hosted by Morocco following the country's readmission to the African Union in January 2017. Bidding process The 12th ...

Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ...

** Singles:

Olajide Omotayo Olajide Omotayo Adeyemi (born 6 July 1995, in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian professional table tennis player based in Italy. He is the youngest of 6 siblings. His peak world ranking to date was 85. He is currently ranked 144 in the International ...

(m) / Dina Meshref (f) ** Doubles: (Sami Kherouf & Mohamed Sofiene Boudjadja) (m) / ( Offiong Edem & Cecilia Otuime Akpan) (f) ** Mixed: (Omar Assar & Dina Meshref) ;Junior and cadet * April 7–13: 2019 African Youth, Junior and cadet Championships in

Accra Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...

* Junior boys' singles: Azeez Solanke * Junior girls' singles: Sara El-Hakem * Junior boys' doubles: (Jamiu Ayanwale & Azeez Solanke) * Junior girls' doubles: (Sara El-Hakem & Hend Fathy) * Junior mixed doubles: (Marwan Abdelwahab & Alaa Yehia) * Cadet boys' singles: Taiwo Mati * Cadet girls' singles: Hana Goda

Americas (TT)

;Senior * February 1–3:

2019 ITTF Pan-America Cup The 2019 Pan American Table Tennis Cup, ITTF Pan-America Cup was a table tennis competition that took place from 1–3 February in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, organised under the authority of the International Table Tennis Federa ...

Guaynabo Guaynabo (, ) is a city, suburb of San Juan and municipality in the northern part of Puerto Rico, located in the northern coast of the island, north of Aguas Buenas, south of Cataño, east of Bayamón, and west of San Juan. Guaynabo is spr ...

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Hugo Calderano Hugo Marinho Borges Calderano (born 22 June 1996, in Rio de Janeiro) is a table tennis player from Brazil. In January 2022, he peaked at number 3 in the world rankings, becoming the greatest Americas player of all time. He is the first-ever pl ...

(m) / Adriana Díaz (f) * August 4–10:

2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2019, links=no), officially the XVIII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games or Lima 2019 ( qu, Limaq 2019), were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Spo ...

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...

** Singles:

(m) / Adriana Díaz ** Doubles: (Hugo Calderano &

Gustavo Tsuboi Gustavo Tsuboi (born 31 May 1985, São Paulo) is a table tennis player from Brazil, he won three medals in double and team events in the Pan American Games. Along with Hugo Hoyama and Thiago Monteiro, Tsuboi was part of the winning team at the ...

) (m) / (Adriana Díaz &

Melanie Díaz Melanie Díaz González (born May 7, 1996) is a Puerto Rican table tennis player. As of August 2019, she has been in position 88th with 3840 points in the ITTF Women's World Ranking. Personal life Melanie Díaz was born on May 7, 1996, to Bl ...

) (f) ** Mixed doubles: ( Eugene Wang & Zhang Mo) ** Men's team: (Nicholas Tio, Nikhil Kumar, & Kanak Jha) ** Women's team: (Melanie Díaz,

Daniely Ríos Daniely Ríos Mora is a Puerto Rican table tennis player. As of January 2020, she has been in position 214th with 1660 points in the ITTF Women's World Ranking. In 2019, in collaboration with Adriana Díaz and Melanie Díaz, she was instrume ...

, & Adriana Díaz) * September 3–8: 2019 Pan American Table Tennis Championships in Asunción ** Singles: Vitor Ishiy (m) /

Lily Zhang Lily Ann Zhang (born June 16, 1996) is an American table tennis player who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with teammates Ariel Hsing and Erica Wu. She also competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio with teammates Jiaqi Zheng ...

(f) ** Doubles: (Gaston Alto & Horacio Cifuentes) (m) / ( Jennifer Wu & Lily Zhang) (f) ** Mixed doubles: (ZHANG Kai & Lily Zhang) ** Men's team: (Vitor Ishiy, Thiago Monteiro, Eric Jouti, & Gustavo Tsuboi) ** Women's team: (Jennifer Wu, Lily Zhang, Crystal Wang, & Amy Wang) ;Junior and cadet * June 24–29: 2019 Pan American Junior Table Tennis Championships in Cancún ** Note: ''This table tennis event ended prematurely, due to no venue(s) available to complete the tournament.'' ** Mixed: (Nikhil Kumar & Amy Wang)

Asia (TT)

;Senior * April 5–7:

2019 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup The 2019 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup (also known as the 2019 Lion ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a table tennis competition that took place from 5–7 April in Yokohama, Japan. The event was organised by the Japan Table Tennis Associati ...

in Yokohama ** Singles: Fan Zhendong (m) /

Zhu Yuling Zhu Yuling (; born 10 January 1995) is a Chinese table tennis player. Career She was born in Mianyang in 1995 and played table tennis from the age of 5 as it occupied her when she was ill. At nine years old she and her mother moved so that she ...

