2017 in table tennis
# 2017 in table tennis

This page lists notable table tennis events taking place in 2017, including the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships and the 2017 ITTF World Tour.

## World table tennis championships

### Senior

* May 29 – June 5: 2017 World Table Tennis Championships in Düsseldorf

    Event Gold Silver Bronze Men's singles Ma Long Fan Zhendong Xu Xin Lee Sang-su Women's singles Ding Ning Zhu Yuling Miu Hirano Liu Shiwen Men's doubles Fan Zhendong Xu Xin Masataka Morizono Yuya Oshima Jung Young-sik Lee Sang-su Koki Niwa Maharu Yoshimura Women's doubles Ding Ning Liu Shiwen Chen Meng Zhu Yuling Feng Tianwei Yu Mengyu Hina Hayata Mima Ito Mixed doubles Maharu Yoshimura Kasumi Ishikawa Chen Chien-an Cheng I-ching Fang Bo Petrissa Solja Wong Chun Ting Doo Hoi Kem
* October 20–22: 2017 ITTF Men's World Cup in Liège
   * Dimitrij Ovtcharov
   * Timo Boll
   * Ma Long
* October 27–29: 2017 ITTF Women's World Cup in Markham
   * Zhu Yuling
   * Liu Shiwen
   * Cheng I-ching

### Junior and cadet

* October 21–29: 2017 World Cadet Challenge in Suva
   * Cadet boys' singles: NIU Guankai
   * Cadet girls' singles: Yumeno Soma
   * Cadet boys' doubles: FENG Yi-Hsin & NIU Guankai
   * Cadet girls' doubles: HUANG Yingqi & Yumeno Soma
   * Cadet mixed doubles: NIU Guankai & Jamila Laurenti
* November 26 – December 3: 2017 World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Riva del Garda
   * Junior boys' singles: XUE Fei
   * Junior girls' singles: SUN Yingsha
   * Junior boys' doubles: XUE Fei & WANG Chuqin
   * Junior girls' doubles: SHI Xunyao & SUN Yingsha
   * Junior mixed doubles: XUE Fei & Wang Manyu

### Para TT

* May 17–20: 2017 Para Table Tennis World Team Championships in Bratislava
   * For results, click here for this event's results book page.

## Continental table tennis championships

### Africa

* April 9–15: 2017 African Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championships in Tunis
* July 1–3: 2017 African Cup in Agadir
   * Men's singles: Quadri Aruna
   * Women's singles: Dina Meshref

### Americas

**Senior**

* July 28–30: 2017 Pan American Cup in San José
   * Men's singles: Gustavo Tsuboi
   * Women's singles: Lily Zhang
* September 11–17: 2017 Pan American Table Tennis Championships in Cartagena
   * Men's singles: Hugo Calderano
   * Women's singles: Adriana Díaz
   * Men's doubles: Vitor Ishiy & Eric Jouti
   * Women's doubles: Alicia Cote & Zhang Mo
   * Mixed doubles: Vitor Ishiy & Bruna Takahashi
   * Men's team: Brazil (Eric Jouti, Thiago Monteiro, & Vitor Ishiy)
   * Women's team: Brazil (Bruna Takahashi, Lin Gui, & Bruna Alexandre)

**Junior and cadet**

* February 8–11: 2017 Central American Junior & Cadet Championships in Guatemala City
* March 18–22: 2017 South American Junior & Cadet Championships in Asunción
* June 20–25: 2017 Pan American Junior Table Tennis Championships in Buenos Aires

**Para TT**

* November 28 – December 4: 2017 Para TT Americas Championships in San José

### Asia

**Senior**

* April 9–16: 2017 Asian Table Tennis Championships in Wuxi
   * Men's singles: Fan Zhendong
   * Women's singles: Miu Hirano
   * Men's doubles: Fan Zhendong & Lin Gaoyuan
   * Women's doubles: Chen Meng & Zhu Yuling
   * Mixed doubles: Zhou Yu & Chen Xingtong
   * Men's team: China
   * Women's team: China
* September 15–17: 2017 Asian Cup in Ahmedabad
   * Men's singles: Lin Gaoyuan
   * Women's singles: Zhu Yuling

**Junior and cadet**

* June 29 – July 4: 2017 Asian Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championships in Asan

**Para TT**

* August 23–31: Para TT Asian Championships in Beijing
   * China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

