# 2016 in table tennis

This page lists the table tennis events for 2016.

## 2016 Summer Olympics (ITTF)

* August 6–17: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Riocentro
** Men's singles: Ma Long; Zhang Jike; Jun Mizutani
** Women's singles: Ding Ning; Li Xiaoxia; Kim Song-i
** Men's team: China (CHN); Japan (JPN); Germany (GER)
** Women's team: China (CHN); Germany (GER); Japan (JPN)

## Table tennis World Cups & Championships

* February 28 – March 6: 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Kuala Lumpur
** Men's team winners: China
** Women's team winners: China
* October 1–3: 2016 Men's World Cup in Saarbrücken
** Winner: Fan Zhendong
* October 7–9: 2016 Women's World Cup in Philadelphia
** Winner: Miu Hirano
* October 21–29: 2016 ITTF World Cadet Challenge in Shanghai
** Cadet boys' singles winner: CHO Dae-seong
** Cadet girls' singles winner: Miyuu Kihara
** Cadet boys' doubles winners: Maciej Kolodziejczyk / Vladimir Sidorenko
** Cadet girls' doubles winners: HUANG Yingqi / RYU Han-na
** Cadet mixed doubles winners: CHO Dae-seong / Amy Wang
* November 30 – December 7: 2016 World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Cape Town
** Junior boys' team winners: Japan
** Junior girls' team winners: Japan