(f) * September 15–22:

2019 Asian Table Tennis Championships The 2019 Asian Table Tennis Championships were held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia from 15 to 22 September 2019. Around 128 males and 100 females table tennis players competed in the singles, doubles and team events. Schedule Five individual and two t ...

in Yogyakarta ** Singles: Xu Xin (m) /

(f) ** Doubles: (

Liang Jingkun Liang Jingkun (born 20 October 1996) is a Chinese table tennis player who is currently world rank number 5 in ITTF. Two-time medalist in men's singles at the World Table Tennis Championships. Career A top junior player with huge potential, Lian ...

Lin Gaoyuan Lin Gaoyuan (simplified Chinese: 林高远; traditional Chinese: 林高遠; pinyin: ''Lín Gāoyuǎn''; born 19 March 1995) is a Chinese table tennis player. He was the Asian Cup champion in 2017, and was a member of the Chinese teams that took ...

) (m) / ( Ding Ning & Zhu Yuling) (f) ** Mixed: (Xu Xin &

) ;Junior and cadet * September 2–7: 2019 Asian Junior and cadet Championships in Ulaanbaatar * Junior boys' singles: XU Yingbin * Junior girls' singles: Miyu Nagasaki * Junior boys' doubles: (Yukiya Uda & Shunsuke Togami) * Junior girls' doubles: (Miyuu Kihara & Miyu Nagasaki) * Junior mixed doubles: (XU Yingbin & SHI Xunyao) * Cadet boys' singles: CHEN Yuanyu * Cadet girls' singles: CHEN Yi

Europe (TT)

;Senior * February 2 & 3:

2019 Europe Top 16 Cup The 2019 Europe Top 16 Cup (also referred to as the 2019 CCB Europe Top 16 Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a table tennis competition held from 2–3 February in Montreux, Switzerland, organised under the authority of the European Table Tennis ...

in Montreux ** Singles:

Dimitrij Ovtcharov Dimitrij Ovtcharov (russian: Дмитрий Овчаров) or Dmytro Ovtcharov ( uk, Дмитро Овчаров; born 2 September 1988) is a Ukrainian-born German table tennis player. His father Mikhail (or Mikhaylo), a Soviet table tennis cha ...

(m) / Petrissa Solja (f) * June 22–29:

2019 European Games , translation: Time for bright victories! , nations participating = 50 , athletes participating = 4,082 , events = 200 in 15 sports , opening ceremony = 21 June , closing ceremony = 30 June , officially opened ...

in Minsk ** Singles: Timo Boll (m) /

Fu Yu Fu Yu (; born 29 November 1978) is a Chinese-born Portuguese table tennis player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, in which she was eliminated in the second round by Nanthana Komwong Nanthana Komwong ( ...

(f) ** Doubles: ( Patrick Franziska, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, & Timo Boll) (m) / (

Han Ying Han Ying (born 29 April 1983 as ) is a female table tennis player representing Germany since 2010. A specialist in defensive chopping, a style in decline ever since the mid-1990s, she is one of a few surviving defensive players active at the ITTF ...

, Nina Mittelham, & Shan Xiaona) (f) ** Mixed: (Patrick Franziska & Petrissa Solja) * September 3–8: 2019

European Table Tennis Championships The European Table Tennis Championships is an international table tennis competition for the national teams of the member associations of the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU). First held in 1958, the ETTU organised the European Championships ever ...

Nantes Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...

** Men's team winners: (Timo Boll, Ruwen Filus, Patrick Franziska, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, & Benedikt Duda) ** Women's team winners: (

Daniela Dodean Daniela Monteiro, née Dodean (born January 13, 1988 in Arad), is a Romanian professional table tennis player and European champion. She competed for Romania in the women's singles and team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, the women's singles at th ...

