2015 in table tennis

• January 8 – December 13: 2015 ITTF Calendar of Events^[1]

World cups, championships, and test event

• January 8–11: World Team Cup in Dubai^[2]
  • Men:  China (Fan Zhendong, Zhang Jike, Xu Xin)^[3]
  • Women:  China (Liu Shiwen, Zhu Yuling, Ding Ning)^[4]
• April 26 – May 3: 2015 World Table Tennis Championships in Suzhou^[5]
  • Men's singles: Ma Long
  • Men's doubles: Xu Xin / Zhang Jike
  • Women's singles: Ding Ning
  • Women's doubles: Liu Shiwen / Zhu Yuling
  • Mixed doubles: Xu Xin / Yang Ha-eun
• October 16–18: Men's World Cup in Halmstad^[6]
  • Winner: Ma Long
• October 23–31: 2015 World Cadet Challenge in Sharm el-Sheikh^[7]
  • Boys' singles: YANG Shuo
  • Boys' doubles: Koyo Kanamitsu / YANG Shuo
  • Girls' singles: Bruna Takahashi
  • Girls' doubles: CHOI Hae-eun / Maki Shiomi
  • Mixed doubles: Truls Moregard / Adriana Diaz
  • Boys' team winners: Team Europe (Cristian Pletea, Medardas Stankevicius, Truls Moregard)
  • Girls' team winners: Team Latin America (Adriana Diaz, Bruna Takahashi, Esmerlyn Castro)
• October 30 – November 1: Women's World Cup in Sendai^[8]
  • Winner: Liu Shiwen
• November 18–21: Aquece Rio International Table Tennis Tournament 2015 in  Brazil (Olympic Test Event)^[9]
  • Men's singles: Paul Drinkhall
  • Women's singles: Lin Gui
• November 29 – December 6: 2015 World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Vendée^[10]
  •  China won all the gold medals and won the overall medal tally, too.

