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^[1]
  • 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^[2]
  • Winner: Liu Shiwen
• November 6–10: 2019 ITTF Team World Cup in Tokyo^[3]
  • 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^[4]

Junior and cadet

• October 23–31: 2019 ITTF World Cadet Challenge in Władysławowo^[5]
  • 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^[6]

Continental table tennis championships

Africa (TT)

Senior

• August 3–5: 2019 ITTF African Cup in Lagos^[7]
  • Singles: Omar Assar (m) / Dina Meshref (f)
• August 20–29: 2019 African Games in Rabat^[8]
  • 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^[9]

Americas (TT)

Senior

• February 1–3: 2019 ITTF Pan-America Cup in Guaynabo^[10]
  • Singles: Hugo Calderano (m) / Adriana Díaz (f)
• August 4–10: 2019 Pan American Games in Lima^[11]
  • 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^[12]
  • 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^[13]
  • Note: This table tennis event ended prematurely, due to no venue(s) available to complete the tournament.^[14]
  • Mixed:  United States (Nikhil Kumar & Amy Wang)

Asia (TT)

Senior

• April 5–7: 2019 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup in Yokohama^[15]
  • Singles: Fan Zhendong (m) / Zhu Yuling (f)
• September 15–22: 2019 Asian Table Tennis Championships in Yogyakarta^[16]
  • 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^[17]

Europe (TT)

Senior

• February 2 & 3: 2019 Europe Top 16 Cup in Montreux^[18]
  • Singles: Dimitrij Ovtcharov (m) / Petrissa Solja (f)
• June 22–29: 2019 European Games in Minsk^[19]
  • 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^[20]
  • 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^[21]
  • 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^[22]
  • 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^[23]
  • For results, click here.

Oceania (TT)

Senior

• May 25 & 26: 2019 ITTF-Oceania Cup in Bora Bora^[24]
  • Singles: Hu Heming (m) / Jian Fang Lay (f)

Junior and cadet

• August 7–10: 2019 ITTF-Oceania Junior Championships in Nukuʻalofa^[25]

2019 ITTF World Veterans Tour

• Note: This tour made its debut this year.
• August 8–11: WVT 2019 - Shenzhen in  China^[26]
  • For results, click here.
• September 11–15: WVT 2019 - Townsville in  Australia^[27]
  • For results, click here.
• October 17–20: WVT 2019 - Fort Lauderdale in the  United States^[28]
  • For results, click here.
• November 7–10: WVT 2019 - Doha in  Qatar^[29]
  • For results, click here.
• December 13–16: WVT 2019 - Cardiff (final) in  Wales ( Great Britain}^[30]

2019 ITTF World Tour

World Tour Platinum events

• March 26–31: 2019 Qatar Open in Doha^[31]
  • 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^[32]
  • 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^[33]
  • 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^[34]
  • 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^[35]
  • 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^[36]

World Tour events

• January 15–20: 2019 Hungarian Open in Budapest^[37]
  • 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^[38]
  • 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^[39]
  • 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^[40]
  • 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^[41]
  • 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^[42]
  • 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^[43]
  • 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^[44]
  • 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^[45]
  • 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^[46]
  • 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^[47]
  • 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^[48]
  • 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^[49]
  • 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^[50]
  • 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^[51]
  • 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^[52]
  • 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^[53]
  • 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^[54]
  • 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^[55]
• 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^[56]
  • 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^[57]
  • 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^[58]

• September 18–22: Croatian Junior and cadet Open in Varaždin^[59]

Premium events

• February 7–11: Bahrain Junior and cadet Open in Manama^[60]

• February 13–17: Czech Junior and cadet Open in Hodonín^[61]

• March 20–24: Italy Junior and cadet Open in Lignano^[62]

• April 10–14: French Junior and cadet Open in Metz^[63]

• April 15–19: Belgium Junior and cadet Open in Spa^[64]

• May 22–26: Polish Junior and cadet Open in Władysławowo^[65]

• September 25–29: Chinese Taipei Junior and cadet Open in Taipei^[66]

• October 24–28: Oman Junior and cadet Open in Muscat^[67]

• November 6–10: Hungarian Junior and cadet Open in Szombathely^[68]

Regular events

• February 20–24: Swedish Junior and cadet Open in Örebro^[69]

• March 20–24: Chile Junior and cadet Open in Santiago^[70]

• April 1–5: Ghana Junior and cadet Open in Accra^[71]

• April 28 – May 1: Australian Junior and cadet Open in Darwin^[72]

• May 1–5: Spanish Junior and cadet Open in Castell-Platja d'Aro^[73]

• June 12–16: Morocco Junior and cadet Open in Agadir^[74]

• August 14–18: El Salvador Junior and cadet Open in San Salvador^[75]

• September 24–28: Serbia Junior and cadet Open in Zrenjanin^[76]

• October 2–6: Slovenia Junior and cadet Open in Otočec^[77]

• October 8–12: North Macedonia Junior and cadet Open in Skopje^[78]

• October 16–20: Egypt Junior and cadet Open in Sharm El Sheikh^[79]

• October 30 – November 3: Slovak Junior and cadet Open in Nitra^[80]

• November 13–17: Portugal Junior and cadet Open in Guimarães^[81]

Current ITTF World Ranking

ITTF Men's World Ranking, as of 21 March 2023[update][82] # Player Points 1  Giftson Samuel Ragland (IND) 6,544 2  Kalhan Moza (IND) 5,800 3  Scott Leitzke (USA) 5145 4  Tomokazu Harimoto (JPN) 4,635 5  Hugo Calderano (BRA) 3,875 6  Truls Möregårdh (SWE) 3,625 7  Liang Jingkun (CHN) 3,410 8  Lin Yun-ju (TPE) 2,555 9  Dang Qiu (GER) 2,400 10  Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER) 2,255 11  Darko Jorgić (SLO) 2,250 12  Lin Gaoyuan (CHN) 2,130 13  Quadri Aruna (NGR) 2,005 14  Patrick Franziska (GER) 1,780 15  Lim Jong-hoon (KOR) 1,675 16  Timo Boll (GER) 1,565 17  Jang Woo-jin (KOR) 1,525 18  Chuang Chih-yuan (TPE) 1,495 19  Lin Shidong (CHN) 1,470 20  Yukiya Uda (JPN) 1,275

ITTF Women's World Ranking, as of 22 March 2022[update][83] # Player Points 1  Chen Meng  (CHN) 9,175 2  Sun Yingsha (CHN) 8,280 3  Wang Manyu (CHN) 6,411 4  Mima Ito (JPN) 5,391 5  Wang Yidi (CHN) 5,127 6  Hina Hayata (JPN) 3,914 7  Kasumi Ishikawa (JPN) 3,460 8  Doo Hoi Kem (HKG) 3,262 9  Adriana Díaz (PUR) 3,085 10  Feng Tianwei (SGP) 3,080 11  Jeon Ji-hee (KOR) 2,958 12  Cheng I-Ching (TPE) 2,945 13  Sofia Polcanova (AUT) 2,742 14  Chen Xingtong (CHN) 2,734 15  Miu Hirano (JPN) 2,594 16  Liu Shiwen (CHN) 2,590 17  Han Ying (GER) 2,588 18  Zhu Yuling (CHN) 2,445 19  Petrissa Solja (GER) 2,406 20  Suh Hyo-won (KOR) 2,278