# 2019 ITTF Challenge Series

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 Plus
* Challenge
| No. | Date | Tournament | Location | Venue | Prize (USD) | Report |
| 1 | 13–17 February | Portugal Open | Lisbon | Pavilhão Desportivo do Casal Vistoso | 60,000 | Report |
| 2 | 20–24 March | Oman Open | Muscat | Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex | 65,000 | Report |
| 3 | 20–24 March | Spanish Open | Guadalajara | Palacio Multiusos de Guadalajara | 30,000 | Report |
| 4 | 1–5 May | Serbia Open | Belgrade | BG Sport Centre Kovilovo | 30,000 | Report |
| 5 | 8–12 May | Slovenia Open | Otočec | Športni Center Otočec | 30,000 | Report |
| 6 | 14–18 May | Croatia Open | Zagreb | Hall of Sports Zagreb | 30,000 | Report |
| 7 | 22–26 May | Thailand Open | Bangkok | Island Hall, Fashion Island | 30,000 | Report |
| 8 | 24–28 July | Pyongyang Open | Pyongyang | Pyongyang Table Tennis Hall | 60,000 | Report |
| 9 | 7–11 August | Nigeria Open | Lagos | Sir Molade Okoya-Thomas Indoor Sports Hall | 60,000 | Report |
| 10 | 10–14 September | Paraguay Open | Asunción | SND Arena | 60,000 | Report |
| 11 | 16–20 October | Polish Open | Władysławowo | Olympic Sport Center | 30,000 | Report |
| 12 | 30 October–3 November | Belarus Open | Minsk | Palace of Tennis | 30,000 | Report |
| 13 | 13–17 November | Indonesia Open | Batam | Hi-Test Arena | 30,000 | Report |
| 14 | 4–8 December | North American Open | Markham | Markham Pan Am Centre | 75,000 | 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 |
| 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 Jianan | Not held | Horacio Cifuentes | Adriana Díaz |
| Serbia Open | Paul Drinkhall | Hina Hayata | Diago Carvalho João Geraldo | Ng Wing Nam Soo Wai Yam Minnie | Not held | Leo De Nodrest | Maria Malanina |
| Slovenia Open | Wei Shihao | Georgina Póta | Eric Jouti Gustavo Tsuboi | Miyuu Kihara Miyu Nagasaki | Not held | Feng Yi-hsin | Miyu Nagasaki |
| Croatia Open | Anton Kallberg | Miyuu Kihara | Shunsuke Togami Yukiya Uda | Miyuu Kihara Miyu Nagasaki | Not held | Yukiya Uda | Sun Jiayi |
| Thailand Open | Ruwen Filus | Hitomi Sato | Ruwen Filus Steffen Mengel | Satsuki Odo Saki Shibata | Not held | 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 Shiomi | Not held | Xiang Peng | Kuai Man |
| Belarus Open | Emmanuel Lebesson | Hina Hayata | Xu Haidong Zhao Zhaoyan | Satsuki Odo Saki Shibata | Not held | Sai Linwei | Shi Xunyao |
| Indonesia Open | Harmeet Desai | Shao Jieni | Ibrahima Diaw Padasak Tanviriyavechakul | Luo Xue Shao Jieni | Not held | 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 |