### Europe

**Senior**

* February 3–5: 2017 Europe Top-16 in Antibes
   * Men: Dimitrij Ovtcharov; Alexander Shibaev; Simon Gauzy
   * Women: Li Jie; Petrissa Solja; Sabine Winter
* June 26 – July 1: 2017 European Veterans Championships in Helsingborg
   * For results, click here.
* September 13–17: 2017 European Team Table Tennis Championships in Luxembourg City
   * Men: Germany; Portugal; Slovenia & France
   * Women: Romania; Germany; Netherlands & Russia

**U-21, Junior and cadet**

* February 2–5: 2017 European Under-21 Table Tennis Championships in Sochi (debut event)
   * Men's singles: Tomislav Pucar
   * Women's singles: Chantal Mantz
   * Men's doubles: Anders Lind & Alexander Valuch
   * Women's doubles: Eline Loyen & Lisa Lung
* July 14–23: 2017 European Youth Table Tennis Championships in Guimarães
   * Men's singles: Ioannis Sgouropoulos
   * Women's singles: Ning Jing
   * Men's doubles: Cristian Pletea & Denis Ivonin
   * Women's doubles: Maria Yovkova & Fanni Harasztovich
   * Mixed doubles: Jules Rolland & Lucie Gauthier
   * teams: Germany (m) / Russia (f)
* September 8–10: 2017 Europe Youth Top-10 in Worcester
   * Junior boys' winner: Cristian Pletea
   * Junior girls' winner: Adina Diaconu
   * Cadet boys' winner: Samuel Kulczycki
   * Cadet girls' winner: Sophia Klee

**Para TT**

* September 26 – October 5: 2017 Para TT European Championships in Laško
   * Ukraine won the gold medal tally. Turkey and Poland won 12 overall medals each.

### Oceania

* April 13–16: 2017 Oceania Junior Table Tennis Championships in Suva
* April 13–16: 2017 Oceania Para Table Tennis Championships in Suva
* April 15–16: 2017 ITTF-Oceania Cup in Suva
   * Men: David Powell; Kane Townsend; Yoshua Shing
   * Women: Jian Fang Lay; Melissa Tapper; Solenn Danger

## 2017 ITTF World Tour

### World Tour Platinum events

* February 21–26: Qatar Open in Doha
   * Men's singles: Ma Long
   * Women's singles: Chen Meng
   * Men's doubles: Masataka Morizono & Yuya Oshima
   * Women's doubles: Chen Meng & Wang Manyu
   * Under-21 Men's singles: Lam Siu Hang
   * Under-21 Women's singles: Doo Hoi Kem
* June 14–18: Japan Open in Tokyo
   * Men's singles: Ma Long
   * Women's singles: Sun Yingsha
   * Men's doubles: Ma Long & Xu Xin
   * Women's doubles: Chen Xingtong & Sun Yingsha
   * Under-21 Men's singles: Lim Jong-hoon
   * Under-21 Women's singles: Yuka Umemura
* June 20–25: China Open in Chengdu
   * Men's singles: Dimitrij Ovtcharov
   * Women's singles: Ding Ning
   * Men's doubles: Jin Ueda & Maharu Yoshimura
   * Women's doubles: Ding Ning & Liu Shiwen
   * Under-21 Men's singles: Yuto Kizukuri
   * Under-21 Women's singles: Maki Shiomi
* July 2–7: Australian Open in Brisbane
   * Men's singles: Vladimir Samsonov
   * Women's singles: Chen Meng
   * Men's doubles: JANG Woo-jin & PARK Gang-hyeon
   * Women's doubles: Chen Meng & Zhu Yuling
   * Under-21 Men's singles: PARK Gang-hyeon
   * Under-21 Women's singles: Saki Shibata
* September 19–24: Austrian Open in Linz
   * Men's singles: LIN Gaoyuan
   * Women's singles: Wang Manyu
   * Men's doubles: Koki Niwa & Jin Ueda
   * Women's doubles: CHEN Xingtong & SUN Yingsha
   * Under-21 Men's singles: XUE Fei
   * Under-21 Women's singles: Zhang Rui
* November 7–12: German Open in Magdeburg
   * Men's singles: Dimitrij Ovtcharov
   * Women's singles: Chen Meng
   * Men's doubles: Jung Young-sik & Lee Sang-su
   * Women's doubles: Hina Hayata & Miu Hirano
   * Under-21 Men's singles: XUE Fei
   * Under-21 Women's singles: CHEN Ke