Continental TT championships

• January 23–29: 2015 African Table Tennis Championships in Cairo^[11]
  • Men's singles: Omar Assar^[12]
  • Women's singles: Dina Meshref^[13]
  • Men's doubles: Makanjuola Kazeem / Quadri Aruna^[14]
  • Women's doubles: Han Xing / Onyinyechi Nwachukwu^[15]
  • Mixed doubles: Omar Assar / Dina Meshref^[16]
  • Men's team:  Egypt (El-sayed Lashin, Omar Assar, Ahmed Saleh)^[17]
  • Women's team:  Egypt (Nadeen El-Dawlatly, Dina Meshref, Yousra Helmy)^[18]
• February 6–8: 2015 European Top 16 Cup in Baku^[19]
  • Men's winner: Dimitrij Ovtcharov
  • Women's winner: Liu Jia
• March 13–15: 2015 Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament in Jaipur^[20]
  • Men's winner: Xu Xin^[21]
  • Women's winner: Feng Tianwei^[22]
• March 16–24: 2015 Latin American Table Tennis Championships in Buenos Aires^[23]
  • Men's singles: Hugo Calderano^[24]
  • Women's singles: Gui Lin^[25]
  • Men's doubles: Manuel Moya / Alejandro Rodríguez^[26]
  • Women's doubles: Gui Lin / Lígia Silva^[27]
  • Mixed doubles: Marcos Madrid / Yadira Silva^[28]
  • Men's team winners:  Brazil (Hugo Calderano, Cazuo Matsumoto, Thiago Monteiro)^[29]
  • Women's team winners:  Brazil (Lígia Silva, Jessica Yamada, Gui Lin)^[30]
• April 8–12: 2015 African Junior and Cadet Championships in Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill^[31]
  • Junior
  • Men's junior singles winner: Aly Ghallab^[32]
  • Women's junior singles winner: Amira Yousry^[33]
  • Men's junior doubles winners: Aly Ghallab / Karim Elhakem^[34]
  • Women's junior doubles winners: Reem Morad / Amira Yousry^[35]
  • Mixed junior doubles winners: Aly Ghallab / Reem Morad^[36]
  • Men's junior team winners:  Egypt (Aly Ghallab, Karim Elhakem, Omar Elhamady)^[37]
  • Women's junior team winners:  Algeria (Lynda Loghraibi, Sannah Lagsir, Hiba Feredj)^[38]
  • Cadet
  • Men's cadet singles winner: Youssef Abdel-Aziz^[39]
  • Women's cadet singles winner: Marwa Alhodaby^[40]
  • Men's cadet team winners:  Egypt (Youssef Abdel-Aziz and Marwan Abdelwahab)^[41]
  • Women's cadet team winners:  Egypt (Marwa and Mariam Alhodaby)^[42]
• April 10–12: 2015 ITTF-Oceania Cup in Bendigo^[43]
  • Oceania Cup
  • Men's singles winner: William Henzell^[44]
  • Women's singles winner: Lay Jian Fang^[45]
  • Pacific Cup
  • Men's singles winner: Laurent Sens^[46]
  • Women's singles winner: Ornella Bouteille^[47]
• May 13–16: 2015 Oceania Cadet and Junior Championships in Tarawa^[48]
  • Junior
  • Men's junior singles winner: Jake Duffy
  • Men's junior doubles winners: Dillon Chambers / Jake Duffy
  • Women's junior singles winner: Rebekah Stanley
  • Women's junior doubles winners: CHENG Zhiying / VONG Hui-Ling
  • Mixed junior doubles winners: Jake Duffy / Rebekah Stanley
  • Men's junior team winners:  Australia (Dillon Chambers, Jake Duffy, Rohan Dhooria)
  • Women's junior team winners:  Australia (Katherine Li, Rebekah Stanley, Georgina Newton)
  • Cadet
  • Men's cadet singles winner: Benjamin Gould
  • Men's cadet doubles winners: Kevin Lin / ZHAO Yang Lun
  • Women's cadet singles winner: VONG Hui-Ling
  • Women's cadet doubles winners: CHENG Zhiying / VONG Hui-Ling
  • Mixed cadet doubles winners: ZHAO Yang Lun / VONG Hui-Ling
  • Men's cadet team winners:  New Zealand (Kevin Lin, and ZHAO Yang Lun)
  • Women's cadet team winners:  Australia (Rebekah Stanley, Katherine Li, Georgina Newton)
• May 15–17: 2015 North America Cup in Markham, Ontario^[49]
  • Men's winner: Jimmy Butler
