2015 Table Tennis Stars Nominees Announced
Courtesy of ITTF

The 2015 ITTF Star Awards, which will be in its third edition, will be held at the Lisbon’s emblematic city landmark – Patio da Gale, to celebrate the world’s best table tennis players’ achievements in 2015.

The nominees in the running for the 2015 Male & Female Table Tennis Star Awards are:

Male Table Tennis Star, as nominated by the ITTF Athletes’ Commission:

• FAN Zhendong (CHN) – 2015 Asian Champion
• MA Long (CHN) – 2015 World Champion & 2015 Men’s World Cup Champion
• Jun MIZUTANI (JPN) – GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Champion
• Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (GER) – 2015 European Games Champion, 2015 ITTF-European Cup Champion & 2015 ITTF-European Championships Champion

Female Table Tennis Star, as nominated by the ITTF Athletes’ Commission:

• DING Ning (CHN) – 2015 World Champion
• Kasumi ISHIKAWA (JPN) – GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Champion
• LIU Shiwen (CHN) – 2015 ITTF Women’s World Cup Champion
• Petrissa SOLJA (GER) – 2015 ITTF Women’s World Cup bronze medalist

Upon the nomination, world number one Ma Long shared, “It’s an honor for me to be nominated this year, and I’m glad that my efforts are being seen and recognized by the ITTF. 2015 has been a fruitful year, and I hope to keep up with my good performance this year in the future!”

Fans can now vote for their star player of 2015 at ITTFStarAwards.com. Voting will end on 25 November 2015.

Fans’ voting results will be combined with the judging outcome by an expert panel which will include their peers and the media to determine the Table Tennis Stars of 2015!

In addition to the Male and Female Table Tennis Stars, 6 other awards will be handed in Lisbon:

• Male Para Table Tennis Star
• Female Para Table Tennis Star
• Table Tennis Star Coach
• Table Tennis Star Point
• Table Tennis Breakthrough Star
• Table Tennis Fair Play Star

The nominees for these awards will be announced in the coming weeks.

For more information on the ITTF Star Awards, or to organize press accreditation, please go to ITTFStarAwards.com.