Hugo’s next competition will be the Pan American Table Tennis Championships, to be held in El Salvador from October 13 to 20. Once again, he will be the #1 seed in the men’s singles tournament. He will also take part in the mixed doubles tournament alongside Bruna Takahashi.

Here’s everything you need to know about the most important continental event of the season:

ABOUT THE TOURNAMENTS

The Pan American Championships will feature 7 tournaments:

• Men’s singles
• Women’s singles
• Men’s doubles
• Women’s doubles
• Mixed doubles
• Men’s teams
• Women’s teams

Hugo will take part in the men’s singles and mixed doubles, alongside Bruna Takahashi.

Both Hugo and Bruna won’t be able to play in the Team events, as the tournaments will end just two days before the WTT Champions Montpellier, in which their participation is mandatory.

BRAZILIANS IN ACTION

The Pan American Championships will feature 8 Brazilian players:

Individual and men’s teams

• Hugo (individual only)
• Vitor Ishiy
• Guilherme Teodoro
• Leonardo Iizuka

Women’s individual and teams

• Bruna Takahashi
• Giulia Takahashi
• Laura Watanabe
• Victoria Strassburger

Men’s doubles

• Vitor Ishiy/Guilherme Teodoro

Women’s doubles

• Giulia Takahashi/Laura Watanabe

Mixed doubles

• Hugo/Bruna Takahashi
• Guilherme Teodoro/Giulia Takahashi

COMPETITION SYSTEM

All the matches at the Pan American Championships will be played in a single-elimination system.

The matches in the singles tournaments will be played in best of 7 games. In the doubles and team competitions, it will be best of 5 games.

WHAT’S AT STAKE

Check out the world ranking points at stake in the Pan American Championship’s individual competitions:

• Champion: 500 points
• Runner-up: 350 points
• Semi-final: 175 points
• Quarter-final: 90 points
• Round of 16: 10 points

SCHEDULE

Check out the schedule for each day of the competition:

Sunday (Oct 13th)

• Mixed doubles: Round of 32
• Men’s and women’s singles: Round of 64

Monday (Oct 14th)

• Mixed doubles: Round of 16 and quarter-finals
• Men’s and women’s doubles: Round of 16
• Men’s and women’s singles: Round of 32

Tuesday (Oct 15th)

• Mixed doubles: Semi-finals
• Men’s and women’s doubles: Quarter-finals
• Men’s and women’s singles: Round of 16

Wednesday (Oct 16th)

• Mixed doubles: Final
• Men’s and women’s doubles: Semi-finals
• Men’s and women’s singles: Quarter-finals

Thursday (Oct 17th)

• Men’s and women’s doubles: Finals
• Men’s and women’s singles: Semi-finals and finals

Friday (Oct 18th)

• Men’s teams: Round of 16 and quarter-finals
• Women’s teams: Round of 16

Saturday (Oct 19th)

• Men’s teams: Semi-finals
• Women’s teams: Quarter-finals and Semi-finals

Sunday (Oct 20th)

• Men’s and women’s teams: Finals

HOW TO FOLLOW

The ITTF Americas app (Android | iOS) will broadcast the Pan American Championship matches.

You can also follow our coverage on Hugo’s WhatsApp channel and also on his broadcast channel on Instagram.