Elizabeta Samara Elizabeta Samara (born 15 April 1989 in Constanța) is a professional Romanian table tennis and a three-time European champion. She is currently the player of CSA Steaua București. Samara previously represented Fenerbahçe SK. She has repres ...

, Bernadette Szőcs, Irina Ciobanu, & Adina Diaconu) ;U-21, Junior and cadet * March 7–10: 2019

European Under-21 Table Tennis Championships The European Under-21 Championships is an annual table tennis tournament organised under the authority of the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU). The introduction of the event to the table tennis calendar was approved at the European Table Tennis ...

in Gondomar ** Singles: Ioannis Sgouropoulos (m) / Adina Diaconu (f) ** Doubles: (Darko Jorgic & Peter Hribar) (m) /

Tin-Tin Ho Tin-Tin Ho (born 3 September 1998) is an English table tennis player, born and raised in London. She has won multiple national titles, as well as two Commonwealth silver medals, and appeared at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Career 2014 Commonwealth ...

& Karoline Mischek (f) * July 7–16: 2019

Table Tennis European Youth Championships The European Youth Table Tennis Championships are held among cadets (under 15) and juniors (under 18). The first edition of the tournament was held in 1955 in Stuttgart and since then is held yearly in most cases. Currently, the championships inc ...

in Ostrava ** Junior *** Singles: Truls Moregard (m) / Anna Węgrzyn (f) *** Doubles: (Lev Katsman & Maksim Grebnev) (m) / (Kristina Kazantseva & Mariia Tailakova) (f) *** Mixed: (Samuel Kulczycki & Katarzyna Węgrzyn) *** Team: (m) / (f) ** Cadet *** Singles: Darius Movileanu (m) / Elena Zaharia (f) *** Doubles: (Iulian Chiriță & Eduard Ionescu) (m) / Prithika Pavade & Elena Zaharia (f) *** Mixed: (Thibault Poret & Prithika Pavade) *** Team: (m) / (f) * October 4–6: 2019 European Youth Top 10 in Noordwijk ** For results, clic
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Oceania (TT)

;Senior * May 25 & 26:

2019 ITTF-Oceania Cup The 2019 ITTF-Oceania Cup was a table tennis event that took place from 25–26 May in Bora Bora, French Polynesia. The competition was organised by ITTF-Oceania, under the authority of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). It was t ...

in Bora Bora ** Singles:

Hu Heming Hu Heming (born 21 March 1994) is an Australian table tennis player who has competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Olympics. Early life Hu started playing table tennis in his garage when he was six years old. He moved to China a ...

(m) / Jian Fang Lay (f) ;Junior and cadet * August 7–10: 2019 ITTF-Oceania Junior Championships in Nukuʻalofa * Junior boys' singles: Nathan Xu * Junior girls' singles: Parleen Kaur * Junior boys' doubles: (Nicholas Lum & Finn Luu) * Junior girls' doubles: (Matilda Alexandersson & Parleen Kaur) * Junior mixed doubles: (Finn Luu & Parleen Kaur) * Cadet boys' singles: Finn Luu * Cadet girls' singles: Chermaine Quah * Cadet boys' doubles: (Nicholas Lum & Finn Luu) * Cadet girls' doubles: (Constantina Psihogios & Chermaine Quah) * Cadet mixed doubles: (Isaiah Lee & Constantina Psihogios)

2019 ITTF World Veterans Tour

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2019 ITTF World Tour The 2019 ITTF World Tour was the 24th season of the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour. Schedule The tournaments in the 2019 tour have been split into two tiers: World Tour Platinum and World Tour. The Pl ...

;World Tour Platinum events * March 26–31: 2019 Qatar Open in Doha ** Singles:

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(f) ** Doubles: ( Ho Kwan Kit & Wong Chun Ting) (m) / (SUN Yingsha & Wang Manyu) (f) ** Mixed: ( Xu Xin &

) * May 28 – June 2: 2019 China Open in Shenzhen ** Singles: Ma Long (m) / Chen Meng (f) ** Doubles: ( Timo Boll & Patrick Franziska) (m) / (

Gu Yuting Gu Yuting (; born January 14, 1995) is a Chinese table tennis player. She won a gold medal in the women's singles event at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. In addition, Gu holds the distinction of having competed at the World Junior Table Tennis ...