  • Women's winner: Zhang Mo
• May 29–31: 2015 Latin American Table Tennis Cup in Havana^[50]
  • Men's winner: Gustavo Tsuboi
  • Women's winner: Caroline Kumahara
• June 23–28: 2015 Latin American Junior and Cadet Championships in Aguada, Puerto Rico^[51]
  • Junior
  • Junior boys' singles winner: Brian Afanador
  • Junior boys' doubles winners: Brian Afanador / Yomar Gonzalez
  • Junior girls' singles winner: Leticia Nakada
  • Junior girls' doubles winners: Leticia Nakada / Alexia Nakashima
  • Junior mixed doubles winners: Vitor Santos / Alexia Nakashima
  • Junior boys' team winners:  Argentina^[52]
  • Junior girls' team winners:  Brazil^[53]
  • Cadet
  • Cadet boys' singles winner: Guilherme Teodoro
  • Cadet boys' doubles winners: Rafael Torino / Guilherme Teodoro
  • Cadet Girls' Singles winner: Bruna Takahashi
  • Cadet girls' doubles winners: Adriana Diaz / Lineris Rivera
  • Cadet mixed doubles winners: Francisco Matias / Adriana Diaz
  • Cadet boys' team winners:  Brazil^[54]
  • Cadet girls' team winners:  Puerto Rico^[55]
• July 10–19: 2015 European Youth Championships in Bratislava^[56]
  • Junior boys' singles winner: Anton Kallberg
  • Junior boys' doubles winner: Darko Jorgic / Deni Kozul
  • Junior girls' singles winner: Adina Diaconu
  • Junior girls' doubles winners: Maria Malanina / Daria Chernoray
  • Junior mixed doubles winners: Alexandru Manole / Andreea Clapa
  • Cadet boys' singles winner: Cristian Pletea
  • Cadet boys' doubles winners: Irvin Bertrand / Lilian Bardet
  • Cadet girls' singles winner: Maria Taylakova
  • Cadet girls' doubles winners: Ema Marn / Andrea Pavlovic
  • Cadet mixed doubles winners: Cristian Pletea / Maria Taylakova
• July 21–23: 2015 Africa Cup, TOP16, in Yaoundé^[57]
  • Men's winner: Omar Assar
  • Women's winner: Dina Meshref
• July 22–26: 2015 Asian Junior and cadet Championships in Kuala Lumpur^[58]
  • Junior:  China won all the gold medals available and won the overall medal tally, too.
  • Cadet: China won all the gold medals available and won the overall medal tally, too.
• September 5–7: 2015 North American Table Tennis Championships in Westchester County, New York^[59]
  • Men's winner: Timothy Wang
  • Women's winner: Lily Zhang
  • Cadet boys' singles winner: Jack Wang
  • Cadet girls' singles winner: Crystal Wang
  • Men's team winners:  United States (Jimmy Butler, Timothy Wang, Kanak Jha)
  • Women's team winners:  United States (Lily Zhang, Judy Hugh, Amy Wang)
  • Junior men's team winners:  United States (Jack Wang, Kanak Jha, Krishnateja Avvari)
  • Junior women's team winners:  United States (Prachi Jha, Crystal Wang, Amy Wang)
• September 25 – October 4: 2015 European Table Tennis Championships in Yekaterinburg^[60]
  • Men's singles winner: Dimitrij Ovtcharov
  • Women's singles winner: Elizabeta Samara
  • Men's doubles winners: Stefan Fegerl / João Monteiro
  • Women's doubles winners: Melek Hu / Shen Yanfei
• September 26 – October 3: 2015 Asian Table Tennis Championships in Pattaya^[61]
  • Men's singles winner: Fan Zhendong
  • Women's singles winner: Zhu Yuling
  • Men's doubles winners: Fan Zhendong / Xu Xin
  • Women's doubles winners: Kim Hye Song / Ri Mi-gyong
  • Mixed doubles winners: Fan Zhendong / Chen Meng
  • Men's team winners:  China (Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong, Zhang Jike)
  • Women's team winners:  China (Zhu Yuling, Ding Ning, Chen Meng)
• October 16–18: 2015 Europe Youth Top-10 in Buzău
  • For information, click here.

