# 2019 in table tennis

This page lists notable table tennis events taking place in 2019.

## World table tennis events
### Senior

* April 21–28: 2019 World Table Tennis Championships in Budapest
** Singles: Ma Long (m) / Liu Shiwen (f)
** Doubles: China (Ma Long & Wang Chuqin) (m) / China (Sun Yingsha & Wang Manyu) (f)
** Mixed: China (Xu Xin & Liu Shiwen)
* October 18–20: 2019 ITTF Women's World Cup in Chengdu
** Winner: Liu Shiwen
* November 6–10: 2019 ITTF Team World Cup in Tokyo
** Men: China defeated South Korea, 3–1 in games played, to win their eighth consecutive and tenth overall Men's ITTF Team World Cup title.
*** Both Chinese Taipei and Japan took third place each.
** Women: China defeated Japan, 3–0 in games played, to win their ninth consecutive and 11th overall Women's ITTF Team World Cup title.
*** Both Chinese Taipei and South Korea took third place each.
* November 29 – December 1: 2019 ITTF Men's World Cup in Chengdu

### Junior and cadet

* October 23–31: 2019 ITTF World Cadet Challenge in Władysławowo
** 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 in Korat

## Continental table tennis championships
### Africa (TT)
#### Senior

* August 3–5: 2019 ITTF African Cup in Lagos
** Singles: Omar Assar (m) / Dina Meshref (f)
* August 20–29: 2019 African Games in Rabat
** Singles: Olajide Omotayo (m) / Dina Meshref (f)
** Doubles: Algeria (Sami Kherouf & Mohamed Sofiene Boudjadja) (m) / Nigeria (Offiong Edem & Cecilia Otuime Akpan) (f)
** Mixed: Egypt (Omar Assar & Dina Meshref)

#### Junior and cadet

* April 7–13: 2019 African Youth, Junior and cadet Championships in Accra

### Americas (TT)
#### Senior

* February 1–3: 2019 ITTF Pan-America Cup in Guaynabo
** Singles: Hugo Calderano (m) / Adriana Díaz (f)
* August 4–10: 2019 Pan American Games in Lima
** Singles: Hugo Calderano (m) / Adriana Díaz
** Doubles: Brazil (Hugo Calderano & Gustavo Tsuboi) (m) / Puerto Rico (Adriana Díaz & Melanie Díaz) (f)
** Mixed doubles: Canada (Eugene Wang & Zhang Mo)
** Men's team: United States (Nicholas Tio, Nikhil Kumar, & Kanak Jha)
** Women's team: Puerto Rico (Melanie Díaz, Daniely Ríos, & Adriana Díaz)
* September 3–8: 2019 Pan American Table Tennis Championships in Asunción
** Singles: Vitor Ishiy (m) / Lily Zhang (f)
** Doubles: Argentina (Gaston Alto & Horacio Cifuentes) (m) / United States (Jennifer Wu & Lily Zhang) (f)
** Mixed doubles: United States (ZHANG Kai & Lily Zhang)
** Men's team: Brazil (Vitor Ishiy, Thiago Monteiro, Eric Jouti, & Gustavo Tsuboi)
** Women's team: United States (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: United States (Nikhil Kumar & Amy Wang)

### Asia (TT)
#### Senior

* April 5–7: 2019 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup in Yokohama
** Singles: Fan Zhendong (m) / Zhu Yuling (f)
* September 15–22: 2019 Asian Table Tennis Championships in Yogyakarta
** Singles: Xu Xin (m) / Sun Yingsha (f)
** Doubles: China (Liang Jingkun & Lin Gaoyuan) (m) / China (Ding Ning & Zhu Yuling) (f)
** Mixed: China (Xu Xin & Liu Shiwen)