### World Tour events

* January 17–22: Hungarian Open in Budapest
   * Men's singles: Yan An
   * Women's singles: Chen Xingtong
   * Men's doubles: Fang Bo & Zhou Yu
   * Women's doubles: Chen Xingtong & Li Jiayi
   * Under-21 Men's singles: Kirill Gerassimenko
   * Under-21 Women's singles: Zeng Jian
* February 14–19: India Open in New Delhi
   * Men's singles: Dimitrij Ovtcharov
   * Women's singles: Sakura Mori
   * Men's doubles: Masataka Morizono & Yuya Oshima
   * Women's doubles: Matilda Ekholm & Georgina Póta
   * Under-21 Men's singles: Asuka Sakai
   * Under-21 Women's singles: Sakura Mori
* April 18–23: Korea Open in Incheon
   * Men's singles: Timo Boll
   * Women's singles: Feng Tianwei
   * Men's doubles: Jang Woo-jin & Jeong Sang-eun
   * Women's doubles: Shan Xiaona & Petrissa Solja
   * Under-21 Men's singles: Lim Jong-hoon
   * Under-21 Women's singles: Minami Ando
* August 15–20: Bulgaria Open in Panagyurishte
   * Men's singles: Dimitrij Ovtcharov
   * Women's singles: Kasumi Ishikawa
   * Men's doubles: Jin Ueda & Maharu Yoshimura
   * Women's doubles: Kasumi Ishikawa & Mima Ito
   * Under-21 Men's singles: Mizuki Oikawa
   * Under-21 Women's singles: Mizuki Morizono
* August 22–27: Czech Open in Olomouc
   * Men's singles: Tomokazu Harimoto
   * Women's singles: Mima Ito
   * Men's doubles: Patrick Franziska & Jonathan Groth
   * Women's doubles: Hina Hayata & Mima Ito
   * Under-21 Men's singles: Can Akkuzu
   * Under-21 Women's singles: Adriana Díaz
* November 13–19: Swedish Open in Stockholm
   * Men's singles: Xu Xin
   * Women's singles: CHEN Xingtong
   * Men's doubles: Fan Zhendong & Xu Xin
   * Women's doubles: Hina Hayata & Mima Ito
   * Under-21 Men's singles: PARK Gang-hyeon
   * Under-21 Women's singles: Zhang Rui

### Grand Finals

* December 14–17: 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in Astana
   * Men's singles: Fan Zhendong
   * Women's singles: Chen Meng
   * Men's doubles: Masataka Morizono & Yuya Oshima
   * Women's doubles: Chen Meng & Zhu Yuling

