2018 ITTF Challenge Series explained

ITTF Challenge Series
Dates:13 March 2018 – 18 November 2018
Number Edition:2nd
Previous:2017
Next:2019

The 2018 ITTF Challenge Series was the second season of the International Table Tennis Federation's secondary professional table tennis tour, a level below the ITTF World Tour.[1]

Schedule

Below is the schedule released by the ITTF:[2]

TourEventLocationVenueDatePrize money
(USD)
Ref.
StartFinish
1 Polish OpenSpałaSpała Olympic CenterMarch 13March 1740,000[3]
2 Spanish OpenGuadalajaraPalacio Multiusos de GuadalajaraMarch 28April 140,000[4]
3 Slovenia OpenOtočecOtočec Sports CentreApril 2April 640,000[5]
4 Zagreb OpenZagrebZagreb Hall of SportsMay 2May 640,000[6]
5 Thailand OpenBangkokFashion Island - Island HallMay 16May 2040,000[7]
6 Pyongyang OpenPyongyangPyongyang Table Tennis HallJune 13June 1740,000[8]
7 Nigerian OpenLagosSir Molade Okoya-Thomas Indoor HallAugust 8August 1246,000[9]
8 Belgium OpenDe HaanSport en Recreatiecentrum HaneveldOctober 23October 2740,000[10]
9 Belarus OpenMinskPalace of TennisNovember 13November 1840,000[11]

Winners

EventMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesU21 Men's singlesU21 Women's singles
Polish Open Lim Jong-hoon Yang Ha-eun Jung Young-sik
Lee Sang-su
Jeon Ji-hee
Yang Ha-eun
Marek Badowski Kim Ji-ho
Spanish Open Kim Min-hyeok Saki Shibata An Jae-hyun
Cho Seung-min
Honoka Hashimoto
Hitomi Sato
Cho Seung-min Saki Shibata
Slovenia Open Mizuki Oikawa Miyu Kato Marek Badowski
Patryk Zatowka
Ng Wing Nam
Soo Wai Yam
Bence Majoros Saki Shibata
Zagreb Open Panagiotis Gionis Saki Shibata Adam Szudi
Nandor Ecseki
Honoka Hashimoto
Hitomi Sato
Anders Lind Saki Shibata
Thailand Open Xu Ruifeng Liu Shiwen Tobias Hippler
Kilian Ort
Orawan Paranang
Suthasini Sawettabut
Yuta Tanaka Saki Shibata
Pyongyang Open Pak Sin-hyok Kim Song-i Ji Jiale
Liu Yebo
Cha Hyo-sim
Kim Nam-hae
Cao Wei Guo Yuhan
Nigerian Open Quadri Aruna Guo Yan Alexandre Robinot
Joe Seyfried
Qi Fenjie
Sun Chen
Wang Shaobo Guo Yan
Belgian Open Park Gang-hyeon Saki Shibata An Jae-hyun
Cho Seung-min
Satsuki Odo
Saki Shibata
Shunsuke Togami Kim You-jin
Belarus Open Zhao Zihao Saki Shibata Kakeru Sone
Yuta Tanaka
Satsuki Odo
Saki Shibata
Zhao Zihao He Aige

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A motivating force, the Challenge tournaments . ITTF . 9 September 2018.
  2. Web site: 2018 ITTF Challenge Series Events. ITTF. 9 September 2018.
  3. Web site: 2018 ITTF Challenge Polish Open. ITTF. 10 September 2018.
  4. Web site: 2018 ITTF Challenge Spanish Open. ITTF. 10 September 2018.
  5. Web site: 2018 ITTF Challenge Slovenia Open. ITTF. 10 September 2018.
  6. Web site: 2018 ITTF Challenge Zagreb Open. ITTF. 10 September 2018.
  7. Web site: 2018 ITTF Challenge Thailand Open. ITTF. 10 September 2018.
  8. Web site: 2018 ITTF Challenge Pyongyang Open. ITTF. 10 September 2018.
  9. Web site: 2018 ITTF Challenge Seamster Nigerian Open. ITTF. 10 September 2018.
  10. Web site: 2018 ITTF Challenge Belgian Open. ITTF. 10 September 2018.
  11. Web site: 2018 ITTF Challenge Belgosstrakh Belarus Open . ITTF . 18 January 2019.