& Liu Shiwen) (f) ** Mixed: (LIN Yun-ju &

Cheng I-ching Cheng I-ching (; born 15 February 1992) is a Taiwanese table tennis player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, in which she was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Li Xiaoxia, and as part of the Chinese Taipei ...

) * June 12–16: 2019 Japan Open in Sapporo ** Singles: Xu Xin (m) / SUN Yingsha (f) ** Doubles: ( Fan Zhendong & Xu Xin) (m) / (Chen Meng & Liu Shiwen) (f) ** Mixed: (Xu Xin &

) * July 9–14:

2019 Australian Open The 2019 Australian Open was a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park from 14 to 27 January 2019. It was the 107th edition of the Australian Open, the 51st in the Open Era, and the first Grand Slam (te ...

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ...

** Singles: Xu Xin (m) / SUN Yingsha (f) ** Doubles: ( Jeoung Young-sik &

Lee Sang-su Lee Sang-su (born 13 August 1990) is a South Korean table tennis player. He won two singles titles at the ITTF Pro Tour, the first one was in 2010. He reached semifinals in singles event at the 2017 World Championships. Lee Sangsu represented ...

) (m) / (Chen Meng & Wang Manyu) (f) ** Mixed: (Wong Chun Ting & Doo Hoi Kem) * October 8–13: 2019 German Open in

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...

** Singles: Fan Zhendong (m) / SUN Yingsha (f) ** Doubles: (

& Xu Xin) (m) / (

Jeon Ji-hee Jeon Ji-hee (, born 28 October 1992), born Tian Minwei (), is a Chinese-born South Korean table tennis player. Career She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, in which she was eliminated in the fourth round by Yu ...

& Yang Ha-eun) (f) ** Mixed: (Xu Xin & SUN Yingsha) * November 12–17: 2019 Austrian Open in Linz ;World Tour events * January 15–20: 2019 Hungarian Open in

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(m) / Chen Meng (f) ** Doubles: (

& Xu Xin) (m) / (

) (f) ** Mixed: (Xu Xin &

) * June 4–9: 2019 Hong Kong Open in ** Singles: Lin Gaoyuan (m) / WANG Yidi (f) ** Doubles: (Liang Jingkun & Lin Gaoyuan) (m) / (CHEN Ke &

Mu Zi Mu Zi (; born 9 January 1989) is a Chinese female table tennis player. She is a two-time finalist in mixed doubles event at the World Championships. In 2015, she reached the semifinal of her first women's singles event at the World Championships ...

) (f) ** Mixed: (LIN Yun-ju &

) * July 2–7: 2019 Korea Open in Busan ** Singles: Xu Xin (m) / Chen Meng (f) ** Doubles: ( Fan Zhendong & Xu Xin) (m) / (Chen Meng & Wang Manyu) (f) ** Mixed: ( Wong Chun Ting & Doo Hoi Kem) * August 13–18: 2019 Bulgarian Open in Panagyurishte ** Singles:

Tomokazu Harimoto is a Japanese table tennis player. In 2016, he won the world junior singles and team title at the 2016 World Junior Table Tennis Championships for Japan. In August 2017, he became the youngest ever winner of an ITTF World Tour men's singles ti ...

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Chen Xingtong Chen Xingtong (; born 27 May 1997) is a Chinese table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a ta ...

(f) ** Doubles: ( Jeoung Young-sik &

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& Mu Zi) (f) ** Mixed: ( Jun Mizutani &

Mima Ito is a Japanese table tennis player. She won a bronze medal in the Women's Team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics when she was 15 years old. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal with her partner Jun Mizutani in the Mixed Doubles ev ...

) * August 20–25: 2019 Czech Open in Olomouc ** Singles: LIN Yun-ju (m) / Chen Xingtong (f) ** Doubles: (CHO Dae-seong & Lee Sang-su) (m) / (Gu Yuting & Mu Zi) (f) ** Mixed: (CHO Dae-seong & SHIN Yu-bin) * October 1–6:

2019 Swedish Open The 2019 Swedish Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts as part of the ATP Tour 250 Series of the 2019 ATP Tour and as part of the 2019 WTA 125K series, WTA 125K Series. It took place in Båstad, Sweden, from 15 through 21 July ...