## 2017 ITTF Challenge Series

* March 15–19: Belarus Open in Minsk
   * Men's singles: Vladimir Samsonov
   * Women's singles: Hitomi Sato
   * Men's doubles: Daniel Górak & Wang Zengyi
   * Women's doubles: Miyu Kato & Misaki Morizono
   * Under-21 Men's singles: Cristian Pletea
   * Under-21 Women's singles: Saki Shibata
* March 29 – April 2: Thailand Open in Bangkok
   * Men's singles: Jin Ueda
   * Women's singles: Hitomi Sato
   * Men's doubles: Kenji Matsudaira & Jin Ueda
   * Women's doubles: Honoka Hashimoto & Hitomi Sato
   * Under-21 Men's singles: Yuma Tsuboi
   * Under-21 Women's singles: Saki Shibata
* April 26–30: Chile Open in Santiago
   * Men's singles: Soumyajit Ghosh
   * Women's singles: Caroline Kumahara
   * Men's doubles: Amalraj Anthony & Soumyajit Ghosh
   * Women's doubles: Ana Codina & Candela Molero
   * Under-21 Men's singles: Horacio Cifuentes
   * Under-21 Women's singles: Valentina Rios
* April 26–30: Slovenia Open in Otočec
   * Men's singles: Bastian Steger
   * Women's singles: Hitomi Sato
   * Men's doubles: Choi Won-jin & Lee Jung-woo
   * Women's doubles: Matilda Ekholm & Georgina Pota
   * Under-21 Men's singles: Yuki Matsuyama
   * Under-21 Women's singles: Adriana Diaz
* May 2–6: Croatia Open in Zagreb
   * Men's singles: Panagiotis Gionis
   * Women's singles: Honoka Hashimoto
   * Men's doubles: Viktor Brodd & Hampus Nordberg
   * Women's doubles: Honoka Hashimoto & Hitomi Sato
   * Under-21 Men's singles: Koyo Kanamitsu
   * Under-21 Women's singles: Adina Diaconu
* May 3–7: Brazil Open in São Paulo
   * Men's singles: Hugo Calderano
   * Women's singles: Bernadette Szőcs
   * Men's doubles: Hugo Calderano & Gustavo Tsuboi
   * Women's doubles: Bernadette Szőcs & Audrey Zarif
   * Under-21 Men's singles: Andrea Landrieu
   * Under-21 Women's singles: Bruna Takahashi
* August 2–6: Pyongyang Open in Pyongyang
   * Men's singles: PAK Sin Hyok
   * Women's singles: Kim Song-i
   * Men's doubles: CHOE Il & PAK Sin Hyok
   * Women's doubles: CHOE Hyon Hwa & KIM Song I
   * Under-21 Men's singles: KIM Ok Chan
   * Under-21 Women's singles: RI Hyon Sim
* August 9–13: Nigeria Open in Lagos
   * Men's singles: Omar Assar
   * Women's singles: Dina Meshref
   * Men's doubles: Antoine Hachard & Gregoire Jean
   * Women's doubles: Bernadett Balint & Szandra Pergel
   * Under-21 Men's singles: Youssef Abdel-Aziz
   * Under-21 Women's singles: Giorgia Piccolin
* October 4–8: Polish Open in Warsaw
   * Men's singles: Quadri Aruna
   * Women's singles: Mima Ito
   * Men's doubles: Ho Kwan Kit & NG Pak Nam
   * Women's doubles: Doo Hoi Kem & Lee Ho Ching
   * Under-21 Men's singles: Mizuki Oikawa
   * Under-21 Women's singles: Nina Mittelham
* October 31 – November 4: Belgium Open in De Haan
   * Men's singles: KIM Dong-hyun
   * Women's singles: Saki Shibata
   * Men's doubles: Patrick Franziska & Ricardo Walther
   * Women's doubles: Honoka Hashimoto & Hitomi Satō
   * Under-21 Men's singles: Shunsuke Togami
   * Under-21 Women's singles: LI Yu-Jhun
* November 22–26: Spanish Open in Almería
   * Men's singles: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
   * Women's singles: Hina Hayata
   * Men's doubles: CHO Seung-min & PARK Gang-hyeon
   * Women's doubles: Jeon Ji-hee & Yang Ha-eun
   * Under-21 Men's singles: LAM Siu Hang
   * Under-21 Women's singles: Satsuki Odo

## 2017 ITTF World Junior Circuit

### Golden Series events

* May 10–14: Thailand Junior & Cadet Open in Bangkok
* May 24–28: Polish Junior & Cadet Open in Władysławowo
* June 21–25: China Junior & Cadet Open in Taicang
* August 2–6: Hong Kong Junior & Cadet Open in Hong Kong

### Premium events

* February 8–12: Czech Junior & Cadet Open in Hodonín
* February 15–19: French Junior & Cadet Open in Metz
* March 8–12: Italian Junior & Cadet Open in Lignano
* September 13–17: Croatia Junior & Cadet Open in Varaždin
* October 28 – November 1: India Junior & Cadet Open in Greater Noida
* November 8–12: Hungary Junior & Cadet Open in Szombathely

### Regular events

* February 22–26: Swedish Junior & Cadet Open in Örebro
* March 23–26: Paraguay Junior & Cadet Open in Asunción
* April 3–7: Tunisia Junior & Cadet Open in Radès
* April 8–11: Australian Junior & Cadet Open in Tweed Heads
* April 19–23: Belgium Junior & Cadet Open in Spa
* May 17–21: Spanish Junior & Cadet Open in Platja d'Aro
* June 1–4: Slovak Junior Open in Senec
   * Junior boys' singles: Luke Savill
   * Junior girls' singles: SU Pei-Ling
   * Junior boys' doubles: Patrik Juhasz & Istvan Molnar
   * Junior girls' doubles: CHEN Ting-Ting & SU Pei-Ling
* June 18–19: Argentina Junior Open in Buenos Aires
   * Junior boys' singles: Kanak Jha
   * Junior girls' singles: Amy Wang
* July 25–29: Jordan Junior & Cadet Open in Amman
* August 16–20: El Salvador Junior & Cadet Open in San Salvador
* September 20–24: Slovenia Junior & Cadet Open in Otočec
* October 4–8: Serbia Junior & Cadet Open in Vrnjačka Banja
* October 11–15: Egypt Junior & Cadet Open in Sharm El Sheikh
* November 3–5: Slovak Cadet Open in Bratislava
   * Cadet boys' singles: Maciej Kubik
   * Cadet girls' singles: Naomi Pranjkovic
   * Cadet boys' doubles: Ivor Ban & Filip Borovnjak
   * Cadet girls' doubles: Ana Cristina Barbu & Diana Radu
* November 22–25: Portugal Junior & Cadet Open in Guimarães

