title: 2015 in table tennis
text: # 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.
  