## Continental table tennis championships

* February 1–7: 2016 Latin American Table Tennis Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico
** Men's singles winner: Hugo Calderano
** Women's singles winner: Lin Gui
** Men's U21 singles winner: Brian Afanador
** Women's U21 singles winner: Adriana Díaz
** Men's doubles winners: Gaston Alto / Pablo Tabachnik
** Women's doubles winners: Gremlis Arvelo / Neridee Nino
** Mixed doubles winners: Vitor Ishiy / Caroline Kumahara
* February 5–7: 2016 Europe TOP 16 Cup in Gondomar, Portugal
** Men's singles winner: Dimitrij Ovtcharov
** Women's singles winner: Shen Yanfei
* February 14–15: 2016 Africa TOP 16 Cup in Khartoum
** Men's singles winner: Quadri Aruna
** Women's singles winner: Dina Meshref
* March 20–24: 2016 Oceania Table Tennis Championships in Bendigo
** Men's singles winner: Chris Yan
** Women's singles winner: Jian Fang Lay
** Men's doubles winners: Choy Freddy / Yoshua Shing
** Women's doubles winners: New Zealand (Natalie Paterson, RAO Ruofei)
** Mixed doubles winners: New Zealand (LIN Yi-Sien, RAO Ruofei)
* April 6–12: 2016 African Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championships in Algiers
** Junior boys' singles winner: Youssef Abdel-Aziz
** Junior girls' singles winner: Amira Yousry
** Cadet boys' singles winner: Marwan Abdelwahab
** Cadet girls' singles winner: Rinad Fathy
** Junior boys' doubles winners: Youssef Abdel-Aziz / Karim Elhakem
** Junior girls' doubles winners: Mariam Alhodaby / Amira Yousry
** Junior mixed doubles winners: Youssef Abdel-Aziz / Mariam Alhodaby
* April 9–10: 2016 Oceania Junior Table Tennis Championships in Tweed Heads, New South Wales
** Boys' junior singles winner: Benjamin Gould
** Girls' junior singles winner: Holly Nicholas
** Boys' cadet singles winner: Zhao Yanglun
** Girls' cadet singles winner: Vong Hui Ling
** Boys' junior team winners: Australia
** Girls' junior team winners: Australia
** Boys' cadet team winners: New Zealand
** Girls' cadet team winners: Australia
* April 28–30: 2016 Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament in Dubai
** Men's singles winner: Xu Xin
** Women's singles winner: Liu Shiwen
* June 3–5: 2016 Latin American Cup Table Tennis Tournament in Guatemala City
** Men's singles winner: Hugo Calderano
** Women's singles winner: Lady Ruano
* June 13–14: 2016 ITTF-Oceania Cup in Melbourne
** Men's singles winner: David Powell
** Women's singles winner: Zhenhua Dederko
* June 24: 2016 North America Cup Table Tennis Tournament in Burnaby
** Men's singles winner: FENG Yijun
** Women's singles winner: WU Yue
* June 25–30: 2016 Pan American Junior Table Tennis Championships in Burnaby
** Boys' junior singles winner: Kanak Jha
** Girls' junior singles winner: Adriana Diaz
** Boys' junior doubles winners: Horacio Cifuentes / Francisco Sanchi
** Girls' junior doubles winners: Leticia Nakada / Bruna Takahashi
** Junior mixed doubles winners: Yomar Gonzalez / Adriana Diaz
** Boys' junior team winners: United States
** Girls' junior team winners: United States
* July 8–17: 2016 Table Tennis European Youth Championships in Zagreb
** Junior boys' singles winner: Alexandre Cassin
** Junior boys' doubles winners: Tobias Hippler / Nils Hohmeier
** Junior girls' singles winner: Adina Diaconu
** Junior girls' doubles winners: Lisa Lung / Eline Loyen
** Cadet boys' singles winner: Vladimir Sidorenko
** Cadet boys' team winners: Maciej Kolodziejczyk / Vladislav Ursu
** Cadet girls' singles winner: Maria Tailakova
** Cadet girls' team winners: Tania Plaian / Ekaterina Zironova
* September 10: 2016 North America Table Tennis Team Championships in Milpitas, California
** Note: The only teams that competed here are Canada and the United States.
** Men's team: The United States defeated Canada, 3–1, in matches played.
** Women's team: The United States defeated Canada, 3–2, in matches played.
* September 16–21: 2016 Asian Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championships in Bangkok
** Junior boys' singles winner: XU Haidong
** Junior boys' doubles winners: KIM Song Gun / HAM Yu Song
** Junior girls' singles winner: QIAN Tianyi
** Junior girls' doubles winners: Minnie Wai-Yam Soo / MAK Tze Wing
** Junior mixed doubles winners: CAO Wei / SHI Xunyao
** Cadet boys' singles winner: NIU Guankai
** Cadet girls' singles winner: SHI Xunyao
* October 7–9: 2016 Europe Youth Top 10 in Prague
** Junior boys' singles winner: Tomáš Polansky
** Junior girls' singles winner: Audrey Zarif
** Cadet boys' singles winner: Truls Moregard
** Cadet girls' singles winner: Anastasia Kolish
* October 18–23: 2016 European Table Tennis Championships in Budapest
** Men's singles winner: Emmanuel Lebesson
** Women's singles winner: Melek Hu
** Men's doubles winners: Patrick Franziska / Jonathan Groth
** Women's doubles winners: Kristin Silbereisen / Sabine Winter
** Mixed doubles winners: João Monteiro / Daniela Dodean
* October 24–30: 2016 African Table Tennis Championships in Agadir
** Men's singles winner: Omar Assar
** Women's singles winner: Olufunke Oshonaike
** Men's doubles winners: Quadri Aruna / Segun Toriola
** Women's doubles winners: Yousra Abdel Razek / Dina Meshref
** Mixed doubles winners: Omar Assar / Dina Meshref