#### Junior and cadet

* September 2–7: 2019 Asian Junior and cadet Championships in Ulaanbaatar

### Europe (TT)
#### Senior

* February 2 & 3: 2019 Europe Top 16 Cup in Montreux
** Singles: Dimitrij Ovtcharov (m) / Petrissa Solja (f)
* June 22–29: 2019 European Games in Minsk
** Singles: Timo Boll (m) / Fu Yu (f)
** Doubles: Germany (Patrick Franziska, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, & Timo Boll) (m) / Germany (Han Ying, Nina Mittelham, & Shan Xiaona) (f)
** Mixed: Germany (Patrick Franziska & Petrissa Solja)
* September 3–8: 2019 European Table Tennis Championships in Nantes
** Men's team winners: Germany (Timo Boll, Ruwen Filus, Patrick Franziska, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, & Benedikt Duda)
** Women's team winners: Romania (Daniela Dodean, Elizabeta Samara, Bernadette Szőcs, Irina Ciobanu, & Adina Diaconu)

#### U-21, Junior and cadet

* March 7–10: 2019 European Under-21 Table Tennis Championships in Gondomar
** Singles: Ioannis Sgouropoulos (m) / Adina Diaconu (f)
** Doubles: Slovenia (Darko Jorgic & Peter Hribar) (m) / Tin-Tin Ho & Karoline Mischek (f)
* July 7–16: 2019 Table Tennis European Youth Championships in Ostrava
** Junior
*** Singles: Truls Moregard (m) / Anna Węgrzyn (f)
*** Doubles: Russia (Lev Katsman & Maksim Grebnev) (m) / Russia (Kristina Kazantseva & Mariia Tailakova) (f)
*** Mixed: Poland (Samuel Kulczycki & Katarzyna Węgrzyn)
*** Team: Russia (m) / Germany (f)
** Cadet
*** Singles: Darius Movileanu (m) / Elena Zaharia (f)
*** Doubles: Romania (Iulian Chiriță & Eduard Ionescu) (m) / Prithika Pavade & Elena Zaharia (f)
*** Mixed: France (Thibault Poret & Prithika Pavade)
*** Team: Russia (m) / France (f)
* October 4–6: 2019 European Youth Top 10 in Noordwijk
** For results, click here.

### Oceania (TT)
#### Senior

* May 25 & 26: 2019 ITTF-Oceania Cup in Bora Bora
** Singles: Hu Heming (m) / Jian Fang Lay (f)

#### Junior and cadet

* August 7–10: 2019 ITTF-Oceania Junior Championships in Nukuʻalofa

## 2019 ITTF World Veterans Tour

* Note: This tour made its debut this year.
* August 8–11: WVT 2019 - Shenzhen in China
** For results, click here.
* September 11–15: WVT 2019 - Townsville in Australia
** For results, click here.
* October 17–20: WVT 2019 - Fort Lauderdale in the United States
** For results, click here.
* November 7–10: WVT 2019 - Doha in Qatar
** For results, click here.
* December 13–16: WVT 2019 - Cardiff (final) in Wales ( Great Britain}

## 2019 ITTF World Tour
### World Tour Platinum events

* March 26–31: 2019 Qatar Open in Doha
** Singles: Ma Long (m) / Wang Manyu (f)
** Doubles: Hong Kong (Ho Kwan Kit & Wong Chun Ting) (m) / China (SUN Yingsha & Wang Manyu) (f)
** Mixed: China (Xu Xin & Liu Shiwen)
* May 28 – June 2: 2019 China Open in Shenzhen
** Singles: Ma Long (m) / Chen Meng (f)
** Doubles: Germany (Timo Boll & Patrick Franziska) (m) / China (Gu Yuting & Liu Shiwen) (f)
** Mixed: Chinese Taipei (LIN Yun-ju & Cheng I-ching)
* June 12–16: 2019 Japan Open in Sapporo
** Singles: Xu Xin (m) / SUN Yingsha (f)
** Doubles: China (Fan Zhendong & Xu Xin) (m) / China (Chen Meng & Liu Shiwen) (f)
** Mixed: China (Xu Xin & Zhu Yuling)
* July 9–14: 2019 Australian Open in Geelong
** Singles: Xu Xin (m) / SUN Yingsha (f)
** Doubles: South Korea (Jeoung Young-sik & Lee Sang-su) (m) / China (Chen Meng & Wang Manyu) (f)
** Mixed: Hong Kong (Wong Chun Ting & Doo Hoi Kem)
* October 8–13: 2019 German Open in Bremen
** Singles: Fan Zhendong (m) / SUN Yingsha (f)
** Doubles: China (Liang Jingkun & Xu Xin) (m) / South Korea (Jeon Ji-hee & Yang Ha-eun) (f)
** Mixed: China (Xu Xin & SUN Yingsha)
* November 12–17: 2019 Austrian Open in Linz