ITTF World Tour

• January 28 – November 15: 2015 ITTF World Tour
  • January 28 – February 1: Hungarian Open in Budapest^[62]
    • Men's singles: Jiang Tianyi^[63]
    • Women's singles: Misako Wakamiya^[64]
    • Men's doubles: Jeong Sang-eun / Lee Sang-su^[65]
    • Women's doubles: Sofia Polcanova / Amelie Solja^[66]
  • February 11–15: Kuwait Open in Kuwait City^[67]
    • Men's singles: Ma Long^[68]
    • Women's singles: Li Xiaoxia^[69]
    • Men's doubles: Chiang Hung-Chieh / Huang Sheng-Shyan^[70]
    • Women's doubles: Ding Ning / Zhu Yuling^[71]
  • February 17–22: Qatar Open in Doha^[72]
    • Men's singles: Vladimir Samsonov^[73]
    • Women's singles: Elizabeta Samara^[74]
    • Men's doubles: Marcos Freitas / Andrej Gaćina^[75]
    • Women's doubles: Jiang Huajun / Tie Ya Na^[76]
  • March 10–14: Nigeria Open in Lagos^[77]
    • Men's singles: Omar Assar^[78]
    • Women's singles: Jieni Shao^[79]
    • Men's doubles: Quadri Aruna / Kazeem Makanjuola^[80]
    • Women's doubles: Dina Meshref / Jieni Shao^[81]
  • March 18–22: German Open in Bremen^[82]
    • Men's singles: Ma Long^[83]
    • Women's singles: Mima Ito^[84]
    • Men's doubles: Timo Boll / Patrick Franziska^[85]
    • Women's doubles: Shan Xiaona / Petrissa Solja^[86]
  • March 25–29: Spanish Open in Almería^[87]
    • Men's singles: Maharu Yoshimura^[88]
    • Women's singles: JEON Ji-hee^[89]
    • Men's doubles: He Zhi Wen / Carlos Machado^[90]
    • Women's doubles: Ai Fukuhara / Misako Wakamiya^[91]
  • May 13–17: Belarus Open in Minsk^[92]
    • Men's singles: Li Ping
    • Women's singles: Mima Ito
    • Men's doubles: Jonathan Groth / Kasper Sternberg
    • Women's doubles: Miyu Maeda / Mori Sakura
  • May 19–23: Croatia Open in Zagreb^[93]
    • Men's singles: Maharu Yoshimura
    • Women's singles: CHOI Hyo-joo
    • Men's doubles: Masataka Morizono / Yuya Oshima
    • Women's doubles: JEON Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun
  • May 27–31: Philippines Open in Subic, Zambales^[94]
    • Men's singles: Yuya Oshima
    • Women's singles: Kasumi Ishikawa
    • Men's doubles: Robin Devos / Cedric Nuytinck
    • Women's doubles: LEE Ho Ching / ZHU Chengzhu
  • June 3–7: Australian Open in Gold Coast^[95]
    • Men's singles: Jung Young-sik
    • Women's singles: Ai Fukuhara
    • Men's doubles: HO Kwan Kit / LAM Siu Hang
    • Women's doubles: JEON Ji-hee / LEE Da-som
  • June 24–28: Japan Open in Kobe^[96]
    • Men's singles: Xu Xin
    • Women's singles: Chen Meng
    • Men's doubles: Ma Long / Xu Xin
    • Women's doubles: LIU Fei / Wu Yang
  • July 1–5: Korea Open in Incheon^[97]
    • Men's singles: Jung Young-sik
    • Women's singles: Ai Fukuhara
    • Men's doubles: Jung Young-sik / Kim Min-seok
    • Women's doubles: Miu Hirano / Mima Ito
  • July 29 – August 2: Pyongyang Open in  North Korea^[98]
    • Men's singles: CHOE Il
    • Women's singles: SUN Chen
    • Men's doubles: CHOE Il / PAK Sin Hyok
    • Women's doubles: KIM Song I / Ri Myong-sun
  • August 5–9: China Open in Chengdu^[99]
    • Men's singles: Ma Long
    • Women's singles: Zhu Yuling
    • Men's doubles: Fan Zhendong / Xu Xin
    • Women's doubles: Chen Meng / Liu Shiwen
  • August 19–23: Bulgaria Open in Panagyurishte^[100]
    • Men's singles: KIM Dong-hyun
    • Women's singles: Kasumi Ishikawa
    • Men's doubles: CHO Eon-rae / KIM Dong-hyun
    • Women's doubles: JEON Ji-hee / YANG Ha-eun
  • August 26–30: Czech Open in Olomouc^[101]
    • Men's singles: Wong Chun Ting
    • Women's singles: Ai Fukuhara
    • Men's doubles: Pär Gerell / Jon Persson
    • Women's doubles: JEON Ji-hee / YANG Ha-eun
  • September 2–6: Austrian Open in Wels^[102]
    • Men's singles: Jun Mizutani
    • Women's singles: Han Ying
    • Men's doubles: JANG Woo-jin / Lee Sang-su
    • Women's doubles: SHAN Xiaona / Petrissa Solja
  • September 9–12: Belgium Open in De Haan^[103]
    • Men's singles: Nima Alamian
    • Women's singles: SEO Hyo-won
    • Men's doubles: Nima Alamian / Noshad Alamian
    • Women's doubles: Lin Ye / Zhou Yihan
  • September 16–20: Argentina Open in Mendoza, Argentina^[104]
    • Men's singles: Eric Jouti
    • Women's singles: JEON Ji-hee
    • Men's doubles: Gaston Alto / Pablo Tabachnik
    • Women's doubles: JEON Ji-hee / YANG Ha-eun
  • September 23–27: Chile Open in Santiago^[105]
    • Men's singles: Thiago Monteiro
    • Women's singles: JEON Ji-hee
    • Men's doubles: Gustavo Gómez / Manuel Moya
    • Women's doubles: Leticia Nakada / Bruna Takahashi
  • October 21–25: Poland Open in Warsaw^[106]
    • Men's singles: Fan Zhendong
    • Women's singles: Liu Shiwen
    • Men's doubles: Kristian Karlsson / Mattias Karlsson
    • Women's doubles: Ding Ning / Zhu Yuling
  • November 4–8: Russia Open in Yekaterinburg
    • Event cancelled
  • November 11–15: Swedish Open in Stockholm^[107]
    • Men's singles: Fan Zhendong
    • Women's singles: Mu Zi
    • Men's doubles: Fang Bo / Xu Xin
    • Women's doubles: Chen Meng / Mu Zi
• December 10–13: 2015 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in Lisbon^[108]
  • Men's singles: Ma Long
  • Women's singles: Ding Ning
  • Men's doubles: Masataka Morizono / Yuya Oshima
  • Women's doubles: Ding Ning / Zhu Yuling