### Finals

* February 2–4, 2018: 2017 ITTF World Junior Circuit Finals in Luxembourg City

## Table tennis at multi-sport events

* May 17–22: 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku
   * Men's singles: Noshad Alamian; Nima Alamian; Li Ping
   * Women's singles: Melek Hu; Zhing Ning; Miao Wang
   * Men's team: Iran; Turkey; Azerbaijan
   * Women's team: Iran; Azerbaijan; Turkey
* June 24–30: 2017 Island Games in Gotland
   * Men's singles: Björn Axelsson; Ivik Nielsen; Garry Dodd; Nisse Lundberg
   * Women's singles: Marina Donner; Henrietta Nielsen; Dawn Morgan; Evelina Carlsson
   * Men's doubles: Ivik Nielsen & Aqqalu Nielsen; Garry Dodd & Joshua Stacey; Joshua Band & Jordan Wykes; Niklas Ahlgren & Max Hedbom
   * Women's doubles: Durita Fríðadóttir Jensen & Henrietta Nielsen; Annika Ahlgren & Lina Olofsson; Evelina Carlsson & Elin Schwartz; Charlotte Casey & Daisy Kershaw
   * Mixed doubles: Marina Donner & Johan Pettersson; Björn Axelsson & Evelina Carlsson; Kelsey le Maistre & Jordan Wykes; Garry Dodd & Dawn Morgan
   * team: Guernsey; Greenland; Åland Islands; Gotland
* August 19–31: 2017 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur
   * Men's singles: Gao Ning; Clarence Chew-Zhe Yu; Padasak Tanviriyavechakul; Richard Gonzales
   * Women's singles: Feng Tianwei; Zhou Yihan; Nanthana Komwong; Suthasini Sawettabut
   * Men's doubles: Gao Ning & Pang Xue Jie; Clarence Chew-Zhe Yu & Ethan Poh-Shao Feng; Ficky Supit Santoso & M. Bima Abdi Negara; Padasak Tanviriyavechakul & Supanut Wisutmaythangkoon
   * Women's doubles: Feng Tianwei & Yu Mengyu; Lin Ye & Zhou Yihan; Gustin Dwijayanti & Lilis Indriani; Mai Hoàng Mỹ Trang & Nguyễn Thị Nga
   * Mixed doubles: Padasak Tanviriyavechakul & Suthasini Sawettabut; Pang Xue Jie & Yu Mengyu; Clarence Chew-Zhe Yu & Zhou Yihan; Đinh Quang Linh & Mai Hoàng Mỹ Trang
   * Men's team: Vietnam; Singapore; Malaysia; Indonesia
   * Women's team: Singapore; Thailand; Indonesia; Malaysia
* August 22–29: 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei
   * Men's singles: Masataka Morizono; Chen Chien-an; Pak Sin-hyok; Alexandre Robinot
   * Women's singles: Jeon Ji-hee; Cheng I-ching; Kim Song-i; Bernadette Szőcs
   * Men's doubles: Masataka Morizono & Yuya Oshima; Jang Woo-jin & Lim Jong-hoon; Chen Chien-an & Chiang Hung-chieh; Lee Chia-sheng & Liao Cheng-ting
   * Women's doubles: Ayami Narumoto & Rei Yamamoto; Cha Hyo-sim & Kim Nam-hae; Minami Ando & Rika Suzuki; Jeon Ji-hee & Lee Eun-hye
   * Mixed doubles: Jang Woo-jin & Jeon Ji-hee; Kazuhiro Yoshimira & Minami Ando; Liao Cheng-ting & Chen Szu-yu; Pak Sin-hyok & Kim Nam-hae
   * Men's team: China; Japan; Chinese Taipei; South Korea
   * Women's team: South Korea; Japan; Chinese Taipei; China
* September 17–23: 2017 ASEAN Para Games in Kuala Lumpur
   * Indonesia won the gold medal tally. Thailand won the overall medal tally.
