ITTF World Tour

ITTF World Tour
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2018 ITTF World Tour
Sport Table tennis
Founded 1996
Owner(s) International Table Tennis Federation
Sponsor(s) Seamaster
Related
competitions		 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
ITTF Challenge Series

The ITTF World Tour, known as the ITTF Pro Tour until 2011, is an annual series of table tennis tournaments introduced by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in 1996. The tour includes events in six categories: Men's and Women's Singles, Men's and Women's Doubles, and Under-21 Men's and Women's Singles. The tour has its own points system, with players accumulating points based on their performances in the tournaments they enter.[1] The players who gain the most points in each of the six different categories will be invited to participate in the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals at the end of the year.

Overview

ITTF Pro Tour (1996–2011)

Number of tournaments in each year (Grand Finals not counted):

Year1996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011
Number of tournaments 1014111291213101614161714141316
Location of Grand Finals ChinaHong KongFranceAustraliaJapanChinaSwedenChinaChinaChinaHong KongChinaMacauMacauSouth KoreaEngland

ITTF World Tour (2012–present)

Number of tournaments in each year (Grand Finals not counted):

Year2012201320142015201620172018
Number of tournaments 21192022201212
Location of Grand Finals ChinaUnited Arab EmiratesThailandPortugalQatarKazakhstanTBA

Winners of the tournaments

Grand Finals

Tournaments by year

This is a list of tournaments that have featured in the ITTF Pro Tour and ITTF World Tour since 1996, with "•" indicating the years in which each tournament featured.[2] Please note that from 2004–09 and again from 2011–13 there were two China Open tournaments in each calendar year.

Since 2017, the ITTF Challenge Series has been run as a separate tour, reducing the number of tournaments on the main ITTF World Tour.[3]

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Argentina Argentina Open ••2
Australia Australian Open •••••••••9
Austria Austrian Open •••••••••••••13
Belarus Belarus Open •••••••7
Belgium Belgium Open ••••4
Brazil Brazil Open •••••••••••••••••17
Bulgaria Bulgarian Open ••••4
Chile Chile Open •••••••••••11
China China Open •••••••••••••••••••••••32
•••••••••
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Open •••3
Croatia Croatia Open ••••••••••••••14
Czech Republic Czech Open ••••••••8
Denmark Danish Open ••••••6
North Korea DPR Korea Open ••2
Netherlands Dutch Open ••2
Egypt Egypt Open •••••5
England English Open ••••••6
France French Open •••••5
Germany German Open •••••••••••••••••••19
Greece Greek Open •1
Hong Kong Hong Kong Open •1
Hungary Hungarian Open •••••••7
India India Open ••••4
Italy Italian Open •••3
Japan Japan Open •••••••••••••••••••••••23
South Korea Korea Open ••••••••••••••••••18
Kuwait Kuwait Open ••••••••••10
Lebanon Lebanon Open ••2
Malaysia Malaysia Open •••3
Morocco Morocco Open •••••5
Nigeria Nigeria Open ••••4
Philippines Philippines Open ••2
Poland Polish Open •••••••••••••13
Qatar Qatar Open ••••••••••••••••••••20
Russia Russian Open •••••••7
Serbia Serbian Open •1
Singapore Singapore Open •••3
Slovenia Slovenia Open ••••••••••10
Spain Spanish Open •••••5
Sweden Swedish Open •••••••••••••••••17
Thailand Thailand Open •1
United Arab Emirates UAE Open ••2
United States U.S. Open •••••••••9
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Open •••3
Tournament9697989900010203040506070809101112131415161718Total

Business

On 12 January 2017, it was announced that Chinese shipping company Seamaster had agreed a four-year sponsorship and strategic partnership deal with the ITTF World Tour.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Points allocation for ITTF World Tour standings". ITTF. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "ITTF Statistics". ITTF. Archived from the original on 14 August 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  3. ↑ "A motivating force, the Challenge tournaments". ITTF. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "ITTF Secures World Tour Title Sponsorship & Strategic Partnership with Seamaster". ITTF. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
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