Para table tennis

• March 12 – December 19: 2015 ITTF Para Table Tennis Calendar of Events^[109]
• Note: The French Open, slated for June 17–21 in Nantes, was cancelled.
  • March 12–16: Hungarian Open in Eger^[110]
    •  South Korea won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • March 17–22: Italian Open in Lignano Sabbiadoro^[111]
    •  Ukraine won the gold medal tally.  France won the overall medal tally.
  • April 6–13: 2015 Oceania Para Regional Championships in Bendigo^[112]
    •  Australia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • May 5–10: Slovenian Open in Laško^[113]
    •  Ukraine won the gold medal tally. Ukraine,  South Korea, and  Russia had a score of 13.5 each in the overall medal tally.
  • May 12–17: Slovakian Open in Bratislava^[114]
    •  South Korea won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • May 26–31: Bayreuth Open in  Germany^[115]
    •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • June 17–21: Para Table Tennis Open Ciutat del Prat in El Prat de Llobregat^[116]
    •  France won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • June 24–28: Romania International Table Tennis Open in Cluj-Napoca^[117]
    •  Slovakia won the gold medal tally.  Romania won the overall medal tally.
  • July 24–27: Thailand Open 2015 in Pattaya^[118]
    •  Thailand won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • August 7–14: Part of the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto^[119][120]
    •  Brazil won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • August 22–24: Taichung Table Tennis Open for the Disabled 2015 in  Chinese Taipei^[121]
    •  Thailand won the gold medal tally.  Chinese Taipei won the overall medal tally.
  • September 3–6: 2015 Korea PTT Open in Ulsan^[122]
    •  South Korea won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • September 22–27: Czech Open 2015 in Ostrava^[123]
    •  Poland won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • October 5–7: 1st Morocco Para TT Open 2015 in Agadir^[124]
    •  Nigeria won the gold medal tally.  Morocco won the overall medal tally.
  • October 7–11: African Championships 2015 in Agadir^[125]
    •  Egypt won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • October 12–18: 2015 European Regional Championships in Vejle^[126]
    •  Poland won the gold medal tally.  France won the overall medal tally.
  • October 17–22: Al Watani Championship in Amman^[127]
    •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • October 22–29: 2015 Asia Regional Championships in Amman^[128]
    •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • October 30 – November 3: Belgium Open in Sint-Niklaas^[129]
    •  Belgium won the gold medal tally.  Japan won the overall medal tally.
  • November 5–9: Copa Tango XIII in Buenos Aires^[130]
    •  Chile and  Russia won 3 gold medals each.  Argentina won the overall medal tally.
  • November 13–15: Copa Chile in Santiago^[131]
    •  Brazil won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • November 19–25: China Open in Beijing^[132]
    •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • December 16–19: Copa Costa Rica in San José, Costa Rica^[133]
    •  France and  Russia won 4 gold medals each. France won the overall medal tally.

References

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