2015 in table tennis
# 2015 in table tennis

## World cups, championships, and test event

* January 8–11: World Team Cup in Dubai
   * Men: China (Fan Zhendong, Zhang Jike, Xu Xin)
   * Women: China (Liu Shiwen, Zhu Yuling, Ding Ning)
* April 26 – May 3: 2015 World Table Tennis Championships in Suzhou
   * 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
   * Winner: Ma Long
* October 23–31: 2015 World Cadet Challenge in Sharm el-Sheikh
   * 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
   * Winner: Liu Shiwen
* November 18–21: Aquece Rio International Table Tennis Tournament 2015 in Brazil (Olympic Test Event)
   * Men's singles: Paul Drinkhall
   * Women's singles: Lin Gui
* November 29 – December 6: 2015 World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Vendée
   * 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
   * Men's singles: Omar Assar
   * Women's singles: Dina Meshref
   * Men's doubles: Makanjuola Kazeem / Quadri Aruna
   * Women's doubles: Han Xing / Onyinyechi Nwachukwu
   * Mixed doubles: Omar Assar / Dina Meshref
   * Men's team: Egypt (El-sayed Lashin, Omar Assar, Ahmed Saleh)
   * Women's team: Egypt (Nadeen El-Dawlatly, Dina Meshref, Yousra Helmy)
* February 6–8: 2015 European Top 16 Cup in Baku
   * Men's winner: Dimitrij Ovtcharov
   * Women's winner: Liu Jia
* March 13–15: 2015 Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament in Jaipur
   * Men's winner: Xu Xin
   * Women's winner: Feng Tianwei
* March 16–24: 2015 Latin American Table Tennis Championships in Buenos Aires
   * Men's singles: Hugo Calderano
   * Women's singles: Gui Lin
   * Men's doubles: Manuel Moya / Alejandro Rodríguez
   * Women's doubles: Gui Lin / Lígia Silva
   * Mixed doubles: Marcos Madrid / Yadira Silva
   * Men's team winners: Brazil (Hugo Calderano, Cazuo Matsumoto, Thiago Monteiro)
   * Women's team winners: Brazil (Lígia Silva, Jessica Yamada, Gui Lin)
* April 8–12: 2015 African Junior and Cadet Championships in Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill
   * Junior
   * Men's junior singles winner: Aly Ghallab
   * Women's junior singles winner: Amira Yousry
   * Men's junior doubles winners: Aly Ghallab / Karim Elhakem
   * Women's junior doubles winners: Reem Morad / Amira Yousry
   * Mixed junior doubles winners: Aly Ghallab / Reem Morad
   * Men's junior team winners: Egypt (Aly Ghallab, Karim Elhakem, Omar Elhamady)
   * Women's junior team winners: Algeria (Lynda Loghraibi, Sannah Lagsir, Hiba Feredj)
   * Cadet
   * Men's cadet singles winner: Youssef Abdel-Aziz
   * Women's cadet singles winner: Marwa Alhodaby
   * Men's cadet team winners: Egypt (Youssef Abdel-Aziz and Marwan Abdelwahab)
   * Women's cadet team winners: Egypt (Marwa and Mariam Alhodaby)
* April 10–12: 2015 ITTF-Oceania Cup in Bendigo
   * Oceania Cup
   * Men's singles winner: William Henzell
   * Women's singles winner: Lay Jian Fang
   * Pacific Cup
   * Men's singles winner: Laurent Sens
   * Women's singles winner: Ornella Bouteille
* May 13–16: 2015 Oceania Cadet and Junior Championships in Tarawa
   * 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
   * Men's winner: Jimmy Butler
   * Women's winner: Zhang Mo
* May 29–31: 2015 Latin American Table Tennis Cup in Havana
   * Men's winner: Gustavo Tsuboi
   * Women's winner: Caroline Kumahara
* June 23–28: 2015 Latin American Junior and Cadet Championships in Aguada, Puerto Rico
   * 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
   * Junior girls' team winners: Brazil
   * 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
   * Cadet girls' team winners: Puerto Rico
* July 10–19: 2015 European Youth Championships in Bratislava
   * 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
   * Men's winner: Omar Assar
   * Women's winner: Dina Meshref
* July 22–26: 2015 Asian Junior and cadet Championships in Kuala Lumpur
   * 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
   * 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
   * 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
   * 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
      * Men's singles: Jiang Tianyi
      * Women's singles: Misako Wakamiya
      * Men's doubles: Jeong Sang-eun / Lee Sang-su
      * Women's doubles: Sofia Polcanova / Amelie Solja
   * February 11–15: Kuwait Open in Kuwait City
      * Men's singles: Ma Long
      * Women's singles: Li Xiaoxia
      * Men's doubles: Chiang Hung-Chieh / Huang Sheng-Shyan
      * Women's doubles: Ding Ning / Zhu Yuling
   * February 17–22: Qatar Open in Doha
      * Men's singles: Vladimir Samsonov
      * Women's singles: Elizabeta Samara
      * Men's doubles: Marcos Freitas / Andrej Gaćina
      * Women's doubles: Jiang Huajun / Tie Ya Na
