2016 in table tennis

This page lists the table tennis events for 2016.


 * December 30, 2015 – December 18, 2016: 2016 ITTF Events Calendar

2016 Summer Olympics (ITTF)

 * August 6–17: 2016 Summer Olympics in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro at the Riocentro
 * Men's singles: 🇨🇳 Ma Long;  🇨🇳 Zhang Jike;  🇯🇵 Jun Mizutani
 * Women's singles: 🇨🇳 Ding Ning;  🇨🇳 Li Xiaoxia;  🇰🇵 Kim Song-i
 * Men's team: ;  ;
 * Women's team: ;  ;

Table tennis World Cups & Championships

 * February 28 – March 6: 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships in 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur
 * Men's team winners: 🇨🇳
 * Women's team winners: 🇨🇳
 * October 1–3: 2016 Men's World Cup in 🇩🇪 Saarbrücken
 * Winner: 🇨🇳 Fan Zhendong
 * October 7–9: 2016 Women's World Cup in 🇺🇸 Philadelphia
 * Winner: 🇯🇵 Miu Hirano
 * October 21–29: 2016 ITTF World Cadet Challenge in 🇨🇳 Shanghai
 * Cadet boys' singles winner: 🇰🇷 CHO Dae-seong
 * Cadet girls' singles winner: 🇯🇵 Miyuu Kihara
 * Cadet boys' doubles winners: 🇦🇹 Maciej Kolodziejczyk / 🇷🇺 Vladimir Sidorenko
 * Cadet girls' doubles winners: 🇨🇳 HUANG Yingqi / 🇰🇷 RYU Han-na
 * Cadet mixed doubles winners: 🇰🇷 CHO Dae-seong / 🇺🇸 Amy Wang
 * November 30 – December 7: 2016 World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Cape Town
 * Junior boys' team winners: 🇯🇵
 * Junior girls' team winners: 🇯🇵