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

** Singles:

(m) / Chen Meng (f) ** Doubles: (Fan Zhendong & Xu Xin) (m) / (Chen Meng & Ding Ning) (f) ** Mixed: (Xu Xin & Liu Shiwen) ;Grand Finals * December 12–15:

2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals The 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals was the final competition of the 2019 ITTF World Tour, the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour. It was the 24th edition of the competition, and was held from 12–15 D ...

Zhengzhou Zhengzhou (; ), also spelt Zheng Zhou and alternatively romanized as Chengchow, is the capital and largest city of Henan Province in the central part of the People's Republic of China. Located in north-central Henan, it is one of the National ...

2019 ITTF Challenge Series

;Plus events * February 13–17: Portugal Open in

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

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Hina Hayata is a Japanese international table tennis player. She is the most successful player on the ITTF Challenge Series since its inception in 2017. Owing to her stature, she is able to generate powerful spins on both wings more so than most female pla ...

(f) ** Doubles: (CAO Wei & XU Yingbin) (m) / (FAN Siqi & YANG Huijing) (f) ** Mixed doubles: (

) * March 20–24: Oman Open in Muscat ** Singles: LIN Yun-Ju (m) / Hina Hayata (f) ** Doubles: (LIAO Cheng-Ting & LIN Yun-Ju) (m) / (Satsuki Odo & Saki Shibata) (f) ** Mixed doubles: (LIN Yun-Ju &

) * July 24–28: Pyongyang Open in ** Singles: AN Ji-song (m) /

Kim Song-i Kim Song-i (; born 10 August 1994) is a North Korean table tennis player. As of November 2017, she is ranked 23rd in the world based on ITTF rankings. Kim plays a highly defensive style with plenty of slice, occasionally injecting pace with top ...

(f) ** Doubles: (HAM Yu-song & RI Kwang-myong) (m) / (CHA Hyo-sim & KIM Nam-hae) (f) ** Mixed doubles: (HAM Yu-song & CHA Hyo-sim) * August 7–11: Nigeria Open in

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Quadri Aruna Quadri Akinade Aruna (born 9 August 1988, in Oyo, Nigeria) is a professional Nigeria table tennis player. He competed for Nigeria at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics, reaching the quarter-finals in the latter competition. He is ...

(m) / Polina Mikhaylova (f) ** Doubles: Cedric Nuytinck & Quentin Robinot (m) / (Polina Mikhaylova & Yana Noskova) (f) ** Mixed doubles: (Kilian Ort & WAN Yuan) * September 10–14: Paraguay Open in Asunción ** Singles: Masataka Morizono (m) / Hina Hayata (f) ** Doubles: Masataka Morizono & Ľubomír Pištej (m) / ( Honoka Hashimoto & Maki Shiomi) (f) ** Mixed doubles: ( Brian Afanador & Adriana Díaz) * December 4–8: Canada Open in

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;Regular events * March 20–24: Spanish Open in

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** Singles: ZHAI Yujia (m) / Miyu Kato (f) ** Doubles: (Kilian Ort & QIU Dang) (m) / (Stephanie Loeuillette & YUAN Jianan) (f) * May 1–5: Serbia Open in

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** Singles: Paul Drinkhall (m) /

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) (m) / (NG Wing Nam & Minnie Wai Yam SOO) (f) * May 8–12: Slovenia Open in

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** Singles: Wei Shihao (m) / Georgina Póta (f) ** Doubles: (Eric Jouti &

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) (f) * May 14–18: Croatia Open in Zagreb ** Singles: Anton Kallberg (m) / Miyuu Kihara (f) ** Doubles: (Shunsuke Togami & Yukiya Uda) (m) / (Miyuu Kihara & Miyu Nagasaki) (f) * May 22–26: Thailand Open in Bangkok ** Singles: Ruwen Filus (m) / Hitomi Sato (f) ** Doubles: (Ruwen Filus & Steffen Mengel) (m) / (Satsuki Odo & Saki Shibata) (f) * October 16–20: Mexico Open in Cancún ** ''Event cancelled.'' * October 16–20: Polish Open in

** Singles: XU Yingbin (m) / HE Zhuojia (f) ** Doubles: (Gaston Alto & Horacio Cifuentes) (m) / ( Honoka Hashimoto & Maki Shiomi) (f) * October 30 – November 3: Belarus Open in Minsk ** Singles:

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(m) / Hina Hayata (f) ** Doubles: (Xu Haidong & ZHAO Zhaoyan) (m) / (Satsuki Odo & Saki Shibata) (f) * October 30 – November 3: Morocco Open in Agadir ** ''Event cancelled.'' * November 13–17: Indonesia Open in Batam * November 19–23: Turkish Open in Antalya ** ''Event cancelled.''

