2017 ITTF Challenge Series

The 2017 ITTF Challenge Series was the inaugural season of the International Table Tennis Federation's secondary professional table tennis tour, a level below the ITTF World Tour.[1]

ITTF Challenge Series
Tournament details
Dates15 March 2017 – 26 November 2017
Edition1st
2018

Schedule edit

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

Tour Event Location Venue Date Prize money
(USD)
Ref.
Start Finish
1   Belarus Open Minsk Minsk Tennis Palace March 15 March 19 40,000 [3]
2   Thailand Open Bangkok Fashion Island - Island Hall March 29 April 2 35,000 [4]
3   Chile Open Santiago Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico April 26 April 30 35,000 [5]
4   Slovenia Open Otočec Otočec Sports Centre April 26 April 30 35,000 [6]
5   Zagreb Open Zagreb Zagreb Hall of Sports May 2 May 6 35,000 [7]
6   Brazil Open São Paulo Brazilian Paralympic Center May 3 May 7 25,000 [8]
7   Pyongyang Open Pyongyang Pyongyang Table Tennis Hall August 2 August 6 35,000 [9]
8   Nigerian Open Lagos Sir Molade Okoya-Thomas Indoor Hall August 9 August 13 46,000 [10]
9   Polish Open Częstochowa Częstochowa Sport Hall October 4 October 8 35,000 [11]
10   Belgium Open De Haan Sport en Recreatiecentrum Haneveld October 31 November 4 35,000 [12]
11   Spanish Open Almeria Palacio de los Juegos del Mediterráneo November 22 November 26 70,000 [13]

Winners edit

Event Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles U21 Men's singles U21 Women's singles
  Belarus Open   Vladimir Samsonov   Hitomi Sato   Daniel Górak
  Wang Zengyi
  Miyu Kato
  Misaki Morizono
  Cristian Pletea   Saki Shibata
  Thailand Open   Jin Ueda   Hitomi Sato   Kenji Matsudaira
  Jin Ueda
  Honoka Hashimoto
  Hitomi Sato
  Yuma Tsuboi   Saki Shibata
  Chile Open   Soumyajit Ghosh   Caroline Kumahara   Amalraj Anthony
  Soumyajit Ghosh
  Ana Codina
  Candela Molero
  Horacio Cifuentes   Valentina Rios
  Slovenia Open   Bastian Steger   Hitomi Sato   Choi Won-jin
  Lee Jung-woo
  Matilda Ekholm
  Georgina Póta
  Yuki Matsuyama   Adriana Diaz
  Zagreb Open   Panagiotis Gionis   Honoka Hashimoto   Viktor Brodd
  Hampus Nordberg
  Honoka Hashimoto
  Hitomi Sato
  Koyo Kanamitsu   Adina Diaconu
  Brazil Open   Hugo Calderano   Bernadette Szőcs   Hugo Calderano
  Gustavo Tsuboi
  Bernadette Szőcs
  Audrey Zarif
  Andrea Landrieu   Bruna Takahashi
  Pyongyang Open   Pak Sin-hyok   Kim Song-i   Choe Il
  Pak Sin-hyok
  Choe Hyon-hwa
  Kim Song-i
  Kim Ok-chan   Ri Hyon-sim
  Nigerian Open   Omar Assar   Dina Meshref   Antoine Hachard
  Gregoire Jean
  Bernadett Balint
  Szandra Pergel
  Youssef Abdel-Aziz   Giorgia Piccolin
  Polish Open   Quadri Aruna   Mima Ito   Ho Kwan Kit
  Ng Pak Nam
  Doo Hoi Kem
  Lee Ho Ching
  Mizuki Oikawa   Nina Mittelham
  Belgian Open   Kim Dong-hyun   Saki Shibata   Patrick Franziska
  Ricardo Walther
  Honoka Hashimoto
  Hitomi Sato
  Shunsuke Togami   Li Yu-jhun
  Spanish Open   Sathiyan Gnanasekaran   Hina Hayata   Cho Seung-min
  Park Gang-hyeon
  Jeon Ji-hee
  Yang Ha-eun
  Lam Siu Hang   Satsuki Odo

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "A motivating force, the Challenge tournaments". ITTF. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  2. ^ "2017 ITTF Challenge Series Events". ITTF. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  3. ^ "2017 ITTF Challenge Belgosstrakh Belarus Open". ITTF. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  4. ^ "2017 ITTF Challenge Thailand Open". ITTF. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  5. ^ "2017 ITTF Challenge Seamster Chile Open". ITTF. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  6. ^ "2017 ITTF Challenge Slovenia Open". ITTF. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  7. ^ "2017 ITTF Challenge Zagreb Open". ITTF. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  8. ^ "2017 ITTF Challenge Seamster Brazil Open". ITTF. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  9. ^ "2017 ITTF Challenge Pyongyang Open". ITTF. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  10. ^ "2017 ITTF Challenge Seamster Nigerian Open". ITTF. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  11. ^ "2017 ITTF Challenge Polish Open". ITTF. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  12. ^ "2017 ITTF Challenge Belgian Open". ITTF. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  13. ^ "2017 ITTF Challenge Spanish Open". ITTF. Retrieved 9 September 2018.