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">International Table Tennis Federation">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:
* Mixed doubles winners:
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: 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
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