Continental table tennis championships

 * February 1–7: 2016 Latin American Table Tennis Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico
 * Men's singles winner: 🇧🇷 Hugo Calderano
 * Women's singles winner: 🇧🇷 Lin Gui
 * Men's U21 singles winner: Brian Afanador
 * Women's U21 singles winner: Adriana Díaz
 * Men's doubles winners: 🇦🇷 Gaston Alto / Pablo Tabachnik
 * Women's doubles winners: 🇻🇪 Gremlis Arvelo / Neridee Nino
 * Mixed doubles winners: 🇧🇷 Vitor Ishiy / Caroline Kumahara
 * February 5–7: 2016 Europe TOP 16 Cup in Gondomar, Portugal
 * Men's singles winner: 🇩🇪 Dimitrij Ovtcharov
 * Women's singles winner: 🇪🇸 Shen Yanfei
 * February 14–15: 2016 Africa TOP 16 Cup in Khartoum
 * Men's singles winner: Quadri Aruna
 * Women's singles winner: 🇪🇬 Dina Meshref
 * March 20–24: 2016 Oceania Table Tennis Championships in 🇦🇺 Bendigo
 * Men's singles winner: 🇦🇺 Chris Yan
 * Women's singles winner: 🇦🇺 Jian Fang Lay
 * Men's doubles winners: 🇰🇮 Choy Freddy / Yoshua Shing
 * Women's doubles winners: 🇳🇿 (Natalie Paterson, RAO Ruofei)
 * Mixed doubles winners: 🇳🇿 (LIN Yi-Sien, RAO Ruofei)
 * April 6–12: 2016 African Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championships in Algiers
 * Junior boys' singles winner: 🇪🇬 Youssef Abdel-Aziz
 * Junior girls' singles winner: 🇪🇬 Amira Yousry
 * Cadet boys' singles winner: 🇪🇬 Marwan Abdelwahab
 * Cadet girls' singles winner: 🇪🇬 Rinad Fathy
 * Junior boys' doubles winners: 🇪🇬 Youssef Abdel-Aziz / Karim Elhakem
 * Junior girls' doubles winners: 🇪🇬 Mariam Alhodaby / Amira Yousry
 * Junior mixed doubles winners: 🇪🇬 Youssef Abdel-Aziz / Mariam Alhodaby
 * April 9–10: 2016 Oceania Junior Table Tennis Championships in 🇦🇺 Tweed Heads, New South Wales
 * Boys' junior singles winner: 🇦🇺 Benjamin Gould
 * Girls' junior singles winner: 🇦🇺 Holly Nicholas
 * Boys' cadet singles winner: 🇳🇿 Zhao Yanglun
 * Girls' cadet singles winner: 🇳🇿 Vong Hui Ling
 * Boys' junior team winners: 🇦🇺
 * Girls' junior team winners: 🇦🇺
 * Boys' cadet team winners: 🇳🇿
 * Girls' cadet team winners: 🇦🇺
 * April 28–30: 2016 Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament in Dubai
 * Men's singles winner: 🇨🇳 Xu Xin
 * Women's singles winner: 🇨🇳 Liu Shiwen
 * June 3–5: 2016 Latin American Cup Table Tennis Tournament in Guatemala City
 * Men's singles winner: 🇧🇷 Hugo Calderano
 * Women's singles winner: 🇨🇴 Lady Ruano
 * June 13–14: 2016 ITTF-Oceania Cup in 🇦🇺 Melbourne
 * Men's singles winner: 🇦🇺 David Powell
 * Women's singles winner: 🇦🇺 Zhenhua Dederko
 * June 24: 2016 North America Cup Table Tennis Tournament in 🇨🇦 Burnaby
 * Men's singles winner: 🇺🇸 FENG Yijun
 * Women's singles winner: 🇺🇸 WU Yue