### World Tour events

* January 15–20: 2019 Hungarian Open in Budapest
** Singles: Lin Gaoyuan (m) / Chen Meng (f)
** Doubles: China (Liang Jingkun & Xu Xin) (m) / China (Wang Manyu & Zhu Yuling) (f)
** Mixed: China (Xu Xin & Liu Shiwen)
* June 4–9: 2019 Hong Kong Open in Hong Kong
** Singles: Lin Gaoyuan (m) / WANG Yidi (f)
** Doubles: China (Liang Jingkun & Lin Gaoyuan) (m) / China (CHEN Ke & Mu Zi) (f)
** Mixed: Chinese Taipei (LIN Yun-ju & Cheng I-ching)
* July 2–7: 2019 Korea Open in Busan
** Singles: Xu Xin (m) / Chen Meng (f)
** Doubles: China (Fan Zhendong & Xu Xin) (m) / China (Chen Meng & Wang Manyu) (f)
** Mixed: Hong Kong (Wong Chun Ting & Doo Hoi Kem)
* August 13–18: 2019 Bulgarian Open in Panagyurishte
** Singles: Tomokazu Harimoto (m) / Chen Xingtong (f)
** Doubles: South Korea (Jeoung Young-sik & Lee Sang-su) (m) / China (Gu Yuting & Mu Zi) (f)
** Mixed: Japan (Jun Mizutani & Mima Ito)
* August 20–25: 2019 Czech Open in Olomouc
** Singles: LIN Yun-ju (m) / Chen Xingtong (f)
** Doubles: South Korea (CHO Dae-seong & Lee Sang-su) (m) / China (Gu Yuting & Mu Zi) (f)
** Mixed: South Korea (CHO Dae-seong & SHIN Yu-bin)
* October 1–6: 2019 Swedish Open in Stockholm
** Singles: Wang Chuqin (m) / Chen Meng (f)
** Doubles: China (Fan Zhendong & Xu Xin) (m) / China (Chen Meng & Ding Ning) (f)
** Mixed: China (Xu Xin & Liu Shiwen)

### Grand Finals

* December 12–15: 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in Zhengzhou

## 2019 ITTF Challenge Series
### Plus events

* February 13–17: Portugal Open in Lisbon
** Singles: Liang Jingkun (m) / Hina Hayata (f)
** Doubles: China (CAO Wei & XU Yingbin) (m) / China (FAN Siqi & YANG Huijing) (f)
** Mixed doubles: China (Lin Gaoyuan & Liu Shiwen)
* March 20–24: Oman Open in Muscat
** Singles: LIN Yun-Ju (m) / Hina Hayata (f)
** Doubles: Chinese Taipei (LIAO Cheng-Ting & LIN Yun-Ju) (m) / Japan (Satsuki Odo & Saki Shibata) (f)
** Mixed doubles: Chinese Taipei (LIN Yun-Ju & Cheng I-ching)
* July 24–28: Pyongyang Open in North Korea
** Singles: AN Ji-song (m) / Kim Song-i (f)
** Doubles: North Korea (HAM Yu-song & RI Kwang-myong) (m) / North Korea (CHA Hyo-sim & KIM Nam-hae) (f)
** Mixed doubles: North Korea (HAM Yu-song & CHA Hyo-sim)
* August 7–11: Nigeria Open in Lagos
** Singles: Quadri Aruna (m) / Polina Mikhaylova (f)
** Doubles: Cedric Nuytinck & Quentin Robinot (m) / Russia (Polina Mikhaylova & Yana Noskova) (f)
** Mixed doubles: Germany (Kilian Ort & WAN Yuan)
* September 10–14: Paraguay Open in Asunción
** Singles: Masataka Morizono (m) / Hina Hayata (f)
** Doubles: Masataka Morizono & Ľubomír Pištej (m) / Japan (Honoka Hashimoto & Maki Shiomi) (f)
** Mixed doubles: Puerto Rico (Brian Afanador & Adriana Díaz)
* December 4–8: Canada Open in Markham