2019 ITTF World Junior Circuit

;Golden Series events * May 15–19: Thailand Junior and cadet Open in Bangkok ** Junior Singles: Yanapong Panagitgun (m) / KUAI Man (f) ** Cadet Singles: Louis Laffineur (m) / KUAI Man (f) * June 12–16: China Junior and cadet Open in Taicang ** Junior Singles: QUAN Kaiyuan (m) / YUAN Yuan (f) ** Cadet Singles: CHEN Yaxuan (m) / CHEN Yi (f) * August 7–11: Hong Kong Junior and cadet Open in * Junior boys' singles: Amin Ahmadian * Junior girls' singles: Haruna Ojio * Junior boys' doubles: Amin Ahmadian & Yanapong Panagitgun * Junior girls' doubles: (CHIEN Tung-Chuan & YU Hsiu-Ting) * Cadet boys' singles: Sora Matsushima * Cadet girls' singles: KIM Na-yeong * Cadet boys' doubles: (CHUANG Chia-Chuan & KAO Cheng-Jui) * Cadet girls' doubles: (Miwa Harimoto & Haruna Ojio) * September 18–22: Croatian Junior and cadet Open in Varaždin * Junior boys' singles: NIU Guankai * Junior girls' singles: KUAI Man * Junior boys' doubles: (CAO Yantao & LIANG Guodong) * Junior girls' doubles: (WU Yangchen & ZANG Xiaotong) * Cadet boys' singles: CHEN Yuanyu * Cadet girls' singles: CHEN Yi * Cadet boys' doubles: (LIN Shidong & ZHANG Minghao) * Cadet girls' doubles: (CHEN Yi & LENG Yutong) ;Premium events * February 7–11: Bahrain Junior and cadet Open in Manama * Junior boys' singles: Lev Katsman * Junior girls' singles: Kristina Kazantseva * Junior boys' doubles: (Lev Katsman & Artem Tikhonov) * Junior girls' doubles: (Kristina Kazantseva & Olga Vishniakova) * Cadet boys' singles: Payas Jain * Cadet girls' singles: Anargya Manjunath * February 13–17: Czech Junior and cadet Open in Hodonín * Junior boys' singles: Samuel Kulczycki * Junior girls' singles: Honami Nakamori * Junior boys' doubles: (Josh Shao Han CHUA & Yew En Koen PANG) * Junior girls' doubles: (Camille Lutz & Prithika Pavade) * Cadet boys' singles: Denis Izumrudov * Cadet girls' singles: Kaho AKAE * Cadet boys' doubles: (Milhane Jellouli & Alexis Kouraichi) * Cadet girls' doubles: (Miwa Harimoto & Yura Shinohara) * March 20–24: Italy Junior and cadet Open in Lignano * Junior boys' singles: XIANG Peng * Junior girls' singles: CHEN Yi * Junior boys' doubles: (GAO Yang & ZENG Beixun) * Junior girls' doubles: (CHEN Yi & WU Yangchen) * Cadet boys' singles: LIN Shidong * Cadet girls' singles: CHEN Yi * Cadet boys' doubles: (CHEN Yuanyu & HUANG Youzheng) * Cadet girls' doubles: (CHEN Yi & KUAI Man) * April 10–14: French Junior and cadet Open in Metz * Junior boys' singles: Lev Katsman * Junior girls' singles: Prithika Pavade * Junior boys' doubles: (Maksim Grebnev & Lev Katsman) * Junior girls' doubles: (Amy Wang & Crystal Wang) * Cadet boys' singles: Hayate Suzuki * Cadet girls' singles: Sakura Yokoi * Cadet boys' doubles: Simon Belik & Mike Hollo * Cadet girls' doubles: (Kaho Akae & Sakura Yokoi) * April 15–19: Belgium Junior and cadet Open in

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* Junior boys' singles: QUAN Kaiyuan * Junior girls' singles: ZANG Xiaotong * Junior boys' doubles: (Hiroto Shinozuka & Jo Yokotani) * Junior girls' doubles: (LENG Yutong & LIANG Jiayi) * Cadet boys' singles: CHEN Yuanyu * Cadet girls' singles: XU Yi * Cadet boys' doubles: (CHEN Yuanyu & LIN Shidong) * Cadet girls' doubles: (LIU Ru-Yun & TSAI Yun-En) * May 22–26: Polish Junior and cadet Open in