 * June 25–30: 2016 Pan American Junior Table Tennis Championships in 🇨🇦 Burnaby
 * Boys' junior singles winner: 🇺🇸 Kanak Jha
 * Girls' junior singles winner: Adriana Diaz
 * Boys' junior doubles winners: 🇦🇷 Horacio Cifuentes / Francisco Sanchi
 * Girls' junior doubles winners: 🇧🇷 Leticia Nakada / Bruna Takahashi
 * Junior mixed doubles winners: Yomar Gonzalez / Adriana Diaz
 * Boys' junior team winners: 🇺🇸
 * Girls' junior team winners: 🇺🇸
 * July 8–17: 2016 Table Tennis European Youth Championships in Zagreb
 * Junior boys' singles winner: 🇫🇷 Alexandre Cassin
 * Junior boys' doubles winners: 🇩🇪 Tobias Hippler / Nils Hohmeier
 * Junior girls' singles winner: 🇷🇴 Adina Diaconu
 * Junior girls' doubles winners: 🇧🇪 Lisa Lung / Eline Loyen
 * Cadet boys' singles winner: 🇷🇺 Vladimir Sidorenko
 * Cadet boys' team winners: 🇦🇹 Maciej Kolodziejczyk / 🇲🇩 Vladislav Ursu
 * Cadet girls' singles winner: 🇷🇺 Maria Tailakova
 * Cadet girls' team winners: 🇷🇴 Tania Plaian / 🇷🇺 Ekaterina Zironova
 * September 10: 2016 North America Table Tennis Team Championships in 🇺🇸 Milpitas, California
 * Note: The only teams that competed here are Canada and the United States.
 * Men's team: The 🇺🇸 defeated 🇨🇦, 3–1, in matches played.
 * Women's team: The 🇺🇸 defeated 🇨🇦, 3–2, in matches played.
 * September 16–21: 2016 Asian Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championships in 🇹🇭 Bangkok
 * Junior boys' singles winner: 🇨🇳 XU Haidong
 * Junior boys' doubles winners: 🇰🇵 KIM Song Gun / HAM Yu Song
 * Junior girls' singles winner: 🇨🇳 QIAN Tianyi
 * Junior girls' doubles winners: 🇭🇰 Minnie Wai-Yam Soo / MAK Tze Wing
 * Junior mixed doubles winners: 🇨🇳 CAO Wei / SHI Xunyao
 * Cadet boys' singles winner: 🇨🇳 NIU Guankai
 * Cadet girls' singles winner: 🇨🇳 SHI Xunyao
 * October 7–9: 2016 Europe Youth Top 10 in 🇨🇿 Prague
 * Junior boys' singles winner: 🇨🇿 Tomáš Polansky
 * Junior girls' singles winner: 🇫🇷 Audrey Zarif
 * Cadet boys' singles winner: 🇸🇪 Truls Moregard
 * Cadet girls' singles winner: 🇷🇺 Anastasia Kolish
 * October 18–23: 2016 European Table Tennis Championships in 🇭🇺 Budapest
 * Men's singles winner: 🇫🇷 Emmanuel Lebesson
 * Women's singles winner: 🇹🇷 Melek Hu
 * Men's doubles winners: 🇩🇪 Patrick Franziska / Jonathan Groth
 * Women's doubles winners: 🇩🇪 Kristin Silbereisen / Sabine Winter
 * Mixed doubles winners: João Monteiro / 🇷🇴 Daniela Dodean
 * October 24–30: 2016 African Table Tennis Championships in 🇲🇦 Agadir
 * Men's singles winner: 🇪🇬 Omar Assar
 * Women's singles winner: Olufunke Oshonaike
 * Men's doubles winners: Quadri Aruna / Segun Toriola
 * Women's doubles winners: 🇪🇬 Yousra Abdel Razek / Dina Meshref
 * Mixed doubles winners: 🇪🇬 Omar Assar / Dina Meshref

