2018 ITTF Challenge Series
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| Dates | 13 March 2018 – 18 November 2018 | ||
| Edition | 2nd | ||
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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]
| Tour | Event | Location | Venue | Date | Prize money (USD) |
Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Finish | ||||||
| 1 | Polish Open | Spała | Spała Olympic Center | March 13 | March 17 | 40,000 | [3] |
| 2 | Spanish Open | Guadalajara | Palacio Multiusos de Guadalajara | March 28 | April 1 | 40,000 | [4] |
| 3 | Slovenia Open | Otočec | Otočec Sports Centre | April 2 | April 6 | 40,000 | [5] |
| 4 | Zagreb Open | Zagreb | Zagreb Hall of Sports | May 2 | May 6 | 40,000 | [6] |
| 5 | Thailand Open | Bangkok | Fashion Island - Island Hall | May 16 | May 20 | 40,000 | [7] |
| 6 | Pyongyang Open | Pyongyang | Pyongyang Table Tennis Hall | June 13 | June 17 | 40,000 | [8] |
| 7 | Nigerian Open | Lagos | Sir Molade Okoya-Thomas Indoor Hall | August 8 | August 12 | 46,000 | [9] |
| 8 | Belgium Open | De Haan | Sport en Recreatiecentrum Haneveld | October 23 | October 27 | 40,000 | [10] |
| 9 | Belarus Open | Minsk | Palace of Tennis | November 13 | November 18 | 40,000 | [11] |
Winners
| Event | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | U21 Men's singles | U21 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
References
- ^ "A motivating force, the Challenge tournaments". ITTF. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge Series Events". ITTF. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge Polish Open". ITTF. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge Spanish Open". ITTF. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge Slovenia Open". ITTF. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge Zagreb Open". ITTF. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge Thailand Open". ITTF. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge Pyongyang Open". ITTF. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge Seamster Nigerian Open". ITTF. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge Belgian Open". ITTF. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge Belgosstrakh Belarus Open". ITTF. Retrieved 18 January 2019.