* Junior boys' singles: Vincent Picard * Junior girls' singles: Sakura Yokoi * Junior boys' doubles: (Lilian Bardet & Vincent Picard) * Junior girls' doubles: Zdena Blaskova & Franziska Schreiner * Cadet boys' singles: Darius Movileanu * Cadet girls' singles: Sakura Yokoi * Cadet boys' doubles: (Andrei Teodor Istrate & Horia Stefan Ursut) * Cadet girls' doubles: (Ami Shirayama & Sakura Yokoi) * September 25–29: Chinese Taipei Junior and cadet Open in Taipei * Junior boys' singles: TAI Ming-Wei * Junior girls' singles: Kaho Akae * Junior boys' doubles: (Yu Kayama & Ryoichi Yoshiyama) * Junior girls' doubles: (CHIEN Tung-Chuan & YU Hsiu-Ting) * Cadet boys' singles: KAO Cheng-Jui * Cadet girls' singles: Kaho Akae * Cadet boys' doubles: (WU Chiou-Shin & ZHANG Huan-Qi) * Cadet girls' doubles: (Kaho Akae & Hina Higashikawa) * October 24–28: Oman Junior and cadet Open in Muscat * Junior boys' singles: TAI Ming-Wei * Junior girls' singles: CAI Fong-En * Cadet boys' singles: CHEN Yen-Ting * Cadet girls' singles: CHENG Pu-Syuan * November 6–10: Hungarian Junior and cadet Open in Szombathely * Junior boys' singles: QUAN Kaiyuan * Junior girls' singles: WANG Tianyi * Junior boys' doubles: (LIANG Guodong & QUAN Kaiyuan) * Junior girls' doubles: (CHIEN Tung-Chuan & YU Hsiu-Ting) * Cadet boys' singles: TAO Yuchang * Cadet girls' singles: LENG Yutong * Cadet boys' doubles: (TAO Yuchang & ZHANG Minghao) * Cadet girls' doubles: (LENG Yutong & QIN Yuxuan) ;Regular events * February 20–24: Swedish Junior and cadet Open in Örebro * Junior boys' singles: Truls Moregard * Junior girls' singles: Kaho Akae * Junior boys' doubles: (BEH Kun Ting & PANG Yew En Koen) * Junior girls' doubles: (Honami Nakamori & Yukari Sugasawa) * Cadet boys' singles: Haruki Harada * Cadet girls' singles: Kaho Akae * March 20–24: Chile Junior and cadet Open in Santiago * Junior boys' singles: Santiago Lorenzo * Junior girls' singles: Giulia Takahashi * Junior boys' doubles: (Nicolas Burgos & Andrés Martínez) * Junior girls' doubles: (Tamyres Fukase & Livia Lima) * Cadet boys' singles: Carlos Fernandez * Cadet girls' singles: Laura Watanabe * Cadet boys' doubles: (Henrique Noguti & Joon Shim) * Cadet girls' doubles: (Giulia Takahashi & Laura Watanabe) * April 1–5: Ghana Junior and cadet Open in

* Junior boys' singles: Azeez Solanke * Junior girls' singles: Diya Parag Chitale * Junior boys' doubles: (Jamiu Ayanwale & Azeez Solanke) * Junior girls' doubles: Diya Parag Chitale & Nandeshwaree Jalim * Cadet boys' singles: Taiwo Mati * Cadet girls' singles: Ananya Chande * Cadet boys' doubles: (Jamiu Ayanwale & Taiwo Mati) * Cadet girls' doubles: Ruby Chan & Ananya Chande * April 28 – May 1: Australian Junior and cadet Open in

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* Junior boys' singles: HUANG Yu-Jen * Junior girls' singles: YU Hsiu-Ting * Cadet boys' singles: YIU Kwan To * Cadet girls' singles: Phoebe Wai HUI * May 1–5: Spanish Junior and cadet Open in