## 2016 ITTF World Tour

* January 20–24: Hungarian Open in Budapest
** Men's singles: Chuang Chih-yuan
** Women's singles: Tie Ya Na
** Men's doubles: Chuang Chih-yuan / HUANG Sheng-Sheng
** Women's doubles: JEON Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun
* January 27–31: German Open in Berlin
** Men's singles: Ma Long
** Women's singles: Wu Yang
** Men's doubles: Masataka Morizono / Yuya Oshima
** Women's doubles: JEON Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun
* February 10–14: Philippines Open in Manila
** Event cancelled.
* March 16–20: Kuwait Open in Kuwait City
** Men's singles: Zhang Jike
** Women's singles: Li Xiaoxia
** Men's doubles: Xu Xin / Zhang Jike
** Women's doubles: Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen
* March 23–27: Qatar Open in Doha
** Men's singles: Ma Long
** Women's singles: Liu Shiwen
** Men's doubles: Fan Zhendong / Zhang Jike
** Women's doubles: Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen
* April 5–9: Chile Open in Santiago
** Men's singles: Antoine Hachard
** Women's singles: Rachel Moret
** Men's doubles: Antoine Hachard / Romain Ruiz
** Women's doubles: Maria Lorenzotti / Candela Molero (default)
* April 20–24: Polish Open in Warsaw
** Men's singles: Jun Mizutani
** Women's singles: Miu Hirano
** Men's doubles: Masataka Morizono / Yuya Oshima
** Women's doubles: JEON Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun
* May 18–22: Nigeria Open in Lagos
** Men's singles: Benedek Olah
** Women's singles: Jieni Shao
** Men's doubles: Andrey Bukin / Vasilij Filatov
** Women's doubles: Irina Ermakova / Olga Kulikova
* May 24–28: Croatia Open in Zagreb
** Men's singles: Joo Sae-hyuk
** Women's singles: Hitomi Satō
** Men's doubles: Patrick Franziska / Jonathan Groth
** Women's doubles: Doo Hoi Kem / LEE Ho Ching
* June 1–5: Slovenia Open in Otočec
** Men's singles: Jun Mizutani
** Women's singles: Feng Tianwei
** Men's doubles: HO Kwan Kit / Wong Chun Ting
** Women's doubles: Maria Dolgikh / Polina Mikhailova
* June 8–12: Australian Open in Melbourne
** Men's singles: Jun Mizutani
** Women's singles: Hina Hayata
** Men's doubles: Takuya Jin / Yuki Morita
** Women's doubles: Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Satō
* June 15–19: Japan Open in Tokyo
** Men's singles: Fan Zhendong
** Women's singles: Liu Shiwen
** Men's doubles: Ma Long / Xu Xin
** Women's doubles: Ding Ning / Li Xiaoxia
* June 22–26: Korea Open in Incheon
** Men's singles: Xu Xin
** Women's singles: Ding Ning
** Men's doubles: Xu Xin / Zhang Jike
** Women's doubles: Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen
* June 29 – July 3: North Korea Open in Pyongyang
** Men's singles: KANG Wi Hun
** Women's singles: KIM Song I
** Men's doubles: Cao Wei / XU Yingbin
** Women's doubles: KIM Song I / Ri Myong-sun
* August 24–28: Bulgaria Open in Panagyurishte
** Men's singles: Tomáš Konečný
** Women's singles: Yuka Ishigaki
** Men's doubles: Alexey Liventsov / Mikhail Paikov
** Women's doubles: Miyu Kato / Misaki Morizono
* August 31 – September 4: Czech Open in Olomouc
** Men's singles: Yuto Muramatsu
** Women's singles: YANG Xiaoxin
** Men's doubles: CHO Eon-rae / PARK Jeong-woo
** Women's doubles: Matilda Ekholm / Georgina Póta
* September 7–11: Belarus Open in Minsk
** Men's singles: JANG Woo-jin
** Women's singles: Saki Shibata
** Men's doubles: JANG Woo-jin / LIM Jong-hoon
** Women's doubles: Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Satō
* September 14–18: China Open in Chengdu
** Men's singles: Fan Zhendong
** Women's singles: Ding Ning
** Men's doubles: Ma Long / Zhang Jike
** Women's doubles: Chen Meng / Zhu Yuling
* September 20–24: Belgium Open in De Haan
** Men's singles: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
** Women's singles: Georgina Póta
** Men's doubles: Alexey Liventsov / Mikhail Paikov
** Women's doubles: Georgina Póta / Yulia Prokhorova
* November 9–13: Austrian Open in Linz
** Men's singles: Kenta Matsudaira
** Women's singles: Mima Ito
** Men's doubles: Patrick Franziska / Jonathan Groth
** Women's doubles: Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Satō
* November 15–20: Swedish Open in Stockholm
** Men's singles: Yuya Oshima
** Women's singles: Kasumi Ishikawa
** Men's doubles: Hugo Calderano / Gustavo Tsuboi
** Women's doubles: Cheng I-ching / Lee I-Chen
* December 8–11: 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in Doha
** Men's singles: Ma Long
** Women's singles: Zhu Yuling
** Men's doubles: Jung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su
** Women's doubles: Yui Hamamoto / Hina Hayata