### Regular events

* March 20–24: Spanish Open in Guadalajara
** Singles: ZHAI Yujia (m) / Miyu Kato (f)
** Doubles: Germany (Kilian Ort & QIU Dang) (m) / France (Stephanie Loeuillette & YUAN Jianan) (f)
* May 1–5: Serbia Open in Belgrade
** Singles: Paul Drinkhall (m) / Hina Hayata (f)
** Doubles: Portugal (Diogo Carvalho & João Geraldo) (m) / Hong Kong (NG Wing Nam & Minnie Wai Yam SOO) (f)
* May 8–12: Slovenia Open in Otočec
** Singles: Wei Shihao (m) / Georgina Póta (f)
** Doubles: Brazil (Eric Jouti & Gustavo Tsuboi) (m) / Japan (Miyuu Kihara & Miyu Nagasaki) (f)
* May 14–18: Croatia Open in Zagreb
** Singles: Anton Kallberg (m) / Miyuu Kihara (f)
** Doubles: Japan (Shunsuke Togami & Yukiya Uda) (m) / Japan (Miyuu Kihara & Miyu Nagasaki) (f)
* May 22–26: Thailand Open in Bangkok
** Singles: Ruwen Filus (m) / Hitomi Sato (f)
** Doubles: Germany (Ruwen Filus & Steffen Mengel) (m) / Japan (Satsuki Odo & Saki Shibata) (f)
* October 16–20: Mexico Open in Cancún
** Event cancelled.
* October 16–20: Polish Open in Władysławowo
** Singles: XU Yingbin (m) / HE Zhuojia (f)
** Doubles: Argentina (Gaston Alto & Horacio Cifuentes) (m) / Japan (Honoka Hashimoto & Maki Shiomi) (f)
* October 30 – November 3: Belarus Open in Minsk
** Singles: Emmanuel Lebesson (m) / Hina Hayata (f)
** Doubles: China (Xu Haidong & ZHAO Zhaoyan) (m) / Japan (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 Hong Kong
* September 18–22: Croatian Junior and cadet Open in Varaždin

### Premium events

* February 7–11: Bahrain Junior and cadet Open in Manama
* February 13–17: Czech Junior and cadet Open in Hodonín
* March 20–24: Italy Junior and cadet Open in Lignano
* April 10–14: French Junior and cadet Open in Metz
* April 15–19: Belgium Junior and cadet Open in Spa
* May 22–26: Polish Junior and cadet Open in Władysławowo
* September 25–29: Chinese Taipei Junior and cadet Open in Taipei
* October 24–28: Oman Junior and cadet Open in Muscat
* November 6–10: Hungarian Junior and cadet Open in Szombathely

### Regular events

* February 20–24: Swedish Junior and cadet Open in Örebro
* March 20–24: Chile Junior and cadet Open in Santiago
* April 1–5: Ghana Junior and cadet Open in Accra
* April 28 – May 1: Australian Junior and cadet Open in Darwin
* May 1–5: Spanish Junior and cadet Open in Castell-Platja d'Aro
* June 12–16: Morocco Junior and cadet Open in Agadir
* August 14–18: El Salvador Junior and cadet Open in San Salvador
* September 24–28: Serbia Junior and cadet Open in Zrenjanin
* October 2–6: Slovenia Junior and cadet Open in Otočec
* October 8–12: North Macedonia Junior and cadet Open in Skopje
* October 16–20: Egypt Junior and cadet Open in Sharm El Sheikh
* October 30 – November 3: Slovak Junior and cadet Open in Nitra
* November 13–17: Portugal Junior and cadet Open in Guimarães