2016 ITTF World Tour

 * January 20–24: 🇭🇺 Hungarian Open in Budapest
 * Men's singles: Chuang Chih-yuan
 * Women's singles: 🇭🇰 Tie Ya Na
 * Men's doubles: Chuang Chih-yuan / HUANG Sheng-Sheng
 * Women's doubles: 🇰🇷 JEON Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun
 * January 27–31: 🇩🇪 German Open in Berlin
 * Men's singles: 🇨🇳 Ma Long
 * Women's singles: 🇨🇳 Wu Yang
 * Men's doubles: 🇯🇵 Masataka Morizono / Yuya Oshima
 * Women's doubles: 🇰🇷 JEON Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun
 * February 10–14: $\phi$ Open in Manila
 * Event cancelled.
 * March 16–20: Kuwait Open in Kuwait City
 * Men's singles: 🇨🇳 Zhang Jike
 * Women's singles: 🇨🇳 Li Xiaoxia
 * Men's doubles: 🇨🇳 Xu Xin / Zhang Jike
 * Women's doubles: 🇨🇳 Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen
 * March 23–27: 🇶🇦 Qatar Open in Doha
 * Men's singles: 🇨🇳 Ma Long
 * Women's singles: 🇨🇳 Liu Shiwen
 * Men's doubles: 🇨🇳 Fan Zhendong / Zhang Jike
 * Women's doubles: 🇨🇳 Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen
 * April 5–9: Open in Santiago
 * Men's singles: 🇫🇷 Antoine Hachard
 * Women's singles: Rachel Moret
 * Men's doubles: 🇫🇷 Antoine Hachard / Romain Ruiz
 * Women's doubles: Maria Lorenzotti / 🇦🇷 Candela Molero (default)
 * April 20–24: 🇵🇱 Polish Open in Warsaw
 * Men's singles: 🇯🇵 Jun Mizutani
 * Women's singles: 🇯🇵 Miu Hirano
 * Men's doubles: 🇯🇵 Masataka Morizono / Yuya Oshima
 * Women's doubles: 🇰🇷 JEON Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun
 * May 18–22: Open in Lagos
 * Men's singles: 🇫🇮 Benedek Olah
 * Women's singles: Jieni Shao
 * Men's doubles: 🇷🇺 Andrey Bukin / Vasilij Filatov
 * Women's doubles: 🇷🇺 Irina Ermakova / Olga Kulikova
 * May 24–28: Open in Zagreb
 * Men's singles: 🇰🇷 Joo Sae-hyuk
 * Women's singles: 🇯🇵 Hitomi Satō
 * Men's doubles: 🇩🇪 Patrick Franziska / Jonathan Groth
 * Women's doubles: 🇭🇰 Doo Hoi Kem / LEE Ho Ching
 * June 1–5: Open in Otočec
 * Men's singles: 🇯🇵 Jun Mizutani
 * Women's singles: Feng Tianwei
 * Men's doubles: 🇭🇰 HO Kwan Kit / Wong Chun Ting
 * Women's doubles: 🇷🇺 Maria Dolgikh / Polina Mikhailova
 * June 8–12: 🇦🇺 Australian Open in Melbourne
 * Men's singles: 🇯🇵 Jun Mizutani
 * Women's singles: 🇯🇵 Hina Hayata
 * Men's doubles: 🇯🇵 Takuya Jin / Yuki Morita
 * Women's doubles: 🇯🇵 Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Satō
 * June 15–19: 🇯🇵 Japan Open in Tokyo
 * Men's singles: 🇨🇳 Fan Zhendong
 * Women's singles: 🇨🇳 Liu Shiwen
 * Men's doubles: 🇨🇳 Ma Long / Xu Xin
 * Women's doubles: 🇨🇳 Ding Ning / Li Xiaoxia
 * June 22–26: 🇰🇷 Korea Open in Incheon
 * Men's singles: 🇨🇳 Xu Xin
 * Women's singles: 🇨🇳 Ding Ning
 * Men's doubles: 🇨🇳 Xu Xin / Zhang Jike
 * Women's doubles: 🇨🇳 Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen
 * June 29 – July 3: 🇰🇵 Open in Pyongyang
 * Men's singles: 🇰🇵 KANG Wi Hun
 * Women's singles: 🇰🇵 KIM Song I
 * Men's doubles: 🇨🇳 Cao Wei / XU Yingbin
 * Women's doubles: 🇰🇵 KIM Song I / Ri Myong-sun
 * August 24–28: 🇧🇬 Open in Panagyurishte
 * Men's singles: 🇨🇿 Tomáš Konečný
 * Women's singles: 🇯🇵 Yuka Ishigaki
 * Men's doubles: 🇷🇺 Alexey Liventsov / Mikhail Paikov
 * Women's doubles: 🇯🇵 Miyu Kato / Misaki Morizono
 * August 31 – September 4: 🇨🇿 Czech Open in Olomouc
 * Men's singles: 🇯🇵 Yuto Muramatsu
 * Women's singles: YANG Xiaoxin
 * Men's doubles: 🇰🇷 CHO Eon-rae / PARK Jeong-woo
 * Women's doubles: 🇸🇪 Matilda Ekholm / 🇭🇺 Georgina Póta
 * September 7–11: 🇧🇾 Open in Minsk
 * Men's singles: 🇰🇷 JANG Woo-jin
 * Women's singles: 🇯🇵 Saki Shibata
 * Men's doubles: 🇰🇷 JANG Woo-jin / LIM Jong-hoon
 * Women's doubles: 🇯🇵 Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Satō
 * September 14–18: 🇨🇳 China Open in Chengdu
 * Men's singles: 🇨🇳 Fan Zhendong
 * Women's singles: 🇨🇳 Ding Ning
 * Men's doubles: 🇨🇳 Ma Long / Zhang Jike
 * Women's doubles: 🇨🇳 Chen Meng / Zhu Yuling
 * September 20–24: 🇧🇪 Open in De Haan
 * Men's singles: 🇮🇳 Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
 * Women's singles: 🇭🇺 Georgina Póta
 * Men's doubles: 🇷🇺 Alexey Liventsov / Mikhail Paikov
 * Women's doubles: 🇭🇺 Georgina Póta / 🇷🇺 Yulia Prokhorova
 * November 9–13: 🇦🇹 Austrian Open in Linz
 * Men's singles: 🇯🇵 Kenta Matsudaira
 * Women's singles: 🇯🇵 Mima Ito
 * Men's doubles: 🇩🇪 Patrick Franziska / Jonathan Groth
 * Women's doubles: 🇯🇵 Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Satō
 * November 15–20: 🇸🇪 Swedish Open in Stockholm
 * Men's singles: 🇯🇵 Yuya Oshima
 * Women's singles: 🇯🇵 Kasumi Ishikawa
 * Men's doubles: 🇧🇷 Hugo Calderano / Gustavo Tsuboi
 * Women's doubles: Cheng I-ching / Lee I-Chen
 * December 8–11: 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in 🇶🇦 Doha
 * Men's singles: 🇨🇳 Ma Long
 * Women's singles: 🇨🇳 Zhu Yuling
 * Men's doubles: 🇰🇷 Jung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su
 * Women's doubles: 🇯🇵 Yui Hamamoto / Hina Hayata