   * March 10–14: Nigeria Open in Lagos
      * Men's singles: Omar Assar
      * Women's singles: Jieni Shao
      * Men's doubles: Quadri Aruna / Kazeem Makanjuola
      * Women's doubles: Dina Meshref / Jieni Shao
   * March 18–22: German Open in Bremen
      * Men's singles: Ma Long
      * Women's singles: Mima Ito
      * Men's doubles: Timo Boll / Patrick Franziska
      * Women's doubles: Shan Xiaona / Petrissa Solja
   * March 25–29: Spanish Open in Almería
      * Men's singles: Maharu Yoshimura
      * Women's singles: JEON Ji-hee
      * Men's doubles: He Zhi Wen / Carlos Machado
      * Women's doubles: Ai Fukuhara / Misako Wakamiya
   * May 13–17: Belarus Open in Minsk
      * 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
      * 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
      * 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
      * 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
      * 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
      * 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
      * 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
      * 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
      * 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
      * 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
      * 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
      * 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
      * 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
      * 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
      * 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
      * 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
   * 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
* Note: The French Open, slated for June 17–21 in Nantes, was cancelled.
   * March 12–16: Hungarian Open in Eger
      * South Korea won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
   * March 17–22: Italian Open in Lignano Sabbiadoro
      * Ukraine won the gold medal tally. France won the overall medal tally.
   * April 6–13: 2015 Oceania Para Regional Championships in Bendigo
      * Australia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
   * May 5–10: Slovenian Open in Laško
      * 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
      * South Korea won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
   * May 26–31: Bayreuth Open in Germany
      * China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
   * June 17–21: Para Table Tennis Open Ciutat del Prat in El Prat de Llobregat
      * France won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
   * June 24–28: Romania International Table Tennis Open in Cluj-Napoca
      * Slovakia won the gold medal tally. Romania won the overall medal tally.
   * July 24–27: Thailand Open 2015 in Pattaya
      * Thailand won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
   * August 7–14: Part of the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto
      * Brazil won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
   * August 22–24: Taichung Table Tennis Open for the Disabled 2015 in Chinese Taipei
      * Thailand won the gold medal tally. Chinese Taipei won the overall medal tally.
   * September 3–6: 2015 Korea PTT Open in Ulsan
      * South Korea won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
   * September 22–27: Czech Open 2015 in Ostrava
      * Poland won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
   * October 5–7: 1st Morocco Para TT Open 2015 in Agadir
      * Nigeria won the gold medal tally. Morocco won the overall medal tally.
   * October 7–11: African Championships 2015 in Agadir
      * Egypt won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
   * October 12–18: 2015 European Regional Championships in Vejle
      * Poland won the gold medal tally. France won the overall medal tally.
   * October 17–22: Al Watani Championship in Amman
      * China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
   * October 22–29: 2015 Asia Regional Championships in Amman
      * China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
   * October 30 – November 3: Belgium Open in Sint-Niklaas
      * Belgium won the gold medal tally. Japan won the overall medal tally.
   * November 5–9: Copa Tango XIII in Buenos Aires
      * Chile and Russia won 3 gold medals each. Argentina won the overall medal tally.
   * November 13–15: Copa Chile in Santiago
      * Brazil won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
   * November 19–25: China Open in Beijing
      * China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
   * December 16–19: Copa Costa Rica in San José, Costa Rica
      * France and Russia won 4 gold medals each. France won the overall medal tally.