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* Junior boys' singles: Vladislav Ursu * Junior girls' singles: Olga Vishniakova * Junior boys' doubles: Guilherme Teodoro & Vladislav Ursu * Junior girls' doubles: (Elizabet Abraamian & Ekaterina Zironova) * Cadet boys' singles: Alexis Kouraichi * Cadet girls' singles: Vlada Voronina * Cadet boys' doubles: (Hugo Deschamps & Felix Lebrun) * Cadet girls' doubles: (Vlada Voronina & Alina Zavarykina) * June 12–16: Morocco Junior and cadet Open in Agadir * Junior boys' singles: Vincent Picard * Junior girls' singles: Ema Labosova * Junior boys' doubles: (Filip Delincak & Adam Klajber) * Junior girls' doubles: (Ema Cincurova & Laura Vinczeova) * Cadet boys' singles: Taiwo Mati * Cadet girls' singles: Melissa Belache * Cadet boys' doubles: Balazs Lei & Taiwo Mati * Cadet girls' doubles: (Eliska Stullerova & Dominika Wiltschkova) * August 14–18: El Salvador Junior and cadet Open in

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* Junior boys' singles: Jayden Zhou * Junior girls' singles: Lucia Cordero * Junior boys' doubles: (Sid Naresh & Jayden Zhou) * Junior girls' doubles: (Lucia Cordero & Hidalynn Zapata) * Cadet boys' singles: Jayden Zhou * Cadet girls' singles: Nicole Deng * Cadet boys' doubles: Rogelio Castro & Diego de la Cruz * Cadet girls' doubles: (Victoria Guevara & Cristina Machado) * September 24–28: Serbia Junior and cadet Open in Zrenjanin * Junior boys' singles: Guilherme Teodoro * Junior girls' singles: Elizabet Abraamian * Junior boys' doubles: (Guilherme Teodoro & Eduardo Tomoike) * Junior girls' doubles: (Elizabet Abraamian & Liubov Tentser) * Cadet boys' singles: Napat Thanmathikom * Cadet girls' singles: Sarvinoz Mirkadirova * Cadet boys' doubles: (Daniel Moldovan & Paul Szilagyi) * Cadet girls' doubles: (Mia Griesel & Jele Stortz) * October 2–6: Slovenia Junior and cadet Open in

* Junior boys' singles: Adam Klajber * Junior girls' singles: POON Yat * Junior boys' doubles: Ivor Ban & Nicolas Degros * Junior girls' doubles: (Reka Bezeg & Radmila Tominjak) * Cadet boys' singles: Andrei Teodor Istrate * Cadet girls' singles: Anna Brzyska * Cadet boys' doubles: (Balazs Lei & David Szantosi) * Cadet girls' doubles: (Giulia Takahashi & Laura Watanabe) * October 8–12: North Macedonia Junior and cadet Open in Skopje * Junior boys' singles: Andrei Teodor Istrate * Junior girls' singles: Radmila Tominjak * Junior boys' doubles: (Ivor Ban & Lovro Zovko) * Junior girls' doubles: (Reka Bezeg & Radmila Tominjak) * Cadet boys' singles: Paul Szilagyi * Cadet girls' singles: Bianca Mei Rosu * Cadet boys' doubles: (Andrei Teodor Istrate & Paul Szilagyi) * Cadet girls' doubles: (Bianca Mei Rosu & Evelyn Ungvari) * October 16–20: Egypt Junior and cadet Open in Sharm El Sheikh * Junior boys' singles: Marwan Abdelwahab * Junior girls' singles: TSAI Yu-Chin * Junior boys' doubles: (Marwan Abdelwahab & Ahmed Elborhamy) * Junior girls' doubles: (CHANG Ying-Ying & TSAI Yu-Chin) * Cadet boys' singles: Khalid Alshareif * Cadet girls' singles: Hana Goda * Cadet boys' doubles: (Daniel Kostal & Matyas Lebeda) * Cadet girls' doubles: Melissa Belache & Hana Goda * October 30 – November 3: Slovak Junior and cadet Open in Nitra * Junior boys' singles: Seu Goto * Junior girls' singles: Charlotte Bardsley * Junior boys' doubles: Seu Goto & Kai Zarehbin * Junior girls' doubles: (Ema Cincurova & Dominika Wiltschkova) * Cadet boys' singles: Navid Shams * Cadet girls' singles: Charlotte Lutz * Cadet boys' doubles: (Flavien Coton & Nathan Lam) * Cadet girls' doubles: (Clea de Stoppeleire & Charlotte Lutz) * November 13–17: Portugal Junior and cadet Open in

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